Toroptsev, Ivan Grigorievich

Born in the village of Mokhovoe , now in the Anninsky district of the Voronezh region of Russia in a peasant family. Russian ^[1] .

Father - Toroptsev Grigory Antonovich (1882-1967), p. Mossy. Mother - Podlesnykh Ulyana Savelyevna (1887-1969), p. Mossy.

Civil War

July 19, 1919 he was drafted into the Red Army by the Bobrovsky district military registration and enlistment office and sent to the Voronezh march (guard) battalion. After taking a short-term training course, he was enrolled in the Alekseevsky Moscow Regiment, with whom at the end of 1919 he participated in battles on the Southern Front in the Velikoarhangelskoye and Kalach regions of the Voronezh province. In early 1920, he contracted typhoid and was treated for four months. Upon recovery, he was sent to the 22nd reserve Voronezh regiment, with which he left for the Wrangel Front in August. Upon reaching the city of Kamensk, Don region, the regiment was reorganized into the 50th reserve regiment of the Southern Front. Toroptsev served in it until March 1921, then was transferred by a nurse to the 190th hospital. After a month and a half, he contracted scurvy and was released on sick leave on vacation ^[1] .

Interwar years

At the end of July 1921 he was sent by the Bobrovsky district military registration and enlistment office to the 27th infantry machine gun courses in the city of Oryol . On September 1 of the same year, he graduated from them as a separate commander and in November was sent to the 19th infantry division of the Moscow Military District . Here he served in the 55th Rifle Regiment in the city of Voronezh , held the posts of machine gun chief, platoon commander, and Wrede commander of a machine gun company. From October 1924 to August 1925 he was studying at the 2nd Moscow Infantry School. M. Yu. Ashenbrenner (re-separation). At the end, he returned to the regiment and served as commander of a machine gun company, assistant commander and freak commander of the battalion, commander of the guard battalion, commander of the rifle battalion. February 17, 1930 left at the disposal of the head of advanced training at the School of anti-aircraft artillery of the Red Army. In May 1931 he graduated from the machine gun department for the advanced training of these courses and, upon returning to the regiment, took command of the machine gun battalion. In October of that year, Toroptsev was transferred to the Kinesham Rifle Regiment to the post of head of the regimental school. In April 1932 he was sent to study at the Military Academy of the Red Army. M.V. Frunze . In May 1936 he graduated from the 1st rank and was appointed chief of the 2nd (reconnaissance) branch of the headquarters of the 36th Trans-Baikal Rifle Division ZabVO . In September - November 1937 and. D. head of the intelligence department of the headquarters of the 57th Special Corps , then returned to the division and was appointed chief of staff of the 108th Infantry Regiment. Since December 1937 and. d. chief, and in May 1938 - the chief of the 1st division of the 1st division of the headquarters of the ZabVO. In August 1938 he was appointed chief of the 1st department of the district headquarters. At the end of April 1939, Colonel Toroptsev was transferred to the post of deputy chief of staff of the Military Military District . Since March 1940, he held the position of head of the 1st Division of the Office of the Device and Service of the Main Directorate of the Red Army, from August 16 of that year temporarily and. D. Deputy Head of the 2nd Division of the Organizational Directorate of the General Staff of the Red Army. By order of the NPO of the USSR of December 23, 1940 he was appointed chief of staff of the 157th Infantry Division of the North Caucasian Military District ^[1] .

World War II

At the beginning of the war in the same position. Since June 22, 1941, the 157th Infantry Division, being in the reserve of the General Headquarters , was preparing a defensive line along the Black Sea coast on the sections of Taman , Anapa , Novorossiysk , Gelendzhik , and Beregovaya . On August 27, 1941 ^[2] from the position of chief of staff of this division, Toroptsev was appointed commander of the 3rd Crimean motorized division , which was on the formation in the 51st separate army in the city of Simferopol . On August 30, in view of organizing the defense of the most important centers of Crimea, by order of ^[3] Colonel General Kuznetsov, Toroptsev was appointed commandant of the Simferopol fortified area ^{[4] [5]} . He was given responsibility for the reconnaissance and breakdown of anti-tank and anti-personnel obstacles ^[4] .

In the first half of October 1941, this division was reorganized into the 172nd Infantry . In September - October, its units in the same 51st separate army (from October 2 - the 51st army of the Southern Front ) participated in the Crimean defensive operation , in heavy defensive battles for the city of Sevastopol . For other losses in battles on the Crimean peninsula, among other military leaders, as later researchers note, Toroptsev, who was one of the first to take the enemy’s blow, was undeservedly ^[6] dismissed.

October 28, 1941 Toroptsev was appointed deputy commander of the 157th Infantry Division. At this time, its units, conducting rear-guard battles, covered the withdrawal of the 51st army to Ak-Monai positions. In the course of their division suffered heavy losses, in the infantry regiments, there were only 450-500 active bayonets. Until mid-November, the remnants of the division fought stubborn battles on the outskirts of the city of Kerch . On November 16, 1941, by order of the command of the 51st Army, the division was transferred to the Taman Peninsula. November 30, 1941 Toroptsev retired as commander of the 271st Infantry Division , which was in formation in the North Caucasian Military District . He coped well with the formation of the division, had positive characteristics. In March 1942, the division was sent to the Crimean Front in the 47th Army . It included fierce defensive battles on the Kerch Peninsula . After stubborn battles in mid-May, the division as part of the army was evacuated to the Taman Peninsula , where it became part of the North Caucasus Front . By order of the front troops of June 2, 1942, Colonel Toroptsev was allowed to and. D. Commander of the 77th Infantry Division , which was part of the same 47th Army. Until August 11, 1942, she defended the coast of the Taman Peninsula. On August 12, the division surrendered the battlefield to the Marine Corps and marched in the Novorossiysk region. The enemy by this time occupied the city of Krasnodar and developed success in the direction of Novorossiysk. Since August 19, 1942, units of the division as part of the same army of the Novorossiysk defensive region, then the Black Sea group of forces of the Transcaucasian Front (from September 5) participated in the Novorossiysk defensive operation . During her September 10, 1942, Colonel Toroptsev committed suicide ^{[1] [8]} .

General P.I. Batov in his memoirs referred to Toroptsev as an excellent officer with skill and courage ^[9] .

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