Battle of stalingrad

Battle of stalingrad- defensive (17.07 - 18.11.1942) and offensive (19.11.1942 - 02.02.1943) operations Soviet troops during the Great Patriotic War. The purpose of the fighting of the Soviet troops was the defense of Stalingrad and the defeat of the enemy grouping operating in the Stalingrad direction. As a result of the July 1942 offensive, the enemy reached the Don bend. The Battle of Stalingrad began with a stubborn defense of Soviet troops on the distant approaches to Stalingrad. Using the numerical superiority, the Nazi troops broke through to the Volga, fierce battles unfolded in the city. In an effort to take Stalingrad at any cost, the German command concentrated over 80 divisions in Army Group South in September. Faced with extremely stubborn resistance from Soviet troops, the enemy, suffering huge losses, until mid-November unsuccessfully tried to take Stalingrad. On November 19-20, Soviet troops launched a strategic counteroffensive. The largest strike group of enemy troops was surrounded and completely destroyed. In the Battle of Stalingrad, the morale of fascism was broken, the losses of the Wehrmacht amounted to a quarter of all its forces on the eastern front.

The victory of the Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad, due to the moral superiority of the Soviet troops over the Nazi troops and the superiority of Soviet military art over the military art of the Wehrmacht, was of decisive importance for the victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War.

Feat of Nikolai Serdyukov

• On April 17, 1943, junior sergeant, commander of the rifle squad of the 44th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 15th Guards Rifle Division Nikolai Filippovich SERDYUKOV was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for his military exploits in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Nikolai Filippovich Serdyukov was born in 1924 in the village. Goncharovka, Oktyabrsky District, Volgograd Region. Here he spent his childhood and school years. In June 1941, he entered the Stalingrad school of the FZO, after which he worked as a metal worker at the Barricades plant.

In August 1942 he was drafted into the active army, and on January 13, 1943 he accomplished his feat, which made his name immortal. These were the days when Soviet troops destroyed enemy units surrounded at Stalingrad. Junior Sergeant Nikolai Serdyukov was a machine gunner in the 15th Guards Rifle Division, which brought up many Heroes Soviet Union.

The division led an offensive in the area settlements Karpovka, Old Rogachik (35-40 km west of Stalingrad). The fascists, entrenched in Stary Rogachik, blocked the path of the advancing Soviet troops. Along the railroad embankment was a heavily fortified area of ​​the enemy defense.

The guardsmen of the 4th company of the guard of Lieutenant Rybas were tasked to overcome a 600-meter open space, a minefield, barbed wire and knock the enemy out of trenches and trenches.

At the agreed time, the company launched an attack, but machine-gun fire from three enemy pillboxes that survived our artillery barrage forced the soldiers to lie down in the snow. The attack drowned.

It was necessary to silence the enemy's firing points. Lieutenant V.M. Osipov and junior lieutenant A.S. Belykh undertook this task. Grenades were thrown. The pillboxes fell silent. But in the snow, not far from them, two commanders, two communists, two guardsmen remained forever lying.

When the Soviet soldiers rose to attack, the third bunker spoke. Komsomolets N. Serdyukov addressed the company commander: "Allow me, Comrade Lieutenant."

Small in stature, he looked quite a boy in a long soldier's greatcoat. Having received the permission of the commander, Serdyukov crawled under a hail of bullets to the third bunker. He threw one, the second grenades, but they did not reach the goal. In full view of the guardsmen, rising to his full height, the hero rushed to the embrasure of the pillbox. The enemy machine gun fell silent, the guards rushed at the enemy.

The street and the school where he studied are named after the 18-year-old hero of Stalingrad. His name is entered forever in the lists of the personnel of one of the units of the Volgograd garrison.

N.F. Serdyukov was buried in the village. New Rogachik (Gorodishchensky district of the Volgograd region).

The feat of the defenders of the Pavlov House

• On the square named after V. I. Lenin is a mass grave. The memorial plate reads: "Here are buried the soldiers of the 13th Guards Order of Lenin of the rifle division and the 10th division of the NKVD troops who died in the battles for Stalingrad."

The mass grave, the names of the streets adjacent to the square (St. Lieutenant Naumov St., 13th Guards St.) will forever remind of war, death, and courage. This area was defended by the 13th Guards Rifle Division, commanded by Major General A.I. Rodimtsev, Hero of the Soviet Union. The division crossed the Volga in mid-September 1942, when everything around was on fire: residential buildings, factories. Even the Volga, covered with oil from broken storage facilities, represented a fiery strip. Immediately after landing on the right bank, the subunits immediately entered the battle.

In October - November, pressed against the Volga, the division took up defensive positions along the front 5-6 km, the depth of the defensive zone ranged from 100 to 500 m. impregnable fortress. The Pavlov House has become such an impregnable fortress on this square.

The heroic story of this house is as follows. During the bombing of the city, all buildings on the square were destroyed and only one 4-storey building miraculously survived. WITH upper floors it could be observed and kept under fire the part of the city occupied by the enemy (to the west up to 1 km, and in the northern and southbound even further). Thus, the house acquired an important tactical significance in the defense zone of the 42nd regiment.

• Fulfilling the order of the commander, Colonel I.P. Yelin, at the end of September Sergeant Ya. F. Pavlov with three soldiers entered the house and found there about 30 civilians - women, old people, children. The scouts occupied the house and held it for two days.

On the third day, reinforcements arrived to help the brave four. The garrison of "Pavlov's House" (as it began to be called on the operational maps of the division, regiment) consisted of a machine-gun platoon under the command of the guard lieutenant I.F. A. A. Sobgaidoy (6 men and three anti-tank rifles), 7 submachine gunners under the command of Sergeant Ya. F. Pavlov, four mortars (2 mortars) under the command of junior lieutenant A. N. Chernyshenko. Only 24 people.

• The soldiers adapted the house for a perimeter defense. Firing points were taken out of it, underground communication passages were made to them. Sappers from the side of the square mined the approaches to the house, placing anti-tank and anti-personnel mines.

Skillful organization of the home defense, the heroism of the soldiers allowed the small garrison to successfully repulse enemy attacks for 58 days.

The newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda wrote on October 1, 1942: “Every day the guards take on 12-15 attacks from enemy tanks and infantry, supported by aviation and artillery. And they always repel the onslaught of the enemy to the last opportunity, covering the ground with dozens and hundreds of new fascist corpses. "

The fight for Pavlov's House is one of many examples of heroism Soviet people in the days of the battle for the city.

There were more than 100 such houses, which became strongholds, in the zone of operations of the 62nd Army.

On November 24, 1942, after artillery barrage, the garrison in the battalion launched an offensive to capture other houses in the square. The guardsmen, carried away by the company commander, Senior Lieutenant II Naumov, rose to the attack and crushed the enemy. The fearless commander was killed.

The memorial wall at the Pavlov House will preserve the names of the heroes of the legendary garrison for centuries, among which we read the names of the sons of Russia and Ukraine, Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Another name is associated with the history of Pavlov's House, the name of a simple Russian woman who is now called by many as the “dear woman of Russia” - Alexandra Maksimovna Cherkasova. It is she, the worker kindergarten, in the spring of 1943, after work, she brought here the same as herself, soldier's wives to dismantle the ruins and breathe life into this building. Cherkasova's noble initiative found a response in the hearts of the inhabitants. In 1948, there were 80 thousand people in the Cherkasov brigades. From 1943 to 1952 they worked 20 million hours free of charge in their free time. The name of A.I. Cherkasova and all members of her brigade is entered in the city's Honorary Book.

Guards Square

Not far from the Pavlov House, on the banks of the Volga, among the new light buildings stands the terrible, war-disfigured building of the mill named after V.I. Grudinin (K. N. Grudinin is a Bolshevik worker. He worked as a turner at the mill, was elected secretary of a communist cell. Soviet power who decided to take revenge on the brave communist. On May 26, 1922, he was killed by a shot from around the corner. Buried in the Komsomolsk garden).

On the building of the mill there is a memorial plaque: “The ruins of the mill named after K. N. Grudinin - a historical reserve. Here in 1942, fierce battles took place among the soldiers of the 13th Guards Order of Lenin rifle division with German fascist invaders". During the battle, there was an observation post for the commander of the 42nd Regiment of the 13th Guards Rifle Division.

Military statistics have calculated that during the battle in Stalingrad, the enemy used up shells, bombs, mines on average about 100 thousand pieces for each kilometer of the front, or 100 per meter, respectively.

• The burned-out building of the mill with empty eye sockets of the windows will tell the descendants more eloquently than any words about the horrors of war, that the world was conquered at a high price.

The feat of Mikhail Panikakha

• Fascist tanks rushed to the positions of the battalion of the marines. Several enemy vehicles were moving towards the trench in which the sailor Mikhail Panikakha was, firing from cannons and machine guns.

Through the roar of shots and the explosions of shells, the clank of the tracks was heard more and more clearly. By this time, Panikakha had already used up all his grenades. He only had two bottles of combustible mixture... He leaned out of the trench and swung, aiming the bottle at the nearest tank. At that moment, a bullet broke the bottle raised above his head. The warrior flared up like a living torch. But the hellish pain did not cloud his consciousness. He grabbed the second bottle. The tank was nearby. And everyone saw how the burning man jumped out of the trench, ran right up to the Nazi tank and hit the engine hatch grate with a bottle. An instant - and a huge flash of fire and smoke engulfed the hero along with the fascist car set on fire by him.

This heroic feat of Mikhail Panikakha immediately became known to all the soldiers of the 62nd Army.

• This was not forgotten by his friends from the 193rd Infantry Division.

• The feat of Panikakha is captured in stone in the monument-ensemble on Mamayev Kurgan.

The feat of the signalman Matvey Putilov

When communication on the Mamayev Kurgan at the most intense moment of the battle was interrupted, a private signalman of the 308th Infantry Division Matvey Putilov went to eliminate the break in the wire. When restoring the damaged communication line, both arms were shattered by mine fragments. Losing consciousness, he gripped the ends of the wire with his teeth. The connection was restored. For this feat, Matvey was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. His communication coil was transferred to the best signalmen of the 308th division.

• A similar feat was accomplished by Vasily Titayev. During the next attack on the Mamayev Kurgan, the connection was cut off. He went to fix it. In the conditions of the most difficult battle, this seemed impossible, but the connection worked. Titaev did not return from the assignment. After the battle, he was found dead with the ends of a wire clamped in his teeth.

In October 1942, in the area of ​​the Barricades plant, a signalman of the 308th rifle division, Matvey Putilov, under enemy fire, was carrying out a mission to restore communications. When he was looking for a broken wire, he was wounded in the shoulder by a mine fragment. Overcoming the pain, Putilov crawled to the place where the wire was broken, he was wounded again: his arm was shattered by an enemy mine. Losing consciousness and unable to act with his hand, the sergeant squeezed the ends of the wire with his teeth, and a current passed through his body. Having restored the connection, Putilov died with the ends of the telephone wires clamped in his teeth.

Vasily Zaitsev

• Zaitsev Vasily Grigorievich (23.3.1915 - 15.12.1991) - sniper of the 1047th Infantry Regiment (284th Infantry Division, 62nd Army, Stalingrad Front), junior lieutenant.

• Born March 23, 1915 in the village of Elino, now the Agapovsky District of the Chelyabinsk Region, in a peasant family. Russian. Member of the CPSU since 1943. Graduated from building, technical school in Magnitogorsk. From 1936 in the Navy. Graduated from the Military Economic School. The war found Zaitsev in the position of chief of the financial department in the Pacific Fleet, in the Preobrazhenie Bay.

In the battles of the Great Patriotic War since September 1942. Received a sniper rifle from the hands of the commander of his 1047th regiment Metelev a month later, together with the medal "For Courage". By that time, from a simple "three-line" Zaitsev had killed 32 Nazis. In the period from November 10 to December 17, 1942, in the battles for Stalingrad, he destroyed 225 soldiers and officers of the pr-ka, including 11 snipers (among whom was Heinz Horvald). Directly at the forefront, he taught sniper fighters in commanders, trained 28 snipers. In January 1943, Zaitsev was seriously wounded. His sight was saved by Professor Filatov in a Moscow hospital.

• The title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal to Vasily Grigorievich Zaitsev was awarded on February 22, 1943.

• Having received the Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union in the Kremlin, Zaitsev returned to the front. He finished the war on the Dniester with the rank of captain. During the war, Zaitsev wrote two textbooks for snipers, and also invented the "six" sniper hunting technique used until now - when three pairs of snipers (a shooter and an observer) block the same battle zone with fire.

• Demobilized after the war. He worked as director of the Kiev Machine-Building Plant. Died on December 15, 1991.

• He was awarded the Order of Lenin, 2 Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, and medals. A motor ship running along the Dnieper bears his name.

• Two films have been made about the famous duel between Zaitsev and Horvald. "Angels of Death" 1992 directed by Yu.N. Ozerov, starring Fyodor Bondarchuk. And the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Jude Law as Zaitsev.

• Buried at the Mamayev Kurgan.

Gulya (Marionella) Queen

• Koroleva Marionella Vladimirovna (Gulya Koroleva) Was born on September 10, 1922 in Moscow. She died on November 23, 1942. Medical instructor of the 214th SD.

Gulya Koroleva was born in Moscow on September 9, 1922, in the family of director, set designer Vladimir Danilovich Korolev and actress Zoya Mikhailovna Metlina. At the age of 12 she starred in starring Vasilinka in the film "The Partisan's Daughter". For her role in the film, she received a ticket to pioneer camp Artek. Subsequently, she starred in several more films. In 1940 she entered the Kiev Irrigation and Land Reclamation Institute.

• In 1941 Gulya Koroleva with her mother and stepfather was evacuated to Ufa. In Ufa, she gave birth to a son, Sasha, and, leaving him in the care of her mother, volunteered for the front in the medical-sanitary battalion of the 280th infantry regiment. In the spring of 1942, the division went to the front in the Stalingrad region.

November 23, 1942, during a fierce battle for the height 56.8 near h. Panshino medical instructor of the 214th Rifle Division provided assistance and carried 50 seriously wounded soldiers and commanders with weapons from the battlefield. By the end of the day, when there were few fighters left in the ranks, she, with a group of Red Army men, went on the attack to the height. Under the bullets, the first broke into the enemy's trenches and killed 15 people with grenades. Mortally wounded, she continued to fight an unequal battle until the weapon fell out of her hands. Buried in h. Panshino of the Volgograd region.

On January 9, 1943, the command of the Don Front was awarded the Order of the Red Banner (posthumously).

• In Panshino, the village library is named in her honor, the name is engraved in gold on the banner in the Hall of Military Glory on the Mamayev Kurgan. A street in the Traktorozavodsky district of Volgograd and a village are named after her.

The past 2013 was the 70th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad. Today I want to devote my presentation to this event and tell you about the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad, I also pursue goals: to foster a sense of patriotism, pride for my country, for compatriots; to expand the students' understanding of the Battle of Stalingrad, the heroism of the Soviet people; bring up respectful attitude to the older generation, war monuments.

Many people admire heroism, convey their thoughts through creativity.

On the old, dear to us Earth

There is a lot of courage. It

Not in the hall, freedom and warmth,

Not born in the cradle ...

Simonov writes.

And Tvardovsky seems to be translating:

There are no heroes from birth

They are born in battles.

More than 65 years ago, the Great Patriotic War died down, but its echoes are still heard. This war claimed more than 20 million lives; there is not a single family that the war has spared. The whole country worked for victory, strived for this bright day, in the rear and at the front, people showed mass heroism.

The Battle of Stalingrad is one of the heroic pages in the history of our people. In the fierce battle, the people showed personal and collective heroism. Mass heroism confused the enemy. The Germans did not understand its reasons, its roots, origins. The search for ordinary Russian soldiers frightened the enemy, instilled in him a sense of fear. Reading the pages of history, getting acquainted with the exploits of people, one is amazed at their dedication, strength, will, courage. What drove their actions? Love for the Motherland, striving for a bright future, a sense of duty, an example of comrades who fought shoulder to shoulder?

Pyotr Goncharov was born on January 15, 1903 in the village of Erzovka into a peasant family. He graduated from the Erzov rural school, after which he worked as a chopper at the Krasny Oktyabr metallurgical plant in Stalingrad. In 1942, Goncharov was called up to serve in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. Since September of the same year - on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, he was a fighter in the workers' militia regiment, and later became a sniper. Participated in the Battle of Stalingrad, destroying about 50 enemy soldiers and officers with sniper fire.

By June 1943, Guard Senior Sergeant Pyotr Goncharov was a sniper of the 44th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 15th Guards Rifle Division of the 7th Guards Army of the Voronezh Front. By that time, he had destroyed about 380 enemy soldiers and officers with sniper fire, and trained 9 soldiers in sniper skills.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 10, 1944, senior sergeant Pyotr Goncharov was awarded high rank Hero of the Soviet Union. He did not manage to receive the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal, since on January 31, 1944, he died in the battle for the village of Vodyanoe in the Sofievsky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region of the Ukrainian SSR. Buried in Vodyanoye. In total, during his participation in the war, Goncharov destroyed 441 enemy soldiers and officers.

He was also awarded the Orders of the Red Banner and the Red Star, as well as a number of medals. A monument to Goncharov is erected in Vodyanoye.

On November 24, 1942, senior sergeant Ilya Voronov received an order to recapture the house from the Germans. He led his soldiers on the offensive, was wounded in the arm and leg, but without bandaging, he continued the battle. Then Ilya Voronov with his fighters occupied the house next to the attacked one. From the window with his good hand, he continued to throw grenades at the enemy. The Germans blew up the house from which our soldiers were attacking. Ilya lost consciousness. The fighters held out until the evening. When the battle died down, the wounded and the dead were carried out. Voronov got on the operating table. 25 fragments of mines and grenades were removed from his body. Ilya was left without legs, but survived.

In the area of ​​the square on January 9, the 42nd Guards Rifle Regiment of Colonel Yelin was defended, who instructed Captain Zhukov to carry out an operation to seize two residential buildings, which were of great importance. Two groups were created: the group of Lieutenant Zabolotny and Sergeant Pavlov, who captured these houses. Zabolotny's house was subsequently burned down and blown up by the advancing Germans. He collapsed along with the fighters who defended him. A reconnaissance and assault group of four soldiers, led by Sergeant Pavlov, captured the four-story building indicated by Zhukov and took hold in it.

On the third day, reinforcements under the command of Senior Lieutenant Afanasyev arrived at the house, delivering machine guns, anti-tank guns (later - company mortars) and ammunition, and the house became an important stronghold in the regiment's defense system. From that moment, Senior Lieutenant Afanasyev began to command the defense of the building.

According to the recollections of one of the soldiers, the captain told him that the German assault groups captured the lower floor of the building, but could not capture it entirely. For the Germans, it was a mystery how the garrison on the upper floors was supplied. However, according to some reports, German assault groups never broke into the building.

The Germans organized attacks several times a day. Every time when soldiers or tanks tried to get close to the house, I.F. Afanasyev and his comrades met them with heavy fire from the basement, windows and roof.

During the defense of Pavlov's house (from September 23 to November 25, 1942), civilians were in the basement until the Soviet troops launched a counterattack.

Of the 31 defenders of Pavlov's house, only three were killed - a mortar lieutenant. Both Pavlov and Afanasyev were wounded, but both Pavlov and Afanasyev survived the war.

This small group, defending one house, destroyed more enemy soldiers than the Nazis lost in the capture of Paris.

To the positions of the battalion marines Fascist tanks rushed. Several enemy vehicles were moving towards the trench in which the sailor Mikhail Panikakha was, firing from cannons and machine guns.

Through the roar of shots and the explosions of shells, the clank of the tracks was heard more and more clearly. By this time, Panikakha had already used up all his grenades. He had only two bottles of the combustible mixture left. He leaned out of the trench and swung, aiming the bottle at the nearest tank. At that moment, a bullet broke the bottle raised above his head. The warrior flared up like a living torch. But the hellish pain did not cloud his consciousness. He grabbed the second bottle. The tank was nearby. And everyone saw how the burning man jumped out of the trench, ran right up to the Nazi tank and hit the engine hatch grate with a bottle. An instant - and a huge flash of fire and smoke engulfed the hero along with the fascist car set on fire by him.

Marshal of the Soviet Union V.I. Chuikov, "From Stalingrad to Berlin".

He was presented to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union back in November 1942, but received it only by the Decree of the President of the USSR of May 5, 1990, posthumously.

At the place of the hero's feat long time there was a memorial sign with a commemorative plate. On May 8, 1975, a monument was erected on this site.

Poet Demyan Bedny dedicated poems to the heroic deeds of a soldier.

Fell, having committed your feat,

To knock down the flame on the sleeve,

Chest, shoulders, head,

Burning torch avenger warrior

I didn't roll on the grass

Seek salvation in the swamp.

He burned the enemy with his fire,

Legends are made about him, -

Our immortal sailor.

The youngest defender of Stalingrad was Seryozha Aleshkov, the son of the 142nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 47th Guards Rifle Division. The fate of this boy is dramatic, like that of many children of the war. Before the war, the Aleshkov family lived in the Kaluga region in the village of Gryn. In the fall of 1941, the region was captured by the Nazis. Lost in the woods, the village became the base of the partisan detachment, and its inhabitants became partisans. One day, mother and ten-year-old Petya - Seryozha's older brother - went on a mission. They were captured by the Nazis. They were tortured. Petya was hanged. When the mother tried to save her son, she was shot. Seryozha was left an orphan. In the summer of 1942, the partisan base was attacked. The partisans, firing back, went into the thicket of the forest. In one of the dashes, Seryozha got entangled in the bushes, fell, badly bruised his leg. Lagging behind his own people, he wandered through the forest for several days. He slept under the trees, ate berries. On September 8, 1942, our units occupied the area. The soldiers of the 142nd Guards Rifle Regiment picked up the exhausted and hungry boy, left him, sewed a military uniform, enlisted in the regiment's lists, with which he had a glorious battle path, including Stalingrad. Seryozha becomes a participant in the Battle of Stalingrad. At this time he was 6 years old. Of course, Seryozha could not take direct part in hostilities, but he tried his best to help our soldiers: he brought them food, shells, cartridges, sang songs, recited poems, delivered mail in between battles. He was very fond of in the regiment and was called the fighter Aleshkin. Once, he saved the life of the regiment commander, Colonel M.D. Vorobyov. During the shelling, the colonel was trapped in a dugout. Seryozha was not taken aback and called our fighters on time. The soldiers who arrived in time removed the commander from under the rubble, and he survived.

On November 18, 1942, Serezha, together with the soldiers of one company, came under mortar fire. A mine fragment was wounded in the leg and ended up in the hospital. After treatment, he returned to the regiment. The soldiers gave a celebration on this occasion. Before the formation, an order was read out to award Seryozha a medal "For Military Merit" two years later he was sent to study at the Tula Suvorov Military School. On vacations, like to his own father, he came to Mikhail Danilovich Vorobyov, the former commander of the regiment.

Lusya ended up in Stalingrad after a long search for relatives and friends. 13-year-old Lyusya, a resourceful, inquisitive pioneer from Leningrad, voluntarily became a scout. Once an officer came to the Stalingrad children's receiver, who was looking for children to work in intelligence. So Lucy ended up in the combat unit. Their commander was a captain who taught, gave instructions on how to observe, what to note in memory, how to behave in captivity.

In the first half of August 1942, Lyusya, together with Elena Konstantinovna Alekseeva, under the guise of mother and daughter, were for the first time thrown into the rear of the enemy. Seven times Lucy crossed the front line, gaining more and more information about the enemy. She was awarded medals “For Courage” and “For the Defense of Stalingrad” for exemplary performance of the command's assignments. Luce was lucky enough to stay alive.

Now you can't hug them

Do not shake their hand.

But rose from the ground

An unquenchable fire -

Sorrowful fire

Proud fire

Light fire.

These are fallen hearts

Give to the end

Its bright flame to the living.

stalingrad heroic soviet fascist

The heroes were awarded orders, medals, streets, squares, ships were named in their honor ... Do the dead need this? No. The living need it. Not to be forgotten.

The Battle of Stalingrad claimed the lives of thousands of noble and courageous people devoted to their Motherland. And we all must remember what our ancestors went through when they think about our country. Yes, many of us have forgotten this, but we all understand that everything experienced by our ancestors cannot be reversed, their torments cannot be ended, they cannot be interrupted. But we must face the truth, we must live under the motto:

Nothing is forgotten, nobody is forgotten.

... A great battle where two great armies clashed. The city that claimed more than two million lives in 5 months. The Germans considered him to be hell on Earth. Soviet propaganda talked about the death of one German soldier in this city per second. However, it was he who became a turning point The Great Patriotic War, and without a doubt, became the personification of the feat of the Red Army. So who are they ... Great heroes of the Great Battle?

Feat of Nikolai Serdyukov

On April 17, 1943, junior sergeant, commander of the rifle squad of the 44th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 15th Guards Rifle Division Nikolai Filippovich SERDYUKOV was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for his military exploits in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Nikolai Filippovich Serdyukov was born in 1924 in the village. Goncharovka, Oktyabrsky District, Volgograd Region. Here he spent his childhood and school years. In June 1941, he entered the Stalingrad school of the FZO, after which he worked as a metal worker at the Barricades plant.

In August 1942 he was drafted into the active army, and on January 13, 1943 he accomplished his feat, which made his name immortal. These were the days when Soviet troops destroyed enemy units surrounded at Stalingrad. Junior Sergeant Nikolai Serdyukov was a machine gunner in the 15th Guards Rifle Division, which trained many Heroes of the Soviet Union.

The division led an offensive in the area of ​​the settlements Karpovka and Stary Rogachik (35-40 km west of Stalingrad). The fascists, entrenched in Stary Rogachik, blocked the path of the advancing Soviet troops. Along the railroad embankment was a heavily fortified area of ​​the enemy defense.

The guardsmen of the 4th company of the guard of Lieutenant Rybas were tasked with crossing a 600-meter open space, a minefield, barbed wire and knocking the enemy out of trenches and trenches.

At the agreed time, the company launched an attack, but machine-gun fire from three enemy pillboxes that survived our artillery barrage forced the soldiers to lie down in the snow. The attack drowned.

It was necessary to silence the enemy's firing points. Lieutenant V.M. Osipov and junior lieutenant A.S. Belykh undertook this task. Grenades were thrown. The pillboxes fell silent. But in the snow, not far from them, two commanders, two communists, two guardsmen remained forever lying.

When the Soviet soldiers rose to attack, the third bunker spoke. Komsomolets N. Serdyukov addressed the company commander: "Allow me, Comrade Lieutenant."

Small in stature, he looked quite a boy in a long soldier's greatcoat. Having received the permission of the commander, Serdyukov crawled under a hail of bullets to the third bunker. He threw one, the second grenades, but they did not reach the goal. In full view of the guardsmen, rising to his full height, the hero rushed to the embrasure of the pillbox. The enemy machine gun fell silent, the guards rushed at the enemy.

The street and the school where he studied are named after the 18-year-old hero of Stalingrad. His name is entered forever in the lists of the personnel of one of the units of the Volgograd garrison.

N.F. Serdyukov was buried in the village. New Rogachik (Gorodishchensky district of the Volgograd region).

The feat of the defenders of the Pavlov House

On the square named after V. I. Lenin is a mass grave. The memorial plate reads: "Here are buried the soldiers of the 13th Guards Order of Lenin of the rifle division and the 10th division of the NKVD troops who died in the battles for Stalingrad."

The mass grave, the names of the streets adjacent to the square (St. Lieutenant Naumov St., 13th Guards St.) will forever remind of war, death, and courage. This area was defended by the 13th Guards Rifle Division, commanded by Major General A.I. Rodimtsev, Hero of the Soviet Union. The division crossed the Volga in mid-September 1942, when everything around was on fire: residential buildings, factories. Even the Volga, covered with oil from broken storage facilities, represented a fiery strip. Immediately after landing on the right bank, the subunits immediately entered the battle.

In October - November, pressed against the Volga, the division occupied a defense along the front 5-6 km, the depth of the defensive zone ranged from 100 to 500 m. impregnable fortress. The Pavlov House has become such an impregnable fortress on this square.

The heroic story of this house is as follows. During the bombing of the city, all buildings on the square were destroyed and only one 4-storey building miraculously survived. From the upper floors it was possible to observe and keep under fire the part of the city occupied by the enemy (to the west up to 1 km, and even further in the north and south directions). Thus, the house acquired an important tactical significance in the defense zone of the 42nd regiment.

Fulfilling the order of the commander, Colonel I.P. Yelin, at the end of September Sergeant Ya. F. Pavlov entered the house with three soldiers and found there about 30 civilians - women, old people, children. The scouts occupied the house and held it for two days.

On the third day, reinforcements arrived to help the brave four. The garrison of "Pavlov's House" (as it began to be called on the operational maps of the division, regiment) consisted of a machine-gun platoon under the command of the guard lieutenant I.F. A. A. Sobgaidoy (6 men and three anti-tank rifles), 7 submachine gunners under the command of Sergeant Ya. F. Pavlov, four mortars (2 mortars) under the command of junior lieutenant A. N. Chernyshenko. Only 24 people.

The soldiers adapted the house for a perimeter defense. The firing points were taken outside of it, underground passages messages. Sappers from the side of the square mined the approaches to the house, placing anti-tank and anti-personnel mines.

Skillful organization of the home defense, the heroism of the soldiers allowed the small garrison to successfully repulse enemy attacks for 58 days.

The newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda wrote on October 1, 1942: “Every day the guards take on 12-15 attacks from enemy tanks and infantry, supported by aviation and artillery. And they always repel the onslaught of the enemy to the last opportunity, covering the ground with dozens and hundreds of new fascist corpses. "

The fight for "Pavlov's House" is one of many examples of the heroism of the Soviet people in the days of the battle for the city.

There were more than 100 such houses, which became strongholds, in the zone of operations of the 62nd Army.

On November 24, 1942, after artillery barrage, the garrison in the battalion launched an offensive to capture other houses in the square. The guardsmen, carried away by the company commander, Senior Lieutenant II Naumov, rose to the attack and crushed the enemy. The fearless commander was killed.

The memorial wall at the Pavlov House will preserve the names of the heroes of the legendary garrison for centuries, among which we read the names of the sons of Russia and Ukraine, Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Another name is associated with the history of Pavlov's House, the name of a simple Russian woman who is now called by many as the “dear woman of Russia” - Alexandra Maksimovna Cherkasova. It was she, a kindergarten worker, who in the spring of 1943 after work brought here soldiers like herself, to take apart the ruins and breathe life into this building. Cherkasova's noble initiative found a response in the hearts of the inhabitants. In 1948, there were 80 thousand people in the Cherkasov brigades. From 1943 to 1952 they worked 20 million hours free of charge in their free time. The name of A.I. Cherkasova and all members of her brigade is entered in the city's Honorary Book.

Guards Square

Not far from the Pavlov House, on the banks of the Volga, among the new light buildings stands the terrible, war-disfigured building of the mill named after V.I. Grudinin (KN Grudinin was a Bolshevik worker. He worked as a turner at the mill, was elected secretary of a communist cell. The party leader, headed by Grudinin, waged a decisive struggle against the disguised enemies of Soviet power who decided to take revenge on the brave communist. On May 26, 1922, he was killed by a shot from around the corner. Buried in the Komsomolsk garden).

On the building of the mill there is a memorial plaque: “The ruins of the mill named after K. N. Grudinin - a historical reserve. Here in 1942 fierce battles took place between the soldiers of the 13th Guards Order of Lenin's rifle division against the German fascist invaders. " During the battle, there was an observation post for the commander of the 42nd Regiment of the 13th Guards Rifle Division.

Military statistics have calculated that during the battle in Stalingrad, the enemy used up shells, bombs, mines on average about 100 thousand pieces for each kilometer of the front, or 100 per meter, respectively.

The burned-out building of the mill with empty eye sockets of the windows will tell the descendants more eloquently than any words about the horrors of war, that the world was conquered at a high price.

The feat of Mikhail Panikakha

Fascist tanks rushed to the positions of the battalion of the marines. Several enemy vehicles were moving towards the trench in which the sailor Mikhail Panikakha was, firing from cannons and machine guns.

Through the roar of shots and the explosions of shells, the clank of the tracks was heard more and more clearly. By this time, Panikakha had already used up all his grenades. He had only two bottles of the combustible mixture left. He leaned out of the trench and swung, aiming the bottle at the nearest tank. At that moment, a bullet broke the bottle raised above his head. The warrior flared up like a living torch. But the hellish pain did not cloud his consciousness. He grabbed the second bottle. The tank was nearby. And everyone saw how the burning man jumped out of the trench, ran right up to the Nazi tank and hit the engine hatch grate with a bottle. An instant - and a huge flash of fire and smoke engulfed the hero along with the fascist car set on fire by him.

This heroic feat of Mikhail Panikakha immediately became known to all the soldiers of the 62nd Army.

This was not forgotten by his friends from the 193rd Infantry Division. Friends of Panikakh told Demyan Bedny about his feat. The poet responded with poetry.

He fell, but his honor lives on;
Hero is the highest award,
Under the name of his words:
He was the defender of Stalingrad.

In the midst of tank attacks
There was a sailor Panikakha,
Them to the last bullet
The defense held on tight.

But not to match the sea lads
Show the back of the head to the enemy,
No more grenades, there are two left
With flammable liquid bottles.

The hero fighter grabbed one:
"I'll throw it at the last tank!"
Full of ardent courage,
He stood with a raised bottle.

"One, two ... I will not miss!"
Suddenly a bullet through and through at this moment
The bottle of liquid was punctured
The hero was engulfed in flames.

But becoming a torch alive,
He did not lose his fighting spirit,
With contempt for the sharp, burning pain
On the enemy tank fighter hero
The second rushed with the bottle.
Hooray! Fire! The smoke is black
Fire engulfed the engine hatch,
There's a wild howl in a burning tank,
The team howled and the driver
He fell, having accomplished his feat,
Our sailor is fighting,
But he fell like a proud winner!
To knock down the flame on the sleeve,
Chest, shoulders, head,
Burning torch avenger warrior
I didn't roll on the grass
Seek salvation in the swamp.

He burned the enemy with his fire,
Legends are made about him, -
Our immortal sailor.

The feat of Panikakha is captured in stone in the monument-ensemble on Mamayev Kurgan.

The feat of the signalman Matvey Putilov

When communication on the Mamayev Kurgan at the most intense moment of the battle was interrupted, a private signalman of the 308th Infantry Division Matvey Putilov went to eliminate the break in the wire. When restoring the damaged communication line, both arms were shattered by mine fragments. Losing consciousness, he gripped the ends of the wire with his teeth. The connection was restored. For this feat, Matvey was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. His communication coil was transferred to the best signalmen of the 308th division.

A similar feat was accomplished by Vasily Titayev. During the next attack on the Mamayev Kurgan, the connection was cut off. He went to fix it. In the conditions of the most difficult battle, this seemed impossible, but the connection worked. Titaev did not return from the assignment. After the battle, he was found dead with the ends of a wire clamped in his teeth.

In October 1942, in the area of ​​the Barricades plant, a signalman of the 308th rifle division, Matvey Putilov, under enemy fire, was carrying out a mission to restore communications. When he was looking for a broken wire, he was wounded in the shoulder by a mine fragment. Overcoming the pain, Putilov crawled to the place where the wire was broken, he was wounded again: his arm was shattered by an enemy mine. Losing consciousness and unable to act with his hand, the sergeant squeezed the ends of the wire with his teeth, and a current passed through his body. Having restored the connection, Putilov died with the ends of the telephone wires clamped in his teeth.

Vasily Zaitsev

Zaitsev Vasily Grigorievich (23.3.1915 - 15.12.1991) - sniper of the 1047th Infantry Regiment (284th Infantry Division, 62nd Army, Stalingrad Front), junior lieutenant.

Born on March 23, 1915 in the village of Elino, now Agapov district Chelyabinsk region in a peasant family. Russian. Member of the CPSU since 1943. Graduated from building, technical school in Magnitogorsk. From 1936 in the Navy. Graduated from the Military Economic School. The war found Zaitsev in the position of chief of the financial department in the Pacific Fleet, in the Preobrazhenie Bay.

In the battles of the Great Patriotic War since September 1942. Received a sniper rifle from the hands of the commander of his 1047th regiment Metelev a month later, together with the medal "For Courage". By that time, from a simple "three-line" Zaitsev had killed 32 Nazis. In the period from November 10 to December 17, 1942, in the battles for Stalingrad, he destroyed 225 soldiers and pr-ka, including 11 snipers (among whom was Heinz Horvald). Directly at the forefront, he taught sniper fighters in commanders, trained 28 snipers. In January 1943, Zaitsev was seriously wounded. His sight was saved by Professor Filatov in a Moscow hospital.

The title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal to Vasily Grigorievich Zaitsev was awarded on February 22, 1943.

Having received the Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union in the Kremlin, Zaitsev returned to the front. He finished the war on the Dniester with the rank of captain. During the war, Zaitsev wrote two textbooks for snipers, and also invented the "six" sniper hunting technique used until now - when three pairs of snipers (a shooter and an observer) block the same battle zone with fire.

Demobilized after the war. He worked as director of the Kiev Machine-Building Plant. Died on December 15, 1991.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin, 2 Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, and medals. A motor ship running along the Dnieper bears his name.

Two films have been made about the famous duel between Zaitsev and Horvald. "Angels of Death" 1992 directed by Yu.N. Ozerov, starring Fyodor Bondarchuk. And the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Jude Law as Zaitsev.

Buried at the Mamayev Kurgan.

Gulya (Marionella) Queen

Koroleva Marionella Vladimirovna (Gulya Koroleva) Born on September 10, 1922 in Moscow. She died on November 23, 1942. Medical instructor of the 214th SD.

Gulya Koroleva was born in Moscow on September 9, 1922, in the family of director, set designer Vladimir Danilovich Korolev and actress Zoya Mikhailovna Metlina. At the age of 12 she starred in the title role of Vasilinka in the film "The Partisan's Daughter". For her role in the film, she received a ticket to the pioneer camp "Artek". Subsequently, she starred in several more films. In 1940 she entered the Kiev Irrigation and Land Reclamation Institute.

In 1941 Gulya Koroleva with her mother and stepfather was evacuated to Ufa. In Ufa, she gave birth to a son, Sasha, and, leaving him in the care of her mother, volunteered for the front in the medical-sanitary battalion of the 280th infantry regiment. In the spring of 1942, the division went to the front in the Stalingrad region.

On November 23, 1942, during a fierce battle for a height of 56.8 near h. Panshino medical instructor of the 214th Rifle Division provided assistance and carried 50 seriously wounded soldiers and commanders with weapons from the battlefield. By the end of the day, when there were few fighters left in the ranks, she, with a group of Red Army men, went on the attack to the height. Under the bullets, the first broke into the enemy's trenches and killed 15 people with grenades. Mortally wounded, she continued to fight an unequal battle until the weapon fell out of her hands. Buried in h. Panshino of the Volgograd region.

On January 9, 1943, the command of the Don Front was awarded the Order of the Red Banner (posthumously).

In Panshino, the village library is named after her, the name is engraved in gold on the banner in the Hall military glory on Mama's mound. A street in the Traktorozavodsky district of Volgograd and a village are named after her.

The book of Elena Ilyina "The Fourth Height", which has been translated into many languages ​​of the world, is dedicated to the feat.

Battle of Stalingrad. Chronicle, facts, people. Book 1 Zhilin Vitaly Alexandrovich

HEROES OF THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD

HEROES OF THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD

One of critical factors victory in the Battle of Stalingrad is the heroism of the soldiers and commanders, who, despite the numerical superiority of the enemy, showed unprecedented staunchness in defense and decisiveness in the offensive.

A sense of responsibility for the Volga stronghold gave birth to entire units, units and formations of heroes. Many of them covered themselves with unfading glory. 103 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Their exploits will forever remain in the hearts of many peoples. They will forever be a symbol of fearlessness, courage and self-sacrifice in the name of the Fatherland. This collection includes little-known materials about the Heroes of the Soviet Union who performed feats during the Battle of Stalingrad (02.17.1942-2.02.1943). V curriculum vitae military ranks and positions are indicated at the time of the feat.

ABDIROV

NURKEN

Sergeant, in the Battle of Stalingrad he participated as a pilot of the 808th Assault Aviation Regiment (267th Assault Aviation Division, 1st Mixed Aviation Corps, 17th Air Army, Southwestern Front).

Born in 1919 in aul No. 5 (Karkaralinsky district of the Karaganda region, Republic of Kazakhstan). Kazakh. Incomplete secondary education. He worked on a collective farm. In the Armed Forces since 1940. Graduated from the Orenburg Military Aviation School.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from October 28, 1942. On December 19, 1942, pilot Sergeant Abdirov, led by 4 Il-2 aircraft, carrying out an order for a bombing and assault raid. As a result of his repeated attacks on a heavily fortified enemy line and a large accumulation of tanks in the Bokovskaya-Ponomarevka area, he showed great skill and exceptional courage. The enemy tried to prevent our pilots from delivering targeted strikes to destroy fortifications, equipment and manpower with strong defensive anti-aircraft fire. One after another, enemy anti-aircraft batteries were disabled. But one of the shells hit Sergeant Abdirov's plane. The plane caught fire. Realizing that the burning car could not reach the airfield, the brave son of the Kazakh people, following the example of Captain N.F. Gastello, sent his plane into the midst of enemy tanks and died with his crew in the death of a hero. For 16 sorties Nurken destroyed: 12 tanks, 28 vehicles with manpower and equipment, 18 wagons with ammunition, 1 tank with fuel, suppressed the fire of 3 anti-aircraft artillery guns. In the last sortie, he destroyed: up to 6 tanks, 2 points FOR, up to 20 enemy soldiers and officers.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 31, 1943, Sergeant Nurken Abdirov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously) for this feat.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin.

Buried in the village. Konkov (Bokovsky district of the Rostov region).

A monument to the Hero is erected in the city of Karaganda. During the war, at the expense of the workers of Karaganda, the plane "Nurken Abdirov" was built and took part in the battles.

ALEXEEV

BORIS PAVLOVICH

Junior lieutenant, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part in the position of deputy commander of the aviation squadron of the 808th assault aviation regiment (267th assault aviation division, 1st mixed aviation corps, 17th air army, Southwestern Front).

Was born on June 6, 1913 in the city of Perm. Russian. Graduated incomplete high school and 1 course of a construction college, worked as a driver in Ulyanovsk. In the Armed Forces since 1938. Graduated from the Ulyanovsk school OSOAVIAKHIM.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from October 1942. On December 19, 1942, Alekseev, leading 4 Il-2 aircraft in the Bokovskaya-Ponomarevka area, made a bold raid on a heavily fortified enemy line and a large concentration of his tanks. Despite the continuous defensive anti-aircraft fire of the enemy and difficult weather conditions, the group successfully struck at enemy units that hindered the advance of our troops. As a result of these attacks, 12 tanks, 17 vehicles with cargo and manpower, up to 10 carts with ammunition, 2 fuel tanks, up to 2 infantry platoons were destroyed, the fire of 2 anti-aircraft batteries was suppressed. An enemy projectile interrupted the steering wheels in Alekseev's plane, as a result of which it became almost impossible to control the machine. With incredible efforts, Alekseev not only continued the flight, but throughout the entire route he controlled the slaves by radio. The desire to bring his and his subordinate planes to Soviet territory occupied all his thoughts. And when Alekseev did this, the rudders finally failed and he died. During his 20 sorties to attack the enemy, as a leader, he always carried away his subordinates by personal example and courage. He personally destroyed: 16 tanks, 32 vehicles, 23 wagons with cargo, 7 bunkers, up to 15 horsemen, 4 ammunition depots and up to an enemy infantry company.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 31, 1943, Boris Pavlovich Alekseev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously) for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin.

ALKIDOV

VLADIMIR YAKOVLEVICH

Lieutenant, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part as a flight commander of the 434th Fighter Aviation Regiment (8th Air Army, Stalingrad Front).

Was born on August 12, 1920 in the village. Alkuzhi (Morshansk region Tambov region... Russian. Graduated from junior high school, worked as a locksmith. In the Armed Forces since 1939. Graduated from the Kachin Military Aviation School in 1940.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from the beginning of hostilities. In the battle for Stalingrad, Lieutenant Alkidov showed miracles of courage and bravery. With his skillful actions, he repeatedly aroused admiration from the command and subordinates. He participated many times in conducting air reconnaissance, attacking enemy troops and airfields. Repeatedly, despite serious damage to the aircraft, he returned to his airfield. Vladimir Yakovlevich flew 300 sorties in these battles and shot down 10 enemy aircraft.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 12, 1942, Vladimir Yakovlevich Alkidov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the exemplary fulfillment of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and for the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

In 1946, Captain Alkidov was transferred to the reserve. He lived in the city of Slavyansk-on-Kuban.

He was awarded 2 Orders of Lenin, the Order of the Red Star, medals.

ANDREEV

IVAN FEDOROVICH

Captain, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part as a flight commander of the 2nd Guards Aviation Regiment (3rd Aviation Division, long-range aviation).

Born on September 11, 1910 in the village. Aleksandrovka (Sechenovsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region). Russian. Graduated from junior high school. He studied at the Moscow Pilot School OSOAVIAKHIM, then at the Tambov United Pilot School. Since 1932, a pilot of the Moscow Directorate Civil Aviation... In the Armed Forces since 1939. Member of the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from the beginning of hostilities. By October 1942, he flew 135 sorties, of which 116 at night and 19 during the day. He bombarded the accumulations of railway trains with ammunition and motorized equipment at the stations Bryansk, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Minsk, Gomel, Orel, Vilno, Kursk, Dvinsk, Pskov, Nevel, Dno, Sychevka, Shchigry, Vyazma, Baranovichi, Podverg and others. troops and manpower of the enemy in the areas: Rzhev. Gzhatsk, Sychevka, Vitebsk, Stalingrad and others. August 20 and September 13, 1942, respectively, bombed military-industrial facilities in Warsaw and Bucharest. Despite the strong fire of anti-aircraft artillery in both sorties, he coped with the task successfully. From September 17 to September 27, 1942, Andreev's crew took an active part in defeating enemy groupings in the Stalingrad area, making 2 sorties per night, which amounted to 16 sorties. On September 20, it bombarded the concentration of enemy troops in the Stalingrad area, as a result of the bombing, a strong explosion occurred - a direct hit into the ammunition depot.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 31, 1942, Ivan Fedorovich Andreev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and for the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin, 2 Orders of the Red Banner, 3 Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of the Red Star, medals.

ANDREEV

NIKOLAY RODIONOVICH

Lieutenant, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part in the position of tank platoon commander of the 1st battalion of the 6th tank brigade (South-Western Front).

Born on August 7, 1921 in the village of Kuropleshevo (now Kologrivo Slantsevsky district, Leningrad region). Russian. Graduated from junior high school and road-mechanical technical school. He worked as a technician at a machine-road station in the Amur Region. In the Armed Forces since 1940

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from June 1941, on August 6, 1942, the enemy with a force of up to 70 tanks, up to a regiment of motorized infantry and several divisions of heavy self-propelled and anti-tank artillery wedged into the location of our units and entered the railway in the area of ​​junction 74 of the Stalingrad area. The tank battalion was tasked with attacking the enemy and driving him out of the line it occupied. Enemy aviation continuously bombed the battle formations of our tanks in massive raids. During the attack, Andreev, in his tank, was the first to break into the patrol occupied by the enemy and collided face to face with a column of German tanks, which consisted of 20 vehicles. Andreev was not taken aback and entered the battle. Having deployed his tank, in top gear he sent it along the column of enemy tanks, shooting them point-blank from the cannon. In this battle, he burned 5 tanks, knocked out 2 and destroyed 2 guns. The tank received minor damage, which was eliminated by the crew. In total, Andreev has 27 destroyed tanks, several dozen guns and a large number of weapons and manpower of the Nazis.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 2, 1942, Nikolai Rodionovich Andreev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

In 1945 he graduated Military academy armored and mechanized troops. Lieutenant General N.R. Andreev served in the Urals Military District, and then in the Main Personnel Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

Awarded with the Orders of Lenin, October revolution, World War I 1st degree, Red Banner of Labor, 3 Orders of the Red Star, Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree, medals.

ASLANOV

AZI AGADOVICH

Lieutenant Colonel, in the Battle of Stalingrad he participated as commander of the 55th separate tank regiment (2nd guards army, Stalingrad Front).

Born on January 22, 1910 in Lankaran (Republic of Azerbaijan). Azerbaijani. Incomplete secondary education. In the Armed Forces since 1929. Graduated from the Leningrad Cavalry School, courses at the Military Academy of Armored Forces. Member of the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from June 1941, he distinguished himself especially in the period of December 15-19, 1942. The battle went on a front 12-18 km wide. 4 of them accounted for Aslanov's tanks. From the bottom of the gully, the tankers could clearly see the ridge of the hill and the enemy vehicles on it. The beam became the dominant position for tankers. Aslanov's only order in those days was to fight from an ambush. Maneuvering along the girder and on the reverse slopes of the height, the tankers were out of reach for direct enemy shots. At the same time, any enemy vehicle that appeared over the beam would come under targeted fire. For four days of continuous fighting, Aslanov's tankers knocked out about 100 enemy tanks. The motors did not turn off at night. The tankers dozed and took food without leaving their vehicles. The most difficult day was December 20. There was no infantry, and the German machine gunners had already reached the northern outskirts of the village. Verkhnekumsky. Then Aslanov removed one person from each vehicle and formed a foot detachment to support the tanks. And only when the enemy broke through and occupied the village, Aslanov received the order to withdraw. The next day he re-established the situation.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 22, 1942, for the exemplary fulfillment of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Azi Agadovich Aslanov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Later, Guards Major General A. A. Aslanov commanded the 35th Tank Brigade. In one of the battles on the Lithuanian soil on January 25, 1945, he was mortally wounded.

Monuments to the Hero have been erected in Baku and on the territory of the state farm bearing his name, in the Lankaran region. The houses of officers in Baku and Volgograd are named after him. The Hero's house-museum was created in Lankaran.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin, 3 Orders of the Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov 2nd degree, Alexander Nevsky, Patriotic War 1st degree, 2 Orders of the Red Star, medals.

BABKOV

VASILY PETROVICH

Captain, in the Battle of Stalingrad he participated as navigator of the 434th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Stalingrad Front).

Born on April 14, 1918 in the village. Kushugum (now the town of Zaporozhye region, Zaporozhye region, Republic of Ukraine). Ukrainian. Graduated from junior high school. He worked as an electrician at the Zaporizhstal metallurgical plant. In the Armed Forces since 1937 after graduating from the Borisoglebsk Military Aviation Pilot School.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from June 1941. By August 1942, he flew 287 sorties, of which 68 were accompanied by air battles, in most cases with superior enemy forces, and 16 sorties to attack troops. During the fighting, Captain Babkov received 6 wounds, of which 3 were severe and, despite this, continued to carry out combat missions. V air battles he personally destroyed 11 enemy aircraft and 9 in a group with his comrades. Taking part in the battles on the Southwestern Front during June-July, making 6-7 sorties a day, he personally destroyed 3 Ju-87 and 1 Me-109 aircraft. Despite his injuries, he refused hospitalization, continuing to fly. On July 26, in an air battle on the Stalingrad front, a group led by Vasily, in the amount of 8 aircraft, entered into battle with 57 enemy aircraft and destroyed 11 enemy aircraft without their own losses.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 23, 1942, Vasily Petrovich Babkov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and for the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

In 1950 he graduated from the Air Force Academy, in 1956 from the Military Academy of the General Staff. Aviation Colonel General V.P. Babkov has been retired since 1986.

He was awarded 2 Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, 2 Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, 2 Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, 2 Orders of the Red Star, the Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree, medals, foreign orders.

BACLAN

ANDREY YAKOVLEVICH

Senior Lieutenant, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part as a flight commander of the 434th Fighter Aviation Regiment (16th Air Force, Stalingrad Front).

Born on July 23, 1917 in the village of Kalinovka (Zhovtnevsky district of the Nikolaev region, the Republic of Ukraine). Ukrainian. He graduated from 2 courses of the evening workers' school. He worked as a scriber at the Nikolaev shipbuilding plant. In the Armed Forces since 1938 after graduating from the Odessa Military Aviation School. Member of the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from June 1941. By October 1942, made 400 sorties, of which 57 sorties to attack enemy troops, tanks and motorized convoys. For the successful execution of assault actions, the group in which he acted was marked by thanks from the People's Commissar of Defense and the commander-in-chief of the South-West direction, Marshal of the Soviet Union S.K. Timoshenko. In the most intense days of combat work, he made 5-7 combat missions, and almost all of them were accompanied by air battles. As part of a fighter squad, he conducted an unprecedented battle in the history of air battles with 18 bombers and 9 enemy fighters, as a result of which 5 enemy aircraft were shot down, 2 of which were shot down by him personally. Taking part in hostilities on the South-Western Front, he conducted a fearless battle against 7 enemy fighters, shot down 2 Me-109f and, being seriously wounded, brought his plane to the airfield. He personally shot down 13 enemy aircraft and 23 in a group with other pilots.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 23, 1942, for the exemplary fulfillment of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Andrei Yakovlevich Baklan was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

After the war he commanded a squadron and an aviation regiment. In 1952 he graduated from the Air Force Academy. Since 1957 he has been teaching. Colonel A. Ya. Baklan retired since 1963. He worked as the head of the regional communications department in the city of Pskov.

He was awarded 2 Orders of Lenin, Orders of the Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov 3rd degree, Patriotic War 1st degree, Red Star, medals.

Balashov

VASILY DMITRIEVICH

Captain, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part in the position of deputy squadron commander of the 8th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (8th Air Army, Stalingrad Front).

Born on February 10, 1921 on the Dor farm (Rzhevsky district of the Tver region). Russian. He graduated from an incomplete secondary school, worked as a mechanic in the Armed Forces since 1938. In 1940 he graduated from the Voroshilovgrad military aviation school of pilots

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from 1941. In the battle for Stalingrad he showed unparalleled courage and bravery. With his skillful actions he repeatedly aroused admiration among the command and subordinates. Many times he participated in air reconnaissance in the daytime and at night to identify the concentration of troops, defensive structures and the movement of enemy echelons. Repeatedly, despite serious damage to the aircraft, he returned to his airfield. By May 1943, he made 210 successful combat missions to reconnaissance of enemy troops and communications. In the battles of Stalingrad, he made 45 sorties, photographing the territory with total area 14.5 thousand sq. km.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 24, 1943, Vasily Dmitrievich Balashov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and for the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

After the war he worked in the DOSAAF system. In 1967, Colonel V. D. Balashov retired to the reserve. Lived in Krasnodar.

BARANOV

MIKHAIL DMITRIEVICH

Senior Lieutenant, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part as a flight commander of the 183rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (269th Fighter Aviation Division, 8th Air Army, Southwestern Front).

Born on October 21, 1921 in the village of Gorki (Kingisepsky District of the Leningrad Region). Russian. He graduated from an incomplete high school, worked as a turner at the plant. CM. Kirov in Leningrad. Graduated from the Central Aero Club. In the Armed Forces since 1939. In 1940 he graduated from the Chuguev Military Aviation Pilot School.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War, from June 1941, he opened the battle score for the enemy aircraft he shot down in 1941. When he was returning to the airfield after his first victory, four enemy fighters suddenly appeared near him. They walked across the path of the Soviet pilot. The fuel was running out. And then the unexpected happened. Baranov abruptly threw the car aside and rushed towards the fascists. The Messers scattered about, stunned by the daring maneuver of the Soviet pilot, and one of them even went to land. He shot down several more planes and in the fall of 1941 was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, and soon the second. And then trouble came. Returning from a combat mission, Mikhail came across five enemy fighters. Ammunition was running out, but the pilot took an unequal battle. Having pierced the enemy plane with the last burst, I immediately felt a dull pain in my leg and saw that his car was on fire. When landing by parachute, the impact on the ground fell on the wounded leg and he lost consciousness. With great difficulty, overcoming the territory occupied by the enemy, Mikhail reached our hospital. There was only one verdict of doctors - amputation of the leg. But the brave pilot rejected him. Having undergone several heavy operations, Baranov returned to duty. On August 13, 1942, the Pravda newspaper reported in its correspondence on air battles on the Don: “Senior Lieutenant Mikhail Baranov is an outstanding fighter pilot. The other day, in only one battle, he shot down 4 German planes. He rammed the last enemy plane. " By June 1942, Baranov had flown 176 sorties, personally shot down 24 enemy aircraft and destroyed 6 at airfields.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated August 12, 1942, Mikhail Dmitrievich Baranov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and for the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

He died on January 17, 1943, going to ram an enemy plane. Buried in the town of Kotelnikovo (Volgograd region). There is a monument on the grave. The exhibits of the Volgograd Defense Museum tell about the hero's deed. A street in Volgograd is named after him. A memorial plaque was erected in the town of Slantsy (Leningrad Region).

He was awarded the Order of Lenin, 2 Orders of the Red Banner.

BASHKIROV

VYACHESLAV FILIPPOVICH

The political instructor, in the Battle of Stalingrad, participated in the post of military commissar of the squadron of the 788th Fighter Aviation Regiment (102nd Fighter Aviation Division, Air Defense Forces of the country's territory).

Born on April 22, 1915 in the village. Lukashevka (Kurchatovsky district Kursk region). Russian. He graduated from the pilot school at the Central Aero Club in 1935, then from the pilot-instructor school. He worked in Moscow as a design engineer at Aeroproject GVF. Graduated from the All-Union Industrial Institute in 1940. In the Armed Forces since 1940. Graduated from the Chuguev School of Military Pilots in 1941, then the courses of military commissars in Bataysk, Rostov Region.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War since 1941, the military commissar of the squadron V.F. In August 1942, Vyacheslav shot down 6 enemy aircraft, of which 4 Yu-88 and 2 Me-109 f. Bashkirov's squadron shot down 18 enemy aircraft in the same month.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 8, 1943, for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Vyacheslav Filippovich Bashkirov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

After the war he continued to serve in the Air Defense Forces. In 1950 he graduated by correspondence from the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the CPSU. In 1955, the Air Force Academy. In 1966, Major General V.F.Bashkirov retired to the reserve. Lived in Moscow. He worked as the head of the Central House of Aviation and Cosmonautics.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin, 2 Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, 2 Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of the Red Star, medals.

BEZMENOV

VASILY IVANOVICH

Senior Lieutenant, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part as deputy battery commander for political affairs of the 915th Artillery Regiment (346th Infantry Division, 5th Tank Army, Southwestern Front).

Born in 1913 in the village of Maltino (Karachevsky District, Bryansk Region). Ukrainian. In the Armed Forces since 1939

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from June 1941. In the hostilities in the Smolensk direction on July 18, 1941 he was wounded. The deputy battery commander for political affairs, senior lieutenant Vasily Ivanovich Bezmenov, distinguished himself in the battle at Stalingrad for the state farm named after V.I. Stalin on January 4, 1943. In the course of repelling the onslaught of the enemy, who was trying to get out of the encirclement, Bezmenov, commanding the battery, gave orders to destroy the enemy with direct fire and point blank when the Nazis approached at a distance of up to 50 m.Lacking support from our infantry and having shot all the shells, he ordered the battery personnel not to retreat, but to continue the battle. From the available personal weapons, the batteries continued their combat mission. The brave commissar, being wounded in both legs, continued to give orders to render the equipment unusable so that they would not get to the enemy. The enemy with a force of up to a battalion attacked the artillery stronghold, brutally cracking down on the artillerymen. Not wanting to be captured, Bezmenov shot himself. In this battle, the battery under the command of the commissar destroyed up to 200 fascist soldiers and officers with its fire.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 31, 1943, Vasily Ivanovich Bezmenov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously) for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

He was buried at the central estate of the state farm "Russia" (Morozovsky district of the Rostov region).

He was awarded the Order of Lenin.

BELIK

PETR ALEKSEEVICH

Lieutenant Colonel, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part as commander of the 8th separate motorcycle regiment (5th Panzer Army, South-Western Front).

Born on October 6, 1909 in the village. Zhukovtsy (Obukhovsky district of Kiev region, Republic of Ukraine). Ukrainian. In the Armed Forces since 1927. Graduated from the Kiev infantry school in 1930, the Moscow armored advanced training courses for command personnel in 1932.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from June 1941, he especially distinguished himself on November 19, 1942. The 8th motorcycle regiment on the Bolshaya Klinova sector was introduced to the breakthrough with the task of destroying the headquarters and communications of the enemy grouping, carts and suitable reserves. The motorcycle regiment fulfilled the task assigned to the regiment by the army command brilliantly. For 8 days, the regiment raided the enemy's deep rear areas, smashing its headquarters, institutions, warehouses with ammunition, weapons and foodstuffs. Lieutenant Colonel P. A. Belik, skillfully managing the combat operations of the regiment, achieved great success in the defeat of the enemy. The regiment defeated 3 regimental headquarters, killed 800 and captured 1100 enemy soldiers and officers, destroyed 7 warehouses with ammunition and food, 247 vehicles, 470 carts, undermined the railway track and the communication line on the Stalingrad-Likhaya stretch. A successful raid on the enemy's airfield in the region of Oblivskaya destroyed 9 aircraft, knocked out and burned 14 tanks, 16 self-propelled guns, 15 anti-tank guns, fired on a train, burned 6 wagons with ammunition. By its actions, the regiment contributed to the defeat of the enemy and introducing panic and confusion into its ranks. Lieutenant Colonel Belik constantly displayed miracles of courage and heroism in the raid.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 14, 1943, Pyotr Alekseevich Belik was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and for the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

In 1953 he graduated from the Higher Academic Courses at the Military Academy of the General Staff. In 1960-1966. 1st Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Since 1966, commander of the troops of the Trans-Baikal Military District. General of the Army (1969).

He was awarded 3 Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, 4 Orders of the Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov 3rd degree, Red Star, "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree, medals, foreign orders.

BELYASNIK

PETR NIKIFOROVICH

Captain, in the Battle of Stalingrad he participated as navigator of the 126th Fighter Aviation Regiment (6th Fighter Aviation Corps, Air Defense Forces of the country).

Was born on December 21, 1917 in the village. Vovna (Shostkinsky district Sumy region, Republic of Ukraine). Ukrainian. Incomplete secondary education. He worked as a turner at a plant in Makhachkala. In the Armed Forces since 1939. Graduated from the Kachin Military Aviation Pilot School in 1940.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War since 1941. Excellent fighter pilot. Courageous and brave air fighter. By February 1943, he made 250 sorties, of which 59 were for attack, 15 for reconnaissance, 37 for escorting attack aircraft and bombers. He conducted 78 air battles, in which he personally shot down 9 and 17 enemy aircraft in a group. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 9, 1941, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for downed enemy aircraft: 3 in person and 7 in group battles. Captain Belyasnik made 123 sorties to carry out combat missions, of which: reconnaissance - 15, ground attack - 15, escort - 37. He conducted 33 air battles, in which he personally shot down 6 and in a group of 10 enemy aircraft. Personally shot down on August 15, 1941, 1 Ju-88, on August 16, 1 XE-111, on August 31, 1942, 4 Me-109 (in the Stalingrad area), among the number of 4 enemy aircraft shot down in group battles during the defense of Stalingrad.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 28, 1943, for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Pyotr Nikiforovich Belyasnik was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

After the war, in flight test work. Honored Test Pilot of the USSR. In 1966, Colonel P. N. Belyasnik retired to the reserve.

He was awarded the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner, the 1st degree of the Patriotic War, 2 Orders of the Red Star, and medals.

BIBISHEV

IVAN FROLOVICH

Lieutenant, in the Battle of Stalingrad he served as deputy squadron commander of the 285th Assault Aviation Regiment (288th Assault Aviation Division, 16th Air Army, Don Front).

Born on August 8, 1921 in the village. Kamakuzha (Insar district of the Republic of Mordovia). Russian. Graduated from a special school. He worked as a meteorologist in Magnitogorsk. In the Armed Forces since September 1940. Graduated from the Chkalovsk Military Aviation Pilot School in 1942.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from May 26, 1942. The first baptism of fire was received on June 11, 1942 on the South-Western Front on a combat sortie in a group of Il-2 planes to defeat an enemy motorized mechanized convoy, as a result, the column was scattered, and on the battlefield was left with up to 20 burning cars and 5 tanks. On June 15, in group 6 Ilov, as a result of the attack, 27 tanks and 63 vehicles were destroyed, which was confirmed by a message from the Soviet Information Bureau. On July 1, 1942, he destroyed 4 vehicles, 2 anti-aircraft artillery points and a ferry across the river. Oskol. Since July 28, Bibishev took part in the battles on the Stalingrad and Don fronts. On August 12, in a group of 13 aircraft, he raided the enemy's airfield Oblinskaya, where he destroyed 4 enemy aircraft, which was confirmed by intelligence and photographs. On August 20, in one run, he destroyed the crossing of the river. Don. In October 1942, in the area of ​​Kletskaya and Tsimlyanskaya, during heavy barrage of enemy anti-aircraft artillery at the airfields of B. Rossoshka, Nursery, Morozovsky destroyed 16 aircraft. Since January 10, 1943, with the final liquidation of the encircled grouping, he made 3-4 sorties a day, and the result of each was irreparable damage to the enemy. On January 18, 1943, during an attack on the Gumrak airfield near Stalingrad, he was hit and sent a car enveloped in flames to the parking of enemy aircraft.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 24, 1943, Ivan Frolovich Bibishev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously) for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

He was awarded the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner, the Patriotic War of the 1st degree.

His name is given to a street in the town of Insar (Republic of Mordovia), a street and school number 8 in the town of Magnitogorsk; in this city on the house where the Hero lived, there is a memorial plaque.

SWAMP

PETR OSIPOVICH

Guard junior sergeant, in the Battle of Stalingrad he participated in the position of the first number of the crew of the anti-tank rifle of the 84th Guards Rifle Regiment (33rd Guards Rifle Division, 60th Army, Stalingrad Front).

Born on June 22, 1909 in the village of Baidovka (Starobelsky district of Voroshilovgrad region, Republic of Ukraine). Ukrainian. He worked in a mine. In the Armed Forces since 1941

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from 1941, the Guard Junior Sergeant P.O. Boloto, being the first number of the PTR crew, together with the fighters Samoilov, Belikov and Aleinikov, occupied the road with 2 anti-tank rifles at the junction of the defense areas of the 3rd and 2nd 1st battalions of the regiment. On July 23, 1942, 30 enemy tanks, separated from the total mass of 250 tanks, broke into the location of the 2nd battalion, began to enter the flank and rear of the 3rd battalion and into the second echelons of the regiment. Two heroic crews, surrounded by 30 tanks, did not retreat a single step and opened fire. With well-aimed shots, they destroyed 15 enemy tanks, and the rest turned back. In this battle, Peter personally knocked out 8 tanks. At the beginning of the battle, he said to his comrades: "It is better to die, but not to let the enemy go to Stalingrad." On a piece of paper, they wrote: “A cloud of German tanks is moving towards us. If we die, consider us communists. " With the heroic defense of their positions, Peter Boloto and his comrades prevented the breakthrough of German tanks to Stalingrad.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 5, 1942, for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Pyotr Osipovich Boloto was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree, and medals.

In 1948, senior lieutenant P.O. Boloto retired to the reserve. He lived in the town of Gorskoye (Voroshilovgrad region), worked at the Gorskaya mine.

Borodin

ALEXEY IVANOVICH

Senior Lieutenant, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part in the post of chief of the air rifle service of the 504th Assault Aviation Regiment (226th Assault Aviation Division, 8th Air Army, Southern Front).

Born on March 30, 1917 in the village. Oktyabrsky (Belinsky district of the Penza region). Russian. He graduated from high school in 1938. He entered the Perm Agricultural Institute. In the Armed Forces since 1939. In 1940 he graduated from the Perm Military Aviation School

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from October 4, 1941. By February 1943, he made 60 sorties to attack airfields, accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment, of which 27 sorties directly to the defense of Stalingrad. With his skillful actions, he caused enormous damage to the enemy. He personally destroyed and damaged 2 aircraft, 15 tanks, over 100 vehicles, 7 guns of various calibers and about 200 enemy soldiers and officers. Each combat mission was an example of exceptional courage and perseverance, the ability to find a target, assess it and hit it accurately. He showed particular valor in the days of the battles for Stalingrad. So, on September 13, 1942, as part of the nine, the Il-2 stormed a large concentration of motorized combat troops and enemy manpower in the Voropanovo - Peschanka area. Despite the hurricane fire of anti-aircraft artillery, the group in 4 visits destroyed and damaged up to 15 tanks, about 30 vehicles and over 50 fascist soldiers and officers. On Borodin's car, when hit by an anti-aircraft shell, the steering wheel was broken and pierced left-hand side rudder depth. But, despite the damage, he safely landed the plane at his airfield. He was slightly injured.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 1, 1943, for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the Command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Alexei Ivanovich Borodin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

In 1945 he graduated from the courses for assistants to the commanders of the Air Force regiments, in 1953 the Air Force Engineering Academy. N.E. Zhukovsky. In 1963, Colonel A. I. Borodin retired to the reserve. Lived in Penza. On the building of a secondary school in the village. A memorial plaque was erected on the Poim of the Belinsky District.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin, 3 Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, 2 Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of the Red Star, medals.

FAST

BORIS STEPANOVICH

Senior Lieutenant, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part as a flight commander of the 99th Bomber Aviation Regiment (270th Bomber Aviation Division, 8th Air Army, Stalingrad Front).

Born March 28, 1916 at the station. Cape now within the city of Babushkin (Republic of Buryatia). Russian. He graduated from 8 classes and the Balashov school of the Civil Air Fleet. Since 1939 he was a pilot of the Tyumen Aviation Enterprise. In the Armed Forces since 1940

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from June 1941, Senior Lieutenant Bystrykh made 168 combat missions by September 1, 1942, of which 35 were for reconnaissance missions to the enemy's troops and airfields. On July 13, 1942, while carrying out a reconnaissance mission, in the area of ​​the Olshan settlement, he discovered an enemy airfield with up to 130 aircraft of various types. Despite the fire of anti-aircraft artillery and patrols of fighters, the airfield was photographed. On July 28, 1942, he received a new assignment: in the Kalach - Tsimlyansk sector to carry out visual reconnaissance to establish the front line and the direction of movement of enemy tanks. The reconnaissance was carried out from an altitude of 800 m, all detected data were transmitted by radio. Suddenly the crew was attacked by 3 enemy fighters. The plane was shot down and caught fire 40 km from the front line. The plane reached the front line and when the car began to fall apart, the crew jumped out on parachutes. When the Bystrykh landed, the radio operator received severe bruises, and the navigator was killed. After recovering, Boris already on August 8 carried out a reconnaissance mission in the area south of the Kalach settlement. Finding the enemy airfield, which was about 100 aircraft, immediately reported to the command, and it immediately sent attack aircraft. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 11, 1941, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, by order of the commander Southwestern Front- Order of Lenin (order of June 17, 1942 No.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 5, 1942, Boris Stepanovich Bystrykh was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and for the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

Killed on June 3, 1943 during a forced landing on enemy territory. Buried in the village. Prolysovo (Navlinsky District, Bryansk Region).

Vasiliev

VLADIMIR ALEXANDROVICH

Guard sergeant, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part as squad commander of the 130th Guards Rifle Regiment (44th Guards Rifle Division, 1st Guards Army, Southwestern Front).

Born in 1921 in the village. Biyavash (Oktyabrsky district of the Perm region). Russian. He worked in Sverdlovsk. In the Armed Forces since 1941

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from 1942, the Guard Sergeant Vasiliev distinguished himself especially, acting as part of a group of 13 people led by the company commander I. S. Likunov. The group, despite the hurricane machine-gun and mortar fire and the numerical superiority of the enemy, breaking through a barbed wire fence and a rampart of snow, broke into the outskirts of the railway settlement. Donskoy (now the village of Krasnovka, Tarasovsky district of the Rostov region) and with a swift rush captured 3 houses on its outskirts. The Germans, recovering from the unexpected attack, threw in considerable forces to destroy the brave men. The soldiers repulsed numerous enemy attacks and continued to fire even when the Nazis set fire to the houses. Despite the flames from the burning houses, not a single fighter came out, and everyone continued to fight until the ammunition ran out. In this battle, the entire personnel was killed, but coped with the task. The main forces took the village, suffering minor losses.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 31, 1943, for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Vasiliev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).

Buried in the village. Krasnovka, where a monument was erected to the Heroes. There is a memorial plaque on the school building in his native village. In Moscow, in the Central Museum of the Armed Forces, a stand "Thirteen Heroes of Krasnovka" is equipped.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin.

VLASOV

NIKOLAY IVANOVICH

Lieutenant Colonel, in the Battle of Stalingrad participated as a senior inspector for fighter aviation of the Inspectorate Air force Red Army.

Born on November 11, 1916 in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg). Russian. He graduated from a junior high school and a FZU school. He worked as a mechanic at the Leningradsky Foundry Plant. In the Armed Forces since 1934. Graduated from the Kachin Military Aviation School in 1936.

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from June 22, 1941. By November 1942, on the I-16, MiG-3 and Yak-1 aircraft, he flew 220 sorties with a total duration of 165 combat hours, of which: for assault actions of troops and enemy airfields - 9, to cover troops and crossings - 95, to intercept enemy air - 60, to escort attack aircraft - 30 and reconnaissance - 26. Participating in 27 air battles, fearlessly destroying an air enemy, personally shot down 10 aircraft, of which: 5 bombers, 2 spotters and 3 fighters. The hallmarks of Lieutenant Colonel Vlasov were unparalleled courage, bravery, composure and perseverance. On August 18, pursuing an enemy reconnaissance officer and having received damage to his aircraft's small arms in battle, he rammed an enemy aircraft, preventing him from leaving the front line. On July 20, 1942, having received the task to take out the downed Hero of the Soviet Union Lieutenant N.L.Dymchenko from the German rear, despite the large concentration of enemy anti-aircraft weapons and fighters in the area, he brilliantly completed the task on the U-2 aircraft. For ramming and successful sorties on the Stalingrad front he was awarded the Order of Lenin. The award list for conferring the title of Hero of the Soviet Union was signed by Lieutenant Colonel V. I. Stalin (son of I. V. Stalin), chief of the Air Force Inspectorate. During the hostilities he received two wounds and a shell shock.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 23, 1943, Nikolai Ivanovich Vlasov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

On June 29, 1943, he was shot down and was taken prisoner unconscious. Was in concentration camps Würzburg, Dachau, Mauthausen. He was one of the leaders of the underground. Shot on January 9, 1945. Forever enrolled in the lists of the military unit. A school and a street in Moscow bear his name. A museum has been set up in St. Petersburg at school No. 516.

He was awarded 2 Orders of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner.

GERASIMOV

INNOKENTY PETROVICH

Political instructor, in the Battle of Stalingrad he took part in the post of military commissar of a company of anti-tank rifles of the 101st Guards Rifle Regiment (35th Guards Rifle Division, 62nd Army, Stalingrad Front).

Born December 22, 1918 in the village. In memory of 13 Fighters (now the village Krasnoyarsk Territory). Russian. Graduated from the Krasnoyarsk school of military technicians railway transport... In the Armed Forces since 1941

In the active army during the Great Patriotic War from August 1941 on August 22, 1942, at the Voroponovo station (now the village of Gorkovsky, Volgograd Region), he led a group of 10 armor-piercing gunners and a platoon of machine gunners. V difficult moment battle, when a handful of people opposed 20 enemy tanks, Gerasimov picked up an anti-tank rifle and, together with the soldiers, repelled the first and subsequent attacks. After repelling the first attack, 5 enemy tanks were burned. After that, the stronghold was subjected to massive attacks by enemy aviation and artillery. The political leader told his brave men: “Not a step back! The guards are obliged to prove that they are not afraid of either tanks or aircraft. " In the course of repelling the second attack, the political instructor was seriously wounded. The guardsmen repulsed a tank attack - and 7 more tanks remained burned on the battlefield. The remaining soldiers lifted the wounded Gerasimov in their arms and showed him how the remaining German tanks left the battlefield. And then Gerasimov shouted: "Well, who else wants to go to Stalingrad ?!"

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From the author's book

Losses of the parties in the Battle of Stalingrad In order to determine the losses of the parties during the Battle of Stalingrad, it is necessary first of all to determine the total amount of losses of the parties during the Second World War.

The defense of Stalingrad is not just a chapter in the book of the history of the Patriotic War, but a separate book that has collected the exploits of hundreds of thousands of people who stood up to defend the city. There were so many feats and heroic deeds committed not only by the soldiers of the Soviet Army, but also by members of the militia, railroad workers, policemen and even service dogs during the battles on the banks of the Volga, that not all of them are heard, but they deserve it. so that the younger generation knows about them and be proud of them.

NKVD defending Stalingrad
As General Paulus wrote in his diary in 1942, the losses of the Germans grew with each step they made towards Stalingrad, and the offensive impulse became weaker. However, with all this, the enemy was very strong, and for this reason additional resources were required to protect Stalingrad, which became the 10th Stalingrad Infantry Division of the Order of Lenin, which belonged to the internal troops of the NKVD.

The above unit was created in the winter of 1942. It was believed that the detachments formed from representatives of the NKVD were the last reserve sent to the most difficult sectors of the front.

The division initially consisted of five rifle regiments, later several railway units and a detachment of tank destroyer dogs were attached to them. The main task of the fighters of the NKVD unit was to identify saboteurs, traitors, spies, but at the beginning of the attack on the city, their forces were also thrown into an open fight with the enemy.

Enemy offensive
T It was also with the 269th rifle regiment of the NKVD VV, whose task was to ensure order. On the account of this unit, in August 1942 alone, there were more than two and a half thousand detained violators and traitors, including more than one and a half thousand soldiers and about a thousand civilians. However, when the Germans approached, the regiment stood shoulder to shoulder with others to defend the city.

The offensive began on 7 September. Following the clearing of the territory with artillery fire, the enemy sent infantry into the attack. The attackers were so strong that the 112th Infantry Division could not repel the pressure and began to retreat towards the city.

Seeing that the unacceptable was happening, the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd battalions of the NKVD regiment, despite exploding bombs and machine-gun bursts around them, stood in the way of the fleeing soldiers, creating a wall. These actions made it possible to stop the soldiers who decided to retreat and assemble them into combat-ready detachments, numbering more than a thousand people.

According to its main activity, the 272nd rifle regiment of the NKVD Internal Troops was able to detain about two thousand people only in the period from August 28 to September 7. The regiment was allowed to take part in hostilities on September 3. On this day, German submachine gunners managed to penetrate into the command post of the regiment. By order of the battalion commissar I.M. Shcherbins were raised by the staff of the headquarters, the commissioner himself, hand-to-hand, destroyed three German soldiers... The surviving attackers fled.

Over the next six days, the regiment changed tactics to counterattack more than once. During an attempt to capture height 146.1, the enemy machine gun did not stop firing, not allowing Soviet soldiers go on the offensive. The situation was changed by Aleksey Vashchenko, who resolutely closed the embrasure of the firing point with his body. This happened a year before a similar feat was accomplished by Alexander Matrosov.

On September 19, the leadership of the regiment passed to Shcherbina, since the entire leadership fell. He understood that the regiment would not be able to hold positions for a long time and wrote a note in which he noted the heroism of his soldiers, asked to take care of his family and expressed regret that he would not be able to destroy more Germans, of whom he had 85 people.

Another example of a hero from the staff of the headquarters is Sukhorukov, who served as a clerk of the political unit in the 271st regiment of the NKVD Internal Troops. Sukhorukov killed 9 Germans, six with a machine gun and three with the butt of a weapon during hand-to-hand combat. In total, during the battles for Stalingrad in September, the state security sergeant killed 17 enemy soldiers and officers.

Railway workers defend Stalingrad
In September 1942, the 84th separate recovery track battalion was attached to the NKVD regiment. The unit was commanded by Major P.M. Shein.

The most difficult battle for the unit took place at the railway bridge over the Tsaritsa River. The railroad workers held back the enemy's advance for ten days, destroying three enemy armored personnel carriers. The Germans responded with an air strike and began to attack. Despite heavy losses, the railroad workers held back the onslaught until September 15, when the 13th Guards Division of General Rodimtsev came to the rescue.

For courage and heroism in this battle, the entire staff of the 84th battalion was awarded the medal “For the Defense of Stalingrad”, and Shein was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor and the Order of Lenin.

The worst enemy of German tankers
In the 282nd rifle regiment of the 10th NKVD Internal Troops division there was also a 28 separate SIT detachment, consisting of two hundred people and as many trained dogs under the command of A.S. Kunin.

For German tank crews, dogs were the most terrible weapon. The animals were placed in places where enemy tanks were expected. Behind the dog handlers were the gunners, who, when the enemy appeared, had to open fire and cover the advance of the dogs. TNT was attached to the backs of the dogs. The Germans knew that if a shell exploded near the tank, then the crew would have the opportunity to escape, and if the tank was blown up by a dog, then there was no chance.

On September 15, dogs with their guides blew up six tanks, and destroyed more than 30 enemy machine gunners.

In total, in September, the number of SIT tanks destroyed was 32, and more than a hundred German machine gunners were also neutralized. The detachment itself also thinned, in which at the beginning of October there were only fifty-four people and the same number of dogs. Kunin was awarded the Order of the Red Star, and the feat of the SIT detachment was immortalized by the memorial “To the destroyers of fascist tanks, service dogs-demolitions of the 10th rifle division of the NKVD”.