Rank: Major General. Branch of the army: Land forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), Coast Service, the NKVD troops, Border guard. Unit: 250th Rifle Bobruisk Red Banner order of Suvorov Division. Gorbachev Ivan Sergeevich was born in the village of Strechanovo, Tyuninskaya region, Roslavl district, Smolensk province (the present-day Rognedinsky district of the Bryansk region) in the peasant family. His father and family moved to Ukraine after the 1905 revolution due to a very hard situation. Since January 1924, the fate of I.Gorbachev was connected with service in the ranks of the Red Army. In 1926, he graduated from the Ivanovo-Voznesensk infantry school named after M. V. Frunze. In 1937, he graduated from the Frunze Military Academy. Ivan Gorbachev was awarded the order of the ""Red Star"" in February 1941 on the date of the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Border troops. With the beginning of the great Patriotic war, I.Gorbachev commanded the 250th Rifle Division of the 30th Army. He got a Colonel rank. He was awarded the rank of major General in July,1941, but he did not have to wear a General uniform. The division was intended for the defense of large industrial facilities from possible enemy air attacks. The total initial strength of the division was 15,000 soldiers. The place of 250th Rifle Division formation was chosen near Vladimir. It happened on July 2-16, 1941. The situation at the front required urgent decisions and the division was sent rapidly to the area of Rzhev. Later it made a 109-km crossing along the Belsky highway near Bely, Kalinin region, where on July 22, 1941, It is located. included in the battle of Smolensk (1941) as part of the 30th army of the Western front. The task assigned to the division was to counterattack the enemy in the direction of Dukhovshchina and stop its advance. German troops managed to capture Dukhovshchina, they rushed along the road to the northeast with the intention of capturing the city of Bely on the move, with the further intention of advancing on Olenino and Rzhev. They managed to overturn the weak barrier of the Soviet troops, and they moved forward. The task of the 250th Rifle Division was to meet the enemy as quickly as possible and stop them far from the city. The commander-in-chief, Major General Gorbachev gave orders In an extremely tense situation. He encouraged the soldiers for the upcoming battle with the enemy. The General did not have time to get a new General's uniform, so he was in a Colonel's jacket. On July 22, 1941, the division under the command of Major General I.Gorbachev entered the first battle and stopped the enemy in the area of the village of Tsyguna (South-West of Bely, Tver region).Later they moved forward and captured the settlements: Cygany, Cicata, Krasnohorodka, Suites, fedorivka, Demachi (the Tver region), Baturino (Smolensk region). They had persistent battles with the enemy near Okolitsa and Krasnogorodka. War General Gorbachev was able to stop the enemy East from the settlements reflecting the numerous attacks of the enemy. Difficult situation happened in the village Demachi. General Gorbachev and the Commissioner Nikolay Ivanovich Aces met there. They were both interested in a specific combat situation and provided practical assistance to Junior commanders. At the entrance to the village of Demyakhi , General Gorbachev got out of the car and went to the next battalion of the regiment to check personally its condition and clarify the necessary data. At this moment, an enemy shell exploded nearby, Major General I.Gorbachev, was seriously wounded in the stomach. He died on July 25, 1941. The Major General Gorbachev was buried with all military honors in the ""fraternal cemetery near Olenino"". There is a memorial plaque in the village between Tver and Smolensk with the words: ""The soldiers of the 250th Rifle Division were stopped by the German-fascist troops at the turn of the Black Stream, Krasnogorodka-Losmino in July 1941."" At the turn of the Black Stream, Krasnogorodka-Losmino in July 1941.Several soldiers of his division were buried together with General. The next street was named for General Gorbachev, the entire area the locals call Gorbachevoj. Gorbachev Ivan Sergeevich left a daughter-Galina Ivanovna and sons-Peter Ivanovich and Vladimir Ivanovich. Vladimir Ivanovich lives in Irkutsk. Pyotr Ivanovich Gorbachev was a veteran of the great Patriotic war. He was wounded in the battle of Stalingrad."