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Cholponbai Tuleberdiev was born on April 13, 1922, in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
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Cholponbai Tuleberdiev was a common soldier, arrows 363rd Infantry Regiment 160th Infantry Division (6th Army, Voronezh Front) he distinguished himself on August 6, 1942, in a battle near the village of Selyavnoye. Cholponbai Tuleberdiev covered an embrasure of the enemy’s earth-and timber bunker with his body, ensuring the capture of a strategic bridgehead for an assault operation by the 6th Army of the Voronezh front.
Cholponbai Tuleberdiev was buried with military honors at the site of the feat on the top of Lysaya Mountain near Selyavnoye-Vtoroye village, Liskinsky District, Voronezh Oblast. His native village (Chymgent was renamed into Cholponbai) and a street in Bishkek was named after the hero. Since 2005, a folklore festival in memory of Tuleberdiev has been held annually in the Liskinsky district.
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Selyavnoye, Liskinsky district, Russian Federation -
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