191 sd 546 cn battle path

On October 26, our division was transferred from Leningrad across Lake Ladoga near Tikhvin to the Sitomli region, where it fought offensive and defensive battles with the German invaders. On November 7 the enemy breaks through our defenses and on November 8 occupies Tikhvin. We went on the defensive, but our defense was active. Several times a day we attacked the positions of the enemy, giving him no rest, and on the night of December 8-9, 1941, we captured Tikhvin by storm. Our 546th joint venture broke into the city one of the first.

After the liberation of Tikhvin, we pursued the Germans with battles day and night, preventing them from gaining a foothold. And so it was before Volkhov. And all this happened in the most difficult winter conditions, off-road, in severe frosts.

On the march it was very difficult to move at night - without sleep, on a snowy road. The Red Army, and the officers, just slept on the go. A man walks in constant drowsiness and his feet stumble. Sometimes someone in a deep slumber, deviates from the column to the side and falls into the snow, but immediately jumps up and returns to the line.

In January 1942, in the area of ​​​​Myasny Bor, the 2nd strike made a breakthrough in the enemy defenses in a small area. The 13th KK of General Gusev was introduced into this breakthrough. Our 191st Rifle Division was preparing to enter the same gap. We concentrated in the forest. The frost reached 42 degrees. I had to make fires. Enemy aircraft found us and started bombing us. The planes dived with sirens on, which emitted a terrible howl. But we had already managed to disperse and dig dugouts, so there were few casualties.

The passage was very narrow, and it was difficult to pass through it in the daytime. He was shot through with all kinds of weapons. We passed it at night, the rears could not pass right behind us, they remained in place. The delivery of ammunition and food was carried out only along this "corridor" on the shoulders of the fighters.

Our division went into action. The enemy stubbornly resisted everywhere. The fighting went on for several weeks.

The enemy usually picked up his dead, but then he was forced to leave them on the battlefield. The funeral home of the regiment collected entire piles of German corpses. All of them; there were some kind of SS gendarme unit, over 40 years old, very obese, some signs on the sleeves.

In two weeks, our 546th joint venture advanced 2.5 km. Under one farm there were stubborn battles. The enemy did not want to leave their positions, but we forced him to retreat. He left motor vehicles, tractors, trailers, wagons, many spare parts for motor vehicles and tractors.

Two or three days later the situation on the division's sector changed. The enemy pulled up troops, and our offensive stopped. We received order after order, demanding that we break through the enemy defenses at all costs and move forward towards the Leningrad Front. Our attacks began early in the morning, repeated several times a day, but all ended unsuccessfully.

Periodically, the regiment received reinforcements, for example, from the border regions of the southern Soviet republics. They were not prepared for military affairs at all, but they had to go into battle. Somewhere in an open area, someone is wounded, several of his comrades gather around him and begin to wail. And the Germans, seeing this, open mortar fire on them. Here's an extra loss for you.

Sometimes a group of fighters made a fire on the front line, surrounded it, heated it, and next to it lay several grenades with long wooden handles. When I asked why they collected these grenades, they answered: we want to put them in the fire, because the handles are wooden. I had to explain that in the fire they would explode and beat everyone.

I don’t remember what date, in February, an oral order was received from the headquarters of the 191st Rifle Division to withdraw the regiment from defense and concentrate on the edge of the forest. By the end of the day, the regiment arrived at the specified time and place. Other regiments of the division also approached there.

I came with the regimental commissar to the headquarters of the division and reported on the arrival. At this time, a car drove up to the headquarters. From it came the adjutant of the army commander, lieutenant colonel. In his hands he held an order for half a page of printed text, read it. We were ordered to break through the enemy defenses at nightfall and move to the Pomeranian railway station. If possible, capture it, organize all-round defense and hold out until our units approach.

The division commander of the 191st division A. I. Starunin and the division commissar Alekseev told the adjutant that the personnel did not have food and ammunition, that the rifle regiments would follow without artillery - both regimental and divisional. The divisional commander asked: “Does the Military Council know about this operation and order?” The adjutant imperiously demanded to follow the order, said that everything was taken into account. By morning, we managed to break through the enemy defenses, and we entered his rear without artillery and rears. We were moving through deep snow. The regiments and the headquarters of the division stretched out in one thread. Scouts on skis walked ahead of our movement. Behind the regiment moved the headquarters of the division.

We tried to move only through forests, off-road. We went on like this for several kilometers. The Germans have not yet met. After some time, intelligence reported about some kind of railway. There are three wagons on the way and are guarded by the Germans. I reported this to the division commander. Without stopping, we continued to move forward. By the end of the day, a German reconnaissance aircraft suddenly appeared above us. (The soldiers called it "frame".) It flew very low. The forest in this place turned out to be very rare, we were clearly visible on the white snow. The plane rose higher and gave off yellow smoke. Apparently, this was a signal - the Germans opened artillery fire on us. Shells began to burst at our location. But since the snow was deep, the fragments of exploding shells could not fly far. To our left was a large high forest, we rushed there.

At night we continued to move forward and before dawn came to the railroad. The 4th company, led by commander Kasatkin, crossed the road. The Germans let it pass without firing, and when we approached with the whole regiment, they opened fire from behind the embankment. We were on the side of the road, overgrown with bushes, the bullets flew higher. We also opened fire on the Germans, because of which we had to linger here. The 4th company, having gone further, attacked the German dugouts, and a battle ensued there. What happened to the 4th company - I do not know.

After a meeting with the Germans and a short battle, the regimental commanders gathered at the divisional commander and decided what to do with the distant ones. The divisional commander offered to pass in another place, but the Germans met us everywhere. If we concentrated in the forest, mortar fire was opened on us. We were under enemy surveillance all the time. So 6-7 days passed. Our food supply has dried up, as well as ammunition. There were severe frosts. We wandered through the forest helpless and hungry.

The regimental commanders again gathered at the divisional commander. Alekseev, the commissar of the division, was right there, deciding what to do next. I and other commanders began to argue that since we did not have ammunition and food, we would not be able to complete the task. The division commissar replied bluntly that we had been given a task and we must fulfill it. If we don't do it, we'll end up under a tribunal.

So what? we said. - The tribunal is Soviet, it will take into account why we cannot complete the task. And if we get to the Germans, then they will not take anything into account, they will deal with us as they please.

In the current situation, divisional commander Starunin gave us the last order to go out to his own. He indicated to each regiment where to go, and to go out in small groups. I, in turn, asked the divisional commander where he would go with the division headquarters. He replied that it was none of my business. I told him that we have rifles and light machine guns, but the headquarters has no guards. He replied that he knew about it.

I gathered my commanders, divided them into several groups, appointed elders and told where each group should go.

At night, with my group of 20 people, I approached the place where we entered the rear of the enemy and where we left huts made of fir branches for the wounded. But there was not a single person in the huts - neither ours nor the Germans. However, around the huts there were many empty shells, rifle and pistol, ours and German. As you can see, the Soviet soldiers did not give up without a fight.

Moving away from the huts, we lit a fire, warmed ourselves and boiled snow tea in pots. We had this tea: tree branches, we broke the vine finely, boiled until the branches were bare. The branches were thrown away, and the bark remained in the pots - this is how thick tea turned out.

I suggested to everyone who has more or less clean underwear to take it off and put it on top like camouflage robes. I was the first to undress and change. I was followed by the commissar of the regiment and the chief of staff of the regiment, and the adjutant: and the soldiers said that their linen was no cleaner than their outerwear.

After a rest, we began to move towards the place where we made a passage in the German defense. In the second half of the night we went out into the open. I felt that this was the front line of the enemy's defense. Where a shell or mine had previously exploded, the snow melted and a crust of ice formed - the ice broke and made a strong crunch, and at night the sound is heard far away. We began to move through the snow crawling, in a plastunsky way.

The regimental commissar crawled first, I followed him, followed by the chief of staff, the adjutant and the Red Army. And suddenly I heard the voices of the Germans on the left, who were talking among themselves. I started pushing the commissar in the leg to speed up the forward movement. We started to move faster and created noise. The Germans found us and opened fire from machine guns. Since I, the commissar and the chief of staff were dressed in underwear, we were invisible in the snow. Those who did not change clothes were clearly visible, therefore, enemy fire was concentrated on them.

The terrain began to drop: apparently, we crawled up to the stream. We immediately rose to height and ran down the stream. The banks of the stream were high. I knew from the map that there was a road ahead, behind it an open area of ​​150-200 meters, then a dense pine forest.

We started running across the open space. The Germans opened machine-gun fire, but the three of us ran safely to the forest, and our troops were there.

After walking some distance, we saw a house. We entered it. There were some bosses there. A smokehouse was burning in the hut, and the light was poor. I began to be indignant: "Here, they sent us." And they answered me: “Shut up!” We turned and left the house. Who was there, I don't know.

We got out on the road and continued our way to our rear. It became light. We go further, we don’t take off our camouflage “robes”, even hats with earflaps are disguised with handkerchiefs.

A sleigh is coming towards us: my deputy for the rear is coming and does not recognize us. I say: “What, you don’t recognize your own anymore?” Of course, he recognized the voice and rushed to us. We were very happy to meet. They put us in a sleigh and took us home, that is, to our rear.

Regimental Chief of Staff Dressen was wounded by shrapnel in the arm. She was very swollen, he asked us not to leave him. I told him: "Be strong, do not lag behind, because we are not able to carry you." And he courageously endured all these painful days and came out with us.

The divisional commander Colonel Starunin, the division commissar and the entire headquarters did not come out. Apparently, they died there, in the rear of the Germans. The commanders of the 552nd and 559th joint ventures left, the commissar of the 552nd joint venture failed to leave. Little came out of the personnel of the 546th joint venture. Those who came out were severely emaciated and swollen.

In April, the regiment was on vacation. At this time, a member of the Military Council of the 2nd shock army, divisional commissar I. V. Zuev, stopped by. He held a meeting with the commanders of the units of the regiment, was interested in the political and moral state of the personnel.

After a short rest, the regiment continued to fight. At the end of April, the 191st division was withdrawn to the Myasnoy Bor area. I was ordered to take up defensive positions in the neck in the second echelon. I led the regiment's command post to the area of ​​the railway track connecting Novgorod and Chudovo. Here there was a meeting with the commander of the Volkhov Front, K. A. Meretskov. At that time I was at the CP. I was informed that a group of big bosses had approached. I left the dugout and approached them. The general shows me a man who has no insignia on his tunic and some kind of non-military cap on his head. I realized that it was Meretskov, and reported to him that the regiment was on the defensive. He said to me, "Find out the situation and report back to me." And he continued down the road.

At the end of May, the enemy closed the neck. My divisions and two regiments of the division remained behind the neck.

I organized a group of scouts and machine gunners and assigned them the task of breaking through the German defenses at night and helping the units get out of the neck. This was possible - part of the units of the 546th regiment was withdrawn. But soon the enemy again closed the neck.

A few days later, the division commander gave me a tank; battalion, ordering to personally sit on the tank and immediately break through the front line of the enemy’s defense into the neck, find the commanders of the regiments of our division and transmit the order to leave on his behalf. The commander of the tank battalion came to me. I asked him how many tanks he had. He replied that nine T-34s and two tankettes. I asked the divisional commander: “Who will cover us?” He replied that no one.

In front of the enemy defenses, there was only one road passable for tanks, lined with poles. On the sides there was a swamp and many craters from shells and bombs filled with water.

The task was started in the first half of the day. As soon as the tanks approached the front line of the enemy's defense, the Germans opened artillery fire on us. The first tank was hit and caught fire, it is impossible to bypass it. They knock out the second tank ahead of me. I gave the command to reverse out of the firing zone back. Thus, this operation failed, 2 tankettes and 3 tanks were lost.

When we went out to our own, I met with the commander of the tank brigade. He began to reproach me: now, he didn’t complete the task, but he set fire to the tanks, for this you should be brought to trial by the tribunal. I said, "Well, take it to court."

It ended, however, without a trial. But there were so many senseless losses in this operation that to this day they haunt me.

P. V. Bogatyrev,

retired Lieutenant Colonel

ex. commander of the 546th joint venture of the 191st division

The combat path of our glorious heroic regiment began back in 1941.

According to the list No. 5 of the directive of the General Staff No. 043 of July 18, 1970. The first formation of the 191st Rifle Regiment was at the end of 1941. Despite all the difficulties, the division was formed in a month. And already on September 12, 1941, the soldiers of the division took the oath. The 201st Latvian Rifle Division consisted of the 92nd, 122nd and 191st Rifle Regiments, the 220th Artillery Regiment, the 10th Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery, the 170th Separate Communications Battalion and several special forces. 90 percent of the fighters and commanders were citizens of the Latvian SSR.

Entry into the active army took place on December 5, 1941. From December 20, 1941 to January 14, 1942, during the Soviet counteroffensive near Moscow, the division took part in heavy fighting near Naro-Fominsk and Borovsk. Her losses amounted to 55% of the personnel, including privates - 58%, junior early. composition - 30%. Some regiments lost more than half of their composition, so in the 191st Infantry Regiment, the losses amounted to 70% of the personnel.

On January 16, 1942, the remaining units of the division were withdrawn from the front line for the restoration of personnel and redeployment.

On February 2, 1942, the 191st Rifle Regiment as part of the 201st Rifle Division was again sent to the front. The regiment took part in the battles for the defense of Leningrad until September 15, 1942.

On September 15, 1942, the remnants of the 201st Latvian Rifle Division were withdrawn from the front line. The 201st Latvian Division was disbanded and part of it was reorganized into the 43rd Guards Latvian Rifle Division.

Despite the fact that the 191st Rifle Regiment again suffered heavy losses, the regimental banner was retained. And given this, the regiment was not disbanded.

To strengthen the Soviet troops in the area of ​​besieged Leningrad, on the basis of the order of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the second formation of the 201st Rifle Division (later the 201st Gatchina Twice Red Banner MSD) began, which again included the 191st motorized rifle regiment. On May 25, 1943, the commander of the Leningrad Front, General of the Army L. A. Govorov, signed directive No. Leningrad since 1941. The formation of one of these divisions, the 201st Rifle Division, was headed by Colonel Vyacheslav Petrovich Yakutovich. Colonel Mikhail Nikolaevich Boldyrev became the first chief of staff, and Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Konstantinovich Smolyak was appointed head of the political department.

According to the list No. 5 of the directive of the General Staff No. 043 of July 18, 1970, the 201st Rifle Division of the second formation entered the active army on May 27, 1943, and until the end of the war on May 9, 1945, division units were on the front line. At that time, the division had three rifle regiments of three battalions, one artillery regiment armed with 76.2-mm howitzers of the 1938 model. The peculiarity was that a ski battalion was formed in the division, and ski companies were formed in the regiments as advanced detachments. Here is what the first chief of staff of the division, Colonel N. Boldyrev, recalled about these days: “Our formation was of great importance for the Leningrad Front as an experimental demonstration, in terms of equipment and states, adapted for offensive battles in a wooded and swampy area. At the end of September 1943, the front commander held a review of the division, which was attended by the command of the 3rd Army and the command of its corps and divisions. The division's readiness for combat was rated "excellent", and its experience in formation and combat training was ordered to be distributed in all parts of the front. These successes were achieved thanks to the skillfully delivered training of warriors. While two regiments of the division guarded the coast of the Gulf of Finland and Ladoga, the third was engaged in combat training. There was a “run-in” with tanks, the Red Army men learned to attack the battalion defense area, created according to German tactical and engineering charters. There were other features of the training of personnel. For each rifle squad, crew, two azimuters were prepared. The soldiers learned to determine the patency of swamps, detect fords, weave swamp shoes, and prepare poles. They were also trained to equip trenches in the swamp, mask recreation areas, make smokeless fires. Much attention was paid to the definition and preparation for the use of "pasture": plants, roots, mushrooms, berries, nuts, herbs. They mastered the methods of silently catching animals, birds, fish.”

The bases of the regiments of the division were:

The 92nd Infantry Regiment is a border brigade, which at one time stood guarding the border on the Karelian Isthmus.

122nd Infantry Regiment - 13th Brigade of the Internal Guard of Leningrad, which performed tasks to combat saboteurs and marauders.

191st the rifle regiment was created from separate units of the Baltic Fleet marine brigades.

The personnel of the division mainly consisted of warriors hardened in defensive battles, among whom the movement of snipers was developed: there were ten to fifteen people in each company. By the end of 1943, the division was a well-prepared, trained, equipped unit with everything necessary, ready to conduct an offensive in a wooded and swampy area.

The commander of the 191st Infantry Regiment at that time was Lieutenant Colonel Parshin Daniil Rodionovich

On January 12, 1944, the commander of the 201st Rifle Division received an order from the headquarters of the 122nd Army Corps to advance to the front line, change the division that was on the defensive south of the Pulkovo Heights, and be ready to advance in the direction of Gatchina in seven echelons, having columns 198 in head th separate anti-tank fighter battalion. The division moved to the front. The transition was made in heavy snowfall. But the division reached the indicated area in time and replaced the remnants of the defending formation. At 08:00 on January 14, 1944, in the area of ​​the division's offensive, the ground trembled from powerful artillery preparation. Thousands of shells fell on the positions of the Nazis. Breaking the resistance of the Nazis, the tactical depth of the enemy's defense was overcome in the first day. Scout-skiers of the 191st Rifle Regiment in the village of Maloye Zamostye captured the headquarters of the German regiment with a secret unit and a banner. The enemy commander managed to shoot himself. As part of the division, the regiment participated in the liberation of Gatchina and the city of Luga.

On February 11, 1944, the division commander received an order from the command of the 117th Rifle Corps dated February 10, 1944, to attack the city of Luga. The 92nd and 122nd rifle regiments were in the first echelon, in the second - 191st rifle regiment. On February 13, the division headquarters received a cipher message stating that the division had been awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the capture of Luga.

During the Leningrad-Novgorod operation, Soviet troops captured a bridgehead on the western bank of the Narva River. By cutting off the Narva-Tallinn railway, they created a threat of complete encirclement and destruction of the Narva group of Germans. The Nazis, correctly assessing the situation, prepared and carried out a counterattack, releasing the railway. In addition, the enemy intended to completely eliminate the Narva bridgehead. To hold it after the battles for Luga, the 117th Rifle Corps, which included the 201st Rifle Division, was transferred here. At this time, the bridgehead had a front of 50 and a depth of 10 kilometers. Its significance was great, since the further advance of our troops to the coast of the Gulf of Finland and further across the territory of Estonia influenced the further participation of Finland in the war. On February 26, 1944, the division was tasked to replace the 11th Infantry Division at the forefront and be ready to attack. And a day later, an order was received: to attack and break through the enemy's defenses. On the morning of February 28, from the march, without reconnaissance, the division went on the attack to destroy the enemy's pulling up reserves. The replenishment received on the march from the partisan detachments did not even have time to be distributed among the companies. As a result, the troops advanced only 2 kilometers, suffering heavy losses. Only by April 1944, units and formations of the Leningrad Front were ready to continue the offensive operation, however, the German command also managed to take countermeasures. On April 9, intelligence reported that the enemy was creating a powerful grouping, which included five infantry divisions and the Feldherrnhalle and Shtahbetz tank groups. In July 1944, the division received the task of advancing in the direction of the Auvere-Yam-Lembitu station and further, to the Gulf of Finland, with the goal of completing the encirclement of the Narva enemy grouping in the Khanela sector. The conditions of the terrain allowed advancing only by rail, since swamps and sandy hills stretched all around, equipped by the Germans for firing points.

On the morning of July 24 191st the rifle regiment, in cooperation with the 120th rifle division, went on the attack, but a day later was stopped by the enemy, suffering heavy losses. At this time, formations of the 2nd Shock Army crossed the Narva River and began to bypass the city from the north. The enemy was forced to transfer reserves to the north, which created a favorable environment for our offensive from the Narva bridgehead. July 27 191st the rifle regiment in the Meriküla region captured the height from which the outskirts of the city of Narva and the coast of the Gulf of Finland were visible. At 1200, the 92nd Infantry Regiment met with units of the 2nd Shock Army, which completed the complete encirclement of the Narva group. The city of Narva was liberated on July 26, 1944 by the troops of the Leningrad Front with the support of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet during the Narva offensive operation.

By order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the 191st Rifle Regiment was given the honorary name “Narva” for these battles.

Since that time, the regiment became known as the 191st Narva Rifle Regiment.

The further offensive of our troops was stopped on the so-called “Tannenberg Line”, where 6 battered, but not lost enemy divisions, took up defensive positions on a 50-kilometer front. The commander of the 2nd German Corps, Lieutenant-General Hasse, declared that the Baltic suburbs were a breakwater blocking the path of the Bolsheviks to Germany. On August 5, the division was reassigned to the 2nd Shock Army and carried out several bloody attacks on Tannenberg, and then withdrawn for reorganization. After the liberation of Narva, the command of the Lenfront decided to replace the 2nd Shock Army, which had liberated Narva, with the 8th Army, and send the 2nd to the active sector of the front in the Tartu region. The 201st Gatchina Red Banner Rifle Division, which was part of it, was transported in five echelons through Gatchina and Pskov to the Orava station and on August 31, 1944 was concentrated in the Latriantskala area. On September 1, Colonel Andrey Andreevich Shiryaev was appointed commander of the division. Preparations began for forcing the Vyaike-Ema-Yygi River. The river was a serious water barrier - the width is from 100 to 130 meters, the banks are swampy. Almost until mid-October, the personnel trained in overcoming the river using improvised means.

On September 13, 1944, at 06:00, on the orders of the division commander, the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the 92nd Infantry Regiment under the command of Captain Luzin began reconnaissance in force, crossing the Vyaike-Ema-Yygi River, and held the captured bridgehead until dark, and during the night on the “patch” all units of the regiment and artillery crossed 191st Narva Rifle Regiment. The commander of the 3rd howitzer battalion of the 220th artillery regiment, Captain Stozharov, also crossed over with a battalion control platoon. When he approached the checkpoint of Captain Luzin's battalion, he came under a powerful artillery attack. The enemy had already recovered from the sudden crossing of the river and was pulling up reserves in order to throw regiments into the river and eliminate the bridgehead. In short dashes, and in some places in a plastuna way, Captain Stozharov approached the checkpoint, but on the way Luzin was hit by a fragment of a mine that exploded nearby. Stozharov was forced to take command of the battalion. After the artillery attack, German tanks and infantry launched a counterattack. The battalion, which was in the trenches captured from the enemy, held back the Nazis, suffering losses. By the end of the day, Captain Stozharov, having gathered the remnants of the battalion and the battalion's control platoon, called the division's fire on himself. The Germans, who were pressing on the island of the defenders, preferred to withdraw 100–150 meters. Soon the attack resumed, and then Captain Stozharov raised his detachment to hand-to-hand combat. At the cost of their lives, the Gatchina defended the bridgehead.

On September 14, 1944, in the predawn silence, the 1st and 3rd rifle battalions of the 92nd and 191st infantry regiments crossed to the bridgehead and went on the offensive. By 12.00 we advanced 7–8 kilometers and then met with suitable German reserves, which included not only Panther tanks, but also Ferdinand self-propelled guns. , not having its own artillery and anti-tank rifles, could not oppose enemy armor with anything other than grenades and small arms. Only a few soldiers of the 7th and 8th rifle companies, who had stocked up in advance with captured faustpatrons, managed to set fire to four "panthers" and one "Ferdinand", which somewhat sobered the attackers. 191st Narva Rifle Regiment suffered heavy losses, 20-30 people remained in the battalions, more than half of the officers were out of action, and in the 7th, 8th and 9th rifle companies there were none left at all. For 8 days of fighting, the division went with fierce battles up to 25-30 kilometers, liberated 35 farms and small villages, defeated the 23rd infantry regiment of the 12th infantry division of the Germans and two Latvian SS battalions.

The 191st Narva Rifle Regiment, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 10/13/44, was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky for these battles, as the first to take the brunt and hold the bridgehead.

Since that time, the regiment became known as the 191 Narva Order of Alexander Nevsky Rifle Regiment.

On September 23, 1944, the division, as part of the 122nd Rifle Corps, was introduced into the German defense breakthrough and, fighting, pursuing the retreating enemy, on September 27, reached the outer defensive bypass of the Riga fortified area in the vicinity of Vidrizhe. The vanguard of the division - the 92nd Infantry Regiment - went to Marnieka, where the headquarters of the 409th German Infantry Regiment was located, defeated and destroyed the headquarters and service units, capturing 5 radio stations, secret documents and the banner of the enemy regiment. In addition, the regiment surprised a division of 105-mm howitzers in firing positions and captured guns, ammunition, tractors, and prisoners.

On March 30, 1945, the formation became part of the 1st Rifle Corps of the 1st Shock Army and was preparing to force the Viesata River.

On April 26, 1945, Hitler gave the order to evacuate the group through Libau and Vindava. The sailors of the Baltic Fleet blocked these ports, fermentation began behind the “iron belt”, and our troops were already in Berlin.

On May 8, by 18.00, parts of the division approached the settlement of Kandava. At 19.00, the headquarters of the Lenfront intercepted a radiogram from the headquarters of the Courland grouping about complete surrender.

In Courland, 189 thousand soldiers and officers, 42 generals of the enemy surrendered to Soviet troops.

During the participation in the battles in the Great Patriotic War, three soldiers of the 201st Gatchina Red Banner Division were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. One of them, a sergeant, served in the 191st Narva Order of Alexander Nevsky Rifle Regiment.

Recipients: Order of Lenin - 13

Order of the Red Banner - 107

Order of the Patriotic War, I degree - 174

Order of the Patriotic War II degree - 253

Order of the Red Star - 1260

Order of Glory III degree - 310

medal "For Courage" - 3687

medal "For Military Merit" - 2753 people.

prisoners - 527 people

guns - 62

tractors - 6

mortars - 38

cars - 45

horses - 37

motorcycles - 6

radio stations - 7

machine guns - 108

small arms - 1080

aircraft - 3

armored trains - 9

On June 2, 1945, the division camped 13 kilometers northwest of the city of Tukums, near the Tishi farm. Peaceful life began. In August, the division received an order to redeploy to Tajikistan.

"This text was written in 2009 by Igor Gennadievich Molodov, after a long collection and systematization of information about the history of 191 OMSP."

The division was formed in the Leningrad Military District in March 1941. By the beginning of the war, it was deployed in the area of ​​Kingisepp - Narva - Slantsy.

It was deployed along the eastern bank of the Narva River with the front to the west. On July 14, 1941, it was partially withdrawn for regrouping in order to cover the direction to Kingisepp from the south until the units of the 2nd militia division approached the Luga River, but did not have time, it was on that day that German troops captured the bridgehead on Luga near the village of Ivanovskoye. From August 8, 1941, she was involved in the battles for Kingisepp, during August 1941 she retreated to Koporye. From September 8, 1941, in connection with the resumption of the German offensive, she again participates in heavy battles in the Elagino region, having units of the 291st Infantry in front of her. division, retreats in the direction of Ropsha - Peterhof. On September 15, 1941, she took part in a counterattack in the direction of Krasnoe Selo, but rolled back to Peterhof and further to Oranienbaum.
On October 24, 1941, it was sunk on the raids of Morye and Osinovets, transferred by ships of the Ladoga military flotilla to the eastern shore of Lake Ladoga, and by the end of October 1941, concentrated in the Matveevskaya Kharchevnya (Kharchevnya) - Sitomlya area forty kilometers southwest of Tikhvin. By the end of October 30, 1941, the division under attack was forced to leave Sitomlya, from November 1, 1941, it participates in a counterattack in the direction of Budogoshch - Gruzino, suffered heavy losses, did not achieve success, and on November 5, 1941, under the attack of three German divisions, began to retreat to the east11 November 1941 went on the offensive together with the 44th Infantry Division with the support of the tanks of the 46th Tank Brigade, pushed the enemy troops back 12-13 kilometers, advancing to the northern outskirts of Tikhvin, by November 14-15, 1941, the division reached a distance of 5 - 6 kilometers from the city. Since December 1941, the division again went on the offensive and, acting together with the 65th Infantry Division, broke through the barriers in suburban areas, came close to Tikhvin. On the night of December 9, 1941, it storms Tikhvin from the northeast, and knocks the enemy out of the city. During the retreat of German troops from Tikhvin, strikes from the flank at the 21st Infantry Division, advances in the direction of Malaya Vishera.
January 25, 1942 was transferred from the 4th Army to the 2nd Shock Army to participate in the Luban operation, on the night of February 2, 1942 went to Krivino. Introduced into the breakthrough of the troops of the 2nd shock army in the Myasny Bor area. On February 5, 1942, she replaced the 104th Cavalry Regiment in the area of ​​​​the village of Chervino.

In mid-February 1942, together with the 53rd and 57th rifle brigades, it entered the group of General P.F. Privalov, and acted east along the line of Krivino, Ruchi, Chervinskaya Luka. However, the offensive of the troops of the group was unsuccessful. The division, using the success of the 80th cavalry division, was part of the 546th and 552nd rifle regiments, without artillery, mortars and carts, sent behind enemy lines to capture the village and Pomeranie station on the Moscow-Leningrad railway 5 kilometers southeast Lyubani with the task of capturing the village with a night attack, then organizing a solid all-round defense and preventing the enemy from moving along the highway and the Chudovo-Leningrad railway. By February 20, 1942, the division (more precisely, the unit, without the 559th rifle and 484th artillery regiments, the 8th anti-tank battalion and the 15th medical battalion) concentrated in the forest one and a half kilometers northwest of the village of Dubove. On the night of February 21, 1942, the division secretly crossed the front line, crossed the Apraksin Bor - Lyuban road and deepened into the forest.

On the night of February 22, 1942, the division moved to Pomerania, but when leaving the forest it was discovered by a reconnaissance aircraft, which aimed enemy artillery at the division. The shelling caused heavy losses in killed and wounded, moreover, the only radio was broken and communication with the troops was lost. The division again withdrew into the forest, and by February 27, 1942, the division began to emerge from the encirclement in three independent groups. She suffered heavy losses, including the division headquarters could not get out of the encirclement and is still listed as missing.
Until the end of the spring of 1942, the significantly weakened division was part of the troops of the Volkhov Front, operating in the so-called Luban ledge, and together with them fell into a new encirclement in March-April 1942. Participated in the operation to withdraw the 2nd shock army from the encirclement.
By June 1, 1942, the remnants of the division were withdrawn from the encirclement and the division was sent for restoration.

During the operation to break the blockade of Leningrad, she was put into battle by the second echelon on January 14, 1943, on the same day she occupied Workers' Settlement No. 7 and started a battle for the Sinyavino station. Conducts battles near Sinyavino during 1943. In these battles, Siberians from the Udereisky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory died.

Mosalsky Georgy Matveyevich 1911 sergeant shooter 552 SP 191 sd went missing 09/29/1942 Leningrad region, Mginsky district, Sinyavinsky s / s, village Sinyavino, in the Minusinsky district. B-Irsha

Malyshchev Boris Petrovich 1909 kr - c shooter 546 SP 191 sd went missing 06 - 09/20/1942 Leningrad region, Mginsky district, Sinyavinsky s / s, village Sinyavino, in the Udereysky district, pr Kirovsky

Labkaev Vasily Ivanovich 1920 foreman of the beginning of the radio station 191 sd killed 03/22/1945 Poland, Gdansk military, pov. Gdansk, m. red star

Pichuev Lukyan Semenovich 1906 Red Army shooter 552 joint venture 191 rifle division killed 01/25/1943 Leningrad region, Mginsky district, Sinyavinsky s / s, r.p. Sinyavino, north-east, 2 km

Zaitsev Mikhail Ivanovich 1916 sergeant com. bullet compartments. battalion 292 OPAB 191 sd died of wounds 08/21/1944 Estonia.d.Vvytu. Udereysky pH. With. Zaitsevo. Awards Medal for Courage. Two wounds.

Shcherbakov Pavel Andreevich 1915 Red Army rifleman OLB 191 rifle division killed 01/29/1943 Leningrad region, Mginsky district, settlement Sinyavino Work settlement No. 7

Chashchin Petr Stepanovich 1922 Sergeant of the crew of a machine gun 552 SP 191 sd killed 01/15/1944 Leningrad region, Novgorod district, Chechulino village, southeastern outskirts. Udereisky pr. Nikolsky.

Petrov Semyon Efremovich 1898 Red Army sapper 330 OSB 191 sd was killed on 01/16/44 Leningrad region, Novgorod district, Maloye Lozhitovo village. Udereisky mine Central.
Udereisky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory
During the Leningrad-Novgorod operation, it advances north of Novgorod, on January 16, 1944, storms the village of Chechulino, then develops an offensive on Medvedkovo, distinguished itself during the liberation of Novgorod, then advances on Utorgosh. In March 1944, she was assigned to the front reserve and then entered the 2nd shock army, during the summer of 1944 (until the end of July 1944) she fought unsuccessfully on the Narva defensive line.
In September 1944, it advances on Riga from the northeast. October 13, 1944, the division, bypassing Kishezers from the north (landing a small landing through Kishezers on fishing boats), turned to Riga. Acting in the vanguard of the corps, the division in the Zzemelblazna area defeated the 547th German infantry regiment, whose remnants surrendered along with the unit's chief of staff. After the liberation of Riga, the division was transferred to the 4th shock army, fought in the Mazeikiai-Auce areas, at the end of November 1944 it was put into reserve, and in December 1944 it was transferred to Poland.
Takes part in the East Prussian offensive operation, advancing from the Lomza region to Shchuchin, then to Johannisburg. At the end of January 1945, it was withdrawn to the reserve, transferred north of Bydgoszcz and from there it advances during the East Pomeranian offensive operation to Czersk

On the night of February 17, the division crosses the Schwarzwasser River near the village of Sauermühle and occupies Osh, a strong stronghold on the way to Chersk. On February 18-21, 1945, he fought for the settlements of Linek and Glovka, 60 kilometers north of Bydgoszcz. On March 7, 1945, pursuing the enemy, retreating along the Berent, Skortsevo, Stendsitz highway, was stopped by organized enemy resistance at a turn one and a half kilometers south of Stendsitz;

During the Berlin offensive, it crosses the Oder south of the Harz, continuing the offensive, went to the Elbe in the Ludwigslust area

Formed on the basis of the 13th and 27th rifle brigade.
92, 122 and 191 rifle regiments,
220 artillery regiment,
198 separate anti-tank battalion,
112 reconnaissance company,
53 sapper battalion,
252 separate communications battalion (256 separate communications company),
49 medical battalion,
137 separate company of chemical protection,
20 motor transport company,
556 field bakery,
813 divisional veterinary infirmary,
521 field post stations,
476 field cash desk of the State Bank.


Combat period
27.5.43-9.5.45

By decision of the Military Council of the Lenfront in May - June 1943, during the terrible days of the blockade of Leningrad, the 201st Rifle Division was formed. The formation of the division was based on the unification of two brigades: 27 separate rifle brigade (former border), 13 brigades of the defense forces of Leningrad. Sestroretsk Red Banner Regiment. The 3rd and 4th battalions went to form the 122nd rifle regiment. The 191st rifle regiment was formed mainly from units of the 13th brigade. The 220th artillery regiment was formed from artillery units of brigades and personnel who arrived from marching units. At the same time, separate battalions and companies were formed from special brigade units:
-256 separate communications battalion
-53 separate engineer battalion
-112 separate reconnaissance company
-49 separate medical and sanitary battalion
-20 separate auto-company delivery

The 27th brigade consisted of border guards of 3rd, 5th, 33rd and 102nd detachments. Its main composition: workers and employees of Leningrad enterprises, sailors of the Baltic. The brigade defended the coast of the Gulf of Finland within the city, in the areas of timber and commercial ports, a coal harbor and the island of the Decembrists. The 27th OSBR, which was part of the 23rd Army, from the end of August 1941 to February 1943, took up defense on the Karelian Isthmus along the northeastern coast of the Gulf of Finland from Lakhta to Sestroretsk and overland to Beloostrov along the Sestra River. 13 and 27 OSBR from the autumn of 1941 were replenished due to a large number of girls who, along with men, carried out difficult front-line service. The division also included the 220 artillery regiment, 198 separate anti-tank fighter division, 51 engineer battalion, 119 separate reconnaissance company, 136 separate chemical company.

The 201st Rifle Division was created to take part in the operation to lift the blockade of Leningrad.

Vyacheslav Petrovich Yakutovich was appointed commander of the 201st Rifle Division. Colonel IV Smolyak was appointed head of the political department. Lieutenant Colonel, later Major General M. I. Boldyrev was the chief of staff. The 92nd Red Banner Rifle Regiment was led by Colonel S. M. Konnikov. The artillery commander of the 201st division was Colonel Gerasimenko A.S. Rodionov V.A. - deputy division commander. S.S. Ilyin was appointed commander of the 220th artillery regiment. The commander of the transport company - Khudyakov A. Ya. The head of the reconnaissance division - Shatilov P. I. Fedotov D. K. was the reconnaissance commander of the company. The division's communications chief is A. A. Ivanov.

The division management scheme was as follows: there were 4 main links - the head of the headquarters, the division commander, the head of the p / o division and the political department. All these links interacted with each other. The chief of staff was responsible for such departments: operational, reconnaissance, communications, accounting, rear, cipher. The division commander controlled regiments 92, 122, 191, 220, gave instructions to the head of the rear and the commander of the artillery division. In turn, the head of logistics commanded the rear units.

Any division is famous for its warriors. The difficult path of the 201st division is connected with the exploits of its fighters. The division brought up four Heroes of the Soviet Union. Many soldiers were awarded orders and medals for their exploits.
M. Ya. Mironov

Born in 1919 in the village of Gorodets, Moscow Region. After leaving school, he worked at the Kolomna Machine-Building Plant. In 1939 he was brought into the border troops. The Great Patriotic War found him on the border with Finland. In the early days of the war he was a scout. Later he was sent to sniper courses. He commanded a rifle company of the 92nd rifle regiment. Destroyed 293 soldiers and officers. In January 1944 he was seriously wounded. February 21, 1944 Mironov M. Ya. was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

G. V. Amyaga

Originally from Belarus. By call - Siberian. he was not 19 years old when he joined the 191st Rifle Regiment. Serious, stubborn Georgy Amyaga soon became a recognized leader. Sergeant Amyaga acted boldly and decisively in the battles for the Auvere Yalm railway station. The troops captured the height of 84.6 and reached the Narva Bay. At the head of this assault was Georgy Amyaga. In hand-to-hand combat, he managed to capture a German major and another officer. On August 3, 1944, on the outskirts of Valga, a bullet struck down a brave hero. Georgy Amyaga was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He personally destroyed more than 50 Nazis and captured five.

V. G. Nedoshivin

He served in the 91st Infantry Regiment. He was at the front from the first days of the war. He was wounded eleven times. In the battles for Leningrad, Estonia and Latvia, he proved himself to be a courageous, fearless commander. He distinguished himself in the battles for Gatchina, Narva, and Courland. awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on June 4, 1944. After the war, he wrote a book of memoirs about past battles.

S. A. Shalygin

In April 1943, he was assigned to the 112th separate reconnaissance company of the 201st division. In the first days of March 1945, while fighting heavy battles in the area of ​​​​the village of Nerzis (Krland), repulsing the counterattack of the Nazis, he covered the company commander with his chest. He himself died as a hero. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR posthumously awarded him the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.


But not only those fighters who were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union glorified the division. Everyone contributed to the victory. I will name just a few of them.

The division was headed by Yakutovich Vyacheslav Petrovich. Before the war, he worked in Kyiv as a journalist, graduated from a military school. In 1941, Vyacheslav Petrovich took part in the battles near Kingisepp and defended the Pulkovo Heights. in 1943 he began to command the 201st Infantry Division.

Chukhrai Ivan Antonovich On the third day of the war, Ivan Antonovich had a chance to participate in the battles to eliminate the enemy airborne assault. Later he participated in the battles near Pskov, Luga, Shimsk, Lyuban, Pushkin. In December 1941, he was appointed secretary of the 172nd regiment of the 13th SD, and in May 1942 he received a new appointment - he became assistant chief of the p / department for the Komsomol of the 13th brigade. On May 5, 1943, Chukhrai was appointed executive editor of the military newspaper Krasnoarmeyskoye Slovo.

Zelenkova Lidia Petrovna In 1942, in the terrible hour of danger hanging over Leningrad, she voluntarily went to the front to defend the city, carried out a difficult front-line service. Since May 1943, she has already served in the 201st Rifle Division. She was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 3rd degree, the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad".

Melyavskaya Tamara Alexandrovna. Since May 1943, a nurse in the 49th separate medical battalion of the 201st Infantry Division. She was awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd degree.

Ilyushenko Nikolai Nikolaevich An active participant in the Great Patriotic War. During the difficult years of the blockade of Leningrad, he participated in battles with the enemy on the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts. He fought in the ranks of 92 and 191 regiments.

Kukushkin Vladimir Maksimovich Active defender of Leningrad during the 900-day blockade. He commanded a rifle platoon and a company of sergeants. Was wounded twice.

Krestyashin Sergey Ivanovich. In 1942, he was enrolled in the 5th Red Banner Sestroretsk Border Detachment as an assistant to the company's political instructor. Since the beginning of the organization of the 92nd regiment of the 201st SD, he was the commander of the minbattery reconnaissance section. For his courage and courage, S. I. Krestyashin was awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd degree, the medal For Courage, and the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree.

Vyunova Lyubov Nikolaevna Since May 1943, she was a signalman in the communications battalion of the 201st division and performed the duties of a freight forwarder. Received medals "For Courage", "For Military Merit".

Saprykin Alexander Pavlovich. July 13, 1941 was drafted into the Soviet army. After completing junior lieutenant courses, he was in the active army on February 15 in the following positions: platoon commander, senior adjutant, deputy battalion commander.

Agapov Sergey Alekseevich. In 1940 he was drafted into the Soviet army. In October 1942 he was assigned to the 13th detachment, and in May 1943 he entered the 201st division. He was enlisted in the 191st regiment.

Shakhnovich Vasily Vasilievich Lieutenant General of the Soviet Army, commanded a battalion of the 191st Infantry Regiment. He showed himself as a courageous, strong-willed commander. Skillfully led the battles.

The chronicle of times and peoples knows many brilliant defenses of fortresses and cities, many sieges that have entered the world history of wars. But with what words to describe the defense of Leningrad, which is not and has never been equal in history?


And at the forefront of this defense was Gatchina (Krasnogvardeisk), the valiant defenders of the Krasnogvardeisky fortified area. They did everything to prevent the enemy from entering Leningrad, but after fierce fighting they were forced to leave Gatchina on September 13, 1941.


In January 1944, the hour of the liberation of the Gatchina land from the invaders struck. Going on a decisive offensive against the forces of the 18th German Army, which was besieging Leningrad, our troops broke through the enemy defenses and set about liberating the Leningrad Region.


“The troops of the Leningrad Front, continuing to develop the offensive, on the night of January 26, stormed the Gatchina railway junction.


During January 26, west, south-west and south of Gatchina, our troops, continuing to develop the offensive, captured the settlements: Klyasino, Shundrovo, Kaskovo, Muratovo, Small and Large Bornitsy, Small Kolpino, Pizhma, Pustoshka and the Voyskovitsy railway station.


To the west and north-west of Tosno, our troops, having broken the resistance of the enemy, occupied several settlements with battles, including: Sablino, Novo-Lisino, Susanino, Novo-Susanino, railway stations Galashevka, Semrino, Susanino. - read the summary for January 26 in the Leningradskaya Pravda newspaper.


The 201st Rifle Division took part in the battles for Gatchina.
The artillery of the 201st division played a huge role in the defeat of the bridgeheads on the Izhora River. Following inseparably from the battle formations of the advancing infantry, the artillerymen smashed many reinforced concrete structures on the banks of the Izhora with direct fire, flank fire.

With the support of regimental cannon fire and heavy artillery fire, the infantrymen overcame the coastal fortifications and by the morning of January 25 broke into the Khokhlovo state farm, the northern outskirts of Gatchina. This is how our units attacked the city from the front. Other units flowed around Gatchina from the first flank.

By this time, they had captured the Gatchina mill with battles, the settlements: Myulya-Kulya, Pudost, Myza, leaked to the city through the park. January 25 began the assault on the city. Ensuring the infantry attack, the artillery group carried out a series of powerful fire strikes on disputed points in the morning. After that, she began to consistently concentrate fire on the lines to which the infantry was moving. By 7 pm, one of the rifle units occupied the village of Roshal.


At 4 o'clock in the morning on January 26, after a short but powerful artillery raid on the pockets of enemy resistance, the arrows began to knock out the Germans from every house. By morning the city was completely cleared of the enemy.


“The thunder of the guns of the Leningrad Front and the ships of the Red Banner Fleet heralded the hour of the offensive. After artillery preparation, our unit, commanded by Major General Yakutovich, entered the gap between Pulkovo and Voronya Gora and, inspired by the first success, moved to Gatchina.

Already behind Donya, Zaitsevo, Volodarsky water pipeline, Bolshoi Verevo, Romanovka. But in Gatchina, the Germans are trying to hold on. The infantry moved around from Romanovka, through Bolshaya Zamestye to Pizhma. Artillery from the village of Maloye Verevo along the highway came close to the city.


And finally, they occupied Gatchina! Close, native, familiar city. Here, every street, every house reminds of the past.
I hurry to the house where I used to live, but it no longer exists.
I caught up with my unit in Voskresensky. A battle broke out on the Novo-Kuznetsovo - Pribytkovo section.


The division occupied Nikolskoye, Siverskaya, Mezhno, Rozhdestvenno, Divenskaya. Fight at Mshinskaya station. "Luga" - we read with excitement the words of the Stalin order.


For the capture of Gatchina, the gratitude of the commander-in-chief was announced to us, and our Red Banner division became known as the Gatchina division, ”recalled the fighter of the 201st division A. Kayukov.


In the battles for Gatchina distinguished themselves: Abdakulin, Burykh, Bondarchuk, Basyuk, Vukholov, Demidov, Ivanchenko, Krutsky. Krivoshein, Kazakin, Lebedev, Leontiev, Melnikov, Mikhailov, Moskalenko, Nizovtsev, Novikov, Orlov, Pavlenko, Ruban, Starostin, Slepnev, Solovyov, Umnov, Khapov, Tsarkov and many others. For heroism and courage, the battery commander, communist Konstantin Fedorenko, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Senior Sergeant Nikolai Gura was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, throwing himself with a bunch of grenades under an enemy self-propelled gun.


A corporal, Komsomol member Alexander Kolyaskin was presented to the Order of Lenin. Being wounded, surrounded, he blew himself up with a grenade, but did not surrender. In the battles for Gatchina, the commander of the 5th rifle company of the 191st regiment, M. Ya. Mironov, was wounded, previously awarded the Order of Lenin with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.


The 201st Rifle Division also distinguished itself in the battles near Luga.
From January 27 to February 13, units of the division, in cooperation with other units and subunits, following the order of the command, fought stubborn and heavy battles.


During this time, units of the division liberated more than 18 settlements from the invaders, captured a large amount of weapons and property of the enemy, more than 250 enemy soldiers and officers were destroyed and 27 people were taken prisoner. The most active were the 92nd Red Banner Regiment, the ski battalion of Major Agapov, and the scouts of Lieutenant Nedoshivin.


For excellent military operations, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, Lieutenant V. Nedoshivin was named after the Hero of the Soviet Union. More than 300 soldiers, sergeants, and officers were awarded orders and medals of the Soviet Union.


In March 1944, having replaced parts of Simonyak's 30th Corps, units of the 201st GKSD took up defensive positions at the Narva bridgehead. Samples of steadfastness, courage and heroism were shown by hundreds of soldiers and officers.


“The 201st Rifle Division of Major General V.P. Yakutovich, together with other divisions of the 117th Rifle Corps of A.V. Batluk and the division of Major General A.G. Koziev, took the Auvere-Yaam station and helped the units that stormed Narva frontal strike. The 191st Rifle Regiment especially distinguished itself.


The order of the Supreme Commander of July 26 says that Narva was taken as a result of a skillful detour maneuver and a frontal attack. The direct execution of this maneuver was entrusted to the 117th Rifle Corps, which approached from the southeast.


On July 26, Yakutovich sent his main attack to the Auvere-Jaam station. Without wasting a minute, Yakutovich threw the 92nd regiment of Mokalsky to the northeast in order to cut off the escape route to the west for the fleeing Nazis.


Brilliantly fulfilling its task, the regiment went deep into the forests, into the Hindenurk area, and, after fierce battles in the area of ​​​​the village of Repniku-Asula, connected with the advanced units.


The 191st regiment of Parshin, which had reached Udria, turned to the southwest. He approached the last of the heights of the Lasty-colony, surrounded it from the east and northeast.


The assault on the height was scheduled for 9 am on July 27, but was further postponed to 5 am.


The first to break into the enemy trenches was the battalion of the Commander of the Order of Alexander Nevsky Captain Kachukov. From the south side, at that time, Koziev's regiments began an assault on the heights.
By 13:00 in the afternoon, the first fortifications of Lasty-colony were captured. By the end of the day, the enemy guns fell silent. The Germans were driven out of the Lasty colony.


During the assault on Narva, Georgy Amyaga, Komsomol organizer of the company, especially distinguished himself. This is how the Executive Secretary of the Council of Veterans of the 201st Division Evgeny Binkin talks about the feat of Amyagi.


“The offensive began on July 25 at 5:30 am. There were bloody battles. And now the height is already in our hands!
The night has come. The Nazis launched a counterattack. At the turn of Amyagi, only three of our fighters remained: he, Kadrashev and Gromov. And on nmh it went approximately to a platoon of fascists, who were conducting aimless fire. Five times the Germans rushed to the heights, but they could not knock out our fighters. Soon, help came to Amyaga - the mortars of Lieutenant Shlipakov.
Georgy Amyaga was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.


Then there were no less bloody battles for the city of Riga.
The 122nd regiment, artillerymen of the 220th regiment, Fedotov's scouts were the most active. In these small but difficult battles, units and divisions of the division distinguished themselves: Makalsky, Petukhov, Savin, Ilyin, Fedotov, Golnik, Khudyakov and others. .


The 201st Rifle Division subsequently participated in many battles. Warriors always behaved with dignity and courage. Many of them have received government awards.
I believe that the exploits of the fighters of the 201st Infantry Division should not be forgotten.


They fought on our land, defended it. Thanks to them, Gatchina, Luga, Narva were liberated. We should be grateful to those who defended our Motherland.


And to this day, the 201st Gatchina Rifle Division retains its combat traditions. She conducts peacekeeping activities in Afghanistan and Tajikistan