The biography of the Six
Having received secondary education, from a year he worked as an instructor in the FZU school of the Moscow-Belarusian-Baltic Railway. In the year he entered the Leningrad Military Engineering School, from where he volunteered for the army for the Karelian Isthmus. Member of the CPSU from the year. During the Great Patriotic War, from a year, he participated in defensive battles all days near Leningrad.
Then he was appointed commander of the Rifle Regiment, who conducted hostilities in the area of the village of Krasny Bor. From April to February, he commanded the Mr. Rifle Regiment of the division, which participated in the assault on the Panther defensive line in the Pskov direction. Its breakthrough began early in the morning of July 22. The regiment under the command of K.
Shestak attacked the key positions of the Nazis in the villages of Gornevo, Berdovo. In six hours of battle, the regiment’s units went through the crosses, near the station, and began to go to the right bank of the river. The regiment’s warriors were the first to break into the city, forced the Great River, and took possession of the bridgehead on the left bank of the river in the area of the Mirozhsky Monastery on July 22.
Shestaka freed the left part of the cuping. For heroism manifested by warriors during the liberation of the city of Pskov, the Rifle Regiment was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. He participated in the battles for liberation from units of the Wehrmacht of the cities of Tartu, Punia, Kostovitsa, Gindenburg. He was seriously wounded in February. After the war, he continued to serve in the Soviet Army, graduated from the Academy named after M.
dismissed in the reserve with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the year. He worked at the Crimean Institute for the improvement of teachers. In the year, at the invitation of the Pskov Oblast Executive Committee, Konstantin Shestak with his family moved to Pskov for permanent residence.
Up to a year, Konstantin Andreevich worked as a senior researcher in the Pskov Museum-Reserve, took part in numerous commemorative events, shared his memories, often speaking to young Pskovichi, took part in the formation of the Diorama “Forced the Velikaya on July 23”, which is part of the exhibition “Pskov Territory during the Great Patriotic War”, in Pskovsky, in Pskovsky Museum-Reserve.
For the liberation of Pskov on July 27, Konstantin Andreevich was presented to the Order of Lenin, but by order he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. This order became a bright star among his other awards: medals “For Military Merit”, “For the Defense of Leningrad”, “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War - GG. Shestaku title “Honorary Citizen of Pskov” with his name in the city book of Honor.
In the year, Konstantin Andreevich passed away. He is buried in the Orletsovsky cemetery. In the year, his name was named a new street in Pskov at Benechye, near the military town of the airborne assault division of the airborne troops. Forcing the Great River in honor of K. These files are small data fragments that are temporarily stored on your computer or mobile device and provide more efficient operation of the site.
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