Background
Mikhail Nikolaevich Degtyarev was born on August 04, 1915, in peasants family.
Mikhail Nikolaevich Degtyarev was born on August 04, 1915, in peasants family.
Platoon Sergeant of a separate reconstructive railway battalion of the 29th railway brigade (Caucasian, Southern, and 3rd Ukrainian fronts). He was awarded for providing military operations for the liberation of the Ukrainian SSR, especially when crossing the Dnieper.
After the Great Patriotic War, Captain Degtyarev continued to serve in the railway troops in the city of Bryansk.