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Hero of the Soviet Union
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Place of birth
Velyki Krynky, Kremenchug Uyezd, Novorossiysk Governorate, Ukraine
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GeminiPlace of death
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia
Age
78 years
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Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union
(1944)
Order of Lenin
(1944)
Order of the Patriotic War 1st class
(1985)
Order of the Red Star
(1942)
Medal "For Battle Merit"
(1952)
Medal "For Battle Merit"
(1952)
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
(1942)
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
(1945)
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
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Biography
Fedir Trofymovych Dyachenko (Ukrainian: Федір Трофимович Дяченко; 16 June 1917 – 8 August 1995), was a Ukrainian Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with as many as 425 kills. He was born in the village of Velyki Krynky, now part of Hlobyne Raion of Poltava Oblast.
Dyachenko was one of the most effective snipers in the Red Army during World War II. He was granted the status of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944.
He retired from the Soviet Army in 1962 with the rank of Major. He lived in Leningrad, working as a senior engineer at the Kirov Plant. Dyachenko died on 8 August 1995 and is buried in the city's Kovalevsky Cemetery.
Literature
- The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting by Major John L Plaster, USAR
- Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45 Henry Sakaida (p. 20)
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