CITY: Voroshilovgrad region, Lozno-Aleksandrovsky district, settlement Timonovsky DATE OF BIRTH: 01/01/1903 DATE OF DEATH: 03/19/1944 HISTORY: Title: Junior Sergeant Type of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service , NKVD troops, border troops Subdivision: 50th Guards Rifle Stalin (Donetsk), twice Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division Combat path of the Guards Division in which my grandfather Guards junior sergeant II Akinin fought, died in battle during the liberation of Nikolaev He was buried together with 170 of his comrades in arms in a common mass grave in the village of Konstantinovka, Novo-Odessa region, Mykolaiv region, Ukraine. Eternal glory! Everlasting memory! 50th Guards Rifle Stalin's Twice Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division - a military unit of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War. The division took part in the liberation of the territory of fifteen regions of the Soviet Union. Having passed over 11 thousand kilometers with battles and overcoming numerous water obstacles - Don, Mius, Dnieper, Western Bug and others, her soldiers liberated over 2 thousand settlements, captured about 20 thousand enemy soldiers and officers, captured 127 tanks, 30 aircraft, over 1,500 guns and mortars, more than 2 thousand machine guns. For successful hostilities, courage and bravery, about 15 thousand soldiers, sergeants and officers of the formation were awarded orders and medals of the Soviet Union. Formed on 11/17/1941 on the Southwestern Front in the Voronezh region as the 124th Infantry Division (2nd formation) .In the active army from 12/06/1941 to 03/29/1944, from 05/28/1944 to 09/14/1944, from 10/13/1944 on 03/31/1945 and from 04/20/1945 to 05/11/1945.1941 during the formation of the division, the command of the 124th Rifle division was used, which emerged from the encirclement near Kiev participated in defensive battles on the Seversky Donets river north of Belgorod. 1942 participated in the Kharkov battle as part of the 28th A The South-Western Front fought in the Ostrogozh area, participated in the Battle of Stalingrad. For skillful actions, courage and bravery of the personnel, it was transformed into the 50th Guards Rifle Division. From November 19, 1942 to February 25, 1943, the division covered about 600 kilometers and liberated more than 140 people The Guards Battle Banner was awarded to the unit on May 2, 1943. 1943-1944 participated in the liberation of the Left-Bank Ukraine, Belarus (on July 8, 1944, the division took part in the liberation of the city of Baranovichi, 16-17 July the city of Pruzhany, July 22 liberated Kamenets [1]) and the eastern regions of Poland. 10.1944 participated in the Gumbinnen-Goldap offensive operation 01 - 04.1945 participated in the East Prussian offensive operation 04 - 05.1945 participated in the Berlin offensive operation 05.1945 participated in the Prague offensive operation No. 05 / OP of the generalized combat experience of the 28th Army for July 1944. The 50th Guards Rifle Division was cited as an example in the section on Bypass maneuver of troops during the capture of populated areas, which described the actions of the division during the capture of the city of Baranovichi. At 1.30 8.7.44, the head regiments of the division burst into the mountains. Baranovichi. In the same document, in the Deep Intelligence section, the actions of the reconnaissance group of the Guard of Captain Vishevtsev are given as an example: The reconnaissance group of the 50th Infantry Division under the command of the Guards of Captain Vishevtsev covered the actions of the enemy from his rear for up to 70 km and stopped its work only in connection with the fact that the power supply of the radio ended. - Brief summary No. 05 / OP of the generalized combat experience of the 28th Army for July 1944. The last battle took place on May 12, 1945, during the defeat of the remnants of the enemy troops in the town of Mlada Boleslav.