Nikolai Lyashchenko fought on the Republican side in Spain and against Nazi Germany.
14 Facts About Nikolai Lyashchenko
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In October 1929, Nikolai Lyashchenko voluntarily joined the Red Army to participate in the defense of the CER from Chinese militarists.
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Nikolai Lyashchenko was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1931.
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From May 1937 to October 1938, Major Lyashchenko participated in the Spanish Civil War, was a military advisor to the commanders of the division and corps of the Republican Army.
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Nikolai Lyashchenko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
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Major Nikolai Lyashchenko fought in the Great Patriotic War from the very first days.
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In May 1942, during the Second Battle of Kharkov, the division was surrounded, but Nikolai Lyashchenko led the greatly depleted, but still combat-ready units of the division to their own.
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Nikolai Lyashchenko took part in breaking the Siege of Leningrad.
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General Nikolai Lyashchenko's division liberated the cities of Parnu, Osterode, Gniew, Starogard, Danzig, and Swinemunde.
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Nikolai Lyashchenko commanded the 90th Rifle Division until February 1946, then was sent for training.
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On February 22,1968 Nikolai Lyashchenko was awarded the military rank of General of the Army.
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Nikolai Lyashchenko was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by decree of the President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev on October 4,1990 for courage and heroism shown on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War.
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Nikolai Lyashchenko died at the age of 91 and was buried at the Kuntsevo Cemetery.
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Nikolai Lyashchenko was a member of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.