Biography of Zaika
In the Museum-Dirama in Kirovsk, the general view of Zaik Grigory Andreevich is the commander of the 5th Rifle company of the Rifle Regiment of the Rifle Division of the Army of the Leningrad Front, senior lieutenant. Born on October 13 in the village of Chagov now, the Oratovsky district of Vinnitsa region of Ukraine in a peasant family. Graduated 7 classes. He worked on the Friendship collective farm.
Since the year in the Red Army. In the year he graduated from the accelerated courses of lieutenants at the Kiev Military Infantry School. In the battles of the Great Patriotic War since April. Senior Lieutenant Zaik G. in hand -to -hand fights, a brave officer destroyed eleven fascists. During the battles, the courageous commander was wounded four times.
After the war, G. Zaika continued to serve in the army. In the year, he graduated from the “Shot” courses, commanded the regiment. Since the year, Lieutenant Colonel Zaik G. returned to his native village, worked as the director of the Oratov agricultural base. He died on September 4. He was buried in the village of Chagov of the Oratovsky district of Vinnitsa region of Ukraine.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the orders of the Red Banner, the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the medal. The name of the hero was knocked out in the Museum-Dirama "Breakthrough of the Blockade of Leningrad" in the city of Kirovsk, Leningrad region. A breakthrough of the year of the Red Star newspaper wrote that on January 16, in the area of the defensive strip of Leningrad, the most stressful battles were fought by a rifle division.
In this division, as part of the Rifle Regiment, Grigory Andreevich Zaika fought. Many saw his portrait in the newspaper on Nevsky Prospekt in that harsh winter. The heroic defense lasted days. In the period from January 14 to January 27, Leningrad was completely released from the enemy blockade by the troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts. The fighters of the company of senior lieutenant G.
Zaiki were active participants in the breakthrough of the blockade. In the documents of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, a combat report of the commander of the Rifle Regiment is stored, in which, in particular, it is said: during the breakthrough of the blockade of the company senior lieutenant Zaika, for seven days did not leave the battle.
Thanks to the personal heroism of the company commander, his unit repelled eight counterattacks of the enemy tanks and infantry. At the most critical moment, in the hand -to -hand combat, Zaik destroyed eleven fascists. In the battles near Leningrad, he received three serious injuries. In the fall of the year, Lieutenant Colonel Zaika arrived in Vinnichin.
Grigory Andreevich walked in the field of the native village of Chagov and recalled the words of the commander: - You have a lieutenant colonel, two native houses - in Vinnitschin, where he was born, and in Leningrad, who defended. He worked in Chagov as a secretary of the party organization, chairman of the executive committee of the village council. But they made themselves heavy wounds.
In the fall of the year, the heart of a courageous patriot ceased to beat. In the Chagov secondary school, in the room of combat and labor glory, a stand is equipped, the exhibits of which tell about the life and combat feat of the hero. Using the example of G. Zaiki, the younger generation learns to courage and perseverance, faith in the triumph of great Leninist ideas.
From the book “Fained with glory. Heroes of the Soviet Union are natives of Winnichchina. ” The biography was prepared by:.