Elder Vasily Tulsky (Novikov). The Life of a True Shepherd of the End Times! (Video)
Novikov Vasily Mikhailovich (March 30 (April 12), 1910, the village of Grigorovo, now the Poshekhonsky district of the Yaroslavl region - May 16, 1979, Moscow) - tanker, Hero Soviet Union(1937).
Born into a peasant family. Russian. In 1923 he graduated from the 6th grade of the school. In 1928-1930 he worked on the Novy Byt collective farm. In 1931 he graduated from the regional courses of party workers. In June-December 1931, he was secretary of the Yermakov Komsomol committee and head of the reading room.
In the army since December 1931. Until May 1935, he served in the artillery as a squad leader and assistant platoon commander in the Moscow Military District. In 1936 he graduated crash course Oryol Tank School. From August 1936 he served as a tank commander.
Member of the war in Spain: in October 1936 - March 1937 - the commander of the BT-5 and T-26 tanks in the tank brigade of the Republicans. In March 1937, in a battle southeast of Madrid, his tank was hit and stuck in no man's land. The enemy rolled out a gun to hit the tank, but the crew destroyed it with a well-aimed shot. With the onset of darkness, V. M. Novikov sent the driver for help. Soon the immobile tank came under heavy artillery fire. As a result of shells, the tank gunner was killed, and V. M. Novikov was seriously wounded in the head, legs and arms, and also shell-shocked. Despite this, he continued to defend the tank until help approached, firing from a machine gun. Until October 1937 he was in a Madrid hospital, after which he continued treatment in Moscow.
For courage and heroism shown in battles, by the Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR of July 4, 1937 to the junior commander Novikov Vasily Mikhailovich awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin.
From April 1938 he served as a company commander and assistant chief of the operational unit of the headquarters of a mechanized brigade (in the Moscow and Trans-Baikal military districts). In 1939 he graduated from the Leningrad armored courses for the improvement of command personnel, from September 1939 he studied at the Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization.
In August-September 1941 - head operational department headquarters of the 1st defensive sector of Moscow. In September 1941 - September 1943 - commander training battalion Chkalovsky tank school (Orenburg). From January 1944 he studied at the Military Academy of Armored and Mechanized Troops, graduating in 1946.
In 1946-1947 - battalion commander in Kazansky tank school, in 1947-1948 - head of the course command faculty Military Academy of Armored and Mechanized Troops. In 1948-1949 - deputy commander of a tank regiment (in the Carpathian military district), in 1949-1950 - head of courses for the training of lieutenants at the Proskurov tank school (Khmelnitsky, Ukraine). Since 1950 - deputy commander of tank regiments (in the Carpathian military district and the Group Soviet troops in Germany), in 1954-1956 - the military commandant of the area (in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany).
Since February 1957, Colonel V. M. Novikov has been retired. Lived in Moscow. Died May 16, 1979. He was buried at the Kuntsevo cemetery.
He was awarded the Orders of Lenin (07/04/1937), the Red Banner (11/3/1953), two Orders of the Red Star (01/2/1937; 04/30/1947), medals.
At home in the city of Poshekhonye, a stele with a bas-relief of the Hero was installed on the Alley of Military Glory.
- Novikov, Vasily Sergeevich (1914-1945) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
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From the hall of the nobility the sovereign passed into the hall of the merchant class. He stayed there for about ten minutes. Pierre, among others, saw the sovereign leaving the hall of the merchants with tears of tenderness in his eyes. As they later found out, the sovereign had just begun a speech to the merchants, as tears splashed from his eyes, and he finished it in a trembling voice. When Pierre saw the sovereign, he went out, accompanied by two merchants. One was familiar to Pierre, a fat farmer, the other was a head, with a thin, narrow-bearded, yellow face. Both of them were crying. The thin one was in tears, but the fat farmer sobbed like a child, and kept repeating:- And take life and property, your majesty!
At that moment, Pierre felt nothing but a desire to show that everything was nothing to him and that he was ready to sacrifice everything. His speech with a constitutional direction seemed to him like a reproach; he was looking for an opportunity to make amends. Upon learning that Count Mamonov was donating the regiment, Bezukhov immediately announced to Count Rostopchin that he was giving away a thousand people and their maintenance.
Old man Rostov could not tell his wife what had happened without tears, and immediately agreed to Petya's request and went himself to record it.
The next day the sovereign left. All the assembled nobles took off their uniforms, again settled in their houses and clubs and, groaning, gave orders to the managers about the militia, and were surprised at what they had done.
In Russian Orthodox Church a tradition has been established to rank as saints only those righteous, from the day of whose death a significant period of time has passed. However, there have always been and are saints of God, who have earned such an ardent love of their contemporaries with their piety that the general rumor glorifies them long before the decision Holy Synod. Hieromonk Vasily (Novikov) is such an unofficial, but revered saint among the people. A book about his life, compiled by nun Natalya (Andronova) and called The Good Shepherd, formed the basis of this article.
Grandson of Elder Pelageya
January 14, 1949 in the pious Russian family of Nikolai Evgenievich and Nadezhda Vasilievna Novikov, who lived in the village of Rakitino Tula region, the first-born was born, named in holy baptism Vasily. After him, the Lord sent his parents three more children - brothers Sergei and Ivan, as well as sister Lydia.
The family in which the future shepherd was born has been closely connected with Orthodoxy for a long time. Their fellow villagers still keep the memory of his grandmother Pelageya, who deservedly acquired the glory of the old woman. Back in the distant pre-revolutionary years, she twice made pilgrimages to Jerusalem on foot. The old-timers said that after the first such trip, the gift of clairvoyance began to manifest itself in her with all obviousness.
So, with amazing accuracy, she predicted events that had yet to happen. Having been honored to visit the Holy Land for the second time, the old woman Pelageya (this is how everyone in the district called her since then) showed amazing examples of healing the sick and casting out demons. The future hieromonk Vasily (Novikov) witnessed all this in his early years.
He himself more than once recalled how the demoniac, brought to grandmother Pelageya for healing, was torn from the chains with wild cries, and how he suddenly calmed down and spoke in a calm, intelligible voice after she sprinkled him with holy water and read a prayer. Of course, such scenes, of which there were many, left an indelible imprint on the emerging consciousness of a teenager.
The early years of the future zealot of the faith
An important role in the religious upbringing of their son was played by the parents themselves - deeply pious people who built their lives according to the commandments of God and in accordance with the traditions of Orthodoxy. As a result, while attending a Soviet school as a child, Hieromonk Vasily (Novikov) managed to remain a true Christian who did not stain himself with atheistic nihilism. It should be noted that he, like the rest of the children in their family, never joined either the pioneer or the Komsomol organization.
Like most rural children, Vasily was introduced to work from an early age, helping his parents in the garden and in the field, grazing livestock and harvesting firewood. It was especially difficult for him after his father died as a result of a serious illness, and his mother, who worked as a nurse in a district hospital, was left alone with four children.
In their family, the memory of one very unusual circumstance connected with last days life of Nikolai Evgenievich. Subsequently, it was said that shortly before his death, the image of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, which was their family shrine, suddenly faded, placed in the red corner. The change in him was so significant that the features imprinted on him became almost indistinguishable. When the soul of the deceased left the body, the icon took on its former form.
A kind word about Nadezhda Vasilievna Novikova
By the way, having become a widow, Nadezhda Vasilievna was even more filled with religious feelings. Despite the extreme employment caused by household chores and daily work, she spent a lot of time in the church of John the Baptist, located eight kilometers from the village, where, in addition to participating in divine services, she helped its rector and her spiritual father Archpriest Michael (Chudakov) as much as she could.
In the last two decades, Nadezhda Vasilyevna voluntarily imposed on herself the restrictions on food adopted by the monks. She never ate meat, and on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, her entire daily diet consisted only of prosphora, washed down with holy water. At every opportunity, Nadezhda Vasilievna made pilgrimages to where she took her children with her.
Subsequently, Hieromonk Vasily (Novikov), whose photo is presented in this article, often recalled how deeply the singing of the monks, which he heard more than once on such trips, sunk deep into his soul. He also talked about how, thanks to the musical abilities that manifested themselves even in early age, he often stood next to the choristers during church services and sang along with them.
Military service and the beginning of independent life
After graduating high school, and having reached military age, Vasily went to serve in the army. By the commission of the Military Commissariat, he was sent to the Northern Fleet, where he served on a nuclear submarine for three years. Here the skill for work, developed in him from childhood, came in handy for the young man. Conscientiously performing any work entrusted to him, the sailor Novikov deservedly earned universal respect.
Demobilized in 1970, the future hieromonk Vasily (Novikov) went to study at the Uzlovsky railway school and, upon graduation, was assigned to the city of Ershov, where he began working as an assistant driver of a diesel locomotive. In the same place, the Lord soon sent him a bride, Valentina.
After the wedding, the young couple settled in the city of Uzlovaya, Tula Region, where they had three children - sons Alexander and Mikhail, and daughter Natalya. Soon, as an advanced worker, Vasily was promoted to a leadership position.
An important turn in life
It would seem, what more could a young man want? However, hieromonk Vasily (Novikov) did not dream of such a fate, whose biography by that time quite fit into Soviet stereotypes. He considered the priesthood to be his true calling, to which he aspired with all his soul, but such a sharp turn in his life required considerable determination from him.
Since Vasily was a man burdened by a family, he, of course, could not make such an important decision without the consent of his wife. Having told Valentina about his intentions, he met a categorical objection from her side, the essence of which boiled down, mainly to the fact that she married "a driver, not a priest."
Not daring to impose his opinion on his wife, and only earnestly praying to God for the admonition of His servant Valentina, Vasily went to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, where, near the shrine with the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh, he asked the saint for help and intercession in such an important matter. His prayers were heard and, returning home, the pilgrim found his wife softened in heart and ready to follow him in a new field.
This story ended with the fact that on one of the days of Great Lent in 1993, the servant of God Vasily (Novikov) was ordained a deacon, and a week later - a priest. Thus began his many years of service to God, on the path of which he entered, finding in it the blessing of the great holy Russian land - St. Sergius of Radonezh.
Elevation to the rank and the beginning of a spiritual feat
Father Vasily began his pastoral ministry in the village of Spasskoye, Tula Region, where he was sent after his elevation to the rank. Since the 90s were the period that ended long decades of persecution of Russian Orthodoxy, many churches, especially those located in rural areas, were by that time in a very deplorable state.
This is exactly what happened to the Church of the Annunciation of the Precious Trees of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord in the village of Spasskoye, the rector of which was appointed Hieromonk Vasily (Novikov). The father's fiery sermon, addressed to the hearts of his new fellow villagers, helped him find among them many volunteer helpers in the restoration of the shrine.
When, thanks to their labors, supported by his own zeal, the temple was brought into proper shape, and religious life was revived in it, the diocesan authorities transferred under his care another church, located in a neighboring village, and almost completely destroyed. It was once known throughout the district, the temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. It also managed to be restored with the help of God-loving fellow villagers and voluntary sponsors, who were found by Father Vasily.
monastic vows
During the Holy Week of Great Lent in 1997, the Lord called Father Vasily's wife Valentina to His Heavenly Halls, after which the priest finally moved to the village of Spasskoye, Tula Region, where he spent the rest of his life. In April 2006, with the blessing of the diocesan bishop, he took over the secret, retaining his former name.
From that day on, his ministry began in the “rank of the angels,” as from time immemorial they have been talking about those who, rejecting the transient joys of the vain world, devoted themselves entirely to serving God. It is known that, in addition to Father Vasily, at the same time 14 more people were tonsured monks, who laid the foundation for the creation of a new monastery.
Spiritual pastor of fellow villagers
Remaining, as before, the rector of the village church, Hieromonk Vasily (Novikov) Tulsky - as it is customary to call him, tirelessly cared for deanery and splendor church life. It was solely thanks to his diligence that wall paintings that had fallen into disrepair were restored, a baptismal and almshouse building was built, their parents were also opened, and a choir of choir singing was organized.
Always immersed in parish affairs, Hieromonk Vasily (Novikov) did not forget about carrying out monastic deeds, the main of which at that time was unceasing inner prayer, the vow of fulfillment of which he made during tonsure, as well as regular prayerful night vigils. The villagers recalled how often the light in Father Vasily's window did not go out throughout the night.
Having begun to make such prayers privately, that is, at home, secluded from everyone, the priest soon transferred them to the temple, where he gathered everyone. He accompanied the liturgical texts with the reading of the Psalter and akathists. The night vigil ended with a sermon by Hieromonk Vasily (Novikov) always deeply thought out and brilliantly performed.
An ardent supporter of monarchism
According to his political preferences, Father Vasily was a staunch monarchist, who believed that only autocracy could ensure peace and prosperity for Russia. Being a sincere admirer of the innocently murdered sovereign Nicholas II, he perceived his death as an expiatory sacrifice brought on the altar of the fatherland.
Having repeatedly visited the village of Taininsky, where in those years the rite of repentance for the crimes of the Bolsheviks was performed by the local priest, the priest repeated this ceremony many times in his church. This practice contributed greatly to the fame that he gained in the 2000s.
An important role in this was played by the fiery sermon of Hieromonk Vasily Novikov (August 2007) on the importance of true faith in human life, and the inadmissibility of replacing it with worship of worldly and coming values. The video recording of this speech has been widely circulated on the Internet.
At the same time, a film appeared in which such prominent representatives of the spiritual life of Russia in those years as Hieromonk Vasily (Novikov) and Hierodeacon Abel (Semyonov) address the Russians with pastoral instruction, accompanying their words with prophecies about the future of the country.
Fighter for the purity of faith
The following year, Father Vasily applied to the leadership of the diocese to remove him from the staff, and provide him with the opportunity to continue pastoral activities at the place of residence, which is provided for by one of the articles of the current Church Charter. His request was granted, and since then the sermon of Hieromonk Vasily (Novikov) has been heard for everyone who gathered on the appointed days near his house in Spasskoye.
It should be noted that Father Vasily was always distinguished by high principles and never compromised in matters of faith and many other aspects. modern life. In particular, he publicly expressed his extremely negative attitude towards ecumenism and globalism. In this regard, it is known that Hieromonk Vasily (Novikov), whose fiery sermon sometimes touched on these problems, was repeatedly attacked by the authorities, who saw signs of extremism in his speeches.
The death of the righteous
The last pious deed of Father Vasily is the construction of a font in the village of Ivankovo over a holy spring dedicated to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. This building, which was consecrated on November 4, 2010, was built by him with the help of spiritual children, as well as voluntary donors. The work took a lot of strength from the priest, since at the beginning of that year he fell ill with a cold, and over the next months he tried to endure the ailment on his feet that would not let him go.
Father Vasily did not turn to doctors for help, preferring folk remedies and prayer. However, in November his condition deteriorated so much that again, and he was able to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ only without rising from his bed. Finally, in the early morning of November 11, 2010, while reading one of the canons, he quietly departed to the Lord.
Uncanonized saint
On this day, many priests and spiritual children visited the house where their brother in Christ and spiritual mentor Hieromonk Vasily (Novikov) offered his last prayer. The cause of the death of this ascetic of piety was, no doubt, not only in the illness that befell him, but also in the extreme exhaustion of the forces devoted to the service of the church.
The burial of Father Vasily took place during the confluence huge amount people who came to the village of Spasskoye from all over the country to spend last way your spiritual guide and teacher. But even after the days of commemoration of the deceased established by church tradition had passed, the grave of hieromonk Fr. Vasily (Novikov) is regularly visited by his admirers. It always flickers inextinguishable lamp.
All of them believe that one day, among other Russian saints, their spiritual mentor, Hieromonk Vasily (Novikov), will be glorified in the guise of saints. A troparion was composed for him shortly after his death, and the day is not far off when, on the next anniversary of his death, he will sound in all Russian churches.
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Biography
Novikov Vasily Ivanovich
Hero of the Soviet UnionNovikov V.I. born April 16, 1921 in the village of Lepeshki (now Pushkinsky district of Moscow region) in a peasant family. Life so happened that the mother - Tatyana Vasilievna - had to raise her son and daughter Lyuba alone. Vasily grew up smart, loved to play football and fish, was the initiator of many boyish amusements, it was no coincidence that he was nicknamed Vaska - a bully.
The family lived hard. At the age of sixteen, after the end of the seven-year plan, Vasya had to go to work at the factory. CRAF. He was sent to the machine shop as an apprentice turner. A responsible and hardworking young man quickly mastered his specialty. For honesty and openness, he was loved in the team. He became the soul of the football team.
Football team of the factory. CRAF. 1938
In the photo from right to left: Novikov V., Sergeev, Sedushkin, Chervyakov F., Prokofiev I.,
Smorchkov K., Fedorov V., Krainov A., Orlov P., Monakhov S., Captain Krainov F.
Football players of the factory. CRAF. 1940
Second left - Novikov V.I.In October 1940, Vasily Novikov was drafted into the army by the Pushkin RVC.
On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War has been since February 1942. After graduating from courses junior lieutenants, he became a participant in hostilities: he fought on the Southern, North Caucasian, Baltic, Ukrainian fronts. He was the commander of a reconnaissance platoon of the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade (6th Guards Tank Corps, 3rd Guards Tank Army, 1st Ukrainian Front).
In 1943, Vasily came to his native Lepeshki. Many years later, fellow villagers recalled the words of a young tanker, uttered in his sister's house: "The enemy is strong, but we must defeat him. I will not spare my life to destroy the Nazis."
On January 16, 1945, Guards Lieutenant Novikov was among the first to break into the city of Radomsko (Poland) with battles. For a week of fighting, he destroyed 4 enemy tanks with his tank. The first went to the border of Germany.
In battle, the tank commander, lieutenant of the 53rd armored regiment was wounded and died of wounds on March 2, 1945. in Evacuation Hospital No. 3958.
Buried in Poland, Petrovsky Voivodeship, Radomsko.In June 1946, an official letter arrived in the name of Tatyana Vasilievna Novikova:
"According to the report of the military command, your son of the guard, Lieutenant Novikov Vasily Ivanovich, died a heroic death in the battles for the Soviet Motherland.
For the heroic feat accomplished by your son in the fight against the German invaders, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, by Decree of April 10, 1945, awarded him the highest degree of distinction - the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
I am sending the Letter of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on awarding your son the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for storage, as a memory of the heroic son, whose feat will not be forgotten by our people.
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR N.M. Shvernik".
During the preparations for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Tatyana Vasilievna Novikova received a letter from Poland from schoolchildren in the city of Czestochowa:
"Having learned that your son is lying in the cemetery of our city - a soldier who died defending our Motherland, the students of our class, members of the Polish Red Cross, went to his grave to honor the memory of the young hero ... Many Soviet and Polish soldiers died in a stubborn struggle against the Germans soldier, everyone fallen heroes buried in the central cemetery. …Here you can always see fresh flowers. On the grave of your son, on a stone slab, it is written: "Lieutenant V.I. Novikov died on January 21-1945." Grass was sown in a concrete frame and red rose bushes were planted. Thanks to the exploits of heroes similar to your son, Chenetokhov is a large beautiful city ... A monument rises on Navodka Square Soviet soldier, and in front of the town hall in 1945 they erected a monument to a Soviet tankman. ... We give you, dear Tatyana Vasilievna, the honor for raising a courageous son and promise to always take care of his grave."
IN AND. Novikov
with mother Novikova Tatyana VasilievnaMemoirs of a fellow soldier - I.I. Gavrilenko
In his memoirs, his fellow soldier I.I. Gavrilenko writes: "I remember Vasily Ivanovich Novikov as young, handsome and very cheerful, even a little mischievous, but very sincere. At the end of May 1944, we received brand new T-34 tanks and went straight from the Urals to the 1st Ukrainian Front" V. AND. Novikov commanded a tank reconnaissance platoon (53rd Guards Tank Brigade of the 6th Guards Tank Corps, part of the 3rd Guards Tank Army under the command of Marshal Armor tank troops P.S. Rybalko). He participated in the Lvov-Sandomierz operation, for the fortress city of Przemysl. Having entered into an unequal battle with an enemy armored train, its tank crew, skillfully maneuvering, was able to disable the engine and thereby stop the armored train. In August 1944, Vasily Novikov was awarded the order Red Banner. In the same memoirs of a fellow soldier there are the following lines: “Like a meteor, he fearlessly flew on his“ thirty-four ”, destroying the enemy’s manpower and equipment with fire and caterpillars ... And when there were short breaks between battles,
Vasily Ivanovich again became cheerful and mischievous, with a sly look in his eyes, with his cap famously knocked to the side, from under which a forelock of black curly hair curled.
Striking from the Sandomierz bridgehead in the direction of Breslau, the First Ukrainian Front participated in the liberation of Poland. On January 17, the 3rd Guards Tank Army, having overcome enemy defense on the Barta River, stormed the military-industrial center of Poland, the city of Czestochowa. On January 18, the armies of the front launched a struggle for the Upper Silesian industrial region. The enemy offered desperate resistance, trying to keep the centers for coal mining, the production of ammunition, fuel, and metal.
In these battles, a tank platoon of reconnaissance V.I. fought bravely. Novikov. From January 12 to 19, the commander destroyed two Tigers, one Panther, a T-4 tank, about 200 German soldiers and officers. Having burst into the city of Radomsko, one of the first, he captured 50 Nazis. Here is how I.I. Gavrilenko last Stand Vasily Novikov: "Our tank brigade went to the Prosna River. Sappers and machine gunners cleared the only bridge in the area and the approaches to it. Across the river is Germany. V.I. Novikov was the first to break into fascist land in a tank. His crew destroyed four anti-tank and two field guns, suppressed five machine-gun points and fifty vehicles with military cargo. This battle was the last for Vasily Ivanovich Novikov. On January 19, 1945, he was seriously wounded and soon died. "
IN AND. Novikov
with fellow soldiers
Memorial plaque installed on the former workshop
factories them. CRAF, where V.I. NovikovThe local newspaper wrote:
Vasiliev K. Let's remember them by name...
Meeting with brother-soldiers of Vasily Ivanovich Novikov.The workers of the machine shop will remember September 15 this year for a long time. On this day, veterans of the Third Guards Tank Army, in which our countryman, a former turner, fought, came to them. Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Ivanovich Novikov. On the occasion of the arrival of the guests, a rally was held in the workshop. It was attended by the former head of the political department of the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade, retired colonel Alexander Yakovlevich Zarapin, former tank commander, military friend and comrade of Vasily Ivanovich, retired guard lieutenant Mikhail Grigoryevich Niskerov, former scout, retired guard captain Vladimir Alexandrovich Lisitsyn, former flamethrower, retired guard senior sergeant Lev Nikolaevich Petrov and former loader, retired guard senior sergeant Ivan Ivanovich Gavrilenko. On the chest of each military orders and medals are awards for courage and heroism shown in battles in defense of the Motherland during the Great Patriotic War.
The rally was opened by the secretary of the party bureau of the workshop organization E. M. Turzhansky.
A. Ya. Zarapin was the first to speak.
We are pleased, - he said, - on behalf of the Council of Veterans of the Tank Army, to convey to you, fellow countrymen of our brother-soldier, heartfelt greetings and congratulations on the Day of Tankers, which was celebrated yesterday in our country.
With Vasily Ivanovich, - continues the veteran of the war, - I was familiar with the first day of his service in the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade. I remember him as a brave, honest, intelligent and very sincere young man. We veterans often remember him and are proud of him and his heroic deed. He was the first to cross the state border on his tank and entered the territory of Western Europe. In an unequal heavy battle, Novikov's tank was hit by the Nazis and caught fire, and Vasily Ivanovich himself was seriously injured, from which he died. You, fellow countrymen of the hero, can be proud of your comrade, who worked within the walls of this workshop.
With bated breath, the participants of the rally listened to the speech of the fighting friend and comrade Vasily Ivanovich MG Niskerov.
Mikhail Grigoryevich, together with V.I. Novikov, received combat vehicles, the famous "thirty-four". Arrived together tank brigade, and then for a year he fought side by side on the front line, smashing hordes of Nazis.
There are people, - he said, - with whom you have been working for many years or had a chance to fight for a long time, but their names are smoothed out in memory. The image of Vasily Ivanovich will remain in my memory for the rest of my life. Young, handsome, with lush hair, bold, even desperate, but honest, good-natured and very sensitive to his comrades - that's how I remember him.
Our joint first battle, - says the veteran of the war, - was near Ternopil. The operation was called "Lviv". The Nazis concentrated very large forces here. Our tank unit was given the task to reach railway station Ship Cherry. Three tanks were in the lead, including mine and Vasily Ivanovich's. Coming to the station, our three cars were behind enemy lines. Here I saw the true heroism and high skill of my friend. He, like a meteor, rushed on his "thirty-four", shot and crushed the Nazis and their caterpillars with caterpillars. military equipment. At the station, our three vehicles held up three trains and blocked 13 ammunition depots. A lot of military equipment was destroyed. A staff car was knocked out here and very important documents were seized.
M. G. Niskerov, together with our countryman, participated in the battles for the liberation of Przemysl, which was defended by fascist armored trains. And here Vasily Ivanovich boldly entered into single combat with an armored fortress and put it out of action.
There were many other combat episodes, - said M. G. Niskerov, - after all, the whole war is great battle, which absorbed thousands of combat episodes. The tankers were very worried about the death of their comrade. Our unit fought its way to Berlin, and ended the war in Prague, and everywhere we mercilessly smashed the Nazis. We avenged our lives best friend and comrade-in-arms, your countryman Vasily Ivanovich Novikov.
I, personally, did not meet with Vasily Ivanovich, - said V. A. Lisitsyn, - but I knew about his heroic deeds from front-line newspapers. He lived a short but brilliant life.
Eighteen-year-old boy in 1942 went to the front LN Petrov. As part of the tank army, he traveled along the roads of war from Tula, through Orel, Belorussian and Ukraine to Berlin. He received several wounds, but each time he returned to the front line. He still wears 16 fragments in his body, as he says, metal cast at the Krupa factories.
The participants of the rally were very warmly greeted by a message from a member of the Council of Army Veterans that in honor of the memory of Vasily Ivanovich Novikov, the Council decided to award the staff of the shop with a guards badge, which will be transferred to the best turner of the shop. The machine will be awarded the title of "Guards", and the turner - "Guards". Turner Viktor Ivanovich Kitaev was the first to accept this high award. Accepting the award from the hands of a war veteran, he assured the guests and the entire team that the high rank justifies.
A participant in the war, a former tankman, a heat-treater A. S. Legkov, spoke on behalf of the workshop staff. He congratulated the veterans of the war on the Day of Tankers and assured them that the workshop staff would never forget the names of those who gave their lives during the terrible years of the Patriotic War.
After the rally, veterans - the guardsmen laid fresh flowers at the memorial plaque to Vasily Ivanovich Novikov.
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Novikov Vasily Vasilievich - Commander of the 7th Guards Tank Corps (3rd Guards Tank Army, 1st Ukrainian Front), Guards Major General.
Born on June 26 (July 8), 1898 in the village of Schelkovo, Novskaya volost, Bezhetsky district, Tver province (now does not exist, the territory of Borkovsky rural settlement Bezhetsky district of the Tver region). He spent his childhood and youth in the village of Selo Novoe (Bezhetsky district). He graduated from the Bezhetsk Theological School, in 1916 - the 4th grade of the Tver Theological Seminary.
In Russian imperial army since October 1916. In August 1917 he graduated from the Tver Cavalry School; senior cadet.
In the Red Army since May 1918. In May-October 1918, he was an assistant to the military commissar in the village of Filippkovo (Bezhetsky district). In 1919 he graduated from the Tver cavalry command courses.
Participant civil war: in March-May 1919 - platoon commander and commander of a separate cavalry squadron in the 11th Army. Participated in the defense of Astrakhan. In May 1919, he was seriously wounded in battle in the right hand and sent to the hospital. Since December 1919 - military investigator of the 4th Cavalry Division, in March-July 1920 - Head of the Operations Department of the Headquarters of the 4th Cavalry Division. In July 1920 he was wounded in the left arm and spent a month recovering. In August 1920 - July 1921 - Assistant Chief of Staff of the 4th Cavalry Division for the operational unit, in July 1921 - August 1922 - Assistant Commander of the 20th Cavalry Regiment for the combat unit. Fought in the South Southwestern fronts. As part of the 1st Cavalry Army, he participated in battles with the troops of A.I. Denikin in the North Caucasus, the Soviet-Polish war, battles with the troops of P.N. in the North Caucasus.
From August 1922 he served as an assistant to the commanders of cavalry regiments (in the North Caucasus and Leningrad military districts). In 1926 he graduated from the Novocherkassk advanced training courses for command personnel. He served as assistant commander of a cavalry regiment and commander of a reserve squadron (in the Leningrad Military District). In 1930 he graduated from the advanced training courses for officers in Moscow. In 1930-1932 - commander of a cavalry regiment (in the Leningrad Military District).
In 1932 he graduated from the Leningrad armored courses for the improvement of command personnel. In 1932-1935 he commanded a mechanized regiment (in the Belarusian military district). In 1935-1939 - commander of a mechanized (later transformed into a light tank) brigade (in the Belorussian and Kiev military districts). In 1936 he graduated from academic courses at the Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization.
In May-September 1939 - head of the command department of the Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization, from September 1939 - head of auto armored forces 10th Army Group (in the Moscow Military District).
Member of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 as deputy commander of an army group.
In May-June 1940 - commander of the 126th rifle division(in the Belarusian and Baltic military districts). In 1940-1941 - commander of the 6th Panzer Division, from May 1941 - commander of the 28th Mechanized Corps (in the Transcaucasian Military District).
In July-September 1941 - commander of the 47th Army (Transcaucasian Front). Participated in the entry of Soviet troops into Iran in August-September 1941. From September 1941 he commanded all Soviet troops stationed in Iran. In December 1941 - January 1942 - commander of the 45th Army (Transcaucasian Front), covering the border with Turkey.
Member of the Great Patriotic War: in January-February 1942 - commander of the 44th Army (Crimean Front). Participated in the defense of the Kerch Peninsula. Since February 1942, due to illness, he was treated in a Moscow hospital.
In May-November 1942 - Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Motor Transport and Road Service of the Red Army, in November 1942 - October 1943 - Deputy Head and Chief of Staff of the Main Automobile Directorate of the Red Army. He supervised the operational transportation of troops and cargo by road on the North-Western, Kalinin, Western and Stalingrad fronts.
In January-April 1944 - the representative of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command in the 5th and 3rd Guards Tank Armies, in April 1944 - April 1945 - the commander of the 6th Guards Tank Corps, from April 1945 - the commander of the 7th Guards Tank Corps. Fought on the 2nd (January-April 1944) and 1st (April 1944 - May 1945) Ukrainian fronts. Participated in the Kirovograd, Korsun-Shevchenkovsky, Proskurov-Chernivtsi, Lvov-Sandomierz, Sandomierz-Silesian, Lower Silesian, Berlin and Prague operations. In March 1945 he was wounded.
Particularly distinguished himself during the Berlin operation. The tankers of the corps he led for the period from April 16 to May 2, 1945 fought over 400 kilometers. On the evening of April 22, 1945, having covered 35 kilometers in a day with battles, parts of the corps broke into Berlin and went to the Teltow Canal.
For the skillful command of the corps and the courage and heroism shown in battles with the Nazi invaders by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 29, 1945, the Guards Major General Novikov Vasily Vasilievich He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.
In August 1945 - May 1946 - commander of the 6th Guards Tank Division (in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany). In September 1946 - March 1947 - Deputy Commander of the 9th Mechanized Army (in the Central Group of Forces). From March 1947 - deputy commander of the 7th personnel tank division (in Northern group troops; Poland), in 1948-1950 - assistant commander of the 7th mechanized army (in the Belarusian military district, the city of Borisov, Minsk region, Belarus).
Since June 1950, he studied at the Higher Academic Courses at the Higher Military Academy (Military Academy General Staff). Since March 1951, Lieutenant General of the Tank Forces V.V. Novikov - retired.
Lieutenant General of Tank Troops (1945). He was awarded 2 Orders of Lenin (02/21/1945; 05/29/1945), 5 Orders of the Red Banner (02/22/1930; 06/14/1940; 09/18/1943; 11/3/1944; 06/24/1948), 2 Orders of Suvorov 2nd degree (05.29. 1944; 08/25/1944), the Order of Kutuzov 2nd degree (04/06/1945), medals, foreign awards.