Oleg Babak

Oleg Babak (Russian: Олег Яковлевич Бабак; 25 February 1967 - 7 April 1991) was a Ukrainian Soviet Internal Troops Lieutenant and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.

He was deputy commander of 11th (currently - Commandant) company for political affairs part of the 21st Brigade, operational appointment of the Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the USSR,

Biography

Born February 25, 1967 in the village of Victoria now Pyriatyn district of the Poltava Oblast of Ukraine in the family of a worker. From 1974 to 1982 he studied at rural school of the Victoria village, and then at the rural school in Teplovsk. In 1985, he enrolled in the Higher Political School of the MİA of the USSR. He became a member of the CPSU in 1988. After graduation in 1989, he served in the 21st Brigade of Special Designation of the Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the USSR (stationed in Sofrino village in Moscow Oblast) as a deputy company commander for political affairs.

Death

He was killed on April 7, 1991, during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, reportedly while preventing armed attack at Yuxarı Cibikli village of Gubadli Rayon from Goris and Kafan districts of Armenia. Surving in Yuxarı Cibikli village Oleg Babak fought with nationalists at that day. In the conditions of the surrounding threat he gave a command to retreat to his subordinates, covering them with fire until the last bullet. At the cost of his own life he saved his comrades.

Awards

By the decree of the President of the USSR on September 17, 1991, for courage and heroism in the performance of military duty, lieutenant Babak Oleg Yakovlevich of the Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the USSR, was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).

He was awarded the Order of Lenin.

Memory

By the order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union Oleg Yakovlevich Babak ever enrolled in the lists of the personnel of the 21st Sofrinsky Brigade of special designation. In October 2010, in the park at the platform Ashukinskaya of the Pushkin District (Moscow Oblast), opened a monument to Oleg Babak. The school of the Victoria village was named after hero, where studied Oleg Babak.

In Moscow suburbs, the street of one of the settlements officially given the name of the last Hero of the Soviet Union. The settlement Ashukino located near the 21-th Sofrinsky brigade of internal troops where Lieutenant Oleg Babak served in the early 90s. The memorial ceremony was held with military honors.