Mnishenko, Mikhail Yakovlevich

Mikhail Myshenko was born on June 20 (new style - July 3 ) in 1898 in the village of Belogorodka (now the Kiev-Svyatoshinsky district of the Kiev region of Ukraine ). In February 1917, he was drafted into the tsarist army, participated in the battles of the First World War on the Romanian front . In July 1917, Mnishenko defected from the location of his unit and returned to Kiev , where he got a job as a mechanic in the arsenal, and in November of the same year joined the Red Guard . He fought with the Petliurites and German troops during the Civil War. In March 1918, Myshenko voluntarily went to serve in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army . He participated in battles with the troops of generals Krasnov and Denikin ^[1] .

In February 1921, Myshenko graduated from the Vladikavkaz command courses of the Red Army. He participated in the Soviet-Georgian war and the elimination of the Basmach forces. In 1931 and 1933 he graduated from cavalry advanced training courses for command personnel. In the 1930s, he served in various military commissariats in Central Asia. Since October 1942 - on the fronts of World War II. He took part in the battles on the Voronezh , Southwest and 1st Ukrainian fronts. He was wounded three times in battles, received two wounds in battles near Stalingrad . By November 1943, Guard Colonel Mikhail Myshenko had commanded the 7th Guards Cavalry Regiment of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Division of the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps of the 1st Ukrainian Front . He distinguished himself during the liberation of Kiev and Zhytomyr ^[1] .

On November 10, 1943, the Myshenko regiment cut the Kiev-Zhytomyr highway, thanks to which the enemy was unable to retreat westward along it. During the battles for Zhytomyr, he successfully acted as an adversary of the superior number of German troops, repelling their counterattacks for seven days ^[1] .

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 25, 1944, for the "exemplary leadership, command and control of the cavalry regiment and the impeccable performance of combat missions" of the guard, Colonel Mikhail Myshenko was awarded the high rank of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal ^[1] .

Subsequently, Myshenko commanded the 13th Guards Cavalry Division, and in May 1944 he became deputy commander of the 7th Guards Cavalry Division. He participated in the liberation of the Ukrainian SSR , Czechoslovakia and Poland . In February 1945, Myshenko was sent to the hospital, underwent several operations, lost his eye. In September 1946, he was transferred to the reserve. He lived in Kiev , was engaged in social activities. Died April 20, 1967, was buried at the Lukyanovsky military cemetery in Kiev ^[1] .

He was awarded two Orders of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner , the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, two orders of the Bukhara People's Soviet Republic - the Red Star and the Red Crescent, a number of medals ^[1] .

• Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - 863 s. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
• Battle stars of Kiev. - Kiev: Political Publishing House of Ukraine, 1983.
• The Great Patriotic War. Divisions Volume 1. Moscow, 2011.