Yurasov is a hero of the Soviet Union. Yurasov

The hero of the USSR

guard Major Oleg Yurasov

Know what kind of guy he was!

Yurasov Oleg Aleksandrovich - Chief of Staff, Deputy Commander of the 2nd Airborne Battalion of the Separate Guards Red Banner Order of Suvorov, Third Degree of the 345th Parachute airborne regiment named after the 70th anniversary of the Lenin Komsomol as part of the 40th Army of the Red Banner Turkestan Military District (limited contingent soviet troops in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan), the guard major was twice awarded the Order of the Red Star.

On January 23, 1989, three weeks before the end of the withdrawal of Soviet troops, he was killed in action during the operation "Typhoon ". For courage and heroism shown in an extreme situation, he was posthumously awarded the titleHero of the Soviet Union (decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 04/10/1989, medal No. 11593).

Oleg Yurasov was born on November 27, 1954 in the Ostafyevo garrison (now the town of Shcherbinka) in the Moscow Region into a working class family. In 1972 he graduated from the 10th grade of the Ostafievskaya secondary school (at school No. 5 in Shcherbinka). In 1973, Oleg entered the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command Twice Red Banner School named after the Lenin Komsomol.

After graduating from college in 1979, the young officer served in the reconnaissance company of the 331st parachute regiment, stationed in Kostroma, in positions from platoon commander to company commander.

Since June 1987, Guards Major O. Yurasov has been serving in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan as part of the 40th Army of the Red Banner Turkestan Military District as chief of staff, deputy commander of the parachute battalion of the separate Guards Red Banner Order of Suvorov of the third degree of the 345th parachute landing regiment named after the 70th anniversary of the Leninist Komsomol.

From the notebook of the political officer of the 2nd paratrooper battalion Sergei Bogatov.

Today I flew to the place of service - Anava village in the Panjshir gorge. My heart sank longingly. Where did you go, what century? Low duval, houses made of clay and stones. There are no people in sight. Only at the landing site - soldiers in bulletproof vests.

I met the chief of staff of our battalion, Captain Oleg Yurasov. The face is very mobile, eyes with cunning, strong strength is felt in the hand, he himself is fast as a whirligig. We greeted, he asked: "Well, how do you like our places? - And he answered himself - I already wore it in three months ..."

The mortar shelling of our group has been going on for three days. We are sitting at the command post of the battalion. Oleg at the radio station gives orders to the outposts, adjusts the artillery fire on the identified targets, while squinting angrily and concealing the "spirits" with a strong Russian word.

Getting ready for the New Year. It rains heavily for the second day. In the morning I went to outpost No. 16, Oleg - to No. 12. They brought apples, cheese, sausage to the guys. Everyone is in an anxious mood: the "spirits" also know that we have New Year, and can throw out any trick.

In the evening gathered in my room: battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel A. Serebryakov, chief of staff captain Yurasov and special officer. They drank "Sisi" - an orange drink, ate pilaf, apples. They talked about families, home, about the life that awaits in the Union. Then Oleg said: "I would have to hold out until the vacation, but there it is no longer scary. After all, there is a belief: if they did not kill in the first four months, then the probability of dying is the lowest ..."

After six years in the Panjshir Gorge, our battalion was taken to the city of Bagram. The column was led by Oleg Yurasov. I followed him in an infantry fighting vehicle. We stopped at a lonely village. Three of us - me, Captain Pasha Morozov and Oleg Yurasov took a picture. I remembered his words: "Now don't put your head in, it's undesirable to test fate so often ..."

Oleg Yurasov, Captain S. Lokhin and battalion doctor Senior Lieutenant V. Zazulin received the Order of the Red Star. Gathered at the front. This case was washed in the kitchen. There were toasts to the awardees, to the fate of relatives, the third silently ... Oleg then remembered his daughters. So he wanted to see his family ... As well as everyone present.

All the officers celebrated the New Year together, with the exception of those on duty in the company and battalion.

There were only a few days left before the withdrawal of troops. I really want to live, but time drags on so slowly ... Everyone who served in Afghanistan says that the most troubling period is before the replacement. "Substitutes" are no longer hired for operations, so that something does not happen. And we, it turns out, are one hundred percent "substitutes". Who will have a happy fate? Who will live? This dumb question in the soul of each of us ...

Before withdrawal the last soldier there were 23 days left.

At 6.30 the war started ... Oleg managed to shout: "Spirits ...". When he, mortally wounded, was brought to the battalion command post, he still showed signs of life, but the Afghan soil had absorbed too much blood ...

January 23 1989, as a result of the fighting in the village of Katalan, a gang of more than 100 people was surrounded. The leader Karim, having gathered women, old people and children, tried to break through under their cover and go to the base area.Major Yurasov OA at the head of the reconnaissance platoon carried out a hidden maneuver and found himself between the peaceful Afghan population and the bandits. The rebels responded to the proposal to lay down their arms with strong fire at civilians and paratroopers. Having ordered the paratroopers to lie down, Major Yurasov stood up to his full height and showed the peaceful population with gestures and speech that they lay down on the ground. By these actions, he distracted the attention of the bandits from the civilian population and caused fire on himself, as a result of which he was seriously wounded and cut off by the fire of the rebels from his platoon. With strong and dense fire, stopping all attempts of the reconnaissance platoon to approach the wounded, bleeding officer, the bandits tried to capture him in order to ensure a safe exit from the encirclement.

Major Yurasov O.A., being seriously wounded, entered into battle with superior enemy... Showing personal courage, composure and endurance, he destroyed up to 15 rebels with well-aimed fire. Having tied the enemy in battle, he gained time for the necessary maneuver of the reconnaissance platoon. Bleeding, suppressing pain, Major O. A. Yurasov, continuing to fire at the enemy, completely used up his ammunition and lost consciousness from loss of blood. The reconnaissance platoon with a decisive throw managed to break through the enemy's fire barrier, completely destroying the gang, to its commander, who was lying unconscious with grenades clutched in his hands.YU rasov O. And died from the received fatal wounds, having shown best qualities officer, courage and heroism, in a critical situation, sacrificing himself managed to save dozens of civilians and ensure the fulfillment of a combat mission.

DECREE

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR

on awarding the title Hero of the Soviet Union

major Oleg Yurasov

For the successful completion of the assignment to provide international assistance to the Republic of Afghanistan and the courage and heroism shown at the same time to appropriate

major Oleg Yurasov

title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously)

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR M. Gorbachev

Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSRT. Menteshashvili

Moscow Kremlin, April 10, 1989

DECISION

Presidium of the Podolsk Executive Committee of People's Deputies

Assign to secondary school No. 5 of the Podolsk districtname Hero of the Soviet Union

guard Major Oleg Yurasov

Chairman of the Executive Committee A. Moskalev

ORDER No. 34

chief of the Ryazan military airborne command school

The fourth battalion of cadets to establish patronage over the family and relatives of Hero of the Soviet Union Oleg Aleksandrovich Yurasov and over high school No. 5 of Shcherbinka.

The head of the school, Lieutenant General A. Slyusar

"., Surrounded by Soviet troops, militants, under the cover of civilians, tried to escape from the Kalatak village. The most violent fighting deployed 80 meters from the 42nd outpost. It was there that Karim's detachment sat down - a total of 120 people. The rebels had: machine guns, a mountain cannon, a recoilless gun and a DShK. A sniper was working from the duval. Major Yurasov, with a reconnaissance platoon, forced the enemy to lie down with machine-gun fire, and gave the residents the opportunity to escape to a safe place. He offered the bandits to surrender. And then the oblique machine-gun fire hit the commander, piercing his thigh and groin, cutting the femoral artery. From the loss of blood, the hero died on the battlefield. The "Karimovites" were no longer nursed, and they were destroyed.

Government awards:
1980-88 - awarded with many medals.
1987 - awarded Order of the Red Star
1988 - awarded Order of the Red Star
For courage and heroism shown in an extreme situation, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (decree of 04/10/1989, medal No. 11593).
April 10, 1989 - awarded Order of Lenin.
April 10, 1989 - awarded the title The hero of the USSR, posthumously, to the 74th deceased To the hero out of 79 during the war.
1990 - it was decided to hold the traditional memorial of the All-Russian youth tournament in army hand-to-hand fighting annually "The Golden Ring of Russia" in memory of the Hero of the Soviet Union Oleg Yurasov.
November 26, 1990 secondary school No. 5 in the city of Shcherbinka (where Oleg studied) was named Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Major Yurasov.

Links to articles about Oleg Alexandrovich:
http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id\u003d3184
http://www.scherbinka.ru/history/zinoviev.php?page21

Hero's father

When we hear the name Yurasov, we immediately remember our fellow countryman, the famous hero of Afghanistan, Oleg Yurasov. The story of his feat is familiar to many Shcherbinsky, and there is no point in repeating it again. This time, on the eve of Victory Day, we want to tell you about Oleg's father Alexander Mikhailovich Yurasov. About the man who raised our hero, instilling in him love for the Motherland from childhood and raising him to be a courageous and honest person. The life of Yurasov Sr. deserves special attention. During the Great Patriotic War, he lost his father and uncle at the front. His older brother went through it from start to finish and even managed to fight in Far East with the Japanese. But Alexander Mikhailovich himself did not have time to get to the front, despite the fact that for six months he was preparing in training as part of a reconnaissance company. The war is over! For some, May 9 was the end military service, but for him everything was just beginning. Alexander Mikhailovich devoted his whole life to the army and does not regret it at all.

Alexander Mikhailovich is now 85 years old. He looks strong and fit. As if those tragic eventsthat he had to endure, they did not break him, but, on the contrary, tempered him. He is cheerful, cheerful and well-behaved, although sometimes in a conversation a shadow of sadness falls on his face, and his lively eyes fade a little. He has a lot to tell, although he says little about himself, remembering more about his grandfather, father, brother and beloved son. All of them are military men and at various times served the Motherland. Someone died heroically, and someone was lucky enough to live to the deep gray hair. If you look at the history of the life of Alexander Mikhailovich during the Great Patriotic War, then it is in many ways similar to the fate of those boys who accompanied their father, brother and uncle to the front, and himself, with bated breath, was waiting for the summons from the military registration and enlistment office. As Alexander Mikhailovich says, then the youth did not even think that they could not go to war. Everyone believed that they should be at the front and defend their country from the Nazis. There was no talk of any military romance, everyone was well aware that they might not return from the front, but many were still torn, as if without this life would have been wasted.
Sasha Yurasov knew from childhood what an army life was. His grandfather, a man of interesting destiny, fought in the French Foreign Legion in Africa during the First World War. When the revolution began in Russia, a legion, largely composed of Russian soldiers, supported the Bolsheviks. Simply because for many, the service already seemed like torment, and Lenin's words that it was enough to fight, it was time to go home, became decisive. But they didn’t come back right away. The legion was disbanded, and there was no one to take the soldiers back. At this time, Russia was already blazing civil War... Several thousand Russians were captured, they were scattered throughout northern Africa: Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria. My grandfather later said that life was not bad for them there. The Russian peasant was hard-working, a jack of all trades, and could feed himself even in a foreign land. Some of the soldiers even married local women and stayed there forever. Our stately and handsome soldiers enjoyed success in Africa. And then Lenin hired a ship from the British, issuing a decree to return all Russians from Africa to their homeland. My grandfather was not a communist, but he was grateful to Lenin for this all his life and even bequeathed to put a newspaper with a portrait of the leader in the coffin with him.
Sasha's father Mikhail Yurasov also linked his fate with the army, entering the Ryazan Infantry School and graduating as an officer. He and his family were sent to the border with Finland in border troops... He took part in that very bloody soviet-Finnish war in 1939 and 1940s. Returning back to Ryazan, he again ended up in the Ryazan Infantry and began to work with young soldiers. In 1943, when the most difficult situation developed near Kharkov, where the Germans could defeat the Soviet offensive and turn back to Moscow, all regular officers were called to the front.
- I remember, - says Alexander Mikhailovich, - how my father went home before leaving. He said that he was going to the meat grinder and would certainly not return home. And so it happened, he died as a company commander. Then I understood the meaning of the saying: "Trouble has come - open the gate." First came the funeral for the father, then for the mother's brother, who died near Smolensk, and then there was a letter from the elder brother Nikolai. He was severely wounded in the arm by a shrapnel, and a nurse from the hospital wrote for him. My younger brother and sister, afraid that their mother would go mad with grief, burned these funerals, showing only a letter from their son.
Alexander Mikhailovich did not remember the burial place of his father, and only recently, through the Internet, it was possible to find the exact place of the grave. It is located near Donetsk, and Alexander Mikhailovich will definitely go to his father's grave. Now this is his main goal in life.
He remembers very well how the war began. The family then lived in the village, and there was no radio in the house. At five in the morning there was a sharp knock on the window. A caretaker from the collective farm came running.
- Michal Ivanovich, the war has begun!
Father was summoned to the regional center, and he immediately left. A sense of a terrible threat hung over everyone, and it did not leave anyone until the end of the war.
While the war was going on, Sasha Yurasov, who had not yet reached draft age, went to school and worked on a collective farm. Everyone then worked tirelessly: it was necessary to feed the army. There was a moment when the Germans approached his village, stood only 12 kilometers away. Their goal was the city of Ryazhsk, a large railway center. From there the roads went to Kuibyshev, Tambov and Lipetsk. Fortunately, we managed to throw them back. Then I had to level the trenches in the fields that the Germans dug.
The time has come for Sasha to join the army. In November 1944, he was 16 years old when he and his comrades took the oath. The guys were assigned to a reconnaissance company and transferred to the city of Kineshma. The preparation took six months. The soldier was seriously trained for war. They easily ran a 60 km march with full ammunition and shot perfectly. After such a drill, they were not only ready physically, but also psychologically. The soldiers were confident in themselves and rushed to the front. It was the beginning of May 1945, when Sasha Yurasov's company was transferred to Shuya - the last point before the front, where his regiment was being formed. The company was assigned to the artillery, its task was to direct fire at the enemy's position.
Then the great and long-awaited word spread throughout the country: "Victory!" Of course, you can't say that the boys who were eager to go to war were disappointed by this. The joy was indescribable, but not at all the same as that of the fathers and grandfathers burned out in battles. Those who still wanted to fight, asked to go to the east, to fight the Japanese. And many did not return ...
Combat reconnaissance was no longer so needed, and a separate engineering battalion was created from the company of Alexander Yurasov. He became a cook, and since then he has fed his colleagues until retirement. His battalion built various structures for Soviet armyuntil he ended up in our garrison Ostafyevo. Here it was necessary to lengthen the runway and expand the airfield itself, where the aviation regiment of fighters three times Hero of the USSR Ivan Kozhedub was to be deployed. This was the last stop before sending our pilots to the war in Korea, where the Americans were at the time. The battalion of Alexander Mikhailovich built a building for the pilots, which today in Ostafyevo is called house management and still serves the residents of the microdistrict. Alexander Mikhailovich is proud that he himself fed Ivan Kozhedub, as well as the commander of the Air Force of the Moscow Military District, Vasily Stalin.
After the regiment was sent to Korea, the battalion was transferred to Orenburg. There they fortified the border with China, built alternate airfields for our aviation. And so for another seven years. And then demobilization. Alexander Mikhailovich was offered to return to Ostafyevo and work in our aviation unit as a public catering instructor. He agreed and has been feeding our pilots ever since.
His son Oleg was also born here. When I asked how I managed to raise such a son, Alexander Mikhailovich says that from the 5th grade he sent him to the Podolsk wrestling school. And more than him physical education did not touch. There was one concern: once a week to buy a tracksuit - they were torn very quickly. Oleg always had a serious and persistent character, and soon he became the champion of the Moscow region. Until now, in Kostroma, where Oleg Yurasov is well remembered, a tournament in his memory in hand-to-hand combat is being held. He retained his love for sports throughout his life and tried to instill it in all his colleagues. It is a great joy for Alexander Mikhailovich that now in his native Shcherbinka, they also began to hold a wrestling tournament in memory of his son.
Three times a year, Oleg's comrades from the Ryazan Airborne School come to visit Alexander Mikhailovich. At the table, they recall the past years, the feat of Oleg, and encourage Alexander Mikhailovich. After all, for him every visit of Oleg's friends is an extension of life. Together they go to Oleg's grave to lay flowers.
Alexander Mikhailovich also has a daughter and two grandchildren from her, two granddaughters from Oleg. He does not have to be bored. He does not lose heart, he still goes fishing and is going to Kostroma for the next tournament in memory of his son.
Dmitry Strakhov. Photo by the author

IGOR EVGENIEVICH YURASOV

Biography

Born October 10, 1922 in a family of doctors
in the city of Vladimir. Graduated from high school. During the war, he studied first in Alma-Ata (where MAI was evacuated), then, already at the end of 1942. - in Moscow.
His wife also studied there and at the same time - Galina Antonovna.
IN 1946 g. faculty graduate aircraft Moscow Aviation Institute named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze, specializing in electrical engineer.
FROM 1947 g. works in a special design bureau NII-88 (OKB-1, NPO Energia, Kaliningrad, Moscow region) first as a senior engineer, then as a head of a group, laboratory, sector, department.
FROM early 1954 deputy technical manager OKB-1 B.E. Chertok.
IN 1958 g. Igor Evgenievich defends a thesis and becomes candidate of technical sciences.
FROM 1963 th to 1966 year - Deputy Chief Designer OKB-1.
FROM 1966 th to 1974 year - Deputy Head of the complex TsKBEM.
FROM 1974 th to 1981 year - scientific director topics, scientific consultant
GKB NPO Energia.
Participant of work on the creation of the first domestic long-range ballistic missiles R-5, R-7, R-11, and the design and creation of on-board systems of the first domestic spacecraft Zenith for photographing the Earth's surface. One of the leading leaders of work on the creation and improvement of the control system by descent from orbit to the Earth of unmanned (developmental) and manned spacecraft "Vostok", "Voskhod", "Soyuz", spacecraft under the lunar programs L-1, N-1, L- 3.
I.E. Yurasov - author and co-author of more than 80 scientific papers, articles, inventions.

Awards:
1946 g. – Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.";
1956 g. — Order of the Red Banner of Labor;
1957 g. december 18 — Lenin Prize Laureate, resolution № 1418-657 ,
for work on the creation of the R-7 rocket;
1961 June 17 — Igor Evgenievich Yurasov closed Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "For outstanding services in the creation of samples rocketry and ensuring the successful flight of a Soviet man into outer space "was awarded the title
Hero of Socialist Labor with delivery order of Lenin and
Hammer and Sickle Gold Medal.

Links to articles about Igor Evgenievich:
http://epizodsspace.narod.ru/bibl/chertok/kniga-1/6-4.html B.E. Chertok "Rockets and People"
http://www.x-libri.ru/elib/kaman001/00000448.htm N. P. Kamanin "Hidden Space"

_____________________________

EVGENY SERGEEVICH YURASOV

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YURASOVS AWARDED DURING THE PERIOD
GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

/ from the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
"The feat of the people during the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", update from April 3, 2013 /

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Regards, Guardian.

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Awards Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously) Order of Lenin (posthumously) Two Orders of the Red Star Medal

Memory The name of the guard Major O.A.Yurasov was assigned to the Middle comprehensive school No. 5 named after the Hero of the Soviet Union, Guard Major Oleg Aleksandrovich Yurasov, Shcherbinka. November 27, 1990, on the day of memory of the Hero, in this educational institution a museum of military and labor glory "Memory" was opened. In memory of the Hero, since 1998 in the city of Kostroma, an open tournament "The Golden Ring of Russia" in army hand-to-hand combat in memory of Oleg Yurasov has been held. In 1999 the tournament received the All-Russian status. In 2004, the competition was awarded the official status of the All-Russian Cup "Golden Ring of Russia" in memory of the Hero of the Soviet Union Oleg Yurasov; they became the second highest rated in the planner of the Federation of the Army hand-to-hand combat Russia after the Championship of Russia. Since 2011, the tournament in memory of Oleg Yurasov has received the status of the Russian Cup in army hand-to-hand combat.

short biography Born on November 27, 1954 at the Shcherbinka station of the Leninsky district of the Moscow region. In the Armed Forces of the USSR since 18. 11. 1973. Graduated from the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command Twice Red Banner School named after the Lenin Komsomol. Since 1979, after graduating from college, he served in the reconnaissance company of the 331st Guards Parachute Regiment in the city of Kostroma in positions from platoon commander to company commander. In 1987 he was sent to the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in a separate 345 airborne regiment. He took part in 16 military operations. January 23, 1989, three weeks before the end of the Soviet withdrawal, during Operation Typhoon. , surrounded by Soviet troops, militants, under the cover of civilians, tried to escape from the Kalatak village. The most fierce hostilities took place 80 meters from the 42nd outpost. It was there that Karim's detachment sat down - a total of 120 people. The rebels had: machine guns, a mountain cannon, a recoilless gun and a DShK. A sniper was working from the duval. Major Yurasov, with a reconnaissance platoon, forced the enemy to lie down with machine-gun fire, and gave the residents the opportunity to escape to a safe place. He offered the bandits to surrender. And then the oblique machine-gun fire hit the commander, piercing his thigh and groin, cutting the femoral artery. From the loss of blood, the hero died on the battlefield. The "Karimovites" were no longer nursed, and they were destroyed.

Hero of the Soviet Union Guard Major Oleg Yurasov

On the 28th anniversary of the withdrawal of a limited contingent of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

Know what kind of guy he was!

Yurasov Oleg Aleksandrovich - Chief of Staff, Deputy Commander of the 2nd Airborne Battalion of the Separate Guards Red Banner Order of Suvorov, Third Class of the 345th Airborne Regiment named after the 70th anniversary of the Lenin Komsomol as part of the 40th Army of the Red Banner Turkestan Military District (limited troops in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan), the guard major was twice awarded the Order of the Red Star.

On January 23, 1989, three weeks before the end of the withdrawal of Soviet troops, he was killed in action during Operation Typhoon. For courage and heroism shown in an extreme situation, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 04/10/1989, medal No. 11593).

Oleg Yurasov was born on November 27, 1954 in the Ostafyevo garrison (now the town of Shcherbinka) in the Moscow Region into a working class family. In 1972 he graduated from the 10th grade of the Ostafievskaya secondary school (now school No. 5 in Shcherbinka). In 1973, Oleg entered the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command Twice Red Banner School named after the Lenin Komsomol.

From the notebook of the political officer of the 2nd paratrooper battalion Sergei Bogatov.

In the evening gathered in my room: battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel A. Serebryakov, chief of staff captain Yurasov and special officer. They drank "Sisi" - an orange drink, ate pilaf, apples. They talked about families, home, about the life that awaits in the Union. Then Oleg said: "I would have to hold out until the vacation, but there it is no longer scary. After all, there is a belief: if they did not kill in the first four months, then the probability of dying is the lowest ..."

After six years in the Panjshir Gorge, our battalion was taken to the city of Bagram. The column was led by Oleg Yurasov. I followed him in an infantry fighting vehicle. We stopped at a lonely village. Three of us - me, Captain Pasha Morozov and Oleg Yurasov took a picture. I remembered his words: "Now don't put your head in, it's undesirable to test fate so often ..."

Oleg Yurasov, captain S. Lokhin and battalion doctor senior lieutenant V. Zazulin received the Order of the Red Star. Gathered at the front. This case was washed in the kitchen. There were toasts to the awardees, to the fate of relatives, the third silently ... Oleg then remembered his daughters. So he wanted to see his family ... As well as everyone present.

All the officers celebrated the New Year together, with the exception of those on duty in the company and battalion.

There were only a few days left before the withdrawal of troops. I really want to live, but time drags on so slowly ... Everyone who served in Afghanistan says that the most troubling period is before the replacement. "Substitutes" are no longer hired for operations so that something does not happen. And we, it turns out, are one hundred percent "substitutes". Who will have a happy fate? Who will live? This dumb question in the soul of each of us ...

There were 23 days left until the last soldier was withdrawn.

At 6.30 the war started ... Oleg managed to shout: "Spirits ...". When he, mortally wounded, was brought to the battalion command post, he still showed signs of life, but the Afghan soil had absorbed too much blood ...

On January 23, 1989, as a result of hostilities in the village of Katalan, a gang of more than 100 people was surrounded. The leader Karim, having gathered women, old people and children, tried to break through under their cover and go to the base area. Major Yurasov OA at the head of the reconnaissance platoon carried out a hidden maneuver and found himself between the peaceful Afghan population and the bandits. The rebels responded to the proposal to lay down their arms with strong fire at civilians and paratroopers. Having ordered the paratroopers to lie down, Major Yurasov stood up to his full height and showed the peaceful population with gestures and speech that they lay down on the ground. By these actions, he distracted the attention of the bandits from the civilian population and caused fire on himself, as a result of which he was seriously wounded and cut off by the fire of the rebels from his platoon. With strong and dense fire, stopping all attempts of the reconnaissance platoon to approach the wounded, bleeding officer, the bandits tried to capture him in order to ensure a safe exit from the encirclement.

Major Yurasov O.A., being seriously wounded, entered the battle with a superior enemy. Showing personal courage, composure and endurance, he destroyed up to 15 rebels with well-aimed fire. Having tied the enemy in battle, he gained time for the necessary maneuver of the reconnaissance platoon. Bleeding, suppressing the pain, Major Yurasov O.A., continuing to fire at the enemy, completely used up his ammunition and lost consciousness from loss of blood. The reconnaissance platoon with a decisive throw managed to break through the enemy's fire barrier, completely destroying the gang, to its commander, who was lying unconscious with grenades clutched in his hands. Yurasov O. And died from his fatal wounds, showing the best qualities of an officer, courage and heroism, in a critical situation, sacrificing himself managed to save dozens of civilians and ensure the fulfillment of a combat mission.

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR

on conferring the title of Hero of the Soviet Union

major Oleg Yurasov

For the successful completion of the assignment to provide international assistance to the Republic of Afghanistan and the courage and heroism shown at the same time to appropriate

major Oleg Yurasov

Title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously)

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR M. Gorbachev

Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR T. Menteshashvili

DECISION

Presidium of the Podolsk Executive Committee of People's Deputies

Assign the name of the Hero of the Soviet Union to secondary school No. 5 of the Podolsk district

guard Major Oleg Yurasov

Chairman of the Executive Committee A. Moskalev

ORDER No. 34

head of the Ryazan Military Airborne Command School

The fourth battalion of cadets to establish patronage over the family and relatives of the Hero of the Soviet Union Oleg Aleksandrovich Yurasov and over secondary school No. 5 in Shcherbinka.

Head of the school Lieutenant General A. Slyusar

Traditional, annual celebration of the Hero