Brilev, Nikita Grigorievich

Born in 1896, Russian. Before entering the military service he studied and was engaged in agriculture. With the outbreak of World War I, he was sent to study at the Irkutsk Military School , which he graduated in 1916 in the Russian Imperial Army from late 1914 to March 1, 1918, the last rank was captain-general, position was battalion commander, and three months regiment commander on an elective basis.

In the October Revolution did not take part, was at that time on the Persian-Turkish front.

On March 6, 1918, he voluntarily entered the Mervsky Red Guard detachment, in which he participated in the Kolesovsky campaign in Bukhara in March - April 1918.

He took an active part in the Orenburg, Trans-Caspian fronts and in the fight against Basmachi in 1918 - 1920. He participated in the Bukhara operation of 1920 as part of a special infantry regiment, participated in the operation against Enver Pasha and in the Karakum operations in the fall of 1927 and in the spring of 1928 as part of the Field Headquarters of the group.

In 1923 he graduated from the Higher Military School of Oriental Studies in Tashkent, in 1933 - the correspondence department of the Frunze Military Academy . He was fluent in English, Arabic, Persian, Uzbek and Tajik. Member of the CPSU (b ) since 1939.

From October 1923, he worked first in the front-line and then in the District apparatus: as the head of the national department at the Revolutionary Military Council of the Turkestan Front, the head of the department of the device and service of the district headquarters troops for especially important missions at the Front Command, the military leader of civilian universities, the head of the military training universities of the Central Asian military District (CAMD), assistant commander of the 2nd Infantry division Turkestan, chief of staff of the 3rd Infantry division Turkestan, chief usovershenst courses IAOD commanders stock SAVO, a senior inspector of military educational institutions of the district, the chief of the district department of defense, the chief of the department of pre-conscription training of the district, a senior assistant district inspector Corps, Head of Combat Training Area.

In the period from October 1938 to January 1941, part-time worked as a senior leader of tactics at the evening department of the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze in Tashkent.

In the prewar years, when there was a danger of arrest over future army general Petrov Ivan Efimovich, among the few people he sent his positive Party review about Petrov.

From April to August 1941 Colonel Brilev (1936) - deputy commander of the 194th Mountain Rifle Division of the Central Asian Military District .

N. G. Brilev. Autobiography :

In the Great Patriotic War from 8.7.41 to the end, without turning off for a single day.

On July 8, 1941, together with the division, he left for the western front. In July-August 194 the SDS (part of the 24th army of the reserve front) built defense lines on the left bank of the river. The Dnieper in the Ostashkovo section, 3-4 km north of the Minsk motorway. 08/26/1941 she was reorganized into the 194th Infantry Division .

From August to September 1941 - commander of the 194th Infantry Division.

In September 1941, the division had the task of holding the line along the left bank of the Dnieper west of Vyazma . Since September 30, 1941, 194 SD was transferred to the 49th Army of the Bryansk Front .

At the end of 1941, military intelligence in the army was extremely unsuccessful. The army commander, Lieutenant General Zakharkin, attached particular importance to intelligence, so he suggested that Nikita Grigoryevich transfer the division to chief of staff Colonel Siyazov and accept the army intelligence department, assuring that as soon as the work in the intelligence department was established he would release him into the division.

Colonel Brilev was appointed head of the intelligence department of the 49th Army .

With the transfer of the 32nd Army defense strip, the 49th Army was redeployed to the Mozhaisk defense line in the Kaluga region. In the period from October 8 to October 12, 1941, the forces of 49 armies fought heavy defensive battles for Kaluga with superior enemy forces.

N. G. Brilev. Autobiography :

On October 16, 1941, an exceptional event occurred in my front-line life. On behalf of the Commander of Lieutenant General Zakharkin, I led the task force and arrived in Serpukhov to accommodate Shtarm arriving there. Shtarm passed from Aleksin to Serpukhov. By the time I arrived in Serpukhov, the head of the garrison, Brigade Commander Firsov from Vysokinich, was informed by telephone that the Don division, which was covering the Vysokinichi-Serpukhov highway, was leaving. The situation demanded at all costs save the situation, suspend the retreat and hold Vysokinichi, and thereby prevent the enemy from exiting onto the Tula-Serpukhov-Moscow highway. The beginning the garrison brigade commander Firsov had only one communist company in the garrison - 60 soldiers, 5 officers, and accidentally one T-34 turned up on Serpukhov Square (Lelyushenko behind the army). There was clearly little strength, but I decided to save the situation with these forces. Having put the company on three trucks, having a tank in front, I and Firsov immediately went to Vysokinichi, where we arrived on time, withstood the hot hand-to-hand combat, but saved the situation.

In this battle near Vysokinichy, N. G. Brilev killed 7 Germans in hand-to-hand combat.

By October 23, the forces of the 49th Army stopped the 13th Army Corps of the Germans at the turn west of Serpukhov - Tarusa - Aleksin. Being in the operational group of the army, Nikita took an active part in these battles.

In late October 1941, the commander of the 60th infantry division, Colonel Kalinin and Colonel Brilev, was severely wounded, having handed over the post of head of the army’s reconnaissance division to Lieutenant Colonel Chechentsev, and received 60 battalions. Less than a month later, the commander of the 49th Army, Lieutenant General Zakharkin, said that Colonel Chechens did not satisfy him and Nikita Grigoryevich would have to return. 11/26/1941 Colonel Brilev handed over the division to Colonel Zashibalov, and on 11/27/1941 he led the army’s operational group and, together with the Commander, left for Kashira to liquidate the erupted Guenerian tank group of Venev. Through the efforts of 49, 50 armies and 1 Caucasian corps of General Belov, the Guenerian group of Venevs was liquidated from November 27 to December 5, 1941.

In November 1941, in a battle for the village of Shatovo, Moscow Region, he was shell-shocked and wounded.

During the winter of 1941-42. Moscow offensive was carried out, the left wing of the Western Front went to the river. Ugra. All operations of the 49th Army took place mainly in a wooded and swampy area and in harsh climates. Colonel Brilev gained extensive experience in the development and conduct of army operations in special conditions. He personally developed and described two operations of this period - Detchinskaya and Yukhnovskaya.

In the spring of 1942, the Military Council set the task of reconnaissance and capture of prisoners. On the night of June 19 to 20, a group under the command of Colonel Brilev conducted an intelligence operation. As a result, many Germans were killed, three were captured, one of them gave valuable information that made it possible to defeat the enemy group. For this feat, Colonel Brilev was awarded the Order of Lenin .

From May 1942 to March 1943, the 49th Army was on the defensive. Defense was built on a wide front in a wooded area. The troops were intensely preparing for the upcoming offensive operations (March 1943).

In July 1942, Brilev was appointed to the post of chief of the operational department of the headquarters of the 49th Army of the Western Front. February 22, 1943 promoted to major general .

In March and April 1943, in the conditions of spring thaw in the wooded and swampy area, the Spas-Demensky operation was carried out.

Since May 1943 - Chief of Staff of the 50th Army .

May-June 1943 50 Army carefully prepared for the upcoming summer operations. 07/12/1943, the 50th army, providing the right flank of the 16th army, joined the Battle of Kursk, launched a decisive attack and took control of the town of Zhizdra, went to Lyudinovo and after the enemy had disclosed the plan of the offensive on Uleml, Ovsug from August 31, 1943 was castled in area of ​​the city of Kirov, and from September 5, 1943 to the area of ​​Vorontsovo, and replaced parts of the 10th army. As a result of the fighting, from September 7 to September 15, 1943, it captured bridgeheads on the western bank of the river. Desna and thereby ensured the capture of the Bryansk Front Bryansk. Brilev personally developed the operation to defeat the left wing of the Bryansk enemy grouping and described it in Collection No. 12 "Crushing the left wing of the Bryansk enemy grouping".

After the capture of the city of Bryansk, the offensive continued, and by 3.10.1943 the enemy troops were driven back over the rivers Pronya and Sozh; The 50th Army entered the Chausy area, Propoisk. This operation of the 50th Army was of interfront importance.

November-December 1943 and January-May 1944 The 50th Army was on the defensive. During this period of time, a private operation was carried out to expand the bridgehead on the right bank of the river. Dnieper, north of Rogachev. At the same time, thorough preparations were made for the upcoming offensive operations.

06/23/1944, the Belarusian operation began. The 50th Army advanced on Mogilev and took control of it on June 29, 1944. 07/03/1944 came to the outskirts of Minsk and contributed to his capture of the troops of the 1st and 3rd Belorussian fronts. 07/15/1944 came to the city of Grodno, and 07/16/1944 took possession of it. 07/24. 1944 forced the river. Neman and entered the line Lipsk-Skomoroshki. 07/31/1944 the channel Avgustovsky and r. Brzozowka and captured the Osovec fortress.

N. G. Brilev. Autobiography :

As the chief of staff of the 50th Army during the period of the Belarusian operation, I acquired a large and versatile practice in developing and conducting army operations in complex forms of modern combat.

Even before the start of World War II, Brilev was engaged in mountain tactics. He wrote a number of articles on the mountain war. With the creation of the 4th Ukrainian Front (Gorny) in the Carpathians, generals and officers who knew the conditions of warfare in the mountains were required. Major General Brilev, who knows the conditions of the war in the mountains, was transferred to the post of chief of staff of the 18th army, and chief of staff of the 18th army, Lieutenant General Ozerov, into the 50th army. From September 1944 until the end of the war he was chief of staff of the 18th Army .

The 18th Army crossed the Carpathians from east to west, forced them, captured the Nizhne-Veretsky and Uzhoksky passes, captured the large political and administrative centers of Transcarpathian Ukraine - the cities of Mukachevo and Uzhgorod, the major and important cities, political and economic centers of Czechoslovakia - the cities of Presov, Kosice, Poprad, Ruzomberok, Spisska Nova Ves, Levoche, Olomouc and others.

N. G. Brilev. Autobiography :

As the chief of staff of the 18th Army, I acquired a large and versatile practice in developing and conducting both separate army operations and front-line (together with neighboring armies) in the mountainous-wooded area of ​​the Western and Eastern Carpathians. I have developed and prepared for publication the great work “Forcing the 18th Army of the Carpathians”.

In 1945, he was awarded the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st degree, for ensuring the army’s operation to overcome the Carpathian passes.

June 24, 1945 participated in the Victory Parade as chief of staff of the consolidated regiment of the 4th Ukrainian Front. July 11, 1945 awarded the rank of lieutenant general .

From June 1946, he was the senior inspector of the Main Inspection of the Ground Forces, from September 1946 he was the chief of the operational management of the headquarters of the Turkestan Military District, and from February 1951 he was the head of the military department of the Central Asian State University.

He was awarded two Orders of Lenin (06/24/1942, 02/21/1945), three Orders of the Red Banner (09/18/1943, 11/03/1944, 1948), the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 1st degree (05/23/1945), two orders of Suvorov II degree (06/03/1944, 07/21/1944), the Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the Uzbek SSR (1930), medals: "For the defense of Moscow", "For the Victory over Germany", "XX years of the Red Army", etc., the Order of the White Lion "For Victory "2nd art. (06/06/1945), the Order of the Military Cross of 1939 (06/06/1945).

Mikheenkov S.E. Serpukhov. The Last Frontier. 49th Army in the Battle of Moscow. - M.: Tsentrpoligraf, 2011.254 s. ISBN 978-5-227-02802-0 .

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