Alexey Churilov was born in 1918, in the village of Sharipovo, the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Before the war, he moved to Anzhero-Sudzhensk, where he began working as an electrician at mine No. 5/7. Churilov was in charge of the VShT section — the abbreviated name for the in-mine transport used to deliver ore and coal to the top.
Alexey Churilov was 25 years old when in February 1943, the Anzhero-Sudzhensk district military enlistment office sent him a call-up notice. Until the end of the war, he served as a reconnaissance officer — assistant platoon commander of the 76th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Company of the 74th Guards Rifle Division. Churilov was described as ‘a brave, determined and enterprising scout’ in the personal record.
Alexey Churilov fought at the South-West, the 3rd Ukrainian and the 1st Belorussian fronts. He traveled from the Dnieper to Spree with his platoon, took part in all big battles in the Soviet Union and Europe, and liberated Warsaw and fortress Poznan.
In the last days of the war, Churilov fought in street battles in Berlin. He met Victory on the east side of Tempelhof airfield. For courage and bravery, which Alexey Churilov showed in the battles with the German fascists, he was awarded the Order of Glory, 3d and 2nd classes, the Order of the Red Star, the medal ‘For Combat Merit’.
Churilov received Orders of Glory, 2nd degree, for the fact that in January 1945, in the vicinity of the Polish town Lodz, he repulsed the enemy’s attack near the important border line. The award list describes the event as follows:
Alexey Churilov was 25 years old when in February 1943, the Anzhero-Sudzhensk district military enlistment office sent him a call-up notice. Until the end of the war, he served as a reconnaissance officer — assistant platoon commander of the 76th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Company of the 74th Guards Rifle Division. Churilov was described as ‘a brave, determined and enterprising scout’ in the personal record.
Alexey Churilov fought at the South-West, the 3rd Ukrainian and the 1st Belorussian fronts. He traveled from the Dnieper to Spree with his platoon, took part in all big battles in the Soviet Union and Europe, and liberated Warsaw and fortress Poznan.
In the last days of the war, Churilov fought in street battles in Berlin. He met Victory on the east side of Tempelhof airfield. For courage and bravery, which Alexey Churilov showed in the battles with the German fascists, he was awarded the Order of Glory, 3d and 2nd classes, the Order of the Red Star, the medal ‘For Combat Merit’.
Churilov received Orders of Glory, 2nd degree, for the fact that in January 1945, in the vicinity of the Polish town Lodz, he repulsed the enemy’s attack near the important border line. The award list describes the event as follows:
