Alexander G. Timoshenko ( 1903 - 1974 ) - participant of the Great Patriotic War , commander of artillery of the 28th Guards Rifle Corps of the 8th Guards Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, guard colonel . Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | July 3, 1903 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Village Kamenskaya , Russian Empire | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | April 11, 1974 (aged 70) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Moscow , USSR | |||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  RSFSR the USSR | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Colonel  | |||||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | Civil war The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born July 3, 1903 in the village of Kamenskaya, now the city of Kamensk, Shakhtinsky, Rostov Region, in a working class family. Russian
He graduated from elementary school. He worked as a miner.
In the Red Army since 1918. Member of the Civil War . Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1924. In 1935 he graduated from the Odessa artillery school of coastal artillery, in 1939 - advanced training courses for command personnel. In 1939-1943 - chief of artillery of the Separate Special Purpose Division named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky of the NKVD of the USSR.
On the fronts of World War II from June 1941. Member of Operation Bagration [1] .
In August 1944, Colonel Alexander Timoshchenko, artillery commander of the 28th Guards Rifle Corps of the Guard, in battles for the capture and retention of the Magnushevsky bridgehead on the left bank of the Vistula River, skillfully increasing the striking power of the corps artillery in the direction of the main strike, provided reliable suppression of the enemy’s fire system.
During the preparation for the winter offensive, using the results of artillery fire, parts of the corps on January 14, 1945 broke through the enemy’s long-term defense throughout its tactical depth.
After the war, the artillery officer continued his service in the Soviet Army. Since 1958 - in stock.
He lived in the city of Moscow [2] He worked at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University .
He died on April 11, 1974 . He was buried at Vvedensky cemetery (plot 29) [3] .
Awards and titles
Memorial plaque at the memorial in Victory Park Kamensk-Shakhtinsky | Memorial plaque in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky |
- Hero of the Soviet Union (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 31, 1945):
- Order of Lenin
- Gold Star medal No. 6488;
- Order of Lenin ;
- Order of the Red Banner (Order of the Military Council of the 3rd Ukrainian Front No. 1475 of December 24, 1943);
- Order of the Red Banner (Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 165 / n dated August 8, 1944);
- Order of the Red Banner ;
- Order of the Red Banner ;
- Order of the Red Banner ;
- Order of Suvorov, II degree (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 31, 1945);
- Order of Kutuzov, II degree (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 18, 1944);
- Order of the Red Star (Order of the Military Council of the Southwestern Front No. 391 of March 29, 1943);
- Order of the Red Star ;
- jubilee medal "XX years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army" (decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 24, 1938);
- other medals of the USSR.
Memory
- In Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, the name of Tymoshenko was pioneer detachment of school number 11; in the city Victory Park, a memorial plaque was installed for him .
- A street in the city of Odessa is named after the Hero.
- A memorial plaque is installed on the building of the artillery school in Odessa.
Notes
- ↑ Operation Bagration - The Liberation of Belarus Archival copy of October 8, 2014 on Wayback Machine .
- ↑ Heroes of the Soviet Union of the Basmanny region - Timoshchenko Alexander Grigoryevich .
- ↑ Vvedenskoe cemetery .
Links
Tymoshchenko, Alexander Grigorievich . Site " Heroes of the country ".