Junior lieutenant of medical service Sergei Bogomolov was drafted into the Red Army in 1943

On February 24, 1944, during the battles for the liberation of the Vitebsk region by the Red Army, German troops attacked and surrounded the mortar division in which Bogomolov served. 38 Soviet soldiers repulsed German attacks for 14 hours.

Bogomolov led a group of 11 men. He managed to raise the morale of the soldiers – they repulsed all enemy attacks. Bogomolov himself carried the wounded from the battlefield and personally destroyed eight enemy soldiers.

For courage and heroism junior lieutenant of medical service Sergei Bogomolov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

You can find detailed information about the combat path of the Hero on the site Memory of the people

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