Mikhail Prasol Biography

Mass grave in the village of Lebedevka, the view of 2 Prasolov in a number of documents - Prosolov Mikhail Vasilievich - the chief of artillery of the Rifle Regiment I am a rifle division, I am an army, Voronezh front, senior lieutenant. Born on October 6 in the village of Zhilino, now the Roslavl district of the Smolensk region in the family of a worker. Member of the CPS B.

After graduating from high school, he studied at the courses of teachers of physics and mathematics in Roslavl. He worked as an elementary school teacher and continued in absentia at the Smolensk Pedagogical Institute. In June, he volunteered for the Red Army and was sent to a military school. In the year he graduated from the Smolensk artillery school, evacuated to the city of Irbit of the Sverdlovsk region.

In the army since June. In the battles with the invaders, Junior Lieutenant Prasolov showed himself a persistent and courageous warrior. He participated in the battles near Voronezh, liberated Ukraine. In January, he was wounded, but soon returned to his part. He was appointed head of the artillery of the rifle regiment. Senior Lieutenant Prasolov distinguished himself in the battles to expand the bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper River near the village of Luthezh now the Vyshgorod district of the Kyiv region of Ukraine.

As a result, several opponent counterattacks were reflected, who left 3 tanks on the battlefield and to the dead. In this battle he was seriously wounded. Prasolov was transported to the left bank of the Dnieper and delivered to the medical battalion, but the doctors could not save him. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 9, for the exemplary execution of the command missions of the command at the front of the fight against the German invaders and the senior lieutenant Prasolov Mikhail Vasilievich was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the name of the hero was awarded to the Hero's name is awarded to the Krapivensky main school of the Roslavl district of the Smolensk region. Buried: Kyiv region, farm Lebedev; In a two -volume reference book: killed on October 10, was buried in the village of Luthezh, Vyshgorod district. Artillery batteries remained on the eastern shore. With their fire, they had to support the landing of the landing.

The accuracy of the gun fire depended entirely on skillful adjustment, and Mikhail Prasov took this task. After a hot hand -to -hand combat, the Soviet soldiers captured a small bridgehead on the right bank of the river and fixed on it. Prasov took an observation post in the front line. He established contact with batteries and began to indicate them the goal. Under the cover of the fire of Soviet guns, the fighters began to fight for the expansion of the bridgehead.

The Nazis, having received reinforcements, began counterattacks. Their tanks and self -propelled guns were torn to the Dnieper. But the fire of Soviet guns was extremely accurate. The shells were torn in the thick of the advancing fascists. Leaving 3 burning tanks and more soldiers and officers on the battlefield, the enemy retreated. The respite was short -lived.

The enemy at all costs sought to eliminate the bridgehead.

With huge losses, the Nazis managed to break through the fiery curtain and approach the positions of our fighters. In separate areas, hand -to -hand combat began. Senior Lieutenant Mikhail Prasolov with a group of soldiers with grenades and automatic fire fought off from the Nazis. At a critical moment of the battle, he raised the fighters on the attack, but was struck by an enemy bullet.

He died at a combat post. The soldiers with honor fulfilled their commander. They defended the bridgehead, ensured the crossing of the main forces of the part. The biography was prepared by:.