Valentina Sergeevna Barkhatova (1924 - May 9, 1944) - Soviet tanker , participant in the Great Patriotic War . During the war years - a driver , machine gunner and radio operator of the T-34 and Valentine tanks of the 101st Tank Brigade , and a senior sergeant .
| Valentina Sergeevna Barkhatova | |||||
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| Date of Birth | 1924 | ||||
| Place of Birth | station Malta Irkutsk province [1] , USSR | ||||
| Date of death | May 9, 1944 | ||||
| Place of death | near the city of Balaklava , Crimea , RSFSR , USSR | ||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||
| Type of army | armored forces | ||||
| Years of service | 1942 - 1944 | ||||
| Rank |  | ||||
| Part | 101st Tank Brigade | ||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||
| Awards and prizes |
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Biography
She was born in 1924 at the Malta station in the Irkutsk province (now the Usolsky district of the Irkutsk region ) [2] . In the early 1930s, the Barkhatov family moved to the Omsk Region - to the village of Novouralskoye . After the death of her father, she became a mother's helper at home. She graduated from high school in the village of Irtysh (now Cherlaksky district ). At school she joined the Komsomol, was a pioneer leader . In 1937, for her excellent study and exemplary discipline, she was marked by a trip to the Crimea , to the Artek pioneer camp [3] .
She wanted to enter the Moscow Aviation Institute and become a pilot [4] , but the outbreak of war changed these plans. Since most of the male machine operators went to the front, among the other girls who remained in the rear, Valya entered a tractor training course. After completing the courses, she was sent by a machine operator to the Novo-Uralsky state farm [3] .
Please send me to the front. Together with my brothers Mikhail and Konstantin, I want to defend our Motherland against fascist invaders, together with all the people. I shoot accurately, throw grenades over long distances, I can provide first aid to the wounded, I passed the standards of PVCO , GSO , and TRP . I am ready to give my knowledge, strength and, if necessary, give my life for the Motherland.
At the end of November 1941, the Plenum of the Komsomol RK elected Valentina Barkhatova secretary of the district committee [3] . On her initiative, short-term tractor driver courses for girls were organized [5] .
The older brothers Mikhail and Konstantin were already at the front. Repeatedly wrote statements asking him to call up for military service and send him to the army . Only in the summer of 1942 her request was granted by the Molotov RVC of the Omsk Region. After graduating from accelerated courses in the specialty of a tank driver, she is sent to the front [3] . In the village of Irtysh, she left her mother Feodosia Trifonovna, who worked as a postman, and her younger brother Pavlik, to whom she regularly wrote letters [4] .
V.S.Barkhatova received baptism of fire at the approaches to Stalingrad . For two destroyed tanks, several destroyed guns, bunkers and guns, she was awarded the medal “For Courage” . She was seriously wounded in the leg [3] . After treatment in the hospital, she had to master a new specialty - the tank radio operator arrow [5] .
In November 1943, for the battles for the Turkish Wall (Perekop shaft), the radio operator of the 101st Panzer Brigade V. S. Barkhatov was awarded the Order of the Red Star [6] . In December 1943 she was awarded the Order of Glory of the III degree [3] . Fought in the tanks T-34 and Valentine . In April-May 1944 she participated in the Crimean offensive operation to liberate the Crimea and Sevastopol .
Hello, dear mom and Pavlik!
I am writing in the tank. Shells fly overhead - this is our artillery that hits the fascists. The air is full of aviation: attack aircraft sweep over the ground, "hawks" fly. The work has begun! ... True, the enemy snarls, but we will take Sevastopol! .. Mom, please, don’t worry and don’t cry. This letter will come home when it is all over.
I learned that Artek is intact. I work on the same tank. Apparently, tomorrow will solve a lot. Say hello to teachers and students. Pavlik, write more often. Write - received or not photos.
And now we are preparing for the offensive.
I kiss you tightly.
On May 7, along with other army units, the 101st Panzer Brigade of the 19th Panzer Corps , in which senior sergeant V. S. Barkhatova, a radio telegraph operator of the tank command command, fought, rushed to storm Sevastopol [3] [7] .
On the night of May 8–9, the 101st Panzer Brigade was advanced to the northwestern outskirts of Balaklava for attack. Early in the morning of May 9, at dusk, tanks with a landing force on board advanced to their original positions for attack, observing a blackout. However, the movement of Soviet tanks was noticed by the enemy, and the convoy was attacked by air. One of the high-explosive bombs fell exactly under the T-34 brigade commander Lt. Col. M.F. Khromchenko . The explosion tore the commander's tank to pieces, along with Mikhail Khromchenko in the T-34 killed the driver, Vasily Bubenchikov, loading Nikolai Fedorov and machine gunner, radio operator Valentina Barkhatova [8] .
Posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War II degree (May 24, 1944) [7] .
From the award sheet [7] :
During the period of military operations to liberate the Crimea , working as a radio operator on a tank of a company commander, she showed courage and courage. Several times went on the attack and fought off the enemy’s counterattack near Sevastopol ... Suppressed one point of the enemy. Despite the difficult working conditions on the walkie-talkie, it accurately and on time transmitted orders and combat orders of the brigade commander to combat units and units, which contributed to the successful management of the battle.
Among other dead soldiers and officers of the brigade, she was buried in Pioneer Park (now Victory Square) in Simferopol [3] .
Awards and titles
Soviet state awards [3] :
- Order of the Patriotic War II degree (May 24, 1944, posthumously [7] )
- Order of the Red Star (November 10, 1943 [6] )
- Order of Glory III degree (1943)
- medals, including:
- Medal "For Courage" (1942)
Family, personal life
Mother - Feodosia Trifonovna, worked as a postman during the war years in the village of Irtysh, Cherlaksky district, Omsk region . Two older brothers Mikhail and Konstantin went to the front. Together with his mother, the younger brother Pavel remained in the village [4] .
She was cheerful, sociable, “the soul of the company”, surrounded by many friends. At school - Komsomol activist, organizer of public events, pioneer leader, athlete. At home - the first assistant to mom. Her optimistic letters from the front to her mother and younger brother Pavlik, who remained in the village of Irtysh, were preserved [4] .
Memory
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| Memorial plaque in Omsk. | |
| Monument to the inhabitants of the village of Irtysh who died in the Great Patriotic War. | |
Among other dead soldiers and officers of the brigade, she was buried in Pioneer Park (now Victory Square ) in Simferopol [3] . In 1949, the remains were transferred to a military cemetery [9] . However, in 2003, in connection with the construction of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral , the remains of Soviet soldiers were discovered in Victory Square, which, as it turned out, were not transferred in 1949. They were reburied in the cathedral [10] .
Streets in Pervomaisky district of Omsk , in Simferopol , the village of Shirokoye (since 1975) and in the village of Irtysh, Cherlaksky district of the Omsk region , where she graduated from school and from where she volunteered for the front, were named after V.S. Barkhatova.
Plaques are installed on one of the houses of V. Barkhatova Street in Omsk and on the Irtysh secondary school. In the years of the USSR, her name was borne by the pioneer squad of school number 106, located on V. Barkhatova Street [3] . As of 2013, the school has a search squad "Young Patriots of Russia" and the Pamyat Museum (supervisor - L. G. Smorschenko), which presents photographs and letters from the front of V. S. Barkhatova [4] . The central place of the exposition is occupied by a plaster bust by sculptor A. A. Tsymbal [3] .
Also preserved is a small house with a front garden, where the Barkhatov family lived in the village of Irtysh. He stands on the street of her name [4] .
Notes
- ↑ now the Usolsky district of the Irkutsk region
- ↑ Information in the electronic document bank of the OBD “Memorial” .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Berezhnoy et al., 1988 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Evgeny Nazarenko. The heroic tankman Valya Barkhatova. The young Omsk first entered the battle of Stalingrad . Newspaper - Omsk (March 21, 2013). Date of treatment July 6, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Natalia Kudryavtseva. Streets (Inaccessible link) are named after the heroes . Historical and geographical essays about the Baidar and Varna Valley. Date of treatment July 6, 2014. Archived July 14, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Award sheet with a presentation to the Order of the Red Star in the electronic bank of documents “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 686044 , d. 1526 , l. 49 ).
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Award sheet with the submission to the Order of the Patriotic War of the II degree (posthumous) in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 690155 , d. 1814 ).
- ↑ Andrei Lubyanov. Flying over Sevastopol. Part one. Background. The newspaper “Flag of the Motherland” No. 72-75 for 2008.
- ↑ Natalia Pupkova. Three tankmen (inaccessible link) . Crimean truth (April 9, 2014). Date of treatment July 6, 2014. Archived on August 5, 2014.
- ↑ Alena Popova. Monument tank put liberators of Simferopol. Myself (inaccessible link) . Crimean newspaper (04/13/2013). Date of treatment December 29, 2014. Archived December 29, 2014.
Literature
- V.S. Barkhatova (1924-1944) // The streets of Omsk were named after them: historical literature / comp .: Yu. P. Berezhnoy, I. A. Gorodov, Z. I. Kirillova. - Omsk: Omsk Book Publishing House, 1988 .-- 232 p. - ISBN 5-85540-041-7 .
- Vibe P.P., Mikheev A.P., Pugacheva N.M. Omsk Historical and Local Lore Dictionary. - M .: Fatherland, 1994 .-- 320 p.
Links
- Evgeny Nazarenko. The heroic tankman Valya Barkhatova. The young Omsk first entered the battle of Stalingrad . Newspaper - Omsk (March 21, 2013). Date of treatment July 6, 2014.
- Mapro Valentina Sergeevna Barkhatova. (Driver-mechanic “T-34”, “Valentine”) // Internet newspaper “Tanki Online”. - 2011. - No. 20 . - S. 24-25 .
- Okoneshnikova Elena. The history of the village of Irtysh in the names of the streets . Regional children and youth center of tourism and local history (2012). Date of treatment July 6, 2014. (unavailable link)