Danilov Chirikov

(19.I.1923, der. Koptevo Novoduginskogo Area - 1.VII.1944, g. Borisov, Minsk region).
In the Soviet Army in 1943. Graduated from the regimental school tank. At the front with 1944. Radiotelegrafist tank 5 th Guards Tank Brigade 5 th Guards Tank Army 3rd Belorussian Front. Acting in the tank crew commanded by Guards Lieutenant PN Cancri, with a special distinction in the battles for r. Borisov. The crew have successfully crossed the river and Skha Berezina, burst into the city and within 16 hours was fighting with the enemy. Skillfully maneuvering, tankers destroyed the headquarters compound, the office, put down several enemy firing points, freed about 200 wounded Soviet prisoners. Until the last moments of life D. reported on the radio data on the enemy. D., as the rest of the crew members ever enrolled in the lists of the military unit. Name D. named a street in g. Borisov, Minsk region.