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Sharifzyan Kazanbaev
Sharifzyan Gabdurahmanovich Kazanbaev (russian: Шарифзян Габдурахманович Казанбаев; 1916 – 1 April 1944) was a Tatar Red Army sergeant major or Starshina and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Kazanbaev was awarded the title posthumously for his actions in the Uman–Botoșani Offensive. Kazanbaev was mortally wounded saving his regiment's colour. Early life Kazanbaev was born in 1916 in the village of Sarashi in Perm Governorate to a peasant family. After graduating from seventh grade and road masters courses in Sverdlovsk, he returned to Sarashi. He became the chairman of the village general store. In 1938, Kazanbaev was drafted into the Red Army. World War II Kazanbaev fought in combat from 1941 and served with the 6th Guards Airborne Division from its formation. In the spring of 1944, he was a squad leader in the Commandant's Platoon of the division's 14th Guards Airborne Regiment. Kazanbaev fought in the Uman-Botosani Offensive. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bardymsky District
Bardymsky District (russian: Барды́мский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Perm Krai, Russia; one of the thirty-three in the krai.Law #416-67 Municipally, it is incorporated as Bardymsky Municipal District.Law #1715-347 It is located in the south of the krai, in the valley of the Tulva River, and borders with Osinsky District in the north, Kungursky District in the northeast, Uinsky District in the east, Chernushinsky District in the southeast, Kuyedinsky District in the southwest, and with Yelovsky District in the west. The area of the district is .Encyclopedia of Perm KraiEntry on Bardymsky District Its administrative center is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Barda. Population: The population of Barda accounts for 34.6% of the district's total population. Geography About one half of district's territory is covered by forests. Climate is temperate continental. History The district was first established on November 4, 1926. In October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergeant Major
Sergeant major is a senior non-commissioned rank or appointment in many militaries around the world. History In 16th century Spain, the ("sergeant major") was a general officer. He commanded an army's infantry, and ranked about third in the army's command structure; he also acted as a sort of chief of staff to the army's commander. In the 17th century, sergeant majors appeared in individual regiments. These were field officers, third in command of their regiments (after their colonels and lieutenant colonels), with a role similar to the older, army-level sergeant majors (although obviously on a smaller scale). The older position became known as "sergeant major general" to distinguish it. Over time, the term ''sergeant'' was dropped from both titles, giving rise to the modern ranks of major and major general. The full title of sergeant major fell out of use until the latter part of the 18th century, when it began to be applied to the senior non-commissioned officer of an inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Military Personnel Killed In World War II
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatar People From The Soviet Union
The Tatars ()Tatar in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar". Initially, the ethnonym ''Tatar'' possibly referred to the Tatar confederation. That confederation was eventually incorporated into the when unified the various steppe tribes.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
