Malofeev, Mikhail Yuryevich

Mikhail Malofeev was born on May 25, 1956 in the city of Lomonosov, Leningrad Region (now part of the city of St. Petersburg ). By nationality - Russian. In 1973, after graduating from high school, he entered and in 1977 graduated from the Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School named after S. M. Kirov . He served as platoon and company commander, chief of staff of the battalion. He served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany , after which he was transferred to the Transcaucasian Military District , and after two and a half years, together with the regiment, left for the Turkestan Military District for two years.

In 1989, Malofeev graduated from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze and was appointed to the post of commander of a battalion in the Arctic ; subsequently subsequently holding the posts of deputy regiment commander, chief of staff, regiment commander and deputy division commander.

In 1995 - commander of the 134th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (military unit 67616) of the 45th Guards Motor Rifle Division .

From 1995 to 1996, he participated in the restoration of constitutional order in the Chechen Republic .

Since December 1997, Colonel Malofeev served as commander of the 138th separate guards motorized rifle Krasnoselskaya Red Banner Brigade of the Leningrad Military District (village of Kamenka, Leningrad Region), and subsequently became deputy head of the combat training department of the Leningrad Military District .

Since 1999, Major General Malofeev participated in the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus , holding the post of head of the combat training department of the 58th Army of the North Caucasian Military District - deputy commander of the federal forces group "North" in the Chechen Republic.

On January 14, 2000, Major General Malofeev M. Yu. Was entrusted with the development and conduct of a special operation to master the forces of the battalion of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation with the buildings of the Grozny Canning Factory. The operation was of strategic importance for the further advancement of federal forces towards the center of the capital of Chechnya.

To implement this plan, on the morning of January 17, 2000, two assault groups advanced to the western outskirts of the plant. Understanding the current situation, the militants fiercely defended themselves, opening up dense fire from small arms.

Having fallen under heavy fire, the assault groups lay down and stubbornly repelled the attacks of the militants. At the same time, three servicemen were injured and one died. The threat of the destruction of the assault groups and the disruption of the combat mission of the federal group hung.

At that time, Major General Malofeev arrived on the northwestern outskirts of Grozny with a task force consisting of the chief of artillery of the 276th motorized rifle regiment of the 34th motorized infantry division , two signalmen and an intern captain from the Combined Arms Academy . Considering that after the most powerful fire training was carried out, no one was left alive in the building closest to the militants, the general occupied him. But the militants who had sat in the basements, as soon as the fire died down, went outside and ran into a group of General Malofeev. The general entered the battle and fired back, covering the retreat of his subordinates, despite a head injury. The militants opened fire from grenade launchers and mortars, and General Malofeev and his group died under the rubble of the wall. Within a day and a half, the federal troops could not come to the place of the general’s death, but when they finally managed to take possession of the building, the body of Sergeant Sharaborin, the radio operator who accompanied his commander in his last battle, was found along with Major General Malofeev .

Pavel Evdokimov in his article in the newspaper " Spetsnaz of Russia " for June 2006 analyzes the actions of Khizir Khachukaev , who then led the defense of the southeastern part of Grozny: "The tactics consisted in flank attacks on the attacking forces. Usually the enemy created the appearance of a retreat, and when the soldiers, starting to pursue the "retreating" enemy, fell into the open space, the fighters from the surrounding buildings opened aimed machine-gun fire. Apparently, during a similar maneuver on January 18, Deputy Commander of the 58th Army, Major General Mikhail Malofeev, was abandoned by frightened soldiers of the assault group ” ^[1] .

On January 28, 2000, Major General Malofeev was buried with military honors at the Nikolsky cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg.

By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of February 9, 2000 No. 329 for courage and heroism shown during the elimination of illegal armed groups in the North Caucasus region, Major General Malofeev Mikhail Yuryevich was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

On February 23, 2000, in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow , the Golden Star of the Hero of Russia was transferred to the widow of the Hero - Svetlana Malofeeva.

• The name of the hero is school number 429 of the city of Lomonosov , which he graduated from.
• On September 23, 2001, a monument was unveiled at the hero’s grave.
• In 2014, a postage stamp dedicated to Malofeev was issued in Russia.
• On January 16, at the request and with the direct participation of the LENPEKH-PETERGOF search squad, the ET2M-051 electric train named after Hero of Russia Mikhail Yuryevich Malofeev went on flight. It runs from the Baltic Station along the Baltic Railway to Oranienbaum and Gatchina. ^[2]

Malofeev, Mikhail Yurievich (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".

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