Lebed Nikolay Grigorievich
CITY: s. Novosilka, Baltsky District, Podolsk Gubernia, Ukrainian SSR DATE OF BIRTH: 01/01/1919 DATE OF DEATH: - HISTORY: Nikolai Grigorievich Lebed was born in 1919. There is no reliable information about the initial stage of Nikolai Grigorievich's service. It is known that he participated in defensive battles on the Western and Southern Front in 1941-1942. Rank: Red Army. Type of troops: Artillery. Position - senior sound ranger of the reconnaissance artillery battalion. Excellent artilleryman. The Red Army soldier Nikolai Lebed begins his path to victory with the liberation of the North Caucasus, for which he was awarded a medal. Since March 1943 as part of the 5th Shock Army. Participates in the liberation of the Azov and Black Sea steppes of Ukraine (August 1943 - April 1944) from the Miuss River to Odessa. After its release, the 44th cannon artillery brigade received the honorary title of the Odessa Red Banner Guards. In August 1944, he took part in the 3rd Ukrainian Front in the Yassy-Kishinev operation and liberated the capital of the Moldavian SSR. Since October 1944, the army is transferred to the eastern outskirts of Warsaw, from where in January 1945, as part of the 1st Belorussian Front, it begins a victorious march straight to the capital of the Third Reich - Berlin. However, the Red Army soldier Lebed Nikolai Grigorievich managed to prove himself highly even before the start of the offensive - in the positional war of December 1944. Due to the remoteness of the enemy positions, the central recording device could not start. Nikolai Grigorievich was able to tune the sound-measuring station "by ear", calculated the enemy artillery battery, which ensured its subsequent elimination. For this highly professional act, he was awarded the medal "For Courage". After crossing the Vistula, the army liberated central Poland and by February 1945 entered Germany. On April 16, 1945, the Berlin Offensive Operation began. Nikolai Grigorievich took part in the storming of the city center, where he repeatedly showed heroism, eliminating breaks in the communication line of sound-measuring equipment under enemy fire. For skillful and decisive actions, Private Swan was awarded the Order of the Red Star after the surrender of Berlin. After the war he settled in the city of Kislovodsk, worked as a cook, and had two sons.
Lebed Nikolay Grigorievich
CITY: s. Novosilka, Baltsky District, Podolsk Gubernia, Ukrainian SSR DATE OF BIRTH: 01/01/1919 DATE OF DEATH: - HISTORY: Nikolai Grigorievich Lebed was born in 1919. There is no reliable information about the initial stage of Nikolai Grigorievich's service. It is known that he participated in defensive battles on the Western and Southern Front in 1941-1942. Rank: Red Army. Type of troops: Artillery. Position - senior sound ranger of the reconnaissance artillery battalion. Excellent artilleryman. The Red Army soldier Nikolai Lebed begins his path to victory with the liberation of the North Caucasus, for which he was awarded a medal. Since March 1943 as part of the 5th Shock Army. Participates in the liberation of the Azov and Black Sea steppes of Ukraine (August 1943 - April 1944) from the Miuss River to Odessa. After its release, the 44th cannon artillery brigade received the honorary title of the Odessa Red Banner Guards. In August 1944, he took part in the 3rd Ukrainian Front in the Yassy-Kishinev operation and liberated the capital of the Moldavian SSR. Since October 1944, the army is transferred to the eastern outskirts of Warsaw, from where in January 1945, as part of the 1st Belorussian Front, it begins a victorious march straight to the capital of the Third Reich - Berlin. However, the Red Army soldier Lebed Nikolai Grigorievich managed to prove himself highly even before the start of the offensive - in the positional war of December 1944. Due to the remoteness of the enemy positions, the central recording device could not start. Nikolai Grigorievich was able to tune the sound-measuring station "by ear", calculated the enemy artillery battery, which ensured its subsequent elimination. For this highly professional act, he was awarded the medal "For Courage". After crossing the Vistula, the army liberated central Poland and by February 1945 entered Germany. On April 16, 1945, the Berlin Offensive Operation began. Nikolai Grigorievich took part in the storming of the city center, where he repeatedly showed heroism, eliminating breaks in the communication line of sound-measuring equipment under enemy fire. For skillful and decisive actions, Private Swan was awarded the Order of the Red Star after the surrender of Berlin. After the war he settled in the city of Kislovodsk, worked as a cook, and had two sons.
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