Vasily Gerasimovich Burkova (1901-1957) - Soviet military leader , lieutenant general of tank troops (1943), during the Great Patriotic War, commander of the 9th separate tank division , 10th tank corps , and after being wounded - the head of the Leningrad High Officer Armored school .
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| Date of Birth | April 17, 1901 | ||||||||
| Place of Birth | Kurakovo village [1] , Russia | ||||||||
| Date of death | December 13, 1957 (56 years old) | ||||||||
| Place of death | Leningrad , USSR | ||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||
| Type of army | armored forces | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1919-1938, 1939-1955 | ||||||||
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| Commanded | 9th Separate Panzer Division , 10th tank corps | ||||||||
| Battles / wars | Civil war in Russia , The Great Patriotic War | ||||||||
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Biography
Born on April 17, 1901 in the village of Kurakovo [2] (now the Mendeleev region of the Republic of Tatarstan ).
Member of the Civil War since March 1919. He served as a Red Army soldier and political officer of the team in the 5th reserve regiment of the Volga Military District . From December 1920 to October 1921, he was a student of military-political courses at the Volga Military District, after which he served as commissar on the armored train No. 70 as part of the Zavolzhsky and Western military districts [2] .
Since July 1923, V. A. Burkov is the commander and commissar of armored train No. 5 of the Western Military District. After graduating from the artillery artillery command in the Leningrad Military District (October 1924 - September 1925) - commander and commissar of armored train No. 4 of the Belarusian Military District. Since April 1926, the assistant commander, then the commander of the 2nd division of armored trains of the Belarusian military district [2] .
In December 1929 he was transferred to the Far East to command the Primorsky division of armored trains of the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army (OKDVA). Since April 1930, he was the acting head of a group of students at the Leningrad armored KUKS RKKA , then - the commander of the training armored division, the commander of the training mechanized regiment and the head of these courses [2] . He studied at the Kama tank school together with the Germans [3] .
Since August 1933 - Head of the 1st Division of the Armored Directorate of OKDVA. From October 1936 - commander and commissar of the 8th mechanized regiment, from April 1937 - commander of the 20th separate mechanized brigade OKDVA [2] .
He was arrested on July 28, 1938 and was under investigation on May 26, 1939. After his release upon termination of the case, he was at the disposal of the GUK NPO , until in November he was appointed assistant to the training department of the head of the Leningrad armored KUKS RKKA . Then from June 1940 - commander of the 9th Panzer Division in the Central Asian Military District [2] .
With the outbreak of World War II, the 9th Panzer Division (from July 1941 - the 104th Separate Panzer Division ) participated in the battle of Smolensk . Near Roslavl, the division suffered heavy losses, was surrounded , but managed to break through to its own thanks to the division commander V. G. Burkov. On August 4, in a battle near the village of Starinki [3] V. A. Burkov was seriously wounded and hospitalized. For participation in these battles, V. A. Burkov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner [2] .
After treatment in October 1941, he was appointed head of the faculty of the Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization of the Red Army. JV Stalin , evacuated to Tashkent . From April 1942 he was sent to the front by the commander of the 10th Panzer Corps , which, as part of the 16th Army of the Western Front, participated in the offensive on the Zhizdrinsky line from the area southwest of the city of Sukhinichi [2] . Since 1942 - major general , since 1943 - lieutenant general, participant in the Battle of Kursk [3] .
In July 1943, V. A. Burkov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for skillfully leading the fighting of the corps on the Prokhorov and Oboyan directions. In one of the battles he was wounded and after being cured in September, was appointed head of the Leningrad Higher Officer Armored School .
After the war, from October 1949, V. A. Burkov was an assistant to the commander of the 5th Guards Mechanized Army in the Belorussian Military District. Since April 1952 - transferred to the same position in the 2nd Guards Mechanized Army . In the period from November 1953 to November 1954 he studied at the Higher Attestation Commission at the Higher Military Academy. K.E. Voroshilova . Since February 1955 - in stock [2] .
He died on December 13, 1957 in Leningrad . He was buried on Literatorny bridges [4] .
Rewards
Soviet state awards [3] :
- Order of Lenin (February 21, 1945)
- 4 Orders of the Red Banner (January 30, 1943, April 17, 1943, November 3, 1944, 1949)
- medals, including:
- medal "XX years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army" (1938)
State awards of Yugoslavia [3] :
- Order of the Partisan Star
Education (Graduation Year)
- military-political courses of the Volga Military District (1921)
- artillery KUKS of the Leningrad military district (1925)
- Kazan Advanced Technical Training Courses ABTV (1932)
- Higher Attestation Commission at the Higher Military Academy. K.E. Voroshilova (1954)
Ratings and Opinions
The commissar of the 104th Panzer Division A. S. Davidenko about his commander [3] :
Colonel Burkov skillfully organized several bold attacks on the superior forces of the enemy. Only in one clash with the Nazis was the infantry battalion with all anti-tank weapons completely destroyed. Vasily Gerasimovich competently led the division. Each battle organized thoughtfully. In all serious battles he took a personal part. His commander's tank could be seen on the most critical and decisive sites. He appeared exactly where his advice, peppy word or harsh order was required. With great courage, concern for people, knowledge of technology and its capabilities, Vasily Gerasimovich earned authority and love from his subordinates
Notes
- ↑ now the Mendeleev region of the Republic of Tatarstan
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Comcor, 2006
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lieutenant General of the Tank Troops Vasily Vasily Georisovich Burkov . Public Organization of Veterans (Disabled) of the War and Military Service of the Republic of Tatarstan (03.03.2010). Date of treatment January 7, 2013.
- ↑ Literary bridges - Vasily Gerasimovich Burkov .
Literature
- Team of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 113-114. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .