Boris Ivanovich Kashcheev
Rank: Colonel.
Division: 1st guards airborne Zvenigorod-Bucharest red banner order of Suvorov division.
Born on July 30, 1908 in Ufa. In 1924, he graduated from the FZU school, majoring as a locksmith. The red Army was mobilized by the Ufa Central Committee of the Komsomol on November 11, 1926. He graduated from the Military Academy. Voroshilov and the military Academy. Frunze. Member of the CPSU (b)/CPSU in 1930. He was a cadet of the Tomsk artillery school from November 30, 1926. He was promoted to the commander of the training battery of the 36th artillery regiment of the 36th rifle division of the TRANS-Baikal military district (on 23.04.1937). Student of the military Academy. Frunze since October 1, 1937. Commander of the battalion of cadets of the Novosibirsk infantry school from February 4, 1940 and senior assistant to the chief of operations of the 24th army staff from January 6, 1941. A participant in the great Patriotic war since June 1941, he fought on the Western, South-Western, North-Western and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. He was chief of operations of the 24th army staff, then chief of staff and Deputy commander of the 1st guards rifle division. Later-chief of staff of the 4th airborne corps, Deputy and chief of staff of the 1st Guards airborne division; served as commander of this division from 12.12.1943 to 17.12.1943, then was chief of staff of the same division. He was wounded and had been recovering since February 13, 1944. Chief of the I Department of the airborne staff (from 08.04.1944), acting chief of staff of the 11th Guards Airborne division (from 25.07.1944), acting chief of staff of the 104th guards rifle division (from 11.01.1945). From March 1, 1945, he was treated in a hospital in the Hungarian city of Debrecen. After the War, B. I. Kashcheev — acting chief of staff of the 104th guards rifle division (from 11.01.1945). On May 23, 1945, was at the disposal of the Commissioner SNK USSR, from 21 January 1946 — at the disposal of GUK NCO for 6 Department, from January 28 — a chief of staff NCOs. Chief of operational training of the operational Department of the CVO headquarters from July 5, 1946. After graduating from the higher order of Suvorov military Academy. Voroshilova was chief of staff and first Deputy commander of the 97th Guards rifle division. Since November 10, 1952, he was at the disposal of the commander of the prykarpathian military district. After retirement, he worked for many years at the military Department of the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute.