Donskoy, Ivan G.

Early years

Ivan G. Donskoy was born on January 27, 1917 in the village of Ust-Mosikh now Rebrikhinsky district of the Altai Territory in the family of a Russian peasant . After graduating from 9 classes, Don entered the Barnaul Pedagogical School, which he graduated in 1937. He worked as a teacher in high school and participated in the organization of a collective farm in his native village.

On October 23, 1939, he served in the ranks of the Red Army . In 1941 he was admitted to the CPSU .

Participation in the Great Patriotic War

C June 1941 Don took part in the fighting on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War . He fought as an assistant platoon commander, platoon commander, mortar battery, battalion on the Baltic Fleet , Leningradsky , 1st Belorussian and 3rd Belorussian fronts. He participated in the defense of the naval base of the Baltic Fleet Hanko - in 1941; in the defense of Leningrad (in particular, the Roads of Life and the Shlisselburg Coast) - in 1942; in breaking the blockade and the release of Shlisselburg - in 1943 (at the same time he graduated with honors from the artillery and mortar courses of the Leningrad Military District ); in the final lifting of the blockade , the liberation of Kaunas - in 1944. He was wounded twice, but always returned to his unit.

In early March 1945, during the Vistula-Oder operation , the commander of the 1st division of the 538th mortar regiment, Senior Lieutenant Donskikh, took part in battles to expand the bridgehead on the Oder River near the village of Vogelsang (20 km southeast of the city of Frankfurt). on the Oder , Germany ). Precise artillery preparation of the Don allowed to suppress the enemy's fire system, ensuring the success of the offensive units. Having taken Vogelsang, Donskoy with the battalion repulsed 13 counterattacks of the fascists each from a platoon to two companies each, twice causing fire on themselves. In total, from the 2nd to the 5th of March, the 1st Division destroyed more than 400 soldiers and officers of the enemy, two DOZOTa , four observation posts, three mortar and two artillery batteries and seven anti-tank guns. At the same time, three enemy machine guns and ten light machine guns were suppressed ^[2] .

Later Don took part in the battle for Berlin .

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 31, 1945, for the exemplary performance of the tasks of the command in the fight against the German fascist invaders and the courage and heroism shown to them, Ivan G. Donorski was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 6998).

After the war

After the war, Don continued to serve in the army. In 1948, he graduated from the Higher Officers Artillery School, where he served as deputy chief of staff.

Since 1956, Major Don - in stock. He worked as director of the iron foundry in Novosibirsk , as a senior safety engineer at the precision engineering plant. From 1979 he lived in the Maikop of the Republic of Adygea .

October 12, 1997, Ivan G. Donskoy died. He was buried in Maykop with military honors at the veteran section of the Maykop city cemetery.

Soviet:

• Gold Star Medal ^[1] .
• Order of Lenin ^[3] .
• Order of Alexander Nevsky ^[4] .
• Order of the Patriotic War, I degree ^[5] .
• Order of the Patriotic War I degree .
• Order of the Red Star .
• Medal "For the Defense of Leningrad" ^[6] .
• Medal "To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin . "
• Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (May 9, 1945 ^[7] ).
• The commemorative medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (May 7, 1965 ^[8] ).
• The commemorative medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
• Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
• Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
• Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" .
• Medal "30 years of the Soviet Army and Navy . "
• Anniversary medal "40 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR . "
• Medal "For impeccable service" I degree .
• Medal "For impeccable service" II degree .
• Medal "For impeccable service" III degree .
• Badge of the USSR Ministry of Defense "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War" (April 24, 1970 ^[9] ).
• Sign "Guard" .

Polish:

• Medal "For Warsaw 1939-1945" .
• Medal of Honor on the field of Glory .
• Medal "For Oder, Nisa and Baltic" .

• The name of the Hero is carved in gold letters in the Hall of Fame of the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow’s Victory Park .
• He was buried at the Glory Alley of the city cemetery of the city of Maykop .
• A gravestone is installed on the grave .
• In Maikop, a memorial plaque is installed on the house where the Hero lived.
• The name of the Hero is carved in gold letters at the Memorial of Glory in the city of Barnaul .
• The name of the Hero is carved in gold letters on the Alley of Heroes at the Monument of Glory in the city of Novosibirsk .

• Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. College I. Shkadov . - Moscow : Military Publishing , 1987. - T. 1 / Abaev - Lyubichev /. - 911 s. - 100 000 copies - ISBN SEC., Reg. Number in the PSC 87-95382.
• Sidzha Kh. I. Your Heroes, Adygea : Essays on the Heroes of the Soviet Union. - Maikop : Adygei Republican Prince. Publishing house, 2005. - 413 p. - ISBN 5-7608-0459-6 .
• Sidzha Kh. I. Heroes of Russia from Adygea. - Maikop : OJSC Polygraph-Yug, 2011. −116 p. ISBN 978-5-7992-0668-0 .
• Golden Stars of Adygea. 2nd ed., Ext. and dorab. Maykop , 1980.
• Stars of valor war. Novosibirsk , 1979. / pp. 106-108;
• Kuznetsov I.I., Dzhoga I.M. Golden Stars of Altai. Barnaul , 1982. / p. 60-61.
• Included in the Encyclopedia of the Altai Territory - with. 428.

Don, Ivan G. (Russian) . The site " Heroes of the country ."

• Novosibirsk book of memory. Donskoy Ivan Grigorievich .
• The village of Ust-Mosih. Donskoy Ivan Grigorievich .