Nikolai Kabalin

Nikolai Petrovich Kabalin (Russian: Николай Петрович Кабалин; 24 February 1920 – 23 February 1991) was a Red Army starshina or sergeant major and Hero of the Soviet Union. Kabalin was awarded the title for his actions during the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive. Kabalin reportedly destroyed a German machine gun, enabling his battalion to establish a bridgehead. In early May 1944 he was seriously wounded when a bomb hit his dugout and was later discharged for medical reasons. Postwar, he worked at the Gorky automobile plant.

Early life Kabalin was born on 24 February 1920 in the village of Novo-Alexandrovka in Penza Governorate to a peasant family. His family moved with him to Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod) in 1930. After graduating from tenth grade, he worked as a quality controller and calibrator at the Gorky Automobile Plant. In May 1941, Kabalin was drafted into the Red Army. In 1950 he became foreman of the equipment workshop and in 1968 retired. Kabalin died on 23 February 1991 and was buried in the city's Staro-Avtozavodskoye Cemetery.