People's Deputy of Ukraine honored the memory of the Kazakh warrior, Hero of the Soviet Union Serikbay Mutkenov

On the eve of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, member of the inter-parliamentary group for cooperation with Kazakhstan Serhii Nahorniak laid flowers at the monument to the Kazakh warrior, Hero of the Soviet Union Serikbay Mutkenov.

In the village of Ryzyne, Cherkasy region of Ukraine, they cherish the bright memory of all the front-line soldiers who went to war from their native lands, as well as those who died for the liberation of the village. The names of the heroes are indicated on the obelisk in the center of the village and on the stands of the Museum of Military Glory. Memorial plaques and busts of heroes are installed in the Room of Military Glory of the Ryzyne secondary school. Among them there is a memorial plaque and a bust of S. Mutkenov.

Serikbay Mutkenov, the gun commander of the 342nd Rifle Regiment, was born in 1913 in Pavlodar region. He was a primary school teacher by profession. In January 1942 Serikbai voluntarily went to the front. In October 1943, he was one of the first to cross the Dnipro River and took part in the elimination of enemy military installations. He distinguished himself in battle on the right bank of the Dnipro, knocking out a German tank and destroying up to forty Nazis. Thus, ensuring the advancement of the first battalion and the completion of the task by the battalion.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union dated February 9, 1944, Senior Sergeant S.Mutkenov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

Serikbay Mutkenov died in a battle near the village of Rizino on January 5, 1944 and was buried in a mass grave.