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Hero of the Soviet Union
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Male
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Birth:
16 June 1917(Velyki Krynky, Kremenchug Uyezd, Novorossiysk Governorate, Ukraine)
Death:
8 August 1995(Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia)
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Awards:
Hero of the Soviet UnionOrder of LeninOrder of the Patriotic War, 1st classOrder of the Red StarMedal "For Battle Merit"Medal "For Battle Merit"Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"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"Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"Distinguished Service Cross
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Biography
Introduction
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)