Zavrazhnov, Ivan Dmitrievich

Ivan Dmitrievich Zavrazhnov was born on November 11, 1906 in the provincial city of Ryazan of the Russian Empire (now the regional center of the Russian Federation ) in a working class family. Russian Received primary education. After school, he worked in the locksmith's depot of the Ryazan-1 railway station . In 1923, according to the Komsomol permit, I. D. Zavrazhnov was sent to the Leningrad military-technical flight school. After graduating in 1926, he served in the North Caucasus Military District . In the fall of 1928, the younger pilot I. D. Zavrazhny was sent for retraining in Orenburg , at the 3rd military school of pilots and summer crews. Then there were the garrisons of the Transcaucasian and Ukrainian military districts . In 1931, Ivan Dmitrievich was appointed instructor in flight piloting technique of the 2nd military school of pilots of the Red Air Fleet in the city of Borisoglebsk . After graduating from the Higher Flight and Tactical School in Lipetsk in 1938, Zavrazhnov was appointed senior instructor pilot in the technique of piloting a fighter regiment stationed at the airport of Staraya Russa . In its composition in September 1939, Ivan Dmitrievich took part in the Polish campaign of the Red Army . Since November 1939 he took part in the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940 . He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner and the medal "For Courage" . In 1940, Major I. D. Zavrazhnov was appointed deputy commander of the 72nd Bomber Regiment of the 55th Mixed Aviation Division of the Leningrad Military District . The regiment before the war was based at the airport in Staraya Russa.

In battles with the Nazi invaders, Major I. D. Zavrazhnov since June 1941. During his participation in hostilities, he flew on SB bombers, LaGG-3 fighters , Pe-2 and Pe-3 reconnaissance aircraft. By December 1941, I. D. Zavrazhnov, as part of the 72nd Bomber Regiment of the 55th Combined Aviation Division of the Air Force of the 7th Army of the Northern Front, made 16 successful sorties to bombard enemy troops in the Petrozavodsk direction. In January - March 1942, the regiment was re-equipped with Pe-2 aircraft and became part of the 6th strike aviation group of the North-Western Front. In mid-April 1942, Ivan Dmitrievich received the next military rank of lieutenant colonel and on April 20, 1942 he was appointed commander of the 238th fighter aviation regiment of the 239th fighter aviation division of the 6th Air Army of the North-Western Front. Under his command, on June 28, 1942, the regiment made 642 successful sorties. In air battles 19 enemy aircraft were shot down. Lieutenant Colonel Zavrazhnov himself made 26 sorties and shot down one Me-109 .

In June 1942, for an unauthorized flight to attack an enemy airfield, Ivan Dmitrievich was removed from command of the regiment and was transferred to the rear training regiment for the purpose of “re-education”. There he mastered the reconnaissance aircraft Pe-2 and on October 15, 1942 he was appointed commander of the 6th separate long-range reconnaissance aircraft squadron of the Air Force of the North-Western Front. Under his command, the squadron made 100 sorties for reconnaissance of airfields and concentrations of enemy troops. Ivan Dmitrievich himself as a squadron commander made 35 reconnaissance missions.

On February 20, 1943, Lieutenant Colonel I. D. Zavrazhnov was appointed commander of the 72nd separate reconnaissance aviation regiment of the 6th Air Army of the North-Western Front. Under his command, the regiment flew 540 sorties to reconnoiter enemy rear and airfields, its front line of defense. Combat sorties were carried out by single crews without fighter escort. Lieutenant Colonel Zavrazhnov himself made 38 sorties. The intelligence obtained by the pilots contributed to the effective strikes of bomber and assault aircraft against the enemy ’s surrounded demian group , for which Ivan Dmitrievich was personally awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky by the USSR Aviation Marshal A. A. Novikov .

On August 28, 1943, when performing a task in the area of ​​the village of Byakovo, Starorussky District, Leningrad Region (now Novgorod Region ), I. D. Zavrazhnov died. Initially, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Makarovo, Kalinin (now Tver ) region, and subsequently reburied in the neighboring village of Vypolzovo . On September 28, 1943, Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Dmitrievich Zavrazhnov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously.

• The Gold Star Medal (09/28/1943);
• Order of Lenin (09/28/1943);
• Order of the Red Banner (1940);
• Order of Alexander Nevsky (02.21.1943);
• Order of the Patriotic War of 1 degree (08/31/1943);
• Order of the Red Star (1936);
• Medal "For Courage" (1939).

• A plaque in honor of the Hero of the Soviet Union I. D. Zavrazhnov is installed on the building of the Ryazan branch of the Moscow Institute of Economics and Law (IIEP).
• Streets of Ryazan and Petrozavodsk, as well as a street in the village of Chalna-1 (garrison Besovets) in the Republic of Karelia are named after the Hero of the Soviet Union I. D. ^[1] .
• The hero of the Soviet Union, I. D. Zavrazhnov, is dedicated to the poem by M. Aliger "On a non-flying day."

There are people whose image is gradually erased from memory. But such as Ivan Dmitrievich, it is impossible to forget. In the 6th Air Army, literally everyone knew him. Cases reminiscent of legends told of him. Ivan possessed extraordinary power. But not only and not so much that he gained fame. He was primarily a brave, well-trained pilot and an excellent commander. In part, he was lovingly called "Ivan Zavrazhnov - three times brave." And in rhyme, and in all respects true. In addition to military orders, on his chest were three medals “For Courage”. They were especially proud of Dmitri Dmitrievich.

- Hero of the Soviet Union F.P. Polynin. Combat routes.

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• Public electronic document bank “The Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” (neopr.) . Archived March 13, 2012.

Hero of the Soviet Union (Neopr.) . Archived December 25, 2012.

Order of Alexander Nevsky (neopr.) . Archived May 25, 2013.

Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree (neopr.) . Archived May 25, 2013.

• Generalized database “Memorial” (neopr.) . Archived on May 10, 2012.

TsAMO, f. 58, op. 18001, d.900 (neopr.) .

TsAMO, f. 33, op. 11458, d.63 (neopr.) . , Information from burial list 69-58 (neopr.) .

Burial card 69-58 (neopr.) .

Burial scheme 69-58 (neopr.) .

• Zavrazhnov, Ivan Dmitrievich (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".
• Zavrazhnov Ivan Dmitrievich on www.az-libr.ru (neopr.) . Archived December 15, 2012.