Nikolai Babaev

Nikolai Arkhipovich Babaev (; 28 February 1924 – 13 August 1984) was a soldier of the Soviet tank forces. He served during the Second World War, and received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on 27 June 1945. He reached the rank of Guard senior sergeant.

Biography Nikolai Babaev was born on 28 February 1924, in the village of , in what was then Suminskaya volost, Novonikolayevsk Governorate (now Kargatsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast) into a peasant family. After graduating from several classes of high school, he worked on a collective farm, later moved to Novosibirsk, where he worked at the . (27 June 1945) Order of Lenin (27 June 1945) Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class (18 May 1945) Order of the Red Star (22 April 1944) Order of Glory 3rd class (3 October 1945) Various medals

Memorials A bust of Babaev is in the central park of Kargat, on the Alley of Glory. A street in Novosibirsk is named after Babaev. A memorial plaque was installed on the house in which in Pashino where Babaev lived.

Literature Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. Collegium I. N. Shkadov. - M .: Military Publishing, 1987. - T. 1 / Abaev - Lyubichev /. — 911 p. — 100,000 copies. — ISBN ots., Reg. No. in RCP 87–95382. Derkachenko I. G. Military drivers. - M., 1960. Stars of military valor: About the Heroes of the Soviet Union - Novosibirsk / comp. E.D. Golovin, L.M. Zhivoglyadov. - 2. - Novosibirsk: Novosibirsk book publishing house, 1986. - 432 p. Novosibirsk - Heroes of the Fatherland. - Novosibirsk, 2010.