Viktor Antonovich Berezovsky ( November 15, 1904 , the village of Kalinino, now Slutsk district , Minsk region - December 12, 1973 , Leningrad ) - Soviet military leader, Colonel ( 1943 ).
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| Date of Birth | November 15, 1904 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Kalinino village, now Slutsk district , Minsk region | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | December 12, 1973 (69 years old) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Leningrad | ||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of army | Artillery Infantry | ||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1926 - 1958 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Commanded | 3rd Leningrad Artillery Corps RVK | ||||||||||||||||
| Battles / Wars | Soviet-Finnish War The Great Patriotic War | ||||||||||||||||
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Initial biography
Viktor Antonovich Berezovsky was born on November 15, 1904 in the village of Kalinino, now in the Slutsk region of the Minsk region.
Military Service
Pre-war time
In November 1926 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army and sent by the Red Army to the 4th corps artillery regiment ( Belarusian Military District ). In 1927, at the same regiment, he graduated from the regimental school, after which he continued to serve as a junior commander of long-term service.
In 1929 he joined the ranks of the CPSU (b) , and in October 1930 he was sent to study at the Odessa artillery school , after which in April 1932 he was appointed to the position of platoon commander in the 2nd artillery brigade ( Leningrad Military District ) , in November of the same year - to the post of platoon commander of the maintenance battery of the 1st artillery school named after the Red October, in February 1933 transformed into the 1st Leningrad artillery school .
In 1937 he graduated from the three-month district military-economic courses in Leningrad .
In January 1939 he was appointed assistant commander for logistics of the 1st corps artillery regiment (Leningrad Military District), after which he took part in the Soviet-Finnish War . The regiment as part of the 7th Army acted in Vyborg , and after the reassignment of the 13th Army - in Kexholm directions. For the successful fulfillment of tasks in the course of hostilities, Viktor Antonovich Berezovsky was awarded the medal “3a military merit” .
In September 1940, he was appointed assistant commander for material support of the 47th artillery regiment ( 10th Rifle Corps , 8th Army , Baltic Military District ).
Great Patriotic War
With the outbreak of war, Berezovsky was in his former position. The 47th artillery regiment as part of the 8th Army ( North-Western Front ) took part in the border battle , during which it conducted defensive military operations against superior enemy forces in the Šiauliai fortified area . Soon the regiment retreated in the direction of Riga and further to Pärnu , after which in August it conducted defensive military operations in the Tallinn area. At the end of August, the remains of the 10th Rifle Corps, including the 47th Artillery Regiment, were evacuated to Leningrad with the help of the ships of the Baltic Fleet , after which they were included in the Leningrad Front . The 47th artillery regiment since September 1941 as part of the 42nd army took part in the fighting on the outskirts of Leningrad.
In April 1942 he was appointed assistant commander for the supply of the 14th guards corps artillery regiment , in September - as deputy commander for the rear of the 13th Infantry Division (42nd Army), and in September 1943 - as deputy rear commander of the Leningrad counter-battery artillery corps , transformed on January 31, 1944 into the 3rd Leningrad artillery corps of the RVK . While in this position, he took part in the course of the Leningrad-Novgorod and Vyborg offensive operations . In the fall of 1944, the corps was withdrawn to the reserve of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command , where Viktor Antonovich Berezovsky temporarily served as corps commander from November 3 to December 6 . In January 1945, the corps administration was relocated to the 2nd Belorussian Front , where it took command of new units, after which it took part in the East Prussian , East Pomeranian and Berlin offensive operations , as well as in the liberation of Berlin .
Post War Career
After the war, Berezovsky served as deputy commander of the 3rd Leningrad Artillery Corps of the RVC on the rear as part of the Leningrad Military District.
In October 1948, he was sent to study for advanced training courses for officers at the Military Academy of Logistics and Supply named after V.M. Molotov, after which in July 1949 he returned to his former position in the 3rd Leningrad Artillery Corps of the RVC.
In January 1951 he was appointed to the post of deputy rear commander of the 39th Guards Rifle Corps ( 8th Guards Army , Group of Soviet Forces in Germany ), in September of that year - to the post of chief of logistics of the 1st Guards Mechanized Army , and in April 1957 - to the post of chief of rear services of the 1st Guards Tank Army .
Colonel Viktor Antonovich Berezovsky resigned in April 1958 . He died on December 12, 1973 in Leningrad . He was buried at the Vsevolozhsk cemetery .
Awards
- Order of Lenin ;
- Four Orders of the Red Banner ;
- Two orders of World War 1 degree;
- Two orders of the Red Star ;
- Medal "For Military Merit" ;
- Medal "For the Defense of Leningrad" ;
- Medal “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” ;
- Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" ;
- Medal "For the capture of Berlin . "
- Foreign awards
- Cross " Virtuti Militari " 4 degrees ( Poland );
- Medal "For the Odra, Nisa and the Baltic . "
Memory
Literature
- The team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komkory. Military Biographical Dictionary / Under the general editorship of M. G. Vozhakina . - M. Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 267-269. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .