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Ivan Pyatykh
Leonid Polyakov
Mikhail Panov
Vasiliy Pribluda
Ivan Pravdyuk
Georgy Potekhin
Roman Panteleev
Raisa Pavlova
Nicholay Prokin
Egor Podoprikin
Alexey Polyakov
Ivan Pyatykh
Leonid Polyakov
Mikhail Panov
Vasiliy Pribluda
Ivan Pravdyuk
Georgy Potekhin
Roman Panteleev
Raisa Pavlova
Nicholay Prokin
Egor Podoprikin
Alexey Polyakov
Georgy Potekhin

Georgy Potekhin

Izhevsk_x000D_ 11.10.1917 - 09.21.1961_x000D_ Russian. Colonel (19.11.1955). In the Navy since 1939._x000D_ Graduated from the Lesgaft Institute of Physical Culture in Leningrad (1939). Teacher of physical training at the K. Voroshilov Navy Academy (7.1939-07.1941). Participant of the Great Patriotic War._x000D_ Commander of a platoon of foot scouts (07-10.1941), Chief of the 2nd part of the Headquarters of the 4th Marine Brigade (10.1941-09.1942), Commander of the Mortar Platoon of the 260th Marine Brigade of the coastal defense of the Main Naval Base (09-10.1942), Commander of the training of land units of the Directorate of the Island sector of the Baltic Fleet (10.1942-02.1943), Chief of the Imtellegence of the Baltic (08.1944-05.1946), Libava (since may 1946) naval base._x000D_ During the war, he took direct part in the following combat operations:_x000D_ - 07-08.1941 - landing on the islands Mantinsaari, Lokulansaari, Rakhmasaari of Ladoga Lake, crossing the Neva River and subsequent battles in the area of Moscow Dubrovka on the "Nevsky pyatachok" (09-10. 1941 seriously wounded);_x000D_ - 11.1941 - crossing of the Neva river in the district of Teplobeton (4 km South of Shlisselburg);_x000D_ - 12.1941-03.1942 - reconnaissance operations on the enemy coast in the Districts of Lipki-Shlisselburg and Shlisselburg-Ivanovo rapids._x000D_ - end of 1942-04. 1944 - reconnaissance operations on the Northern (Finnish) and southern (German) coast of the Gulf of Finland;_x000D_ - 05-07.1944 - the operation to capture Islands of the Gulf of Vyborg;_x000D_ - 10.1944-05.1945 - the operations for the liberation of the Baltic States._x000D_ VAK of intelligence officers of the General Staff of the armed forces (09.1949-02.1950)._x000D_ In the intelligence departments of the GSVG (1950-1953)._x000D_ In the Navy intelligence units (1952-1953)._x000D_ Deputy Commander of the naval intelligence point of the Black Sea Fleet Headquarters near Ochakov (09.1953-11.11.1954). Commander of the 561st Separate Intelligence Point of the Headquarters of the 4th Navy (Baltic Fleet) (11.1954-03.1960)._x000D_ Awarded: two Orders of the Red Banner (1943, 1944), Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree (1945), two Orders of the Red Star (1954, 1957), medals For the Defense of Leningrad, for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War, For Military Merit, etc._x000D_ He died after a serious illness on 09.21.1961 in Leningrad, and was buried at the Bolsheokhtinsky Cemetery.

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