# Pyotr Gora

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**Pyotr Evstafievich Gora** (Russian: Пётр Евстафьевич Гора; 28 December 1922 – 11 May 2002) was a colonel of the [Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Soviet_Union)), a participant of the [Great Patriotic War](/source/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)), and a [Hero of the Soviet Union](/source/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union) (1943).

## Biography

Gora was born on 28 December 1922 in the village of Svetilovka (now in [Belogorsky District](/source/Belogorsky_District), [Amur Oblast](/source/Amur_Oblast)) into a peasant family. He graduated from seven classes of junior high school, after which he worked as a driver at a [machine-tractor station](/source/Machine_tractor_station).

In July 1941, Gora was drafted into military service with the [Red Army](/source/Red_Army) by the Kuibyshev RVK of the [Khabarovsk Krai](/source/Khabarovsk_Krai). He served on the front line from 1 August 1942 as part of the 248th Separate Cadet Rifle Brigade. By order of the 248th Brigade № 4/n of 4 March 1943, Gora, then serving with the rank of sergeant as assistant platoon commander of the 3rd Rifle Battalion, was awarded the [Medal "For Courage"](/source/Medal_%22For_Courage%22_(Russia)). During the offensive on the Kurs station, leading his battalion, he personally killed 10 enemy soldiers.[1]

By September 1943, Senior Sergeant Pyotr Gora was assistant platoon commander of the 248th Cadet Rifle Brigade of the [60th Army](/source/60th_Army_(Soviet_Union)) of the [Central Front](/source/Central_Front). He distinguished himself during the [battle of the Dnieper](/source/Battle_of_the_Dnieper).[2][3]

On 24 September 1943, Gora, with a group of fighters, was one of the first to cross the Dnieper near the village of [Tolokun](/source/Tolokun), [Vyshhorod Raion](/source/Vyshhorod_Raion) of the [Kiev Oblast](/source/Kyiv_Oblast) of the [Ukrainian SSR](/source/Ukrainian_SSR) and captured an enemy trench. When the platoon leader was incapacitated, Gora took charge and repelled several enemy counterattacks. In hand-to-hand combat, he personally killed more than 10 enemy soldiers and officers. Gora was wounded in battle, but did not leave the battlefield.[2]

By the decree of the Presidium of the [Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union](/source/Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Soviet_Union) of 17 October 1943 for "courage and heroism shown during the crossing of the Dnieper and holding a bridgehead on its right bank", Senior Sergeant Pyotr Gora was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the [Order of Lenin](/source/Order_of_Lenin) and the [Gold Star medal](/source/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union) (number 2062).[2][4]

In 1945, Gora graduated from the [Kharkov Military-Political School of the Red Army](/source/Lviv_Higher_Military-Political_School). In 1946 he was transferred to the reserve. He worked in subdivisions of the [Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Soviet_Union)) (MVD) in [Sverdlovsk](/source/Sverdlovsk,_Russia). In 1954 he graduated from the [Sverdlovsk Law Institute](/source/Ural_State_Law_University).

Gora retired from the MVD with the rank of colonel. He lived in [Yekaterinburg](/source/Yekaterinburg), and died on 11 May 2002, and was buried at the [Shirokorechenskoye Cemetery](/source/Shirokorechenskoye_Cemetery).[2][5]

Gora was also awarded the [Order of the Patriotic War](/source/Order_of_the_Patriotic_War) of the 1st degree (1985) and ["For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR"](/source/Order_%22For_Service_to_the_Homeland_in_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_USSR%22) of the 3rd degree, as well as a number of medals.[2][6]

## References

1. ["Память народа :: Документ о награде :: Гора Петр Евстафьевич, Медаль «За отвагу"](https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie21341309/). pamyat-naroda.ru. Retrieved 2016-06-14.

1. [cite:Герои страны](https://warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=7495)

1. otevalm (6 May 2016). ["Петр Евстафьевич Гора"](http://otevalm.livejournal.com/5183289.html). С любимыми не расставайтесь... Retrieved 2016-06-14.

1. ["Память народа :: Документ о награде :: Гора Петр Евстафьевич, Герой Советского Союза (Орден Ленина и медаль «Золотая звезда»)"](https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie12057381/). pamyat-naroda.ru. Retrieved 2016-06-14.

1. ["Герой Советского Союза Гора Пётр Евстафьевич :: Герои страны"](http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?id=9306). www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2016-06-14.

1. ["Гора Петр Евстафьевич, медаль «За победу над Германией в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.""](https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie1535533247/). pamyat-naroda.ru. Retrieved 14 June 2016.

### Bibliography

- И. Н. Шкадов, И. Н. (ed.) (1987). *Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь*. Moscow: Воениздат.

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