Exactly 112 years ago, the legendary Armenian pilot of Soviet attacks, double-sitting Hero, Lieutenant Colonel Nelson Gevorg Stepanyan was born on this day. The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Armenia has posted on the official Facebook page.
Nelson Stepanyan was born in 1913. On March 28, in the city of Shushi, Artsakh, which was while included in the state of Elizavetpol, the Russian Empire.
The Russian Embassy in Telegram notes that Nelson Stepanyan has entered one of the most recurrent attacks of the Great Patriotic War in history. At his expense, he registered 259 fighters, 27 drunk plate, 80 destroyed tanks, 40 railway wagons, 600 cars, and more than 100 artillery.
From the first days of the war. C. Stepanyan fought her heroically in heaven against fascist invaders. In 1941, he participated in Leningrad's battles in the 57th British Air Force Air Force, which was awarded his first award, the Red Flag Order, and in 1942 he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
In the spring of 1943, the glorified and famous pilot was recalled from the front and was preparing flight staff in higher officers in the air force.
In April 1944, Nelson Stepanyan was appointed Commander of the 47th Investigator Board of the Black Sea Fleet, which stood out in the fights near Sevastopol and Theodosia. 1944 On May 10, the regiment was given an honorary title of "Theodosia" for direct participation in the liberation of the liberation of Crimea.
1944 In May, Nelson Stepanyan returned to the Baltic Sea and took part in the battles for the Finnish Gulf. Already in 1944 In the summer, his bowl was awarded the Order of the Red Flag for his fighting.
On December 14, 1944, while fulfilling the fighting task of the enemy's Kuralian group, Nelson Stepanyan carried out his last 259th fighting flight. The group of "IL" attack planes, which has risen air, to bomb the flower of the air, is attacked by 30 enemy fighters. Nelson Stepanyan is struggling, but his plane is hurt, and his injured aircraft directs his injury to the enemy's ship. 1945 On March 6, Nelson Gevorg Stepanyan was posthumously awarded the title of double hero of the Soviet Union.
Four statues were stopped in memory of the legendary Armenian pilot in Yerevan, Stepanakert, Lebania (Latvia) and his birthplace. The statue of the Leepara was moved to the Russian city of Kaliningrad in the 1990s. Shushi 2020 After the occupation, the Azerbaijanian barbarians destroyed the bust of Nelson Stepanyan in Shushi.
