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Nikolai Usenko was born on 22 December, 1924 in Kamenka village, Irbeysky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR, is an A soviet military personnel of World War II. Discover Nikolai Usenko's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 22 December 1924
Birthday 22 December
Birthplace Kamenka village, Irbeysky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR
Date of death 1996
Died Place Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
Nationality Russia

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1924

Nikolai Ilyich Usenko (Russia: Николай Ильич Усенко; 22 December 1924 – 21 March 1996) was a Red Army man and Hero of the Soviet Union.

Usenko was born on 22 December 1924 in Kamenka village in the Irbeysky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai to a peasant family.

1930

In 1930, his family was dispossessed and as special settlers relocated to the village of Kosoy Byk in the Kezhemsky District.

After the completion of his six classes of school, he worked as a lumberjack as well as a raftsman on the Angara River.

1942

In October 1942, he was drafted into the Red Army.

He became a telephonist and was sent to the Northwestern Front as part of a ski brigade, which was merged into the 3rd Guards Airborne Division.

1943

Usenko served with the division's 8th Guards Airborne Regiment from January 1943 on.

He fought in the Demyansk Offensive from 15 to 28 February and the Staraya Russa Offensive from 4 to 19 March.

In April 1943 the division was withdrawn into the Reserve of the Supreme High Command.

One month later it became part of the Central Front.

In July, Usenko fought in the Battle of Kursk as well as the subsequent Operation Kutuzov as part of his division.

During the Chernigov-Pripyat Offensive in the Battle of the Dnieper, Usenko helped to defend the division's bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper.

Usenko repaired 12 breaks on the telephone line during German air raids on 4 October.

On 5 October, Usenko attempted to repair the line again and encountered a group of German soldiers, of whom he reportedly killed 25 with three hand grenades.

The next day he provided communications between the battalion commander and its companies, by personally delivering a report to the battalion commander through the German lines.

His actions were able to save the battalion from encirclement by German troops.

On the same day, he was seriously injured and blinded by a German artillery shell.

1944

Usenko was awarded the title on 10 January 1944 for his actions during the Battle of the Dnieper in October 1943.

During the battle, Usenko, a telephonist, was reported to have repaired numerous breaks in the line, often under German fire.

He was also reported to have killed 25 German soldiers.

Later he was seriously wounded and blinded by a German shell and medically retired from the Red Army.

He subsequently returned to his home in Krasnoyarsk Krai and worked in the logging industry.

For these actions he was later awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title and the Order of Lenin on 10 January 1944.

After six months of treatment, Usenko was discharged from the Red Army in April 1944 for being medically unfit.

After being discharged he returned to Kezhemsky District and lived in Kosoy Byk.

Usenko worked in the Dvoretskom Lesopunkt (logging area) of the Kezhemsky District logging industry.

1976

He retired in 1976 and lived in Krasnoyarsk.

1985

In 1985, Usenko was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, along with all other surviving veterans.

1996

He died on 21 March 1996 and was buried in the Badalyskoe Cemetery in Kransnoyarsk.

To honor him two streets in Kodinsk and Kamenka are named after him.