Among the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War, there are many who were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. However, not many people were deprived of it after the end of the war. Such a person was a native of Bashkiria, Georgy Antonov.
Biography of a famous person
Georgy Semenovich was born in March 1916 in Bashkiria. The man went through the Great Patriotic War, was awarded military orders and medals, and was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in the middle of the war.
George lived in an ordinary family of peasants, which could not boast of special wealth. As a young man, he enters a military school and graduates. As soon as the boy finishes it, he is called up to serve in the Soviet Army. It happened in 1937.
Military career of Georgy Antonov
During hostilities on the fronts, Antonov arrived with the rank of captain. Under his leadership, the passage along the Berezina River and the liberation of the Belarusian city of Borisov from the occupation took place.
On March 24, 1945, Georgy Antonov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and was awarded the Gold Star medal.
After the end of World War II, the man became the commander of an artillery regiment and served near the town of Appensteig.
In 1949, Georgy Antonov was found guilty of the death of a colleague of Major Sidorov. The officers' court removes Antonov from command and sends George to the Transcaucasian Military District. In September of the same year, he was convicted in absentia by a military tribunal and stripped of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and other military awards.
After these events, nothing is known about the fate of Georgy Antonov.
Awards and orders
Throughout his military career, Georgy Antonov was awarded the following awards and orders:
- The order of Lenin;
- Order of the Red Banner;
- medal "Gold Star" of the Hero of the Soviet Union;
- Order of the Patriotic War of the first degree;
- Order of the Patriotic War, second degree;
- Order of the Red Star.
In 1950, Georgy Antonov was stripped of all military awards by the decree of the Supreme Presidium.
Personal life of Georgy Antonov
Love in the life of George played a fatal role and put an end to his future career. Even before the war, the young man met and married Antonova Anastasia Sergeevna. However, during the war, he met with a native of Austria - Francisco Nesterval. Young people develop fairly close relationships. As a result, a tipsy young man quarrels with a colleague and gets pretty drunk. As a result, Major Sidorov dies in a plane crash.
After Antonov was sent to the Transcaucasian District, he did not want to return to the Soviet Union, and together with his beloved leaves the country. The presumable place of his last location was in the capital of Austria.
In his native country, he is deprived of all military awards, is convicted by a military tribunal under the article of the Criminal Code "for treason" and sentenced to 25 years of correctional labor with confiscation of property.
