Oleg Koshevoy
Oleg Vasilyevich Koshevoy (translit. Oleh Vasyl'ovych Koshovyi; 8 June 1926 – 9 February 1943) was a Soviet partisan and one of the founders of the clandestine organization Young Guard, which fought the Nazi forces in Krasnodon during World War II between 1941 and 1945. Oleg Koshevoy was born in Pryluky, a city in the Chernihiv Oblast (province) of present-day north-central Ukraine (at the time a part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic), Oleg Koshevoy's family moved south to Rzhyshchiv and Poltava before settling in Krasnodon (at the eastern border of Ukraine) in 1940, where he attended secondary school.
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Oleg Koshevoy
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- Born
- 1926. · Pryluky.
- Died
- 1943. · Rovenky.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- military personnel, poet and clandestine agent.
- Fields
- resistance movement.
- Education
- secondary school.
- Honours
- Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union and Medal To a Partisan of the Patriotic War.
- Languages
- Ukrainian, Russian and German.
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Oleg Vasilyevich Koshevoy (translit. Oleh Vasyl'ovych Koshovyi; 8 June 1926 – 9 February 1943) was a Soviet partisan and one of the founders of the clandestine organization Young Guard, which fought the Nazi forces in Krasnodon during World War II between 1941 and 1945. Oleg Koshevoy was born in Pryluky, a city in the Chernihiv Oblast (province) of present-day north-central Ukraine (at the time a part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic), Oleg Koshevoy's family moved south to Rzhyshchiv and Poltava before settling in Krasnodon (at the eastern border of Ukraine) in 1940, where he attended secondary school.
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In July 1942, Krasnodon was occupied by the German Army. Under the leadership of the party underground, Koshevoy organized an anti-nazi Komsomol (Communist Youth) organization called the Young Guard (translit. Molodaya gvardiya), becoming its commissar. In January 1943, the Germans exposed the organization. Koshevoy tried to cross the front line, but was soon apprehended. He was tortured and then executed on 9 February 1943. On 13 September 1943 Oleg Koshevoy was posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin, and later, the Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" 1st class. Many mines, sovkhozes, schools, and Young Pioneer groups in the Soviet Union were later named after him.
Oleg Koshevoy studied at secondary school. The recorded working language is Ukrainian, Russian and German. The field of work recorded is resistance movement. Distinctions recorded are Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union and Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War".
Олег Кошевой в августе 1942 года
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1926
Oleg Koshevoy born at Pryluky.
1943
Oleg Koshevoy died at Rovenky.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Oleg Vasilyevich Koshevoy. His recorded languages were Ukrainian, Russian and German. He was the child of Vasiliy Koshevoy and Olena Koshova. Recorded as military personnel, poet and clandestine agent.
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