Nikolai Kabak
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Nikolai Panteleyevich Kabak | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Николай Пантелеевич Кабак |
| Born | 3 May 1904 |
| Died | 12 June 1979 (aged 75) |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Branch | Red Army |
| Service years | 1938–1945 |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | 89th Guards Rifle Division |
| Conflicts | |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Nikolai Panteleyevich Kabak (Russian: Николай Пантелеевич Кабак; 3 May 1904 – 27 June 1979) was a Red Army sergeant and Hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the title for ferrying troops and equipment during the Battle of the Dnieper in October 1943. Postwar, Kabak was chairman of the local village council and worked for a brick factory and a shipping company.[1]
Kabak was born on 3 May 1904 in the village of Novopoltavka in Yeniseysk Governorate to a peasant family. He graduated from fourth grade at a rural school. He worked as a forest ranger and chief of the forest section in a Krasnoyarsk glassworks. He later became the purchaser for the Yermakovsky Consumer's Union.[1][2] In 1938 he was drafted into the Red Army and fought in the Battle of Lake Khasan and the Winter War.[3]
