Rank: Colonel Branch of Service: Land Forces, Air Force (except for Naval Aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD troops, Border Guards Unit: 68th Guards Proskurov Red Banner Rifle Division Born on April 6, 1909 in the village of Vozdvizhenka, Ussuri District, now part of the Ussuri City District of Primorsky Region. From a peasant family. Russian. The commander of the 200th Guards Rifle Regiment (68th Guards Rifle Division, 40th Army, Voronezh Front), Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Bushtruk, performed an outstanding feat during the battle of the Dnieper. The regiment under his command crossed the Dnieper under fire on assembled fishing boats and makeshift rafts, captured a bridgehead and took a favorable height with a fight on the night of September 24-25, 1943. Skilfully organized the defense of the regiment on the bridgehead, led the repulse of numerous enemy attacks. Not limited to defense, in turn, he organized counterattacks on the enemy, steadily expanding the territory of the bridgehead. All the forces of the regiment attacked an important dominant height, strongly fortified by the enemy on September 28, 1943. As a result of a carefully prepared attack, the superior forces of the enemy were driven out of there, the height was captured and held. The enemy lost the ability to conduct targeted artillery fire on Soviet crossings. During the five days of the battle, from September 25 to 29, the regiment's soldiers destroyed up to 700 enemy soldiers and officers, causing great damage to the enemy's equipment. For the successful crossing of the Dnieper River South of Kiev, the strong consolidation of the bridgehead on the Western Bank of the Dnieper River and the bravery and heroism shown Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Bushtruk by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of October 23, 1943, was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star Medal. During the years of service, he was also awarded: three Orders of the Red Banner, Order of the Red Star, Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad and others. Since 1956 in reserve. Died in 1958 in the city of Samara.