Voronin Vasily Mikhailovich
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Rank: Major Vasily Mikhailovich Voronin was Born on March 23, 1917 in the village "Larino" of the Kolkhoz district (now Uysky), Chelyabinsk region in the family of a peasant. Voronin's parents Mikhail Vasilyevich (1873-1934) and Voronin's mother Evdokia Nikiforovna (1873-1955) were engaged in agriculture almost all their lives. Since 1932, my father worked as a guard at the freight yard of the Magnitogorsk station of the South Ural railway. The family had two children, a son Vasily and a daughter Anna.When my grandfather was 7 years old, he went to a village school, studied at the Larin primary school for 4 years. From 1928 to 1931, he studied at the UY school of collective farm youth. At the age of 16, he entered the Sverdlovsk mining and metallurgical technical school. Vasily Mikhailovich loved to study, he studied and worked, studied and fought, studied and raised children. In parallel with his studies at the technical school, in 1932, my grandfather got a job at the Magnitogorsk station of the South Ural railway. At first, he worked as a car clerk, then as a technical clerk, then as a railway cargo transfer agent, and since 1937, after graduating from technical school, he was an employee in the management Of the Magnitogorsk Iron and steel Works, working as a technician.In September 1938, he was drafted into the Soviet Army. He served in the 349 infantry regiment 26th infantry division first as a cadet regimental school, in October 1938 had promoted a Junior officer 349 infantry regiment from November 1939 - the commander of a rifle platoon. In February 1940, he was promoted to senior Lieutenant and appointed assistant chief of staff of the 87th branch of the construction battalion in the town of Garayevo.In June 1941, the Great Patriotic war began.My grandfather did not like to talk about the war, he said that it was sad, not interesting, it should be forgotten. Even when he was specifically asked to talk about this period, he refused. Therefore, we had to restore the events of the war years with the help of surviving documents, photos, letters, archival reports that we were able to find in various military bases and on search sites for soldiers, as well as the military biography of my grandfather, which he compiled for the Ministry of defense in 1951. He went to war as a senior Lieutenant, returned as a major. My grandfather went through the entire war from the very first day to the very last.Vasily Mikhailovich went to the front as the commander of a rifle company of the 624th rifle regiment of the 24th army. With the rank of first Lieutenant. Repeatedly participated in battles, for which he has the medal "for military merit". In July 1941, the army, consisting of rifle corps, artillery and other units, was moved to the Vyazma area and prepared the Nelidovo-Bely-Dorogobuzh defensive line.From 15 to 29 July 1941, as part of the reserve army Front, it held the Bely — Dorogobuzh — Yelnya line. During the battle of Smolensk, her troops launched two counterattacks: first on the grouping of German troops covering Smolensk from the North, then on the enemy troops advancing from the Yelnya region to Dorogobuzh. July 30, 1941 the army was transferred to the Reserve front, which from August 30 to September 8 conducted the Yelninsky offensive operation, during which it defeated the troops of the enemy's 4th army in the Yelnya area and eliminated The yelninsky salient of its front. Subsequently, the army held a defensive line West and South-West of Yelnya.In this battle, my grandfather was seriously wounded in the leg. Here is what is written in the award list describing the feat of captain V. M. Voronin, for which he received the order of the red star»: "Voronin V. M. combat commander of the red army, a repeated participant in the battles with the enemies of the Soviet homeland. Joined 5 times in battle with enemies. Voronin has submitted an application to the candidates of the CFS, and said, "I'll fight a Communist!» As a senior adjutant, he correctly directs the entire course of the battle. When the battalion commander is out of action, Voronin boldly and decisively leads the battalion against the brutal fascists. His battalion was the first to take on the attack of the German hordes and has been conducting offensive battles for 8 days. The experience of his battalion is used to fight other units. Voronin's soldiers are heroes, he managed to train them in a peaceful environment and heroically taught them to fight in battle. In a difficult moment of the battle, Voronin personally goes ahead of the fighters and smashes the fascist hordes. For 8 days of fighting, Voronin did not take a single step back. On day 8, a fascist bullet wounded Voronin in the hottest moment of the battle, but he did not leave the battlefield until the end of it. And he fulfilled the order with honor and on time, taking the line specified in the order. " after being wounded, my grandfather was treated for three months in the mobile field hospital No. 53. Then he went to the city of Gorky for recovery, where he was trained at the shooting courses "Shot" and received the rank of captain. From January 1942, as a battalion commander of the 482nd rifle regiment of the 131 rifle division, he led offensive battles on the right Bank of the don river, then from August 8 to September 28, as part of the 62nd Army, he led defensive battles with his battalion directly for the city of Stalingrad…The battle of Stalingrad was the decisive battle of the entire Second world war, in which the Soviet troops won the largest victory. This battle marked the beginning of a radical change in the course of the great Patriotic war and the Second world war as a whole. The victorious offensive of the German-fascist troops ended and their expulsion from the territory of the Soviet Union began. The victory of the Soviet troops over the German-fascist troops at Stalingrad is one of the most glorious pages of the chronicle of the great Patriotic war. For 200 days and nights - from July 17, 1942 to February 2, 1943 - the battle of Stalingrad continued with the forces of both sides constantly increasing. During the first four months, there were persistent defensive battles, first in the big bend of the don, and then on the outskirts of Stalingrad and in the city itself. During this period, the Soviet troops exhausted the German-fascist group that was rushing to the Volga and forced it to go on the defensive. In the next two and a half months, the Red Army launched a counteroffensive, defeated the enemy forces Northwest and South of Stalingrad, surrounded and eliminated the 300,000-strong group of German fascist troops. For the courage and heroism shown in the battle of Stalingrad, 32 formations and units were awarded the honorary names "Stalingrad", 5 - "Don". 55 formations and units were awarded orders. Our family carefully keeps the medal "for the battle of Stalingrad", which my grandfather received after those battles, he received it after the war, in 1946, and in 1942 he was issued an order for awarding, which also has survived to this day.In this heroic battle, Vasily Mikhailovich was again seriously wounded in the arm and was hospitalized in the city of Syzran in the evacuation hospital No. 139.From October 1942, he fought as a senior adjutant of the 50th reserve rifle regiment. The 50th reserve infantry regiment 15 th infantry replacement division 2 of the formation was stationed in the village Akshuat Baryshsky district of Ulyanovsk, in the Volga military district. It was there that my grandfather met his future wife, Antonina Dmitrievna Babushkina. But at that time, the war separated them. By may 10, 1943, the regiment was relocated to the city of Krasnoarmeysk in the Stalingrad region, where offensive battles were already being fought against German troops. After another training in the city of Solnechnogorsk in August 1944, having received the rank of major, Vasily Mikhailovich was appointed battalion commander in the camp of citizens ' reparations, under the 8th guards army of the first Belorussian front, in which he participated in the Berlin operation. The Berlin strategic offensive was one of the last strategic operations of the Soviet forces, during which the Red Army occupied the German capital and victoriously ended the Great Patriotic war and world war II in Europe. The operation lasted 23 days — from April 16 to may 8, 1945, during which the Soviet troops advanced westward to a distance of 100 to 220 km. May 9, 1945 was declared Victory Day! After the war, my great-grandfather stayed in the army. For another 10 months, he was in Germany, serving as commandant of a German city. In December 1945, he moved to the city of Mogilev, where he worked as a senior inspector of the 5th Department of the Mogilev regional military Commissariat. Since 1951, he held the position of head of the second part of the Mogilev district military Commissariat.His daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren helped me compile the history of his post-war life. Thanks to their memories, it was possible to restore the chronicle of the events of my grandfather's life until his death.In 1946, Vasily Mikhailovich returned to the village of Akshuat to his fiancee. I married Antonina Dmitrievna Babushkina, my grandmother, who worked as a primary school teacher. Together they have already moved to the city of Mogilev, where they had three daughters Tatiana (born in 1947) and Nina (born in 1948) and Olga (born in 1953). After completing his military service in 1955, he returned to his native city of Magnitogorsk, where his fourth daughter, my mother Svetlana, was born in 1956. My grandfather worked at the Magnitogorsk iron and Steel works, as an apparatchik in the coke-chemical industry, until his retirement. He was the foreman of the section of the resin shop of the coke-chemical production. He was very respected among colleagues, everyone listened to his opinion and consulted him. He has many labor awards and medals. Awarded the titles: veteran of Magnitogorsk, veteran of the Chelyabinsk region, Veteran of labor. In retirement, he served as Chairman of the Board of veterans of koksokhim.Vasily Mikhailovich adored his family, started family traditions that his family observes to this day, was able to cook well and tasty, everyone who knew him and at least once visited him remembers his cooking. And he had a lot of guests, family friends, friends of his daughters, neighbors, colleagues, all came to visit him, because he was always the "soul of the company". He raised and married four daughters, all his sons-in-law were very respectful of his grandfather, according to the stories of his sons-in-law, he was like a father to them. In 1976, his grandmother, Antonina Dmitrievna, the wife of Vasily Mikhailovich, became seriously ill and was never able to walk on her own. Her great-grandfather took care of her on his own, they lived together then, but always accepted both children and grandchildren. He also raised his grandchildren, because he loved us very much. Denis, Natalia, Alexey, Olga, Yulia, Vasily, Pavel - we, his grandchildren always remember him with awe and tenderness! For him, his family was the most important thing in the world! He valued peacetime, valued life, every moment of it, even difficult, even difficult, but peaceful! In 1984, He died in the village with relatives, where he went to rest in the summer with his eldest grandson Denis. Before that, he was not feeling well, and the family persuaded him to go on vacation. Ivan Dmitrievich (his wife's brother) met them on a motorcycle, came home, had dinner. My grandfather went out on the porch and felt sick. He died instantly – a heart attack. He was only 67 years old. His sons-in-law flew him to Magnitogorsk. Vasily Mikhailovich was buried with all military honors. Eternal memory to the hero of the great Patriotic War and the hero of my family Voronin Vasily Mikhailovich! MY grandfather went through the war from the very first day to the very last. Went to war as a senior Lieutenant, returned from the war as a major. Has combat awards, injuries. (the entire path is described in the biography of my grandfather).He served on the Western border of the USSR. Its part was one of the first to take on the Germans on June 22, 1941. Vasily Mikhailovich went a long way in the infantry. He participated in the battles of yelnia, Stalingrad , and was wounded twice . With the fighting, he reached Germany, in 1946 he was the commandant of the German city RECALLS DAUGHTER SVETLANA: Dad died very early, at 67 years old, in 1984, I was only 28 years old… I was very worried about this, I could not believe that I would never see him again. He died in the village with our relatives, my mother's brother Ivan Dmitrievich Babushkin, where he went on vacation in the summer with his eldest grandson Denis. He hasn't been feeling well lately, so my mother and I persuaded him to go on vacation. At the station of the village of Ivanovka, the train stopped and it was necessary to get out, but the conductor was nowhere to be found. My father was very worried, he and Denis had to jump out of the train almost on the move… Uncle Vanya met them on a motorcycle, came home, had dinner. Dad went out on the porch and got sick. He died instantly – a stroke. Three sons – in – law went to pick him up: Vova Syrov – the husband of the second daughter Nina, Kolya Tikhomirov-the husband of the third daughter Olga and my husband-Leonid Mezentsev. It was difficult for them, since it was almost impossible to find a zinc coffin in the village, but as a result, they brought their father to Magnitogorsk by plane. I cried a lot and asked to open the coffin, but they wouldn't let me… The Pope was buried with all military honors. And now, after 31 years, you need to talk about your feelings for your father. It's very difficult, I feel only one thing – I loved my dad very much, you can say idolized… My older sisters say that I was Papa's favorite, the smallest, the last. We were on the same page, we understood each other at a glance. I trusted him with more of my secrets than my mother. He was very close to me. I don't remember my early childhood at all, but I remember very well that we often had guests at home, mostly friends of my parents. They had fun, danced, and we sang very well together. They knew a lot of songs. We had a huge number of records, which unfortunately did not survive. My father never raised his voice at me, he was a very reserved man. I, having grown up myself and raised two children, always wonder how they are in that difficult time to learn and give higher education to four daughters! It doesn't seem real right now. What strength of will it was necessary to have! We studied at 4 and 5, no one ever checked our diary or lessons, for me it is still a mystery. The choice of the Institute was also made independently. I think it seemed so, but in fact it was a huge effort of parents to teach all four of us independence. The family had its own traditions: we made dumplings with the whole family, Especially in winter, and frozen them on the balcony. My father bought meat, made minced meat, and my mother and I made dough. The girls rolled, and dad made dumplings, they turned out so beautiful! When my parents were left alone (I was the last to marry in 1976), they did not abandon this tradition. We all knew that if we went to our parents ' house at any time, we would find hand-made dumplings in the refrigerator. Dad was a great cook, and he was never shy about it. He was a very loving husband and father. When my mother got sick, he did everything to raise her: massages, compresses, lotions. But it so happened that she never got back on her feet… And he took care of her himself until the day he died. He always said they were safer together. My sisters and I came only on weekends, helped him, washed, ironed, cleaned, bathed my mother. Dad never complained to anyone that he was having a hard time with his sick wife. Always affectionately called it "my guide". I think so in order for my mother to always feel needed. He loved his mother very much. Why, only he knows, because my mother sometimes told me that she can be cold, she was generally taciturn, not very emotional, but she was clearly his woman! We all: me and my _x000D_
amily, my sisters Nina, Tanya, Olya and their families, always gathered at my parents ' house for the holidays on may 9, November 7, and January 1 after new year's eve. It was also a tradition. Dad never talked about the war, always said it was not a woman's business. Now, in 2015, when my daughter Yulia and my grandson Valentin decided to make a military history of their grandfather, I very much regret that I did not try to get him to tell me more about himself, about his youth and maturity… Dad had enough strength, love, and care for all of us children, sons-in-law, and grandchildren until his death, and there were seven little tomboys. Again, I don't remember him ever yelling at his grandchildren. Was it patience? Or did he compare the war he went through with the simple, ordinary, everyday life? He valued life more than anything else in the world. I also remember that he always came home from work with gifts. There were sweets and cookies in my pocket. And we always waited for him from work, even the cat marsik always heard him come into the entrance, and we lived on the third floor, and lay down on his belly near the door, waiting for dad to come in and stroke him. My dad was the best father and grandfather in the whole world! RECALLS DAUGHTER TATIANA: I was born in the city of Mogilev, when my father was still working in the military enlistment office, my mother worked as a primary school teacher, and a year later my sister Nina was born. We lived amicably, cheerfully, our parents tried to give us everything: education, clothes, sweets, holidays, my sister and I did not need anything, soon our third sister Olga was born. We lived in Mogilev until 1955. This year, my father retired from the military before serving for several months, so the situation has developed. His sister Anna lived in Magnitogorsk, and his parents decided to move to the Urals. Our family was given two rooms in a three-room apartment on Oktyabrskaya street in Magnitogorsk. We lived with neighbors by the name of Adamites, unfortunately the communication with them is lost. Dad got a job at MMK in the coke production. In 1956, our fourth sister Svetlana was born. Our family was friendly, my father was the ringleader in any company, loved to sing songs, baited jokes. All our friends loved him, he gathered us, our daughters and our friends around him, all the time coming up with tasks for us. We all dug potatoes together in the "Old Magnitogorsk", and went for apples. But most of all he loved his mother, this love for her was visible from a mile away, he was very affectionate with her, always consulted her, did not take a step without her. When I received my salary, I always brought us Goodies: in one pocket - candy, in the other - cookies! Oh, how we've waited these days! Pampered us. Every weekend, my mother dressed us up beautifully and we went for a walk in the Park on Metallurg street with the whole family. This was our tradition. Soon we were given a three-room apartment at 105 Michurina street. That was my entire youth. In winter, my parents still gathered guests, in the summer we went to the river" gerbil " to swim and sunbathe. Dad was very patient, did not scold us, sometimes looked strictly, this look was enough, we did not want to upset him, tried our best, studied, attended clubs, sang, danced, played sports, who - what. Dad's talents were shared by all his daughters! My mother was strict with us, and my father forgave everything, saying that he could not be angry with us, we are his daughters... We sometimes went to his homeland, to the village of Larino (now this is the Uysky district), picking mushrooms and berries. The house there was small, crooked, but everything in this house was nice and cozy. Dad didn't talk much about his childhood either. My father was often invited to our schools and told students about the war. But he didn't tell us, he wanted to protect his family even from the memories of this terrible time. Gradually, we grew up, entered institutes, and all four of us received higher education! They started getting married. Our husbands all respected dad very much, obeyed him, and he loved them, consulted with them, and put us, our daughters, in safe hands. In 1976, my mother was completely ill, which he just did not do... But she couldn't walk anymore, and he took care of her and didn't complain. Soon the grandchildren went too. In total, the Pope has seven grandchildren, he had enough care and love for all of them. He even sat with the babies, even though his mother was ill. I remember letting my husband and I go on vacation for a week, and he took our eldest daughter Natasha and my sister Nina's son Deniska to live with him! Oh, and suffered, probably, they were only 3 years old, they ran away, and ate food from the cat's bowl, hooligans! And my grandfather didn't even complain, he told his adventures with his grandchildren as a funny, funny story, but I don't think he was laughing. It's just that dad was like that, he valued life, us, our daughters, and our grandchildren! Always cheerful, smiling. That's how I remember him: tall, smiling, loving! My son-IN-LAW Leonid RECALLS: I have known my father-in-law, Vasily Mikhailovich Voronin, since 1976, when, as a pensioner, he "gave" the last of the four "beloved daughter" in marriage and thus shared his paternal happiness with me, then still a boy. For this, I am immensely grateful to him being at his age today and I understand how difficult and responsible it was: to give birth, raise, give higher education to four children – girls, especially in the post-war years, not the most "well-fed".Vasily Mikhailovich adequately withstood the unscrupulous attitude of the authorities to the soldier who went through the entire war from the beginning to the end, when he lacked some few months before receiving a military pension, he was reduced, and he "served" at one of the most harmful MMK production facilities. There were few easy days in his life: war, famine, injuries, devastation, moving, injustice… Perhaps, I guess, there were bright days of victory and even greater love for his wife and daughters, to whom he was devoted to the end of his days and considered it his duty to always be useful. So he protected and preserved for many years, and in recent years he has been a physical support for his sick wife. Only death did not allow him to fulfill his duty to the end, he left briefly and unnoticed, did not remain in debt to anyone, did not offend anyone. But he taught us a lot, then young. I think that, everyone who knew him. they can not say anything unkind, despite the fact that he was a simple man, but not simple-minded, but wise. I am very grateful that I was lucky to communicate with this person.
