Mukatai Abeulov

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Mukatai Abeulov
Native name
Мұқатай Әбеулов
Born1917
Sarkamysh village, Semipalatinsk Oblast, Russian Empire
Died16 December 1944
Nógrád County, Hungary
AllegianceSoviet Union Soviet Union
Service/branchCossak Cavalry Corps
Years of service1941—1944
RankKrasnoarmeets
Unit152nd Guards Anti-tank Artillery Regiment
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Mukatai Abeulov (Kazakh: Мұқатай Әбеулов, Russian: Мукатай Абеулов: 1917 — 16 December 1944) was a Kazakh soldier in the152nd Guards Anti-tank Artillery Regiment of the Cossak Cavalry Corps in the Red Army. During the battles for Hungary he knocked out six enemy tanks before he was killed in action. He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 28 April 1945.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Shkadov, Ivan, ed. (1987). Герои Советского Союза: краткий биографический словарь I, Абаев - Любичев [Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary I, Abaev - Lyubichev]. Moscow: Voenizdat.
  2. ^ Ufarkin, Nikolai. "Абеулов Мукатай". warheroes.ru.