Lapaev Nikolay Konstantinovich
CITY: Krasnye Pochinki village, Bolshe-Tarkhansk region, Tatar ASSR DATE OF BIRTH: 01/01/1911 DATE OF DEATH: 02/05/1945 HISTORY: Title: Junior lieutenant Type of troops: Armored and mechanized troops. The very next day after the liberation of Torun, a fatal battle took place. As a result of the battle, the commander of the 136th division introduced N.K. Lapaev. posthumously to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Description of the feat from the Award list: “The crew of Lieutenant Lapaev distinguished themselves in the battles during the liquidation of the Thorn group in the area of the village of Ostrometsko and to the north of it in the forest. 02/02/1945, the crew as part of the battery, supporting the offensive of the infantry of the 342nd rifle regiment, was the first to break into the village, fearlessly destroying the firing points and enemy personnel with self-propelled gun fire. In a continuous three-hour battle, the crew destroyed: 3 machine guns, two 37 mm anti-aircraft cannons, 7 enemy vehicles and self-propelled guns, and up to 70 Nazi invaders. During the battle with the enemy self-propelled gun, the car was burned, the crew was surrounded by German machine gunners, dismounting from the burning self-propelled gun Lapaev. Dokuchaev, Kholodovsky and Naazvanov, despising death, continued to fight with grenades and machine guns in their hands. Three times the Germans counterattacked the crew of daredevils and each time they had heavy losses and rolled back. Having fired all the cartridges, used up all the grenades and laid up to 50 Hitlerites around them, the crew died in battle a heroic death for their exceptional fortitude in battle and loyalty to the Socialist Motherland. Comrade Lapaev is posthumously worthy of the Government award for conferring the title "HERO OF THE SOVIET UNION". The order was signed by the division commander and the army commander, a positive conclusion was issued by the Army Military Council, the Front Military Council and the Award Commission. However, the Military Council of the Front made a decision on awarding on June 5, 1945, a month after the end of the war, and Lapaev N.K. posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
Lapaev Nikolay Konstantinovich
CITY: Krasnye Pochinki village, Bolshe-Tarkhansk region, Tatar ASSR DATE OF BIRTH: 01/01/1911 DATE OF DEATH: 02/05/1945 HISTORY: Title: Junior lieutenant Type of troops: Armored and mechanized troops. The very next day after the liberation of Torun, a fatal battle took place. As a result of the battle, the commander of the 136th division introduced N.K. Lapaev. posthumously to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Description of the feat from the Award list: “The crew of Lieutenant Lapaev distinguished themselves in the battles during the liquidation of the Thorn group in the area of the village of Ostrometsko and to the north of it in the forest. 02/02/1945, the crew as part of the battery, supporting the offensive of the infantry of the 342nd rifle regiment, was the first to break into the village, fearlessly destroying the firing points and enemy personnel with self-propelled gun fire. In a continuous three-hour battle, the crew destroyed: 3 machine guns, two 37 mm anti-aircraft cannons, 7 enemy vehicles and self-propelled guns, and up to 70 Nazi invaders. During the battle with the enemy self-propelled gun, the car was burned, the crew was surrounded by German machine gunners, dismounting from the burning self-propelled gun Lapaev. Dokuchaev, Kholodovsky and Naazvanov, despising death, continued to fight with grenades and machine guns in their hands. Three times the Germans counterattacked the crew of daredevils and each time they had heavy losses and rolled back. Having fired all the cartridges, used up all the grenades and laid up to 50 Hitlerites around them, the crew died in battle a heroic death for their exceptional fortitude in battle and loyalty to the Socialist Motherland. Comrade Lapaev is posthumously worthy of the Government award for conferring the title "HERO OF THE SOVIET UNION". The order was signed by the division commander and the army commander, a positive conclusion was issued by the Army Military Council, the Front Military Council and the Award Commission. However, the Military Council of the Front made a decision on awarding on June 5, 1945, a month after the end of the war, and Lapaev N.K. posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
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