Fatyh Zaripovich Sharipov (Tatar: Fatyjh Zarif uly Shəripov; 20 January 1921 – 4 June 1996) was a participant of the Second World War, the starshiy Leytenant,[1] the Hero of Soviet Union.

On the night of 23 September 1943 Sharipov's tank company proceeded to Dneeper around the village of Balyk in the Kagarlyksky region of the Kiev Oblast and fought to occupy the area.

Expecting the approach of the basic forces within three days a company under Sharipov's command courageously repulsed German counterattacks, being sustained by considerable losses in the technician and staff.

Has seized and has kept before the arrival of the basic forces, important height.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 10 января 1944 года за умелые действия при переправе через Днепр, захват плацдарма, за мужество, смелость и героизм, старшему лейтенанту Шарипову Фатыху Зариповичу присвоено звание Героя Советского Союза с вручением ордена Ленина и медали «Золотая Звезда» (№ 2360)[2][3]The decree of Presidium of the Supreme body of the USSR from January 10, 1944 for skillful actions at a crossing through Dnieper, base capture, for courage, boldness and heroism, to the starshiy leytenant Sharipov Fatyhu Zaripovichu appropriates a rank of the Hero of Soviet Union with delivery of an award of the Order of Lenin and a medal «Gold Star» (№ 2360)[4]Upon the conclusion of the war, in 1946 has ended the Leningrad higher school of the armored and mechanized armies then has returned to teaching activity and began to teach military science in the higher military educational institutions.