Fedor Aleksandrovich Komov ( December 9, 1923 - November 13, 2001 ) - Soviet soldier, during the Great Patriotic War, commander of the communications department of the 261st Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment of the 36th Rifle Corps of the 5th Army . Full Knight of the Order of Glory .
| Fedor Alexandrovich Komov | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | December 9, 1923 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Yurievo village, Zadonsky district , Lipetsk region , the USSR | |||||
| Date of death | November 13, 2001 (aged 77) | |||||
| Place of death | Novomoskovsk city, Tula region , Russia | |||||
| Affiliation |  USSR → Russia | |||||
| Years of service | 1942 - 1946 | |||||
| Rank | Sergeant  | |||||
| Commanded | liaison office of the 261st guards cannon artillery regiment 36th Rifle Corps 5th Army | |||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War , Soviet-Japanese War | |||||
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Content
Biography
Born on December 9, 1923 in the village of Yuryevo, Zadonsky district, Lipetsk region, in a peasant family. Russian He lived with his parents in Georgia, studied there, joined the Komsomol [1] . Secondary education. He worked on a collective farm .
Years of World War II
In the Red Army since May 1942 (drafted by the Zugdidi RVK of the Georgian SSR [2] ). After graduating from the three-month courses, he became a radio operator-signalman [3] . At the front in World War II from August 1942. Member of the CPSU since 1942 [2] .
He took his first battle at the Kalach-Donskoy farm on the Chervlennaya River as part of an artillery regiment [3] . For participation in the Battle of Stalingrad he was awarded the medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad" [2] .
On October 20, 1943, a radio telegraph operator of the 261st Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment of the 36th Rifle Corps of the 5th Army of the Western Front of the Guard, Junior Sergeant F.A. Komov, in the vicinity of the village of Stara Tukhinya ( Vitebsk Region ), deployed a radio station under enemy fire and, despite being wounded , adjusted artillery fire. On December 31, 1943, as a result of its accurate adjustment of fire, two strongholds of resistance were suppressed and more than an infantry company were destroyed, which allowed the soldiers of the 618th Infantry Regiment to take the most advantageous positions. For this episode on February 3, 1944 he was awarded the Order of Glory of the III degree [2] .
From June 23 to 24, 1944, in the battles north of the settlement of Bogushevskoye (now Bogushevsk, Vitebsk Region ), F. A. Komov, as part of the 36th Rifle Corps of the 5th Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front, provided for the adjustment of artillery fire. Despite the wound, he did not leave the battlefield, as a result of which the horsemen of the 6th Guards Cavalry Division were able to successfully cross the Luchesa River and began to develop an attack on Bogushevsk [4] . For this, on August 16, 1944 he was awarded the Order of Glory, II degree.
The commander of the liaison office of the guard, sergeant F.A. Komov, in the offensive in the vicinity of the village of Gros-Potaurn (25 km southwest of the city of Insterburg , now Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad region ) provided stable radio communication of the observation post with firing positions, and on January 24, 1945, the regimental Banner was saved taking command of the platoon. He was wounded again, but remained in service. Destroyed about 10 enemy soldiers. June 29, 1945 he was awarded the Order of Glory of the I degree, becoming the first regiment to complete the Knight of the Order of Glory [5] .
Post-war years
In 1946, demobilized. Since 1948, he lived in the city of Stalinogorsk (now Novomoskovsk, Tula region ). He worked on a collective farm , then, after graduating from the annual road-technical courses, as a trailer operator at the Tula branch of the Moscow Railway, station duty, senior assistant to the head of the Severnaya station [3] . Since 1962 - deputy head of the station Klyuchevka Tula region [1] .
On December 30, 1973, along with Heroes of the Soviet Union N. Prisyagin , M. P. Strizhkov and A. F. Fedonov, the full holder of the Order of Glory , took part in the opening of the Eternal Glory monument on Moskovskaya Street in Novomoskovsk [6] .
In 1983, he retired from the post of head of the Molodezhnaya station [3] .
Participant of the 1995 Victory Parade on Red Square.
He died on November 13, 2001 in Novomoskovsk [1] .
Rewards
- Order of the Patriotic War I degree (March 11, 1985)
- Order of Glory I degree (June 29, 1945)
- Order of Glory, II degree (August 16, 1944)
- Order of Glory III degree (February 3, 1944)
- medals, including
- Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad" (1942)
Memory
The name of F.A. Komov is immortalized on the Heroes Alley ( Moskovskaya St. ), on the Memorial stand who fell in the Great Patriotic War in the city of Novomoskovsk, the Glory Alley in the city of Zadonsk, Lipetsk Region, and in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Heroes of Novomoskovtsy, 1941-1945, 2010 , p. 90.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 From the award sheet of F. A. Komov with a presentation to the Order of Glory of the III degree. OBD "Feat of the People", January 12, 1944.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Koshelkova Tatyana. The Hard Way to Glory // Trud. - May 5, 2000.
- ↑ Popov S.E. At Bogushevsk // At the firing lines. The combat route of the 3rd Guards Artillery of Vitebsk, Khingan Red Banner, the Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov of the breakthrough division of the reserve of the Supreme High Command . - 2nd ed., Rev. and additional .. - M .: Military Publishing, 1989. - S. 91. - 204 p. - 20,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00240-1 .
- ↑ Heroes - Novomoskovtsy . The official website of the municipality is Novomoskovsk (7.5.2010). Date of treatment May 29, 2010. Archived March 28, 2012.
- ↑ Monument of Eternal Glory Archival copy of January 28, 2012 on the Wayback Machine on the website of Vitaly Lukyanov about Novomoskovsk.
Literature
- Cavaliers of the Order of Glory of three degrees: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium D. S. Sukhorukov . - M .: Military Publishing House , 2000 .-- 703 p. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-01883-9 .
- A. Apollonova, V. Popov. And the wheels are still knocking ... (Komov Fedor Aleksandrovich) // Heroes of Novomoskovtsy, 1941-1945 /ed. advice . - 2nd ed., Rev. and add. - Novomoskovsk: Recom, 2010. - S. 90-99. - 114 p. - 1000 copies.
- Popov S. E. At Bogushevsk // At the firing lines. The combat route of the 3rd Guards Artillery of Vitebsk, Khingan Red Banner, the Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov of the breakthrough division of the reserve of the Supreme High Command . - 2nd ed., Rev. and additional .. - M .: Military Publishing, 1989. - S. 91. - 204 p. - 20,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00240-1 .
- Komov Fedor Alexandrovich // Tula Biogr. words. : in 2 vol. Tula, 1996. - Vol. 1: (A-L). - S. 269.
- Apollonova A. And the wheels are all knocking ... / A. Apollonova, V. Popov // Apollonova A. The soldier's glory of the Tulyaks / A. Apollonova, V. Popov. - 2nd ed., Rev. and add. - Tula, 1981. - S. 62-75.
- Bondarenko A. Soldier Glory / A. Bondarenko // Novomoskovskaya Pravda. - 1993 .-- Dec 16
- Anina N. How many miles have been traveled, how many years have lived ... / N. Anina // Novomoskovskaya Pravda. - 1998 .-- Dec 9
- Logunov A. What holidays have been ... / A. Logunov // Our choice. - 1995. - No. 10 (apr.).
Links
Komov, Fedor Alexandrovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- Heroes of Iinserburg-Chernyakhovsk.
- Heroes - Novomoskovtsy . The official website of the municipality is Novomoskovsk (7.5.2010). Date of treatment May 29, 2010. Archived March 28, 2012.
- Svetlana Apalkova. The battlefield did not leave . The Living Voices of History (2000). Date of treatment November 1, 2011. Archived on April 26, 2012.
- Koshelkova Tatyana. The Hard Way to Glory // Trud. - May 5, 2000.