Kuzma Akimovich Gurov (1901-1943) - political worker of the Red Army, lieutenant general (1942). Member of the Military Council of the Southern Front , one of the leaders of the defense of Stalingrad and the liberation of Donbass.
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| Date of Birth | October 1 (14), 1901 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Panevo village, Kozelsky district , Kaluga province , Russia | |||||
| Date of death | September 25, 1943 (41 years old) | |||||
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Years of service | 1919-1943 | |||||
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| Battles / wars | Civil war The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
Kuzma Akimovich Gurov was born on October 1 ( 14 ), 1901 in the village of Panevo, Rudinsky volost, Kozelsky district of the Kaluga province (now Gurovo , Ulyanovsk district of the Kaluga region).
In December 1919, he volunteered for the 2nd Irkutsk Cavalry Regiment . He participated in the battles with Kolchak . In 1920 Transbaikalia was sent, in 1922 - in the Primorsky Territory . He was a political officer of the squadron. He was awarded the Order of the Battle Red Banner . In 1936 he graduated from the Military-Political Academy in Leningrad. Since 1940, he headed the Military Pedagogical Institute of the Red Army in Kalinin .
With the outbreak of World War II, he became a divisional commissar ( 29th Army ), then a member of the Military Council of the Stalingrad Front , then a member of the Military Council of the Southern Front . From July 1942 to February 1943, Gurov was a member of the military council of the 62nd Army . In 1942 he received the rank of lieutenant general . Since February 1943 - Member of the Military Council of the Southern Front .
Gurov was distinguished by strong nerves and icy calm.
September 25, 1943 he died in the village of Gusarka, Kuibyshev district of Zaporizhzhya region [1] from blockage of the cardiac artery [2] .
His heart was buried in this village [3] . Later, a granite obelisk was written on which is written
| The heart of a member of the Military Council of the Southern Front, Lieutenant General Gurov Kuzma Akimovich (1901-1943) is buried here. |
The body was transported to Stalin (now Donetsk ), where it was buried.
| The command post of the 62nd Army: chief of staff N. I. Krylov, commander V. I. Chuykov, member of the Military Council K. A. Gurov, commander of the 13th guards. SD A.I. Rodimtsev. December 1942 | The commander of the 62nd Army of the Stalingrad Front, Lieutenant General Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov and a member of the military council of the Stalingrad Front, Lieutenant General K. A. Gurov in the region of Stalingrad. 1943 year. | Member of the Military Council of the 62nd Army, Lieutenant General K.A. Gurov presents the order to the commander of the 95th Infantry Division, Colonel V.A. Horishnomu. 1942 year | Member of the Military Council of the 62nd Army K. A. Gurov and Commander of the 62nd Army V. I. Chuykov. Stalingrad. 1942 year. |
Award
Kuzma Akimovich Gurov was awarded the Order of Lenin , 3 Orders of the Red Banner and medals.
Memory
- Monument to Gurov at his grave in Donetsk.
- In honor of Kuzma Akimovich, the village in which he was born was renamed Gurovo (now in the Ulyanovsk district of the Kaluga region ).
- In February 1944, one of Donetsk avenues was named after Gurov.
Notes
- ↑ from another source . Archived December 3, 2012. Gurov brought for treatment in Stalin , where he died
- ↑ Gurov Kuzma Akimovich . Archived December 3, 2012.
- ↑ Lieutenant General Gurov (Unavailable link) . Archived December 3, 2012.
Links
- Gurov Kuzma Akimovich . Archived December 3, 2012.
- Gurov Kuzma Akimovich Neopr . Archived December 3, 2012.
- Gurov Kuzma Akimovich . Archived December 3, 2012.
- Lieutenant General Gurov (Unavailable link) . Archived December 3, 2012.
- The death and honor of General Gurov . Archived November 30, 2012.