Burmakov, Ivan Dmitrievich

Ivan Burmakov was born on November 11, 1899 in the village of Pogoreltsy (now the Semenovsky district of the Chernihiv region of Ukraine ) into a peasant family ^[2] .

Before serving in the army, Burmakov worked in basket shops in the villages of Topalevka and Pogoreltsy, Chernihiv Province ^[3] .

Civil War

In October 1918, he voluntarily entered the 4th Nezhinsky Regiment of the 1st Ukrainian Insurgent Division (from December - the 1st Ukrainian Soviet). He participated with him in battles with the Petliurites near Chernigov, Nizhyn, Kiev, Fastov, Berdichev, Vinnitsa and Zhmerynka. In September 1918, after the merger of the 1st Ukrainian Soviet Division with the 44th Rifle, he continued his service in the 388th Rifle Regiment. In its composition, the Red Army and machine gun commander fought with Denikin’s troops in the Kiev, Chernihiv, Podolsk provinces, as well as against the White Poles near Mozyr, Korosten, Ovruch. In 1920 he joined the RCP (b) ^[3] .

Interwar years

In April 1921, Burmakov was sent to study at the 2nd Kiev school of red stars . After its disbandment in September 1922, he was transferred to the 5th Kharkiv Unified School of Chervona Elders named after WUCIC. In September 1924 he completed his training and was sent to the 300th Infantry Regiment of the 100th Infantry Division of the UVO, where he served as platoon and company commander, Wrid commander and chief of staff of the battalion, Wrede pom. Chief of Staff of the regiment. In March 1932, jlf was transferred to the Siberian Military District in Tomsk to the post of assistant professor. Chief of the 1st (operational) part of the headquarters of the 78th Infantry Division. Since May 1933 he was the chief of staff and the widow of the commander of the 18th separate rifle battalion in Biysk. In November 1934 he was appointed chief of staff of the 213rd Infantry Regiment of the 78th Infantry Division. Since September 1937, he sequentially commanded the 213rd and 232nd rifle regiments. In August 1939 he was transferred to the post of chief of staff of the 102nd Infantry Division in the city of Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Territory. In January 1940, the Kansk Infantry School was formed at its base, and Colonel Burmakov was approved as a pom. Head of the training unit. Since November, he served as deputy. head of the school on the combatant part. In the winter of 1940-1941 it was transferred to the city of Kemerovo and renamed the Kemerovo Military Infantry School ^[3] .

WWII

With the outbreak of war, Burmakov continued to serve in the same school as a deputy. Head and Wrede of the head of the school. At the end of December 1941, he was appointed chief of staff of the infantry division formed in Krasnoyarsk. In March 1942, its formation was canceled, and Burmakov was recalled to the GUK NPO and in April sent to form the 5th fighter brigade in the village. Alabino near Moscow. In July, he was appointed commander of the 38th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Stalingrad Military District. Since August 6, he fought with her as part of the 64th and 62nd armies on the Stalingrad and Don fronts. It was the fighters of his brigade who captured the commander of the 6th German army surrounded in Stalingrad, Field Marshal Paulus in the basement of the city department store . For military distinctions in the Battle of Stalingrad, it was transformed into the 7th Guards Motorized Rifle Stalingrad Brigade, and Burmakov was awarded the Order of Lenin by Decree of the USSR PVS on April 1, 1943 ^[3] .

In late April - early May 1943, the brigade was sent to reorganize in the city of Tula, and Burmakov was recalled to the GUK and sent to study at the Higher Military Academy. K.E. Voroshilova . In April 1944, the Military Academy. K.E. Voroshilova. In April 1944 he graduated from her crash course and in early May was appointed deputy. commander of the 16th Guards Rifle Corps of the 11th Guards Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front. He participated in the Minsk and Vilnius operations. During the last July 10, by order of the corps commander, he took command of the 31st Guards Rifle Division of the Vitebsk 11th Guards Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front. For the differences during the liberation of Molodechno, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner (07.23.1944), and for crossing the river. Neman near Alytus - Order of Suvorov, 2nd art. (12.8.1044). On October 18, the division entered East Prussia . By the decree of the USSR PVS of November 15, 1944, she was awarded the Order of Lenin. Since January 1945, its units successfully operated in the East Prussian offensive operation. Since February 1945, they participated in the defeat of the Zemland group of enemy troops and the capture of the Pillau naval base (Baltiysk). On April 6, the division during the assault on Koenigsberg on the first day of the offensive broke through the German defenses in the southwestern part of the city. By the end of the second day she went to the river. Pregel, forced her and seized the bridgehead on the opposite bank. During the battle, its units were captured and destroyed by a large number of soldiers and officers, 96 field guns, 18 tanks and self-propelled guns, many different warehouses and military equipment ^[3] .

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 19, 1945, for the "successful operation on Insterburg bridgehead, forcing the Pregel River and storming the city of Konigsberg" of the guard, Major General Ivan Burmakov was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal under number 5034 ^[2] .

During the war, Commander Burmakov was mentioned five times in letters of gratitude in the orders of the Supreme Commander ^[4]

Post-War Career

After the war, Major General Burmakov continued to command the 31st Guards Rifle Division in the Special, and since March 1946, the Baltic Military Districts. In December 1945, it was reorganized into the 29th Guards Mechanized Vitebsk Order of Lenin, the Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division, and Major General Burmakov was approved by its commander. In January 1948, he was transferred to the GSOVG as the commander of the 21st Guards Mechanized Novobug Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnytsky Division . From June 1950 to July 1951 he studied at the Higher Attestation Commission at the Higher Military Academy. K. E. Voroshilov, then was appointed head of the Odessa Red Banner Infantry School. K.E. Voroshilova. Since January 1954, he commanded the 52nd rifle corps of the OdVO in Pervomaisk ^[3] .

On April 30, 1955, Lieutenant General Burmakov was sacked. He lived and worked in Odessa . He died on June 16, 1973, was buried in the 2nd Christian cemetery in Odessa ^[2] .

• The Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union No. 5034 (04/19/1945) ^[5] .
• Three Orders of Lenin (04/01/1943 ^[6] , 02/21/1945 ^[7] , 04/19/1945 ^[5] )
• three orders of the Red Banner (09.24.1944 ^[8] , 03.11.1944 ^[7] , 06.20.1949 ^[7] )
• medals including:
  • " XX years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army " (1938)
  • " For the defense of Stalingrad " (1943)
  • “ For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. "(1945)
  • " For the capture of Koenigsberg " (1945)

Orders (thanks) of the Supreme Commander in which I. D. Burmakov is noted ^[4] .

• For crossing the Neman River, breaking through the enemy’s heavily fortified defense on the West Bank and taking possession of the city and the Mariampol large railway station, as well as important communication centers Pilvishki, Shostakov, Sejny. July 31, 1944 No. 160
• For mastering the powerful strongholds of the enemy's defense - Shirvindt, Naumestis (Vladislavov), Vilyunen, Virbalis (Verzhbolovo), Kibartai (Kibarty), Eidtkunen, Stallupenen, Milyunen, Walterkemen, Pillupenen, Weltemtne, Weltemtne, Weltemtne, Weltemnitz Psherosl, Goldap, Filipow, Suwalki on the territory of East Prussia. October 23, 1944 No. 203.
• For mastering the assault in East Prussia by the city of Insterburg - an important communications center and a powerful fortified German defense area along the roads to Koenigsberg. January 22, 1945. Number 240.
• For the completion of the defeat of the Konigsberg group of German troops and the assault on the fortress and the main city of East Prussia, Konigsberg, a strategically important German defense hub on the Baltic Sea. April 9, 1945. Number 333
• For the capture of the last stronghold of the German defense on the Zemland Peninsula by the city and the Pillau fortress - a large port and a German naval base on the Baltic Sea. April 25, 1945. Number 343

• A memorial plaque was installed on the house on 21 Bunina Street (from the side of Rishelievskaya Street ), where Lieutenant General I.D. Burmakov lived from 1951 to 1973.
• The specified house is recognized as a historical monument ^[9] .

• Team of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 364-365. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
• Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1987.- T. 1 / Abaev - Lyubichev /. - 911 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN comp., Reg. RCP No. 87-95382.
• Young heroes of Vitebsk region. Minsk, 1980.
• Galitsky K. N. Years of severe testing. 1941-1944 (notes of the commander) - M .: Nauka, 1973
• Battle of Stalingrad. July 1942 - February 1943: Encyclopedia / Ed. M.M. Zagorulko . - 5th ed., Rev. and add. - Volgograd: Publisher, 2012.- S. 88. - 800 p.