NAZMUTDINOV TIMUR GARAFUTDINOVICH

Sergeant a participant in World War II Full cavalier of the Order of Glory (April 19, 1945)

Born on December 27, 1924 in the village of Shusherma, now in the Kaybitsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan, in the family of an oil worker. Tatar.
In 1932 he moved with his parents to the Ferghana region. He graduated from 7 classes. He worked as a driller in the Ferghana Geological Exploration Party.
In August 1942 he was drafted into the Red Army in the reserve regiment where he received the specialty of gunner. Since November of the same year in the army. He fought on the Western, 1st Baltic and 3rd Belorussian fronts. He participated in the battles near Rzhev, liberated Smolensk and Belarus, and by the summer of 1944 he was already the commander of a 45-mm gun.
July 13, 1944 in a battle for the village of Dundary (Vileika district of the Minsk region) eliminated machine gun crew and more than a group of the enemy infantry, ensured the advancement of shooters and the capture of the village.
By order of July 21, 1944, Sergeant Nazmutdinov Timur Garafutdinovich was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree.
On November 1, 1944, in the battle for the settlement of Beta (Latvia), the calculation of Sergeant Nazmutdinov with gunfire destroyed 2 machine-gun crews of the enemy. When repelling a counterattack, he was wounded, but continued to fire.
By order of January 16, 1945, Sergeant Nazmutdinov Timur Garafutdinovich was awarded the Order of Glory of the 2nd degree.
February 1, 1945 near the village of Zandljak (southeast of the city of Bartenstein – now Bartoszyszcz, Poland) eliminated a tank, foiled an enemy counterattack. On February 9, in a battle for the village of Kobbelbude (north-west of the city of Bartenstein), with direct fire was destroyed 2 machine-gun crews and helped to advance the rifle battalion.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 19, 1945, “For the exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with the Nazi invaders”, Sergeant Nazmutdinov Timur Garafutdinovich was awarded the Order of Glory of the 1st degree.
In 1946 was demobilized. He lived in the village of Palvantash, Markhamat district, Andijan region. He worked in the well repair department of the Oil Industry.
He died on October 26, 1977.

FULL CAVALER OF THE ORDER OF “GLORY”