364 sd combat log. Veterans of the Pytalovo Territory

In August 1941, defensive battles began on the near approaches to Leningrad. On September 8, German troops cut off the city from the land. The blockade of the city began, which lasted 872 days. The enemy wanted to raze Leningrad to the ground, to suffocate it with hunger, to exterminate its entire population, to suppress the resistance of the defenders with massive air and artillery strikes.

On January 12-18, 1943, an operation was carried out to break the blockade of the city, in which the troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts participated with the assistance of the forces of the Baltic Fleet and long-range aviation. During the operation, a corridor was created that made it possible to restore land communications between the city and the country. The enemy's plan to starve the defenders of the city's inhabitants was thwarted.

On January 14, 1944, the final operation began to lift the blockade of Leningrad. During the general offensive of the Soviet troops, the cities of Pushkin, Krasnogvardeysk, Tosno were liberated. On January 27, the blockade of Leningrad was completely eliminated.

The defense of Leningrad became a symbol of the courage and heroism of the entire Soviet people and, first of all, the people of Leningrad, whose losses during the blockade amounted to about a million people.

I. THAT GLORY FOR AGES BELONG TO THE FATHERLAND

(about the 364th Infantry Tosno Red Banner Division)

364th rifle division was formed in Omsk in August 1941. From November 1941 to March 1942 she fought in the Demyansk region, held a difficult defense in the Starorussky region. In December 1942, the division was sent to the Volkhov Front to help the people of Leningrad. At the beginning of 1943, as part of the 8th Army, she took part in breaking the blockade of Leningrad. Parts of the division struck the enemy in the area of ​​the village of Gaitalovo, where there was a large grouping of troops of the 18th Army of the Germans; took part in the battles for the Sinyavino Heights, the possession of which made it possible to control the vast territory of the Shlisselburg-Sinyavino ledge from Lake Ladoga in the north to the Mga River in the south - the most optimal place to break the blockade of Leningrad. The capture of a powerful stronghold of the enemy's defense - the Sinyavino station - improved the position of both Leningrad itself and the Soviet troops in the northwestern strategic direction. In June 1943, the personnel of the division was awarded the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad".

The command staff of the 364th Infantry Division: in the 1st row 2nd from the left division commander next to the right is Colonel L.I. Vinikovsky. 1942	Deputy political commander, lieutenant colonel A.S. Khodakov (1st from the left) with the soldiers of the division. 1942
ml. Sergeant Alexander Gordeev signs a letter of oath of Komsomol members to Moscow that Leningrad would not be given to the enemy. Sinyavino, 1943	During the transfer of the division. From left to right: Colonel L.I. Vinikovsky, Major General F.Ya. Solovyov, Colonel V.A. Verzhbitsky and deputy. division commander in political affairs, Lieutenant Colonel A.S. Khodakov. Volkhov front. 1943
Divisional field mail. From left to right: postman Pitaev, senior receiver Vaganov, field post chief Krygin, postman Kupriyanov. 1943	Commander of the 364th division V.A. Verzhbitsky (center) and sappers on the construction of the Voronovo-Gaitalovo road. May 1943

Many fighters and commanders of the 364th division were closely connected with Leningrad, since there were Leningraders in the division, and their families were either in Leningrad or were evacuated to Siberia. The letters sent to Leningrad were always written on behalf of the entire soldier's collective, they were read by Leningraders and passed from mouth to mouth to others. In the summer of 1943, a delegation of Leningrad workers from the Kirov Plant, headed by a Stakhanovite, the mother of two front-line soldiers M.I., came to the front to Siberians. Kovalev. After the rally at the firing positions, the delegates asked to be given the opportunity to fire on the German positions. Artillerymen loaded cannons for them with Leningrad-made shells with the inscription "According to Hitler, death to the German occupiers!", and the delegates fired a volley "with their own hands."

Letter from the workers of the Leningrad plant named after. CM. Kirov to the fighters of the 364th rifle division. April 4, 1943
Division Command, political workers political department of the division and artillery regiment with delegates from the working people of Leningrad. Volkhov Front, 1943
Letter to the workers of the Leningrad plant named after S.M. Kirov and the factory "Bolshevichka" from soldiers and division commanders. June 8, 1943
Letter to the employees of the Kirov Plant from fighters and commanders. October 13, 1943 - f. 9690, op. 1, d. 1.

On January 1, 1944, parts of the division went on the offensive in the direction of Tosno, Leningrad Region. During the three years of occupation by the Germans, a long-term solid defensive line was created here: everything was entangled with barbed wire, mined, pillboxes and bunkers were built, entire structures were built in the ground and underground to accommodate personnel and equipment. From January 21 to January 26, units of the division liberated 150 settlements. On January 27, the fighters of the division, during fierce fighting, entered and liberated the city of Tosno. On the same day, the Soviet Information Bureau transmitted a summary Supreme High Command that the blockade around Leningrad has been completely eliminated and the defeated enemy units are retreating in panic under the blows of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts. The liberation of Tosno Moscow saluted with 24 artillery volleys, and the division was given the honorary name "Tosnenskaya". For participation in the liberation of the Leningrad land in the division, 2895 people were awarded: the Order of Lenin - 1 person (a nurse who carried 40 wounded soldiers from the battlefield), the Order of the Red Banner of War - 73 people, the orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degree - 56 people, the Order of Alexander Nevsky - 6 people, the Order of Kutuzov 2nd degree - 1 person, the Order of the Red Star - 392 people, the Order of Glory of all degrees - 192 people and the medals "For Courage" and "For Military Merit" - about 2000 people . Subsequently, the fighters of the division took part in the liberation of the Baltic States, Poland, stormed Berlin.

The commander of the sapper company, captain P.K. Sorokin (left) and regimental engineer, Major A.I. Perminov engaged in the clearance of German defenses near Leningrad.	Command of the 1212th rifle regiment 364th Infantry Division, which was the first to break into Tosno
Meeting of the officers' asset after the final defeat of the enemy near Leningrad. In the 2nd row, 6th from the left, the commander of the 364th division V.A. Verzhbitsky. 1944	Rally dedicated to the 20th anniversary of liberation Tosno and the final elimination of the blockade of Leningrad. On the podium, the former commander of the 364th division V.A. Verzhbitsky (last on the right). Tosno, January 26, 1964
Meeting of veterans of the 364th division. Laying wreaths at the mass grave. 1984	Meeting of the participants in breaking the blockade and blockade of Leningrad in the regional museum of local lore. District settlement Cherlak, Omsk region. January 27, 2005
Gratitude telegram of the Kolpino district committee CPSU of Leningrad to the Omsk regional committee of the CPSU and the regional executive committee in connection with the 20th anniversary of the lifting of the blockade from Leningrad and the liberation of the Leningrad region from the enemy. January 27, 1964

II. UNDER THE SLOGAN “ALL FOR THE FRONT, EVERYTHING FOR VICTORY!

With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, many enterprises and institutions, orphanages, and the population were evacuated to the Omsk region. In particular, from Leningrad to Omsk such large factories as the tank factory named after V.I. Voroshilov (No. 174), Telegraph Plant named after. Kozitsky (No. 210), Optical and Mechanical Plant No. 357. Omsk became one of the largest defense centers in the country and took the second (after Novosibirsk) place in Siberia in terms of industrial production. From the very first days of the war, a movement arose in the country to create a People's Fund defense of the motherland. The workers of the Omsk region did not stand aside from this either. By the summer of 1944, 238263000 rubles, 1 kg 899 g of gold, 63 kg 748 g of silver, 61 g of platinum were received from the population of the region to the defense fund. In addition, at the expense of the working people, 5 armored trains, 3 bath-trains, 5 divisional artillery auto repair shops, 10 tank auto repair shops were manufactured and sent to the front, 13,374 pairs of skis were assembled among the population. Workers of plant No. 174 at their own expense and on their own made 20 T-34 tanks (tank column "Sibiryak"). From December 1941 to November 1943, 5 special trains (143 wagons) with gifts were sent to the active army, as well as 71 wagons with food for the defenders of Leningrad.

Extract from the order of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Socialist Republic dated June 26, 1942 No. 11954-rs on the organization for the population evacuated from Leningrad enhanced nutrition
Decision of the Omsk Regional Executive Committee No. 340 dated March 2, 1942 "On measures for the reception of workers arriving from Leningrad"
Information from the Secretary of the Omsk Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks Kudinov to the Chairman of the State Defense Committee I.V. Stalin about the organization at plant No. 174 for the production of T-34 tanks and the provision of assistance for this People's Commissariat for Construction and People's Commissariat of Takoprom. February 16, 1942
From the resolution of the Omsk regional committee of the CPSU (b) and the regional executive committee of July 17, 1943 on improvement of material services for workers of plant No. 174	Petition of the director of the plant No. 174 to the Omsk Regional Executive Committee about cutting land plot for the right-of-way along the axis of the tank road for field testing of T-34 tanks. July 10, 1942 Oh yeah
Tanks at the start. Plant No. 174. Omsk, 1943
Assembly shop for Yak-9 aircraft of plant No. 174. Omsk, 1942
Model of the armored train "For the Motherland", original was made at the factory. Voroshilov in 1942
Letter from the People's Commissar of the Electrical Industry USSR to the Omsk Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks and the regional executive committee on the need to provide assistance in placing the plant number 210. July 21, 1941	Deputy People's Commissar of the Navy of the USSR Secretary of the Omsk Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks Kudinov about the need extraordinary supply of plant No. 210 building materials and additional space. October 18, 1941
Lenin monument.	Letter from the Director of Plant No. 29 to the Omsk Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks and the regional executive committee on the provision of living space for evacuated workers from Leningrad.
Letter from the secretary of the party committee of the plant No. 357 to the Omsk Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks about the work of the plant. February 5, 1942

In connection with the war in the Omsk region since 1941, 32 orphanages and boarding schools were evacuated from Leningrad - 3200 children. By decision of the State Defense Committee and the order of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR dated April 26, 1945 No. 927-r, all Leningrad children's institutions were re-evacuated to Leningrad from July 1945. Employees of orphanages and boarding schools successfully coped with the task assigned to them to preserve the life and health of children. The children returned to Leningrad grown up, stronger and quite healthy. All children separated from their families and parents for 4 years were surrounded by warm maternal care, attention and received the right education. Thanks to the systematic, conscientious work of educators, the children of boarding schools and orphanages were distinguished in schools by high academic performance, deep knowledge and excellent behavior. In order to improve the material and living conditions of the pupils, a subsidiary farm was created at each children's institution on their own. Leaving for Leningrad, children's boarding schools left local orphanages sowing grain and garden crops in the amount of 263 hectares, horses - 42 heads, cows - 97, calves - 45 (from the certificate of the oblONO for 1945).

Decree of the Omsk Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks of September 2, 1941"About children evacuated from Moscow and Leningrad"
In one of the orphanages in the Omsk region
Gratitude of the children of boarding school No. 190, returning to Leningrad, the leadership of the Cherlak district
Poem of a pupil of the boarding school No. 190 Svetlana Bogacheva
Leningrad boarding school No. 132 for 1945
Report on the work of the evacuee to the Omsk region Leningrad boarding school No. 132 for 1945 (continued)
Seeing off evacuated Leningrad children home on the platform of the Omsk railway station. 1945	Decree of the Omsk Regional Executive Committee and the Bureau of the Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks dated July 14, 1945 "On awarding Honorary Diplomas regional committee and regional executive committee of employees of Leningrad orphanages and nurseries
Information military department of the Omsk city committee of the CPSU (b) Gerasimchuk in the city party committee and the regional executive committee on the results of collecting gifts for the Red Army in Omsk. February 19, 1942
Summary of the receipt of products for the working people of Leningrad.
Loading train with gifts for the Leningrad Front. 1943
Characteristics for a cloth factory worker PC. Velikanov for a trip to the Leningrad Front to give gifts to fighters and commanders of the Red Army. February 11, 1942	Information in the newspaper "Omskaya Pravda" from the fighters of the Leningrad Front, evacuated to the rear for treatment, workers of the Omsk region
Delegation of Omsk citizens who went to the Leningrad front to present gifts from workers Omsk region to soldiers and commanders of the Red Army. 1943

III. OMSK - LENINGRAD

In our city there are many objects associated with the name of Leningrad - streets, a bridge, a square. And although they appeared already in the 1950s, it was during the Great Patriotic War that the close connection between Siberian Omsk and Leningrad was born. After the blockade, the Victory, many enterprises, Leningraders connected their fate with the city on the Irtysh, which became their second home. And for Omsk, this connection is inseparable.

Leningrad bridge across the Irtysh river. 1959	View from the Leningrad bridge across the river. Irtysh to Leningradskaya Square. 1964
Leningradskaya Square. 1965	Memorial complex in the Park. 30th anniversary of the Victory. On one of the monolithscarved thematic relief dedicated to the defense of Leningrad

139th Rifle Division (first formation)

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Formed in September 1939 in Kozelsk (Belarusian OVO) on the basis of a regiment of the 81st Infantry Division.

Upon completion of the formation, the unit 09/17-28/1939 as part of the 3rd Rifle Corps of the 3rd Army of the Belorussian Front participated in the Polish campaign of 1939.

After the end of the Polish campaign, the division was initially stationed in Vitebsk, and in November 1939 was sent to Karelia (LVO). Here, the formation as part of the 8th Army participated in the Soviet-Finnish War, acting in the Tolvayarvin direction (on the right flank of the army). The offensive of the 139th Rifle Division was unsuccessful - in the battle on December 8-12, 1939 against the Finnish group of General Talvel in the Tolvajärvi area, the division was defeated and was forced to retreat to the east for more than 50 km, after which the front in this direction stabilized until the end of the war.

At the end of the Winter War, the division was sent to the Kyiv Special Military District.

As of 06/22/1941, the unit was part of the 37th Rifle Corps of the 6th Army and, in accordance with the directive of the NPO of the USSR No. 504205 of 06/13/1941, advanced to the border.

In June-August 1941, parts of the division took part in the fighting in Ukraine against the troops of Army Group South. The division participated in defensive operation in Western Ukraine (22.06-06.07.1941) and the Kyiv defensive operation (07.07 - early August 1941). During the latter, the division was surrounded near Uman and was destroyed. The unit was officially disbanded on 09/19/1941.

Full title
139th Rifle Division

Subordination
Southwestern Front, 6th Army, 37th Rifle Corps - from 06/22/1941 to 07/25/1941
Southern Front, 6th Army, 37th Rifle Corps - from 07/25/1941 to early August 1941
[edit] Composition
364th Rifle Regiment
609th Rifle Regiment
718th Rifle Regiment
354th Artillery Regiment
506th howitzer artillery regiment (until 10/20/1941)
223rd Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
162nd reconnaissance battalion
195th engineer battalion
271st separate communications battalion (799th separate communications company)
184th degassing platoon
120th motor transport battalion
185th field bakery
190th Divisional Veterinary Infirmary
465th field post station
405th field cash desk of the State Bank
[edit] Commanders
Loginov Nikolai Loginovich, colonel - from 22.03 to 08.08.1941

139th Rifle Division (second formation)

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Formed 09/26/1941 by transforming the 9th Moscow Rifle Division of the people's militia.

The newly formed unit became part of the 24th Army of the Reserve Front and from 10/02/1941 participated in the Vyazemsky defensive operation (the defensive phase of the Battle of Moscow). During these battles, the division was surrounded and destroyed. Officially disbanded 12/27/1941.

[edit] Full name
139th Rifle Division

[edit] Obedience
Reserve Front, 24th Army - from 09/26/1941 to October 1941
[edit] Composition
1300th Rifle Regiment
1302nd Rifle Regiment
1304th Rifle Regiment
976th Artillery Regiment
700th Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
475th reconnaissance company
459th engineer battalion
864th separate communications battalion
498th medical battalion
342nd separate company of chemical protection
310th motor transport company
931st field post station
[edit] Commanders
Bobrov Boris Dmitrievich, Major General - from 26.09 to 06.10.1941 (died 07.10.1941)

139th Rifle Division (third formation)

The formation of the division began on 12/04/1941 in Cheboksary. The personnel of the division consisted of more than 70% Chuvash, the 718th rifle regiment was formed in Kugesy, the 364th rifle regiment in Ishleyi, the 609th rifle regiment in Shemursha, the 354th artillery regiment in Ikkovo.

It began hostilities in August 1942, during the Rzhev-Sychevsk operation near the city of Rzhev.

In the spring of 1943, she participated in the Rzhev-Vyazemsky operation.

In the autumn of 1943, during the Smolensk-Roslavl operation, she distinguished herself during the liberation of Roslavl, advanced on Chausy

Participated in the Belarusian strategic offensive operation, during which, as part of the Mogilev offensive operation, by the morning of 06/23/1944, she reached the concentration area, in the forests south of the Dednya settlement, 3-5 km east of the Pronya River. During the night on 06/24/1944, the division crossed the bridges in advance in full force to the western bank of the Pronya. By 15 o'clock, units of the division, supported by tanks, artillery and aircraft, entered into battle with the enemy, breaking his resistance, by the end of the day they reached the Basya River and crossed it on the move. By the morning of June 27, 1944, the division with its main forces reached the Dnieper, captured Lupolovo, and on the move, using improvised means, began crossing the Dnieper.

By 17 o'clock, parts of the division took their starting position for the assault on Mogilev, and began the assault, but only the outskirts were captured, the attack was repulsed. The assault began again at 21:00, and the division occupied the center of Mogilev. Conducted fierce street fighting. Then, on an accelerated march, practically without resistance, she reached the line of the Drut and Berezina rivers, took part in the Minsk offensive operation, the Bialystok offensive operation.

Subsequently, she participated in the liberation of Poland, the East Prussian operation, the East Pomeranian operation, the Berlin strategic operation. Participated in the liberation of Danzig
Ended the war on the Elbe
There are 28 Heroes in the division Soviet Union and 14 full holders of the Order of Glory.

Full title
139th Rifle Roslavl Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division

Subordination
Moscow Military District - January 1, 1942
Reserve VGK rates, 4th Reserve Army - on July 1, 1942
Western Front, 29th Army - October 1, 1942.
Western Front, 31st Army - January 1, 1943.
Western Front, 50th Army - April 1, 1943.
Western Front, 10th Army - July 1, 1943.
Western Front, 10th Army, 70th Rifle Corps - October 1, 1943.
1st Belorussian Front, 10th Army, 38th Rifle Corps - on January 1, 1944.
2nd Belorussian Front, 50th Army, 121st Rifle Corps - on April 1, 1944.
2nd Belorussian Front, 49th Army, 70th Rifle Corps - on October 1, 1944.
[edit] Composition
364th Rifle Regiment
609th Rifle Regiment
718th Rifle Regiment
354th Artillery Regiment
237th separate anti-tank battalion
162nd reconnaissance company
195th engineer battalion
271st separate communications battalion
220th Medical Battalion
493rd separate company of chemical protection
356th motor transport company
??-th divisional veterinary infirmary
??-I field bakery
??-I field postal station
??-I field cash desk of the State Bank

commanders
Mitropolsky Nikolai Vasilievich (December 5, 1941 - December 21, 1941), lieutenant colonel;
Antonov Boris Ivanovich (December 25, 1941 - January 5, 1942), lieutenant colonel;
Drobitsky Georgy Semyonovich (January 6, 1942 - January 25, 1942), major;
Kuznetsov Pavel Ionovich (January 26, 1942 - August 09, 1942), colonel;
Krasnoshtanov Ivan Danilovich (August 10, 1942 - August 24, 1942), colonel;
Barmotin Silverst Akimovich (August 25, 1942 - November 18, 1942), colonel;
Yaremenko Ivan Ivanovich (November 19, 1942 - November 24, 1942), lieutenant colonel;
Sukharev Nikolai Fedorovich (November 25, 1942 - March 25, 1943), lieutenant colonel, from February 6, 1943 colonel;
Kirillov Iosif Konstantinovich (March 26, 1943 - March 30, 1945), colonel, from February 22, 1944, major general;
Ogienko Boris Pavlovich (March 31, 1945 - May 09, 1945), colonel.

Division Warriors
Fatin, Valentin Vasilievich (1921 - 1944), battalion commander of the 609th Infantry Regiment, captain. The hero of the USSR; the title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for the battle on June 28, 1944, when crossing the Dnieper (the entrusted unit crossed to the right bank of the river and broke into the city of Mogilev. Repelling enemy counterattacks, the soldiers fought hand-to-hand combat, captured 18 guns, about 200 vehicles, 8 warehouses, took captured the headquarters of the infantry division and over 500 Nazis).
Volosatov, Viktor Alexandrovich, commander of the intelligence department of the 609th Infantry Regiment, Sgt. The hero of the USSR; the title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for the battle during the crossing of the Neman near the village of Kovshi (Grodno region) (with a reconnaissance platoon he was the first to cross the river, assisted in the capture of a strong point and a crossing. He was wounded, but did not leave the battlefield).
Kirillov, Mikhail Semyonovich, commander of the intelligence department of the 364th Infantry Regiment, foreman. The hero of the USSR; the title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for the battle on June 27, 1944 (with a group of 6 people he crossed the Dnieper near the village of Buinichi (Mogilev region), captured the line, destroyed firing points with automatic fire and grenades and thereby ensured the crossing of the river by the battalion).
Shavkunov, Georgy Ivanovich (August 9, 1913 - August 23, 1944), sapper of the 195th sapper battalion, private. Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously); the title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for ensuring the crossing of the Dnieper on June 27, 1944.
Afanasiev, Viktor Mikhailovich, squad leader of the foot reconnaissance platoon of the 609th rifle regiment, sergeant. The hero of the USSR; the title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for the battle on July 15, 1944, when crossing the Neman (crossed the river and entrenched on the left bank. Being wounded, he participated in repelling enemy counterattacks and holding a bridgehead).
Grishaev, Viktor Ivanovich, commander of the 609th Infantry Regiment, Colonel. The hero of the USSR; the title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for the battle on June 28, 1944 during the crossing of the Dnieper (for personal courage and skillful command of the regiment during the crossing of the Dnieper River and the liberation of the city of Mogilev).
Petrov, Mikhail Petrovich, commander of the 364th Infantry Regiment, lieutenant colonel. The hero of the USSR; the title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for the battle on June 28, 1944 during the crossing of the Dnieper (for personal courage and skillful command of the regiment during the crossing of the Dnieper River and the liberation of the city of Mogilev).
Abdrakhmanov, Khanif Khazigaleevich - commander of the reconnaissance section of the battery of 76-mm guns of the 609th rifle regiment, captain, full cavalier of the Order of Glory; was awarded: June 28, 1944 Order of Glory 3rd degree; April 12, 1945 Order of Glory 2nd degree; February 27, 1958 Order of Glory 1st degree;
Godunov, Ivan Grigorievich, squad leader of a foot reconnaissance platoon of the 718th Infantry Regiment, junior sergeant. Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory; was awarded: September 21, 1944, the Order of the 3rd degree; December 23, 1944 with the Order of the 2nd degree; June 29, 1945 with the Order of the 1st degree.
Khodanovich, Lev Sergeevich, assistant commander of a platoon of foot reconnaissance of the 718th Infantry Regiment, foreman. Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory; was awarded: on August 19, 1944, the order of the 3rd degree for intelligence; on July 23, 1944, in the area of ​​​​the village of Korobchitse (southwest of the city of Grodno), on December 23, 1944, the order of the 2nd degree, for the battle on December 1, 1944, in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe settlement Montvica (north-west of the city of Lomza, Poland), February 13, 1945 with the Order of the 1st degree for the battle on October 21, 1944 near the village of Slavno (west of the city of Ostroleka, Poland).
[edit] Awards and titles
09/25/1943 - awarded the honorary name "Roslavl"
??.??.???? - awarded the Order of the Red Banner
??.??.???? - awarded the Order of Suvorov 2nd class

Interesting Facts
The widely known song "At a nameless height", written for the film "Silence", is dedicated to eighteen soldiers of the 718th regiment of the 139th rifle division. They defended an inch of land “near an unfamiliar village” (more precisely, on the night of September 14, 1943, under the command of junior lieutenant E. I. Poroshin, they entered the battle for a fortified height with a mark on the map 224.1 near the village of Rubezhanki, Kuibyshevsky district, Kaluga area), fighting against 300 fascist soldiers. Only two of them returned alive from this battle. On September 15, 1966, monument 1 was opened there, and on May 09, 1980 - a memorial.
On December 12, 1987, the museum of the 139th Rifle Division was opened in the Cheboksary Lyceum No. 3.

P Aikov Alexander Nikolaevich - platoon commander of the 364th Infantry Regiment (139th Roslavl Rifle Division, 50th Army, 2nd Belorussian Front), junior lieutenant.

Born on July 10, 1924 in the village of Glukhovo, now in the Voskresensky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, into a peasant family. Russian. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1945. Graduated from 7 classes. He worked as an accountant on a collective farm, head of a hut-reading room. He graduated from the courses of instructors-social education in physical education. In 1941 he joined the Komsomol, was soon elected secretary of the Glukhov territorial organization of the Komsomol.

He was drafted into the army in November 1942 by the Zavetluzhsky district military commissariat and sent to the Leningrad Infantry School. In March 1943, as part of a cadet company, he was sent to the Western Front, to the Spas-Demensk region, to the 33rd Army. Fought on the Western and 2nd Belorussian fronts.

Junior Lieutenant A.N. Paykov distinguished himself during the Belarusian strategic operation "Bagration" during the crossing of the Dnieper and in battles on the captured bridgehead.

On June 27, 1944, at the head of an assault group of 35 volunteers on rafts, under artillery and mortar fire, crossed the Dnieper near the village of Buynichi. The paratroopers after the crossing captured the line on the right bank of the river and took up defense. With automatic fire and grenades, they repelled several enemy counterattacks, destroying a large number of soldiers and officers. Under their cover, the battalion crossed the river and came to the aid of the paratroopers, who already had six people left. During the assault on the village of Buinichi by the battalion, the platoon of A.N. Paikov raised a red flag over one of the houses of the liberated village.

At Order 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 fight against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown in this Paikov Alexander Nikolaevich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 5508).

After the end of the war, A.N. Paikov continued to serve in Soviet army. In 1946 he graduated from the Advanced Courses for Officers (KUOS). Since 1947, Captain A.N. Paykov has been in reserve.

He returned to the Nizhny Novgorod region. He worked as deputy chairman of the Chernovsky general store, instructor of the Zavetluzhsky district party committee, secretary of the party committees of the Rodina collective farm and Voskresensky timber industry enterprise. In 1959 he graduated from the Kirov Regional Soviet Party School, in 1969 - the Correspondence Higher Party School. Since 1978 - Chairman of the Resurrection Council.

Died October 14, 1995. He was buried in the village of Glukhovo, 5 km from the urban-type settlement of Voskresenskoye.

He was awarded the Orders of Lenin (03/24/1945), Patriotic War 1st (03/11/1985) and 2nd (07/07/1944) degrees, medals.

A.N. Paykov took part in the hostilities from April 1943. He fought as a squad leader in a machine gun company. Participated in the Smolensk strategic offensive operation. He was wounded, but remained in the ranks. In the autumn of 1943 he was sent to the army junior lieutenant courses. After completing the course in February 1944, he fought as a machine-gun platoon commander. He was wounded a second time, this time severely (blindly wounded in the chest). After the hospital in the summer of 1944 he was appointed commander of a rifle platoon to the 364th rifle regiment of the 139th rifle division. Until the end of the war, he fought in this division on the 2nd Belorussian Front.

Since June 24, he participated in the Belarusian strategic operation "Bagration" (its stages - Mogilev, Minsk and Belostok offensive operations).

During the Mogilev offensive operation (June 23-28, 1944), the 139th Rifle Division as part of the 50th Army from the concentration area on the western bank of the Pronya River, with the support of tanks and aircraft on June 24, 1944, broke through the enemy’s defenses, crossed the Basya River and in the morning On September 27, she reached the Dnieper in the immediate vicinity of Mogilev, in the area of ​​​​the Lupolovo station (now in the city of Mogilev).

When breaking through the enemy defenses on June 24, 1944, junior lieutenant A.N. Paykov near the village of Girovtsy (Chausky district of the Mogilev region) destroyed an enemy artillery gun along with servants with his platoon. In hand-to-hand combat for the village of Gorodets (Bykhov district, Mogilev region), he destroyed 5 German soldiers with the fire of his machine gun. He skillfully combined the fire of his platoon with attached funds.

Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class.

Having mastered the station, the division began crossing the Dnieper on the move using improvised means. The 364th Rifle Regiment crossed opposite the village of Buynichi, located on the right bank of the Dnieper, south of Mogilev.

By 17 o'clock on April 27, all parts of the division were on the right bank and immediately began the assault on Mogilev. After fierce street fighting, by the morning of June 28, Mogilev was completely liberated.

For his distinction in crossing the Dnieper, A.N. Paykov was presented with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

After the liberation of Mogilev, the 139th Rifle Division, pursuing the retreating enemy, crossed the Drut and Berezina rivers.

From June 29 to July 4, 1944, during the Minsk offensive operation, the division advanced with battles in the Minsk direction to the enemy grouping surrounded east of Minsk.

From mid-July to July 27, 1944, A.N. Paykov, as part of the 49th Army, participated in the Bialystok offensive operation, during which his division advanced from the area southwest of the city of Novogrudok to the west, freeing the settlements of western Belarus. By the end of the operation, she reached the state border of the USSR in the area between Grodno and Bialystok, crossed it and entered the territory of Poland.

Until the end of the war, the 139th Rifle Division was part of the 49th Army.

In August - the first half of September 1944, the army continued its offensive across Polish territory and by September 15 reached the Narew River near the city of Lomza, where it went on the defensive.

From January 14 to January 26, 1945, the 139th Rifle Division participated in the Mlavsko-Elbing offensive operation, an integral part of the East Prussian strategic offensive operation. In this operation, the 49th Army advanced from the Narevsky bridgehead to the north in the direction of the city of Myshinets, providing the main strike force of the 2nd Belorussian Front from the north.

In February-March 1945, A.N. Paikov, as part of his division, participated in the East Pomeranian strategic offensive operation, during which the 49th Army with heavy fighting advanced north from the area northwest of Chelmno in the Chersk direction, with the participation of 139 th Infantry Division took the city of Chersk on February 21. From March 14 to March 22, she fought fierce battles to break through the German defenses and advanced on Zoppot with the task of cutting the Danzig-Gdyn enemy grouping into two isolated groups and reaching the Danzig Bay of the Baltic Sea. From March 27, the 139th Rifle Division participated in the assault on the fortress city of Danzig (Gdansk), which was liberated on March 30.

From April 16 to May 8, 1945, he participated in the Berlin strategic offensive operation, in which the troops of the 49th Army advanced from the area of ​​​​the city of Schwedt to the west, cutting off the Berlin group German armies"Vistula", located north of Berlin. By the end of the operation, the 139th Rifle Division reached the Elbe in the Ludwigslust area, where it met with the troops of the 2nd British Army.

In preparing the biography, a number of materials provided by S.V. Kuzovatov (Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region) were used.

Plan:

Introduction

• 1. History
• 2 Full name
• 3 Awards
• 4 Submission
• 5 Composition
• 6 Commanders
• 7 Warriors of the division

Introduction

364th Rifle Division- military unit of the USSR in the Great Patriotic war

1. History

Formed in August-early November 1941 in Omsk (Siberian Military District) as part of the implementation of the USSR GKO resolution No. 459ss of 08/11/1941. Upon completion of the formation, by the directive of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command No. 004275 dated 11/02/1941, it was included in the 58th reserve army and received an order to redeploy from Omsk to Vozhega. In February 1942, it was sent to the North-Western Front (directive of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command No. 170090 dated February 10, 1942) in the area of ​​Staraya Russa and included in the 1st Shock Army. She entered the active army on 03/01/1942.

Initially, the division participated in the Demyansk offensive operation (until 05/20/1942). Then, until the autumn of 1942, it occupied positional defense at the turn of the Lovat River.

09/23/1942 The 364th Rifle Division is withdrawn to the reserve of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command and is included in the 2nd Reserve Army. In December 1942, the formation was sent to the Volkhov Front, where it became part of the 8th Army (entered the army on 12/14/1942). Here the division took part in the offensive operation "Iskra" (14-30.01.1943), where it led the offensive in the second echelon of the army. Then the 364th division continued to occupy the defense on the outer front of the Leningrad blockade and also participated in the Mginsky offensive operation (07/22-08/22/1943).

As part of the Leningrad-Novgorod operation (01/14-03/01/1944), the formation was initially involved in the Novgorod-Luga operation (01/14-02/15/1944). During the offensive, the division liberated Tosno on January 26, 1944, for which it was given the honorary name Tosnenskaya. After the end of this operation, the division became part of the 54th Army and subsequently operated in the Pskov direction.

In the spring of 1944, the division took part in the unsuccessful Pskov operation (09.03-15.04.1944), then took up positional defense on the outskirts of Pskov.

In the summer of 1944, the 364th Rifle Division took part in the Pskov-Ostrov offensive operation (07/11-31/1944), during which it liberated the city of Abrene (07/22/1944). Then the unit was involved in the Tartu operation (10.08-06.09.1944), during which the division liberated the city of Aluksne (08.19.1944) and about 200 settlements in the territory of Latvia. Subsequently, the division also took part in the Riga offensive operation (14.09-21.10.1944).

On 12/14/1944, the 364th Rifle Division was withdrawn to the reserve of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command and transferred to the 1st Belorussian Front with other forces of the 3rd Shock Army. As part of the troops of this front, the division participates in the Warsaw-Poznan operation (14.01-03.02.1945, part of the Vistula-Oder operation). After the end of this offensive, the division was transferred to the Kolberg direction, where it participates in the Arnswalde-Kolberg operation (03/01-18/1945). After its completion, the division was redeployed to the Berlin direction and took part in the Berlin offensive operation (04/16-05/02/1945), and the unit participated directly in the assault on the German capital.

By Directive of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command No. 11095 of 05/29/1945, the division was included in the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany, formed on the basis of the 1st Belorussian Front.

2. Full name

364th Rifle Tosno Red Banner Division

3. Awards

4. Submission

• Siberian Military District - August-November 1941
• 58th Reserve Army - November 1941 - 03/01/1942
• Northwestern Front, 1st shock army - 01.03-23.09.1942
• 2nd Reserve Army - 09/23-12/14/1942
• Volkhov Front, 8th Army - 12/14/1942 - January 1943
• Volkhov Front, 2nd shock army - January-February 1943
• Leningrad Front, 2nd shock army - February-March 1943
• Volkhov Front, 8th Army - March 1943 - January 1944
• Volkhov Front - January-February 1944
• Volkhov Front, 54th Army, 119th Rifle Corps - February 1944
• Leningrad Front, 54th Army, 119th Rifle Corps - February 15 - April 1944
• 3rd Baltic Front, 67th Army, 123rd Rifle Corps - April-July 1944
• 3rd Baltic Front, 1st Shock Army, 123rd Rifle Corps - July-August 1944
• 3rd Baltic Front, 67th Army, 123rd Rifle Corps - August-September 1944
• 3rd Baltic Front - September-October 1944
• 2nd Baltic Front, 3rd Shock Army, 7th Rifle Corps - October-November 1944
• 2nd Baltic Front, 3rd Shock Army, 12th Guards Rifle Corps - November-December 1944
• 1st Belorussian Front, 3rd Shock Army, 7th Rifle Corps - since December 1944

5. Composition

• 1212th Rifle Regiment
• 1214th Rifle Regiment
• 1216th Rifle Regiment
• 937th Artillery Regiment
• 398th separate anti-tank battalion
• 223rd anti-aircraft battery - until 03/15/1943
• 766th mortar division (until 09/20/1942)
• 278th machine gun battalion (12/14/1942-03/15/1943)
• 436th reconnaissance company
• 654th engineer battalion
• 825th separate communications battalion (313th separate communications company)
• 459th Medical Battalion
• 452nd separate company of chemical protection
• 157th (489th) motor transport company
• 228th field bakery
• 797th (687th) Divisional Veterinary Infirmary
• 1422nd Field Post Station
• 709th field cash desk of the State Bank

6. Commanders

• 09/27/1941-03/12/1943 Solovyov Philip Yakovlevich, Major General
• 03/13/1943-05/28/1944 Verzhbitsky Viktor Antonovich, Colonel
• 05/29/1944-07/08/1944 Makulkin Fedor Aristarkhovich, Colonel
• 07/09/1944-05/09/1945 Vorobyov Ivan Andreevich, Colonel

7. Warriors of the division

Having scouted the river and having chosen a ford, they began to return back. The Germans discovered the daredevils and opened fire. Despite the fact that fellow soldiers covered their retreat, Corporal Dergunov was still killed. The comrades buried him in the village of Babino, and they themselves went further into battle.

The 7th Rifle Corps of the 54th Army advanced to the right of the 111th Corps in the direction of Vyshgorodok-Pytalovo. Here the soldiers of the 56th Pushkin Red Banner Rifle Division were actively advancing in the direction of Empty Sunday-Primaki-Gorbatitsa-Vyshgorodok. From the area of ​​the village of Empty Sunday, the fresh 364th Rifle Division (commander I. A. Vorobyov) of the 123rd Rifle Corps under the command of Major General V. A. Verzhbitsky was brought into battle. According to the memoirs of the division commander and data from the archive of the Ministry of Defense, the division was tasked to reach the line of the villages of Tarakanovo - Berdyshi by the end of July 18 - the morning of July 19 with the main forces of the 1212th and 1214th regiments, starting the pursuit of the enemy at Novoselye. In heavy, stubborn battles, this task was completed, the pursuit of the enemy began in the direction of Augshpils (Vyshgorodok) - Vaskino. Stubborn battles unfolded again, during which one of the battalions of the 1214th regiment, as well as companies of the 184th and 213th regiments of the 56th Pushkin Rifle Division, suffered heavy losses.

The fierceness of the fighting is evidenced by the facts of significant losses in these battles and the introduction into battle of the 307th penal company, transferred from the 52nd guards division. In these battles, the following were killed: in the area of ​​​​the Suvorov farm - the commander of the firing platoon of the 4th battery of the 113th artillery regiment, Lieutenant Fedor Moiseevich Vasilets from the Gorky region; in the area of ​​​​Ignashkovo-Augshpils (Vyshgorodok) - the Komsomol organizer of the 213th regiment, senior lieutenant Kachanovsky Matvey Semenovich from the city of Kyiv and the party organizer of the same regiment, originally from the city of Yeysk Komitenko Petr Stepanovich, many other officers, now famous, lieutenants and seniors who came from obscurity lieutenants, privates and sergeants (in total, according to archival data, more than 40 people).

After the capture of Vyshgorodok on July 21, 1944, the 1214th regiment began to prepare for the assault on the city and Abrene station. On this day, the 1st battalion of the 1212th regiment went to the Stashi area with tanks to force the Lada River, the 2nd battalion of the same regiment, breaking the enemy’s resistance, went to the Danilovo area, cut the Ostrov-Pytalovo railway, developed success along railway from the north to the city. The first and second battalions of the 1214th regiment crossed the Lada and Utroya rivers and reached the northwestern and southwestern outskirts of Vaskov, meeting strong resistance north of Lyavzino. Interacting, the battalions, with the support of tanks, managed to break the resistance of the German units, which began to retreat to Pytalovo.

Pytalovo, the junction station, was turned by the German command into a strong stronghold, so the 1214th regiment was given tanks, a Katyusha battery and several attack aircraft. Here is how the honorary citizen of the city, the former commander of the 1214th regiment, S. E. Polyakov, recalls this battle: “According to the order for the regiment, all attached units concentrated on the edge of the forest northeast of the city and, after artillery preparation, at three hours and thirty-three minutes, began the assault .