Battle for the Dnepr

   Battle of the Dnieper is characterized examples of mass heroism of soldiers and commanders. It is significant that for the crossing of the Dnieper 2,438 soldiers were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. This massive rewarding one operation was the only one in the history of the war. Here are just a few of the many received the title Hero of the Soviet Union for the successful crossing of the Dnieper River and for displaying courage and bravery:

         Avdeenko, Pyotr Petrovich - Major General, Commander of 51 Infantry Corps

         Akhmetshin, Qayyum Habibrahmanovich - assistant platoon commander of a saber-toothed 58-th Guards Cavalry Regiment, 16-th Guards Cavalry Division, Guard sergeant.

         Balukah, Nikolai Mikhailovich - machine-gun company commander, 529 th Infantry Regiment, 163rd Infantry Division 38 th Army of the Voronezh Front, Lieutenant.

         Dmitriev, Ivan Ivanovich - the commander pontoon platoon, Lieutenant

         Zelepukin, Ivan G. - Guard sergeant, commander of the Office of the mortar company, 202 th Guards Rifle Regiment, 68 Guards Rifle Division.

         Zonov, Lieutenant - Lieutenant, commander of an engineering platoon 1 Guards separate Airborne Engineer Battalion 10 Guards Airborne Division, 37 Army of the Steppe Front. On the night of October 1, 1943 his platoon crossed the Dnieper personnel 24 Guards Regiment, and then took part in repelling the enemy's counterattack on the right bank.

         Kiselev, Sergey Semenovich - assistant platoon commander, 78-th Guards Rifle Regiment, 25 Guards Red Banner Synel'nykivs'ka Infantry Division 6 th Army of the South-Western Front, Guard Sgt.

         Lobanov, Ivan Mikhailovich - Commander Branch 20-th separate reconnaissance company the 69 th Red Banner Sevsk Infantry Division 18 Infantry Corps 65 Army Central Front, Sergeant.

         Fesin, Ivan - Major General

         Budylin, Nikolai Vasilyevich - Commander of the 10 th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 6 th Guards Rifle Division, 13th Army Central Front, Lieutenant-Colonel,

         Kolesnikov, Vasily - company commander 385 th Infantry Regiment 112 th Infantry Division 60 th Army Central Front, Captain.

         Pilipenko, Mikhail Korneyevich - Junior Sergeant, reconnaissance operator, 1318 Infantry Regiment 163rd Infantry Division 38 th Army of the Voronezh Front, later Lieutenant-General of the USSR in the Signal Corps, Colonel-General of Ukraine.

         Ruvinskaya, Veniamin Abramovich - a colonel, commander of the 228 th Engineer Battalion of a separate 152-th Infantry Division 46 th Army in South-Western Front.