Ghali Zakirov

[1] Zakirov was awarded the title for his actions in the Battle of the Dnieper, where he reportedly killed over 100 German soldiers.

In 1940, he moved to Illinka village in the present-day Akzhar District, where he worked in the machine and tractor station.

[3] Zakirov spent six months convalescing in Bogatyje Saby and returned to the front in late 1942.

[3] Zakirov participated in the Chernigov-Pripyat Offensive, where the division crossed the Desna River and then the Dnieper north of Kiev.

By October 1943, he was a junior sergeant commanding a squad of the 3rd Battalion of the 8th Guards Airborne Regiment.

The German troops launched three counterattacks, which Zakirov's squad of ten reportedly repulsed.