Chernikov, Alexander Nikiforovich

He was born on August 19 (September 1, NS) in 1889 in a wealthy peasant family in the village of Tersa, Elansky district, Volgograd Region . Russian

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the family moved to Balashov (city) , where father Chernikov Nikifor Nikolaevich became the head of the state-owned wine shop. In 1905 he graduated from a 4-class city school in the city of Balashov. In 1907, at the Kamyshin Real School, he externally passed the title of teacher. In 1909 -1911 he was a rural teacher in the village of Berezovka. In 1911-1914 - a rural teacher in the village of Polukhino, Balashov district.

In the Russian imperial army since 1914. Drafted into the 85th Vyborg Spare Regiment. He graduated in 1915 from the 4th Peterhof Ensign School. After graduation, junior officer of the 33rd Siberian reserve regiment. In the army since February 1916. Member of the First World War ; He fought on the Southwestern Front, in 1916 he participated in battles on the Stokhod River. Junior officer of a rifle company, and then - a machine gun team of the 13th Finland Rifle Regiment, second lieutenant (1916) [7]. Awards: Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with swords and bow [8], Order of St. Stanislav (Russian Empire) 3rd degree with swords and bow [9].

In the Red Army since July 1918. During the Civil War, he fought on the Southern and Western Fronts, commander of a rifle company, then, from November 1919 to September 1922 - commander of the 187 rifle regiment of the 21 rifle division. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner .

In 1922 - 1925 student of the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze . Since 1925, in the Intelligence Directorate of the Headquarters of the Red Army . In the years 1925-1927 - military adviser in China . Then, in 1927 - 1929 - the head of the senior command staff course at the Shooting tactical courses to improve the command staff of the Red Army "Shot" them. Comintern . In 1929 - 1931, head of the headquarters department of the Separate Red Banner Far Eastern Army . From May 1931 to December 1933 - Head of the Omsk Infantry School . In 1934 he graduated from the operational department of the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze . Since 1934 - in various positions in the Office of the command and command structure of the Red Army at the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR . In the period from May 1936 to April 1937 - Head of the Human Resources Department of the General Staff of the Red Army. Since August 1937 - Senior Lecturer at the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze . From October 1939 to August 1940 - commander of the 10th Army of the Belarusian Special Military District. Since November 1940 - Deputy Commander of the Kharkiv Military District .

From June to October 1941 - Commander of the Kharkov Military District . Since December 1942 - commander of the 206th Infantry Division of the South Ural Military District . Since May 1942 - at the disposal of the Military Council of the Don Front . From October 22 to November 28, 1942 - commander of the 49th Rifle Division as part of the 24th Army of the Don Front . In January 1943, he was deputy commander of the 7th Rifle Corps of the same front (from March 1943, the Voronezh Front ). On April 17, 1943, the corps was transformed into the 35th Guards Rifle Corps , and A.N. Chernikov was appointed its commander. The corps (from October 1943 - as part of the 2nd Ukrainian Front ) in January - February 1943 participated in the liquidation of the Hitlerite forces grouped near Stalingrad , in the defensive operation of the troops of the Voronezh Front near the city of Kharkov , in the Battle of Kursk , in forcing the Dnieper River and the seizure of bridgeheads on its right bank, in the offensive operation of the 2nd Ukrainian Front .

Since September 1944 - Senior Lecturer, Department of General Tactics, Military Academy. M.V. Frunze . After the war After the war, A. N. Chernikov - head of the training ground of the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze in the city of Zagorsk. Since 1946, retired. He was a freelance lecturer in Knowledge (society) .

Before the revolution, the Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with swords and a bow, the Order of St. Stanislav (Russian Empire) of the 3rd degree with swords and a bow.

In Soviet times, he was awarded the Order of Lenin , three Orders of the Red Banner , the Order of the Red Star , the medal "XX Years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army" (1938), the Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad" , and anniversary medals.

1. Omsk Red Banner. Omsk 1965 year.
2. Omsk Twice Red Banner. Omsk 1969 year.
3. In Siberia Born. Pages of the history of the Omsk Higher Combined-Arms Command twice Red Banner School named after M.V. Frunze - Omsk, Omsk Book Publishing House. 1987 year.
4. Omsk cadet corps: history and modernity / Basaev Victor Romanovich. - Omsk: Omsk Printing House, 2003. - ISBN 5-86849-251-X
5. Omsk Higher Combined Arms Command School for 180 years of its existence and development. The role of historical traditions of the higher educational institutions of Siberia and Russia in the spiritual and professional development of a young specialist: (Abstracts). - Omsk, 1993.
6. A collection of persons awarded the Order of the Red Banner and honorary revolutionary weapons - M .: State Military Publishing House, 1926 - the list contains information about persons awarded from the moment the order was established in 1918 until the beginning of 1925.
7. RGVIA, fund 3327, case 509
8. RGVIA, fund 3327, case 511
9. RGVIA, fund 3327, case 512