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Fedir Dyachenko
Fedir Trokhymovych Dyachenko (; ; – 8 August 1995) was a Soviet sniper who became one of the top snipers in World War II. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 21 February 1944 for killing 425 enemy soldiers and officers. He is considered as one of the deadliest snipers in history. Early life Dyachenko was born on in Betyagi village to a Ukrainian peasant family. After completing his ninth grade of school in 1934 he worked on a collective farm. After being convicted of a crime in 1939 he was sentenced to prison in Norilsk, where he worked as a plasterer on construction sites until he was released and drafted into the Red Army. World War II On 7 January 1942 he was drafted into the Red Army. During training he showed good sharpshooting skills. After training he was sent to the Leningrad Front. According to his own memoirs, he decided to become a sniper in summer 1942 after reading in a frontline newspaper about the feats of snipers on the Leningrad Front. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poltava Governorate
Poltava Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. It was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802), Little Russia Governorate and had its capital in Poltava. Its borders encompassed the modern Poltava Oblast of Ukraine, in addition to Berestyn, Pereiaslav, Romny and Zolotonosha. It was bordering the Chernigov Governorate, Chernigov and Kursk Governorates to the ''north'', Kiev Governorate to the ''west'', Kharkov Governorate to the ''east'' and the Kherson Governorate, Kherson and Yekaterinoslav Governorates to the ''south''. History In 1802, the Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802), Little Russia Governorate was disbanded and its territory split between the new Chernigov Governorate, Chernigov and Poltava Governorates. The governorate was part of the Ukrainian People's Republic from 1917 to 1920, interrupted in 1918 by the Ukrainian State. After the formation of the Ukrainian SSR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
