Ivan Karpovich Golubets
Ivan Karpowitsch Golubez ( Russian Иван Карпович Голубец ; * May 8, 1916 in Taganrog ; † March 25, 1942 ) was a Soviet sailor in the Black Sea Fleet , who was posthumously awarded the title of " Hero of the Soviet Union ".
Ivan Golubez was born into a working-class Ukrainian family. After graduating from school, he worked at the Taganrog steelworks.
In 1937 Ivan Golubez was drafted into the Russian Navy. In 1939 he graduated from the coastal defense school in Balaklava (on the Crimean peninsula ) and served in the 2nd and 1st divisions on a coast guard ship of the Black Sea Fleet in the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk . Since June 1941 he took part in the Second World War as helmsman of the corvette SK-0183 (3rd Division of Coastal Defense Ships ) . He performed his heroic deed in Sevastopol in the spring of 1942 .
On March 25, 1942, German artillery shelled Strelezkaya Bay. Another ship's engine room, SK-0121 , was hit and set on fire. Ivan Golubez took necessary measures to put out the fire, but shortly afterwards his ship was also hit. The fuel tank exploded, there was a risk of a chain explosion from ammunition caught on fire. Golubez understood the situation and began rolling the depth charges off the deck. One last bomb exploded, but other ships and many lives were saved.
On June 14, 1942, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet issued an ordinance to posthumously award Ivan Golubez the honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union . His hometown of Taganrog paid tribute to the hero by naming a street after him. A memorial was erected next to the Chekhov grammar school he attended.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eintreg to Ivan Golubez on warheroes.ru ; accessed on May 3, 2019 (Russian)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Golubez, Ivan Karpovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Голубец, Иван Карпович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet sailor of the Black Sea Fleet, Hero of the Soviet Union |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taganrog |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1942 |