Mikhail Ivanovich Martynov ( 1909 - 1986 ) - Lieutenant General of the Soviet Army , participant in the Soviet-Finnish and World War II , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1940 ).
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| Date of Birth | November 18, 1909 | |||||||||||
| Place of Birth | village 2nd Yelshanka , Buzuluk district , Orenburg region | |||||||||||
| Date of death | June 26, 1986 (aged 76) | |||||||||||
| Place of death | Moscow | |||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||||||
| Type of army | aviation | |||||||||||
| Years of service | 1930 - 1970 | |||||||||||
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| Battles / wars | Polish campaign of the Red Army , Soviet-Finnish War The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||||
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Biography
Mikhail Martynov was born on November 18, 1909 in the village of 2nd Yelshanka (now the Buzuluk district of the Orenburg region ). He graduated from five classes of the school and Saransk concurrent school. In June 1930, Martynov was called up for service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army . In June 1930, he graduated from the Volskaya United Military Aviation School for Pilots and Aviation Technicians, in 1933 - the Borisoglebsk Military Aviation School of Pilots, and in 1936 - courses for flight commanders. He participated in the Polish campaign [1] .
He participated in the battles of the Soviet-Finnish war, being the squadron commander of the 48th high-speed bomber regiment of the 18th high-speed bomber aviation brigade of the 7th Army of the North-Western Front. During the war he flew 46 sorties to bombard accumulations of Finnish military equipment and manpower. On February 2, 1940, during a sortie, Martynov’s plane was shot down, but the pilot continued to carry out the mission, and only after its completion flew to the nearest airfield and landed [1] .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 21, 1940 “for courage and heroism shown in battles,” Captain Mikhail Martynov was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal [1] .
He participated in the battles of World War II. In July 1944, Martynov graduated from advanced training courses for officers, in 1951 - the Military Academy of the General Staff. He served in senior positions in the Air Force of the USSR. In March 1970, with the rank of lieutenant general, Martynov was transferred to the reserve. He lived in Moscow . He died on June 26, 1986, was buried at the Kuntsevsky cemetery in Moscow [1] .
He was also awarded:
- three orders of the Red Banner (November 7, 1941, November 15, 1950, April 29, 1954)
- Order of Suvorov 3rd degree (August 14, 1943)
- Order of the Patriotic War 1st (March 11, 1985) and 2nd degree (February 2, 1943)
- Order of the Red Star (November 6, 1945)
- medal "For Military Merit" (November 3, 1944)
- Order of the Cross of Grunwald 3rd degree (Poland, June 13, 1945)
- Silver Cross of Merit (Poland, February 23, 1945)
- a number of other medals and foreign awards [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Martynov, Mikhail Ivanovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
Literature
- 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 .
- Aerial bridge over Ladoga. - L .: Lenizdat, 1984.
- Vorobyov V.P., Efimov N.V. Heroes of the Soviet Union. Reference book - SPb., 2010.
- Moscow necropolis of heroes. Volume 2.M., 2013.
- Protasov V. D. Immortal names of your sons, Russia. Moscow. MGOU. 2004.
- Rossovsky V.P. Golden Stars of the Orenburg Region, 1989.