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'''Alexander (Shura) Pavlovich Chekalin''' ({{lang-ru|Алекса́ндр Па́влович Чека́лин}}; March 25, 1925 – November 6, 1941), was a Russian teenager, [[Soviet partisan]], and [[Hero of the Soviet Union]].
'''Alexander (Shura) Pavlovich Chekalin''' ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Па́влович Чека́лин}}; 25 March 1925 – 6 November 1941) was a Russian teenager, [[Soviet partisan]], and [[Hero of the Soviet Union]].


Chekalin was captured, tortured, and hanged for partisan activities in [[Tula Oblast]] near [[Moscow]] during the [[German-Soviet War]].
Chekalin was captured, tortured, and hanged for partisan activities in [[Tula Oblast]] near [[Moscow]] during the [[German-Soviet War]].
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Alexander Pavlovich Chekalin was born on March 25, 1925 in the village of Peskovatoye, [[Likhvinsky Uyezd]], [[Kaluga Governorate]] of the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|RSFSR]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Чекалин, Александр Павлович |url=https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/chekalin-aleksandr-pavlovich |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=ТАСС}}</ref>
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Sixteen-year-old Shura Chekalin engaged in [[Resistance during World War II|underground resistance]] activities in the region of Tula near Moscow. In the first days of November 1941, he took part in an ambush of German vehicles, destroying one vehicle with a hand-grenade. After becoming ill, Chekalin was bedridden, and his location was betrayed to the Germans by an unknown informant. When Germans approached to arrest him, he threw a hand grenade at them, but it failed to explode. He was brutally tortured, and hanged on November 6, 1941. His body was left hanging for twenty days, taken down only after the area had been retaken by the [[Red Army]].


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Sixteen-year-old Shura Chekalin engaged in [[Resistance during World War II|underground resistance]] activities in the region of Tula near Moscow. In the first days of November 1941, he took part in an ambush of German vehicles, destroying one vehicle with a hand-grenade. After becoming ill, Chekalin was bedridden, and his location was betrayed to the Germans by an unknown informant.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Чекалин Александр Павлович|url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=297|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.warheroes.ru}}</ref> When Germans approached to arrest him, he threw a hand grenade at them, but it failed to explode. He was brutally tortured, and hanged on 6 November 1941.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Beyda|first=Oleg|last2=Petrov|first2=Igor|date=2021-01-04|title=Scientist and killer: A split life|url=https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/scientist-and-killer-a-split-life|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104062028/https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/scientist-and-killer-a-split-life |archive-date=2021-01-04 |access-date=2021-01-05|website=Pursuit|language=en}}</ref> His body was left hanging for twenty days, taken down only after the area had been retaken by the [[Red Army]].
He was posthumously made a [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] on February 4, 1942. The town of [[Chekalin]] was renamed for him in 1944.

== Awards ==

* Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously; February 4, 1942)<ref name=":1" />
* [[Order of Lenin]] (1942)<ref name=":1" />

== Memory ==
In 1944 Likhvin city was renamed to [[Chekalin]].<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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==External links==
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*{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=297 War Hero Alexander Chekalin]

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Latest revision as of 03:41, 30 November 2024

For other uses, see Chekalin.
Alexander Pavlovich Chekalin
Born25 March 1925
Died6 November 1941(1941-11-06) (aged 16)
Tula Oblast
Allegiance Soviet Union
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin

Alexander (Shura) Pavlovich Chekalin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Па́влович Чека́лин; 25 March 1925 – 6 November 1941) was a Russian teenager, Soviet partisan, and Hero of the Soviet Union.

Chekalin was captured, tortured, and hanged for partisan activities in Tula Oblast near Moscow during the German-Soviet War.

Biography

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Chekalin's deed is shown on a Soviet stamp issued in 1942

Alexander Pavlovich Chekalin was born on March 25, 1925 in the village of Peskovatoye, Likhvinsky Uyezd, Kaluga Governorate of the RSFSR.[1]

Sixteen-year-old Shura Chekalin engaged in underground resistance activities in the region of Tula near Moscow. In the first days of November 1941, he took part in an ambush of German vehicles, destroying one vehicle with a hand-grenade. After becoming ill, Chekalin was bedridden, and his location was betrayed to the Germans by an unknown informant.[2] When Germans approached to arrest him, he threw a hand grenade at them, but it failed to explode. He was brutally tortured, and hanged on 6 November 1941.[3] His body was left hanging for twenty days, taken down only after the area had been retaken by the Red Army.

Awards

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Memory

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In 1944 Likhvin city was renamed to Chekalin.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Чекалин, Александр Павлович". ТАСС. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  2. ^ "Чекалин Александр Павлович". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  3. ^ Beyda, Oleg; Petrov, Igor (2021-01-04). "Scientist and killer: A split life". Pursuit. Archived from the original on 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
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