Guzhihin Alexander Vasilievich
Type of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, troops People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs, border troops Subdivision: 107th Guards Rifle May Day Red Banner Order of Suvorov.Called into the ranks of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army in June 1944. From June 1944 to September 1944, the 39th reserve rifle division, the 119th reserve rifle regiment, was trained in the Omsk region. From September 1944 to February 1945 - 8th Guards Airborne Pervomaiskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov 2nd degree division. 25 airborne rifle brigade, 82 mm mortar gun. The division was in the city of Kirzhach, Vladimir region, in constant combat readiness as an airborne assault on the territory of East Prussia in the Konigsberg region. However, on December 27, 1944, by the decision of the State Defense Committee, the division was reorganized into the 107th Guards Rifle Division, and the 25th brigade - into the 348th Guards Rifle Regiment. The 107th Guards Rifle Division became part of the 39th Guards Rifle Corps, the 9th Guards Army. The combat period from February 21, 1945 to May 11, 1945, the 107th Guards Rifle Division fought in Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia. Participated in the Vienna and Prague offensive operations. Guzhikhin A.V. Awarded: Order of Glory, 3rd degree, Medal "For Courage", Medal "For the capture of Vienna", Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945". Gratitude is declared: for the capture of the city of Keseg, Sharvar, Devecher, Papa. After the end of hostilities, the division was redeployed to Hungary, where it was until June 1946. Then it was transferred to the Ukraine in Bila Tserkva. They served at a military base in Poltava. Service Guzhikhin A.V. lasted until January 13, 1948. In the post-war period, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, jubilee medals to commemorate the Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War. Guzhikhin A.V. For 26 years he worked as a forester in the Parabel forestry enterprise of the Tomsk region. For his conscientious attitude to work, he was awarded: the Veteran of Labor medal, the badge “For long-term and impeccable service in the state forest guard of the USSR”, the badge “XX years of service in the state forest guard of the USSR”. Guzhikhin A.V. died at the age of 79 in 2004 in the village of Zavodskoy, Parabelsky District, Tomsk Region.