Peter Filippovich Ratov ( 1897 - 1970 ) - Soviet military, intelligence officer, major general (1942).
| Ratov Peter Filippovich | ||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | August 29, 1897 | |||||||||
| Place of Birth | Chirikovo village, Urzhum district , Vyatka province , Russia | |||||||||
| Date of death | January 31, 1970 (72 years old) | |||||||||
| Place of death | Moscow , USSR | |||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire the USSR | |||||||||
| Rank |  Major general | |||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I Civil war in Russia , The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||
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Biography
Born on August 29, 1897 into a peasant family in the village of Chirikovo, Urzhum district, Vyatka province. Russian
He graduated from the 2nd grade of a parish school, from the age of 12 he began his working life: he worked on the Volga as a porter, cook, and loader.
In 1916, Ratov was mobilized into the tsarist army (Private Fireworks), and in March 1918 he volunteered for the Red Army and took an active part in protecting the Soviet state from White Guards and interventionists. In 1918 he joined the Komsomol , and in 1925 - into the ranks of the RCP (b) / CPSU .
In 1932, P. F. Ratov entered the MV Frunze Military Academy, which he graduated with honors in 1936 . In 1937 he entered as a student at the Academy of the General Staff, which he graduated in 1939 . From 1939 to 1942, Ratov worked as the head of the 2nd Directorate of the GRU NPO of the USSR.
From 1942 to 1945 he took an active part in the hostilities on the fronts of World War II . In the period from 12/13/1942 to 03/16/1944 and from 04/19/1944 to 08/30/1944 - was the commander of the 196th Infantry Division .
From 1945 to 1947, he was the head of the Soviet repatriation commission in Great Britain and Norway. In 1947 he was appointed head of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages . [1] He worked in this position until 1953 .
Engaged in public activities, was elected as a deputy of the Moscow City Council of Workers' Deputies in 1950 and 1953 .
He died on January 31, 1970 in Moscow. He was buried at Vvedensky cemetery .
Memoirs of Contemporaries
Dubinsky I.V. "Trumpeters sound the alarm." M .: Military Publishing House, 1962
p. 102:
Adjutant of the regiment Pyotr Filippovich Ratov reported on the condition of the regiment, inviting me to the chancellery. At that time, the chief of staff of the unit was called the adjutant. During our conversation, I involuntarily admired the powerful shoulders of the adjutant, his bulging chest. Not restraining, joked:
- By chance, you are not the brother of Ivan Poddubny?
The white, wheat-browed face of a strong man blurred in a broad smile. He replied:
- In our city of Urzhum, this is on Vyatka, Poddubny threw me on the carpet after the fifth second. But actually, comrade regiment commander, I’m not a fighter, I’m from the hounds ... one of the last Mohicans of this glorious artel.
A fervent smile that did not leave the adjutant’s open face, a conversation without servility inherited by some of our staff from the royal staff, immediately disposed to him.
p. 104:
Peter Ratov, who completed short-term command courses, after some internships in the ranks was in its place. Headquarters held in his hands. The commander’s orders were promptly and intelligently transmitted to the units. At the time indicated by the schedule, he submitted the necessary information, reports and reports to the higher headquarters. Here, as an adjutant, it was impossible to find fault.
But with a general diploma, the former hoover did not matter. Once during a tactical exercise, having received orders to inform the high headquarters about the actions of the regiment, he made a report from which nothing could be understood. Ratov twice rewrote the document, but with the same result. I had to take a pencil myself. When I looked up from the field book to show my “right hand” how the reports were written, there was no adjutant near. He lay under a shady anchor. He buried his nose in the sleeve of his faded tunic, trembling with his mighty burlak shoulder, he lamented:
“Will I never learn this wisdom?”
With difficulty making the ex-barge hauler to pull myself together, I thought at the same time: “Well, my dear, if you take all this to heart so close, then it will be good for you.”
Rewards
- He was awarded the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Kutuzov of the 2nd degree and many medals, including “20 years of the Red Army”, “For the Defense of Leningrad”, “For the Victory over Germany”, as well as foreign awards.