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Gorbachev Ivan Petrovich - commander of a platoon of machine gunners of the 170th Guards Rifle Regiment (57th Guards Rifle Division, 8th Guards Army, 1st Belorussian Front), Guard Junior Lieutenant.

Born on March 24, 1923 in the village of Ivanovskaya, now the Krasnoarmeisky District of the Krasnodar Territory, in a working class family. Russian. From the age of three he grew up without a mother. He lived in the city of Makhachakal (Dagestan). In 1939, an incomplete secondary school, he worked as an apprentice turner, turner at the repair and mechanical plant named after Hajiyev.

In March 1942, he was drafted into the Red Army by the Makhachkala District Military Commissariat. He graduated from the regimental school of communications in Tbilisi. At the front since January 1943. He fought in the North-West as part of the 2nd Guards Airborne Division as commander of a submachine gun squad. He was wounded twice. In May 1943, after hospitalization, he was sent to a military school.

In May 1944 he graduated from the Moscow Shooting and Mortar School. He returned to the front as an officer. He was sent as the commander of a platoon of machine gunners of the 170th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 57th Guards Rifle Division. As part of this regiment, he went to Victory. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1944. The commander of a platoon of machine gunners, junior lieutenant Gorbachev, distinguished himself in the battles for the liberation of Poland.

On July 20, 1944, he was among the first to cross the Western Bug River west of the city of Lyuboml (Volyn region), and took part in the seizure of the bridgehead. In early August 1944, he was one of the first to cross the Vistula in the area of the Polish city of Magnushev and ensured the passage of the regiment's units. Вy the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 24, 1945, for exemplary performance of command assignments and displayed courage and heroism in battles with the Nazi invaders, the Guard Junior Lieutenant Ivan Petrovich Gorbachev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 5866). Marshal Zhukov personally presented the award directly in the division.

The fighting continued. In February 1945, Senior Lieutenant Gorbachev distinguished himself when crossing the Oder River. For the battles on the Kyustrinsky bridgehead he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. And for the battles in Berlin he received the Order of Alexander Nevsky. Participated in a meeting on the Elbe with the allied forces. He ended the war as a company commander, and was wounded 5 times during the war. At the 1945 Victory Parade, the Guard Captain Gorbachev walked in the rank of the 1st Belorussian Front.

After the war he continued to serve in the army. He studied at the advanced training courses for infantry officers as battalion commanders at the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany. In November 1946, Captain Gorbachev was transferred to the reserve.

He returned to his homeland in the Krasnodar Territory. He graduated from courses at the Krasnodar regional party school, worked as the first secretary of the Ivanovo district committee of the Komsomol.

In 1950 he moved to the city of Ivanovo. In 1956 he graduated from the All-Union College of Local Industry in absentia. He worked as a turner, technologist at the plant named after G.K. Queen. In 1966 he was elected secretary of the Frunzensky district party committee. Since 1972, Gorbachev has been chairman of the city committee of people's control. Was elected as a deputy of the City Council, was the executive secretary of the Ivanovo Regional Peace Committee. Lived and worked in the city of Ivanovo.

Honorary Citizen of the city of Ivanov (1998). Reserve lieutenant colonel (1975)

Died March 14, 2003. He was buried on the Alley of Honorary Citizens of the cemetery in the town of Balino (Ivanovo city).

 

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The commander of the radio department of the 289th anti-tank artillery regiment (Western Front), junior sergeant Pyotr Stemasov in the battles near Moscow, providing radio communication of the battery commander with firing positions on October 25, 1941, replaced the gunner who was out of action and, together with the artillerymen, knocked out nine Nazi tanks.

The brave signalman led the way out of a group of fighters who found themselves behind enemy lines to the location of Soviet troops.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 9, 1941, for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, junior sergeant Stemasov Peter Dmitrievich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal ".

Стемасов, Пётр Дмитриевич — Википедия

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Soviet soldiers are heroes of the crossing of the Dnieper. From left to right: Hero of the Soviet Union Guard Junior Sergeant Semyon Antonovich Volikov, Hero of the Soviet Union Guard Senior Sergeant Kashagan Jamangaraev, Hero of the Soviet Union Guard Senior Sergeant Grigory Andreyevich Varava, Hero of the Soviet Union Guard Sergeant Grigory Alexandrovich Cherny.

Guard Junior Sergeant Semyon Antonovich Volikov (1923 - 1983). Russian by nationality. In the Red Army since June 1941. Since August 1941 at the front. On October 15, 1943, a reconnaissance observer of the 203rd Guards Howitzer Artillery Regiment of the Red Army Guard S. Volikov, as part of an assault group on improvised means, was among the first to cross the Dnieper River in the area of the urban-type settlement Radul Repkinsky district of the Chernihiv region of Ukraine, where he participated in the seizure of the bridgehead in repelling enemy counterattacks. During the battle, when communication with the headquarters of the 203rd Guards Howitzer Artillery Regiment was disrupted, the Red Army soldier Volikov swam across the river under enemy fire, handed over reconnaissance data to the command and again returned to the bridgehead using improvised means. According to the report of S.A. Volikov's targets were destroyed. December 24, 1943 for the exemplary performance of the command's combat missions and the courage and heroism of the Red Army Guard S.A. Volikov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Guard Senior Sergeant Kashagan Dzhamangaraev (1910 - 2001). Kazakh by nationality. In the Red Army since 1942. In the same year at the front of the Great Patriotic War. The gun commander of the 1st Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade of the Guard Senior Sergeant K. Dzhamangaraev near the village of Romanovo, Rylsky District, Kursk Region, on August 26, 1943, repelling an enemy attack, destroyed two tanks, and forced the rest to turn back. In the battles for the bridgehead on October 7, 1943, on the right bank of the Dnieper River near the villages of Gubin and Medvin of the Chernobyl region of the Kiev region of Ukraine, K. Dzhamangaraev destroyed the Nazis before platoon and set two tanks on fire. On October 17, 1943, Senior Sergeant K. Dzhamangaraev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for exemplary performance of the command's combat mission and the courage and heroism of the guards displayed at the same time.

Guard Senior Sergeant Grigory Andreevich Varava (1922 - 2007). Ukrainian by nationality. In 1940 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. In the battles of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. The gun commander of the 200th Guards Light Artillery Regiment of the Guard Senior Sergeant G.A. Varava distinguished himself on October 2, 1943, when crossing the Dnieper near the village of Domantovo, Chernobyl district, Kiev region, and in battles on October 5 - 8, 1943 for a bridgehead. Taking part in repelling enemy counterattacks, the calculation of his weapon inflicted great damage on the enemy. On October 17, 1943, senior sergeant G.A. Varava was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the courage and heroism displayed during the crossing of the Dnieper and holding the bridgehead on its right bank.

Guard Sergeant Grigory Alexandrovich Cherny (1912 - 1979). Russian by nationality. In the Red Army since 1941. At the front in the Great Patriotic War since September 1942. The senior telephone operator of the battery of the 1st Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade of the Guard, Corporal G. Cherny, on the night of September 26, 1943, as part of the advanced rifle units, crossed the Dnieper River near the village of Okuninovo, Kozeletsky District, Chernihiv Region of Ukraine, laying a cable line through which he established a bridgehead connection to the right bank of the Dnieper with a battery. During the battle on the bridgehead of the guard, corporal Cherny transmitted target designation to the battery, and when the combat situation required, he participated in repelling enemy counterattacks. October 17, 1943 for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command of the Guard to corporal G.A. Cherny was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

 

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Hero of the Soviet Union Lieutenant Colonel Alekseev Konstantin Stepanovich.

Konstantin Stepanovich Alekseev (September 24, October 7, 1914, the village of Pridantsevo, Mozhaisky district, Moscow province, Russian Empire - February 24, 1971, Leningrad, USSR) - aviation colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union (1942).

By the beginning of World War II, Alekseev served in the 9th Fighter Aviation Regiment. In hostilities since July 1941. On August 12, in a battle over the Southern Bug River, Alekseev won his first victory - a German Me-109 plane was defeated. In November 1941, Senior Lieutenant Alekseev was transferred to the 8th Fighter Aviation Regiment (which later became the 6th Guards), based at the Chersonesos airfield, and was appointed deputy commander of the 1st squadron. The task of the 8th Aviation Regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Konstantin Iosifovich Yumashev included the fight against bombers marching on Sevastopol and other cities and Soviet Black Sea naval bases, escorting bombers that attacked individual enemy targets, and assault raids on the enemy.

On June 14, 1942, Captain Alekseev Konstantin Stepanovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 857) for the exemplary performance of the command's combat missions on the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism of the guards displayed at the same time.

At the end of May 1943, Major Konstantin Stepanovich Alekseev was appointed commander of the 25th Fighter Aviation Regiment. This regiment brilliantly showed itself in the air support of the Kerch-Eltigen landing operation and the landing operation in the Kerch port in late 1943 and early 1944. During their participation in these operations, Alekseev's pilots destroyed 76 German aircraft in air battles. His regiment earned gratitude in the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, was awarded the Order of the Red Banner and the name "Kerch".

In total, during the war, K.S. Alekseev made more than five hundred sorties, including sixty for reconnaissance and fifty for attack. He conducted one hundred and ten air battles, in which he personally destroyed nineteen enemy aircraft, shooting down eight of them at night, and three as part of a group. It also inflicted significant damage to the enemy during assault strikes against troop concentrations and military equipment.

The fighter pilots of the 25th Kerch Fighter Aviation Regiment, commanded by Major Alekseev, shot down one hundred and nineteen enemy aircraft in air battles.

After the end of the war, Konstantin Stepanovich remained in aviation and graduated with honors from the Naval Academy in 1948, after which he commanded an aviation division of the Pacific Fleet Air Force, and then taught the tactics of the Navy's aviation at the academy. He was awarded many Soviet awards and the Order of the British Empire.

In 1970, Aviation Colonel Alekseev retired. He lived in Leningrad. Konstantin Stepanovich Alekseev died on February 24, 1971 a. He was buried in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) at the Krasnenkoye cemetery.

 

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Portrait of the Hero of the Soviet Union, petty officer of the tank forces Vitold Mikhailovich Gintovt (03/07/1922 - 09/29/1987). Soviet tanker, driver of the T-34 tank.

IN AND. Gintovt has been in the army since December 1941. He fought on the Western, Voronezh, 1st Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts. The crew of his T-34 tank destroyed 21 enemy tanks (officially confirmed), including 4 heavy Tiger tanks, as well as 4 Ferdinand self-propelled guns, 27 guns, 80 vehicles and more than a hundred enemy soldiers and officers. Including - 6 tanks in one battle. V.M. Gintovt took part in the battles near Rzhev and Moscow, on the Kursk Bulge, forcing the Vistula, Vltava and Oder, the liberation of cities and villages of Czechoslovakia, Romania, Ukraine and Poland. During the war years, he participated in more than 100 tank attacks, twice burned in a tank and changed his tank three times as a result of the enemy's incapacitation. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 24, 1944, for the exemplary fulfillment of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Sergeant Major Gintovt was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

 

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Major Georgy Nikitovich Gubkin (04/10/1919– 07/10/2003), commander of the 297th regiment of the 184th Dukhovshchino rifle division, in Moscow after being awarded the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. May 9, 1945.

On September 17, 1944, in the area of the town of Kudirkos-Naumiestis, Lithuanian SSR, Captain Gubkin's regiment was the first to enter the state border of the USSR. For this success, the holder of the Orders of the Red Banner, Alexander Nevsky and the Patriotic War was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

 

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Guards Lieutenant Grigory Vasilyevich Burmak (1919-1957) - commander of a tank platoon of the 1st tank battalion of the 21st Guards Zhitomir Tank Brigade of the 5th Guards Stalingrad-Kiev Tank Corps of the 6th Guards Tank Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945, for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism of the guards shown at the same time, Lieutenant Burmak Grigory Vasilyevich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star "(No. 5959).

The text of the award sheet (TsAMO, fund 33, inventory 793756, file 7) (spelling preserved):

In the battles with the German invaders during the period from 19 to 27 August 1944, he showed courage and heroism. Comrade Burmak in the battle for Fakhshan was the first to reach the bridge over the river. Seret and started a battle with the enemy defending the crossing. He destroyed the bridge guard consisting of 3 T-4 tanks, 2 self-propelled guns, 1 anti-tank battery and up to a company of machine gunners. Suppressed enemy firing points at high speeds crossed the bridge over the river. Seret who was mined and prepared for the explosion, which saved the bridge from the explosion. The bold and daring maneuver of l-that Boer (poppy) decided the success of the battle for Fakshan. For the shown courage and courage he deserves the Government award - Hero of the Soviet Union.

 

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Golev Leonid Dmitrievich (1925-1980).

Guards Red Army soldier, gunner of the 45-mm gun of the anti-tank battery of the 310th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 110th Guards Rifle Division of the 37th Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front. At the age of 17 he volunteered for the Red Army, at the front since August 1943, participated in the Battle of Kursk and the liberation of the Left-Bank Ukraine. Particularly distinguished himself in the battles when crossing the Dnieper and expanding the bridgehead on the right bank of the river.

On October 1–21, 1943, in battles after the crossing of the Dnieper River in the area of the village of Kutsevolovka (Onufrievsky District of the Kirovograd Region), he blazed the trail for the advancing rifle units with his gun fire. On October 7, in battle, when the gun went out of action and the commander was wounded, he headed the crew, which repelled the counterattack of the Nazis with machine guns and grenades. During the battles from October 1 to October 21, he destroyed five tanks, of which two "tigers", one self-propelled gun "Ferdinand", three machine-gun emplacements and up to 50 Nazis. In these battles, he was seriously wounded and contused, after the hospital he was sent to a military school, and never returned to the front.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 22, 1944 for courage, courage and heroism shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders, the Red Army soldier Leonid Dmitrievich Golev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 3382)

 

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Hero of the Soviet Union, shooter of the 1st company of the motorized rifle machine-gun battalion of the 54th Guards Tank Brigade of the 7th Guards Tank Corps of the 3rd Guards Tank Army of the Voronezh Front Guard Junior Sergeant G.V. Korotkov.

German Vladimirovich Korotkov - in the Red Army since March 1943, a participant in the Great Patriotic War since September 1943. A fragment from the presentation for the awarding of Private Korotkov: “... Guard Private GV Korotkov, shooter of the 1st rifle company, one of the first to cross the river. Dnieper under continuous enemy machine-gun and mortar fire. Despite the small number, the group of fighters that had crossed took a fight with the enemy, knocking him out of important positions, and held these positions until the entire battalion had crossed. He was also one of the first to break into the village of Tractomirovo, taking upon himself a strong counter-attack by the enemy. Guard Private G.V. Korotkov deserves to be awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union."

On November 17, 1943, "for the exemplary fulfillment of combat missions of the command at the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and for the courage and heroism shown at the same time," Junior Sergeant Korotkov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 3309 ).

 

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Senior Lieutenant Ivan Shevtsov, future Hero of the Soviet Union, next to the German Tiger tank he knocked out. July 1943.

The commander of a tank company of the 142nd tank battalion (95th tank brigade of the 9th tank corps of the Central Front), Ivan Andreevich Shevtsov, on July 15, 1943, at the head of his unit and in cooperation with the infantry, first burst into the Maloarkhangelsk railway station (Oryol region) and held her 4 hours before the arrival of reinforcements, causing significant damage to the enemy in manpower and equipment. He personally destroyed 4 tanks, one of them PzKpfw VI "Tiger" tank and 3 anti-tank guns.

For this battle on August 27, 1943, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

 

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Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Vladimirovich Yaksargin, 1947.

Yaksargin Vasily Vladimirovich - commander of the tank battalion of the 91st Fastov Order of Lenin of the Red Banner, the Orders of Suvorov and Bohdan Khmelnitsky tank brigade of the 9th mechanized corps of the 3rd Guards Tank Army, 1st Ukrainian Front, captain.

Born on April 26, 1915 in the village of Kirzhemany, Alyashevsky district of the Republic of Mordovia, in a peasant family. Mordvin. Graduated from 7 classes. In 1935 he graduated from the Saransk Thermal Mechanical Technical School. He worked as a heat engineer at the Zabelyshensky distillery in the Khotimsky district of the Mogilev region. In the Red Army since October 10, 1936. In 1939 he graduated from the Kiev Tank Technical School. Member of the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940.

At the front in the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. He was assistant to the commander of a tank company, deputy and commander of a command company, deputy and commander of a tank battalion. He fought on the Western, South-Western, Stalingrad, Donskoy, Bryansk, Voronezh, 1st Ukrainian fronts. Wounded 1 time in battles.

The commander of a tank battalion, Captain Yaksargin, distinguished himself in battles in Berlin. His battalion on April 27, 1945, overcoming anti-tank obstacles, cleared a number of city blocks and the Schöneberg railway station from the enemy. At the same time, 29 guns and mortars, 2 tanks were destroyed and captured, more than 1000 enemy soldiers and officers were taken prisoner.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 27, 1945, Captain Vasily Vladimirovich Yaksargin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time (No. 6585).

Since 1974, Major General V.V. Yaksargin has been in reserve. He lived in Krasnodar. He worked as a senior lecturer at the military department at the same institute (now the Kuban State Agrarian University). Professor. He died on November 12, 2009. Buried in Krasnodar.

 

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Hero of the Soviet Union, commander of a fire platoon of the 136th Army Cannon Artillery Rezhitskaya Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Brigade, Senior Lieutenant Georgy Frolovich Shigaev (03/13/1915-27/11/1954). 1946 year.

Member of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940. In 1942 he graduated from the Kiev Artillery School. At the front in the Great Patriotic War since December 1942. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 5823) to Grigory Frolovich Shigaev was awarded on May 15, 1946 for the valor and courage shown during the storming of Berlin.

 

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Hero of the Soviet Union, sniper lieutenant Zhambyl Yesheevich Tulaev (05/02/1905 - 01/17/1961).

J.E. Tulaev is a Buryat by nationality. In the Red Army since 1942. In the army since March 1942. Sniper of the 580th Infantry Regiment (188th Infantry Division, 27th Army, North-Western Front) Sergeant Major Zhambyl Tulaev from May to November 1942 killed 262 enemy soldiers and officers. Trained 30 snipers. In total, during the hostilities, he destroyed 313 enemy soldiers and officers. The snipers he trained killed 1442 enemy soldiers and officers. February 14, 1943 for the exemplary performance of the 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 to Sergeant Major J.E. Tulaev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

 

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The commander of the 141st separate tank battalion, Hero of the Soviet Union, Major G.A. Half a day, summer 1942.

Gavriil Antonovich Polovchenya (1907-1988) in the ranks of the Red Army since 1927. Member of the Polish campaign of the Red Army and the Soviet-Finnish war. Member of the Great Patriotic War from the first day. In early November 1941 he was appointed deputy commander of the 141st OTB. As part of the 4th Shock Army of the North-Western (from 01/22/1942, Kalinin) Front, the battalion took part in the Toropetsko-Kholmsk operation. On January 9, 1942, the 141st OTB broke through the leading edge of the enemy's defenses and rushed into the breakthrough. Crossing the lake on the ice, the tankers attacked the village of the same name. T-34 captain Polovchenya (tank commander, junior lieutenant I.L. Goltsman, driver-mechanic sergeant N.F. Pushkarsky, tower gunner sergeant V.Ya.Bondarenko) rushed forward, cutting off the enemy's retreat paths and ensuring the further success of the offensive. In the course of further advancement, the command decided to attack the village of Lugi at night, where the German regiment was located. In the excitement of the battle, Captain Polovchenya's tank broke into the village alone. Using a cannon, machine gun and tracks, the crew destroyed 2 anti-tank guns, 6 mortars, 3 heavy machine guns. Two battalions of enemy infantry were put to flight. The losses of the Germans in manpower, according to various estimates, ranged from 300 to 2000 people killed. Tank Polovcheni rushed further to Andreapol, crushing the retreating column of Germans. The road went as if into a gorge between 2-meter snow walls and it was impossible to jump out to the side. On this highway, 97 carts and several cars were crushed by a tank, and up to 200 Nazis were destroyed.

In the end, the German gun managed to damage the Soviet tank. While the crew was engaged in repairs, the Germans surrounded it, covering the viewing slots and instruments with a tarpaulin. Then the captain Polovchenya ordered to move blindly, the Nazis jumped from the tank, finally throwing a burning tarpaulin soaked in gasoline over the engine part. Having driven away farther, the commander left the tank and threw off the burning tarpaulin, while he was captured by the Hitlerites who arrived in time to the standing tank. The crew engaged in hand-to-hand combat, repulsed the commander and even captured one of the Germans. Turning around, the tank returned to the village of Lugi, scattering a company of German skiers along the road and helping the infantry to suppress the last pockets of resistance. In the course of the developing offensive, our troops advanced towards Andreapol. Captain Polovchenya received an order with two tanks to break through to the railway station and block it. When crossing the Gorodnya River, the tank of Gabriel Antonovich fell through the ice with its tracks. Having sent another tank to carry out the task, Captain Polovchenya with his crew remained in the tank to wait for the approach of the Red Army units. However, the Germans noticed a tank stuck in the river. Considering that the car had been abandoned by the crew, the Germans drove up a tractor and towed the thirty-four to Andreapol.

At five o'clock in the morning on January 16, the crew of the "captured" tank went to the breakthrough. During the battle, the crew destroyed 12 guns, 30 vehicles with ammunition and military supplies, and more than 20 enemy soldiers and officers. But most importantly, the disorganized Germans were unable to resist the approaching units of the Red Army, and on the same day the city was completely liberated. On February 10, Captain Polovchenya replaced the wounded battalion commander, and on May 5 he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

In the summer of 1942, he was recalled from the front to study at the academy. In December 1944, he was appointed commander of the 19th Guards Tank Regiment, took part in the battles for the city of Budapest and the Balaton defensive operation. Gavriil Antonovich finished his combat path as commander of a heavy self-propelled artillery regiment in Manchuria during the Soviet-Japanese war.

Damn it. Even in dry retelling, it sounds incredibly cool. The man and his crew turned out to be real terminators. Especially at the moment where the tankers beat off the commander in hand-to-hand combat, took a prisoner and simply drove on.

 

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Small offtopic. For a while, I am again forced to leave you. I will leave a very good song performed by the Alexandrov Ensemble - in the West, I think he is well known. The song "Vasya-Vasilek", 1942.

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T-34 covering the transport of wounded soldiers in Belgrade, October 1944

 

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3rd rank military doctor (captain of the medical service) Elena Ivanovna Grebeneva (1909–1974), resident physician of the surgical dressing platoon of the 316th medical battalion of the 276th infantry division. February 14, 1942

 

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Residents of Rostov-on-Don in the courtyard of the city prison identify relatives who were killed by the German invaders. February 1943.

 

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The bodies of soldiers and civilians shot by the Germans in the Rostov prison. February 1943