Roman Ivanovich Panin ( September 28, 1897 - June 1, 1949 ) - Soviet military leader, major general (1940).
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| Date of Birth | September 28, 1897 | |||||||||
| Place of Birth | Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Date of death | June 1, 1949 (51 years old) | |||||||||
| A place of death | Moscow , USSR | |||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire RSFSR the USSR | |||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||||||
| Years of service | 1916 - 1917 1919 - 1949 | |||||||||
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| Commanded | 1st Rifle Corps , 42nd Rifle Corps , 14th Army 2nd Reserve Army , 7th Rifle Corps , 99th Rifle Corps | |||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I Civil war in Russia , Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) , Soviet-Finnish War The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 World War I
- 1.2 Civil war
- 1.3 Between Wars
- 1.4 Military Advisor in China
- 1.5 Soviet-Finnish War
- 1.6 World War II
- 1.7 After the war
- 2 Ranks
- 3 Awards
- 4 notes
- 5 Documents
- 6 Literature
- 7 References
Biography
Roman Ivanovich Panin was born on September 28, 1897 in St. Petersburg .
World War I
In October 1916 he was drafted into the army, in 1917 he graduated from the Petrograd ensign school. He participated in the First World War , was discharged in December 1917 with the rank of ensign .
Civil War
In 1919 he entered the Red Army , participated in the Civil War , fought with the White Guards N. N. Yudenich on the Western Front . In March 1921 he participated in the suppression of the Kronstadt uprising .
Between Wars
After the Civil War, he served in the Leningrad Military District (Leningrad Military District) - adjutant of the 1st Petrograd Regimental District, company commander of a detachment of the Moscow District of the Leningrad Military District, commander of the 166th separate infantry battalion , then a separate engineering battalion. In 1924 he graduated from the Shot courses and was appointed company commander of the 94th Infantry Regiment of the 11th Infantry Division , from February 1926 - the battalion commander and assistant commander of the 59th Infantry Regiment of the 20th Infantry Division , from April 1931 - commander 60th Infantry Regiment of the same division, from November 1936 - assistant commander of the 16th Infantry Division . Since 1936 - member of the CPSU (b) .
Military Advisor in China
In July 1938, Colonel R.I. Panin was sent as a military adviser to China along with a group of Soviet military advisers; he was assigned to Sinpu to General Zhang Fakuy . At the end of September 1938, military advisers were redistributed, R.I. Panin was appointed adviser to the commander of the 4th military district of the NRA (Zhang Fakui was appointed to them). A. Ya. Kalyagin , also a former military adviser, recalled a meeting with R.I. Panin when visiting the 4th military district:
Upon arrival in Shaoguan, we stopped at Roman Ivanovich Panin. He lived here on the front, but in general, not bad. His cuisine was Guangdong , Chinese orders. Panin wore the uniform of a colonel of the Kuomintang army, was tanned, and by the complexion he could be mistaken for a Chinese.
- Kalyagin A. Ya. On unfamiliar roads.
Later, Panin was appointed senior adviser to the commander of the South-West direction, Bai Chunxi, and moved to Guilin . In July 1939, a new group of Soviet military advisers arrived in China, R.I. Panin began to prepare for his return to his homeland. In August 1939, he and other departing military advisers were solemnly presented with Chinese orders. After spending more than a year in China, in August 1939 he returned to the USSR.
Soviet-Finnish War
After returning from China, on October 17, 1939, R.I. Panin was appointed commander of the 1st Rifle Corps of the LVO, participated in the Soviet-Finnish War . On December 12, 1939, the 1st Rifle Corps at the Battle of Tolvajärvi was defeated; on December 29, 1939, R.I. Panin was removed from command and transferred to the reserve of the USSR NPO .
In June 1940 he was appointed head of the combat training department of the headquarters of the air defense forces; from March 14, 1941, he was appointed commander of the 42nd rifle corps of the air defense forces.
World War II
With the outbreak of World War II, the 42nd Rifle Corps became part of the 14th Army of the Northern Front (from the Karelian Front from August 23, 1941), and from June 22, 1941 participated in battles with the Finnish-German forces in the Kandalaksha direction during a strategic defensive operations in the Arctic and Karelia . The corps did not allow the enemy to break through to Kandalaksha and exit to the White Sea .
From August 23, 1941 to March 27, 1942 R.I. Panin commanded the 14th Army of the Karelian Front. During the Murmansk operation of 1941, Murmansk defended and inflicted heavy losses on the Germans. G. A. Veshchezersky recalled him:
The general was a charming man, he quickly found a way to the heart of each colleague. From him, and spirited vigor, energy. In the most difficult moments, he did not lose his presence of mind. Cheerful, witty, Panin enjoyed universal love.
- Veshchezersky, G.A. At cold rocks .
In May 1942, R.I. Panin was appointed commander of the 2nd Reserve Army , was engaged in its formation. August 6, 1942 she was reorganized into the 1st Guards Army , and R.I. Panin became a senior lecturer at the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze . In February 1943 he was appointed head of the combat training department of the headquarters of the Volkhov Front , and led the front-line Training Center.
Since June 1943 etc. commander, from September 1943 - commander of the 7th Rifle Corps of the 59th Army of the Volkhov Front, participated in the Novgorod-Luga operation and the liberation of Novgorod .
From April 19 to May 28, 1944 R.I. Panin - time. etc. Commander of the 99th Rifle Corps of the 3rd Baltic Front .
In May 1944, he was placed at the disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate; in June 1944, he was on a business trip with A.M. Vasilevsky on the 3rd Belorussian Front .
In July 1944 he became deputy commander of the 5th Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front, participated in the Belorussian and East Prussian offensive operations . In February 1945 he was treated at the hospital, since May 1945 - at the disposal of the General Directorate of Personnel.
After the war
After the war, R. I. Panin was appointed head of the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze . In 1949 he retired.
Roman Ivanovich Panin died in 1949 in Moscow, and was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery .
Ranks
- brigade commander - 10/29/1939
- major general - 06/04/1940
Rewards
- two Orders of Lenin
- two Orders of the Red Banner
- Order of Kutuzov 2nd degree - 02/22/1944 (For the Novgorod-Luga operation)
- Medal "For the Defense of Leningrad"
- Medal "XX years of the Red Army" - 1938
- other medals
Chinese Order of the Clouds and Banner - “For Merit in the Construction and Combat Operations of the Land, Sea and Air Forces of the Country” - 1939
Notes
Documents
- Public electronic document bank “The Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” . Date of treatment March 26, 2013. Archived March 13, 2012. No in the database 28078790 . Date of treatment March 26, 2013. Archived April 9, 2013. .
Literature
- Veshchezersky, G.A. At cold rocks . - M .: Military Publishing House , 1965 . - 152 p. - (War memoirs). - 65,000 copies.
- Kalyagin A. Ya. On unfamiliar roads. - M .: The main edition of the oriental literature of the publishing house "Science", 1979.
- Team of authors . The Great Patriotic War. The commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / Under the General Ed. M. G. Vozhakina . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2005 .-- 408 p. - ISBN 5-86090-113-5 .