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Ilya Kaplunov

Kaplunov Ilya Makarovich was a sailor and gunner of an anti-tank rifle of the 4th Infantry Regiment of the 98th Infantry Division of the 2nd Guards Army of the Stalingrad Front, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Early life
He was born on July 8, 1918, in Chapushka, Balashovsky district (now the Arkadaksky District of the Saratov Oblast). He graduated from the Arkadak secondary school. He worked as a laborer at an oil refinery, as a mechanic and a hammerer at an agricultural school. In 1938 he was drafted, serving in naval aviation in the Pacific Fleet. == Memory ==
Memory
in Volgograd with inscription: "Eternal glory to the Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Private Kaplunov Ilya Makarovich" At the beginning of 1943, the Komsomol members of the Arkadak region raised money for the construction of the tank named «Ilya Kaplunov». The tank was handed over to Major V. M. Muravlev, a tanker from Saratov, who led him from the banks of the Volga to Berlin. Streets in Vladivostok, the Romanovka-2 garrison (Primorsky Territory), Volgograd, Arkadak and in the village of Oktyabrsky are named after Ilya Kaplunov. His name is carved on the monument to the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad in Volgograd. By order of the troops of the Southern Front dated May 13, 1943, Ilya Kaplunov was forever enrolled in the lists of the 260th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 86th Guards Rifle Division. Until the end of the 1980s, the regiment was stationed in the city of Florești and was part of the 86th Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the 14th Guards Army of the Odessa Military District. The bust was installed on the alley of Heroes in front of the headquarters of the 7060th air base of the naval aviation of the Pacific Fleet (military unit 69262) in the Yelizovo garrison of the Kamchatka Krai. The bust was installed in the garrison Romanovka-2 (Pristan) Primorsky Krai In 1961, a sculpture of Kaplunov with an anti-tank rifle in his hands was installed over the mass grave where Kaplunov was buried. == Awards ==
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union (26 October 1943); • Order of Lenin (26 October 1943) == Books ==
Books
• Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь / Пред. ред. коллегии И. Н. Шкадов. — М.: Воениздат, 1987. — Т. 1 /Абаев — Любичев/. — 911 с. — 100 000 экз. — ISBN отс., Рег. No. в РКП 87-95382 • Зачислен навечно: биографический справочник / А. Д. Зайцев, И. И. Рощин, В. Н. Соловьёв. — Кн. 1: Абросимов-Ляпота. — М.: Политиздат, 1990. — 382 с. — 100 000 экз. == References ==
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