76 Pskov division 234 regiment. Flag "234 Guards
The first battle of 76 guards. VDD occurred on December 13, 1994 near Samashki.1
The commander of the 165th orr, senior lieutenant Andrey Vladimirovich Shevelev: “War has not yet been declared, we were forbidden to shoot. But they shot at us. I report that I am surrounded, I see them, I can get them. Let's go to the negotiations. "We know that the division receives reports that someone has already been killed. It was then that I violated the order for the first time. I opened fire, because it was necessary to protect people. If the militants had gone into the gorge, we would they were not found. They ran, I began to push them back. And then an order came through the station: "It is allowed to open fire." A cold sweat just came off me: I'm not a criminal. And when you know that you can use your weapon, defend yourself, that's all much easier."2
Battalion commander of the 237th Guards. pdp 76 airborne division lieutenant colonel Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Sivko: "And in December 1994, when the combined regiment of the Pskov airborne division which also included a reinforced battalion of the regiment, which I commanded, advanced from the Beslan region to the region of the southwestern outskirts of the city of Grozny, we encountered well-prepared defense areas. Artillery emplacements blocked all roads leading to the city. They were well fortified, made of concrete blocks. It's actually a well built fire system."3
From the description of the battle, according to the words of the commander of the airborne troops of the 8th airborne regiment of the 104th airborne infantry regiment, Lieutenant Evgeny Nikolayevich Opivalov: “Before Alkhan-Kala, we reached the Sunzha ridge. Morning. The column of the combined regiment moved along the valley along the ridge. the closure of the column was unexpected as always. The 8th company, which included Opivalov's platoon, was given the task of attacking the enemy, who had settled in a forest plantation, from where the shooting was carried out. With the support of a tank platoon [from 141 battalions], the landing force went on the attack. Having dispersed the infantry and destroyed the enemy artillery crew - of the four self-propelled gun mounts, the "spirits" managed to fire only a few shots, - the company as part of the parachute battalion entrenched itself in its positions. "4
Probably, 9 PDRs also took part in the same battle. 5 After the destruction of the enemy, the combined battalion of 104 guards The PDP started equipping engineering positions in the specified area.
According to the commander of the pdv 8 pdr 104 pdp lieutenant E.N. Opivalova, "At night, the enemy again attacked the positions of the regiment, hitting the joint between the 8th and 9th companies. In the darkness, the "spirits" managed to approach the positions of the paratroopers almost within a grenade throw."6
ZKVR company 104 pdp senior lieutenant Igor Zaritovsky: "It happened on the outskirts of Grozny, in the twentieth of December, at night. "Spirits" - as our people call Chechen fighters - mistook the stronghold of one of the companies for military guards and, believing that they had advantage, attacked. The main blow fell on the position of the airborne combat vehicle of Sergeant Vitaly Balaban. It was shot from grenade launchers from several directions. Vitalya brought them down to the last, even when the "spirits" lit the car. When the machine gun jammed, he fired from a cannon. The cannon on the BMD - a powerful fool - he broke about forty of them there. But he couldn’t leave either, he didn’t have time - he burned down along with the “beemdashka” ... "7.
Fighter 9th PDR 104th PDP: “Then gunner sergeant Vitalik Balaban died heroically ... as soon as the battle began, he jumped into the BMDeshka and began to hammer at the Czechs, the gun didn’t have a shitty gun, then ... in short, they hit the car from the border, ammunition detonated and ... only a foot remained of the boy ... they were presented to the Hero posthumously, but they just didn’t give it like ... "8 [Indeed, Balaban was not awarded the title of Hero of Russia.]
ZKVR company 104 pdp senior lieutenant I. Zaritovsky: "After it turned out that the battalion was attacked Chechen special forces well-equipped, trained, with considerable combat experience. And cruel. In the confusion of the battle, two at the junction of the companies managed to penetrate into the rear of the battalion. There they stumbled upon Lieutenant Sergei Bulba, wounded in the legs. "Spirits" finished off the lieutenant - they cut his throat ... Our two were not taken prisoner. "9.
Dead and wounded
Dead:
- Lieutenant of the 104th Guards. pdp Sergei Anatolyevich Bulba (21.12.1994)
- junior sergeant 104 guards. pdp Vitaly Viktorovich Balaban (21.12.1994)
- private 104 guards. pdp Vyacheslav Stanislavovich Zakharov (21.12.1994)
- junior sergeant 104 guards. pdp Nikolai Fedorovich Kasym (22.12.1994)
- Sergeant 104 Guards. pdp Alexander Viktorovich Prasolov (22.12.1994)
There were also wounded, but their exact number is unknown.10
Bovik losses amounted to 25-30 killed11 (and according to other information - about 40 people12).
The commander of the airborne troops of the 2nd airborne infantry regiment of the 234th airborne infantry regiment, Lieutenant Ruslan Kompanets: “As a platoon commander, I had three BMD vehicles. But I am an officer, I was specially trained, and soldiers are with me military service who are 18 years old. They had little training, but like all of us - without combat experience. My driver, Arnold, is a young soldier, not tall, kind of frail, but an excellent driver, a specialist, and he has a fighter course and several driving lessons behind him, but he drove the car superbly. In December, slush, snow, our routes passed through the mountains, which is very difficult, and our life depended on the skill of the driver, on these young guys. And then, after the explosions of the cars of the first company, there was a heavy battle, we advanced to the fortified area of Grozny, the connection in my car was cut off. I moved from Arnold's car to another. In Arnold's car - a direct hit from a grenade launcher - the shell breaks through the armor, explodes in the BMD: Arnold burned out, the gunner-operator was wounded. A direct-fire projectile also hit the car in which I was located - exactly at the commander's place. Chechen fighters they knew where the commander in the BMD was, and they hit right there. The driver, who was with me, was shell-shocked, and I was seriously injured, then I lay in a hospital in Rostov for a month. "13
Dead:
- Private 2 PDR 234 Guards. pdp Alexander Alexandrovich Arnold
- private 234 guards. PDP Alexey Nikolaevich Utyuzhnikov
- private 234 guards. pdp Aleksey Nikolaevich Khaletsky (December 28?14)
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1 Chebotarev A. Paratrooper, hero, deputy // Solidarity. No. 44. 2005. November 30. (http://www.solidarnost.org/article.php?issue=115§ion=106&article=2407)
2 Chebotarev A. Paratrooper, hero, deputy // Solidarity. No. 44. 2005. November 30. (
The place of deployment of the 234th Guards Black Sea Order of Kutuzov named after Alexander Nevsky Airborne Assault Regiment, or military unit 74268, is the city of Pskov, Pskov Region. The formation is part of the structural units of the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division, located in Pskov and is subordinate to the command of the Western Military District.
Patch of the 234th Guards Airborne RegimentStory
The forerunner of the formation was the 221st Rifle Regiment, formed in the winter of 1926 and immediately included in the 74th Taman Rifle Division. For military merit in the pre-war period, he received the name of the Black Sea.
In August 1939, it was detached from the division as an independent unit and reorganized into the 157th Infantry Division. Structural units headquarters and one of the battalions became the basis for the formation of the 384th rifle regiment, relocated to Novorossiysk. The regiment itself, among the combat units of the 157th division, defended Odessa (September 1941) and was involved in the Kerch-Feodosia operation (December - May 1942).
The regiment was reorganized into the 234th at the end Battle of Stalingrad(1943), at the same time he received the rank of guards. After the Great Patriotic War relocated to Kirov, and in June 1946 - to Kingisepp. The final location of the then 234th Guards Rifle since 1947 was the city of Pskov.
In the summer of 1946, there was another reorganization of the unit - it became known as the 234th Guards Landing Airborne Regiment and became part of the collapsed 238th Guards Rifle Regiment. The 234th Guards Airborne Regiment was renamed in the autumn of 1949. It is worth noting that during the war the unit was awarded the Order of Kutuzov 3rd degree for participating in the liberation of Danzig (May 1945).
76th Guards Air Assault Division
Connection from 1948 to 1950 was under the command of V. Margelov and was the first to undergo tactical exercises, including the combination of landing and ground combat operations, as well as ground attack in small groups.
After the military reform of 2008, it was renamed the 234th Guards air assault regiment. Before the reform (in 2004) it was transferred to the contract basis of configuration. To date, the unit is the only one in the Russian Federation that bears the name of Alexander Nevsky (assigned in 1996). The image of the saint is on the banner and sleeve patches of the unit.
In the second half of the 1980s, the regiment participated in operations conducted in Baku and Yerevan, as well as in the aftermath of a natural disaster in Armenia. He was part of the UN peacekeepers and participated in missions in Abkhazia, Transnistria, as well as Yugoslavia and North Ossetia. Participated in two Chechen wars (1995-1996, 1999 and 2004).
Catering in the shelf
eyewitness impressions
The material and living conditions of the servicemen of military unit 74268 are called good. So, recruits and old-timers are placed on different floors of the Kubrick hostel (the Kubricks are designed for 12 people), which excludes hazing, although conflict relations between old-timers and recruits were previously noted. To prevent such situations, a nightly physical examination of the soldiers is carried out.
The barracks is equipped with showers, a relaxation room and a sports corner. The dining room is located on the first floor: personnel and officers eat together. Soldiers can go to the store on the territory of the garrison only with accompanying officers. It is noteworthy that the chip has a terminal for replenishing the account.
In addition, the garrison has a club, a medical unit and a bath and laundry plant. Cleaning of the surrounding area and the first floor of the barracks is carried out by civilian personnel. The fighters carry out the cleaning of the cockpits on their own (for this, an outfit is assigned).
Sports in part
The management of the unit allows the independent purchase of new shoes to replace old-style shoes. You can do this in one of the Pskov military stores. Army clothing, footwear and equipment stores are located at the following addresses:
- "Splav" on the street. Pushkina, 16. Open until 18.00;
- "Camouflage" on the street. Yubileinaya, 22. Open until 18.00;
- "Sturmer" on the street. Jan Fabricius, 3-a/13. Works until 19.00.
The oath is held on Saturdays at 10.00 am, this is a common event for all units of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division. For this reason, relatives should arrive at the checkpoint of the unit by 8.00 in order to find the fighter's details in the lists and enter their name in the list of visitors. At the end of the oath to the paratroopers of such a unit as Military Unit 74268, leave is allowed until 19.00. Married servicemen can extend their dismissal until 19.00 Sunday, having previously checked in with the unit commander. The rest of the time, leave is allowed on holidays and weekends, but they are rarely released with an overnight stay.
The ritual of bringing a soldier of the unit to the military oath
It is forbidden to use mobile phones before taking the oath - they are seized by the command, but the SIM cards remain with the soldiers. After the recruits have taken the oath, you can call home on Sundays from 16.00 until lights out. It is recommended to purchase SIM cards of all Russian telecom operators with tariffs for Pskov and the Pskov region.
Military unit 74268 pays monetary allowances to conscripts once a month, and to contractors twice. Such an accrual system is adopted in all military units of the Russian Federation. Calculation of monetary allowance is made on the card of Sberbank of Russia. You can withdraw money at VTB-24 and Baltic Bank ATMs on the street. Generala Margelov, 1, that is, at the checkpoint. Relatives should open a VTB-24 card and send money to it. The paratroopers, in turn, monthly donate a certain amount for the needs of the company.
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234th Guards Black Sea Order of Kutuzov III degree parachute regiment, created in 1926, is the only one in Russia that bears the name of the Holy Right-Believing Prince Alexander Nevsky, which was assigned to him in 1996. We present the history of the regiment.
On January 15, 1926, in Krasnodar, on the basis of the 22nd Rifle Division of Krasnodar, the 74th Rifle Division Tamanskaya was formed. The 221st Rifle Regiment was separated from the 65th Rifle Regiment of the 22nd Rifle Division of the Krasnodar.
In commemoration of the merits of the fighters to the Motherland and during the civil war, the 221st Rifle Regiment was given the name "CHERNOMORSKII" and the Red Banner of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee with the inscription "221st Chernomorsky Regiment" was awarded. On August 19, 1939, the 221st regiment was withdrawn from the 74th Taman Rifle Division, and the 157th Rifle Division was formed on the basis of the regiment from August 19 to September 1, 1939.
The regimental headquarters and the 1st battalion of the regiment as part of the division continued to exist under the new number "384 Rifle Regiment". The banner was transferred to the 384th Infantry Regiment.
On August 19, 1939, the leadership of the regiment was appointed by order of the NPO of the USSR. Location Novorossiysk. There was no change in the deployment of the regiment before the Second World War. On June 23, 1941, he was transferred to the wartime headquarters. On March 6, 1943, after the Battle of Stalingrad, the 384th Rifle Regiment was transformed into the 234th Guards Rifle Regiment and again switched to a wartime state.
On May 7, 1945, the regiment was assigned the former name "Chernomorsky". 05/10/45 for excellent fighting for the liberation of the city of Danzig (Gdansk) regiment awarded the order Kutuzov III Art. and by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 10, 1945, the Guards Regiment switched to a peacetime state.
June 17, 1946 234th Guards. The Black Sea Rifle Regiment of the Order of Kutuzov was reorganized into the 234th Guards Landing Airborne Regiment of the Black Sea Order of Kutuzov. The regiment participated in battles on the fronts and its deployment changed accordingly: (here is a list of fronts)
- Odessa defense region
- Crimean Front
- North Caucasian Front
- Southeastern Front
- Stalingrad Front
- Don Front
Beginning with Western Front, he participates in the 76th Rifle guards division as a reserve, and then until the end of the Second World War on the 2nd Belorussian Front, in the same composition.
With the end of the Second World War, the regiment made a march from the area of Neu-Kloster to the area of Rastenburg (East Prussia) as part of the 76th Guards Rifle Chernigov Red Banner Division, the 96th Brest Red Banner Rifle Corps, as part of the Northern Group of Forces was stationed in the city of Zensburg ( East Prussia).
On October 26, 1945, as part of the same division, he was relocated to the city of Kirov, Kaluga Region, where he was there until July 1946. On July 17, 1946, again, as part of the Chernigov Airborne Division of the Red Banner, he was transferred to the Airborne Forces of the USSR Armed Forces and redeployed by rail to the area of Kingisepp Leningrad region, and then to the city of Pskov, arriving there on June 3, 1947.
In June 1946, in connection with the reorganization of the 76th Guards Rifle Chernigov Red Banner Division into the 76th Guards Airborne Chernigov Red Banner Division, the 238th Guards Rifle Gdansk Red Banner Regiment was folded into the Landing Airborne Battalion and merged into the 234th Guards Airborne Landing Battalion. - Airborne Black Sea Order of Kutuzov III degree regiment as the 3rd Airborne landing battalion.
By the directive of the Commander of the Airborne Army of February 18, 1949, the regiment was renamed the 234th Airborne Order of Kutuzov III degree regiment (renaming was introduced from March 1, 1949.
At different times of the Second World War, the regiment was commanded by Colonel S.I. Aksonov, Lieutenant Colonel A.T. Kiyashko, Major A.M. Pavlovsky., Colonel V.S. Kurko, Colonel Shkurko, Colonel M.G. Aglitsky.
For courage and heroism shown in the battles against the Nazi invaders, 33 officers, sergeants and soldiers were awarded the high title of "Hero Soviet Union».
- The Order of Lenin was awarded to 42 military units.
- Order of the Red Banner - 135 in / sl.
- Order of Suvorov 4th military class.
- Order of Kutuzov 3 in / sl.
- Order of Nevsky 50 in / sl.
- Order of Khmelnytsky 6 in / sl.
- 4 soldiers became full cavaliers of the Order of Glory.
- 3271 servicemen were awarded other orders
- more than 12 thousand medals. The battalion commander of the guard, Major Malyasov Viktor Aleksandrovich, was forever enrolled in the lists of the 1st company of the regiment.
During 1952, along with combat training, the regiment participated in mine clearance in the Novgorod region.
In September 1963, in full force, he participated in the maneuvers of the troops of the Warsaw Pact countries on the territory of the GDR, showing high organization, physical conditioning and endurance, while receiving an excellent rating from the Commander-in-Chief ground forces Marshal of the Soviet Union Grechko.
In the period from September 14 to 19, 1965, the regiment participates in joint divisional tactical exercises with the troops of the Odessa Military District, the landing was rated "Excellent", and the fighting was "Good".
In 1967, the regiment participated in tactical exercises with the ODVO troops, for which he received good mark, and in September in full force at the Dnepr maneuvers, while demonstrating high organization.
In the first period appreciated training in 1970, the regiment in full force participated in the Dvina combined-arms maneuvers, where it was highly appreciated by the Ministry of Defense.
In 1972, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the formation of the USSR, by order of the USSR Ministry of Defense dated December 30, the regiment was named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR.
In 1974, the regiment conducted a tactical exercise with landing and forcing the Velikaya River on the move. By order of the USSR Ministry of Defense, he was awarded the “Vympel of the Ministry of Defense for courage and military prowess».
During 1975 the regiment was fully equipped with the BMD-1. In 1980, on the territory of the GDR, the exercise "Brotherhood in Arms - 80" was held as part of the troops of the Warsaw Pact countries.
1988 - the exercise "Autumn 88".
1990 - a special tactical exercise with practical loading into aircraft at the airfield Kresty, Kubinka, Sasha. In the same year, for the military prowess and courage shown in carrying out the tasks of the Soviet government and the USSR Ministry of Defense in the Republic of Afghanistan, the regiment was awarded the second pennant of the Minister of Defense.
It should be noted that the spec. the regiment began to carry out assignments already in April 1987, and during this time it visited such hot spots as Yerevan, Kirovabad, Baku, Vilnius.
With confident and courageous actions, the regiment helped the people of Armenia in eliminating the consequences of the earthquake.
During 1992, already as a UN peacekeeping force, the soldiers of the regiment provide assistance to the people of Yugoslavia. In addition, as a peacekeeping mission, they settled the conflict in Prednistrovie, South and North Ossetia.
For the heroism, courage and dedication shown in the performance of combat missions set by the Russian government in 1992, more than 30 servicemen of the unit were awarded orders and medals.
In the period from 1994 to 1995, our regiment takes part in the fight against illegal gangs in the river. Chechnya. For the heroism, courage and dedication shown in the performance of combat missions set by the Russian government, more than 30 military personnel of the unit were awarded orders and medals, 3 military personnel were awarded the title of Hero of Russia - Major KOLYBABINSKY V.N., Captain NIKITICH Yu.I., Major YANIN V.V.
46 paratroopers were killed, more than 50 were injured.
On April 18, 1996, by order of the President of the Russian Federation, the regiment was given the honorary name of St. Alexander Nevsky and an icon of the blessed Saint Alexander Nevsky. Since April 18, 1996, the full name of the regiment: 234th Guards Black Sea Order of Kutuzov, III degree Parachute Regiment named after St. Alexander Nevsky.
In 1998, from April to October, the regiment was in the Republic of Abkhazia as part of the peacekeeping forces. Since 1999, the regiment as part of the Regimental Tactical Group has been located in the river. Chechnya, where he conducts an anti-terrorist operation. During the anti-terrorist operation in the Republic of Chechnya, 25 servicemen were killed and more than 30 were injured. 44 military personnel were awarded orders and medals, 4 military personnel were awarded the high title of Hero of Russia - Captain V.V. ROMANOV, Lieutenant A.N. RYAZANTSEV, Sergeant D.V.
In September 2000, the Head of General Staff Armed Forces of the Russian Federation General of the Army I. KVASHNIN.
In 2003, the regiment took part in an experiment in recruiting military personnel undergoing military service under the contract.
Since 2004, the regiment has been fully staffed by servicemen undergoing military service under a contract.
In 2004, 2 battalion tactical groups take part in the operation to maintain constitutional order in the Republic of Chechnya.
In 2005, the personnel of the division took part in joint Russian-Chinese exercises.
In 2006, the personnel of the regiment took part in the joint exercises "Caucasian Frontier 2006"
On December 1, 2006, due to organizational and staffing changes, the regiment was renamed the 234th Guards Black Sea Order of Kutuzov III degree named after St. Alexander Nevsky Airborne Assault Regiment. In 2007, the personnel of the 8th airborne assault company of the regiment took part in the international Russian-German exercises.
Most recently, on the Internet, on one of the forums, the St. George Cross of the 4th degree was put up for sale under No. 795142 of the senior non-commissioned officer of the 234th Bogucharsky regiment Samson Grigoryevich Borovoy, which he was awarded "for showing courage in battles with the enemy" January 6, 1916. The cross was valued at 10,500 rubles. It begs the question, how much National history? Of course, this is blasphemy of the highest degree when military awards are sold, because behind them is heroism and feat, blood and suffering. I wanted to briefly talk about this Bogucharsky regiment and its heroes.
Heroic Bogucharsky regiment.
All military units that were stationed in the Voronezh province before the war were sent to the front in 1914. Only small personnel remained for the regiments of the second stage. Soon, the 233rd Starobelsky and 234th Bogucharsky infantry regiments were formed in Voronezh, which went to the Warsaw region and became part of the first brigade of the 59th infantry division. The 234th Infantry Bogucharsky Regiment received the banner of the 1857 model of the 3rd Battalion of the 26th Mogilev Infantry Regiment, which at that time was in the city of Voronezh. A light blue cross was embroidered on the banner with gold embroidery. At the top it was framed 1857 (Army). Wood is black. On January 24, 1916, the banner was framed with a light blue border. In the upper part of the banner there is an image of the icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands.
In August 1914, the Bogucharsky Infantry Regiment became part of the 9th Army of the North-Western Front being formed. In September 1914, he was included in the 10th Army of the North-Western Front, which was being formed. In early October 1914, the regiment arrived at the garrison of the Grodno fortress. April 30, 1915 included in the formed 36th Army Corps of the North-Western Front. On January 1, 1916, she was part of the 1st Army Corps of the 2nd Army of the Western Front, in which she participated in the Naroch operation.
Historical sources report that “the 59th Infantry Division did not show itself in any way, having spent the first year of the war in the Novogeorgievsk garrison,” and participated in the Vilna battles and the Naroch offensive. At the same time, conclusions are drawn on the basis that only 2 officers were awarded St. George's crosses. This is far from true.
Suffice it to say that the Vilna operation of 1915, in which the Bogu-charsky infantry regiment participated, although it was defensive operation 10th Army of the Russian Western Front, carried out August 9 (22) - September 19 (October 2) in the area of the city of Vilna (Vilnius). As a result, the fortress of Kovno (Kaunas) was taken. Having kept the area of the city of Vilna, the Russian troops inflicted heavy losses on the enemy in the oncoming battles that lasted until the beginning of September. German troops were never able to break through the Russian defenses. Russian troops during this operation suffered heavy losses.
On March 18, 1916, the 59th Infantry Division took an active part in the Narochinsky offensive. As he says in his book "The Naroch operation in March 1916" NOT. Podorozhny: “On the right flank of the corps of the 233rd and 234th regiments, at 12 o’clock they went on the attack, at 13 o’clock. 50 min. overcame the enemy's barbed wire and occupied part of the edge of the forest in the area of Medzina, Antona and cross-cutting No. 8. Further advance was stopped by strong enemy flank fire. At about 5 p.m., from the side of Cape Godutishki, from the front of Raketishki, Subotishki, the movement of enemy infantry and artillery teams to the east was noticed. At dusk, an accumulation of Germans was discovered along the entire front of the sector; at 21 o'clock the enemy tried to go over to the counteroffensive here, but was repulsed. As a result of the day, the corps suffered losses: a) in the 22nd Infantry Division - 49 officers and 5547 soldiers, b) in the 59th Infantry Division - 1 officer and 89 soldiers.
And here is how one of the participants in those battles recalls this, junior non-commissioned officer of the 234th Bogucharsky regiment Nosov I.R.: “I was wounded and transferred to the Bogucharsky regiment. From there we were driven to Osovets. Ogloblya (from 07/19/1914 to 06/24/1917 - Major General Ogloblev, Alexander Semenovich - E.R) said to the regiment commander:
- The trenches are ready for you there. Engineering troops did. Don't beat the German.
We found these trenches. The trenches, it turned out, were made by our sapper troops not for the Russians, but against the Russians. Good trenches! The knurler is healthy, damn it, what do you need! Rails, logs, earth in a thick layer on dugouts. Only the loopholes are turned against the Russians. There was a change here.
We did not go into these trenches, retreated 500 fathoms and made our own trenches. On the fourth day of the night, the Germans drove us out of these trenches, and we ran even faster than then.
We ran to the town of Radun at about eleven o'clock in the morning. Here simple trenches were set up for us. They stayed under Radun for three days.
The German made a cannonade. Oh, and cannonade! He never beat us like that. It was a clear day, but it became like a dark evening. Here the shells are exploding, here the sand is flying, and the hay and straw are burning, the whole village is burning. Both simple shells and incendiary ones fly. Scream, howl. This is where we got hot. There were 13 of us left from the entire regiment. At that time I was a sergeant major.
Retreated from Radun to Belsk. We approach Belsk. We are met by General Og-loblya with his retinue.
We are walking. Ahead is the regiment commander with a banner, the battalion commander, three company commanders, two sergeant majors, seven non-commissioned officers. Privates in the regiment - not a single one ...
The general commands his retinue:
- Attention! Alignment to the banner!
The regiment commander commands us:
- Attention, gentlemen officers!
General asks:
- Which regiment is coming?
- Bogucharsky, Your Excellency!
- Is the banner intact?
- Whole, Your Excellency!
- The regimental commander is alive?
“That’s right, Your Excellency!”
Are the battalion commanders safe?
- Three missing, one intact.
- Company commanders?
“Three left, Your Excellency!”
- What about privates?
- No privates, Your Excellency!
- Well, there is this bastard!
Near the village of Borovichki, I was wounded in the eye, and my finger was torn off. I ended up in a hospital in Vitebsk.”
March 24 - 26, 1916 was delivered new task break through the enemy's front in the Vileita-Buchelishki sector. “The front must be broken through in the same sector of Vileita, Buchelishki, where the troops northern group failed so many times and where on the path of the offensive lay so many corpses that had not been removed from previous attacks.
The 59th Infantry Division must hold the front of Mezzina, Vileita, providing the operation from the north. The corps reserve - one battalion of the 233rd Stalobelsky and two battalions of the 234th Bogucharsky regiments - is located in the area of artillery firing positions.
As N.E. wrote Podorozhny: “At 10 o’clock. March 23 to begin artillery preparation. Take the starting position for the attack by special order. The attack was ordered to be carried out in a swift wave, all the time propping up with supports from behind those who were going ahead. The last requirement stops our attention. It is done as if before this with parts of the 1st army corps absolutely nothing happened; they are just as fresh as they were on the first day of the battle, they can really attack with a “rapid wave”, “all the time propping up those who come in front with support from behind” ... Artillery preparation during March 23 could not be intensive due to a lack of a battery -yah heavy shells. The attack was delayed for the night. At 2 and 4 in the morning, it was ordered to open a short, heavy fire on the enemy, while the attack was postponed to March 24.
By the end of 1916, the entire officer corps of the Bogucharsky regiment died. Wartime ensigns became company commanders.
Many soldiers of the 234th Infantry Bogucharsky Regiment were awarded St. George awards, among the awarded: Captain Gudish Alexander Efimovich; staff - Captain Yakobson Vladimir Oskarovich; junior non-commissioned officer Khvostikov Ivan Maksimovich, lieutenant Konchakov Timofey Mikhailovich and many others.
In 1918, the regiment ceased to exist, not many soldiers, returning home, went to fight again, some to the "whites" and some to the "reds".
Separately, I would like to say about the lieutenant of the Bogucharsky regiment Timofey Mikhailovich Konchakov. By 1916 he had George crosses 4th, 3rd, 2nd degree was missing only 1st degree to complete St. George Cavalier. Timofey Mikhailovich was born in the village of Elan Koleno, Novokhopersk district, was literate, knew several languages, and wrote poetry. After the First World War he took part in civil war then emigrated to France. In exile he lived in Paris, worked as a driver. At his own expense, he published collections of poems: "Driver's Songs" (1935), "From peasant life"(1936), "To her" 1938). "Letters to relatives, friends, acquaintances" 1938), "Ancient, fairy tale, fiction" (1945).
His granddaughter Tsyganova, Vera Andreevna, recalled: “Timofey was very homesick and sent postcards to my mother until about 1926, when it was still allowed to write letters ... In one of the quatrains, he wrote on a photograph of his daughter and sent it to her:
“So, Annette, your wish came true,
You were with me in France
But you did not like my wandering,
You returned, you did not take me with you. 1925
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The 1340 Rifle Regiment was formed as part of the 234 Rifle Division as the Yaroslavl Rifle Regiment. The division was formed at the initiative of the Yaroslavl regional party committee in accordance with a special permit - GKO Decree No. 804 of October 15, 1941 with military training on the job from volunteers of the Yaroslavl region (which then included the modern Kostroma region) in the area of the village of Pesochnoye, Rybinsk region, Yaroslavl region. The Yaroslavl Communist Division was formed by Colonel Fyodor Antonovich Laminsky and the military commissar of the senior battalion commissar Mikhail Pavlovich Smirnov. In a division of 11,700 people, there were 5,311 communists and 2,487 Komsomol members. Workers, collective farmers, intellectuals volunteered for the division, whole families joined. 853 workers of the tire factory at the meeting decided: “We ask the regional party committee to enroll us in the Yaroslavl Communist Division ... We assure that we will fight to the last drop of blood, not sparing our lives, we will give a crushing rebuff to the presumptuous enemy.” From the collective farm "Red Plowman" of the Nagorevsky (now Pereslavsky) district of the Yaroslavl region, three brothers of the Fightsovs came - Nikolai, Konstantin and Alexander Mikhailovich. Pogodin's brother and sister Alexander and Sofia, employees of the Yaroslavl Tire Plant, Vladimir and Alexei Isaev, textile workers of Krasny Perekop, and many others, filed an application with a request to be enrolled in the division. The command and political staff of the division was recruited from among the leading party workers of the region. At the same time, uniforms, equipment and weapons for the fighters were urgently prepared at the enterprises of the city of Yaroslavl. The division was formed by the end of December, at the same time it became known as the 234th Rifle Division. On December 28, 1941, the Yaroslavl Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks presented the command of the division with the Red Banner, and on December 31, military units went to the front in the Moscow defense zone in the Mozhaisk direction.From January 4 to February 18, 1942, as part of the Moscow Defense Zone, the division was deployed in the area of the working settlement of Odintsovo, Moscow Region. Parts of the division were in the second line of defense, the saddle Mozhaisk highway near the village of Kubinka, Moscow Region. In accordance with the directive of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command No. 170091 dated February 10, 1942, the division was transferred to the 4 shock army of the Kalinin Front, and an order was issued for its redeployment to the Prechistensky (now Dukhovshchinsky) district Smolensk region. By rail, parts of the division were transferred to the Toropets station of the Kalinin (now Tver) region. From there, the entire division marched to the city of Velizh, Smolensk region. The fighters were given the task: to go from the west to the area of the village of Vorontsova of the current Dukhovshchinsky district of the Smolensk region and hit the enemy from the rear on the city of Bely, Kalinin (now Tver) region. This maneuver was conceived with the aim of weakening the Belsko-Vyazemsky enemy grouping, which threatened a second offensive against Moscow.
On March 27, 1942, after a forced march through the liberated territory of the Slobodsky district of the Smolensk region, the division concentrated near the villages of Berdyaevo and Vishenka of the Prechistensky (now Dukhovshchinsky) district of the Smolensk region, where it entered the Belsk group of troops of the Kalinin Front under the command of Major General Kolpakchi V.Ya. There was no solid front line here due to the fact that the area is replete with swamps and impassable swamps. District center Prechistoye village and most of district were still occupied, and on the liberated part of it restored Soviet authority. Thus, having advanced to the Prechistensky district, units of the 234th Infantry Division hung from the west over the communications of the Belsk enemy grouping - the highway Dukhovshchina - Prechistoye - Bely - Rzhev. The soldiers of the division immediately rushed to intercept this road in several directions. The first battle on March 27, 1942 was literally imposed on the Nazis by the 1350 Infantry Regiment. His units attacked the German convoy near the village of Peschivo in the Prechistensky (now Dukhovshchinsky) district.
Then there were fierce battles for the settlements of Dubovitsy, Uzvoz, Muzhitskoye and others. The difficulties were aggravated by the fact that, due to the spring thaw, the Soviet units were cut off from communications and without supplies. There was a lack of food and ammunition. The enemy, on the contrary, was sitting on a pre-prepared defense with food and ammunition depots, and had powerful fire support. Particularly heavy damage was inflicted on the enemy in the battle for the village of Verdino in the current Dukhovshchinsky District. In just a week of fighting, the 234th Yaroslavl Communist Division recaptured Dukhovshchina - Prechistoye - Bely - Rzhev and 20 settlements nearby from the enemy on the highway. The most important transport connection German grouping "Center" was cut in several places. The enemy command pulled units of the 7th Panzer Division into the Prechistensky District and brought large aviation forces into action. The enemy went on the offensive. The battle, which lasted from 1 to 4 April, was bloody. In the 234th Rifle Division, entire subunits were put out of action.
A group of submachine gunners of the 1340th Infantry Regiment, led by the Red Army soldier Vasily Alekseevich Lobarev from the city of Rybinsk, fought for a whole day and destroyed more than 60 Nazis. Having met enemy tanks for the first time and having no artillery, the Soviet soldiers destroyed them with bundles of hand grenades and Molotov cocktails. The first group of tank destroyers was organized by senior lieutenant Kondratiev, and the first destroyers were the communists Kamkin, Zaitsev, Pashkov and Smirnov. The communist division utterly defeated the enemy's 7th tank division. The Nazis were forced to replace it with the 2nd tank, removed from the Vyazemsky direction. The morning of April 5, 1942 began with massive Nazi air raids. She made hundreds of sorties that day. Fierce fighting on the highway and near it lasted five days. The garrisons of the villages of Muzhitskoye (Zui) and Uzvoz (now Gorki) of the current Ozernensky rural settlement Dozens of Dukhovshchinsky district recaptured German attacks supported by aviation. Aircraft flew in groups of 30-35 aircraft. The defenders of the villages were dying in companies, but they held firm. The superiority of the enemy in military equipment and manpower, in the end, had an effect: after five days of fighting, units and subunits of the 234th rifle division were pushed back. Of the 20 previously liberated settlements, 12 had to be abandoned.
On April 14, 1942, the division commander, Colonel Fyodor Antonovich Laminsky, was seriously wounded, Major Turyev Stepan Ilyich was appointed commander of the guard. And already on April 16, 1942, the Yaroslavl people again went on the offensive. And so day after day, month after month. Some settlements changed hands several times, and the village of Verdino 17 times. Thousands of Red Army soldiers lost their lives in these battles. But they completed the task assigned to them, they blocked the transport communication connecting the rear and advanced units of Army Group Center on this highway. In mid-April 1942, the division held a defense sector in the area of \u200b\u200bthe settlements of Karasevo, Baushkino, Gavrovo, Torchilovo - north of the village of Prechistoye, Prechistensky (now Dukhovshchinsky) district. The division was ordered to destroy the enemy in the villages of Selishche and Torchin, to capture the village of Fedotovka, and to prevent the enemy from moving along the highway to the villages of Novoselki and Sutoki of the current Dukhovshchinsky District. Divisional and regimental scouts, together with sappers, with their daring and bold raids on the headquarters and rear of the enemy, instilled fear and panic in him. On their account, tens and hundreds of destroyed invaders, burned warehouses, blown up cars, bridges, captured "languages", valuable documents and information about the enemy. The scout of the foot reconnaissance platoon of the 1340th Infantry Regiment, Senior Sergeant Konstantin Petrovich Golubev, acted boldly and courageously.
On May 18, 1942, the 234th Rifle Division entered the newly formed 41st Army of the Kalinin Front and, as part of it, defended the lines west and southwest of the city of Bely, Kalinin (now Tver) Region. In May - June, the formation fought near the villages of Baushkino, Uzvoz, Peschivo, Yuganovo, Prechistensky District - north and northwest of the village of Prechistoye, now the Dukhovshchinsky District. August 1-3, 1942, when parts of the division were sufficiently bled in continuous battles, but took part in the capture of a heavily fortified enemy area near the village of Zaozerye, Demyakhovsky village council, Belsky district, Smolenskaya (now Tverskoy) and subsequently repulsed 12 enemy counterattacks. On October 2, 1942, parts of the division fought near the village of Vishenki in the Prechistensky (now Dukhovshchinsky) district of the Smolensk region.
In November 1942, the 234th Rifle Division, as part of the 41st Army of the Kalinin Front, took part in the Second Rzhev-Sychevsk Operation (Operation Mars), during which on November 25 near the town of Bely, Kalinin (now Tver) Region, it attacked units of the German 41st Tank Corps. The offensive of the army failed, the troops of the German 30th Corps transferred to this area took part of the forces of the 41st Army into the "cauldron". The fighting in the ring continued until December 15, when the remnants of the encircled units broke through to the main forces of the army.
In January - February 1943, units of the 234th Infantry Division defended the zone: 1.5 km south of the village of Vervishche, Vervishche, Sosnovitsa collective farm, forest south of Gavrovo, Gavrovo, height 208.9, Timoshevo, Soshno, Torgilovo, Gorblevatka, nameless height, 500 m south of the farm Savostino, western outskirts of Selishche, elev. 194.1, 181.1 (claim), Svinkovo, Zakovo, Podvyazye in the Prechistensky (now Dukhovshchinsky) district of the Smolensk region.
During the Rzhev-Vyazemskaya offensive operation(March 2-31, 1943), units of the 234th Rifle Division as part of the 39th Army of the Kalinin Front in the twentieth of March advanced to the villages of Bratovichi, Erosimovo, Razogreevo, Zhuravy, Uloinka of the Prechistensky (now Dukhovshchinsky) district of the Smolensk region. Their further advance was hampered by defensive structures erected in advance by the enemy. In these places, 321,332 and 347 infantry regiments of the 197th infantry division of the Germans held the defense, whose soldiers were “marked” by the execution of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, reprisals against prisoners of war and civilians (captives from this division were not taken on the personal orders of I.V. Stalin), whose soldiers fought with particular tenacity, the 6th Airborne Division. They were supported by artillery batteries stationed in the area of the named villages. The initial attempt by units of the 234th Rifle Division to approach the front line of the enemy was repulsed, and its rifle regiments were forced to consolidate on unsuitable lines.
Having entrenched themselves in their positions, the units of the division began to conduct private operations to improve their positions and to get closer to the enemy's front line. In the early morning of May 22, 1943, three rifle companies (one from each of the three regiments) conducted reconnaissance in combat in the direction of the now defunct village of Lomonosov in the Prechistensky district of the Smolensk region. The Nazis opened fire from their guns, and the units were forced to withdraw. The set of measures to improve the tactical position of the 234th Infantry Division also included actions in the area of the village of Sedibo-Nikolskoye, Prechistensky (now Dukhovshchinsky) District, Smolensk Region, which was the command post of the 339th infantry regiment the Nazis, which made it possible for the enemy to view and fire from this area on the front line and the depth of defense of the 1340 rifle regiment of the division. Fulfilling the order of the command to seize the enemy stronghold - a height of 251.8, 1 km east of the village of Sedibo-Nikolskoye, the 4th rifle company of Senior Lieutenant Belousov Alexander Alexandrovich of the 1340th rifle regiment, reinforced with fines and supported by artillery, broke into the enemy trenches with a decisive attack, destroying it with fire and grenades. The Germans, unable to withstand such a bold and decisive onslaught, retreated in a panic. The company was firmly entrenched at the occupied height. In the battle for a height of 251.8, a battery of 76-mm guns of the 1340th rifle regiment, thanks to skillful fire control, in a short time and with a low consumption of shells, destroyed and destroyed 4 enemy firing points, 2 dugouts and a bunker, which prevented the regiment from moving forward. The enemy several times tried unsuccessfully to counterattack the company of Senior Lieutenant Belousov A.A., which repelled the onslaught of the Nazis, destroying up to 60 Nazis in these battles, capturing 3 machine guns, 15 thousand rounds of ammunition, 2 mortars, 3 telephone sets, a kilometer of telephone cable and other military property. Assisting the infantrymen with fire, the 76-mm battery of the regiment dispersed and partially destroyed the accumulation of enemy infantry preparing to launch a counterattack, which ensured the overall success of the regiment. After receiving an order from the commander of the 234th Infantry Division to take possession of the village of Sedibo-Nikolskoye, on July 1, soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the 1340th Infantry Regiment made a sortie near the village. But the enemy batteries concentrated powerful fire on them, and then the enemy infantry went on the attack. Having lost up to 70 percent of its personnel and many commanders, the battalion withdrew to its original positions. On July 2, 1943, the commander of the 1340th rifle regiment, Major Babakov Grigory Afanasvich, decided to operate from the left flank (from the side of the forest) with one rifle company, having fire cover to repel possible enemy counterattacks. Directly on the ground were indicated the places of the starting position, the direction of the attack, the targets for suppressing the positions for the fire cover groups with artillery and mortar fire. From the front edge and slopes of height 251.8, occupied the day before, to the starting position in the bush, a communication path up to 600 m long was dug, along which the company passed during the day completely unnoticed by the enemy. The outpost in Sedibo-Nikolskoe, as it turned out later, consisted of 30 people from the 5th and 6th companies of the 332nd Infantry Regiment of the 197th Infantry Division with 5 light machine guns, supported by one battery of 150-mm guns, a battery of 120-mm mortars. After a thorough study of the terrain, the preparation of units on July 2 at 18 o'clock, the reinforced 4th rifle company under the command of Senior Lieutenant Belousov A.A. took up a starting position three hundred meters from the enemy. The right flank of the advancing rifle company was covered by a fire group consisting of a reinforced rifle platoon, the left flank was also covered by a reinforced rifle platoon. A company of machine gunners was in ambush in case the enemy pulled up the reserve. Half an hour later, immediately after the start of artillery preparation, the company rose and went on the attack. When approaching the enemy trenches, a signal was given to transfer fire, and the fighters, following the barrage of fire, broke into the enemy trenches. The enemy soldiers did not have time to recover from artillery fire, as grenades rained down on them. In a short grenade and bayonet battle, the garrison was partly destroyed and partly put to flight. Two corporals of the 6th company of the 332nd infantry regiment of the 197th infantry division were taken prisoner. An attempt to withdraw the enemy from Sedibo-Nikolskoye was thwarted by scouts who ambushed and killed everyone who tried to flee. Upon the occupation of Sedibo-Nikolsky, measures were immediately taken to strengthen the occupied line: the approaches were mined, a wire fence was installed, a passage was opened from the starting line to the newly occupied one. The enemy three times tried to regain lost ground with counterattacks, but to no avail.
In the battles for the village of Sedibo-Nikolskoye, the losses of the 234th rifle division amounted to 7 people killed and 34 people wounded. The enemy lost up to 60 soldiers and officers killed and wounded, 9 prisoners, 5 machine guns, 8 rifles, 2 walkie-talkies, 2 telephones, 20,000 rifle cartridges, up to 300 grenades and other military equipment.
In the second half of July and early August, units and subunits of the division shot down enemy outposts in a number of places and approached the wire obstacles by 200-300 meters. Soviet troops were preparing for the offensive. The enemy, noticing this, from the first days of August began to bombard separate sections of the division's defense with shells, and aviation also became more active.
From August 13 to September 17, 1943, the 234th Infantry Division as part of the 39th Army of the Kalinin Front took part in the Smolensk Offensive in the Dukhovshchina direction. At 07:30 on August 13, after an hour of artillery preparation, the rifle units of the division broke through the heavily fortified enemy defenses near the village of Lomonosov (now does not exist) of the Prechistensky (now Dukhovshchinsky) district of the Smolensk region. Overcoming the resistance of the Nazis and repelling their counterattacks, the 234th Infantry Division under the command of Guards Colonel Turyev S.I. stubbornly moved forward. Parts and divisions of the division shot down the enemy from heights 267.2; 259.6; and 261.5 and captured the village of Lomonosov. The enemy command brought all available funds to Lomonosova and threw them into battle. Having entrenched themselves to the south of the village, in the cemetery and on the recaptured heights, the soldiers of the 234th rifle division repelled 14 enemy counterattacks that day. The enemy suffered great damage in terms of manpower and equipment. But the losses of the division were also large, only 523 people were killed. The main outcome of the combat operations of the 234th Infantry Division that day was the breakthrough of the enemy defenses 5 kilometers along the front and 4 kilometers in depth, as well as the crushing important node enemy defense near the village of Lomonosov. In three days of fighting, units of the 234th Infantry Division defeated the opposing 197th Infantry Division of the enemy. On August 16, parts of the division attacked enemy positions in the direction of the city of Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Region. On September 17, 1943, the 234th Rifle Division was withdrawn to the reserve 84th rifle corps Kalinin Front and is concentrated in the area of the village of Vervische, Prechistensky (now Dukhovshchinsky) district. During the fighting in the Dukhovshchina direction, the 234th Infantry Division moved forward 60 km, while freeing over 60 settlements, including large enemy strongholds - Lomonosov, Otrya, Bersenevo, Akatovo in the current Dukhovshchinsky district of the Smolensk region. Units and divisions of the division destroyed up to 3,000 enemy soldiers and officers, captured 46, destroyed 27 guns, mortars - 25, machine guns - 135, tanks - 3, guns - 13, machine guns - 45, mortars - 16 and other rich trophies were captured .
The troops that broke through the heavily fortified enemy line and defeated his long-term strongholds in the area of \u200b\u200bthe village of Lomonosov and other settlements were thanked by order of the All-Russian Supreme Command of September 19, 1943 and saluted in Moscow with 12 artillery salvoes from 124 guns. Particularly distinguished in battles during the breakthrough of a heavily fortified enemy line near the village of Lomonosov, the 234th rifle division of the guard Colonel Stepan Ilyich Turyev, by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of September 19, 1943 No. 17, was given the honorary name Lomonosovskaya. For military exploits, 2352 soldiers and unit commanders were awarded orders and medals.
On September 27, 1943, the 234th Lomonosov Rifle Division became part of the 83rd Rifle Corps of the 4th Shock Army of the Kalinin Front. On October 27, 1943, a foot reconnaissance platoon of the 1340th Infantry Regiment conducted a successful military operation to capture a prisoner of control near the village of Okunevo, Mekhovsky (now Gorodoksky) District, Vitebsk Region, BSSR.
From November 23 to December 31, 1943, the 234th Lomonosov Rifle Division fought as part of the 83rd Rifle Corps 11 guards army 1 of the Baltic Front, took part in the Gorodok offensive operation (December 13 - 31, 1943). As a result of the operation, the troops of the front advanced 60 km, defeated 6 infantry and one tank divisions of the enemy, liquidated the Gorodok ledge and created conditions for an offensive near the city of Vitebsk, BSSR. By the end of 1943, the 234th Rifle Division reached the area northwest of the city of Vitebsk, where it went on the defensive. Until the beginning of February 1944, the division defended the occupied lines as part of the 83rd Rifle Corps of the 4th Shock Army of the 1st Baltic Front.
On February 3, 1944, the 234th Rifle Division was withdrawn to the Reserve of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command and was reorganized at the Likhoslavl station of the Kalinin (now Tver) region. From March 8 to March 18, 1944, the division was redeployed to the area of the city of Kovel, Volyn region of the Ukrainian SSR.
Upon arrival in Western Ukraine at the Rafalovka station in the Vladimiretsky district of the Rivne region, the division, having overcome a ten-day march, concentrated in the area of the village of Myzovo - the Vyzhva river in the Starovyzhevsky district of the Volyn region. On March 28, 1944, the 234th Lomonosov Rifle Division became part of the 77th Rifle Corps of the 47th Army 2 Belorussian Front. Having taken up defensive positions on the right bank of the Vyzhva River, the division stood in the way of the enemy, who was furiously rushing towards his grouping, surrounded by Soviet troops in the city of Kovel. In the conditions of early spring, mudslides, it was necessary to close the highway and railway Brest-Kovel. Serious interruptions in the supply of fuel and ammunition had a severe effect on the position of the division and complicated the task assigned to it. From the first day, the fighting took on a fierce character. On March 29, 1944, the enemy launched a decisive offensive, trying to force the Vyzhva River. To strengthen his attacks, he threw up more and more new forces. To hold back the onslaught of superior enemy forces, the soldiers of the division needed to show exceptional stamina and fortitude.
On April 5, 1944, the 47th Army became part of the newly created Belorussian Front (2 formations). On April 16, 1944, the Belorussian Front was renamed 1 Belorussian Front (2 formations). Until the beginning of July 1944, the 234th Rifle Division as part of the front in the Kovel and Sledishchensky (now Starovyzhevsky) districts of the Volyn region staunchly fought defensive battles. On this sector of the front against the division, the enemy concentrated a general grouping consisting of four infantry and two tank divisions. All this was actively supported by aviation, which made up to 200 sorties daily. Despite the numerical superiority of the enemy in manpower and equipment, the Soviet units, although they were pushed back, did not give the enemy the opportunity to capture sections of the Brest-Kovel railway and highway. The Germans were never able to break through to their encircled group in Kovel.
During the second stage of the Belorussian strategic offensive operation "Bagration", the 234th Rifle Division of Lomonosov as part of the 77th Rifle Corps of the 47th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front on July 6, 1944, broke through the enemy defenses in the area of the Myzovo farm in the Kovelsky (now Starovyzhevsky) district of the Volyn region and drove the enemy to the west. Pursuing the enemy from July 8 to 10, 1944, parts of the division occupied railway station Myzovo and inflicted heavy losses on the Nazis in manpower and equipment.
During the Lublin-Brest operation (July 18 - August 2, 1944), the 234th Lomonosov Rifle Division, as part of the 125th Rifle Corps of the 47th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, on July 18 broke into the long-term enemy defenses north of the village of Smedyn, Sedlishchensky District (now Smidin, Starovyzhevsky District, Volyn Region of Ukraine), inflicted heavy losses on him and, pursuing the enemy, on July 22 reached the Western Bug River. Units and divisions of the division skillfully, with observance of camouflage and competent placement of firepower, crossed it with small losses and literally on the shoulders of the enemy entered the territory of Poland south of the city of Vlodawa, Lublin Voivodeship. Pursuing the enemy, the advanced units of the division reached the eastern bank of the Vistula by August 1, 1944. Having fought over 200 kilometers, the division liberated more than 100 settlements in Ukraine, Belarus and Poland. The 1342th Rifle Regiment under the command of Colonel Moshkin Safon Filatovich crossed the Vistula and created a bridgehead for the offensive of the division on the western bank near the village of Mniszew, Magnuszew commune, Kozienitsky district of the current Mazovian Voivodeship. Until mid-August 1944, German troops tried to dislodge forces from the bridgeheads captured on the Vistula with continuous counterattacks. From August 3 to August 8, the 234th Infantry Division firmly held the line for 36 kilometers and covered the crossing.
In August 1944, the division fought on the right bank of the Vistula. On August 26 - 28, 1944, units and subunits of the division fought in the current Minsk district of the Mazovian Voivodeship, 10 km east of Warsaw. By the end of August 1944 Soviet troops managed to significantly build up forces on the bridgeheads, as well as equip bridgeheads, which gave additional stability to the crossings. On this front finally stabilized. On August 29, the troops of the 1st Belorussian Front were ordered to go over to a tough defense.
On September 9, 1944, in cooperation with units of the 77th Rifle Corps, 1st and 2nd divisions of the Polish Army, the 234th Rifle Division broke through the front line of the enemy’s defense. During the period of hostilities to hold and expand the bridgeheads captured on the Vistula River, on September 14, 1944, troops of the 1st Belorussian Front liberated the fortress on the outskirts of Warsaw on the right bank of the Vistula - Prague. The troops that participated in the battles for the liberation of the Prague fortress were thanked by order of the Supreme High Command of September 14, 1944, and saluted in Moscow with 20 artillery salvoes from 224 guns. The 234th Lomonosov Infantry Division, which distinguished itself in the battles for the capture of the fortress of Prague, was given the honorary name of Prague by order of the Supreme Command.
During the Vistula-Oder offensive operation (January 12 - February 3, 1945), units and subunits of the 234th Lomonosov-Prague Rifle Division took part in the battles for the liberation of the capital of Poland, the city of Warsaw (January 17, 1945). The troops participating in the battles for the liberation of Warsaw were thanked by order of the All-Russian Supreme Command of January 17, 1945, and salute was given in Moscow with 24 artillery salvoes from 324 guns.
After the liberation of Warsaw, parts of the division, consisting of the 77th Rifle Corps of the 47th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, pursued the retreating enemy troops to the west, to the border with Germany. On January 30, 1945, the advanced units of the division crossed the border of Poland with Germany and occupied the German city of Krojanka (now Kraenka, Zlotow poviat, Greater Poland Voivodeship) in battle.
During the East Pomeranian operation (February 10 - April 4, 1945), the 234th Lomonosov-Prague Rifle Division, as part of the 77th Rifle Corps of the 47th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, took part in battles to break through the enemy’s powerful defensive line - the Pomeranian Wall - in the area of the city of Deutsch- Krone (now the city of Walch in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland) and the capture of this city. The troops participating in the battles for the capture of Deutsch-Krone were thanked by the order of the Supreme High Command of February 11, 1945, and saluted in Moscow with 12 artillery salvoes from 124 guns.
On February 16, 1945, the Germans launched a counterattack against the troops of the 1st Belorussian Front from the area of the city of Stargard (now the city of Stargard-Szczecinski) with the help of six tank divisions and forced the 47th Army to retreat 8-12 km.
On February 18, 1945, the 234th Lomonosov-Prague Rifle Division under the command of Colonel Selyukov Afanasy Ivanovich continued the offensive as part of the 89th Rifle Division. Warsaw Corps 61st Army of the 1st Belorussian Front. On February 19, 1945, the division fought to the city of Arnswalde (now Khoszczno, West Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland), blocking the enemy's counterattack grouping.
Deciding main task 89 of the Warsaw Rifle Corps to break through the enemy’s defenses at the turn of the Ina River and liquidate the Altdam bridgehead near the city of Stettin (now Szczecin is the administrative center of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland), the division crossed this water barrier on the night of March 2, 1945 and captured the cities on the move Cahan and Schoneberg (now the settlements of Suhan and Krompel of the Stargard district of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland). Not allowing the enemy to gain a foothold, the division, together with other formations of the corps, broke into the city of Stargard (now Stargard-Szczecinski) on March 5, 1945 and secured it. In Stargard, the division captured large spoils of war. All the personnel of the formations and units that participated in the battles for the capture of Stargard and other cities were thanked by the order of the Supreme High Command of March 5, 1945 and saluted in Moscow with 20 artillery volleys from 224 guns.
In the future, solving the problem of securing the city of Stargard for itself, the division repulsed repeated counterattacks of the enemy, who was trying to return the city, and inflicted heavy losses in manpower and equipment.
For successful battles in Pomerania and mass heroism of the personnel, the 234th Lomonosov-Prague Rifle Division was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, II degree.
On March 20, 1945, the 234th Rifle Division of the Lomonosov-Prague Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, II degree, entered the Oder River and, together with other formations and units of the 61st Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, captured the city of Altdamm (now administrative region Dombe of the city of Szczecin on the Right Bank). The troops participating in the battles for the capture of Altdamm were thanked by order of the Supreme High Command of March 20, 1945, and saluted in Moscow with 12 artillery salvoes from 124 guns. For differences in the capture of the cities of Stargard and Altdamm and the mass heroism of the personnel in March 1945, the 234th Rifle Lomonosov-Prague Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, II degree, was awarded the Order of Suvorov, II degree.
On March 26 - 29, 1945, the 234th Rifle Division of the Lomonosov-Prague Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky, II degree, as part of the 80th Rifle Pomeranian Corps of the 61st Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, took part in the battles to destroy the enemy group on the eastern shore of the Vaite Shtreve Strait (now Odra Zakhodnya) at the settlements of Schwabach and Langenberg (now Radun and Sventa Goleniowsky poviat of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland), located 12 kilometers north of the city of Stettin (now Szczecin is the administrative center of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland). In three days of fighting in difficult terrain, the soldiers of the division threw the surviving remnants of the Nazis into the strait and captured the last stronghold of the enemy on the eastern bank of the Oder River. In these battles, excellent combat actions of the 1340th rifle regiment and the rifle battalion of the 1342nd rifle regiment were noted.
Battle path 1340 Rifle Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment 234 Rifle Lomonosov-Prague Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky II degree division
completed, as part of the 80th Rifle Pomeranian Corps of the 61st Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, participation in the Berlin strategic operation (April 16 - May 8), during which, in cooperation with formations and units of the 1st Army of the Polish Army, the division advanced around Berlin from the north and by the end of the operation, it left in the area of \u200b\u200bthe city of Neustadt (Dosse) of the current district of East Prignitz-Ruppin in the federal state of Brandenburg. On May 9, 1945, the 234th Rifle Division celebrated Victory Day in locality Sieversdorf near Neustadt, where all its units and subdivisions arrived. At the parade in honor of the Victory, Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR were read out on awarding the division with the Order of Suvorov II degree and on awarding parts of the division: 1340 Rifle Regiment - with the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
On June 13, 1945, the 234th Rifle Division of the Lomonosov-Prague Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky II degree was disbanded.
Memory:
1. In October 1981, the museum of the 234th Rifle Yaroslavl Communist Division, now the Museum of Military Glory, was opened in the city of Yaroslavl. On May 8, 2001, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the museum building. A similar commemorative plaque was opened in 2001 in the city of Murom (Lakin Street, 17a), in the homeland of the commander of the division of the guard, Colonel Stepan Ilyich Turyev. A memorial plaque was also installed on the building in which the division was formed (the city of Yaroslavl, Trefoleva st., 7).
Seven regimental and battalion banners of the 234 Rifle Yaroslavl Communist Lomonosov-Prague Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky II degree of the division are stored in the Museum of Military Glory in Yaroslavl.
2. Now there is no Lomonosov village in the Dukhovshchinsky district of the Smolensk region. She, like a soldier, died from mortal wounds received in the war. Where a village once stood, a young forest rustles. But the memory of her and the division bearing her name lives on. In the post-war period, where fierce battles raged in 1941-1943, the Smolensk State District Power Plant was built. A well-maintained village of power engineers Ozerny has grown nearby. In 1995, at the entrance to the village, a monument was erected in honor of the soldiers of the 234th Rifle Yaroslavl Communist Lomonosov-Prague Order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky II degree division. In 2004, soldiers of the Vozrozhdeniye search detachment buried the remains of the soldiers of the legendary division discovered during the search work at the memorial.
3. By the forces of the search detachment SHUTIKH (Headquarters of young tourists, seekers, artists) - the first search detachment of Russia, organized on the initiative of Alexei Vasilievich Pimenov (http://go-volgorechensk.ru/gorod/pochetnie_ludi_goroda/Pimenov_Aleksey/) in the village of Kosmynino, Nerekhtsky district Kostroma region and began his search path under his leadership in 1964. In the tract on the site of the village of Lomonosov in the current Dukhovshchinsky district of the Smolensk region, an obelisk was erected in memory of the fighters who laid their heads there. In 1969, SHUTIKH moved to the city of Volgorechensk, Kostroma region. And the camping life began for the guys-searchers in places of military glory of the 234th rifle Yaroslavl Communist division, where mostly Kostroma fought. In 1985, SHUTIKH was reorganized into the Poisk headquarters. Since 2001, the search club has been called "Azimuth" (http://www.go-volgorechensk.ru/newsarch/4423). The search team of the club "Azimuth" excavates every summer at the battlefields in the Lomonosov tract in the Dukhovshchinsky district of the Smolensk region. The Museum of Military Glory named after A.V. Pimenov. It contains rich material brought from campaigns by the search and patriotic association SHUTIKH and the search detachment "Azimut" in the battlefields of the 234th Rifle Yaroslavl Communist Division. The Museum has exhibits on combat way 234 Rifle Lomonosov-Prague Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd Class Division (234 Rifle Yaroslavl Communist Division), material about Volgorechensk residents - participants in the war, prisoners of concentration camps, school graduates who died in Chechnya and Afghanistan, an exposition about the Hero of the Soviet Union N.P. Vorobyov, whose name the Lyceum bears, regularly hosts excursions, lessons of patriotism, meetings with veterans, internationalist soldiers and combatants.