About the book: 1988 / Rogachevsky Georgy Alekseevich - commander of a torpedo boat flight of the 2nd division of the 1st Sevastopol Order of Nakhimov brigade of torpedo boats of the Black Sea Fleet, senior lieutenant. Born on May 5, 1920 in the village of Lesnoye, Seredino-Budsky district, Sumy region of Ukraine, in a working-class family. Russian. Member of the CPSU(b)/CPSU since 1946. Together with his parents he moved to the village of Voronezh, Shostkinsky district, and in 1928 to Putivl, and then to Glukhov. In 1937 he graduated from high school. In the Navy since 1937. In 1939 he graduated from the Naval Artillery School, and in 1941 from the Black Sea Higher Naval School in Sevastopol. In March 1941, with the rank of midshipman, he was sent to the 1st torpedo boat brigade. On the eve of the war he commanded TKA-42. He fought on this boat for almost all the years of the Great Patriotic War. Participant of the Great Patriotic War since 1941. The commander of the torpedo boat flight of the 2nd division (1st Sevastopol Order of Nakhimov brigade of torpedo boats, Black Sea Fleet), senior lieutenant Georgy Rogachevsky, during the battles for the liberation of Crimea from May 3 to 4, 1944, sank a transport and 2 enemy barges. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 16, 1944, for the courage and bravery shown in the battles during the liberation of Crimea, senior lieutenant Georgy Alekseevich Rogachevsky was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 3799). After the war, the brave Hero continued to serve in the USSR Navy. In 1958 he graduated from the Naval Academy in Leningrad. He commanded formations of ships and trained personnel for the fleet. Since 1971, captain 1st rank G.A. Rogachevsky is in reserve. Lived in the hero city of Kyiv. He worked as a senior engineer at the Institute of Geochemistry and Mineral Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. He was a full member of the Mineralogical Society of the USSR. Died on August 7, 1996. He was buried in Kyiv at the Berkovtsy city cemetery. Awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree, three Orders of the Red Star, medals