Ivan Burlal Biography

Born on October 8, on the award sheets of the year in the village of Kozhanka, now the Oratovsky district of the Vinnitsa region, Ukraine in a peasant family. He received primary education, worked on a collective farm before a call on mobilization in June. Since July, on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, he participated in hostilities in the southwestern, North Caucasus and 4th Ukrainian fronts, was three times wounded.

By May, the senior sergeant I. Burlak commanded the machine gun calculation of the mountain rifle regiment of the mountain rifle division and distinguished himself during the operation to liberate Sevastopol. Burlak moved with a machine gun to the flank of the German unit and destroyed several dozen enemy soldiers and officers. On the night of May 8, when changing the fire position in hand -to -hand combat, he destroyed the German soldier and took 3 Nazis.

In the afternoon of May 8, during the battle, north-west of the village of Karan 3 km west of Balaklava, now the village of Navy, Balaklava region I. Burlak fire from the flank, destroyed even more platoon of German soldiers and officers, thereby finging the enemy’s attempts to leave the encirclement. For the heroism manifested during the liberation of Sevastopol, I.

Burlal was represented to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. After the liberation of Crimea, I was fought by I. Burlak, was transferred to the Carpathians and for participating in the 1st Guards Army in the East Carpathian Strategic Operation, by order of the troops of the 4th Ukrainian Front of September 15, he was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree.

Sanok, Poland, senior sergeant Burlak, with a fire from a machine gun, destroyed two enemy firing points that prevented the advance of our infantry, and scattered up to 15 German soldiers. In this battle, he was wounded and evacuated to the hospital. By order of the troops of the 1st Guards Army of January 22, Burlak Ivan Emelyanovich was awarded the Order of Glory of the 2nd degree.

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 24, for the exemplary implementation of the command missions of the command at the front of the fight against the German invaders and the senior sergeant Burlak Ivan Emelyanovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star Held. After demobilization, the foreman I.

Burlak returned to his homeland and continued to work on the collective farm, was elected chairman. He lived in the village of Kozhanka. He died on December 12. He was awarded Lenin’s orders from the award sheet to I. enemy fire did not allow our units to rise, comrade. Burlak I. started a machine gun duel, at that time the gunner, the trace and the assistant gunner were out of order of the machine gun calculation.

Left alone Comrade Machine gun queues comrade Burlak I. The unit rose on the attack. The enemy began to withdraw into the second trenches, the machine gun of Comrade. With the onset of the night Comrade The Germans' departure path was firmly closed.

For the personal heroism and dedication that allowed our units to fulfill the combat mission, senior sergeant Burlak Ivan Emelyanovich worthy of the highest government award of appropriation of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. The biography was prepared by:.