The legendary scout, who became the prototype of "Alyosha", decided to hand over the order, which was forgotten 68 years ago

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The legendary scout, who became the prototype of "Alyosha", decided to hand over the order, which was forgotten 68 years ago

The veteran of the Great Patriotic War, known in Russia, Alexey Skurlatov, who became the prototype of the monument to the Soviet soldier Alyosha in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, will be awarded the Order of the Red Star, which he was awarded in 1944 year. Enthusiasts, studying the documents in the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense in Podolsk, found the lost documents on awarding the order, in which there was no record of delivery.

During the war, Sergeant Skurlatov was twice awarded the Order of the Red Star, but information about a single award was lost. As ITAR-TASS was told in the military commissariat of the Altai Territory, the hero received the first order, but not the second. It is assumed that in September the order will be sent to the Altai Territory, where the veteran lives, and it will be handed over to Alexei Ivanovich, the acting head of the Department for Work with Citizens of the Military Commissariat of the Territory, Aleksey Zhirnov, said.

The battle, in which Aleksey Skurlatov distinguished himself, took place in January of 1944, when he fought as part of the 234-th artillery regiment of the 188-th rifle division of the 3-th Ukrainian front. As stated in the award leaflet, "moving in the combat formations of the infantry and not paying attention to the artillery bombardment," the sergeant, "never for a moment stopped observing the enemy, discovered his firing points in a timely manner." During the offensive Skurlatov were discovered artillery battery, easel and light machine gun of the enemy, which destroyed the division fire.


In addition, at the time of the counterattack of the infantry and tanks Skurlatov adversary from his personal weapons destroyed two German soldiers. After being wounded, he refused to leave the battlefield, continuing to conduct intensive shelling of the enemy’s positions, according to archive documents.

The second Order of the Red Star was presented to Alexei Skurlatov for courage shown in August 1944, when, together with his comrades, he defended the Soviet command-height observation point from the enemy, personally destroyed the enemy soldiers 18 and captured five fascists.

Alexey Skurlatov became the prototype for the monument to Alyosha by Vasil Rodoslavov, because he fought in those places in 1944 in the past year - he restored the telephone line Plovdiv-Sofia. In Plovdiv, he made friends with the telephone station worker Metodi Vitanov. According to one of the versions, it was Vitanov who transmitted the photo of Skurlatov to the sculptor, and he created a monument in this image.


The monument is a 11-meter reinforced concrete sculpture standing on a pedestal of a Soviet soldier holding a machine gun directed into the ground in his hand. The monument was erected in the year 1954, and the solemnly opened on November 7 year 1957.

In 1966, the poet Konstantin Vanshenkin and the composer Eduard Kolmanovsky wrote the famous song "Alyosha", dedicated to this monument. Until 1989, it was the official anthem of Plovdiv.
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  1. bye
    bye
    +1
    20 August 2012 18: 45
    Enthusiasts, studying documents in the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense in Podolsk, found lost documents on the awarding of the order, in which there was no record of delivery.


    Glad for a veteran, recently witnessed the same incident that occurred in modern life due to the fault of personnel officers hi Moreover, this is all so disgusting and (political correctness) that because of the paper transfer person does not receive an order, and then he is also accused "You are hard to find, you are constantly on business trips" (to Chechnya and Dagestan) and invested in the case, but we You were given what you are not happy with winked At the same time, they simply gave the order in the office and asked to sign and put a number (2 years ago) am
    1. bye
      bye
      +2
      20 August 2012 19: 21
      Dear forum users !!!
      I would like to draw your attention to the voting that is carried out on NEWS on the site, all this is on the main page in the "Announcements" section. Vote, otherwise you will "bite your elbows" later, but it will be too late !!!!
  2. Dictator1412
    +4
    20 August 2012 18: 46
    No one is forgotten! Nothing is forgotten! You’re still a hero for 100 years of life! But I want to die in agony for the sick little SS marching in the Khlebaltik!
    1. Aleks23
      +1
      20 August 2012 20: 12
      I would like to believe that nothing and no one has been forgotten, but when I look, I read about veterans who live in emergency housing, and bureaucrats and their children fatten their fists ...
      and about disadvantages, the Democrats will soon have to answer too. For everything and in full.
    2. 0
      20 August 2012 21: 34
      I support! But time tells us that they will die under Western and North American fanfares ... while we will rake the consequences of the WTO ...
  3. +1
    20 August 2012 18: 47
    Glory to the Hero of the Union and the Great People !!!
    A low bow and endless respect from the mediocre descendants who lost the war he won !!!
    1. 0
      20 August 2012 21: 26
      It's not over yet. "Retreat is not a spawn."
  4. dark_sp
    0
    20 August 2012 18: 48
    decided to present the order, which was forgotten 68 years ago

    Thanks for the favor, they decided !!!
  5. +2
    20 August 2012 18: 59
    ,, It is assumed that already in September the order will be sent to the Altai Territory, where the veteran resides, and it will be transferred to Alexei Ivanovich,
    Rezanula phrase ,, transmit ,,. Or maybe solemnly handed? And why in September? What not immediately? I’ve been waiting for 68 years, will wait for two or three weeks !?
  6. +3
    20 August 2012 19: 05
    BETTER LATE NEVER
    1. +1
      20 August 2012 21: 24
      It became a blessing to find great ... Sneakers in a compartment with a Coke are tired of choking ...
  7. +3
    20 August 2012 19: 05
    Justice triumphed without a trace of red tape and sloppiness of bureaucrats. am

    As for the order, it will still find its hero! good
    1. 0
      20 August 2012 21: 23
      Not always ... unfortunately ... during the Second World War not every officer will find a reward in the hospital ... but about the soldier ....
  8. +4
    20 August 2012 19: 37
    The order is certainly good, but I think that monument + song + folk memory is a much more expensive and significant award for Alexei Skurlatov.

    Does the field turn white,
    Powder, powder,
    Does the field turn white?
    Ile noisy showers rustle,
    It is above the mountain Alesha,
    Alyosha, Alyosha,
    Stands over Alyosha Mountain -
    In Bulgaria, a Russian soldier.

    And the heart is still bitter
    Still bitter
    And the heart is still bitter
    What after the lead snowstorm.
    His tunic is made of stone,
    His tunic
    His tunic is made of stone,
    From the stone of his boots.

    A lot under the scary burden
    Under the scary burden
    A lot under the scary burden
    Nameless guys lay down
    But the fact that this one is Alyosha
    Alyosha, Alyosha,
    But the fact that this one is Alyosha
    It is known throughout Bulgaria.

    To the valleys calm
    Calm down
    To the valleys calm
    He does not descend from the heights.
    He does not give flowers to girls,
    Girls, girls,
    He does not give flowers to girls,
    They give him flowers.
    Habitual like the sun and the wind

    Like the sun and the wind
    Habitual like the sun and the wind
    Like a star in the evening sky
    He stands above this city,
    Over this city
    As if above this city
    And so he always stood.

    Does the field turn white,
    Powder, powder,
    Does the field turn white?
    Ile noisy showers rustle,
    It is above the mountain Alesha,
    Alyosha, Alyosha,
    Stands over Alyosha Mountain -
    In Bulgaria, a Russian soldier.
    1. wax
      +1
      20 August 2012 23: 19
      The worst thing is that the Slavic brothers-Bulgarians wanted to demolish this monument. NATO members, however.
  9. +1
    20 August 2012 20: 28
    About such people, it is necessary to teach and talk in kindergartens and in schools .... otherwise the Second World War will be "won" by the Anglo-Saxons .....
  10. +1
    20 August 2012 20: 55
    And yet the award found its hero! This is correct and wonderful!
  11. 0
    20 August 2012 21: 19
    I am sincerely happy for the veteran! In addition to the order, I want those in power to apologize for their "slowness" ... I do not know how now "post-rewards" are given for wars in recent history, and five years ago my friend was awarded a "star" for Afghanistan ...
  12. Odessa
    +3
    20 August 2012 22: 26
    Sincere congratulations to WWII veteran Alexei Skurlatov!

    Think you forgot, and were late for 68 years, can this be explained by common sense? In the same way with apartments, you think you forgot, you think a mess ?!
    Not so good !!! negative
  13. Dictator1412
    +1
    20 August 2012 22: 47
    Low bow to the hero !!!
  14. - = 999 = -
    +1
    20 August 2012 22: 47
    The main thing to remember and to teach children.
    PS (A. Twardowski)

    ..... And the dead, the mute,
    There is only one joy:
    We fell for our country,
    But she is saved.
    Our eyes faded,
    The flame of the heart went out,
    On Earth in Verification
    Do not call us.
    We have our own fighting
    Do not wear the Order.
    You - all this, alive.
    To us, there is only one joy:
    What was not in vain struggled
    We are for motherland.
    May our voice not be heard
    You must know him ....
  15. Sober
    +1
    21 August 2012 02: 51
    The monument is certainly super! they took and forgot, what kind of people! I guess they didn’t forget to take bribes! although what they remembered is good, for the country is rising, the heroes remember. and this is a sign! some 20 years ago they generally forgot about the heroes, as if they had never been in Russia! and the further the more the forgotten heroes are found, patriotism rises, which is very good, because 20 years ago it was destroyed and everything connected with it!
    1. 0
      21 August 2012 03: 34
      +100000000000000000000000000000000000
  16. 0
    21 August 2012 08: 18
    Can’t they find a free general of Arbat VO and send the order to a real warrior hero, can’t they really come off for a couple of days from cutting money? Not power but some kind of slander.

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