IVANOV Pavel Petrovich

(7.HII.1921, der. Upper Sekachev Velizhskogo County - 12.II.1945, g. Boleslawiec, Poland). He graduated from the school junior commanders and Teslavskoe mortar and artillery school. Member of the Great Patriotic War from June 1941. The commander of a mortar battery 272 Guards Mortar Regiment, 3rd Guards Tank Army 1-st Ukrainian Front. Guard lieutenant. February 6, 1943, Mr.. came with the battery in the environment at the Dr.. Zaborje Kiev region. By organizing a perimeter defense, fire mortars repulsed a counterattack the enemy mortar destroyed a company of infantry and cavalry branch, knocked out a self-propelled gun. Killed in battle during the liberation of Poland. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, World War 2-nd degree, medals.

Lit.: Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary. - M., 1987. - T. 1. - P. 573