Brinsky, Anton Petrovich

Anton Petrovich Brinsky was born on June 10, 1906 in the Ukrainian village of Andreevka ^[1] into a peasant family.

In 1919 he went to the city of Kamenetz-Podolsky , worked in the forge ^[2] .

He graduated from 9 classes of general education and forestry school.

Consisted in CHON , participated in the fight against banditry ^[2] .

In 1926 he graduated from the Kamenets-Podolsk District Party School, in 1927 joined the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ^[3] and was trained in the Kamenetz-Podolsk District Party School .

He worked as secretary of the Staroushytsky District Komsomol Committee and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Kamenets-Podolsky District of the Khmelnytsky Region .

In the service in the Red Army ^[4] since 1928.

Participant of the campaign of the Red Army in Western Belarus in 1939.

The beginning of the Great Patriotic War met near Belostok with the commissar of the 59th reconnaissance battalion of the 2nd Byelorussian Red Banner Rifle Division. MV Frunze 1st Rifle Corps of the 10th Army of the Western Front.

He entered the first battle with the enemy on June 22, 1941 ^[2] , defended the Osovets fortress , covered the consolidated division at the head of the withdrawal of the 6th cavalry corps, and participated in an attempt to recapture the occupied Germans in the group of General Boldin .

Once surrounded, with eighteen fighters he turned to guerrilla warfare in the Vitebsk and Minsk regions. In October, he joined the detachment of paratroopers from the GRU GSh KA, headed by G. M. Linkov. Organized a number of squads. In May 1942, he passed 600 km along the enemy’s rear to places with a more developed network of railways. In the triangle of roads Pinsk - Baranavichy - Luninets deployed sabotage work, for the "exemplary organization" which in January 1943 was awarded the Order of Lenin . In November 1942, he raided the Western Ukraine , established contact with the underground workers and partisans of the Volyn and Rivne regions. By the new year 1943, he organized a special-purpose partisan brigade, and in August 1943, under the guise of the Directorate of the General Staff of the KA organized under the guise of a partisan detachment of demolition men, he organized an operational reconnaissance and sabotage center and headed it. In January 1944 awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel.

The GRU guerrillas, A.P. Brinsky, carried out about 5,000 sabotage on the territory of Belarus , Ukraine and Poland : over 800 echelons derailed, more than 500 vehicles were burned, 73 tanks were blown up, and about 100 bridges were blown up.

“For your heroic deed shown when performing a combat mission in the enemy's rear”, as stated in the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 4, 1944, Lieutenant Colonel Brinsky Anton Petrovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 3349).

In March 1944, the sick Anton Petrovich was taken out of the enemy rear to Moscow. He returned to the army after the end of the war. In the postwar years, he served in the city of Gorky ^[2] .

In 1945 he graduated from the senior officers' courses of the commanding staff " Vystrel ", in 1952 - the courses of commanders of divisions.

Since 1955, Colonel A. P. Brinsky was in stock. He was a member of the Soviet Committee of War Veterans .

In retirement he was engaged in active literary activity, since 1961 he has been in the Union of Journalists of the USSR, since 1968 - in the Union of Writers of the USSR .

He died on June 14, 1981 in the city of Gorky . He was buried at the Bugrovsky cemetery .

• Wife: Anna Brinsky (1909—1976)
• Daughter: Valentina Antonovna Brinskaya (1929–2010) - Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy of the Medical Academy and Conservatory, lived in Nizhny Novgorod.
• Daughter: Tamara Antonovna Brinskaya (born in 1931) - physician of an exercise therapy center at a tuberculosis sanatorium, since 2012 she has been retired and lives in the Moscow Region.
• Son: Anton Antonovich Brinsky (born in 1945) - retired colonel, Ph.D., Chernobyl , honorary veteran of Nizhny Novgorod.

• 3 orders of Lenin
• Order of the Red Banner
• Order of the Red Star
• Silver Grunwald Cross (Polish People's Republic)
• Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" 1st st. and etc.

The streets in Nizhny Novgorod and Lutsk (June 1, 2013, Brinsky Street in Lutsk were renamed Architect Metelnitsky Street), as well as the children's library and the House of Children's Culture in Nizhny Novgorod, bear his name. In the regional center Manevichi (Volyn, Ukraine), a bust is installed near the building of secondary school No. 2 named after him A. P. Brinsky - honorary citizen of the city of Lutsk since October 7, 1971.

At number 46 on the street. Georgian in Nizhny Novgorod, where he lived in 1946-1971, set a memorial plaque.

In the Central Archive of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the daughter of Valentina, a graduate of the Moscow Historical and Archival Institute, created the personal fund of A. P. Brinsky P-398 out of five inventory lists, 1878 cases.

A. P. Brinsky became the prototype of one of the young heroes of the story “The Old Fortress” by Vladimir Belyaev ^[2] .

In 2006, the Golden Star No. 3349 television movie was created for the 100th anniversary of A. P. Brinsky, and the publishing house Dyatlovy Gory published a compendium of books “Anton Brinsky: Pages of Life”, “ Publishing and Trading Center“ Mark ” ” for the 100th anniversary A. P. Brinsky released a postal envelope with his portrait ^[5] .

On August 29, 2018, by the decision of the Lutsk city council, the partisan commander, hero of the Soviet Union A. P. Brinsky was deprived of the title of Honorary Citizen of the city of Lutsk. ^[6]

A. P. Brinsky is the author of several documentary books and essays on guerrilla warfare and its heroes.

BOOKS

• On the other side of the front: Partisan memories. Prince 1. Gorky: GKI, 1954. 436 p .; 2nd add. and Pererab, Gorky: GKI, 1956. 516 p .; 3rd ed. M .: Voenizdat, 1958. 512 p .; 4th ed. M .: Voenizdat, 1961. 520 s .; 5th ed. Gorky: VVKI, 1966. 423 p .; Kiev: Politizdat of Ukraine, 1976. 351 p. (in Ukrainian).
• On the other side of the front: Partisan memories. Prince 2. Gorky: GKI, 1959. 468 p .; 2nd ed. M .: Voenizdat, 1961. 516 p .; 3rd ed. Gorky: VVKI, 1966. 415 p .; Prince 2. Kiev: Politizdat of Ukraine, 1978. 374 p. (in Ukrainian).
• Boy in a checkered cap: Stories for children. Gorky: GKI, 1960. 142 p. (Co-authored with B. E. Pilne).
• Partisan Courier: Tale. Bitter: GKI, 1961. 151 p .; ed. 2nd, add. and pererabat. Gorky, 1978. 232 p.
• My fighting companions: Guerrilla stories. / Enter. article A. Eremina. Gorky: VVKI, 1964. 247 p. ed. 2nd add. and pererabat. Gorky: VVKI, 1969. 413 p.
• Bezusaya team: Documentary story. Gorky: VVKI, 1973. 192 p .; 2nd ed. Gorky: VVKI, 1986.192 p.
• Girl from Marina Grove: A Documentary Tale. M .: Det. Lit., 1973. 47 pp .; Chisinau: Art Literature, 1977. 60 p. (in Moldavian language); Kiev .: Veselka, 1979. 375 p. (series "Young Heroes") (in Ukrainian. Lang.).
• My Andreevka: Autobiographical novel. / Enter. article N. Volostnova. Gorky: VVKI, 1976. 255 p.
• About friends - comrades: Tale. Gorky, 1981. 239 p.
• Anton BRINSKIY: pages of life (compendium “On the Other Side of the Front”, “My Andreyevka”, “On Friends and Comrades”) N.Novgorod: Dyatlovy Gory Publishing House, 2006. - 528 p.

TOTAL OF 1 461 000 copies.

Essays in Almanacs and Compilations

• Episodes and meetings // Guerrilla friendship. M .: DER EMES, 1948 - Minsk: MAGIC BOOK, 2003.
• Guerrilla rears // Volyn. Lutsk, 1957;

The same // On courage, on feats, on glory: Sat. memoirs of veterans of the Soviet Army / Comp. M. I. Kirdyanov, I. V. Sidorov. Bitter: GKI, 1960; The same // Vicious: Nizhny Novgorod writers - the 50th anniversary of the Victory. Prince 1. / Comp. Tsvetnov A.I. N. Novgorod: VVI, 1994.

• Meeting with Max // Under one banner: Sat. about guerrillas-internationalists / Sost. A.V. Belanovsky, S.M. Borzunov. M .: Gospolitizdat, 1963;

Polish Kovpak // Shoulder to shoulder. - M .: Politizdat, 1969; Max // People of a silent feat: Essays on scouts / Ed. IM Mikhailov. Comp. I.Vasilevich. M .: Politizdat, 1975; The same // Sofia: Partizdat, 1977. (in Bulgarian); The same // 2nd ed. M .: Politizdat, 1980; The same // Budapest: Uzhgorod, 1980. (in Hungarian); The same // Riga: Avots, 1981. (in Latvian. Lang.); The same // Immortality: Essays on scouts. Prince 1. 3rd ed., Ext. M .: Politizdat, 1987. (ABOUT Yu. SECOND)

• Moscow Messenger // People of Legends. Issue 1./Stat V. Pavlov, N. Poltorakov, I. Selishchev. M .: Politizdat, 1965. (ABOUT I. BANOV).
• Batya // Heroes of the Soviet Union, Orenburg. Chelyabinsk: Yuzh.- Uralsk. Prince publishing house, 1971;

“Akhtung: Dad!” // Meet me after the assignment / Edited by I. M. Mikhailov, comp. I.Vasilevich. M .: publishing house DOSAAF, 1973; Batya // People of Legends: Essays on Partisans and Heroes Underground Heroes of the Soviet Union. Issue 5. / Comp. V. Pavlov, I. Selishchev. M .: Politizdat, 1974; The same // Orenburg in the battles for the Motherland: Stories about the heroes. Chelyabinsk: Yuzh.-Uralsk. Prince publishing house, 1978. (ABOUT G. LINKOV).

• Dima's oath: Memoirs // War-ridden lines: Stories and memoirs of front-line writers. Gorky: VVKI, 1974;

Dima Oath // Contemporaries / Comp. A.M. Iordansky, A.I. Tsvetnov. Gorky: VVKI, 1979; Retribution // Vicious: Nizhny Novgorod writers - the 50th anniversary of the Victory. Prince 1./Stat A.I. Tsvetnov. N. Novgorod: VVKI, 1994. (DI KEYMAKH)

• Bearded / / People Legends: Essays on the partisans and underground fighters - Heroes of the Soviet Union. Issue 5. / Comp. V. Pavlov, I. Selishchev. M .: Politizdat, 1974. (ABOUT V. V. SHCHERBINE)
• Do you remember, Polesye? // Fight: Literary-artistic and social-political monthly magazine of the Union of Writers of Ukraine. 1975. No. 4. P. 120-141. (in Ukrainian)
• How it happened // Berega: Stories of Gorky writers / Comp. V.A. Shamshurin, A.I. Tsvetnov. Gorky: VVKI, 1984;

The same // Comrade Commissioner: Book of the Hero of the Soviet Union Anton Petrovich Brinsky / Comp.: Adrianov Yu. A., Kazakova (Brinskaya) V. A. Gorky: VVKI, 1987; The same // Vicious: Nizhny Novgorod writers - the 50th anniversary of the Victory. Book 1. / Comp. Tsvetnov A.I. N. Novgorod: VVI, 1994.

• ESPECA: Memories // Contemporaries / Comp. A.M. Iordansky, A.I. Tsvetnov. Gorky: VVKI, 1978. (About S. P. KAPLUN)
• I am accepted into the party // Comrade Commissioner: A Book about the Hero of the Soviet Union Anton Petrovich Brinsky / Comp.: Adrianov Yu. A., Kazakova (Brinskaya) V. A. Gorky: VVKI, 1987.
• With the help of fellow friends // Comrade Commissioner: Book about the Hero of the Soviet Union, Anton Petrovich Brinsky / Comp .: Yu. A. Adrianov, V. A. Kazakova (Brinskaya). Bitter: VVKI, 1987.
• We have one fate // Far beyond the front line: Documentary essays on intelligence officers / Comp. I.Vasilevich. M .: Voenizdat, 1988. (About N. A. KOZUBOVSKO)
• Arzamas carpenter // Svetloyar: Collection / Comp. V. Shamshurin. M .: Sovremennik, 1988. (Series “Heart of Russia”);

The same // Guerrillas Nizhny Novgorod in World War II / Comp. A. A. Brinsky, E. A. Kulev, L. K. Novikov. N. Novgorod: NGTS, 1997. (P. M. LOGINOV).

• Notes of a partisan: Notebooks 1944-45 // Guerrillas Nizhny Novgorod in the Great Patriotic War / Comp. A. A. Brinsky. Issue 2. Book. 2. N. Novgorod: NGTS, 2003.
• Girl from Marina Grove: A Documentary Tale // Partisans-Nizhniy Novgorod in the Great Patriotic War / Comp. A. A. Brinsky. Issue 2. Book. 2. N. Novgorod: NGTS, 2003. (O. MAYOROVA R. A.).

MACHINERY MANUALS

• On the struggle of the Jewish people against the fascist occupiers in the western regions of Ukraine: Transcript. Kosino, 1944. 16 p.
• Interview with the commander of the Stalin partisan unit operating in the territory of the western regions of Ukraine and Belarus - Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel Anton Petrovich BRINSKY: Transcript. Kiev: Commission on the History of the Patriotic War in Ukraine at the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. Personnel Division of Heroes, June 13, 1946 51 p.
• Password: “Moscow - Warsaw”: Piece. 1965. 175 p.
• Where there is now silence: A play. 1969. 112 p.
• Help military way detachments of Anton Petrovich Brinsky. 1977. 18 p.
• Fracture: Scout stories. 1979-1981. 359 s.

DOCUMENTARY:

• On the other side of the front. Prince 1-2. Gorky, 1954, 1959;
• My fighting companions. Gorky, 1964;
• My Andreyevka. Gorky, 1976;
• About friends and comrades. Gorky, 1981.

ABOUT PARTIES CHILDREN:

• Guerrilla courier. 2nd ed. Gorky, 1978;
• Bezusaya team. 2nd ed. Gorky, 1986;
• A boy in a checkered cap;
• The girl from Marina Grove.

• N.V. Ufarkin. Hero of the Soviet Union Brinsky Anton Petrovich (Rus.) (Asp). project "Heroes of the country." - Article on A.P. Brinsky. The appeal date is March 3, 2011. Archived February 8, 2012.
• Anton Brinsky (Rus.) . Management of informatization of the office of the Governor and the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod region. - Article about A. Brinsky. The appeal date is March 3, 2011. Archived February 8, 2012.
• Comrade Commissioner: [On the Hero of the Soviet Union A. P. Brinsky]. / Sost .: Adrianov Yu. A., Kazakova V. A. - Gorky: Volgo-Vyatka Book Publishing House, 1987. - 208 p.

• Brinsky, Anton Petrovich (Rus.) . The site " Heroes of the country ."
• A small photograph of A. P. Brinsky (inaccessible link)
• Portrait of A.P. Brinsky
• Photo by A. P. Brinsky (inaccessible link)
• Artistic envelope with a portrait of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Anton Brinsky (1906—1981)

• Linkov, Grigory Matveevich