Andreev, Anatoly Iosifovich

Anatoly Iosifovich Andreev was born in Olviopol, now part of the city of Pervomaisk ( Nikolaev region , Ukraine ).

Civil War

Since April 1918 he served in the ranks of the Red Army .

During the Civil War, Andreev, a Red Army soldier of the 1st Soviet Latvian Rifle Regiment of the 45th Rifle Division, as part of the Southern Group of Forces of the 12th Army, took part in defensive battles against the troops of General A.I. Denikin near Odessa , then withdrew from the division on North.

In mid-September 1919, in the Zhytomyr region, the division broke through the encirclement ring and connected with units of the 44th Infantry Division , and in November 1919 it became part of the 14th Army and participated in the attack on Kharkov , then pursued units of Denikin on the right bank of the Dnieper , fought with armed groups N.I. Makhno in Ukraine.

Interwar

Since December 1923, Andreev commanded a platoon of the 152nd Infantry Regiment of the 51st Infantry Division in the Ukrainian Military District . In 1924, he studied at the higher re-intelligence courses of the Ukrainian military district in Kharkov, then continued to serve in the same regiment as a company commander and assistant battalion commander.

In April 1931 he completed advanced training courses for the Vystrel command staff , after which he was appointed to the post of battalion commander in the 75th infantry regiment of the 25th infantry division of the Ukrainian military district, and in September 1932 - to the post of assistant chief of the 3rd division 4 Headquarters of the Red Army.

Since May 1933 he was a student of the Military Academy of the Red Army. M.V. Frunze , after which in May 1936 he was appointed to the post of chief of the 1st part of the staff of the 24th Infantry Division of the Ukrainian Military District, and in February 1938 - to the post of chief of staff of the 46th Infantry Division of the same military counties. In June of the same year, he was transferred to the Transcaucasian Military District as chief of staff of the 47th Mountain Division . Since February 1939, in the same district, he commanded the 63rd Mountain Division in Tbilisi , and since October - the 20th Mountain Division in Leninakan . In September 1940 he was appointed to the post of deputy chief of staff of the Transcaucasian Military District on the rear, and in March 1941 - to the post of commander of the 136th Infantry Division .

World War II

With the outbreak of World War II, the 136th Infantry Division, under the command of Major General A.I. Andreev, conducted combat operations on the Southern Front .

In January 1942, Anatoly Iosifovich Andreev was appointed to the post of commander of the 4th Guards Rifle Division of the 59th Army of the Leningrad Front , in May 1943 - to the post of Deputy Commander of the 2nd Shock Army and at the same time serving as commander of the 43rd Rifle Corps . From September 1943 until the end of the war - commander of this corps. As part of the 2nd shock, 8th , 23rd , 59th, 67th armies of the Leningrad front, the corps took part in the Mginsky and Leningrad-Novgorod offensive operations. In collaboration with other units of the 59th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front, the 43rd Rifle Corps participated in the Sandomierz-Silesian and Upper Silesian operations, during which the cities of Bedzin , Dбbrowa Górnicza , Siemianowice Slaska were liberated , in January 1945 Sosnowiec , Katowice , Kozel, Krappitts. For skillful command of the corps in these operations, Major General Anatoly Iosifovich Andreev was awarded the Order of Suvorov 2nd degree. In May 1945, the corps participated in the Prague offensive operation .

Post-War Career

After the war, Lieutenant General Anatoly Iosifovich Andreev was appointed to the post of deputy commander of the 7th Guards Army , from February 1946 - to the post of commander of the 31st Guards Rifle Corps , and from May - to the post of senior lecturer of the Higher Military Academy named after K.E. Voroshilov , from October 1947 - to the post of deputy chief of the Military Academy of Communications .

In 1949, Lieutenant General Anatoly Iosifovich Andreev retired. He died in Leningrad on August 3, 1973 . He was buried at the Memorial Military Cemetery in the village. Martyshkino Petrodvorets district of St. Petersburg.

• Order of Lenin ;
• Three Orders of the Red Banner ;
• Two orders of Suvorov 2 degrees ;
• Order of Kutuzov 2 degrees;
• 9 medals, including "For the Defense of Leningrad", "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945";
• Order of Virtuosity Military - Silver Cross (Poland);
• Order of the Renaissance of Poland - Knight's Cross (Poland);
• Order of the “Grunwald Cross” 3rd degree (Poland);
• Medal “For Odra, Nyssa, Baltic” (Poland);
• Medal of Victory and Freedom (Poland);
• Medal “For Strengthening Friendship in Arms” - silver (Czechoslovakia);
• Honorary weapon (name checker);
• Honorary Citizen of Mezirici (Czechoslovakia, 1945). ^[1] .

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