Pavlikov, Viktor Grigorievich
He was born in the city of Sevastopol on November 26, 1907. In September 1928 he entered the Kiev Artillery School as a cadet and graduated in 1931. From 1933 to 1935 he attended evening classes at the Kiev branch of the Combined Arms Academy. M. V. Frunze. From September 1931, he held command positions in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the USSR. From September 1931 to September 1932 he was a platoon Commander of the Kiev Artillery School. From September 1932 to February 1935 he was an Assistant Commander of the battery at the Kiev Artillery School. From February 1935 to May 1937 he had been Commander of the training battery of the 100th Artillery Regiment of the 100th Rifle Division in the city of Berdichev. From May 1937 to September 1938 he had been battery Commander of the 46th Howitzer Artillery Regiment of the 100th Rifle Division of the Western Special Military District of the city of Minsk (Uruchye village). From September 1938 to May 1941 he had been Division Commander of the 46th Howitzer Artillery Regiment of the 100th Order of Lenin's Infantry Division of the Western Special Military District of Minsk. From May 1941 to July 1941 he had been Divisional Commander of the 713th Artillery Regiment of the 6th Anti-tank Artillery Brigade from the reserve of the High Command in the 10th Army of the Western Special Military District (Western Front), the area east of the city of Bialystok (Ruzhanstok). _x000D_
From July 1941 to September 1941 he had been Commander of the 39th Reserve Artillery Regiment of the Western Front, the village of Staraya Ruza. From September 1941 to December 1941 he had been Commander of the 39th corps (cannon) Artillery Regiment of the reserve of the Main Command of the Western Front. _x000D_
From December 1941 to December 1941 he was Head of the Reconnaissance Department of the Artillery Department of the 20th Army of the Western Front. From December 1941 to March 1942 he was Commander of the 896th Artillery Regiment of the 331st Infantry Division of the 20th Army of the Western Front. From March 1942 to April 1943 he was Commander of the 1020th High Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment of the Moscow Military District, at the station Suslonger. From April 1943 to September 1947 he was Commander of the 102nd Order of Kutuzov of the High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade as part of the 20th Orsha Artillery Breakthrough Division of the Reserve of the High Command, commanded a group of Artillery destruction at Bryansk, III-Belorussky, I-Baltic, II-Baltic fronts. _x000D_
He participated in the Great Patriotic War from June 21, 1941 to May 9, 1945. On December 25, 1941, he had a serious head injury at a combat near the village of Khvorostinovo, 1.5 km west of Volokolamsk, during a breakthrough of the enemy's defenses on the Lama River. In July 1943, he was wounded while breaking through the enemy's defenses near Orel. In June 1944, he was slightly wounded while breaking through the enemy's defenses near Orsha. _x000D_
He was awarded with the Order of the Red Banner in 1944 for skillful leadership and personal courage during the Orsha operation. In 1945, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree for the skillful leadership of the Artillery Group of destruction in the Libau and Memel directions. In 1944 he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. For the length of service in the Armed Forces of the USSR. In 1943 he received the medal "For Defense of Moscow", in 1945, the medal "For Victory over Germany." During the Great Patriotic War, in the orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, three letters of gratitude were personally announced for the skillful leadership of the troops in breaking through the enemy's heavily fortified defense zone near Orsha, Riga and Shaulai. In 1947, for health reasons, I was expelled from the ranks of the Soviet army with the rank of Colonel. In 1947 he started working as director of the Polotsk meat processing plant. In 1948 - 1950 he worked as director of the Polotsk city water pipeline. In 1950 - 1953 he worked as the head of the pier in the city of Polotsk.