Minnigali Khabibullovich Gubaidullin ( tt-Cyrl, Миңнегали Хәбибулла улы Гобәйдуллин, ba, Миңнеғәле Хәбибулла улы Ғөбәйҙуллин , russian: Миннигали Хабибуллович Губайду́ллин) (March 8, 1921 - March 8, 1944) was a lieutenant in the Red Army and a recipient of the title Hero of the Soviet Union. During World War II he commanded a machine-gun platoon in the 309th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 109th Guards Rifle Division.

Early life

He was born in Urshakbashkaramaly,

Miyakinsky District Miyakinsky District (russian: Мия́кинский райо́н; ba, Миәкә районы, ''Miäkä rayonı''; tt, Миякә районы, ''Miyakä rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article&nbs ...

of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, into a peasant family on October 28 (according to other sources, March 8), 1923. Historical sources disagree as to whether Minnigali's family was ethnically

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
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or a Bashkir, however archival documents tend to support the Tatar interpretation. In July 1939, Minnigali moved to Asha, and worked in the blast-furnace workshop of the Ashinskiy metallurgical plant. In 1940-1941 he studied at an oil technical school in Baku. In 1941 he was drafted into the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ( Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, afte ...

. He graduated from the crash course of the military school in 1942. From 1942 he was at the front. He enlisted in the 109th Infantry Division in June 1943. On September 26–27, 1943, he showed courage in battles on the Molochnaya river. Wounded twice, he refused to leave the battlefield. For his courage and determination shown in battles from January 21 to February 4, 1944, northeast of the 5th kilometer of the village of Solomki, Nikolaev region, in an offensive battle on February 7, 1944, in the settlement of Velyka Lepetykha, by order of February 13, 1944, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. His older brother Gubaidullin Timirgali Khabibullovich also fought in the war and was reported missing in action in April 1944. On March 8, 1944, platoon commander, Lieutenant Gubaidullin, was ordered to suppress enemy positions at one of the defensive mounds at any cost and break the enemy's defensive line on the Dudchana-Ryadovoye line. During the assault, Minnigali was seriously wounded, blocking the embrasure of the enemy bunker with his body. On June 3, 1944, by a decree of the

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (russian: Президиум Верховного Совета, Prezidium Verkhovnogo Soveta) was a body of state power in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).Nikolaev Oblast on the northwestern outskirts of the village of Aleksandrovka, and reburied on a mound near the village of Dudchany.

Recognition

Monuments honor him in the village of Dudchany, the village of

Kirgiz-Miyaki Kirgiz-Miyaki (russian: Кирги́з-Мияки́; ba, Ҡырғыҙ-Миәкә, ''Qırğıź-Miäkä'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Miyakinsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Population ...

, Miyakinsky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan, in the city of

Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital city, capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya River (Kama), Belaya and Ufa River, Ufa rivers, in the centre-n ...

. A bust was installed at home in the village of Urshakbashkaramaly. Streets in Dudchany, Kherson,

Beryslav Beryslav (, ) is a city in Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center for Beryslav Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. Beryslav hosts the administration of Beryslav urban hrom ...

Novovorontsovka Novovorontsovka ( uk, Нововоронцовка; russian: Нововоронцовка) is an urban-type settlement in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Novovorontsovka settlement hromada, one of t ...

, Salavat and Ufa are named for him; Lyceum No. 94 in Ufa. An eternal flame burns near the monument dedicated to Matrosov and Gubaidullin in Ufa. The memorial is located in Victory Park (1980, sculptors L. Kerbel, N. Lyubimov, G. Lebedev). Bashkir writer Yanybai Khammatov spoke about the feat of Gubaidullin in his biographical novel ''Тыуған көн'' (Birthday).

Sources

* Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь / Пред. ред. коллегии И. Н. Шкадов. — М.: Воениздат, 1987. — Т. 1 /Абаев — Любичев/. — 911 с. — 100 000 экз. — ISBN отс., Рег. No. в РКП 87-95382

References

External links

Minnigali Gubaidullin on the site warheroes.ru

Губайдуллин Миннигали on the portal "Башкортостан"

Губайдуллин Миннигали Хабибуллович в энциклопедии Ашинского района

Памятник Александру Матросову и Минигали Губайдуллину. Парк Победы, г. Уфа

Монумент А. Матросову и М. Губайдуллину в Парке Победы города Уфы

Губайдуллин Миннигали Хабибуллович
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