Abramov Ivan Sergeevich
CITY: Ryazan region, Ukholovsky district, village Satino DATE OF BIRTH: 01/01/1903 DATE OF DEATH: 08/10/1943 HISTORY: Type of troops: - ground forces, - air force (except naval aviation), - coastal service, - troops of the NKVD, - border troops ... Division: 65th Guards Rifle Division Riga. 08.08.43 years of the 22nd Guards Rifle Division of the 10th Guards. The army was tasked with moving closer to the front line at night in readiness for action at the junction between the 56th and 65th divisions in order to develop the success of their offensive in the direction of Gnezdilovo, Pavlinovo. On August 8, artillery preparation began at 8 a.m. After 30 minutes, the infantry and tanks went on the attack. The enemy again met the attackers with organized fire. In order to increase the impact of units of the 19th Guards Rifle Corps, the army commander in the morning brought the 22nd Guards Division into battle at the junction of the 56th and 65th Guards Divisions. Previously, the 119th Tank Regiment was brought into action in the same direction. The enemy stubbornly resisted, in areas where the guardsmen managed to break into his defenses, fiercely counterattacked with infantry and tanks. The advancing troops literally snatched every meter of Russian land from the hands of the Nazis. During a day of stubborn fighting, the army's troops in the breakthrough sector captured the strongholds of the enemy's first position and approached his second position. The following figures indicate the intensity of the fighting: on August 7 and 8, up to 4,800 Nazis were destroyed, 25 tanks, including 5 Tigers, two Ferdinand self-propelled guns; 12 guns, 15 mortars, 42 machine guns, 630 rifles were captured. Our troops also suffered losses. Among the heights along which the enemy defenses stretched out was the height 233.3 north of the village of Gnezdilovo, which covered the path leading to the Spas-Demensk-Yelnya road, along which the enemy troops were supplied. From this height, the Nazis held a 20-kilometer defense line. The height dominated the entire zone of the main attack of the army, without capturing it, it was impossible to move forward. Several times, units of the 22nd Guards Division attacked the enemy defense center. But, despite the perseverance and heroism of the soldiers, the attacks did not give the desired results. The commander of the 62nd Guards Rifle Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel A. I. Zenkovich, and his deputy for political affairs, Major A. P. Paroshin, and the commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion, a young communist, twice order-bearer, Senior Lieutenant V. N. Vasilchenko, died the death of the brave. At 23 hours 50 minutes, units of the 1st assault engineer brigade of Colonel I. G. Petrov by storm captured the Gnezdilovskaya height (233.3), as well as together with other military units of the villages of Gnezdilovo, Sluzna, and others. The battalion of Major F. N. Belokonya and the training company of Captain D. D. Yevtushenko. However, the bloody struggle for the height continued for almost four subsequent days. Near the villages of Veselukha and Nadezhda, the 22nd Guards entered the battle. rifle division of Colonel N. A. Guz. (This map shows our village.) 08/09/1943. The Nazis with the forces of the 2nd tank division attacked the positions of our troops in the area of Gnezdilovskaya height (233.3). The attack was repulsed by our artillery. The enemy brought in a fresh 56th Infantry Division into battle, which, together with the 2nd Panzer Division, was withdrawn by the Germans from the Oryol direction. New enemy formations continued to arrive in the following days. Particularly stubborn battles unfolded in the area where the 22nd Guards Rifle Division entered the battle. The 23rd Guards Tank Brigade was transferred to reinforce the division, but the advance of infantry and tanks was restrained by fire from a height of 233.3. Several times, units of the 22nd Guards Division attacked the enemy defense center. But, despite the perseverance and heroism of the soldiers, the attacks did not give the desired results. On August 10, at the junction of 22 and 56 Guards. divisions into battle entered the 29th Guards Rifle Division Major General A. T. Stuchenko. Fierce battles for the height 233.3 in places turned into hand-to-hand combat. The battalion of Major Belokon entered the battle with the enemy and almost completely destroyed the garrison of the enemy stronghold. Warriors - sappers destroyed over 300 Nazis, took 9 non-commissioned officers prisoner. The Front Military Council awarded 71 guards, incl. Major Belokon, who received the newly established Order of Alexander Nevsky. "The feat of the sappers of the 1st assault engineer-sapper battalion, said in the order of the commander of the Western Front, - will go down in the history of the engineering troops of the Red Army ... as an example of boundless superiority." Due to the very strong resistance of the enemy, in three days of fighting, our units managed to penetrate the German defenses by only four kilometers. Then the Soviet command decided to bring the 10th army into action and on August 10 struck north-west of Kirov. In this direction, the situation for the Soviet troops was developing more favorable. By decisive actions of army units and formations, the enemy defense was broken through to a depth of 10 kilometers during the first two days.
Abramov Ivan Sergeevich
CITY: Ryazan region, Ukholovsky district, village Satino DATE OF BIRTH: 01/01/1903 DATE OF DEATH: 08/10/1943 HISTORY: Type of troops: - ground forces, - air force (except naval aviation), - coastal service, - troops of the NKVD, - border troops ... Division: 65th Guards Rifle Division Riga. 08.08.43 years of the 22nd Guards Rifle Division of the 10th Guards. The army was tasked with moving closer to the front line at night in readiness for action at the junction between the 56th and 65th divisions in order to develop the success of their offensive in the direction of Gnezdilovo, Pavlinovo. On August 8, artillery preparation began at 8 a.m. After 30 minutes, the infantry and tanks went on the attack. The enemy again met the attackers with organized fire. In order to increase the impact of units of the 19th Guards Rifle Corps, the army commander in the morning brought the 22nd Guards Division into battle at the junction of the 56th and 65th Guards Divisions. Previously, the 119th Tank Regiment was brought into action in the same direction. The enemy stubbornly resisted, in areas where the guardsmen managed to break into his defenses, fiercely counterattacked with infantry and tanks. The advancing troops literally snatched every meter of Russian land from the hands of the Nazis. During a day of stubborn fighting, the army's troops in the breakthrough sector captured the strongholds of the enemy's first position and approached his second position. The following figures indicate the intensity of the fighting: on August 7 and 8, up to 4,800 Nazis were destroyed, 25 tanks, including 5 Tigers, two Ferdinand self-propelled guns; 12 guns, 15 mortars, 42 machine guns, 630 rifles were captured. Our troops also suffered losses. Among the heights along which the enemy defenses stretched out was the height 233.3 north of the village of Gnezdilovo, which covered the path leading to the Spas-Demensk-Yelnya road, along which the enemy troops were supplied. From this height, the Nazis held a 20-kilometer defense line. The height dominated the entire zone of the main attack of the army, without capturing it, it was impossible to move forward. Several times, units of the 22nd Guards Division attacked the enemy defense center. But, despite the perseverance and heroism of the soldiers, the attacks did not give the desired results. The commander of the 62nd Guards Rifle Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel A. I. Zenkovich, and his deputy for political affairs, Major A. P. Paroshin, and the commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion, a young communist, twice order-bearer, Senior Lieutenant V. N. Vasilchenko, died the death of the brave. At 23 hours 50 minutes, units of the 1st assault engineer brigade of Colonel I. G. Petrov by storm captured the Gnezdilovskaya height (233.3), as well as together with other military units of the villages of Gnezdilovo, Sluzna, and others. The battalion of Major F. N. Belokonya and the training company of Captain D. D. Yevtushenko. However, the bloody struggle for the height continued for almost four subsequent days. Near the villages of Veselukha and Nadezhda, the 22nd Guards entered the battle. rifle division of Colonel N. A. Guz. (This map shows our village.) 08/09/1943. The Nazis with the forces of the 2nd tank division attacked the positions of our troops in the area of Gnezdilovskaya height (233.3). The attack was repulsed by our artillery. The enemy brought in a fresh 56th Infantry Division into battle, which, together with the 2nd Panzer Division, was withdrawn by the Germans from the Oryol direction. New enemy formations continued to arrive in the following days. Particularly stubborn battles unfolded in the area where the 22nd Guards Rifle Division entered the battle. The 23rd Guards Tank Brigade was transferred to reinforce the division, but the advance of infantry and tanks was restrained by fire from a height of 233.3. Several times, units of the 22nd Guards Division attacked the enemy defense center. But, despite the perseverance and heroism of the soldiers, the attacks did not give the desired results. On August 10, at the junction of 22 and 56 Guards. divisions into battle entered the 29th Guards Rifle Division Major General A. T. Stuchenko. Fierce battles for the height 233.3 in places turned into hand-to-hand combat. The battalion of Major Belokon entered the battle with the enemy and almost completely destroyed the garrison of the enemy stronghold. Warriors - sappers destroyed over 300 Nazis, took 9 non-commissioned officers prisoner. The Front Military Council awarded 71 guards, incl. Major Belokon, who received the newly established Order of Alexander Nevsky. "The feat of the sappers of the 1st assault engineer-sapper battalion, said in the order of the commander of the Western Front, - will go down in the history of the engineering troops of the Red Army ... as an example of boundless superiority." Due to the very strong resistance of the enemy, in three days of fighting, our units managed to penetrate the German defenses by only four kilometers. Then the Soviet command decided to bring the 10th army into action and on August 10 struck north-west of Kirov. In this direction, the situation for the Soviet troops was developing more favorable. By decisive actions of army units and formations, the enemy defense was broken through to a depth of 10 kilometers during the first two days.
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