Ilyas Mahashev
Participant of the Great Patriotic War, disabled veteran of labor Ilyas Yangirovich Magashev was born on November 10, 1919 in the village of Akyar, Haybulla District of BASSR. He was called up for military service on March 24, 1940. Upon arrival in Kiev, he was assigned to the 6th Communications Regiment (March-October 1940), along with V. I. Vernadsky.Pisetsky, by A. Tulyasheva, A. Titov, V. Semenov from the area. He took the oath of office on May 1, 1940. From October 1940 to September 1943, he served as the Head of the post of the 43rd Separate Battalion of the VNOS (air observation, warning and communication troops) in Terebovlya, Ternopil Region, of the Kiev special Military District.
In 1942, his military unit was sent deep into the rear in Saratov. The division was disbanded here, their positions were taken by enlisted women, Red Army soldiers. Men were transferred to the 80th Guards Rifle Division. Magashev I. Ya. was appointed Commander of the Department of the 270th Rifle Regiment. This Division was part of the 5th Guards Tank Army and was soon sent to the front. In the area of the city Belgorod, they took up the defense.
Here Mavashev I. Y. was wounded in the right shoulder, but did not go to the front line, were treated in the mobile hospital. Guardsmen of the 5th Guards Tank Division participate in the liberation of the left-Bank Ukraine, crossing the Dnieper, taking the settlement of Mishurin Rog on the move. On the Kirovograd direction, when the railway station Trepovka was liberated, on January 5, 1944 Ilyas was wounded a third time in the head. This time, he is sent to the evacuation hospital No. 2942 in Kharkov.
After convalescence on February 25, 1944 he was sent to replenish the 32nd Motor Mechanic of the 18th Guards Tank Corps. Here in the ranks of Sergeant, Magashev I. Y. was appointed Commander of a Company of machine gunners. As part of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, he participated in the crossing of the Dniester, in the liberation of the Moldovan cities of Soroca, Floresti, Balti and Falesti.
On May 9, 1944 Mavashev was shot the fourth time in the left foot. He was treated for a long time, for almost a year. Until April 24, 1945, he had been found in the evacuation hospital No. 2467 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
After discharge from the hospital, comrade Magashev was sent to study at the Chelyabinsk Tank School, where he was appointed as a Senior Sergeant, a Commander of a powerful IS-3 Tank. They were sent to the Far East. In December 1945, the tankers arrived at their destination to guard the soviet border.
Ilyas Magashev was demobilized on June 15, 1946. For feats of arms, he was awarded the medals "For Military Merit", “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”, the order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree, the Zhukov medal, as well as eight jubilee medals. He died on July 29, 1997 after a long illness.
