Chekmak Vilor Petrovich is one of the youngest heroes of World War II. The young man heroically fought for the freedom of his homeland and died in battle with the Nazi occupiers.
With his feat, he immortalized his name. It is still set as an example for the younger generation.
Vilor Petrovich Chekmak: biography
Consider his biography from the very beginning. Chekmak Vilor Petrovich was born on December 10, 1925 in the Crimea. His parents were convinced communists. Therefore, they raised their son in the spirit of altruism and love for their people. My father was very young when he enlisted as a volunteer and fought as part of the Red Army against interventionists and counter-revolutionaries in the Civil War. After that, he participated in the Finnish war. He had military awards. Vilor’s mother worked in the city council. She was responsible for eradicating illiteracy.
Chekmak Vilor Petrovich studied at school number one in Sevastopol. Since childhood, he has shown artistic talents. By the age of fourteen he managed to master several musical instruments. Showed success in school: he was an excellent student. According to the memoirs of close people, he dreamed of enrolling in an art school and being an artist. I read a lot. His favorite book was the novel by Alexander Dumas “Three Musketeers”. He loved to play musketeers with his comrades. He invented various tests that he and the guys had to pass.
According to the memoirs of the surviving comrades, Chekmak Vilor Petrovich was a kind and sympathetic person. Willingly helped those who asked for help. One of Vilor's adult friends went to the front as a volunteer and left his dog to him. Fulfilling the request of a comrade, the young man took care of the animal to the end.
Start of war
Vilor Petrovich Chekmak barely reached the age of fifteen when the Great Patriotic War began. Many partisan detachments were created in Crimea. The command of the Red Army suggested the possibility of occupation of the peninsula, and therefore had prepared weapons caches in advance.
Thousands of officers were trained to form underground resistance units. By the fall of the forty-first, the Germans came close to Sevastopol. Vilor’s father has been at the front since the first day of the war. At this moment he was near Moscow.
Partisan detachments were immediately created in the occupied territory.
However, the ruthlessness of the Nazis and mass betrayal by the Tatar community made the conditions of the struggle extremely difficult. Chekmak Vilor Petrovich was ill from childhood. He had heart problems. However, despite this, he immediately wanted to join the resistance. His father was an example, and Vilor looked up to him.
Partisanism
Mother discouraged her son from going to the partisans. However, upbringing in the spirit of Soviet patriotism and love for the Fatherland turned out to be stronger. Taking the dog left for his guardianship, he went into the woods. There he joined the partisans. Despite his young age, he steadfastly endured all the hardships of partisan life. He was a scout in his unit. Thanks to his dexterity, he could come close to the positions of the Nazis and at the same time go unnoticed.
On November 10, the forty-first year, Vilor was in the forefront.
His detachment was in the vicinity of the village of Alsou. The Nazis raided at night. The boy was the first to see the approaching enemies. Vilor fired a
flare to warn his people. However, he betrayed himself with this. The Nazis surrounded his position, a battle ensued. The boy fought heroically until the cartridges ran out. After that, having waited until the vagi came close, he blew himself up and them with the remaining grenade. So Chekmak Vilor Petrovich gave his life. Awards to the hero were presented posthumously in the forty-fifth and sixty-fifth years.
Memory
After the Victory, the whole country found out about the feat of Chekmak Vilor. Correspondents managed to find his comrades who were alive, and learn as much as possible about the pioneer hero. Several songs and poems were written in honor of the young man.
The image of Vilor became an example for all the pioneers of the Soviet Union. In Crimea there was not a single student who did not know him. Children resting in the pioneer camps often visited the grave of Chekmak. There they took an oath of allegiance to their homeland and their readiness to be worthy descendants of all the pioneer partisans of the Great Patriotic War.