Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sazonov ( June 20 [ July 2 ] 1897 , v . Vyazovka , Saratov province - April 2, 1955 , Saratov [1] ) - Guard Major General, commander of the 9th Guards Airborne Poltava Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Kutizov . He participated in the battles on the Kursk Bulge , in the operations to liberate Poltava , Kremenchug (1943) [2] , Kirovograd (1944) [2] , during the crossing of the Dnieper , etc.
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| Place of Birth | with. Vyazovka , Saratov County , Saratov Province , Russian Empire | ||||||||
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| Place of death | Saratov , RSFSR , USSR | ||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire the USSR | ||||||||
| Type of army | infantry Airborne troops | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1916-1917, 1918-1952 | ||||||||
| Rank | senior sergeant major  | ||||||||
| Commanded | 9th Guards Airborne Division ( 1943 - 1944 ) | ||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I Civil war in Russia The Great Patriotic War • Old Russian operation • Battle of Kursk • Battle of the Dnieper | ||||||||
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Biography
Born in with. Vyazovka of the Saratov district of the Saratov province [1] . Russian [1] .
World War I
He served in the Imperial Army from May 1916 to October 1917. In 1916 he graduated from the training team of the 140th reserve infantry regiment ( Penza ), and served there as a junior, senior non-commissioned officer. Since May 1917, as part of the 1st battery of the 3rd separate special artillery division, he fought as a senior firework near Riga ( North-Western Front ), senior sergeant major [1] .
Civil War
September 9, 1918 joined the Red Army (detachment against counterrevolution and sabotage in Saratov). From October 1918 he was a cadet of the 1st Saratov infantry machine-gun courses, and from January 1919 he was a squad leader in the same place. As part of the courses he participated in the capture of the city of Uralsk (1919), in battles with the Cossacks of General Shkuro [1] .
After completing the courses on October 15, 1919, he served in the 4th reserve brigade in Saratov (platoon and company commander), from December 1919 - in the 399th stage battalion ( Baku ), then the commandant of the stage (Evlakh, Derbent ). In 1920-1921, he was the head of the foot reconnaissance, mortar team of the 3rd reserve infantry regiment ( Volsk ) [1] .
Since May 1921 - Head of Pedestrian Intelligence of the 238th Bryansk Rifle Regiment ( 27th Omsk Rifle Division , Tsaritsyn ); participated in the elimination of gangs in the Volga region [1] .
In February 1922 he graduated from the courses of higher and middle command personnel of the Volga Military District (Samara), after which he served as platoon and company commander in the 81st rifle regiment [1] .
Peacetime
In 1923 he graduated from the Higher United Military School named after S. S. Kamenev ( Kiev ), after which he served as platoon, company, battalion commander in the 81st rifle regiment ( Smolensk , Vitebsk ), the 191st rifle regiment (Smolensk, with 1925), the 94th territorial rifle regiment (Saratov, since 1928); assistant chief of staff, head of the school of junior command personnel in the 15th separate territorial battalion (Penza) [1] . Member of the CPSU (b) since 1927.
From May 1931 - chief of staff, from February 1932 - commander of the 12th separate rifle battalion of the 4th separate territorial regiment ( Sterlitamak ). In 1932 he graduated from the courses of staff commanders at the courses "Shot" . Since September 1936 - Chief of Staff of the 294th Mountain Rifle Regiment (Sterlitamak), in 1937 relocated to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky . Since 1938 - the commander of the 138th mountain rifle regiment of the Kamchatka division , since April 1941 - deputy commander of the 101st mountain rifle division in the Pacific Fleet [1] .
World War II
In the Great Patriotic War - from November 10, 1942 on the North-Western Front ; On November 12, 1942 he was appointed deputy commander of the 23rd Guards Rifle Division . From November 1942 to March 1943, units of the division participated in the liquidation of the Demyansk “ledge” [1] .
Since March 19, 1943 [3] he commanded the 9th Guards Airborne Division , as part of the 5th Guards Army he liberated the Nikolaev Region [4] .
In the battles of July 11–23, 1943, in the Prokhorovka area, the Oktyabrsky state farm division under the command of A. M. Sazonov, having entered the battle from the march and repulsed the attacks of the German troops, went on the counterattack and destroyed up to 4 thousand enemy soldiers, 110 easel machine guns, 90 guns, 94 tanks and 45 trucks. September 28, 1943 guard Colonel Sazonov Alexander Mikhailovich by order No. 170-n of the 5th Guards Army of the Voronezh Front was awarded the Order of the Red Banner [5] .
On September 23, 1943, the 9th Guards Airborne Division stormed Poltava by storm and was given the honorary name Poltava. September 25, 1943 A. M. Sazonov was awarded the title " Major General " [1] [3] .
The 9th Guards Airborne Division under the command of A. M. Sazonov on September 29, 1943 freed Kremenchug ; October 9 in the battle of the Dnieper captured the bridgehead on the west bank; December 6 freed Alexandria ; since January 1944, participated in the Kirovograd and Uman-Botoshansk offensive operations [1] . By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated January 19, 1944, Major General Sazonov Alexander Mikhailovich was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd degree [6] .
In March 1944 [3] during the Uman-Botoshanskoy operation A. M. Sazonov became seriously ill and was under treatment until June; later was appointed head of the Alma-Ata Infantry School [1] .
After the war
From October 1945 to March 1946 was at the disposal of the GUK NPO of the USSR.
Since 1946 - Head of the Military Department of Voronezh University ; from October 1947 to January 1952 - in the same position at the University of Saratov [1] .
In January 1952, dismissed due to illness. He died on April 2, 1955 in Saratov [1] .
Rewards
- Medal " 20 years of the Red Army " (1938)
- Order of the Red Banner (09/28/1943) [5]
- Order of Kutuzov 2nd degree (19.1.1944) [6]
- Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
- Medal "30 years of the Soviet Army and Navy" (1948)
- 2 orders of the Red Banner and the Order of Lenin - for long service
Contemporaries of A. M. Sazonov
The commander of the guard division, Major General Alexander Mikhailovich Sazonov, was a very demanding and fair person. Outwardly calm and balanced, before making a decision, he thoroughly weighed all the pros and cons. Having made a decision, he put it into practice with his characteristic perseverance and firmness. As soon as a difficult situation developed somewhere, the general, with the division’s artillery commander and intelligence chief, headed for this section and from there led the battle.
- Samchuk I.A., Skachko P.G. Paratroopers attack . - Military Publishing , 1975.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The Great Patriotic War. Divisions, 2011 .
- ↑ 1 2 Liberation of the cities of the USSR . Soldat.ru. Date of treatment February 16, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Desantura.ru .
- ↑ Military formations, units and subunits defending and liberating the Nikolaev region in 1941, 1944 // Book of memory of Ukraine. - T. 8.
- ↑ 1 2 Sazonov Alexander Mikhailovich born in 1897 . Record number: 18584300 . Feat of the people . Date of treatment February 16, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Sazonov Alexander Mikhailovich . Record number: 46327513 . Feat of the people . Date of treatment February 16, 2016.
Literature
- Sazonov Alexander Mikhailovich // The Great Patriotic War. Divisional commanders: military biographical dictionary / D.A. Tsapaev (manual) and others; under the general. ed. V.P. Goremykina. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2011. - T. 1: Commanders of motorized rifle, motorized, cavalry, airborne, artillery, mortar, tank and national militias divisions. - 734 s. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0189-8 .
Links
- Sazonov A.M. . Desantura.ru - Club of fellow soldiers (March 10, 2009). Date of treatment February 17, 2016.