Zinoviy Grigoryevich Kolobanov (1913–1994) was a Soviet tank commander, a senior lieutenant, and a participant in the Soviet-Finnish War and the Great Patriotic War. He was born in the selo (a larger village) of Arefino (now in Nizhny Novgorod Region). He is known primarily for the battle of August 19, 1941, near Voiskovitsy, in which the crew of his KV-1 tank knocked out 22 German vehicles — the largest individual tally in the history of Soviet tank warfare. A monument to him has been erected in Victory Park in Nizhny Novgorod.[1][2]

Nizhny Novgorod Connection

Kolobanov was born in Arefino, a settlement in what is now Nizhny Novgorod Region. In Nizhny Novgorod, a monument to him has been erected in Victory Park (the Nizhny Novgorod City Museum of Technology and Defense Industry): the monument is part of the exhibition, standing alongside monuments to Vasily Margelov and other heroes.[2][1]

Sources

  1. руни.рф — File: Kolobanov Monument NN 5.jpg
  2. park-pobeda-nn.ru — Victory Park, Nizhny Novgorod — Municipal Autonomous Cultural Institution Nizhny Novgorod City Museum of Technology and Defense Industry (MAUK "NGMTiOP")
  3. archive.lenobl.ru — DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE FEAT OF THE HEAVY TANK COMPANY OF Z.G. KOLOBANOV IN THE BATTLE FOR THE DEFENSE OF LENINGRAD — AUGUST 19