444th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment

Battle Path

The regiment was formed in the Moscow Military District in February 1942 , in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region

Since May 12, 1942, the regiment as part of the army on the Karelian Front .

Since July 1942, the regiment as part of the 26th Army of the Karelian Front has been on the Rebolsky direction along with the 27th Rifle Division

In August 1943, the regiment was withdrawn to the reserve of the Supreme High Command and sent to reorganize the city of Kolomna, Moscow Region ^[1] .

Since September 1, 1943, the regiment has been operating on the Voronezh Front as part of the 52nd Army . He participated in the liberation of the city of Zenkov , the village of Romanovka, Poltava region during the Sumy-Pryluk front operation of the Voronezh Front .

From October 6 to October 23, 1943, the regiment supported the regiments of the 93rd Infantry Division with fire, seizing a bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper in the vicinity of the village of Pekari near Kanev .

Since November 17, 1943, the regiment has been on the 2nd Ukrainian Front as part of the 5th Guards Army . The regiment took part in the battles for the liberation of the city of Alexandria (November 17 to December 6, 1943).

By order of the Supreme High Commission No. 47 of December 6, 1943 for the liberation of the city of Alexandria , it was given the name "Alexandria" ^[2] .

Reference:

ALEXANDRIA. Occupied on August 6, 1941. Released on December 6, 1943 by troops of the 2nd UV during the operation to expand the bridgehead on the right bank of the river. Dnipro: 5 guards A - 33 guards. sk (Lieutenant General Kozlov Mikhail Ivanovich) consisting of: 13th Guards. SD (Major General Baklanov Gleb Vladimirovich), 111 SD (Colonel Bushin Mikhail Alekseevich), 9th Guards. Airborne Forces (Major General Sazonov Alexander Mikhailovich).

By order of the All-Russian Supreme Court (No. 47 dated December 6, 1943) the name of Alexandria was assigned: 110 guards. sd (Colonel Ogorodov Mikhail Ivanovich), 111 sd, 214 sd (Colonel Zhukov Grigory Nikitich), 8 mk (Major General t / v Khasin Abram Matveevich), 116 tbr (Colonel Yurevich Evgeniy Antonovich), 11 iptabr (Colonel Stepashchenko Fedor Georgievich ), 91 tgabr (Colonel Sonin Sergey Davydovich), 444th iptap (Major Zatulsky Mikhail Vasilievich), 308 guards. minp (Lieutenant Colonel Goldin Zeylik Ovseevich), 14 Shisbr (Colonel Kovalenko Fedor Grigoryevich), 294 IAD (Lieutenant Colonel Taranenko Ivan Andreevich ).

- http://www.soldat.ru/spravka/freedom/1-ssr-1.html Mastering the cities

From December 12, 1943 to January 2, 1944, the regiment held the defense in the village of Mitrofanovka, Kirovograd region. On January 3, 1944, he was relocated to the Khirovka station near the town of Znamenka, Kirovograd Region. On January 5, 1944, the Kirovograd offensive operation began . During this operation, the regiment fought in the area of Kandaurovo (January 6 - 7, 1944), Severinki ( January 8 - 10, 1944), Aleksandrovka (January 11 - 22, 1944).

January 11, 1944 in the area of ​​the village of Alexandrovka, Kirovograd district of the Kirovograd region, the regiment suffered heavy losses.

By order of the artillery commander of the 110th Division, the 1,3 and 6th batteries took up firing positions 500 meters north of the village of Aleksadrovka on the morning of January 11th. The guns were direct fire, and had no infantry cover in front of them. The batteries themselves took up positions in such a way that they did not observe one another. The hollow on the right was visible. On the left, the area was hiding from observation by the village of Aleksandrovka. At 13-00 on the batteries, the Germans opened strong artillery fire, and after this appeared up to 20 German aircraft, which exposed firing positions to intensive bombing and machine-gun fire. As soon as the last plane was bombed, German tanks appeared immediately from both flanks and the batteries themselves. There were 38 of them. Having covered all three batteries with a ring, they, shooting on the move from cannons and machine guns, rushed to our calculations. The gun crews of our batteries managed to open fire on the tanks. At one gun, the shell was destroyed the whole calculation. The surviving, but wounded, unknown gunner fired at a nearby tank and knocked it out with the first shot, with a second shot it knocked out a second tank and fell dead, being hit by a shell from the third tank.
The battle with the tanks lasted several minutes. The gunners managed to knock out 9 German tanks. But after this, the rest of the German tanks had already burst into firing positions and began to crush the cannons with their tracks. People trying to flee were shot by machine-gun fire from tanks. All vehicles of our batteries, hit by tank shells, burned.

- http://www.pobeda1945.su/division/5141/archiv/251/858 Captain Samsonov's front-line diary

Since February 1, 1944, the regiment as part of the 5th Guards Cossack Cavalry Corps participated in the Korsun-Shevchenkovsky offensive operation . The regiment conducted military operations in the area of ​​the villages of Kvitki (February 8 - 14, 1944), Sukhiny (February 15, 1944), Komarovka (February 17, 1944).

Since March 1, 1944, the regiment as part of the 27th army took part in the Uman-Botoshansk offensive operation of the 2nd Ukrainian Front. On April 26-29, 1944, the regiment fought northwest of the city of Iasi ( Romania ) in the area of ​​the villages: Khorlesti, Zahorno, Tautoshti.

On July 2, 1944, the regiment was withdrawn to the reserve of the Supreme High Command Headquarters and sent for reformation to Zhytomyr (Kiev Military District).

Since October 1944, the regiment was transferred to the Tulchin region of the Vinnitsa region and transferred to the 20th Tank Zvenigorod Corps . ^[3]

In March 1945, the 20th Tank Corps was relocated to Germany, in the area of ​​the cities of Dorbush, Raudten. The regiment was located in the villages of Gross-Schwein and Klein-Obisch (now - Duza Wolka and Obischow in the commune of Grembotsice )

From April 1 to April 5, 1945, parts of the 20th Panzer Corps took part in the liquidation of an erupted German group from the city of Glogau (now Glogow , Poland ).

Post-war period

On July 11, 1945, the 20th Tank Zvenigorod Corps became part of the Northern Group of Forces .

July 18, 1945, the corps troops became part of the garrison of the city of Breslau (now Wroclaw ).

July 30, 1945 the 20th Panzer Zvenigorod Corps was transformed into the 20th Panzer Zvenigorod Division .

In July 1945, the 444th anti-tank artillery artillery Alexandria regiment was reorganized into the 444th howitzer artillery Alexandria regiment as part of the 20th Panzer Zvenigorod division, and on November 15, 1945 it was reorganized into the 492nd separate howitzer artillery Alexandria division.

In September 1946, units and divisions of the division concentrated in the area of ​​the city of Sandomierz .

In November 1950, the division was redeployed to the area of ​​the city of Opole .

In May 1954, on the basis of the disbanded 291st mortar Red Banner Regiment and 492th howitzer artillery Alexandria Division, the 1052th howitzer artillery Red Banner Regiment was formed as part of the 20th Tank Zvenigorod Division.

• 1942 - September 1943 - Colonel Gusynin Pavel Mikhailovich - died September 12, 1943
• September 1943 - Major Polubinsky Evgeny Aleksandrovich
• October - November 1943 - Major Timoshenko
• December 1943 - April 1944 - Guard Major Zatulsky Mikhail Vasilievich
• April 1944 - Lt. Col. Trepachenko Prokhor Fedorovich - died April 26, 1944
• April 1944 - May 1945 - Colonel Avramenko

• For the difference in the battles for the seizure of the city of Alexandria , the order of the Supreme High Command No. 47 of December 6, 1943, was given the name "Alexandria" .

• The combat structure of the Soviet Army 1941-1945
• List No. 13 of the artillery, mortar, anti-aircraft and machine-gun regiments and air defense regiments of the railway echelons that were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
• 444th anti-tank artillery artillery regiment of Alexandria
• City liberation
• Bulletin No. 7 (214) 03/30/1999
• Frontline Portal