Mikhail Ivanovich Burblis is a veteran of the Second World War, retired colonel. He has 25 government awards. The first order of the "Red Star" was awarded at Stalingrad.
| Burblis Mikhail Ivanovich | |||
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| Date of Birth | June 7, 1914 | ||
| Place of Birth | Enakievo city, Ukraine | ||
| Date of death | 2001 | ||
| Place of death | Enakievo city, Ukraine | ||
| Occupation | Military man, sniper | ||
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Education and the beginning of professional activity
Mikhail Ivanovich from childhood had a great craving for military affairs. At age 15, he was already an instructor in shooting sports Osoaviahima . In 1932, Mikhail Ivanovich was sent to a central school for training snipers in Kharkov.
In June 1940, Mikhail Ivanovich graduated from the Shooting Course of the Central School of the command and political composition of the USSR Osaviohim with the right to train shooters and snipers. Then he was awarded the military rank of Junior Lieutenant . While working in Osaviokhim Mikhail Ivanovich prepared a large number of machine gunners, snipers and shooters of all categories. This was before the start of World War II . With the outbreak of the war, M. I. Burblis was drafted into the Red Army and appointed chief of the regimental sniper team of the 49th infantry regiment. The team was training for the front.
In September 1941, Mikhail Ivanovich sent to accelerated courses of the Military Academy. Frunze . Upon graduation, in June 1942, M. I. Burblis was appointed chief of intelligence of the 299th Infantry Division of the 66th Army of General Zhadov .
Division Management
Formed under the command in the city of Kovrov (near Moscow), the division entered the Battle of Stalingrad in August (the 66th army bordered on the 62nd army of General V.I. Chuikov). At the end of November 1942, near Stalingrad, when the defense was stabilized, the Germans put forward many snipers, then the division command decided to train their snipers right at the front line, this responsible work was entrusted to M. I. Burblis and prepared in a couple of weeks by Mikhail Ivanovich sniper warriors of the 299th division successfully fought with the enemy. Marshal Zhukov, Georgy Konstantinovich in his memoirs repeatedly notes the bold actions of the 299th division. It was the Battle of Stalingrad that dispelled the myth of the invincibility of the fascist troops. During the Battle of Kursk, the 2nd99th Division was tasked to advance in the direction of Art. Lyubotin near Kharkov and cut the highway Kharkiv-Poltava. In August 1943, the 299th division as part of the 53rd Army went on the offensive and cut the Kharkov-Poltava railway, cutting off the Germans' retreat. On August 23, 1943, the 299th division under the command of General N. G. Travnikov as part of the 53rd army broke into Kharkov. The liberation of Kharkov ended the Battle of Kursk , the 299th Rifle Division was awarded the title - 299th Kharkov Rifle Division. In the battles for Kharkov, Major M.I. Burblis was seriously wounded and sent to the hospital, after recovery, Mikhail Ivanovich returned to his division as head of intelligence. The division at that time forced the Dnieper River in battle in the area of the cities of Kremenchuk and Kryukov. When forced, Mikhail Ivanovich received a concussion, but remained in a stand. Then the division participated in the Iasi-Chisinau operation , in battles in Romania, in Hungary, in Austria, in Yugoslavia. Given the importance of intelligence, the Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Armed Forces Stalin demanded from the commanders: "Without intelligence, not a step!" After the Iasi-Chisinau operation to destroy the encircled German group, on August 31, 1944, the 299th division entered Bucharest, followed by heavy fighting for Budapest, Belgrade, and Vienna.
The war M.I. Burblis finished in 1945 in Austria.
Service
1945-1952 - M. I. Bourblis served in Romania as military commander of the city of Bucharest.
1955-1956 - after graduating from the Military Academy. Frunze - served as deputy. commander of the 45th motorized division in Vyborg.
1956-1957 - Studying at the Higher Academic Courses of the Military Academy named after K. E. Voroshilova in Moscow.
1957 - takes command of the 25th Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Transcaucasian Military District.
1961-1963 - Deputy Commander of the Transcaucasian Military District.
1963 - retired for health reasons. He has 25 different government awards.
After being transferred to the reserve, Colonel M. I. Burblis taught for 12 years at the military department of the Donetsk Polytechnic Institute . He died in 2001, in the city of Donetsk, and was buried in the city of Enakievo.
Rewards
Order of the Patriotic War , 1st degree
Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"
Medal "For the Liberation of Belgrade"
Medal "For the capture of Budapest"
Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
Memorial sign “50 years of the liberation of Ukraine”