They fought until victory: the feat of Tajik cavalrymen in the Battle of Stalingrad. Cavalryman - Konstantin Karlovich Kosse - What exactly were you taught there?

On December 12, 1942, the German command attempted to rescue the 6th Army from the Stalingrad pocket. In this truly fatal battle, German tank units in the area of ​​the villages of Verkhnekumsky and Biryukovo encountered fierce resistance from the Soviet 61st Cavalry Division, formed in Tajikistan.

Its warriors fought to the death, demonstrating high combat skill and mass heroism.

All to the front

In 1942, the formation of the 61st cavalry division was underway in Tajikistan: the 219th cavalry regiment was formed in Stalinabad, the 213th regiment in Kulyab and the 222nd in Kurgan-Tube. The situation on the fronts remained difficult, Soviet troops were retreating, so units were put together in a hurry.

Recruits arrived from all over Tajikistan: Pamir, Kulyab, Garm, Gissar, Khatlon. The officers involved in staffing the cavalry squadrons were pleased to note that the arriving youth and those called up from the reserves were excellent riders, many of whom had experience of the civil war in Tajikistan in the 20s. Stavenkov, the former commander of the 20th Mountain Cavalry Division, who was wounded in the battles near Moscow, was appointed division commander in January 1941.

People studied 15-16 hours a day. In addition, they spent two to three hours caring for the horse. We were completely exhausted. But the allotted period expired, and the division still remained in place. A new intense plan was coming. And so on endlessly.

And the radio and newspapers brought bleak news from the fronts. Under the pressure of superior enemy forces, our troops retreated to the east with heavy fighting... Kyiv, Kharkov, Odessa, Smolensk were left... Leningrad was in the grip of the blockade. Fighting broke out on the outskirts of Moscow.

“Everything for the front, everything for victory!” These were not empty words for the Tajik people. The 61st Cavalry Division received the best from the republic: excellent horses, high-quality uniforms, selected food and fodder. And most importantly, and most dearly, Tajikistan sent its best sons to the 61st Cavalry Division. Its composition was multinational: Tajiks, Uzbeks, Russians, Tatars.

And finally, in mid-September 1942, exactly a year after the formation of the division, the desired order came. In the shortest possible time, it was necessary to load thousands of horses, guns, mortars, hundreds of carts and carts, vehicles, ammunition, engineering equipment, food and fodder into the wagons. A loading and movement schedule was drawn up, as well as a schedule for the lives and studies of people along the way. Soldiers and commanders spent days and nights at loading points. The division barely squeezed into thirteen echelons.

While moving, the echelons were repeatedly attacked from the air. Having completed a 400-kilometer march along the left bank of the Volga, the division crossed at Kamenny Yar and became part of the mobile group of the Stalingrad Front of the 4th Cavalry Corps of Lieutenant General Shapkin. It got very cold. The division command was alarmed; the cavalry arrived from Tajikistan in light clothing. But soon trucks with sheepskin coats, quilted jackets, and felt boots began arriving. The cavalrymen now had chic burkas on their shoulders—the longed-for dream of every horseman.

Cavalry attack near Abganerovo and saber battles in Umantsevo

From the memoirs of Army General Popov, at that time deputy commander of the Stalingrad Front: “The situation of the 4th Cavalry Corps of Lieutenant General Shapkin was very difficult. The corps was formed in Central Asia from fighters of local nationalities. A significant part of them did not speak Russian or spoke it poorly. However, the cavalrymen successfully passed the preliminary exam, skillfully camouflaging themselves along the way and in the concentration area. In preparation for the operation, General Shapkin had to train people to act on horseback and on foot and to skillfully use weapons. During training, the horsemen got used to the harsh climate and the hardships of military life.”

On November 19, it became known that early in the morning the troops of the Southwestern and Don Fronts northwest of Stalingrad went on the offensive. On the same day, Shapkin called the division commanders.

The 61st Cavalry Division immediately faced one of the most difficult battles - after breaking through the front line, it had to turn south and take up defensive positions on the outer front of the encirclement. The tankers were given the task of compressing the inner encirclement of Paulus's 6th German Army.

Immediately after the division arrived near Abganerovo, Shapkin ordered him to gather unit commanders. When everyone was assembled, the general turned to the officers who surrounded him:

Comrades! It is clear from the indiscriminate shooting that we took the enemy by surprise. He did not expect that we would cover sixty-five kilometers overnight and at dawn we would find ourselves on the outskirts of Abganerovo, where the headquarters of the 6th Romanian Army Corps is located. Our task is to capture the headquarters along with all the troops that cover it. Anatoly Vasilyevich, will ten minutes be enough for you to prepare the order? Attack in half an hour.

“Yes, comrade general,” answered Stavenkov.

From dawn on November 21, the leading squadrons of the division, at a wide gait, shot down the covering units of the 1st and 4th Infantry Divisions of the Romanian troops and scattered the enemy's 5th Cavalry Division. By 10 o'clock, with a daring attack, with sabers drawn, on horseback, she captured the city of Abganerovo. The 222nd regiment from Kurgan-Tube and the 219th from Dushanbe met west of Abganerovo, the city was completely surrounded. At the same time, Artyom Akopyan's 219th Regiment deployed three squadrons in the first echelon and furiously attacked enemy positions on the heights south of Abganerovo. Hakobyan's dzhigits defeated the Romanian covering detachments and captured warehouses with weapons and ammunition. The road along which German troops were supplied from the south was cut.

After the liberation of Abganerovo, the 61st Cavalry Division during November 22-24 fought successful battles, often turning into saber battles, with units of the 8th Romanian Cavalry Division in the Solany-Umantsevo area. The division occupied the city of Umantsevo, defeating the headquarters of the 4th Romanian division.

On November 24, 1942, the sun rose from behind the small hills below the city. In its scarlet rays the steel of the raised blades of the Tajik warriors sparkled menacingly. The heavy beat of hundreds of hooves scattered with a victorious roar. Squadron by squadron they deployed into a giant line. The next one formed behind. Now they were galloping. The number of horsemen suddenly doubled: the 219th regiment flew in from the flank. Only a cavalryman can understand how dangerous an unstoppable cavalry attack from the flank and rear is for infantry.

Machine gunner Bakir Davlyatov, in a vehicle with a quad machine gun mount, got ahead of our attacking chains and lashed the enemy with a stream of lead. And the enemy could not stand it. “Kazaken! Kazaken! - Heart-rending screams rushed from the Romanian trenches. The first to flee was the commander of the Romanian division, Colonel Cornea, and his staff. They managed to escape in cars. The units left without control did not resist for long. At 10 o'clock in the morning silence reigned in Umantsevo...

Combat reports and award certificates testify to the courage of Tajik cavalrymen. Thus, the adjutant of the commander of the 291st cavalry regiment, Bakhrom Suyarov, burst into Umantsevo, personally hacked to death 12 Romanians, and captured three. In the same battles, his fellow soldiers also distinguished themselves: a resident of Stalinabad, V. Petrov (later a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Tajik SSR), a resident of Isfara, R. Anorov, and Bakir Davlyatov from Regar (later a Hero of the Soviet Union). In the battle for Umantsevo, more than a hundred enemy soldiers and officers were captured, a battery of 88-mm guns, a mortar battery, machine guns and other weapons were captured.

The division suffered heavy losses... Many soldiers and commanders were buried there in a mass grave. And now there stands a majestic obelisk to Tajik soldiers.

Tajik cavalrymen against tanks

On November 24, 1942, it became clear to the command of the Stalingrad Front that the enemy would try to create a tank fist in Kotelnikovo from 3 tank divisions fully equipped with tanks. From the very beginning of the formation of this group, the command of the Stalingrad Front feared that the main blow would be delivered by this group from the Kotelnikovo area. To prove the correctness of their conclusions, the command decided to strike with the available forces of two cavalry divisions of the 4th Cavalry Corps with the support of a tank brigade.

An order from the commander of the Stalingrad Front, Colonel General A.I. Eremenko, was delivered by plane to Umantsevo: “I order the commander of the 61st CD to take possession of Kotelnikovsky on November 26, 1942 and hold it until the main forces arrive. Conduct reconnaissance in the western and southwestern directions. Eremenko. 25.11.42.”

And, despite the fact that the units and regiments of the 61st Cavalry Division were exhausted in previous battles, it immediately launched an offensive in the direction of Kotelnikovo from the southeast. Essentially, the 61st division left the subordination of the corps and acted independently on the orders of the front commander.

Meanwhile, on November 23, the command of the German 4th Tank Army, which became known as the “Hotha Army Group,” took over the leadership of the military operations with the task of bringing up fresh forces and launching an offensive from the Kotelnikovo area.

On the morning of November 25, the division's column set out in a long winding ribbon along a bumpy steppe road. On November 27, she, together with the 81st division, attacked Kotelnikovo from the north and northwest.

On November 27, the division broke into the Kotelnikovo railway station. New enemy reserves with a large number of tanks and infantry, consisting of 3 tank divisions, were approaching there. At 8 o'clock in the morning, the first train transferred from the Caucasus of the 6th German Tank Division arrived at the station, which was already under fire from the artillery division of the 61st cavalry division. Two battalions of the 4th motorized regiment of this division, reinforced with tanks directly from the train, rushed to attack the Tajik cavalrymen, forcing them to retreat from the city.

On November 30, the commander of the 51st Army, Trufanov, suspended the operation, ordering units of the 4th Cavalry Corps, including the 61st Division, to go on the defensive and conduct reconnaissance to the west and south; it was necessary to replenish the units and formations of the advancing units with people , fuel and ammunition.

The chief of staff of the 17th Army Corps of the Wehrmacht, Major General Hans Doerr, notes in his book that the enemy “continued to be active. His intensified attacks on December 4, despite the brave actions of 3 Romanian battalions, led to the loss of the settlements of Sharnutovsky and Dorganov. The Russian 61st Cavalry Division penetrated through the gap in the Krainyaya Balka area directly to the eastern outskirts of Kotelnikovo."

“Intelligence brings information one more alarming than the other,” recalls the head of the operational department of the 61st Cavalry Division, Poleshov. - There are a lot of tanks in Kotelnikovo and the surrounding area, and they are still arriving. Our intelligence intercepted a passenger car with an officer who testified about the offensive of a group of German troops under the command of General Hoth, scheduled for December 12, 1942. Urgently conveying this important news to the command, the division commander convened the commanders and proposed using the Aksai River as a line of defense.”

Forgotten feat on Aksai

On December 12, 1942, German troops went on the offensive to relieve Paulus's 6th German Army. The commander of the German tank group, General Hoth, had to overcome 100 kilometers of territory held by Soviet troops. The Soviet units found themselves in a difficult situation. General Colonel Eremenko called Stalin and reported on the situation. Stalin responded harshly:

You will hold on. We are collecting reserves for you. I am sending you a second guards army.

But it was necessary to hold out until the guards arrived.

The troops of the 51st Army, which included the 61st Cavalry Division, from December 14 to 15, in accordance with the order, withdrew from the Kotelnikovo area to the northern bank of the Aksai River, where a heavy battle unfolded. German Panzer General Routh seriously assessed the threat from the 61st Cavalry Division. He wrote in his memoirs: “It is also impossible to ignore the 61st Cavalry Division of the 4th Cavalry Corps, concentrated in the Aksai River area. According to our assessment, this dismounted division is reinforced by 14 tanks.”

As can be seen from this quote, German intelligence worked well. And according to our intelligence, 3 tank divisions, reinforced by motorized infantry regiments, were advancing against the 51st Army. Enemy aircraft, represented by dive bombers, constantly bombed our defenses on the Aksai River.

From the memoirs of German Major General Hans Doerr: “Already on December 14, it became clear that the enemy would try to delay the further advance of the 57th Panzer Corps across the river. Aksai. At that time, the corps was fighting with the 4th Cavalry and 13th Tank Corps of the Russians.”

The 61st Division found itself in the direction of the enemy's main attack. Apparently, the Germans made this decision, taking into account intelligence data and considering that the 61st Cavalry Division was not an enemy to tanks.

On the morning of December 15, up to 150 tanks, the main part of which were long-barreled T-IVs of the 6th Tank Division of the Germans, and grenadiers of the 114th Motorized Infantry Regiment on the Gonomag armored personnel carrier began an attack on the positions of the 61st Cavalry Division. But the Germans miscalculated. This time, cavalrymen from Tajikistan, together with tankers and their own artillery division, heroically held the defense for five days, exactly as long as it took to deploy the 2nd Guards Army.

In these fierce battles in the Verkhne-Kumsky area, the commander and almost the entire headquarters of the 213th cavalry regiment were killed...

"61st stand to death"

Already on December 14, it became clear that the enemy with the forces of the 57th Tank Corps would try to break through the Aksai River. At the line, which was held by the 4th Cavalry Corps. On December 15, an officer of the operational department of the 61st division arrived with a report to the corps commander at the Chervlenny farm. The corps headquarters is loaded into vehicles. General Shapkin interrupts his report and points to a nearby hillock:

Do you see the tanks? They've broken through the 81st Cavalry Division's defenses and are moving here. Come back as quickly as possible. Still, I can’t give you anything. Tell the division commander: “The 61st stand to the death, hold the line with all our might.”

From the memoirs of the German tankman, Lieutenant Horst Scheibert: “This day of attacks - not very successful - was, however, very instructive. The enemy on Aksai held out so firmly that only systematic attacks could break through his defenses. The combined use of different types of weapons did not give the desired effect against a strong enemy ready for defense.”

From the memoirs of M. Poleshov: “The NP and I are observing the actions of the crew of a small 45-mm cannon on the flank of the regiment. Division commander Nikitin, whom Kovel contacted by phone, said that this was the artillery crew of Sergeant Vakhob Abdullaev. The sergeant at the panorama directs, and gunner Pavel Tregubenko and loader Ilya Pupygin fire at German tanks. Within a few minutes they destroy two tanks, but then a third tank jumps out, runs into the cannon and crushes it. The artillerymen manage to jump into the trench. The tank is ironing the firing position... Vakhob Abdullaev leans out of the trench and throws a grenade. The tank spun around with a torn track."

This is what the former German general Mellenthin writes in his memoirs: “During this period, events full of tragedy took place, the historical significance of which is difficult to overestimate. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the battle on the banks of this unknown river (Aksay) led to the crisis of the 3rd Reich, put an end to Hitler’s hopes of creating an Empire and was a decisive link in the chain of events that predetermined the defeat of Germany.”

...Unfortunately, little has been written in the historical literature about the actions of the 61st Cavalry Division formed in Tajikistan and its participation in the fateful battle of the Great Patriotic War. There is a lack of serious scientific work and research. But this battle was the climax, after which mainly defensive actions were imposed on Germany and the military potential of the Soviet Union proved its superiority.

Born on April 24, 1923 in the village of Terbachevo, Gdovsky district, Pskov region. He graduated from the 4th grade of school, then lived with his mother in Kyrgyzstan, worked on a state farm. In June 1942 he was drafted into the army. He served for several weeks as part of a cavalry unit in Central Asia. Then, as part of the 222nd Cavalry Regiment of the 61st Cavalry Division, he took part in the battles near Stalingrad. He was wounded, and after being treated in the hospital, he was assigned as a reconnaissance observer to the 74th separate air surveillance, warning, and communications company (VNOS). He was awarded the medals “For Courage”, “For the Defense of Stalingrad”, “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”, “For Victory over Japan”. In 1947 he was demobilized. Lived and worked in Central Asia, Russia. Then he moved to Narva, Estonian SSR, and worked at a sawmill at the Baltiets plant (Ministry of Medium Mechanical Engineering of the USSR).

— Konstantin Karlovich, you have a somewhat unusual surname - Kosse. Is she Estonian?

— My surname is Estonian, but I myself am Russian. My grandfather, my father's father, was from Estonia. And my father was already born in Russia. The mother was purely Russian.

— Where and when were you born, who were your parents?

— I was born in 1923 in the Pskov region, in the Gdovsky district, in the village of Terbachevo. The father was a miller in the village, and the mother was a simple peasant woman. We had a farm in this area and a mill. But how much of this land was there - I don’t know.

— Do you remember how collectivization was carried out in your village?

- I don’t remember well. I was little then.

— Did you have time to work before the war?

- Then, when collectivization was carried out, of course, no, I didn’t work - I was very young. But in general he worked before the war. From childhood he began to work: he carried water to the fields, and carried it in barrels on horseback to tractors. But then I ended up on a state farm in Kyrgyzstan. The father was no longer there. He died at age thirty. I don’t remember it well, I didn’t go to school, I was very young. Yes, and I studied a little at school: I didn’t finish four classes, and I didn’t finish anything else, I haven’t studied anywhere else since then. So, because we had a mill, our mother was sent to Kyrgyzstan with us. She was weak, did not work anywhere, and she had many children. And two sisters lived in Leningrad.

— Before the war itself, did you have a premonition that war would soon happen?

- I don’t know, it’s hard for me to say. And then the war began, and already in 1942 I was drafted into the army.

— What do you remember about the beginning of the war?

- Well, what do you remember? How to say to you? I was young and didn’t remember anything. But I remember this: that suddenly a war began.

— What did you do before being drafted into the army?

— I worked on a state farm that was in our village. This is in Central Asia. There I worked on horses, and on oxen, and on oxen too.

— When you were drafted into the army in 1942, where were you sent?

— When they recruited me into the army, they took me by train to Stalinabad, this city was located somewhere in the south. I don’t know what this city is called now. I was taken to serve in the cavalry. This was in June 1942. We were trained there.

— What exactly were you taught there?

- Well, they taught us how to handle weapons correctly. We also learned to ride horses. And then here, in Central Asia, they formed the 222nd Cavalry Regiment of the 61st Cavalry Division. I was sent there. And they took us by train to Stalingrad. And there they transported us across the Volga, below Stalingrad, about twenty kilometers from it. It was at night. And so, in fact, we were transported there, to the western side of Stalingrad.

— Do you remember the first fight?

- What about it? This day will always be remembered, will be remembered for the rest of my life. We were immediately defeated, separated from our horses, and we began to participate in these battles as infantrymen. In short, we walked on foot, and our horses were behind. We lay in the steppe and shot at sight. But it was not the Germans, but the Romanians who fought against us there. And suddenly tanks came at us from behind. There were more than forty of them. The entire division was taken prisoner, and the horses were also taken prisoner. The soldiers there fled in all directions. I was a little hurt there. It’s interesting that when the tanks started hitting us, all the guns we had, including howitzers, were destroyed.

— By the way, how did you distinguish Romanians from Germans?

- And they wore such hay-shaped hats with sheepskin. And their overcoats were of a different color than the Germans, the cloth was also different.

— How were you armed during those battles?

“We only had a rifle and grenades.”

— Did you have to use German weapons?

- No, we had our own rifles.

— What were your losses in these battles?

— How to say losses? Our 61st Cavalry Division was completely defeated.

— Were many captured?

- Only those who were with horses were captured.

- Tell me about how you were wounded.

“But it hit my right leg when the Romanians fired from a tank. I could still run, so as soon as I received my wound, I ran there for shelter and there from this shelter I was taken to the hospital at night.

— Was there panic during the retreat?

- So what’s the panic? The tanks came, there were more than forty of them, and that was it.

— Did the Germans bomb you during those battles?

“I was not in Stalingrad itself, but lower, to the west, along the Volga. So, of course, they bombed. How come they didn't bomb? Everything was. I remember now: it was just horror! Movement was always difficult too. With food, oh, everything was bad. After all, we had to deliver food across the Volga. But this was not easy to do, the area was overlooked by the Germans, and they often destroyed our food. We were hungry, our hands were swollen all the time. People were dying of hunger. Uzbeks, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz died especially often. Oh, a lot of our people died of hunger! And Uzbeks, and Kazakhs, and Russians along with them. There were all sorts of nations. Sometimes, I remember, some Uzbek would ride on horseback, and then he wouldn’t be there. He died of hunger, which means he died. They take him off, put him on the ground, and the horse was taken away and she rode on.

— It wasn’t like they ate horses? Some veterans told me about such cases.

- If a horse was killed, then it was eaten. It was already cold then, there was frost. But they ate it raw. After all, it was impossible to light a fire - otherwise a plane would immediately appear here or a shell would be there. So they cut up these horses and used these raw pieces to transport this frozen horse meat.

— How long did you stay in the hospital?

- No, not for long, only about a month. I ended up in the hospital. I had a certificate confirming my stay in this hospital, but it was not preserved. In general, I spent a month in this hospital. But what kind of hospital was this, really? We were lying right on the floor, on the straw. The village in which our hospital was located was where the Volga-Don Canal runs. .

— Has it ever happened in the hospital that people died?

- Oh, a lot of them died. Every night they died, and these dead were carried out behind the buildings and stacked in tiers.

Constantin Causset with his comrades, Western Front, seated on the left

— Where did you end up after being treated in the hospital?

fighters of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps,

killed or missing in action near Kashira

at the end of November - December 1941.

Designations:

KP- cavalry regiment,

GKD- Guards Cavalry Division,

1 GKK- 1st Guards Cavalry Corps.

Alekseev Alexey Grigorievich, born in 1914, Chelyabinsk region, Krasnoarmeysky district, Krasnoarmeysky RVK, 136 kp, 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/13/41.

Alekseev Vasily Alekseevich, born 1917, Kalininskaya ol., Serezhinsky district, village. Ulyanits, Serezhinsky RVK, 108 kp 2 guards kd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/22/41.

Alekseev Vasily Petrovich, born 1912, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Alipensky district, Churapchinsky RVK, 108 CP, Red Army soldier, missing 13.1.42.

Androsov Vasily Vasilievich

Antipov Petr Nikolaevich, born 1910, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Olekma, Olekminsky RVK, 136 CP, Red Army soldier, missing, 12/11/41.

Argunov Philip Osipovich, born 1914, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Trenshinsky district, village. Yaltansin, Tattinsky RVK, 5 CP, 2 GKD, killed 12/12/41.

Antonenko Vasily Nazarovich, Krasnodar region, Slavyansky district, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier. Missing on 12/5/41.

Arkhipov Vasily Stepanovich, born 1920, Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Yoshkar-Olinsky district, village. Knyazhno, Yoshkar-Olinsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, junior sergeant, killed 12/29/41.

Arshanov Mikhail Borisovich, born 1922, BMASSR, Bichursky district, village. Khoyam, Bichursky RVK Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 2nd Civil Division 136th Kp, Red Army soldier, killed 12/1/41.

Aryushkin Ivan Prokhorovich, born 1904, Alma-Ata, Frunzensky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/28/41.

Babiy Taras Mikheich, born 1915, Kiev region, Buksky district, village. Yakhnovka, Polar Division 1GKK, quartermaster technician 1st rank, missing 10 - 12.41.

Baranov Arkady Vasilievich, born in 1917, Tula region, Uzlovaya, Tula GVK, 1st GKK 2nd GKD 136 KP, junior lieutenant, killed 12/1/41.

Baranov Afanasy Denisovich, born 1914, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Churapchinsky district, Churapchinsky RVK, 136 CP, Red Army soldier, killed 12/6/41.

Belikov Dmitry Dmitrievich, 160kp 1 GKD 1 ​​GKK, Red Army soldier. Killed 12/10/41.

Belokon Vasily Vasilevich, born 1898, Alma-Ata, Frunzensky RVK, Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Belousov Arsentiy Karpovich, born 1904, Pavlograd region, Biskargan district, village. Kazansk, Beskargaisky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Bitov Ivan Andreevich, 160kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/10/41.

Bogdasarov Ruben Karapetovich, born in 1903, Stalinsky RVK, Baku, Stalinsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/15/41.

Burchenko Ivan Vasilievich, born in 1907, South Kazakhstan region, Sairam district, Sairam RVK Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, sergeant, missing 12/29/41.

Valkha Vasily Stepanovich, born 1919, Irkutsk region, Kuybyshevsky district, Kuytuk, Kuytinsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Vartamyan Batazhan, born 1917, Armenian SSR, Ashtarak district, village. Karby, Ashtarak RVK, 5 kp 2 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier. Killed 12/11/41.

Volkov Alexander Ivanovich, born in 1904, Semipalatinsk region, Novozhulbinsky district, Belagachsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Vasiliev Nikolay Ivanovich, born 1912 Dnepropetrovsk region. , With. Shlyakhovka, Dnepropetrovsk RVK, 136 kp 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/6/41.

Vinokurov Vladimir Alexandrovich, born 1908, Kuibyshev region, Ulyanovsk, Ulyanovsk RVK, 136 kp 1st gkk, lieutenant, killed 12/20/41.

Volkov Alexander Dmitrievich, Semipalatinsk region, N.-Shiludinsky district, Belagachsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 6.12.41.

Golubev Konstantin Moiseevich, born 1916, Vinnitsa region, Timashkinsky district, village. Palatsko, Tamashpolsky RVK Ukrainian SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, sergeant, missing 12/29/41.

Gordienko Vasily Prokopyevich, born 1921, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Karabatinsky district, Karabatinsky RVK, 136 CP, sergeant, killed 12/20/41.

Davydenko Prokofy Mikhailovich, born in 1913, Irkutsk region, Zhigalovsky district, village. Lugovaya, Zhigalovsky RVK, 136 kp 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/11/41.

Danilov Ustin Nikolaevich, Krasnodar region, Temirgoevsky district, Termigoevsky RVK Krasnodar region, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/11/41.

Devyatov Vasily Ivanovich, born 1917, Uzbek SSR, Aitizhen, Andijan RVK, 136 kp 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/6/41.

Dondurov Banzerakis, born in 1913, Ustinov region, Ogoleysky district, Uzaisky s/s, 136 kp 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing on 12/11/41.

Dranov Alexander Alekseevich, born 1914, Kazakh region, Dzhadkensk, Kavpograrian detachment, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, junior lieutenant, killed 12/29/41.

Dremov Stepan Efimovich, born 1905, Alma-Ata, Stalinsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Gavrilenko Ivan Alexandrovich, Semipalatinsk region, Zherlinsky district, Belojan mine, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier. Missing on 12/5/41.

Gatov Mikhail Mikhailovich, born in 1900, Semipaltisk region, 160kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier. Killed 12/6/41.

Germakov Tikhon Alexandrovich, born 1902, art. Novopletnekovskaya, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, went missing on 12/29/41.

Glazkov Alexey Yakorvlevich, Kazakh SSR, Art. Tserboty, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, sergeant, missing, 12/5/41.

Gnilomedov Alexander Ivanovich, Kazakh SSR, Pavlodar region, Barakonsky district, village. Semenovo, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier. Missing on 12/5/41.

Golikov Gleb Petrovich, Pavlodar region, Beskaragay district, village. Serkovo, Baskaragaysky RVK Kazakh SSR, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/11/41.

Gorbunov Alexey Fedorovich, born 1908, Kazakh SSR, Guryev, Guryevsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Gorshkov Evgeniy Alekseevich, born 1919, Tambov region, Tambov, Tambov RVK, 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/12/41.

Grigoryan Andrey Semenovich, born 1918, Azerbaijan SSR, Pido Tagrobensky s/s, 136 kp 1st Civil Regiment, Red Army soldier, missing 12/6/41.

Grishchenko Alexander Abramovich, born 1920, Kalinin region, Zheludovsky district, village. Kaznaevo, Zheludovsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, junior sergeant, killed 12/29/41.

Zharlikov, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/10/41.

Zhugay Vasily Fedorovich, born in 1902, Oryol region, Ponurovsky district, village. Azarovka, Ponurovsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/10/41.

Zagladskaya Oksana Dmitrievna, born in 1921, Chernigov region, Sosnitsky district, V. Ustye, 108 kp 2 gkd 1 gkk, military paramedic, killed 12/29/41.

Zagreb Ivan Mikhailovich, born 1914, Alma-Ata, Mountain Giant, Kaskelensky RVVK Kazakh SSR, 160kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/10/41.

Zaitsev Fedor Akimovich, Irkutsk region, Tanguy district, village. B. Noginskaya, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier. Missing on 12/5/41.

Zamaratsky Fedor Alexandrovich, born in 1907, Irkutsk region, Uzedinsky district, village. Cherepanovo, Uzedino RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Zaripin Vasily Alexandrovich, born 1910, Irkutsk region, Zalarinsky district, Leninsky RVK, 1st gkk 2nd gkd 136 kp, Red Army soldier, killed 11/28/41.

Zdanovich Vladimir Grigorievich, born 1920, Irkutsk region, Bayandaevsky district, village. Bayanday, Bayandayevsky RVK, 1st GKK 2nd GKD 136 KP, Red Army soldier, killed 11/28/41.

Erdikov Guryan Agafovich, born in 1916, Alma-Ata ol., Frunzensky district, Frunzensky RVK, Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 160 kp 1st Civil Guard Division, 1st Civil Guard Corps, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Ershov Dmitry Nikolaevich, born 1910, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Alkhotsky district, Tereodon village, Allaikhovsky RVK, 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 01/3/42.

Efimov Georgy Fedorovich, born 1919, Voronezh region, Bobrov, Bobrovsky RVK, military paramedic, killed 12/6/41.

Ivankin Izmual Lalionovich, born 1921, Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Bugursky district Buysky s/s Buguruslansky RVK, 136 kp 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/11/41.

Ivanov Illarion Vasilievich, born 1899, Akmola region, Arykbal district, village. Labanovka, Aryk-Balyksky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Ivankov, 160 kp 1st gkd 1st gkk, sergeant, killed 12/10/41.

Ilyin Inokenty Alexandrovich, born 1906, Irkutsk region, Bakhansky district, village. Ongosor, Ulan-Udinsky RVK Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Ismailov Aribdzhan Akhundzhanovich, Polar Division 1 GKK, military technician 1st rank, missing on 12/10/41.

Kazyrnov Ivan Vasilievich, born 1917, Uzbek SSR, Chergin region. , Kakanski, Kagansky RVK, 136 kp 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/17/41.

Kalashnikov Dmitry Alexandrovich, born 1906, Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Lanzen region, Banizarsky district, village. N.-Zazany, Barda RVK, 136 kp 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/11/41.

Kalinovsky Maxim Yakovlevich, born in 1916, called up in 1937, Polar Division 25 kp 2 kd 1 gkk, quartermaster technician 1st rank. went missing between 10:41 a.m. and 12.41.

Kalchenkov Ivan Ivanovich, Pavlodar region, Beshkargan district, Serkovo, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/5/41.

Kalyuzhny Vasily Antonovich, East Kazakhstan region, Semipalatinsk, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, went missing 12/5/41.

Kapustin Dmitry Vasilievich, born 1916, Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Katansky district, Zherdinsky s/s, Kichshevo, Kabansky RVK, 136 kp 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/20/41.

Kapustin Yakov Danilovich, born 1907, Chitinskaya ol., Krasnochukolsky district, village. Holkuro..., Krasnochikoysky RVK, 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/12/41.

Karadzhan Khalat Georgievich, born 1920, Armenian SSR, Art. Kulanchend, Stepanovan, village. Opartsi, Stepanavan RVK, 5 kp 2 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/11/41.

Karataev Semyon Fedorovich, born 1905, Semipalatinsk, Oktyabrsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, sergeant, killed 12/29/41.

Karpishin Mikhail Karpovich, born 1901, Smolensk region, Srodsky district, Vskhodsky RVK, 5 kp 2 gkd 1 gkk, captain, killed 12/11/41.

Karpushin Ivan Elizarovich, born 1903, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Stalin's RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Kasko Mikhail Alexandrovich, Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata region, Kegen district, Jelanash, Kegen RVK, 160kp 1gkd 1gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/6/41.

Katashev Vladimir Vasilievich, Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Ulan-Ude, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/5/41.

Kesel Stepan Petrovich, born 1918, Sumy region, Akhtyrov, Naursky RVK Ordzhonikidzovsky region, 1gkk 2 gkd 136 kp, died 11.29.41.

Kiykov Nikolay Ivanovich, born in 1911, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Alekvinsky district, village. Chaikizy, Allaikhovsky RVK, 5 CP 2 GKD, Red Army soldier, killed 12/11/41.

Kislovoy Andrey Fedorovich, born 1914, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Churapchinsky district, Gorny RVK, 136 CP, Red Army soldier, missing 12/11/41.

Koveshnikov Mikhail Dmitrievich, Ordzhonikidze region, Staro-Marevsky district, art. Maryevo, 131 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, went missing on 12/5/41.

Kozhik, born 1908, Kazakh SSR, Stalinograd region, Stalinsky RVK, Alma-Ata, Stalinsky district, 136 kp1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing, 12/14/41.

Kozlov Afanasy Ivanovich, born 1910, Chita region, Burkhansky district, village. Dolo, Byrkinsky RVK, 136 kp 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/11/41.

Komar Matvey Grigorievich, Stalin region, art. Rutchenkovo, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, foreman went missing on 12/11/41.

Kondratyev Pantilimon Nikiforovich, born 1917, Yakut region, Olekminsky district, village. Hinkizm, Olekminsky RVC, 2nd GKD, Red Army soldier, killed 1/17/42.

Kondrashev Afanasy Mikhailovich, born 1910, Yakut region, Aleksandrovsky district, Allaikhovsky RVK, 2 GKD 136 CP, Red Army soldier, missing 3.1.42

Kostyuk Kirill Mikhailovich, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, sergeant, killed 12/29/41.

Kramar Vasily Markovich, born 1913, Frunzenskaya region, Kachalovsky district, art. Pishnek, Kaganovichsky RVK, 136 kp 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/20/41.

Krakhmalev Petr Stepanovich, born in 1902, Semipalatinsk region, N.-Udensky district, Buturlinovsky RVK, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/28/41.

Kryukov Vasily Seleverstovich, born 1902, Alma-Alata, st. Pastak, Frunzensky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Kuzin Alexey Al-vich, born 1903, Pavlodar region, Irtim district, Irtysh RVK, Kazakh ASRR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing on 11/30/41.

Kuzmin Roman Nikolaevich, born 1912, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Amginsky district, Amginsky RVK, 136 CP, Red Army soldier, missing 12/6/41.

Kulakov Nikolay Savelievich, born 1917, Irkutsk region, Badaibo, Badaibinsky RVK, 136 kp 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/11/41.

Kuntsevich Vladimir Vasilievich, born in 1910, BSSR, Minsk region, Uzdensky district, Uzdensky RVK, Belarusian SSR, 1st GKK 2nd GKD 136 KP, sergeant, killed 12/1/41.

Laishin Ivan Yakovlevich, born in 1912, Frunze, Uzbek Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Bukhara region, Sukhan-Darya district, Baysun district, 136kp 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/13/41.

Livshchin Adolf Iosifovich, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Lisnyak Dmitry Solovich, born in 1918, Kharkov region, Krasnogradsky district, Kirilovsky village, village. Svetly, Krasnogradsky RVK, 136 kp 1st Civil Regiment Sergeant, went missing on 12/11/41.

Likhanov Semyon Vasilievich, born 1913, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Yakutsk, 136 CP, Red Army soldier, missing on 12/20/41.

Lokhno Philip Vasilievich, Semipalatinsk, Belogoshensky district, Belagachsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1 gvkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/10/41.

Magrov Mikhail Mitrofanovich, born 1908, Pavlodar region, Irtimsky district, Irtysh RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 11/30/41.

Mazitov Yuri, born in 1903, Kansk region, Abedshkensky district, Ushatsky s/s, Abashsky RVK Georgian SSR, 136 kp 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/6/41.

Makarov Ivan Petrovich, born 1921, Yakut ASSR Karabatinsky district, Karabatinsky RVK, 136 CP, Red Army soldier, killed 12/20/41.

Makarov Gavriil Vasilievich, born 1915, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Karabatinsky district, Churapchinsky RVK, 136 CP, Red Army soldier, missing 12/14/41.

Makeev Inek Nikolaevich, born 1912, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Zharkhan district, village. Zharkhansk, Zhigansky RVK, 5th CP 2GKD, Red Army soldier, killed 12/12/41.

Malygin Georgy Prokofievich, Irkutsk region, Cheremkhovo district, village. Elan, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier. Missing on 12/5/41.

Malyshev Sergey Vasilievich, born in 1919, Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Volzhsky district, Volzhsky RVK, 160 kp 1st gkd 1st gkk, junior sergeant, killed 12/29/41.

Marozovsky Ivan Ivanovich, born 1914, Irkutsk, Irkutsk RVK, 1st GKK 2nd GKD 136 KP, sergeant, killed 12/1/41.

Martovitsky Alexey Andreevich, born in 1914, Semipalatinsk region, Agachinsky district, village. Nikolaevka, Belagachsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/28/41.

Martselevich Yavin Iosifovich, East Kazakhstan region, Predgorsky district, Berezensk, Predgorny RVK, Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Matushkin Grigory Pavlovich, born 1917, Alma-Ata region, Kopalsky district, Taldy-Kurgan RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/14/41.

Maslennikov Yakov Yakovlevich, born 191 5, Semipalatinsk region, Zharminsky district, Balanjar mine, Zharminsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Minavat Tursumbai Minovich, born 1919, Fergana region, Kasanovsky village, village. Artyko, Kassansay RVK Uzbek SSR, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/6/41.

Mishchenkov Petr Grigorievich, born 1905, Alma-Ata, Kiskalensky district, Chumalkan s/s, Kaskelensky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Mordinsky Nikolai Petrovich, born 1908, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Churapchinsky RVK, 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 3.1.42.

Mosoltsev Vasily Dmitrievich, born 1907, Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Pribaikalsky district, village. Koma, Pribaikalsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Nagikh Semyon Nikolaevich, born 1920, Yakut region, Aleksandrovsky district, Aleksandrovsky RVK, 2 GKD 136 KP, Red Army soldier, killed 3.1.42.

Nagorny Nikolay Ivanovich, born 1910, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Aleginsky district, Amginsky RVK, 136 CP, sergeant, missing 12/6/41.

Nadykov Argin, born 1917, Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata region, . Alma-Ata, 136 kp 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/20/41.

Natsibulin Kurmat, born 1917, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Mongolondalash district, village. Nachlikhadora, Churapchinsky RVK, 72 CP, sergeant killed 11/24/41.

Neustroev Afanasy Nesterovich, born 1911, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Amginsky district, Anabarsky RVK, 136 CP, Red Army soldier, missing 12/14/41.

Nevidimov Vasily Tarasovich, born 1921, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Churapchinsky district, village. Churapchi, Churapchinsky RVK, 5 CP 2 GKD, Red Army soldier, killed 12/26/41.

Nedoshivko Andrey Ivanovich, Alma-Ata region, Kochkarevsky district, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/5/41.

Nemirov Vasily Dmitrievich, born 1905, Chita region, Berezinsky district, Chita RVK, 1st gkk 2nd gkd 136 kp, Red Army soldier, killed 11/28/41.

Nerashchuk Pavel Ivanovich, born 1913, Kirovograd, Kirovograd RVK, 5 kp 2 gkd 1 gkk, junior lieutenant, killed 12/11/41.

Nikitin Nikolay Mikhailovich, born 1914, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Zharkansky district, village. Karelskoe, Zhigansky RVK, 5 CP 2 GKD, Red Army soldier, killed 12/12/41.

Nikitin Nikolay Semenovich, born 1918, BASSR, Rudovansky district, village. Mikhailovka, Duvansky RVK Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 1st GKK 2nd GKD 136 KP, Red Army soldier, killed 11/28/41.

Nikiforov Nikolay Vasilievich, born 1919, Yakut region, Amginsky district, Amginsky RVK, 2 GKD 136 KP, Red Army soldier, killed 11/28/41.

Nikolaev Vasily Stepanovich, born 1917, Omsk region. . si. Isil-Kul, Petropavlovsk RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, senior sergeant, killed 12/10/41.

Nikonesite Inducendium, born 1902, Kharkov region, Kashenarsky district, Kolomaksky RVK, 136 kp 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/6/41.

Novikov Petr Gavrilovich, born 1920, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Amginsky district, Churapchinsky RVK, 2 GKD 136 KP, Red Army soldier, killed 12/20/41.

Newly christened Andrey Konstantinovich, born in 1908, Chita region, Barazinsky district, Chita RVK, 1 gk 2 gkd 136 kp, Red Army soldier. Killed 11/28/41.

Novoselov Ivan Dmitrievich, born 1918, Irkutsk region, Irkutsk, Irkutsk RVK, 136 kp 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/20/41.

Obukhov Semyon Fedorovich, Frunzenskaya region, Chita district, Takmak-Bazarnaya, 4, Chilikinsky RVK, 136 kp 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/11/41.

Okolelov Dmitry Maksimovich, born 1914, Tambov region, Lysogorsky district, village. Surovo, Lysogorsk RVK, 1st GKK 2nd GKD 136 KP, sergeant, died 11/29/41.

Okripkin Egor Dmitrievich, born in 1918, Kharkov region, Izyum, village of Alexander, Izyumsky RVK Ukrainian SSR, 1st GKK 2nd GKD 136 KP, senior sergeant, killed 12/1/41.

Olshansky Mikhail Ivanovich, Semipalatinsk region, Akhgar district, village. Ala-Aikir, Zharminsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/10/41.

Olesov Dmitry Ivanovich, born 1902, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Uzal-Zanosy district, village. Tsygatskoye, Ust-Aldansky RVK, 5 CP 2 GKD 1GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/12/41.

Orgunab Semyon Vasilievich, born 1913, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Ust-Aldan district, Ust-Alansky RVK, 160 CP, Red Army soldier, missing 12/15/41.

Okhlopkov Vinokenty Nikolaevich, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Megino-Kangalassky district, Churapchinsky RVK, 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12.12.41.

Okhlopkov Semyon Petrovich, born 1918, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Ust-Adansky district, 160 KP 2 GKD, Red Army soldier, missing on 12/29/41.

Pavlov Konstantin Lukyanovich, born 1906, Izmail region, Artsyz. District, s. Pavlovka, Artsyzsky RVK Ukrainian SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Pangin Pavel Ivanovich, born in 1910, Semipalatinsk, Deengizsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, sergeant, killed 12/29/41.

Pankratov Lukyan Yakovlevich, born 1904, Guryev, Guryevsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 169 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/19/41.

Perevalov Ivan Gavrilovich, born in 1911, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Zhigalovsky district, Khomino village, Zhigalovsky RVK, 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 01/3/42.

Perekozhev Vasily Nikolaevich, born in 1916, Yakut region, Meganchelyansky district, Nsyukulo, Megino-Kagaldasssky RVK, 2 GKD 136 KP, Red Army soldier, missing 3.1.42.

Petrikov Yakov Ananyevich, Azerbaijan SSR, Astrakhan-Bazarsky district, village. Privolnoe, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier. Missing on 12/5/41.

Peshekhonov Dmitry Semenovich, born 1913, Irkutsk region, Irkutsk, Irkutsk RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/15/41.

Pimenov Afanasy Maksimovich, Frunze Voroshilovsky district, village. Chuisk, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier. Missing on 12/5/41.

Podkorytov Inokenty Alex., born 1903, Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Pribaikalsky district, village. Irto, Pribaikalsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Polyanov Mikhail Semenovich, born 1918, Sumy region, Krasnopolsky district, village. V.-Syvdo, Krasnopolsky RVK, 136kp 1gkk, killed 12/14/41.

Podoynitsin Ivan Semenovich, born 1903, Chita region, Chernyshevsky district, Chernyshevsky RVK, 1st gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12.12.41.

Pozhidaev Ivan Stepanovich, born 1916, Uzbek SSR, Kokand, Kokand RVC, 1st Red Army soldier, killed 12/3/41.

Ponomarchuk Alexander Sidorovich, born 1916, Irkutsk region, Zelenovsky district, Bashokhinsky s/s, 136 kp 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/6/41.

Ponamorev Petr Petrovich, born 1906, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Churansky district, Churapchinsky RVK, 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/12/41.

Ponomarev Semyon Nikiforovich, born 1902, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Ulginsky district, Ust-Yansky RVK, 116 CP, Red Army soldier, missing 12/11/41.

Popov Ignat Parfirievich, born 1918, Khimki, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing on 12/29/41.

Popov Ivan Efimovich, born in 1910, Semipalatinsk, Leninsky RVK, Kazakh SSR, Semipalatinsk, Leninsky district, 160 cavalry. Regiment 1 Guards Cav. div. 1st Guards Cav. bldg. Red Army soldier, missing on 11/30/41.

Potapkin Mikhail Filipovich, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, died (missing) 12/15/41.

Pristynsky Savely Mikhailovich, born 1907 Stalingrad region, Kalokovsky district, Kalachevsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Prokudin Ivan Ivanovich, born 1916, Voronezh region, Gribanovsky district, Gribanovsky RVK, 1st gkk 2nd gkd 136 kp, Red Army soldier, killed 12/1/41.

Ramdurakhman Suren Solovatovich, born 1918 Kazakh SSR, Aktyubinsk, Aktyubinsk RVK Kazakh SSR, 1st GKK 2nd GKD 136 KP, Red Army soldier, killed 12/1/41.

Redzhabov Yakov Radkhabovich, Born 1917, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Derbent, Art. Mamekadla, s. Velikhat, Derbent RVK, 1st GKK 2nd GKD 136 KP, junior sergeant, killed 12/1/41.

Rezvyakov Vasily Timofeevich, Yoshkar-Ola, village of Alexander, Yoshkar-Olinsky RVK Mari ASSR, 1st gkk 2nd gkd 136 kp, lieutenant, killed 12/1/41.

Retz Fedor Grigorievich, born 1902, Chita region, Kyrinsky district, village. Mangut, Kyrinsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 11/30/41.

Rogalev Nikolay Vladimirovich, born in 1913, Saratov region, Pugachevsky district, village. B.-Sekma, ZF 3 GKP 1 GKD 1 ​​GKK, lieutenant, went missing between 10. – 12.41.

Rogozin Semyon Efimovich, born in 1920, Chelyabinsk region, Shulikansky district, village of Karaevo, Bagaryaksky RVK, 136 kp 1gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/13/41.

Rylev Grigory Vasilievich, born in 1918, Irkutsk region, Tangunsky district, Staro-Gorovsky s/s, Tulunsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/15/41.

Rymarev Ilarion Timofeevich, born 1905, Irkutsk region, Tanguy district, village. Illir, Golumetsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 11/30/41.

Rynchinov Sambul Rynchinovich, born 1904, BMASSR, Barguzinsky district, Barguzinsky RVK of the Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/12/41.

Rudenko Grigory Petrovich, born 1914, Nikolaev region, Skadovsky district, Skadovsky RVK Ukrainian SSR, 1st gkk 2nd gkd 136 kp, Red Army soldier, killed 11/28/41.

Rudykh Mikhail Prokofievich, born 1912, Irkutsk region, Zhigalovsky district, village. Turgakovo, Zhigalovsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Ryazanov Vasily Grigorievich, born 1916, Ordzhonikidze region, Alexandrovsky district, Alexandrovsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, junior political instructor, killed 12/29/41.

Saven Prokofy Pavlovich, born 1919, Chita region, Uzkorensky district, Ust-Karsky RVK, 1st gkk 2nd gkd 136 kp, Red Army soldier, killed 12/1/41.

Sakibaev, Stalingrad region, Kharabalinsky district, n. Saltpeter, Kharabalinsky RVK, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Saltovsky Alexey Tikhonovich, born in 1921, Kharkov region, Burlutsky district, Artel-Gorsky, Burlutsky RVK, Ukrainian SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Salnikov Kipel Alekseevich, born 1905, Alma-Ata region, 160kp 1gkd 1gkk, Red Army soldier. Killed 12/6/41.

Samarin Fenogent Mikhailovich, Alma-Ata region, Vorotalsky district, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier. Missing on 12/5/41.

Samarsky Yakov Akimovich, born in 1900, Dnepropetrovsk SSR, Petropavlovsk district, village. Dmitrievka, Petropavlovsk RVK Ukrainian SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Sanzharov Dmitry Parfirovich, born in 1911, Rostov region, Zavetinsky district, Zavetinsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/28/41.

Sapozhnikov Gabriel Nikolaevich, born in 1912, Chita region, Ushagansky district, Kurnaya Ave., Ushaninsky RVK, 136 kp 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/11/41.

Serebryannikov Nikifor Semenovich, born 1917, Irkutsk region, Kachugsky district, Kachugsky RVK, 108 kp 1GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 11/28/41.

Siasbukov Vasily Fedorovich, born 1914, Novosibirsk region, Stalinsky district, Osinovsky rud, Stalinsky RVK, 136 kp 1st gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/20/41.

Sivov Vasily Petrovich, born 1919, Itinskaya region, Ivlyansky district, Olovyanninsky RVK, 136 kp 1gkk, sergeant killed 12/13/41.

Sidorkin Sergey Vasilievich, born 1910, Semipalatinsk region, Belagachsky district, Belagachsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Skarlatov Daniil Filippovich, born 1922, BMASSR, Selenginsky district, village. Strelka, Selenginsky RVK of the Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 1st GKK 2nd GKD 136 KP, Red Army soldier, killed 12/1/41.

Skubitsky Anton Ligorovich, born 1918, Dnepropetrovsk region, Solonyansky district, Suren-Mikh. s/s, Solonyansky RVK, 136 kp 1 gkk, sergeant, killed 12/20/41.

Sokolnik Joseph Petrovich, born 1915, Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Baikal district, village. Gorenika, Baikalovsky RVK, 136 kp 1st gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/13/41.

Stepanov Arkhip Mikhailovich, born in 1912, Stalinogorsk region, Kumylzhensky district, Radinsky s/s, 108 CP Guards. CD 1 Guards Cavalry Corp. ml. Lieutenant, died November 28, 1941, in the report - Bulgakovo. He was buried in a mass grave in the village of Zendikovo.

Stepanov Dmitry Ivanovich, Kazakh SSR, Art. Alma-Ata, Levatarsky village, Khobdinsky RVK, 160kp 1gkd 1gkk, sergeant, killed 12/11/41.

Suvorov Konstantin Stepanovich, born in 1913, Krasnodar region, Krasnotilensky district, Kavkazskaya village, Kurganinsky RVK, 136 kp 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/6/41.

Sushko Nikolay Alexandrovich, Kazakh SSR, Alma-Atis region. Taldy-Kurgan district, village. Stalino, 131 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, went missing on 12/5/41.

Tokunov Ivan Pavlovich, born in 1907, Alma-Ata, Stalinsky RVK, Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, senior sergeant, killed 12/29/41.

Trachev Georgy Mironovich, born 1912, Omsk region, Muromtsevo district, Aldan RVK, GKK 2GKD 136kp, Red Army soldier, killed 12/1/41.

Trofimenkov Vasily Iosifovich, born 1910, Alma-Ata region, Frunzensky district, Frunzensky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Fedorenko Petr Trofimovich, born 1905, Alma-Ata region, Frunzensky district, village. M. Almaata, Frunzensky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Khataguryan Arden Malikovich, born 1919, Armenian SSR, Martuk district, village. Geol, Martuninsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Khlysov Vasily Dmitrievich, Yakutsk region, Bratsk district, Moka village, Bratsk RVK, Irkutsk region, 2 GKD 136 CP, Red Army soldier, killed 12/1/41.

Kholbaev Georgy Vasilievich, born in 1912, Irkutsk region, Ekheridbul district, village. Khosy, Ekhirit-Bulagatsky RVK, Ust-Ordynsky Buryat-Mongolian NO, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Khakhryakov Dmitry Tikhonovich, Irkutsk region, Zhigalevsky district, village. Vorobyovo, 131 kkp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/5/41.

Cherepilov Zhikmit, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Chayaliev Ivan Andreevich, born 1909 Smolensk region, Leninsky district, Leninsky RVK, 1st gkk 2nd gkd 136 kp, Red Army soldier, killed 11/28/41.

Chernov Alexey Mikhailovich, born 1916, Stalinogorsk, Stalinogorsk RVK, Tula region, 108 kp 2nd gkd 1st gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/26/41.

Chorosov Nikita Pavlovich, born 1909, YASSR, Megino-Kangalassky district, Megino-Kangalassky RVK, 2 GKD 136 CP, Red Army soldier, missing 3.1.42.

Chupakhin Sergey Gavrilovich, Tatar ASSR, Mari region, Kushkinskaya branch, art. Motech, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier. Missing on 12/5/41.

Shaitanov Sergey Fedorovich, born 1899, North Kazakhstan region, Airtau district, village. Chelkareki, Airtau RVK, Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/6/41.

Shalaputin Andrey Nikolaevich, Chita region, Krasnochiysky district, village. Uraltsevo, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier. Missing on 12/5/41.

Shaldarev Danzan, born 1909, Chita region, p. Shlyakhovka, Chita RVK, 136 kp 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/6/41.

Shakhvorostov Matvey Pavlovich, born in 1901, Pavlodar region, Beskaragai district, village. gunboat, Beskaragai RVK Kazakh SSR, Pavlodar region, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Shvidenko Yakov Yakovlevich, born in 1904, Semipalatinsk region, Zharlinsky district, Balanjar mine, Zharminsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Shevchenko Ignat Prokofievich, born 1914, Kiev region, Boreypolsky district, village. Voronov, Zelenovsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, sergeant, killed 12/29/41.

Sherstyansky Ivan Grigorievich, 1911 G.R., Chita region, Cheresnikovsky district, village. Melgedum, Chesme RVK, 136 kp 1st gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/13/41.

Shestakov Nikolay Efimovich, born in 1898, Alma-Ata, Stalinsky RVK, Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/15/41.

Shestakov Evgeniy Filipovich, born 1921, Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Zvenigorod district, village. Zvenigovka, Zvenigovsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, junior sergeant, killed 12/29/41.

Shishkin Ivan Andreevich, born in 1921, Irkutsk region, Ziminsky district, Novoletinsky s/s, Zalarinsky RVK, 136 kp 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/11/41.

Shmakov Petr Grigorievich, born 1904 Alama-Ata region, Burlyu-Tobinsky district, Turenby fish farm, Burlyu-Tobinsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/29/41.

Shmakov Philip Lazarevich, East Kazakhstan region, Buktashir district, 131 kp 1 gkd 1 gkk, Red Army soldier. Missing on 12/5/41.

Sholganov Lazar Ubonovich, born 1907, Irkutsk region, Olkhonsky district, village. Talovka, Olkhonsky RVK, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, killed 12/29/41.

Shofrin Petr Yakovlevich, born in 1909, Chita region, Zavodskoy district, village. Bystroe, Aleksandrovo-Zavodsky RVK, 136 kp 1 gkk, Red Army soldier, missing 12/6/41.

Shchaseltsev Ivan Vasilievich, born 1910, Alma-Ata region, Dzerzhinsky district, Nadezhdovka, Andreevsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/1/41.

Shchukin Ivan Ivanovich, Irkutsk region, Ust-Ordynsky district, Ust-Ordynsky RVK of the Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 160kp 1gkd 1gkk, Red Army soldier, killed 12/6/41.

Shurshalin Alexander Nikolaevich, born 1917, Krasnodar region, Krasnoarmeysky district, Krasnoarmeysky RVK, 5 kp 2 gkd 1 gkk, sergeant, killed 12/11/41.

Yakuba Ivan Ananyevich, born 1900, Aktobe region, Khobdinsky district, village. Uspenskoe, Khodbinsky RVK Kazakh SSR, 160 kp 1st GKD 1st GKK, Red Army soldier, missing 12/28/41.

Eternal memory to the heroes!

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In June 1980, I moved to a new place of work in Maksimovka. According to a long-established tradition, retired teachers were invited to the celebrations at the local school. This connection between generations was supported by the kind words that older mentors always found for the young and by the fact that we saw in this real support in business. At such meetings, I met at that time still living retired teachers Andrei Danilovich Markelov, Semyon Grigorievich Artemov and many others. In the frosty winter of 1980, having moved into a new two-apartment house on Samarskaya Street, I became Semyon Grigorievich’s neighbor. Our closer acquaintance took place in the spring of 1981, when it became summer-like warmth and, as my neighbor said, he took his “rightful place” on a comfortable bench under the blossoming trees on the southern front side of his house, waiting for his interlocutor. In our conversations, we somehow imperceptibly moved on to revelation and have had confidential conversations since then. Many years later I understood why this happened. The life path of Semyon Grigoryevich Artemov and the fate of my father Frol Tikhonovich completely repeated each other: year of birth - 1913, hard work from an early age in a peasant family, studying at school, universities, service in the army in the pre-war years. Participation in the brutal battles of 1941-1943 and the horrors of German captivity. Everyone got everything that could be in the war. Nothing is missing.

Semyon Grigorievich knew how to listen to his interlocutor, and he himself spoke quietly, expressing his thoughts clearly, feeling the significance of every word spoken, forcing himself to be listened to. But Semyon Grigorievich spoke little and reluctantly about the war. I knew no more about the fate of a soldier at the front than was written on the pages of the small samizdat Book of Memory about war veterans, created by students of the Maximov School. Once, while going through old school order books, I discovered a document in which Semyon Grigorievich, along with a small group of young teachers, was reprimanded for participating in a youth party at one of his colleagues’ apartment. Today it may seem strange to some, but in those years the teacher had the right to participate only in official celebrations. Everything else was qualified as a violation of labor discipline.

It was young! And the director was strict! - he commented briefly with a smile, as if emphasizing how insignificant this episode of life was against the backdrop of the upcoming trials. But I also knew something else; the same orders noted Semyon Grigorievich’s conscientious and effective work at school for many years. His kind attitude towards people was combined with exactingness and severity. The children responded to him with respect and love.

Artemov Semyon Grigorievich was born on September 14, 1913 in the village of Trostyanka. In a peasant family, he was the youngest of three brothers. In 1917, the family moved to the village of Zapadny on the right bank of the Samarka River, where Semyon Grigorievich graduated from the local school. He began his career as a collective farmer on the Krasny Vostok collective farm in May 1931. A year later he entered the Kuibyshev Planning Institute and successfully graduated from higher education in July 1936. In all likelihood, at first he studied at the “rabfak”, since he left for Kuibyshev in May, and was enrolled in the institute in August 1932. Unfortunately, it was not possible to discover facts confirming his social activities while studying at the planning institute, but we can confidently assume that it was in the student team that young Artemov developed the ability to take responsibility and bring what he started to the end. Priorities in knowledge can be judged by grades in the diploma. Good and excellent grades are presented in statistics, finance, agricultural accounting and agricultural economics, mechanization and animal science, industrial processing, planning and the history of economic studies. The student paid special attention to military affairs and the German language.

Artemov Semyon Grigorievich defended his thesis at the State Qualification Commission on the topic: “The balance of labor and the methodology for its compilation using the example of the Kataysky district of the Chelyabinsk region for 1936” and received the qualification of a planner-economist. While completing his thesis, Semyon Grigorievich traveled to the Chelyabinsk region to study the economic situation and it is not surprising that upon graduation he was sent to the village of Chebarkul, Chebarkul district, Chelyabinsk region to the position of district plan economist. The work book records: July 1936 – November 1936, district plan economist.

In Rokossovsky's division

In November 1936, a twenty-three-year-old young specialist was drafted by the military department into the ranks of the Red Army in the 64th Cavalry Regiment of the 15th Cavalry Division as a cadet at the regimental school for reserve officers. The division was part of the Transbaikal Military District in 1936.

The situation in the area of ​​responsibility of the Transbaikal Military District was alarming. As you know, in Manchuria there was a struggle between Japanese and Chinese troops. In the interests of the country's defense, it was necessary to carry out measures to form and consolidate parts of the district as soon as possible. Therefore, since March 1932, the Transbaikal Group of Forces has included the 15th Cavalry Division consisting of the 64th, 73rd, 74th and 75th Cavalry Regiments. The 64th Cavalry Regiment was withdrawn from the 2nd Cavalry Brigade and assigned to the 15th Cavalry Division.

The headquarters of the 15th Kuban Cavalry Division under the command of K.K. Rokossovsky, together with the 73rd, 74th cavalry regiments and the 15th mechanized regiment, was located in the village of Dauria. The 64th Caucasian Cavalry Regiment (regiment commander I.K. Kuzmin), in which Artemov served, was stationed at crossing point No. 74.

Considering the possibility of a military clash, division commander Rokossovsky trained his soldiers to carry out intense and forced marches and forced marches in any weather, day and night, on roads and without roads. He demanded from regiment commanders that they master the art of immediately deploying into battle formations to quickly attack the enemy, to pursue him after the battle until he is completely destroyed.

Having received thorough experience of serving in the cavalry and the military rank of “junior lieutenant,” Semyon Grigorievich Artemov returned to his homeland in December 1937.

At this time, an unexpected turn occurs in the fate of Artemov S.G. Without giving himself a break to rest, in December 1937 he got a job as a teacher of history and geography at the Maksimovskaya junior high school and remained faithful to his choice for the rest of his life. The next three and a half years, now as school teachers, are spent actively working in the school, rural community, and in the ranks of the Komsomol organization. The villagers knew him as an experienced agitator and propagandist, participant and organizer of collective affairs. Parents and children saw him as an attentive, kind and demanding teacher.

War

For those who served in the army before the war, it was clear that war could not be avoided. But nevertheless, it struck suddenly, breaking into the peaceful life of people, breaking all hopes, subordinating everything and everyone to its harsh rules.

Artemov Semyon Grigorievich was mobilized into the ranks of the Red Army in the first month of the war, July 13, 1941, and was sent to the Totsky camps of the Chkalov (Orenburg) region. In July-August the 46th Cavalry Division is formed here, consisting of:

57th Cavalry Regiment, 59th Cavalry Regiment, 61st Cavalry Regiment and 53rd Horse Artillery Division

Junior Lieutenant Artemov is appointed platoon commander in the 57th Cavalry Regiment. The division was subordinate to the Volga Military District until October 1, 1941.

The 57th Cavalry Regiment was sent to the active army on September 18, 1941 and took part in the defense of Moscow as part of the northern group of troops. At the beginning of 1942, the regiment was introduced into the breakthrough and fought behind enemy lines until July 1942 as part of the 46th Cavalry Division. Later, the division, having suffered heavy losses, is disbanded and the remaining units are transferred to the 24th Cavalry Division.

Military fate of Artemov S.G. It turns out that a week earlier, before the departure of the 24th Cavalry Division to the front, the junior lieutenant was withdrawn from the 57th Regiment, and on September 10, 1941, he arrived at the 8th Cavalry Regiment as part of the Central Front and was appointed platoon commander. Such lightning-fast personnel movements are most likely explained by the large shortage of junior officers at that time. One of the sources mentions the need for platoon commanders of 3,000 people as of September 1941.

In Artemov's military ID, the corresponding entry does not indicate a division, which means that the 8th Cavalry Regiment was special, separate, or part of the operational forces of the NKVD.

The limited information that we managed to gather from various pages on the Internet allows us to analyze the situation and draw conclusions.

On January 1, 1924, in the city of Tbilisi, on the basis of the 55th Georgian Division of the USSR OGPU troops, the 8th Transcaucasian Cavalry Regiment of the USSR OGPU troops was formed.

On January 19, 1933, by the Resolution of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR, the 8th Cavalry Regiment was awarded the Honorary Red Banner.

Order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR dated April 20, 1943 “Transformation of the 8th Cavalry Regiment into the Guards.”

The wording of the order indicates that it is being transformed into a guards regiment that is not part of the division structure.

"Special Turkestan Cavalry Division (Territorial)
Division Office - Semipalatinsk
7th Cavalry Regiment - Semipalatinsk
8th Cavalry Regiment – ​​Akmolinsk 1931.” The 8th Cavalry is no longer mentioned as part of this division in 1941.

Another 8th Cavalry Regiment, but already a Guards Regiment, which received new numbering and the title “Guards” on February 8, 1942, was transformed from the 136th Cavalry Regiment, which was part of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Division (formerly the 9th Cavalry Division , NPO order of November 26, 1941 No. 342). In this regiment Artemov S.G. ended up in June 1942 and fought in its ranks until captured on February 27, 1943.

In November 1941, in Adygea, another regiment with the same number was formed from people of non-conscription age: the 8th Cavalry Regiment, which became part of the 17th Kuban Cossack Cavalry Corps.

The above facts suggest that the 8th Cavalry Regiment, recorded in the military ID, still belonged to the operational troops of the NKVD. The list of operational troops indicates the 8th Cavalry Regiment, this is the one that became the Guards on April 20, 1943, and with the same number. Let us recall that the 8th Guards Cavalry Regiment as part of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Division received a new name earlier, on February 8, 1942.

The operational troops of the NKVD, together with units of the Red Army, took an active part in the hostilities at the most critical moments of the battles. In addition to the well-known functions of protecting important facilities, protecting the rear from saboteurs, deserters and other elements, divisions and individual regiments of operational troops heroically fought the enemy.

In Dovator's group

The sons of Semyon Grigorievich recall that their father repeatedly spoke about his participation in the Battle of Moscow, in Dovator’s group. By the way, in the materials about the military operations of this group, NKVD units are mentioned without indicating numbers.

I will give a historical background about the cavalry group:

“In the first months of the Great Patriotic War, Colonel Dovator L.M. was at the headquarters of the Western Front. In July 1941, for distinction in defensive battles at the Solovyov crossing of the Dnieper, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

In August 1941, he was entrusted with leading the operational cavalry group of the 29th Army, formed from several Cossack regiments. Under the command of L.M. Dovator, a large cavalry unit for the first time carried out a raid into the enemy rear, striking at communications, destroying headquarters, transport, warehouses and manpower of the Nazis.

With a sudden powerful throw, the Soviet cavalry broke through the defenses of the Nazi troops several kilometers along the front. The appearance of a cavalry unit of the Red Army, which went 100 km behind enemy lines, caused panic among the Nazis.

This extremely difficult raid through the roadless wooded and swampy areas of the Smolensk region lasted for two weeks. During this time, the Dovatorians destroyed over 2,500 enemy soldiers and officers, 9 tanks, more than 200 vehicles, and several military warehouses. Numerous trophies were captured and used by partisan detachments. Hitler's command placed a large monetary reward on Dovator's head and created special detachments to capture him. But Dovator’s cavalrymen were elusive.”

By Resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR of September 11, 1941 No. 2057 to Colonel Dovator L.M. awarded the military rank of "Major General".

In September - October 1941, General Dovator's soldiers took part in heavy defensive battles on the distant approaches to Moscow - on the Mezha River, along the Lama River (from Yaropolets to the Moscow Sea), heroically repelling enemy attacks.
With the start of the German Operation Typhoon to capture Moscow, Dovator’s cavalry found themselves at the tip of a tank wedge directed through Volokolamsk and Klin to the northern outskirts of the capital.
In the most difficult battles on the Volokolamsk highway, acting side by side with the infantrymen of I.V. Panfilov’s division and the tankmen of the Katukov brigade, suffering heavy losses from continuous tank attacks and bomb attacks, the Dovator soldiers steadfastly defended the designated line.

On November 19, 37 Cossacks of the 4th squadron of Lieutenant Krasilnikov from the 37th Armavir Regiment of the 50th Kuban Division as part of Dovator’s corps performed their immortal feat. Lasovsky's regiment fought semi-surrounded. The 4th squadron was on the left open flank in the Fedyukovo, Sheludkovo sector. Lieutenant Krasilnikov was killed. There were no more officers in the squadron. Junior political instructor Mikhail Ilyenko took command. At dawn, the squadron was attacked by enemy infantry with ten tanks. Having destroyed six tanks with grenades and petrol bombs, the Cossacks repelled the attack. A few hours later, the Germans threw twenty tanks into battle. At the request of Dovator, General Katukov sent five thirty-fours, led by Senior Lieutenant Burda, to help the thinned defenders of the line. Having lost seven tanks, the Germans retreated again. The Katukovites returned to their line of defense. Reflecting the third attack, all the remaining Cossacks of the squadron died. But the tanks did not reach Moscow in their sector.

The 50th and 53rd Cossack divisions of Dovator’s group suffered heavy losses in these battles. So, in the final combat report on the evening of November 19, the commanders of the 50th Kuban Division reported to General Dovator that there were 177 soldiers, sergeants and officers, 9 machine guns, 3 cannons left on the line of defense. This was all that remained of Pliev's division.

General Dovator, without rest or rest, constantly visited the active units of the corps, maintaining the morale of the horsemen who fought courageously on the outskirts of Moscow.

November 26, 1941 - the 3rd Cavalry Corps was reorganized into the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps for its courage in battles with the German invaders, for the stamina, courage and heroism of the SVGK personnel.

The 50th CD began to be called the 3rd Guards, the 53rd CD - the 4th Guards Cavalry Division.

On December 11, 1941, the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps of Major General L.M. Dovatora was transferred to the Kubinka area. He walked one hundred and fifty kilometers along the rear of the Nazi troops, pursuing their retreating units, and on December 19 he reached the Ruza River.

The advanced units of the corps were already in the area of ​​the village of Palashkino (Ruzsky district of the Moscow region), where large Nazi forces were located. Opposite the village under the steep bank of the L.M. River. Dovator placed the corps' marching headquarters and, having decided to personally inspect the location of the enemy's defenses before the attack, went up to the opposite bank of the river. The Nazis, noticing a crowd of people, fired a machine gun. Major General Dovator was mortally wounded. After the death of Dovator, General I.A. Pliev was appointed commander of the corps. (from December 17, 1941 to March 5, 1942)

Cavalry corps were successfully used to carry out deep raids behind enemy lines. These operations were accompanied by difficulties in supplying troops; divisions did not always receive ammunition or reinforcements.

The raid of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps under the command of A.P. is also exceptionally unprecedented. Belov behind enemy lines. In his memoirs, the famous cavalry general wrote: “For five months we fought intense battles with the enemy’s regular troops, disrupted his communications, and controlled a significant territory. These actions intensified the partisan movement in many areas of the Smolensk region.

At the end of January, about seven thousand guards-cavalrymen went behind enemy lines, and over ten thousand returned from there, not counting the three thousand wounded who were evacuated to the “Mainland” by plane. In addition, at least seven thousand partisans remained in the fascist rear in the two partisan divisions we created.

The people who took part in the raid later fought on various fronts, witnessed great battles and glorious victories. But the fight behind enemy lines occupies a special place in our memory. It was a severe test, and the Horse Guards passed it with honor.”

The editor's afterword notes:

“The raid of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps into the rear of the 4th Field Army of the Germans is characterized not only by its duration (more than five months), but is also the only example in the last war when large cavalry units of the Red Army, operating behind enemy lines, were subordinated to large units and formations of partisans and airborne troops. The experience of leading combined forces of personnel and partisan formations is extremely important and requires special study.

In incredibly difficult conditions, using local funds, trophies captured from the enemy and equipment abandoned by the Red Army during the summer battles, workers and enthusiasts of their work, logistics officers and unit commanders not only fed the personnel, but also created artillery and tank units, staffing them guns and tanks found in swamps and forests and repaired."

General Belov's group pinned down large enemy forces for a long time, which contributed to the successful accomplishment by the troops of the Western Front of the common task of defeating the Nazi troops near Moscow. The order to withdraw Belov's corps behind the front line was received in early June 1942.

Artemov Semyon Grigorievich participated in several raids deep behind enemy lines. The greatest effectiveness of combat operations of cavalry units was ensured by the high mobility of this type of troops, surprise, and the ability to pursue a retreating enemy and finish him off. But in the first stages of the war, the cavalry was used without means of reinforcement and support, which led to large losses in personnel. After each raid, replenishment of people and horses was required.

Conducting combat operations in the rear required special psychological endurance and physical endurance from the personnel. And, of course, the situation placed exceptional demands on junior officers, platoon and squadron commanders.

8th Guards Cavalry Regiment

Artemov Semyon Grigorievich On June 25, 1942, he was transferred to the 8th Guards Cavalry Regiment of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Division as a platoon commander. In early June, the regiment emerged from a deep raid as part of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps, which became famous for its daring actions behind enemy lines under the command of Belov. In July 1942, new reinforcements of commanders and rank and file came to the divisions and regiments of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps. The troops are equipped with weapons and horses, preparing for new battles.

It is interesting to note two letters received from Semyon Grigorievich to his relatives, dated 02/07/1942, 12/17/1942. The first letter was written while serving in the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the Penza region, and the second was written in the 8th Guards Cavalry Regiment of the 2nd Division. In the first case, Semyon Grigorievich was probably in pre-formation, and in the second, after fierce battles as part of the Western Front.

“During the offensive on Stalingrad, the German command launched another major offensive in the area south of Sukhinichi and Kirov with the aim of eliminating the Kirov bulge of the troops of the Western Front. The Germans launched their main attack from the direction of the Zhizdra River towards Kozelsk-Kaluga. In this direction, the Cossacks of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps, Lieutenant General V.K. Baranov, steadfastly repelled the enemy’s advance.

At dawn on August 10, 1942, enemy tank and mechanized divisions broke through the front of our troops at the junction of the 16th and 61st armies in the Tutorovskaya, Krapivna area and developed an offensive in a northern direction. Cavalrymen of General V.K. Baranov took on the attack from units of the 11th, 7th and 19th German tank divisions. In the August battles, soldiers of the cavalry corps fought to the death in battles with numerically superior forces of enemy tanks and infantry, supported by attack aircraft.

The battles of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps on the Zhizdra River, when the corps continuously repelled numerous attacks from superior enemy forces supported by aviation, went down in the history of the cavalry corps formations as an example of perseverance, courage, heroism and military skill of cavalry soldiers, artillerymen, mortarmen, and signalmen.

The units and formations assigned to the cavalry corps fought heroically in these battles. Through their joint efforts, the enemy was stopped here.”

In this battle, famous in the history of the Great Patriotic War, S.G. Artemov took the most active part, being on the front line in direct contact with the enemy.

This is how Marshal of the Soviet Union I. Kh. Bagramyan recalled the beginning of this operation: “Hitler’s command... On August 11... launched a powerful attack by a large group on the armies of the left wing of the Western Front. The enemy’s plan in this case boiled down to a deep breakthrough in the defense of our 16th and 61st armies and the development of further success in the direction of Sukhinichi, in order to then reach the Yukhnov area and thereby threaten the entire left wing of the Western Front. To carry out this operation, as it turned out later, about fifteen divisions were involved, including five tank divisions with up to 500 combat vehicles. Aviation was also widely used.

Suddenly the enemy broke through the defenses of our neighboring 61st Army in its center and advanced 25 kilometers to the northwest, reaching the Zhizdra River in the Vosty, Belo-Kamen sector... At the same time, another group of enemy troops struck in the sector of our left flank 322 1st Infantry Division, defending a line along the Resseta River stretching 17-18 kilometers, with a front to the west... The enemy, apparently, subsequently sought to reach the Zhizdra River and close ranks with its main strike group...

As soon as the scale and possible goals pursued by the Nazi command became clear, the 10th Tank Corps of General V. G. Burkov was ordered to march from the Sukhinichi area and concentrate by the morning of August 12 on the northern bank of the Zhizdra behind the left flank of the army, in readiness to launch a counterattack in a southern direction, towards the enemy tank divisions that had broken through the defenses of the 61st Army."

In the afternoon, enemy aviation intensified continuous massive attacks on the corps, and tank and infantry divisions arrived from the reserve and attacked the advancing units of the formation. General Burkov brought the 186th brigade into battle at 15:00. A stubborn oncoming battle ensued. But the forces were unequal, and the corps, having lost 35 tanks, was forced to go on the defensive at the Pochinok-Perestryazh line, having all the brigades in the first echelon. (TsAMO, f. 3410, op. 1, d. 6, l. 6 - Note)

Further:
“At night, units of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps arrived, and the tanks of the 10th Corps, which had lagged along the way, arrived. On the morning of August 13, tankers and cavalrymen resumed the counterattack: tank brigades operated in the center, and the 1st and 2nd Guards Cavalry on the flanks. With the arrival of strong reserves on the morning of August 14, Nazi troops, supported by massive air strikes, resumed the offensive against the 10th Tank and 1st Guards Cavalry Corps of the 16th Army. Smoke covered the sky. The dust raised by the tanks hung in a thick cloud in the air, which shook with the roar of guns, the roar of engines, and the clanging of tracks. But none of the corps soldiers flinched.

Having failed to knock down the 10th Tank Corps with a frontal attack, the enemy attacked the neighboring cavalry divisions, which did not have the required number of anti-tank weapons. Unable to withstand the pressure of enemy tank wedges, the 1st Guards Cavalry Division left Perestryazh and retreated to Volosovo, and the 2nd Guards Division was unable to hold Dubna. As a result, the flanks of the tank corps were exposed. Having broken the resistance of the cavalry formations, the Nazis rushed to the Zhizdra River, intending to immediately seize the crossings across it from the settlements of Vosta and Dretovo.

But the enemy's plan was thwarted.

During the August battles, the plan of the Nazi command was thwarted: to defeat the troops of the left wing of the Western Front. The enemy was stopped at the turn of the Zhizdra River, three Soviet armies, going on the offensive, “dealt a retaliatory blow to him, after which the original position of our troops was largely restored.”

The order to the troops of the Western Front dated September 15, 1942 noted that in battles the Guards Cavalry Corps showed stamina, firmness, great endurance and courage, inflicting more losses on the enemy.

“The 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps,” the order said, “in battles destroyed over 70 tanks, 12 aircraft and over 4,300 enemy soldiers and officers.

The 1st Guards Cavalry Corps destroyed 207 tanks, 6 aircraft, and about 11,000 enemy soldiers and officers. The 1st and 2nd Guards Cavalry Divisions of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps, and the 4th Guards Cavalry Division of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps distinguished themselves in battles. Of the Guards Cavalry Regiments, particularly outstanding combat successes were shown by the 1st, 7th, 8th Guards Cavalry Regiments of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps, the 9th, 11th and 16th Guards Cavalry Regiments of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps." (G. L. Voskoboinikov. Cossacks and cavalry during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945)

The order also noted shortcomings in the combat use of cavalry: “army commanders in some cases used cavalry instead of infantry to perform purely infantry tasks. The commanders of the 16th and 20th armies separated the cavalry into regiments, assigning cavalry regiments to rifle divisions. The 8th and 21st Guards Cavalry Regiments were transferred to the commander of the 32nd Rifle Division of the 16th Army, the 13th and 14th Guards Cavalry Regiments were subordinate to the commander of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps of the 20th Army.” These lines clarify that the 8th Guards Cavalry Regiment fought during the indicated period as part of the 32nd Division of the 16th Army. The 2nd Guards Cavalry Division was part of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps in August–September 1942, along with the other two 1st and 7th Cavalry Divisions.

I think it would be appropriate here to name the names of the commanders of the corps and its divisions:

1st Guards Regiment - Major General Viktor Kirillovich Baranov (07/10/1942 - 05/11/1945)

1st Guards Infantry Division - Guard Colonel Ovar Yulian Ivanovich (07/16/1942-11/30/1943)

2nd Guards Infantry Division - Guard Colonel Sinitsky Vasily Gavrilovich (07/01/1942 - 03/05/1943), went missing on 03/05/1943. in the district of Art. Sinelnikovo.

7th Guards Infantry Division - Guards Major General Mikhail Ivanovich Glinsky (01/05/1942 - 03/21/1943)

During this period of hostilities, the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps was three-divisional.

Lieutenant Artemov, commander of a cavalry platoon of the 8th Guards Cavalry Regiment of the 2nd Division, took an active part in these fierce battles. It is worth thinking again about the fact that the platoon commander in war was always ahead of the unit at the very forefront: in the trenches, in attack and defense, and was the most frequently replaced commander due to death or injury.

Operations Star and Leap

In November 1942, the most powerful Soviet offensive since the beginning of the war began in the Don bend, which had catastrophic consequences for Germany. When the German front broke through north-west and south of Stalingrad, two Romanian armies were defeated, and the 6th German Army was surrounded in Stalingrad. As a result, the prerequisites appeared for the Soviet command to intercept the strategic initiative. Meanwhile, the Soviet Southern Front made an attempt to cut off the German group in the North Caucasus. In January 1943, the Voronezh and Southwestern Fronts struck the area north of the Seversky Donets River, crushing the 2nd Hungarian Army and the Italian Alpine Corps located there. Developing their success, Soviet troops inflicted several more blows on the Germans, thoroughly battering Army Group B. Unable to simultaneously parry all these powerful blows, Germany gave the initiative to the Soviet Union, and itself began to “patch the holes.”

As a result, in January 1943, in the areas between Slavyansk (slightly east of the confluence of the Seversky Donets and Oskol) and north of Kursk, a gap of about 500 kilometers was formed in the German front. Through this gap, Soviet armies rushed west, with the goal of reaching the Dnieper in the Dnepropetrovsk region. An important component of this intention was the task of capturing the first capital of Soviet Ukraine - Kharkov. The corresponding plan was approved personally by Stalin on January 23, 1943. The start of the operation, codenamed “Zvezda,” was scheduled for February 1, 1943. To capture the Kharkov region, the 3rd Tank Army, the 40th and 69th combined arms armies, plus the 6th Guards Cavalry Corps of the Voronezh Front were allocated. In addition, separate formations of the 60th Army were given to the advancing armies as reinforcements.

Due to delays in the deployment of forces, the start of Soviet Operation Zvezda was delayed by one day from its scheduled date (February 1).

On February 14, the encirclement of Kharkov was almost complete. Groups of Soviet tanks broke through defensive formations from the north, northwest and southeast and reached the outskirts of the city. The supply route Kharkov - Poltava was shelled by Soviet artillery.

At noon on February 15, Soviet troops went on the attack again. Now in the ring around the city there was only one small passage in the southeast. German troops abandoned their positions and began to fight their way out of the city. By 12 o'clock on February 16, Kharkov was completely cleared of the enemy.

After the capture of Kharkov by Soviet troops, Stalin authorized the implementation of the plan proposed by the commander of the Southwestern Front, Vatutin. This plan, called “Leap,” provided for a breakthrough of mobile formations to the Dnieper and the capture of a bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper before the start of the spring thaw. Kharitonov’s 6th Army was intended to carry out this task, which included, in addition to infantry, two tank and one cavalry corps. To the south of the 6th Army, Popov’s group, consisting of 4 tank corps, was advancing on the Donbass (a fully equipped Soviet tank corps corresponded, in terms of the number of tanks, to the German tank division) to the rear of the Hollidt task force through Slavyansk in the direction of the Sea of ​​​​Azov.

On February 19, the 25th Tank Corps of Kharitonov’s army captured the Sinelnikovo station and was located 60 km from Zaporozhye. But subsequent events developed unsuccessfully for the Soviet troops.

On the same day, February 19, 1943, Manstein launched a counteroffensive from the Dnepropetrovsk area and from the flanks of the advancing Soviet groups. Troops arriving from the west were used immediately after unloading from the wagons. 100 thousand soldiers were transported by plane from the Taman Peninsula (the German command used these troops at the next stage of the battle). This was the last successful German offensive on the Eastern Front. By the end of February, Soviet troops lost, according to German data, 23 thousand killed and 9 thousand prisoners. The loss of life was relatively small compared to the large losses in the unsuccessful battles of 1942. This was explained by the fact that Vatutin was able to quickly withdraw troops beyond the Seversky Donets, to a distance of over 100 km, which made it possible to avoid being surrounded by a large number of troops. But at the same time, hundreds of tanks were lost, and the flank of the neighboring Voronezh Front was exposed.

This front continued its offensive until March 4, putting its troops in an increasingly dangerous position. This was, of course, a mistake by front commander Golikov.

On March 4, German tank formations attacked the weakly protected flank of the Voronezh Front. The Germans managed to achieve success again. By March 10, a 60-kilometer gap had opened in the Soviet defenses. On March 14, German troops surrounded Kharkov and took the city 2 days later. According to Soviet data, the divisions surrounded in Kharkov managed to escape and retreat to the left bank of the Seversky Donets.

The Germans continued their offensive and took Belgorod on March 18, but a week later they were stopped by fresh troops from two Soviet armies transferred to the area. By this time, the spring thaw had begun, and the German command's attempts to continue the offensive were unsuccessful. Soviet troops gained a foothold, forming the southern front of the so-called Kursk ledge.

But let’s return to the events of the last ten days of February in the area of ​​the Sinelnikovo station in the Dnepropetrovsk region. Acting in concert, German tank forces and infantry divisions surrounded the 100th and 102nd Guards Rifle Regiments of the 35th Guards Rifle Division, Major General I.Ya. Kulagin, units of the 41st Guards Rifle Division (all from the 4th Guards Rifle Corps) and the combined cavalry division of Colonel G.K. Sinitsky (from the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps). The last Soviet command recently sent it to the Sinelnikovo area to reinforce the tank group of Lieutenant General Popov.

The capture of Pavlograd and the restoration of control over the Sinelnikovo region was of utmost importance for Manstein’s entire operation. On February 23, the German position was further strengthened when the 6th Panzer Division of the 48th Panzer Corps reached Pavlograd. “After this, the “edge of an extremely dangerous Soviet attack” in the direction of the Dnieper crossings was cut off: the superbly equipped Soviet 25th Tank Corps was cut off: “As a result of strong attacks from the north and south, two German tank corps managed to unite in the area of ​​Pavlograd and encircle part of the troops of the 6th Army in the area of ​​​​Sinelnikovo, Pavlograd, Novomoskovsk.” (From German sources). Some of the Soviet troops were scattered and subsequently captured. Among the formations that suffered heavy losses in these battles is the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps with three cavalry divisions (1,2,7 cavalry divisions).

The list of troops participating in Operation Zvezda does not include the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps. In documents on the combat strength of the Red Army as of 01.02. 1943 The corps is listed on the Western Front as part of three guards cavalry divisions: 1st, 2nd and 7th. And from 01.03. In 1943, the same corps was already at the disposal of the 6th Army. Of course, such a move was associated with the rapid change in the situation on the Southwestern Front under the command of Vatutin.

Presumably the corps was redeployed to the 6th Army of the Southwestern Front by February 5, 1943. Three divisions of the corps were used as highly mobile units. Moreover, in these battles the divisions were reinforced with tank regiments or brigades.

The date of arrival of the 8th Guards Cavalry Regiment of the 2nd Cavalry Division can also be considered February 5, 1943. From this moment Artemov S.G. ended up on the Southwestern Front.

From the memoirs of front-line artilleryman Vsevolod Ivanovich Olimpiev

Spring battle for Kharkov: “On the sunny morning of March 19, the remnants of the 1st Cavalry Corps began to stretch towards the bridge along a long earthen ramp. Suddenly, a large group of Yu-87 dive bombers appeared and, without encountering fire resistance, dropped the entire bomb load on the bridge and its approaches in one pass. Unable to turn off the narrow road, carts, cannons, machine-gun carts, and cars rolled down the steep slopes of the embankment. Almost simultaneously, from the north along the Donets, having crushed the weak cover, tanks with a landing of machine gunners from the same SS division “Totenkopf” broke through to the bridge. Pressed against the river and disorganized by the bombing, our units were unable to offer serious resistance and chaotically tried to cross the river, some on the ice, some along the rafters of the destroyed bridge.”

I quote these lines with one purpose: to show how tragic the fate of an ordinary soldier in war is sometimes, how much it depends on the soldier himself and whether it leaves him the right to choose other than death.

About the finale of Operation Leap: Our troops ended up in approximately the same positions from which they began the offensive. But not for long.

Captivity

On the website www.obd-memorial.ru we were able to discover several valuable documents that were previously inaccessible, since they were marked “secret”. The documents clarify the further fate of Semyon Grigorievich. A very small part of such documents about prisoners of war ended up in the archives of the Ministry of Defense. But we were lucky. We can read a photocopy of the POW record card.

The POW registration card, filled out by a German clerk, states:

Surname: Artemov

Name: Semyon

Surname: Grigorievich

Date of Birth: 1913

Place of Birth: Kuibyshev region, Kuibyshev

Last duty station: 8 KP (cavalry regiment)

Military rank: lieutenant

Date of capture: 27.02.1943

Place of capture: Yegorovka

Camp: Stalag V A

Camp number: 35456

Fate: was captured

Delivered to camp: 18.06.1943

Translated: from camp VA to camp IXB 07/12/1944(Von Stalag VA versetzt nach Stalag IXB)

On February 27, 1943, near the village of Yegorovka, Semyon Grigorievich Artemov, being surrounded, was captured by German troops.

The commander of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Division, Colonel Sinitsky Vasily Gavrilovich, was considered, according to primary data, also missing in action since February 27, 1943 in the area of ​​Sinelnikovo station. The date was later clarified due to the emergence of additional evidence: March 5, 1943. In official documents he is listed as a division commander until April 6, 1943. The further fate of the commander is unknown. But we remember that at the end of February and beginning of March 1943 he commanded a combined cavalry group, being the commander of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Division.

As for the village of Yegorovka, the place where S.G. Artemov was captured, it was not possible to establish the exact area and area of ​​location. There are 13 villages with this name on the territory of Ukraine. Having eliminated 11 villages from the list, I considered the most likely villages Egorovka in the Donetsk region, Volnovakha region and Egorovka in the Zaporozhye region, Orekhovsky region. A territory with such a radius of dispersion of troops surrounded may well include both of these villages.

A “funeral” went to the homeland. In the corresponding order of the Main Personnel Directorate dated June 11, 1843 No. 0265, linear (killed-auth) it is written: Lieutenant Artemov Semyon Grigorievich - 8th Guards Red Banner Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Guards Red Banner Cavalry Division, born in 1913, member of the Komsomol. Died on February 27, 1943. Popov’s wife, Vera Semyonovna, lives in the Bogatovsky district.

This order will be canceled on November 24, 1945 by order of the Main Personnel Directorate of NPO No. 3277.

“Article 17 of the order of the State Criminal Code of the NKO No. 0265 of 1943 regarding Lieutenant Semyon Grigorievich Artemov, who was excluded from the lists of the Red Army as a dead person, should be cancelled.

He was a prisoner of Nazi Germany from February 27, 1943 to May 27, 1945. Repatriated and is in the 1st reserve rifle division."

3.5 months later, Artemov, after passing through several transit camps, June 13. 1943 was delivered to the Stalag VA camp. The camp was located in the Vth Military District of Germany in Ludwigsburg. Ludwigsburg is a city in Germany, a regional center, located in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Subordinate to the administrative district of Stuttgart. Part of the Ludwigsburg district. The city is located in the southwest of the country, near the French border.

In 1935, 17 barracks and several stables were built in Ludwigsburg, on the southern outskirts. A Wehrmacht military unit was stationed here. In 1939, the area was adapted for a camp for Polish prisoners of war. In 1940, Belgian, French, and Dutch prisoners of war appeared here, and later English ones. In 1941-1942, Soviet prisoners of war appeared in the camp in large numbers. They were kept separately from other prisoners of war, the conditions of detention were more cruel. Thousands of Soviet prisoners of war died from hunger and disease. Some of the prisoners from among the rank and file and junior officers were sent to labor camps to work in factories, factories, and farms. The prisoners also repaired roads and railways. The work schedule was grueling, many died from physical overload.

Attempts to escape, mainly from workers' teams (Arbeitkommandos), were sporadic and brutally suppressed.

The camp territory was systematically bombed by British and later American aircraft. Here is about one of the prisoners of this camp:

“Tishchenko Alexey Timofeevich, born in 1919, paramedic by training, camp number 43201 died in captivity. The card says: “Killed in a raid on Stuttgart.” There were thousands of them."

On the outside of the barracks walls and roofs, the words “Prisoners of War” were written in large letters and large red crosses were painted. But these measures only provoked the pilots to carry out bombing and strafing attacks. The result was completely the opposite.

The camp was fenced with a double parallel fence, with tangled barbed wire (Bruno's Spiral) scattered between them.

The above is confirmed in materials about the fate of Eldon Berthiaume, an American soldier, a prisoner of Stalag VA.

He recalled that prisoners were usually fed “green soup” made from spinach and small pieces of lard. There was always not enough food; they ate rotten vegetables and even insects (snails). Battles between Messerschmitts and American fighters were often observed over the camp (since 1944).

This camp, also known as Bad Orb on Wegschtide in Hesse County, had a reputation as one of the worst prisoner of war camps in Germany. Escapes from the camp were extremely isolated.

The camp was established in 1939 and initially housed Polish prisoners of war. They worked in salt mines. Then the French appeared in the camp in 1940, later the Yugoslavs, mainly Serbs in 1941. In 1942 and 1943, large numbers of Soviet prisoners of war arrived. At the end of December the Americans appeared. The number of prisoners of war significantly exceeded the capacity of the camp, and conditions of detention were difficult.

Liberation

In early April 1945, the camp was liberated by the American 44th Infantry Division. As noted above, the last day of Semyon Grigorievich’s stay in captivity is considered to be May 27, 1945, in accordance with Order of the State Criminal Code of the USSR No. 03277 of November 24, 1945. For part of this period of time, from the beginning of April 1945 (liberation by the Americans), he was in an American camp for former prisoners of war, then as part of a group he was transferred to the Soviet side, became part of a special contingent and, presumably, was sent to the first rifle reserve division as repatriated from the American zones in Germany.

Let's take a look at the following document:

"F. R-9408, 1 op. , 58 units hr. , 1941 - 1946

The Department of Special Camps of the NKVD of the USSR was created on August 28, 1944. On February 20, 1945, it received the name of the Department of Testing and Filtration Camps of the NKVD of the USSR. His responsibilities included maintaining and ensuring the verification and filtering of a special contingent, which consisted of two categories: 1) all prisoners of war of the Red Army who were captured or surrounded by the enemy; 2) all non-military personnel who lived in the occupied territory and worked under the Germans as village elders, ordinary police officers, etc.”

Thus, Semyon Grigorievich passed the filter and was classified in the first category of repatriated people.

The military ID already indicates the third date of being in captivity: until 07.25.45. This is followed by an order dated July 25, 1945 on the appointment of S.G. Artemov. reserve officer in the 7th reserve rifle regiment. From this date, Semyon Grigorievich returned to duty and the most amazing thing is that he was not deprived of his officer rank!

But the entry made in party documents, from the words of Semyon Grigorievich himself, evokes greater respect. There is not a single extra word or sign in this entry:

"Germany, prisoner of war camp, from February 27, 1943 to April 1945." Semyon Grigorievich did not take upon himself a single extra day of being in captivity, and he had the right to do such an act.

Meanwhile, each department assigned its own deadlines to him; apparently, it was easier to manipulate this date. It is also a fact that, in accordance with the instructions, soldiers from among the former prisoners of war, while in penal units and participating in battles, continued to be held captive. For Semyon Grigorievich Artemov, this period was extended by almost 4 months.

He remained a reserve officer until December 7, 1945. By the next order, Lieutenant Artemov is appointed economist-controller of the planning part of the 8th department of the Ural Construction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

I will give an interesting list of NKVD documents stored in the archives. Even from their names one can draw serious conclusions:

“Orders, circulars and instructions of the NKVD of the USSR and the NKGB of the USSR on issues of working with special settlers and repatriates and the activities of special and screening and filtration camps (1941 - 1946). Circulars of the USSR NKVD Directorate for Prisoners of War and Internees on material support for camps, on the procedure for transferring wages to special contingents and their use in industry (1944). Orders, circulars and instructions of the Department on the organization of special camps, maintenance and labor use of special contingents (1944 - 1945).

Reports and certificates of the Department on the deployment of testing and filtration camps and collection and transfer points, on the number and composition of special contingents in the camps (1945 - 1946). Correspondence with the NKVD of the USSR, the Headquarters of the Main Logistics Directorate of the Red Army and other institutions on the repatriation of Soviet prisoners of war, registration and distribution of repatriated citizens (1944 - 1945). Documents on the transfer of special contingents from testing and filtration camps to permanent industry personnel: reports, certificates, accounting books (1944 - 1945).”

Let's pay attention to the last lines...

NKVD. The Ministry of Internal Affairs carried out a lot of work on special construction of a defense nature and, of course, construction required personnel, including highly qualified ones. There were hundreds of enterprises alone aimed at implementing the program to create an atomic bomb, and many of them were hastily built beyond the Urals and far beyond the Urals.

Semyon Grigorievich Artemov was not a career officer, he was of older conscription age and was subject to demobilization back in October 1945.

But he returned home only in March 1947.

To confirm much of what is written in the final part of the story, I will give a small excerpt from a surviving note from a warrior with a similar fate:

“Great-grandfather writes that on April 25, 1945, Eichstadt was occupied by American troops and the prisoner of war camp was liberated. But the former prisoners remained in the repatriation camps until further notice, although they were transferred from one place to another. June 1, 1945 - to the city of Bautzen, where my great-grandfather was handed over to Soviet units. Then he arrived at the camp at Opukhliki station and, after checking, was assigned to the 10th reserve regiment (October 6, 1945), and on November 4, 1945 - to the 7th reserve regiment (I Gorky Reserve Division) with the rank of senior lieutenant.” . Please note, the regiment is the same 7th!

From March 1947, for many years, Artemov S.G. worked as a geography teacher at Maksimovskaya secondary school, in 1960 he was appointed deputy director, then he headed the school for 12 years before retiring.

V.F. Artyukov, director of Bogatovskaya Secondary School

DENISOV Alexey Stepanovich (1915-1942), squadron commander of the 222nd Cavalry Regiment of the 61st Cavalry Division of the 4th Cavalry Corps of the 51st Army of the Stalingrad Front (II f), senior lieutenant.
Born on March 9, 1915 in Ukraine - in the village of Nomikosovsky, district city of Konstantinovka, Donetsk region. A worker among workers. Russian.
He was married at least twice:
- first family: wife - Begletsova Ekaterina Vasilievna, born in 1914, from the peasants of the Saratov province, as of August 1940 - cook at bakery plant No. 7 of the village (since 1974 - in the status of a city) Khakkulabad, Naryn district of the Namangan region of the Uzbek SSR (now the Republic Uzbekistan); son - Gennady, born in 1938. Source – RGVA: f. 2406, op. 1, no. 81, pp. 1 and 7;
- second family: wife – Nina Gavrilovna Berestneva; as of March 1941 - an employee of the Main Post Office of the then capital of Kazakhstan, the city of Alma-Ata (now Almaty); the command of the 14th separate sapper squadron of the 21st mountain cavalry division of the 4th cavalry corps of the Central Asian Military District, under Outgoing No. 2/2903 dated March 29, 1941, a Certificate was issued in her name stating that she really is the wife of junior lieutenant A. WITH. Denisova, on the basis of which she has the right to resign from her previous place of work in connection with the move from Alma-Ata to Fergana - to her husband’s place of service. Source – RGVA: f. 2406, op. 1, d. 48, l. 103.
Parents:
- father - Denisov Stepan Ivanovich, from the poor peasants of the village of Svinets, Kursk province (now part of the modern Manturovsky district of the Kursk region), in 1907-1924. - a switchman at the Konstantinovka railway station in the Donbass, and then a wagon coupler at the Konstantinovsky Metallurgical Plant named after M.V. Frunze; died tragically in September 1924 as a result of an industrial accident;
- mother - Denisova Agafya Nikolaevna, housewife, as of August 1940 lived at the address: Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine), Stalin (now Donetsk) region, city of Konstantinovka, Nomikosovsky village, Proletarskaya street, 38.
Relatives:
- elder brother - Denisov Egor Stepanovich, born in 1914, as of August 1940 - electrical engineer at Novokramatorsky Machine-Building Plant No. 2 named after I.V. Stalin in the city of Kramatorsk, the former Stalin region of the Ukrainian SSR, and now the modern Donetsk region of Ukraine;
- younger brother - Ivan Stepanovich Denisov, born in 1921, as of August 1940 - director of the DTS at the Konstantinovsky flying club of the former Stalin region of the Ukrainian SSR, and now the modern Donetsk region of Ukraine;
- a certain relative of Vasilyev, Raisa Alekseeva - the degree of relationship is not indicated in the texts of the documents, but in a number of other sources it is stated as allegedly his wife; as of the fall of 1942, she lived in the regional city of Slavgorod, Altai Territory.
Education:
- general: in 1929 he graduated from the Konstantinovsky junior high school of the Stalin district of the Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine), and in May 1932 – from the FZO School at the Konstantinovsky Metallurgical Plant named after M.V. Frunze with a degree in mechanics;
- military: on August 23, 1940, he graduated from the Courses for Junior Lieutenants of Engineering Troops at the 20th Separate Engineering Battalion (Samarkand Military Garrison) of the Central Asian Military District.
In 1924-1929 – student of the Konstantinovka junior high school of the Stalin district of the Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).
In the period from 1929 to May 1932 - a student at the School of Physical Education at the Konstantinovsky Metallurgical Plant named after M.V. Frunze, specialty: mechanic.
In May 1932-April 1935. – mechanic of the electric power shop of the Konstantinovsky Metallurgical Plant named after M.V. Frunze.
In April 1935 he left for permanent residence in Central Asia:
- in August-October 1935 - mechanic of MTS No. 2 in the regional city of Tedzhen of the former Ashgabat region of the Turkmen SSR, and now the modern Ahal velayat of Turkmenistan;
- in November 1935-October 1937. - mechanic of the 2nd Guzar MTS in the regional village (since 1978 - in the status of a city) of Kamashi, Kashkadarya region, Uzbek SSR (now the Republic of Uzbekistan).
He was drafted into the army on October 15, 1937 by the Kashkadarya Military Commissariat of the Uzbek SSR (now the Republic of Uzbekistan).
In October 1937-February 1940. – serviceman of the 147th separate reserve mountain cavalry regiment of the Alma-Ata military garrison of the North Caucasian Military District:
- in October-December 1937 - a fighter in a machine-gun squadron;
- in December 1937-May 1938. - cadet of the training machine gun platoon of the School of Junior Commanders (also known as the regimental school). Released early with the military rank of “separate commander”;
- from May 15 to November 1938 – commander of a section of a training machine-gun platoon of a regimental school;
- from November 1938 to early February 1940 - assistant commander of a training machine-gun platoon, and therefore in November 1938 he was promoted to junior platoon commander ("assistant platoon commander") by military rank.
He took the military oath on February 23, 1939. Sources – RGVA: f. 2406, op. 1, no. 81, pp. 1 rev, 4 and 7 rev.
From February 10 to August 23, 1940 - in the Uzbek regional city of Samarkand: cadet of the Junior Lieutenant Course of Engineering Troops at the 20th separate engineering battalion of the SAVO.
From the Certification dated August 13, 1940 as a graduate of the Junior Lieutenants Course: “He graduated from the Junior Lieutenants Course in August 1940 with a good grade. Politically developed well. Works independently to improve his knowledge and skills. Showed good growth in his knowledge. By training and inclination, he is a combat commander of cavalry sapper units.
Strong-willed qualities are well developed. Has great performance. There is initiative and determination. Disciplined. High demands. Health is good; physically developed; hardy in camp life.” Source – RGVA: f. 2406, op. 1, d. 81, l. eleven.
From the Political Characteristics dated August 20, 1940: “Takes an active part in public life. He enjoys business and political authority among the cadets.” Source – RGVA: f. 2406, op. 1, d. 81, l. 12.
From an autobiography dated August 21, 1940: “During my stay in the Red Army, I received incentives and valuable gifts, and had no penalties.” Source – RGVA: f. 2406, op. 1, d. 81, l. 7 rev.
At the moment, the Personal File of a cadet of the Course of Junior Lieutenants of the Engineering Troops at the 20th Separate Engineering Battalion (Samarkand Military Garrison) SAVO A.S. Denisova is stored in the Russian State Military Archive. The volume of this document is 16 sheets, including three photographs on which A.S. Denisov is depicted with the insignia of a junior conscript platoon commander. Details: RGVA – fund No. 2406, inventory No. 1, file No. 81.
Since August 23, 1940 - commander of a cavalry platoon of the 14th separate sapper squadron (Fergana military garrison) of the 21st mountain cavalry division of the SAVO.
From the Service Characteristics, signed by the 14th commander, senior lieutenant S.Ya. Borisov on A.S. Denisov as a platoon commander and dated, presumably, October 16, 1940: “Politically and morally stable; enjoys authority among soldiers and commanders; does not take enough part in mass work; not decisive; politically developed satisfactorily.” Sources – RGVA: f. 2406, op. 1, d. 48, l. 109; f. 2406, op. 1, d. 81, l. 13.
By order of the NKO of the USSR No. 0191 of January 18, 1941, announced in turn by the order of Divisional Commander-21 No. 09 of February 11, 1941, he was confirmed in his position and the military rank of junior lieutenant. Source – RGVA: f. 32492, op. 2, d. 164, l. 21.
On January 25, 1941, according to instructions from above, he assumed the duties of commander of a motorized platoon of the 14th separate sapper squadron, replacing in this post junior lieutenant F.P., who was leaving for a new duty station in the Kazakh city of Semipalatinsk. Music, about which on the same day junior lieutenant A.S. Denisov reported to Commander-14 Senior Lieutenant S.Ya. Borisov. Source – RGVA: f. 2406, op. 1, d. 48, l. 36.
When summing up the results of individual training of fighters for 1940, of all the regular units of the 14th separate sapper squadron, the platoon under the command of Junior Lieutenant A.S. was recognized as the best. Denisova. In particular, the personnel of the platoon mentioned above mastered the special training program “well”, and here, especially against the general background, the section under the command of Komsomol junior sergeant Vladimir Stepanovich Raschen (he, according to the staffing table, is the commander of the technical platoon section) stood out. On February 9, 1941, the daily Red Army newspaper of the SAVO “Frunzevets” told its readers about this in the lines of a note by a serviceman of the 1st cavalry platoon, deputy political instructor Vasily Pavlovich Agarkov, “Help in action.”
As of April 17, 1941, he was the commander of a technical platoon of the 14th separate sapper squadron. Source – RGVA: f. 2406, op. 1, d. 48, l. 144.
On May 13, 1941, the Frunzevets newspaper published another note by deputy political instructor V.P. Agarkova - “Waining time.” Here is its text in a paraphrase: in the spring of 1941, during an exercise where the defense of a cavalry regiment was practiced, the platoon of junior lieutenant A.S. Denisova. So, when the “enemy” began to advance at a high pace on the village of K., thereby threatening to prevent the defenders from finishing the concentration of forces to launch a counteroffensive, the subordinates of junior lieutenant A.S. Denisova, following the order to detain the “enemy,” rushed forward.
Having arrived in the indicated area, they immediately began work: the squad of junior sergeant Nikolai Sergeevich Maksimov equipped anti-personnel and anti-tank minefields, and also installed stone throwers. And the squad of junior sergeant Vladimir Stepanovich Raschen built two wire fences.
Then the sappers, having dug in, prepared to fight as riflemen.
The “enemy” was not long in coming. First, his scouts appeared, who, having carefully examined the area, quite accurately identified the boundaries of the minefields and began to make passages in them. But then the platoon of junior sergeant A.S. spoke in a “volley” from all available small arms. Denisov, which has not yet been discovered.
Having suffered heavy “losses”, the scouts lay down. The fiery duel was inconclusive, which is why junior lieutenant A.S. Denisov decides to attack the “enemy” from the flank. Under the cover of four DP-27s, he first regrouped the available forces and then launched them into the attack.
The “destruction” of reconnaissance by the defenders forced the “enemy” to prematurely deploy into battle formation. As a result, the pace of the offensive dropped, which means that the defending side ultimately won such precious time to prepare a crushing counterattack.
After the end of the exercises, the following sapper soldiers were disciplinary awarded by the higher command for the examples of selfless work demonstrated in a simulated battle: junior sergeants N.S. Maksimov and V.S. Raschenya, Red Army soldiers Naum Grigorievich Zalmanov (according to the staffing table, a shoemaker of the economic platoon), Grigory Vasilyevich Ippolitov and Roman Kupriyanovich Leonovets (according to the staffing table, a sapper of a motorized platoon).
As of April 1941, he attended general education classes. Source – RGVA: f. 2406, op. 1, d. 48, l. 156.

He received his baptism of fire on August 2, 1941, in a battle that broke out near the station of the same name in the Shumyachsky district of the Smolensk region.
By order of the 21st Mountain Cavalry Division No. 050 dated September 8, 1941, he was temporarily appointed commander of the engineer platoon of the 112th Combined Cavalry Regiment (from the second half of November 1941 - again the 112th Mountain Cavalry Division) of the 21st Mountain Cavalry Division. Source – TsAMO: f. 3550, op. 2, d. 1, l. 334.
On November 22, 1941, the command of the 112th Mountain Cavalry Regiment was nominated for the Order of the Red Banner: “In battles since August 1, 1941; As commander of a sapper platoon in the 112th Civil Corps [mountain cavalry] regiment, he repeatedly showed exceptional courage and heroism, ensuring the regiment set up minefields and water crossings against the Nazi invaders.
In September 1941, during the actions of the regiment near the city of Glukhov [the regional center of the Sumy region of Ukraine], comrade. Denisov skillfully mined the road and destroyed 15 German motorcycles and 18 fascist soldiers with his mines.
In September 1941, during the operation of the regiment near the city of Yampol [correctly - a regional village, and since 1956 - a regional village in the Sumy region of Ukraine], comrade. Denisov destroyed 2 fascist armored vehicles with his mines.
He showed exceptional courage and initiative in destroying crossings on the river. Svapa in October 1941, where, under heavy machine-gun fire from the Nazis, he heroically destroyed the crossing near the village. Mukhino [in the Khomutovsky district of the Kursk region], thereby providing a barrier for the fascist troops to reach the left flank of the regiment’s defense.
When units of the 13th Army left the encirclement of Comrade. Denisov, carrying out important command tasks, despite the difficult weather conditions - storms and snowfall - operating day and night, ferried across the river on the boats he built. Swap over 1000 commanders and [representatives] of the rank and file of units of the 13th Army in the area of ​​the village [correctly - the village] Mukhino and the village of Golubovka [both settlements are part of the Khomutovsky district of the Kursk region], including Major General tank troops comrade Korolev [Mikhail Alexandrovich; head of the armored vehicle department of the 13th Army].” Source – TsAMO: f. 33, op. 682524, no. 385, l. 196.
This idea was implemented in the lines of the order for the troops of the Bryansk Front (II f) No. 2/n dated January 11, 1942: on behalf of the Motherland, he was awarded his first and, it seems, the only remaining military state award - the Order of the Red Star. Source – TsAMO: f. 33, op. 682524, no. 385, l. 204, pp. 70 and 76.
As of winter 1941/1942. and the spring of 1942 - commander of a sapper platoon of the 112th mountain cavalry regiment of the 21st mountain cavalry division.
By order for the troops of the Operational Group of the Western Direction of the South-Western Front (I f) No. 0111 dated December 4, 1942, which in turn was announced by the order of the 21st Mountain Cavalry Division No. 0109 dated December 6, 1942, he was awarded the next military rank - “ lieutenant". Sources – TsAMO: f. 3550, op. 2, d. 1, pp. 362 and 369.
In April 1942, the command of the 21st Mountain Cavalry Division nominated him for the military rank of “senior lieutenant.” Source – TsAMO: f. 3550, op. 2, d. 5, l. 152.
When and for what reason he left the 21st Mountain Cavalry Division is unknown.
By the second half of November 1942 - squadron commander of the 222nd Cavalry Regiment of the 61st Cavalry Division of the 4th Cavalry Corps of the 51st Army of the Stalingrad Front (II f), already a senior lieutenant by military rank.
He died in battle on November 23, 1942 in the vicinity of the village of the same name and the Abganerovo railway station - near a certain village of Solyanoy Kurgan in the former Stalingrad, and now modern Volgograd region. As a reference: the village of Abganerovo is now part of the Oktyabrsky district of the Volgograd region, and the Abganerovo station is in the Svetloyarsky district of the same Volgograd region.
At the same time, in reports of irretrievable losses regarding the personality of Senior Lieutenant A.S. Denisov there are obvious discrepancies and distortions and, in particular:
- TsAMO – f. 33, op. 11458, no. 89, l. 148. Distortions: 1) as allegedly called up by the Slavgorod RVK of the Altai Territory, and not by the Kashkadarya RVK of the Uzbek SSR (now the Republic of Uzbekistan); 2) as the supposed commander of a saber platoon of the mythical 22nd Cavalry Regiment of the 61st Cavalry Division, and not the squadron commander of the 222nd Cavalry Regiment of the 61st Cavalry Division; and 2) a certain Raisa Alekseevna Vasilievna is presented as the alleged wife, although the legal wife of officer A.S. Denisova was Ekaterina Vasilievna Begletsova. This report also states that senior A.S. Denisov was buried in a certain Stalingrad village of Umantsevo (could not be identified);
- TsAMO – f. 58, op. 18001, building 1377, l. 6. Distortion: as allegedly called up by the Konstantinovsky RVK of the former Stalin region of the Ukrainian SSR, and now the modern Donetsk region of Ukraine, and not by the Kashkadarya OVK of the Uzbek SSR (now the Republic of Uzbekistan). This report also states that senior A.S. Denisov was buried at the place of his death - in a certain Stalingrad village of Solyanoy Kurgan (could not be identified).
Excluded from the Red Army lists twice:
- by order of the State Administration of the Red Army No. 0259/pog. dated March 14, 1943 (article “593”): as “commander of the 222nd cavalry squadron. regiment, 61 cavalry division", but at the same time as allegedly killed on November 21, and not on November 23, 1942. Source – TsAMO: f. 56, op. 12220, no. 98, l. 126 – original;
- by order of the Main Directorate of the Armed Forces of the USSR No. 0436 for 1947 (Article “15”). Source – TsAMO: f. 56, op. 12220, no. 98, l. 126 – link.
As of November 1950, information about the fate of Senior Lieutenant A.S. Denisov, through the Department for Registration of Dead and Missing Privates and Sergeants of the Soviet Army of the USSR Military Ministry, was searched for by one of the relatives who were not voiced in the available archival documents. Source – TsAMO: f. 33, op. 744829, no. 30, l. 588.
Immortalized in the Book of Memory of the Altai Territory - vol. 5, p. 117, but with two distortions: 1) as allegedly called up in 1941, and not in 1937; and 2) as allegedly killed on the 21st, and not on November 23, 1942.

Yuri RZHEVTSEV.

Winter 1941/1942, city of Lipetsk, representatives of the middle command staff of the 112th Mountain Cavalry Regiment of the 21st Mountain Cavalry Division: on the left is the commander of the engineer platoon, Lieutenant Alexey Stepanovich Denisov, and on the right is the head of the artillery supply office, technical quartermaster 1st rank Konstantin Efimovich Solovyov.

Fragment: Lieutenant Alexey Stepanovich Denisov.

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TATARKIN Alexey Ivanovich, Soviet front-line officer.
Born in 1916 in the village of Agafonovo, Gorokhovetsky district, Vladimir region. Russian. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1942: party card of the 1936 model No. 4791002.
Education: on June 10, 1941, he graduated with the 2nd category from the Tambov Red Banner Cavalry School named after the 1st Cavalry Army, and presumably at the end of 1945 - the twice Red Banner Higher Officer Cavalry School of the Red Army named after S.M. Budyonny.
He was drafted into the army on November 24, 1937 by the Gorokhovets RVC for that period of time in the Ivanovo, and now modern Vladimir region.
From the autumn of 1939 to June 10, 1941, he was a cadet at the Tambov Red Banner Cavalry School named after the 1st Cavalry Army.
By order of the USSR NKO No. 0266 dated June 10, 1941, he was awarded the primary military rank of “lieutenant” and by the same order was appointed commander of a saber platoon of the 17th mountain cavalry regiment (Fergana military garrison) of the 21st mountain cavalry division of the 4th cavalry corps of the Central Asian Military districts. Source – TsAMO: f. 3550, op. 2, d. 3, l. 301.
A direct participant in the Great Patriotic War since July 22, 1941.
He received his baptism of fire on August 2, 1941, in the ranks of fellow soldiers in a battle that broke out near the village and station of the same name Ponyatovka, Shumyachsky district, Smolensk region.
He left the 21st Mountain Cavalry Division on August 27 (according to other sources - September 1), 1941 due to being seriously wounded in battle.
He was wounded for the second time (but now lightly) on November 17 (according to other sources - 22), 1941 (during the battles on the Bryansk Front (I f).
Upon recovery, he is a representative of the middle command staff of the 61st Cavalry Division of the 4th Cavalry Corps of the SAVO. And in this capacity since October 13, 1942 - in the crucible of the Battle of Stalingrad.
By the beginning of February 1943 - commander of the armored squadron of the 21st separate reconnaissance division of the 21st mountain cavalry (from February 14, 1943 - 14th Guards Cavalry) division and in this capacity - in the crucible of the Debaltsevo (aka Donbass) raid 8- th Cavalry/7th Guards Cavalry (later - Brandenburg Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov) corps, still lieutenant (but from February 14, 1943 - guard lieutenant) by military rank. At the same time, on February 15, 1943, he received a shell shock, but remained in service.
At the end of February (but no later than the 27th), the command of the 21st separate reconnaissance division presented the medal “For Courage” for award: “7.2.43 reconnaissance. The division led an attack on the village of Beloskeletoe, Voroshilovgrad region. [now this village is part of the Krasnodonsky district of the Lugansk region of Ukraine], comrade. Tatarkin showed exceptional skill and courage in this battle. The enemy threw tanks at the squadron three times, Comrade Tatarkin skillfully organized fire from rifles (PTR), personally firing from the anti-tank gun at the lead tank - he forced it to turn back.
16.2.43, the 1st platoon occupied the defense northeast of the village of Sofievka [correctly - a village, now it is part of the Perevalsky district of the Lugansk region of Ukraine], the enemy (up to the company) launched an offensive, Comrade Tatarkin, being with the platoon, skillfully organized a counterattack, as a result of which the enemy lost up to 60 soldiers and officers and rolled back.” Source – TsAMO: f. 33, op. 686044, building 1287, l. 131.
This idea was implemented in the lines of the order of Divisional Commander-14 No. 06/n dated February 27, 1943: on behalf of the Motherland, he was awarded his very first state award - the medal “For Courage”. Source – TsAMO: f. 33, op. 686044, no. 1287, pp. 12 and 20.
From September 19, 1943 (including as of May 1944) - 1st Assistant Chief of Staff (PNSh-1) of the 54th Guards Cavalry Three times Red Banner Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the Turkmen SSR (later - Tomashovsky Order of Lenin four times Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Alexander Nevsky) regiment of the 14th Guards Cavalry (later Mozyr Red Banner Order of Suvorov) division, already a Guard senior lieutenant in military rank.
On October 7, 1943, the command of the regiment mentioned above was presented with the Order of the Red Star: “Comrade. Tatarkin has been participating in battles as part of the regiment since September 19, 1943, a brave officer, an experienced staff worker.
In the battle near Kulikovka [now a district town of the Chernigov region of Ukraine], fulfilling the duties of the chief of staff, he skillfully organized the deployment of the regiment’s combat units, thereby the enemy suffered heavy losses. He was located directly at the command posts of the unit commanders.
In the battle near Koltsov [it was not possible to identify, but territorially - the Braginsky district of the modern Gomel region of Belarus] organized a systematic crossing of combat units across the river. Braginka.
By promptly informing the division headquarters about the situation on the front line, it enabled the division headquarters to correctly give orders for the further development of the battle.” Source – TsAMO: f. 33, op. 686044, no. 269, l. 237.
This idea was implemented in the lines of the order of Divisional Commander-14 No. 016/n dated October 10, 1943: on behalf of the Motherland he was awarded his second state award - the Order of the Red Star.
Since November 11, 1943 - holder of the medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad" (certificate No. 19709). Source – TsAMO: f. 3475, op. 2, d. 27, l. 310.
On May 6, 1944, Lieutenant Colonel Romanenko of the 54th Guards Regiment was presented with the Order of the Red Banner: “Comrade. Tatarkin, working as the first assistant to the chief of staff of the regiment, in battles against the German invaders showed exceptional examples of steadfastness in leading combat units, examples of courage and bravery.
In the battles that the regiment fought in the region [district] of Turya and the settlements of Ruda, Stavki and Pisareva Volya [all are villages in the Volyn region of Ukraine, but only Ruda and Stavki are from the Turiya region, and Pisareva Volya is from Vladimir-Volynsky], Comrade Tatarkin deserved exceptional attention as a combat commander. Despite the superiority of the [enemy] pr-ka in strength in the Stvka region, where the pr-k threw a large number of infantry into the attack with the support of tanks and aviation, all units of the regiment, following the combat order, staunchly defended the occupied lines and when Comrade appeared. Tatarkin’s fighters in his units, inspired by his personal example, rushed into a counterattack 3-4 times and inflicted heavy losses on the unit. In these battles Comrade. Tatarkin personally destroyed 9 Fritz with a carbine and silenced the machine gunner who was preventing the units from moving forward.
From April 16, 1944 the regiment was cut off from the division. Operating in the rear of the pr-ka, Comrade Tatarkin repeatedly, going out on reconnaissance, established the forces of the pr-ka and the routes of retreat and exit of the regiment from the encirclement. So, in a battle in the Zamlyne region [a village in the Lyuboml region of the Volyn region of Ukraine], from where the pr-k launched an offensive, comrade. Tatarkin, being in the 1st squadron, with a personal example of courage, raised the squadron [squadron] into a counterattack - the squadron rolled back in disarray, suffering heavy losses: in this battle, up to 100 Fritz remained on the battlefield, Comrade himself personally. Tatarkin destroyed 8 Krauts.
When leaving the rear of the pr-ka and breaking through its [that is, the enemy's] defense on the river. Turya comrade Tatarkin was at the head of the units, he himself directly conducted reconnaissance of the pr-ka and when breaking through the defense, inspiring them, he raised the soldiers into a bayonet attack.” Source – TsAMO: f. 33, op. 690155, building 1185, l. 151.
This idea was implemented in the lines of the order of the commander-69 No. 059/n dated July 10, 1944: on behalf of the Motherland he was awarded his fourth state award - the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree. Source – TsAMO: f. 33, op. 690155, no. 1185, pp. 128 and 128 rev.
By the second half of August 1844 - intelligence assistant to the chief of staff (also intelligence officer) of the 56th Guards Cavalry (later - Pomeranian Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov) regiment of the 14th Guards Cavalry Mozyr Red Banner (later - in addition to the Order of Suvorov) division , already a guard captain by military rank.
On August 23, 1944, the 56th Guards Regiment by Major A.A. Satsyuk nominated him for the Order of the Red Star: “TATARKIN, working as a regiment intelligence officer, showed himself to be an exceptionally brave, decisive and skillful intelligence officer. On August 21, 1944, he was given the task of crossing the Vistula River at any cost, breaking into an enemy trench and getting a prisoner of war out of there. The task was difficult and complex, the approaches to the river were completely bare, there was no camouflage. The sands completely unmasked the approach to the river.
TATARKIN, having assessed the situation, studied the area on a map during the day and then, having gathered a group of scouts, explained to them the task; at 11.00 [pm] 21.8.44, scouts for the specified comrade. The Tatarkin line crossed to the left bank of the enemy and burst into his trenches unnoticed by the enemy, from where they brought a German “language”, who, when questioned, showed valuable and accurate information about the location of the enemy’s defenses in front of the front of our entire division.
CONCLUSION: for the skillful, decisive and correct leadership of a group of intelligence officers, for the correct formulation of the task of capturing a prisoner of war, he is fully worthy of a high government [correctly, state] award - the Order of the RED STAR [correctly, the Order of the Red Star].” Source – TsAMO: f. 33, op. 690155, building 1410, l. 109.
This idea was implemented in the lines of the order for the troops of the 1st Belorussian Front (II f) No. 234/n dated September 8, 1944: on behalf of the Motherland, he was awarded his fifth state award - the second Order of the Red Star. Source – TsAMO: f. 33, op. 690155, no. 1410, no. 81 and 83.
On September 22, 1944, Regiment-56 Guards Major A.A. Satsyuk nominated him for the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree: “TATARKIN, working as an intelligence officer, proved himself to be a brave, decisive and skillful intelligence officer. Carrying out the combat mission assigned to him to capture the German “language” on the left bank of the river. Vistula from 10 to 11.9.44, he skillfully organized the search for scouts. The correct surveillance system made it possible for scouts to penetrate those places that were almost not controlled by the Germans. The correct direct leadership of Comrade. The Tatarkin reconnaissance group gave the scouts the opportunity to go behind enemy lines completely unnoticed by him, suddenly pounce on the German dugout and throw grenades.
Thanks to the excellent preparation of Comrade. Tatarkin his scouts for the above operation, the reconnaissance group dragged one control prisoner directly from the German defense and killed two.
During the interview, the German prisoner of war showed the entire group of Germans standing in front of the front of our division.” Source – TsAMO: f. 33, op. 690155, building 5250, l. 121.
This idea was implemented in the lines of the order for the troops of the 1st Belorussian Front (II f) No. 307/n dated October 14, 1944: on behalf of the Motherland, he was awarded his sixth state award - the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree. Source – TsAMO: f. 33, op. 690155, no. 5250, l. 105 and 106.
Presumably, since November 1944 - in Moscow as a student of the twice Red Banner Higher Officer Cavalry School of the Red Army named after S.M. Budyonny. And in this capacity, since September 8, 1945, he has been a holder of the medal “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.” (certificate No. G-0131191). Sources – TsAMO: f. 135, op. 12761, no. 757, pp. 197rpm and 206rpm; f. 63935, op. 36200, no. 33, no. 245rpm and 253rpm.
Further fate is unknown.