Kitskansky bridgehead (Kopansky bridgehead) - a strategic springboard of Soviet troops on the west bank of the Dniester River , in the area of Kitskany (10 km south of Tiraspol ), captured by the troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front (Army General R. Ya. Malinovsky ) during the Odessa operation 1944
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Bridgehead Capture
On April 14, 1944, the troops of the 37th Army (Lieutenant-General M. N. Sharokhin ) forced the Dniester.
The bridgehead measured on the front up to 18 kilometers, to a depth of 6-10 kilometers, an area of about 150 km².
Beachhead Fights
Fighting for holding the bridgehead lasted more than 4 months. Soviet troops paid life to 1,480 soldiers buried in the village of Chitcani, and about 1,700 in the mass graves of the village of Kopank [1] .
Meaning of the bridgehead
The Kitskansky bridgehead was well equipped in engineering terms, which by the beginning of the Yassy-Kishinev offensive operation (August 20-29, 1944) placed in its limited space:
- 5 rifle corps
- 1 mechanized body
- 51 artillery regiment
- up to 30 special parts
From the Kitskansky bridgehead, the troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front (from May 1944 - General of the Army F. I. Tolbukhin ) delivered the main blow to the enemy.
Memory
- On May 7, 1975, the opening of the Museum of Military Glory was held in the village of Kitskany [2] .
- The obelisk of military Glory on the Kitskansky bridgehead (architect S. M. Shoikhet , 1972) is depicted on the reverse of the Transnistrian bill of 2000 in denominations of 1 ruble.
Notes
- ↑ Veterans of the Great Patriotic War: Kitskansky bridgehead needs restoration (Transnistria)
- ↑ Custodian of the history of the Yassko-Chisinau operation Archival copy of March 18, 2011 on the Wayback Machine
Literature
- Kitskansky bridgehead / World War II, 1941-1945 : Encyclopedia / ed. M.M. Kozlov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1985. - P. 342. - 500 000 copies.