Konstantin Olshansky

Konstantin Fyodorovich Olshansky (Ukrainian: Костянтин Федорович Ольшанський; 21 May 1915 – 27 March 1944) was a Senior Lieutenant and Soviet marine of the Black Sea Fleet, born in Prykolotne, Ukraine. He died during an assault on the port of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, formerly Nikolaev, occupied in World War II by German forces, and was posthumously awarded Hero of the Soviet Union.[1]

Memorial bust of Olshansky in Mykolaiv

Legacy

Among other commemorations, the landing ship U402 Костянтин Ольшанський (Ukrainian Navy), formerly BDK-56 (Soviet Navy), the settlement of Olshanske in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, and the minor planet 2310 Olshaniya were named after him.[1]

References

1. Герои страны: Ольшанский Константин Фёдорович

Further reading

(all in Russian)

• Герои Советского Союза Военно-Морского Флота 1937-45 ("Heroes of the Soviet Union in the Black Sea Fleet 1937-45"). Moscow: Voyenizdat, 1977
• Герои Советского Союза. Краткий биографический словарь("Heroes of the Soviet Union. Short Biographical Dictionary"), vol 2. Moscow: Voyenizdat, 1988
• Arkhipenko, V K: Созвездие ольшанцев ("Constellation of Olshany")(2nd edn.). Moscow 1980
• Beshanov, V: Десять Сталинских Ударов ("Ten Stalinist Strikes"). Minsk 2003
• Bodrov, M P: Подвиг отряда(Feat of the Squads"). Moscow 1968
• Dotsenko, V D: Морской Биографический Словарь ("Marine Biographical Dictionary"). St Petersburg, 1995
• Dotsenko, V D: Словарь Биографический Морской ("Marine Biographical Dictionary"). St Petersburg, 2000
• Medvedev, N Y: Нас было 68 ("There Were 68 of Us"). Moscow, 1966
• Zhigalov, I M: Флотская доблесть ("Naval Prowess"). Moscow, 1983
• Зарево над Бугом ("Glow Over the [River] Bug"). Odessa, 1974
• Освобождение городов: Справочник по освобождению городов в период ВОВ 1941—1945 ("Liberation of Cities: Guide to the liberation of cities during the Second World War 1941-1945")