Vasil Timkovič
Vasil Timkovič (21 March 1923 – 2 January 2023) was a Czechoslovak veteran of World War II, who fought for the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of the Dukla Pass.[1] He was one of the last living witnesses of the fighting on the Eastern Front (World War II).[2]
Early life
Timkovič was born in 1923 in the village of Skotarskoje in Carpathian Ruthenia (then part of Czechoslovakia).[3]
Death
He died on 1 January 2023, aged 99, and was buried on 13 January 2023 with military honours in Česká Třebová.[4]
References
- ↑ "Vasil Timkovič". Memory of Nations. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ↑ "Zemřel válečný veterán Vasil Timkovič. Vstup do armády jej vykoupil z gulagu, bojoval u Kyjeva i na Dukle". ČT24 (in čeština). Czech Television. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ↑ "Vasil Timkovič (1923 - 2023)". www.pametnaroda.cz (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ↑ Česká Třebová se rozloučila s čestným občanem města a válečným hrdinou, retrieved 2023-01-23
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