Shatiel Abramov

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Captain Shatiel Semenovich Abramov was a Mountain Jew born in Derbent, Dagestan in either 1918[1][2] or 1924[3]. After completing training in an infantry school[3] in 1940, he was drafted into the Soviet Army fighting in World War II . He was wounded six times[1] during the war and awarded numerous military decorations and medals[3]. Abramov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for action in Poland after the death of his battalion commander whilst in combat. According to his citation, Abramov took command of the battalion during the fight for a fortress in Poznan, scaling a wall to gain entry, and leading the way to the conquest of the fortress by his battalion[1]. Other activity attributed to him during the war includes walking from Stalingrad to Berlin, and commanding a battalion which killed 400 Germans and captured another 1500.

After war he graduated from the Geological Prospecting Faculty of the Grozny Petroleum Institute.[3] in 1949[2] with a degree in Geology and mineralogy[1] and the worked as Senior laboratory assistant in the Grozny Oil Institute from 1949 until 1952[2]. In 1952 he moved to study for a Masters degree at the All-Union Geological Institute (Russian: Всесоюзний геологичесkий институт), in Leningrad, returning to the Grozny Petroleum Institute in 1956 as Dean of the Evening Faculty. In 1976 he was appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Geological Exploration (декан геологического-разведочного факультета)[2]

Abramov was the author of 10 scientific works, including one monograph.

Abramov died in Moscow on 14 May 2004.

Orders and medals Received

References

  1. ^ a b c d Zvi Y. Gitelman (2001). "A Century of Ambivalence:The Jews of Russia and the Soviet Union, 1881 to the Present". Indiana University Press,. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ a b c d "Шатиель Семенович Абрамов". Retrieved 20120419. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ a b c d "Абрамов Шатиель Семенович - Герой Советского Союза". 27-09-2010, 03:04. Retrieved 20120419. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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