Sergey Kadanchik

Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Kadanchik fought in combat from 22 June 1941. He fought on the Southern Front, Southwestern Front, Transcaucasian Front and North Caucasian Front. On 13 December 1942, Kadanchik was appointed commander of the 1339th Rifle Regiment of the 318th Rifle Division. On 24 April 1943, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. During the Novorossiysk Amphibious Operation in September 1943, the regiment was to capture the area from the eastern breakwater to Staropassazhirskoy and advance to the outskirts of Mefodiyevsky.

Sergey Nikolaevich Kadanchik (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Каданчик; 12 September 1906 – 15 September 1943) was a Belarusian Red Army lieutenant colonel and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. After being drafted into the Red Army in 1928, Kadanchik graduated from officer training courses and fought in the Soviet invasion of Poland and the Winter War in 1939–40. He became a regimental commander in December 1942 and in September 1943 led it during the Novorossiysk Amphibious Operation. Kadanchik was killed when a shell hit the observation post where he was positioned. For his actions, Kadanchik was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

Kadanchik was born on 12 September 1906 in the village of Moiseyevichi in Minsk Governorate to a peasant family. He graduated from primary school and was drafted into the Red Army in 1928. In 1932, Kadanchik graduated from the Kiev United Training Courses for Red Army commanders. He fought in the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the Winter War with Finland the following year. Kadanchik joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1940.