Biography of N Zinoviev

Mass grave in the village of Pogost 1st species 2 Zinoviev Nikolay Anisimovich-assistant commander of a tank company on the technical part of the 9th tank regiment of the mechanized brigade of the 1st mechanized corps of the 1st Belorussian Front, a lieutenant technician. Born on January 31 of the year in the village of Ostrovtsy now, Kolyshlesky district of the Penza region in the family of a peasant.

Graduated 10 classes. He worked on a collective farm. In the Red Army since the year. In the year he graduated from the Saratov Tank School. In the battles of the Great Patriotic War from the year. In the mechanized brigade of the 1st mechanized corps, lieutenant Zinoviev has always been an example of the impeccable fulfillment of military duty. Being deputy commander of a tank company on the technical part of the 9th Panzer Regiment, the lieutenant was simultaneously and the commander of the tank T fought on Voronezh, Central, Belorussian and 1st Belarusian fronts.

In August, the city of Belgorod liberated the city as part of its corps.

In the fall of the year, he crossed the River of the IZH and the Dnieper in the Gomel region and participated in the liberation of the city of Gomel. On the eve of the Belarusian operation in the year, Zinoviev’s crew included the driver-driver of Sergeant Samara, the instrumentman of the gun, senior sergeant Malorodnov, radio operator junior sergeant Fomichev. Shortly before the onset of the offensive, the mechanized brigade became part of the horse-mechanized group of General I.

She was set the task after the breakthrough of the enemy defense to develop the offensive and contribute to the advance of the main forces of the front. On the second day, a horse-mechanized group was introduced into a breakthrough. The tank company, which included the Zinoviev crew, was set: to master the crossing on the Slich River in the area of ​​the village of Pogost of the 1st Starobinsky District of the Minsk Region of the Belorussian SSR.

Zinoviev, leaving in the tank fire covering the sergeants of Samartz and Malorodnov, crawled out through the emergency hatch with the radio operator Fomichev, secretly crawled to the bridge, cut the wires of mining and prevented the explosion of the bridge. The Nazis opened a strong fire from a bunker from tankers. The tankers destroyed him, but at that time the fresh forces of the enemy approached the crossing and attacked the tank.

The crew fucked up steadily. Before the main forces of the brigade, four tankers reflected several enemy attacks and did not let the Nazis to the bridge. The offensive continued. The entire equestrian-mechanized group went through the bridge without delay. In this unequal battle, the death of the brave died the lieutenant technician N. He was presented to the heroic rank, and the rest of the crew were awarded Lenin's orders.

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 26, for the exemplary implementation of the command tasks of the command at the front of the fight against the German invaders and the heroism shown at the same time, Lieutenant Zinoviev, Nikolai Anisimovich, was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Order of Lenin.

Zinoviev was forever enrolled in the lists of the personnel of the military unit. On the building of schools at home and at the Berezovsky state farm, memorial boards are installed.