Konstantin Fyodorovich Olshansky (, , romanized: Kostiantyn Fedorovych Olshanskyi; 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.
Legacy
Among other commemorations, the landing ship U402 Konstantin Olshansky (ÃÂþÃÂÃÂÃÂýÃÂøý ÃÂûÃÂÃÂðýÃÂÃÂúøù) (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.
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Further reading
(all in Russian)
- ÃÂõÃÂþø áþòõÃÂÃÂúþóþ áþÃÂ÷ð ÃÂþõýýþ-ÃÂþÃÂÃÂúþóþ äûþÃÂð 1937-45 ("Heroes of the Soviet Union in the Black Sea Fleet 1937-45"). Moscow: Voyenizdat, 1977
- ÃÂõÃÂþø áþòõÃÂÃÂúþóþ áþÃÂ÷ð. ÃÂÃÂðÃÂúøù ñøþóÃÂðÃÂøÃÂõÃÂúøù ÃÂûþòðÃÂÃÂ("Heroes of the Soviet Union. Short Biographical Dictionary"), vol 2. Moscow: Voyenizdat, 1988
- Arkhipenko, V K: áþ÷òõ÷ôøõ þûÃÂÃÂðýÃÂõò ("Constellation of Olshany")(2nd edn.). Moscow 1980
- Beshanov, V: ÃÂõÃÂÃÂÃÂàáÃÂðûøýÃÂúøÃÂ
ãôðÃÂþò ("Ten Stalinist Strikes"). Minsk 2003
- Bodrov, M P: ÃÂþôòøó þÃÂÃÂÃÂôð(Feat of the Squads"). Moscow 1968
- Dotsenko, V D: ÃÂþÃÂÃÂúþù ÃÂøþóÃÂðÃÂøÃÂõÃÂúøù áûþòðÃÂà("Marine Biographical Dictionary"). St Petersburg, 1995
- Dotsenko, V D: áûþòðÃÂàÃÂøþóÃÂðÃÂøÃÂõÃÂúøù ÃÂþÃÂÃÂúþù ("Marine Biographical Dictionary"). St Petersburg, 2000
- Medvedev, N Y: ÃÂðàñÃÂûþ 68 ("There Were 68 of Us"). Moscow, 1966
- Zhigalov, I M: äûþÃÂÃÂúðàôþñûõÃÂÃÂà("Naval Prowess"). Moscow, 1983
- ÃÂðÃÂõòþ ýðô ÃÂÃÂóþü ("Glow Over the [River] Bug"). Odessa, 1974
- ÃÂÃÂòþñþöôõýøõ óþÃÂþôþò: áÿÃÂðòþÃÂýøú ÿþ þÃÂòþñþöôõýøàóþÃÂþôþò ò ÿõÃÂøþô ÃÂÃÂà1941âÂÂ1945 ("Liberation of Cities: Guide to the liberation of cities during the Second World War 1941-1945")