Victory Day in the Battle of Stalingrad
February 2 in Russia marks the Day of the defeat of the German forces by the Soviet forces in the Battle of Stalingrad. This memorable day was introduced in March 1995 by the federal law “On the days of military glory (victory days) of Russia”. 2 February 1943 surrendered to German troops, who were surrounded at Stalingrad during Operation Uranus. The defeat of the Nazi troops in the Battle of Stalingrad marked the beginning of a radical change in the Great Patriotic War, the transition of a strategic initiative to the Soviet armed forces, caused a huge international response.
This battle not only demonstrated to the whole world the growth of the skill of Soviet commanders, the combat skills of Soviet infantrymen, artillerymen, pilots, tankers, but also showed examples of unprecedented courage, heroism and perseverance of Soviet people. In the fierce battle of Stalingrad, people displayed personal and collective heroism. The mass heroism of the Soviet soldiers led the Nazis into confusion. The Germans were incomprehensible to the actions of the Soviet people, who were beaten down by the Bolshevik commissars. The exploits of ordinary soldiers frightened the Germans, instilled in them a sense of fear and self-doubt. Reading pages stories Stalingrad battle, getting acquainted with the selfless deeds of people, each time amazed by their stamina, strength of mind, will and courage. These people really loved their Soviet homeland, believed in its bright future and were ready to defend it to the last drop of blood, to fulfill their duty until the end.
Here are just some of the heroes of this battle.
Sniper Peter A. Goncharov (15.01.1903 - 31.01.1944). Before the war, he worked as a chopper of the Krasny Oktyabr metallurgical plant in Stalingrad. He enlisted in the Red Army in 1942, becoming a fighter of the regiment of the working militia. In September 1942, the regiment in which Peter served, held defenses in the area of the village of Old Horn. During the fight, he was at the mortally wounded armor-piercer, taking his anti-tank rifle, Peter Goncharov with the first shots fired an enemy tank. Soon, his talent shooter was noticed and transferred to snipers.
He mastered the rifle to perfection and the battle for Stalingrad destroyed near 50 enemies. Sniper 44-th Guards Rifle Guards Regiment, Senior Sergeant Peter Goncharov (15-I Guards Rifle Division, 7-I Guards Army, Voronezh Front) to 25 June 1943, liquidated from a sniper rifle 380 enemy soldiers, from a man, a man in a command of a man, a man, a man, a man, a man, a man, a man, a man and a man, In addition, he became a sniper mentor, teaching 9 snipers. Unfortunately, the hero did not live up to the Victory. 31 January 1944 in the battle for the village of Vodyanoe, Sofia District, Dnipropetrovsk region, he died (by this time, he had already killed about 450 enemies). Received the Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously.
The feat of 16 Guardsmen led by Junior Lieutenant V. D. Kochetkov. At the beginning of August 1942, a very difficult situation developed on the Stalingrad Front in the area of operations of the 62nd Army. On August 7-9, 1942, units of the 6th German army, trying to break through to the Volga, pushed the Soviet troops to the left bank of the Don, our units were surrounded in the area of the city of Kalach. Our troops fought stubborn defensive battles. It was on these days that sixteen guardsmen performed their feat. They occupied a defense on the crest of a height of 180.9. August 18, 1942 was the day of their immortal glory. On this day, they repelled 5 attacks by enemy infantry. Their motto was the words - “Not a step back!” At dawn on August 19, they were attacked. Tanks the enemy - 12 cars. They had no guns or PTR, only grenades, ran out of ammunition. Many, including the commander, were already injured.
The soldiers at the cost of their lives burned the 4 tank, only four survived: Chirkov, Stepanenko, Shuktomov, and the seriously wounded junior lieutenant Kochetkov (it later turned out that P. A. Burdin and G. A. Unzhakov survived after their wounds). The Germans trembled and retreated. Only two tanks stubbornly attacked. Chirkov, Stepanenko and Shuktomov with grenades lumped with a cry: “You won’t take us!”, Rushed at the enemy and burned the German cars. When reinforcements reached the line, they found the 6 of the destroyed German vehicles and the bodies of the dead guards. They died, but defended the line. By order of the Military Council 2 of October 1942, the fighters P. A. Burdin, I. I. Gushchin, N. V. Dokuchaev, V. D. Kochetkov, B. A. Chirkov, M. A. Shuktomov were posthumously awarded the Order of Lenin, and the rest ten soldiers - the Order of the Red Star.
In honor of them, the poet Serafim Popov dedicated the ballad “Stalingrad”:
If you ever come to the Volga,
At the mass grave bow the head.
Sixteen - they put the hearts
For breathing and singing a song.
Senior Sergeant Ilya Vasilyevich Voronov. He was the commander of the machine-gun crew of the 42 Guards Regiment of the 13 Guards Division, one of the fighters of the legendary group of Lieutenant I. F. Afanasyev, who for almost two months defended Pavlov’s House. 24 November 1942, a detachment of soldiers received orders to repel the "dairy house" from the Nazis and hold it. On the night of the 25, the Guards seized the house, their commander died in battle - First Lieutenant I.I. Naumov, Pavlov and other soldiers were wounded. Voronov was also injured. In the morning the Germans went to the counter, 9 Guardsmen were surrounded, but continued the battle. Ravens shoots at the enemy from the "maxim". All day long there was a fierce battle, Voronov was wounded several times, but did not leave the position. When a shard of a mine broke his hand, he threw grenades at another. Only when a new explosion broke his leg, he lost consciousness. When a rescue came to the rescue, the survivors were rescued and the wounded were taken to the hospital, Voronov took the fragments out of the 25 body. He survived, although he lost his leg, began to work in agriculture.
Sergeant Viktor Andreevich Rogalsky (1922 - 10 August 1942 of the year). Before the war he worked as a mechanic at a soda factory in the city of Slavyansk. During the war, he became the pilot of the 673 assault air regiment. 10 August 1942, a group of attack aircraft operated in the area of the crossing over the river Don. During one of the approaches, an enemy shell hit the plane, the car caught fire. Rogalsky sent a storm trooper to the enemy convoy, dying, destroyed up to 10 units of enemy equipment.
Sniper Anatoly Ivanovich Chekhov. Before the war he worked at a chemical plant. The Great Patriotic War revealed in him the talent of an extraordinary shooter. In September 1942, his 39 Guards Rifle Regiment approached the burning Stalingrad. Chekhov was distinguished by the fact that he defeated the enemy mainly on higher ground, so that he could not be detected by shots, made a silencer, did not shoot in poor light. In addition, he tried to have a light wall in front of him or behind him. Once in two days he destroyed 17 enemies. On the streets of Stalingrad, Chekhov destroyed the 256 Nazis. He was 19 years old when General Rodimtsev directly on the front presented him with the Order of the Red Banner. In addition, he taught the division snipers, by November there were several dozen snipers in the division, they had over 2 thousand enemies.
In 1943, near Kiev, Anatoly Chekhov was seriously wounded, his foot was blown off by a sniper. Having recovered, he went to work as a gas welder.
Fighter 10-th division of the operational forces of the NKVD Alexei Egorovich Vashchenko (1921 - 05.09.1942). September 5 The 272 Infantry Regiment of the 10 Division of the NKVD and a detachment of cadets of the Krasnodar Military School held defenses in the Experimental Station, Verkhnyaya Yelshanka and Sadovaya stations. The Germans rushed to the Volga, threw into battle tanks and infantry. The company of the regiment's automatons under the command of Junior Lieutenant S.I. Borisova secretly advanced to the height of 146,1 in order to hit the flank of the enemy who had penetrated into the Soviet positions. Trying to repel the counterattack, the Germans attacked her with powerful fire from small weapons and mortars, especially strongly prevented the company from a machine gun, which was in the bunker and hit the flank. A company attack was stopped. Then private A. Vashchenko entered into combat with the German firing point. The fighter rose to his full height and rushed to the bunker. Vashchenko managed to get close to the enemy firing point and throw a grenade, but at the same moment the machine-gun fire hit the soldier. The German machine gun was silent, but as soon as the company rose to the attack again, he opened fire. The fighters again lay down. Seriously wounded Alex, overcoming weakness and pain, rushed to the embrasure of the bunker and covered it with his body. The company went ahead, destroying up to two platoons of enemy infantry and 5 firing points of the Germans. In this fight, the squad leader S.I. Borisov. Vashchenko was posthumously awarded the Order of Lenin. Lieutenant Borisov was posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Saninstruktor Natalia Aleksandrovna Kachuevskaya (1922 - 20 November 1942). Natasha volunteered for the front, carried out the wounded from the battlefield 79. In one of the battles in the area of Stalingrad, the Germans broke into the Soviet rear. She took part in the battle, fired from the enemy, when German soldiers surrounded the ravine, where the wounded were hiding, she rushed to meet and blew up a grenade, destroyed 10 enemies.
Medical instructor Marionella (Gulya) V. Koroleva (September 9 1922 - November 23 1942). I went to the front as a volunteer. 23 November 1942 of the year during the fight for the height of 56,8 Korolev carried out wounded soldiers from the battlefield 50, brought grenades to the soldiers. When the critical moment came - the commander was killed, she raised the fighters in a counterattack and the first one broke into the enemy fortification. In battle, she personally destroyed 15 enemies, although she was already twice wounded (one of the wounds was fatal). She continued to fight until reinforcements arrived. In January 1943, the command of the Don Front was posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
When you read such stories, you understand that our grandfathers, great-grandfathers, ancestors were real titans, people made of steel. Therefore, they won.
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