Bulatov, Fatykh Garipovich

Born in the village of Nizhny Sukhoyash of the Bugulma district of the Samara province ^[1] .

Before serving in the army, Bulatov worked as a deputy. Chairman of the Village Council in s. Lower Sukhoyash ^[2] .

November 15, 1923 he enrolled as a cadet at the United Tatar-Bashkir military school named after CEC of Tatarstan in Kazan. In September 1926 he graduated from it and was sent to the 1st Tatar Rifle Regiment of the 1st Kazan Rifle Division PrivO in Kazan, where he served as platoon commander, pom. commander and company commander. From March 1930 to August 1932 he was an instructor of the non-military training of the Agayash military registration and enlistment office of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, then again served in the 1st Tatar Rifle Regiment as company commander and pom. battalion commander. In September 1936 he was transferred to the 258th Infantry Regiment in the city of Elabuga as the head of the regimental school. From January to August 1937 he was on the course "Shot". In April 1938 he was appointed battalion commander in the 157th Infantry Regiment of the 53rd Infantry Division in the city of Engels. In July 1939 he was transferred to ZabVO as the commander of the 536th Infantry Regiment of the 114th Infantry Division. During the fighting on the river. Khalkhin-Gol was with the regiment in the MPR. He was awarded the Order of Honor by the Decree of the USSR PVS of February 22, 1941 for success in combat and political training ^[2]

World War II

With the outbreak of World War II, he continued to command this regiment as part of the 36th Army of the ZabVO. In October 1941, the division went to the front and from October 13 included in the 7th separate army. It was tasked with it, together with units of the 272nd Infantry Division, to destroy the enemy in the Ascension region of the Leningrad Region, and to take up defense along the southern bank of the river. Svir and prevent the Finns from moving south towards Chicozero. This combat mission was successfully completed. By its actions, the division not only repelled the enemy’s attempts to infiltrate the Chicozero region, but also freed a number of us. points: The Great Courtyard, Kondratyevskaya, Sergeevka, Konstantinovskaya, Spiridonovskaya, Savinov and others. In the first half of December, in order to tactically improve the defensive positions, she went on the offensive with the task of freeing the village. Mishino, Leningrad Region In the course of fierce battles, its units liberated this defensive knot of the enemy and fought fiercely to keep it. However, an enemy with superior manpower, a counterattack managed to drive parts of the division out of the village, after which they were forced to take up defenses west of it. In early April 1942, the 114th Infantry Division, in cooperation with units of the 272nd Infantry Division, broke through the enemy’s defenses and occupied us. points Ryabova Gora, Shogany, Boyarskaya Gora, Kara and entered the Arkhangelsk tract. On April 20, the enemy, tightening up reserves, launched a counterattack in the direction of Kobyali’s end, as a result of which the division was forced to retreat and take up defense in the area of ​​the southern coast of Shakshozerka, Shakshozero, the southern coast of Urozero and Maly Chegi ^[2]

In May 1942, Lieutenant Colonel Bulatov was appointed deputy. the commander of the 21st Infantry Red Banner Division, leading the battle between Ladoga and Onega lakes. From November 1942 to June 1943, he was trained at the Higher Military Academy. K.E. Voroshilova. After completing her crash course, he was appointed commander of the 96th Infantry Division and fought with her until the end of the war. As part of the 11th army of the Western, then Bryansk (since July 30) fronts, he participated with her in the Oryol and Bryansk offensive operations. In early October, the division was withdrawn to the Headquarters reserve, then transferred to the Belorussian Front and participated in the Gomel-Rechitsa offensive operation. For the differences in the battles during the liberation of Gomel by the order of the Supreme High Command of November 26, 1943, she was awarded the honorary title "Gomel". In the summer of 1944, the division as part of the 48th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front successfully operated in the Belorussian, Bobruisk, Minsk, and Lublin-Brest offensive operations. For the liberation of Mr. Slonim, she was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd art. Since January 1945, the division as part of the 2nd and then the 3rd Belorussian fronts took part in the Mlava-Elbing, East Prussian offensive operations. Having fought over 300 km, she took part in the capture of the cities of Makow, Hohenstein, Braundeberg, Allen-stein, for which she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. From May 1 to May 9, 1945, in fierce battles to clean the Frisch-Nehrung spit, the division advanced 40 km, where it completed hostilities ^[2]

During the war, the commander Bulatov was mentioned six times in letters of thanks in the orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief ^[3]

After the war

After the war, Major General F. G. Bulatov continued to command the same division (since August 1945 - as part of the Kazan Military District). In July 1946, she was reorganized into the 26th separate rifle Gomel Red Banner Order of the Suvorov brigade as part of the Volga Military District, and Bulatov was approved by its commander. From March 20, 1947 to April 14, 1948 he studied at the Higher Attestation Commission at the Higher Military Academy. K.E. Voroshilov, then he was placed at the disposal of the GUK. Since May 1948, he commanded the 215th Infantry Division of the Primorsky Military District. Member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1947-1951. Since January 30, 1952 - the 55th Guards Rifle Division of the BVI. Since January 22, 1954 he served as deputy. the commander of the 128th Rifle Gumbinnen Corps of the 28th Army in Brest, renamed in March 1955 the 42nd Rifle. 01/21/1956 g. Discharged into the reserve ^[2]

He lived in Kazan, led the republican headquarters of the red rangers, participated in the activities of DOSAAF in Tatarstan. ^[four]

He died on January 30, 1986. He was buried in the Tatar cemetery in Kazan ^{[4] [5]}

• Two Orders of Lenin (04/10/1945, 06/20/1949 ^[6] ).
• Four orders of the Red Banner (09/23/1943, 03/03/1944 ^[6] , 05/14/1945, 04/20/1953 ^[6] ).
• Order of Suvorov II degree (08/23/1944).
• Order of the Patriotic War I degree (1985 ^[7] ).
• Order of the Badge of Honor (02.22.1941).
• Medals including:
  • "For labor distinction . "
  • “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” (1945).
  • "For the capture of Koenigsberg" (1945).
  • "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1976).
• Commemorative medal of the Soviet Committee of War Veterans .

Orders (thanks) of the Supreme Commander in which F. G. Bulatov is noted ^[3] .

• For the capture of the city by the regional and large industrial center of Belarus, the city of Gomel - an important railway junction and a powerful stronghold of the Germans' defense in the Polesie direction. November 26, 1943. Number 46.
• For forcing the Shara River and mastering the city of Slonim - a large communications center and a powerful stronghold of the Germans' defense on the Shara River. July 10, 1944. Number 134
• For going on the offensive on two bridgeheads on the western bank of the Narew River, north of Warsaw, breaking through the deeply echeloned enemy defenses and mastering strong German defense strongholds of the cities of Makow, Pultusk, Ciechanow, Nowe Miasto, Nasielsk. January 17, 1945 No. 224.
• For the assault on the city of Pshasnysh (Prasnysh), the city and the Modlin fortress (Novogeorgievsk) - important communication centers and strongholds of the German defense. January 18, 1945. Number 226.
• For the capture of the city of Brownsberg - a strong stronghold of the German defense on the coast of Frisch Gough. March 20, 1945. No. 303
• To complete the liquidation of the encircled East Prussian group of German troops southwest of Koenigsberg. March 29, 1945. No. 317.

Signs

• The sign "50 years of stay in the Communist Party . "
• Honorary badge of the Soviet Committee of War Veterans in honor of the 30th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War .
• Badge of Honor to Veteran of the 48th Army .

• Honorary Citizen of the village of Khvastovichi

In 2002, in Kazan at the house on the street. Uprising 46, where Bulatov lived, a memorial plaque was installed. ^[eight]

Since 1963, DOSAAF of Tatarstan annually conducts a relay race dedicated to Major General Fatykh Bulatov. ^[four]

• “Notes of the General” (“General of Jazmalara”, 1966)
• Weekdays of the war years. Translation from the Tatar M. Glukhov and E. Vagapov. 2nd Edition. Kazan Tatar book Publishing House of 1975 286s. Hardcover, normal format.
• Spring of memory. A collection of poems and stories by F. G. Bulatov in Tatar and Russian, edited by Marcel Garipov.

• Team of authors. World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary. - M.: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 3. - S. 343-345. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0382-3 .
• Tatar Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Kazan: Institute of the Tatar Encyclopedia of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, 1998–703 pp., Ill.

Photo Magazine “Council әdәbyate” .- 1945 (No. 6)