Fedor Zinchenko Military person

Fedor Matveevich Zinchenko (Russian: Фёдор Матвеевич Зинченко; 19 September 1902 in Stavskovo, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire - 15 October 1991 in Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet officer who commanded the 150th Rifle Division's 756th Regiment during the Storming of the Reichstag. The soldiers under his command raised the Victory Banner.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 19, 1902
Birth place
Russian Empire , Krivosheinsky District , Tomsk Governorate
Date of deathOctober 15, 1991
Place of death
Soviet Union , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , Cherkasy

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allegiance(1924–1950)
award
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Kutuzov
Order of Suvorov
Order of the Patriotic War
Order of the Red Star
military operations
World War II
military command756th Infantry Regiment
service start1924
service end1950

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