Boleslav Dominovich Gegzhnas

Boleslav Dominikovich Gegzhnas (1906-1952) - participant in the Greta Patriotic War,platoon commander of the 18th separate reconnaissance company of the 16th Infantry Division of the 2nd Guards Army of the 1st Baltic Front, senior sergeant. The hero of the USSR.

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1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Memory

Biography

Born in 1906 in St. Petersburg in a working class family. Lithuanian.

He worked at one of the enterprises of Leningrad. In the Soviet Army in 1939-1940 and from May 1943. In the army since June 21, 1943. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1944.

Commanding a platoon of the 18th separate reconnaissance company, senior sergeant Boleslav Gegzhnas during the Soviet offensive in the Kelmeysky direction (Lithuanian SSR), from October 6 to 9, 1944, was among the first to liberate the city of Šilale, then crossed the Jura River. He was wounded, but did not leave the battlefield.

Since 1945, Junior Lieutenant Geghnas - in stock. He lived and worked in Leningrad.

He died in 1952. He was buried at the Theological Cemetery [1]. Awards

The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded on March 24, 1945 [2]. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star and medals.