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Soviet sniper Abukhadzhi Idrisov

Hero of the Soviet Union - He killed 348 German soldiers

orn May 17, 1918 in the village of Berdykel ( now the village of Komsomolsk Grozny district of the Chechen Republic ) in a peasant family . Chechen.

Graduated from elementary school . He worked as a shepherd on the farm " Soviet Russia" . In October 1939, he was drafted into the Red Army. He served in the 125th Infantry Division , which was located at the western borders of the country in the Baltic region . He trained as a machine gunner .

WWII veteran from the first day . In the regiment fought retreating eastward. In July 1941, his division took up defensive positions on the line Pskov - Great Luke Il'men between lakes and Seliger. Gunner Idrisov together with brother beat the daily attacks of the Nazis , striving to Leningrad. During these battles Idrisov became a sniper.

In his pillbox he arranged for a special machine gun nest , leaving the enemy in a narrow slit , but with a broad overview . In a short time single shots from a machine gun , he destroyed 22 nazis . Command became aware of this , and was transferred to the gunner snipers .

Soon his name became well known throughout the North - Western Front . About sniper IDRISOVA newspapers , it was invited to help other sectors of the front . In October 1942 a group of snipers , he was transferred to one of the most difficult parts of the front , where it was expected the enemy offensive . When the offensive began , snipers , hunting down primarily officers opened fire on target . Marines under sniper support was repulsed several violent attacks. Idrisov himself for 10 days of fighting killed about a hundred soldiers and officers .

" Idrisov waited. He sat without moving the whole day. He wanted to sleep , her eyes were closing , I wanted to budge numb hands and feet , but it was impossible to move . Similarly, German and waited . But he could not resist. He still moved and it was his fault . Idrissova sniper bullet found ... "

By April 1943 there were over 309 sniper Idrisov Nazis murdered , which was confirmed in politdonesenii 370th Infantry Division , in which he had served. After breaking the siege of Leningrad brave sniper with comrades participated in the liberation of towns and villages of the Pskov region , the Baltic States . By March 1944, his account was already destroyed 349 fascists, and he was promoted to the rank of Hero . In one battle in April 1944 fragment of an exploded near mines Iris was wounded , buried in the ground . Comrades unearthed his unconscious to hospital .

In 1944 the city was opened Mozovetsk frontline military exhibition . In one of its halls Idrisov was allocated a stand . It was put up his sniper rifle , photos, and underneath was written: " The glorious son of the Chechen people HSU Abuhazhi Idrisov destroyed more than three hundred of the German fascists ."

He spent four months in the hospital of the city of Gorky . After his recovery, as spetspereselenets , Chechen representative expelled people living in Kazakhstan , first in Alma- Ata, then in Taldykorgan region . Worked in agriculture , continued to engage in sheep .

In 1957 he returned to his home in Chechnya. Until his last days, he lived and worked in his native village . Member of the CPSU since 1962.

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