Shashlo Timofey Maksimovich

He was born on February 21, 1915 in the village of Kutsevolovka, now Onufrievsky District, Kirovograd Region of Ukraine, in a peasant family. Ukrainian. In 1931 he graduated from high school and in the same year - short-term teacher courses. In 1931-1934 - a teacher at a secondary school in the village of Derievka in the Kirovograd region . In 1938 he graduated from the Kremenchug Pedagogical Institute. Since 1938, he was a mathematics teacher and director of a secondary school in the village of Mlynok, Onufrievsky District, Kirovograd Region, Ukrainian SSR.

In the Red Army since September 1939, he was called up for military service by the Onufrievsky regional military registration and enlistment office. He served as a cadet in the 322nd separate training tank battalion of the Kiev Special Military District. Since March 1940 - tank commander of the 32nd Panzer Division of the same district. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1940. Member of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. Member of the defensive battles on the South-Western Front .

The commander of the tank of the 1st tank regiment of the 1st tank brigade of the 21st army of the Southwestern Front, senior sergeant Timofei Shashlo performed an outstanding feat during the Sumy-Kharkov defensive operation. This battle took place on October 1, 1941 near the village of Shtepovka, Lebedinsky district, Sumy region, Ukrainian SSR. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 20, 1941 for exemplary performance of command missions on the front against the Nazi invaders and shown courage and heroism, Senior Sergeant Shashlo Timofey Maximovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Golden Medal Star . "

After awarding the highest award to the Motherland, he continued to bravely fight at the front. Since October 1941 - Commissioner of a tank company in the 1st Tank Brigade, since March 1942 - instructor of the political department of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade, since May 1942 - Commissioner of a tank battalion in this brigade. All this time he fought on the South-Western Front . In August 1942 he was sent to study, and in October 1942 he graduated from political courses at the Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization of the Red Army named after I.V. Stalin. Since November 1942 - deputy political officer of the commander of the 56th tank regiment. Since July 1943 - head of the tank forces department of the Political Directorate of the Voronezh Front, participated in the Battle of Kursk, in the Belgorod-Kharkov offensive operation, in the battle for the Dnieper, in the Kiev offensive and in the Kiev defensive operations. From February 1944 until the Victory, he was deputy political affairs commander of the 20th Guards Tank Brigade of the 6th Panzer Army on the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts. Member of the Korsun-Shevchenkovsky, Uman-Botoshansky, Iasi-Chisinau, Bucharest-Arad, Debrecen, Budapest, Vienna, Bratislava-Brnovsk and Prague offensive operations.

In the summer of 1945, together with the army, T.M. Shashlo was transferred to the Far East and participated in the Soviet-Japanese War of 1945 as part of the troops of the Transbaikal Front. During the years of the war he went from a senior sergeant to lieutenant colonel. He was wounded in battle on August 15, 1943. In September 1945, he was sent to study at courses at the Military Academy of Armored and Mechanized Forces of the Red Army named after I.V. Stalin, but in January 1946, at the personal request of Lieutenant Colonel T.M.Shashlo was transferred to the reserve. After demobilization he lived in Kiev. In 1948 he graduated from a party school under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine . Since 1948 - Secretary of the Pechersk District Party Committee of Kiev, since 1951 - Head of the Kiev City Department of Education. Since 1967 - Vice-rector for correspondence and evening education at the Kiev State Pedagogical Institute named after M. Gorky. The war veteran paid much attention to educating young people on the military and revolutionary traditions of the Soviet people and their Armed Forces.

T. M. Shashlo - doctor of pedagogical sciences, honored teacher of the Ukrainian SSR. He wrote the book The Leading Role of the Communist Party in the Development of the Soviet School in Ukraine, the documentary novels Father and Son, More Expensive than Life, and Diamonds are Grinded.

He lived in the hero city of Kiev. He died on October 22, 1989. He was buried in Kiev, at the Baykovsky cemetery. Lieutenant colonel.

He was awarded two Orders of Lenin , two Orders of the Red Banner , two orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, orders of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, the Red Banner of Labor , medals, a foreign award - the British medal. A street in the village of Shtepovka is named after Hero, a secondary school in the village of Kutsevolovka, on the house where the Hero lived and memorial plaques are installed on the school building.

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Timofey Maksimovich Shashlo (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment June 13, 2014.

• Shashlo Timofiy Maksimovich (about him) on the wiki portal of OUNB im. D.I. Chizhevsky (Ukrainian).