Solomatin, Fedor Filippovich

Born on February 28, 1910 in the village of Katino, Skopinsky district, Ryazan region . He worked on a collective farm.

In the Red Army since October 1941. At the front in World War II since July 1942. By the spring of 1944, Junior Sergeant Solomatin was the commander of the 44th Separate Engineer Battalion of the 51st Rifle Division.

On the night of March 28, 1944, in the area of ​​the village of Gorodeshnoye-Mazury of the Vitebsk Region, Junior Sergeant Solomatin, with his detachment under enemy fire, installed in a short time up to 200 anti-tank mines, covering the joint between the 2 battalions of the 348th Infantry Regiment. When the opponents launched a counterattack, three tanks were blown up on Solomatin's mines.

By order of the commander of the 51st Infantry Division of April 9, 1944, Junior Sergeant Solomatin Fedor Filippovich was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree.

In April 1944, in the battles in the area of ​​the village of Gorodeshnoye-Mazury, Junior Sergeant Solomatin, who was in the mine clearance group, made several passes in his defense under heavy enemy fire. He took off 26 minutes in front of the front edge of the enemy’s defense, then blew up the Bruno spiral and neutralized a few more minutes behind the wire. At the signal of the attack, he first rushed forward, pointing the way to the arrows. During the battle, the junior sergeant with his squad made another pass - in front of the anti-tank ditch, and took off thirty minutes. Solomatin was one of the first to overcome the moat, burst into the headquarters dugout and seized a functioning radio station there. The combat mission of reconnaissance of the enemy’s defense was successfully completed.

By order of May 4, 1944, Junior Sergeant Solomatin Fedor Filippovich was awarded the Order of Glory of the 2nd degree.

On the night of June 22, 1944, in the area of ​​the village of Volotovka, Shumilinsky district, Vitebsk region, Junior Sergeant Solomatin with 2 sappers, despite the enemy machine-gun fire, made a passage in his wire and mine barriers. After artillery preparation, Solomatin, the first to burst into an enemy trench, destroyed 3 opponents.

In January 1945, during combat work on preparing passages in minefields and barriers before the offensive, the detachment of Junior Sergeant Solomatin came under machine-gun fire. The comrades died, and Solomatin would be wounded in both hands and ended up in the hospital. Here I learned about a high award.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on March 24, 1945, for the exceptional courage, courage and fearlessness shown in battles with enemy invaders, Junior Sergeant Solomatin Fyodor Filippovich was awarded the Order of Glory of the 1st degree. He became the full holder of the Order of Glory.

He returned to the front when Soviet soldiers completed the defeat of the enemy in Berlin. But for the sapper, the war did not end then. Until the autumn of 1945, he cleaned his native land from mortal danger - in the vast Smolensk region he neutralized thousands of mines left by the enemy. In 1945 he was demobilized.

He returned to his native village. Since 1968 he lived in the city of Pavlovsky Posad. He worked as a shooter of a militarized guard in a military unit. He died in 1993.

He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, Glory of 3 degrees, medals.

Fedor Filippovich Solomatin (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment August 23, 2014.

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