Alexander Matrosov

The hero was buried in the same village. In 1948, Matrosov's body was reburied in Velikiye Luki (Pskov region).

On June 19, 1943, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR awarded the young Red Army soldier the title Hero of the Soviet Union. On September 8 of the same year, People's Commissar of the USSR Stalin signed an order to enroll Matrosov (forever) in the 1st company of the 254th Guards Rifle Regiment and assign this regiment the name of the deceased hero. Matrosov became the first of all Soviet soldiers who were permanently enrolled in the lists of the unit. The order emphasized that the feat of the Red Army soldier Matrosov is an example of courage and heroism to all soldiers of the Red Army.

Many other cases of suppression of enemy bunkers were not so widely replicated, although they happened all the time. It is worth noting that Soviet soldiers died near the embrasure until 1943, that is, before it became known about Matrosov. But they began to be reported en masse only after his death, as confirmation that Alexander's heroism found a response in the soul of the Red Army soldiers.

During the years of the Great Patriotic War, the feat of Alexander Matrosov was repeated by over four hundred people, and about fifty of them long before his death.

Alexander Matrosov is a Red Army soldier, served as a submachine gunner in the 2nd separate rifle battalion of the 91st Separate Siberian Volunteer Brigade.Stalin. Member of the Komsomol. On June 19, 1943, he received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously) for closing the embrasure of a fascist bunker, giving fellow soldiers the opportunity to capture a strong point.

THE OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE FEAT

On February 27, 1943, the battalion in which Matrosov served was tasked with attacking a Fascist stronghold located near the village of Chernushki in the Loknyansky district of the Kalinin region (since October 1957, the territory of the Pskov region).

The soldiers passed through the forest, found themselves on the edge, and were instantly pinned to the ground by heavy enemy fire. Deadly fire poured from three machine guns of enemy bunkers, making it impossible to move a single step towards the village. It was possible to suppress the firing points with the help of assault brigades of two people each. Armored trucks and submachine gunners coped with one machine gun, the second machine gun also soon quieted down thanks to the efforts of armored trucks. And only the third did not stop talking, shooting through all the open space on the outskirts of the village. The assault group sent to suppress him did not return.

Then a calculation of two fighters was sent to the bunker – Peter Ogurtsov and Alexander Matrosov. Ogurtsov was seriously wounded right in front of the bunker, and Matrosov had to complete the task alone. He managed to approach the embrasure from the flank, and cover the bunker with two grenades. The machine gun fell silent, giving the Soviet soldiers the opportunity to go on the attack. But as soon as they got up, machine-gun fire rang out again. It was at that moment that Alexander rose to his full height, threw his whole body on the embrasure and closed it. This allowed the unit to fulfill the combat mission assigned to it.