(27. 12. 1904 - 2. 9. 1982)
With pirkov Stepan Petrovich - battalion commander, 330 th Infantry Regiment (86 th Infantry Division, 7 th Army, the North-Western Front), captain. Born December 27, 1904 in the town of Yelabuga (Tatarstan). Russian. Graduated from Class 4. Worked in shipyard, then the farm. In the army in 1926-1928 and from 1931. He graduated from the military infantry school, he served in infantry units.
Member of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940. Distinguished in March 1940 in the fighting near the city of Viipuri (now Vyborg, Leningrad region Б? ), when the battalion under his command, has conquered the northern outskirts of the settlement Skippari, inflicting heavy losses in manpower and materiel. Ably guided the actions of a battalion in the battle for the town Vilayoki, was seriously wounded, but did not leave the battlefield.
. W tion of the Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star" Stepan Petrovich Spirkovu awarded March 21, 1940 for their courage and heroism in battle.
. During the Great Patriotic War, worked as a military commissioner city of Kazan, Ulyanovsk, Zagorsk (Moscow region), providing the ranks of the army in the replenishment.
. After the war he continued service in the Armed Forces
. Since 1954, Colonel Spirkov S.P. Б? in stock.
Lived in Moscow. Died Sept. 2, 1982. He is buried in Moscow on Mitinskoe cemetery.
. Awarded 2 orders of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, Red Star and medals.
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Biography provided by A. Simonov
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