Tsallagov Boris Vladimirovich
Title: Military jurist of the 1st rank Type of troops: Military-legal staff Tsallagov Boris Vladimirovich, on August 25, 1941, being in his 3rd year, he volunteered for the front and, in the direction of the Smolninsky military registration and enlistment office, was assigned to the Karelian Front, as a trainee military investigator of the prosecutor's office of the 14 Army. The troops of the 14th Army of the Karelian Front fought, at that time, heavy defensive battles, repelling the frenzied onslaught of Hitler's troops in the Arctic, in the Murmansk direction. After 2 months of service, he worked independently as a military investigator of the 52nd rifle division, which operated in the most important direction to cover Murmansk. In January 1942, the 72nd Separate Marine Rifle Brigade and B.V. Tsallagov was appointed military investigator of the prosecutor's office of this brigade, participated in the Murmansk operation in the spring of 1942, and then in stubborn defensive battles on the Zapadnaya Litsa River. The year 1944 has come, the year of decisive victories, the year of the expulsion of the fascists from the territory of Soviet Karelia. BV Tsallagov was awarded the military rank - "Major of Justice" and he was appointed military prosecutor of the 21st Perm Red Banner Infantry Division. As part of this division, dad took part in offensive battles in the Murmansk direction, in expelling the enemy from the Soviet Arctic. Our troops fought to advance to the west up to 120 km, reached the border with Finland. In these days Tsallagov B.V. was awarded the Order of the "Red Star". At the beginning of November, the 21st rifle division, consisting of the 133rd rifle corps, was loaded into the echelon and arrived in Romania, where it entered the battle. In February 1945, 21 rifle divisions were sent to the III Ukrainian Front in Hungary. Father takes part in fierce battles in the area of Lake Balaton, the cities of Szekesfehervar, Veszprem, Szombathely. Bright Day of Victory Tsallagov B.V. met in Austria.