Mysin, Alexander Pavlovich

Born June 20, 1920 in the city of Aleksandrovsk-Grushevsky, now the city of Shakhty, Rostov Region, in a working class family. Russian .

He graduated from the pedagogical college, worked as a deputy principal.

In the Red Army since 1939 . In 1941 he graduated from the Stalingrad military-political school. On the front since June 1941 ^[2] . He was injured several times.

Guards Senior Lieutenant A. P. Mysin particularly distinguished himself when crossing the Dnieper River north of Kiev , in battles when the bridgehead was captured and held near the villages of Glebovka and Yasnogorodka ( Vyshgorodsky district, Kiev region ) on the right bank of the Dnieper in the autumn of 1943. In the presentation for the award, the commander of the 231st Guards Rifle Regiment of the Guard Lieutenant Colonel F. E. E. Makovetsky wrote ^[3] :

On the night of September 24-25, 1943, a company under his command was the first in the regiment to force the Dnieper River, clear the coast from the enemy, thereby creating a springboard for further forcing the Dnieper River regiment.

28.9.43, the company commanded by comrade. Mysina repulsed 3 violent attacks of superior enemy forces. The 2nd attack, when the enemy came close to the battle formations of the company and began to throw grenades, the company was in a difficult position. At this time, the company commander stepped forward and with the words “Guardsmen do not retreat, death to the German invaders!” Dozens of grenades flew at the enemy. The enemy could not stand it and ran, 40 enemy corpses remained on the battlefield.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 17, 1943 for successfully crossing the Dnieper River north of Kiev, firmly fixing the bridgehead on the west bank of the Dnieper River and showing the courage and heroism of the guard to Senior Lieutenant Alexander Pavlovich Mysin awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union awarding the Order of Lenin and Medal "Golden Star" ^[4] .

Major P. Mysin, the guard of the guards , ended the war in the post of deputy regiment commander for the combatant unit of the 210th guards rifle regiment of the 71st guards rifle division . The commander of the regiment guards lieutenant colonel Filatov described Mysin as follows ^[2] .:

For a short period of stay in the comrade. Mysin with his military affairs and bold actions won great prestige for himself.

In the difficult conditions of the fighting, on February 25, 1945, in the region of the Simonii settlement of the Latvian SSR, when the battalion commander and officers of the battalion mostly failed, and the brutal enemy threw the masses of their tanks and self-propelled guns into battle formations of the battalion several times a day, Comrade Mysin assumed command of the battalion and, with his skillful and decisive actions, successfully organized and repelled up to 6 fierce counterattacks of the enemy, did not allow the latter to our military orders.

A. P. Mysin was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, I degree.

Since 1946, the guard lieutenant colonel A. P. Mysin was in reserve. He lived in the city of Riga , the Latvian SSR , where, before leaving for a well-deserved rest, he worked as the director of the Daugava Hotel.

He died on August 25, 1989. He was buried at the Garrison Cemetery in Riga.

• Gold Star Medal No. 1565 of the Hero of the Soviet Union (October 17, 1943);
• Order of Lenin ;
• two orders of World War I degree ;
• medals

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• Dnepr - the river of heroes. - 2nd ed., Ext. - Kiev: Ed. watered lit. of Ukraine, 1988. - ISBN 5-319-00085-5 .

• Mysin, Alexander Pavlovich (Rus.) . The site " Heroes of the country ."
• The heroes of the Soviet Union are natives of the Don .
• The city in which he was born .
• Shakhtyntsi - Heroes of the Soviet Union .