Biography
Vasily Semyonovich Sukhov was born in 1925 on the Suetovo farm [lower-alpha 1] [1] into a peasant family. Russian by nationality. After finishing the 8th grade of school, he lived in Soltsy and worked with his father Semyon Fedorovich at the Pobeda state farm. [2]
On July 14, 1941, the city was occupied by the Germans; the Sukhov family did not have time to evacuate. In the summer of 1943, Vasily Sukhov, his younger brother Ivan and friend Vladimir Duplev stole a German semi-tractor and tried to use it to reach a partisan detachment. However, the Nazis organized pursuit, and the semi-tractor had to be abandoned on the outskirts of the forest. They broke away from the pursuit and soon met with the partisans of the 5th Partisan Brigade. They were enrolled in the partisan detachment. [3] Seventeen-year-old Vasily became a demolition bomber, fifteen-year-old Ivan became a scout. The brothers took part in ambushes and explosions, in the defeat of enemy garrisons, including a night raid on the German garrison in the village of Dubets near Soltsy. [3] After the liberation of the Soletsky region by the troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts, [3] the 5th brigade was disbanded, and Vasily Sukhov was sent to the active army. [2]
At the beginning of June 1944, the 72nd Division advanced on the Karelian Isthmus. Komsomol organizer of the rifle company of the 14th rifle regiment V.S. Sukhov raised the soldiers to attack and broke through the enemy's defenses. For his courage he was awarded the Order of Glory, III degree.
In June 1944, in the battle for the Tali [lower-alpha 2] junction station, Red Army soldier Sukhov replaced the deceased company commander. For two days, 45 soldiers under the command of Sukhov held the station and repelled 5 enemy counterattacks. In the battle he was wounded several times, but refused to leave the company's location. Sukhov carried the seriously wounded new company commander, Senior Lieutenant Polyakov, out of the battle and was wounded in the leg by a mine fragment. Bleeding, he was sent to the 119th reception evacuation point, [3] where he died [2] on June 24, 1944 (according to other sources June 23, 1944).
He was buried in a mass grave [3] at Perk-Jarvi station. [lower-alpha 3]
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated July 21, 1944, for the courage and heroism shown during the liberation of the Karelian Isthmus, Vasily Semenovich Sukhov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).
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