Siyazov, Mikhail Alexandrovich

Mikhail Alexandrovich Siyazov was born on January 23, 1900 in Samarkand.

Civil War

In August 1919, he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army and sent by the Red Army to the 4th Dolbushinsky Rifle Regiment, after which he took part in the hostilities on the Eastern Front against troops under the command of General A.I. Dutov in the area between Lake Chelkar-Tengiz and the Aral Sea .

Since October 1919, he served as part of the 1st Orenburg Regiment ( Trans-Caspian Front , from November - the Trans - Caspian Army Group ), after which he participated in the fighting in the Krasnovodsk direction against the troops under the command of Denikin .

In February 1920, he was sent to the 1st Army , where he served as assistant chief of the political department of the 1st Turkestan Rifle Division , procurement agent of the political department of the army and assistant clerk of the economic unit of the 2nd Turkestan Rifle Regiment, while being on which he took part during the establishment of Soviet power in the territory of Khiva and Bukhara .

Interwar

In August 1920, Siyazov was sent to study at the 26th Poltoratsky Infantry Command Course, after which from April 1922 he served as platoon commander and assistant company commander in the 4th Khojent Infantry Regiment, stationed in Chardzhou . He took part in hostilities against basmach detachments in the territory of Eastern Bukhara . In the same year he joined the ranks of the RCP (b) .

Since September 1922 he served in the 5th Turkestan Rifle Regiment, stationed in the city of Fergana , as a company commander, assistant battalion commander, assistant chief and chief of the regimental school. In the period from September 1925 to October 1926 he was studying at the shooting and tactical courses " Shot ".

In June 1930 he was sent to study at the MV Frunze Military Academy , after which in May 1933 he was appointed to the post of chief of the 1st part of the headquarters of the Transbaikal fortified area , in February 1935 - to the position of assistant chief of 2- th department of the OKDVA headquarters, and in July 1937, to the post of commander of the 6th separate Khabarovsk rifle regiment.

On April 30, 1938, Siyazov was arrested by the NKVD and dismissed from the Red Army personnel, but on April 8, 1940 he was released from investigation due to the dismissal of the case, reinstated in the Red Army and in June of that year was appointed to the post of teacher of tactical infantry tactical "Shot" courses, and in August - to the post of chief of staff of the 194th Mountain Division ( Central Asian Military District ).

World War II

With the outbreak of war, Colonel Siyazov was in his former position. The division was part of the 49th Army ( Reserve Front ). On August 26, he was appointed to the post of commander of the same division, which conducted military operations to defend the city of Dorogobuzh , and in early October was redeployed to the Mozhaisk line of defense .

In November, he was appointed commander of the 258th Infantry Division , which took part in hostilities during the Kaluga offensive and the liberation of the city of Kaluga. In January 1942, the division was transformed into the 12th Guards , and Siyazov was appointed commander. Soon the division took part in the course of the Rzhev-Vyazemsky offensive operation , as well as in the liberation of the city of Yukhnov .

In March 1942, Major General Siyazov was appointed to the post of deputy commander of the 5th Army , in October 1943 to the post of deputy commander of the 10th Guards Army , and in December of that year - to the post of commander of the 7th Guards Rifle Corps , which, from January 1944, was conducting military operations in the Idritsky direction.

In February, he was appointed commander of the 100th Rifle Corps , which participated in the hostilities during the Leningrad-Novgorod offensive operation .

In May, he was appointed commander of the 12th Guards Rifle Corps , which conducted offensive military operations during the Pskov-Ostrovsky operation .

Since August, he served as deputy commander of the 67th Army of the 3rd Baltic Front, which participated in the Riga offensive operation .

In October 1944, Major General Siyazov was appointed to the post of commander of the 89th Rifle Corps , who soon took part in the hostilities during the Warsaw-Poznan , East Pomeranian and Berlin offensive operations , as well as in the liberation of the cities of Warsaw , Sohachev , Schneidemul , Stargard , Altdamm (now within the city of Szczecin ) and others. By order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the building was given the honorary name “Warsaw”.

On April 26, 1945, the commander of the 61st Army, Colonel-General P. A. Belov , forcing the Oder River introduced M. A. Siyazov to the rank of Hero of the Soviet Union ^[1] , but the higher command reduced the status of the award to the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class.

Post-War Career

After the war he was in his former position.

In August 1945 he was appointed commander of the 29th Guards Rifle Corps , but since September he was at the disposal of the Military Council of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany and in November of that year he was appointed commander of the 20th Rifle Corps , and in June 1946 years - to the post of commander of the 9th Guards Rifle Corps .

In March 1947 he was sent to study at the Higher Academic Courses at the Higher Military Academy named after K.E. Voroshilov , after which he was appointed as the head of Sverdlovsky in August 1948 , and in September 1950 as the head of the Novocherkassk Suvorov military schools .

Lieutenant General Mikhail Alexandrovich Siyazov resigned in April 1956 . He died on April 1, 1957 in Minsk .

• Order of Lenin (02.21.1945);
• Three Orders of the Red Banner (01/02/1942, 11/03/1944, 1949);
• Two orders of Suvorov 2nd degree (09/28/1943, 05/29/1945);
• Order of Kutuzov 2 degrees (04/06/1945);
• Medals.

• Gold nominal watch from the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR (1936)

Orders (thanks) of the Supreme Commander in which Siyazov M. A. was noted ^[2]

• For crossing the Velikaya River, breaking through the heavily fortified, deep in German defense south of the island of Ostrov, moving forward with battles up to 40 kilometers, expanding the breakthrough to 70 kilometers along the front and occupying more than 700 settlements, including large settlements of Shanino, Zelenovo, Krasnogorsk. July 19, 1944 No. 141
• For the capture of the capital of Soviet Latvia, the city of Riga - an important naval base and a powerful German defense hub in the Baltic. October 13, 1944 No. 196
• For mastering the strong strongholds of the Germans' defense, Varka, Grujec, Kozienice, Solec, Zvolen, Bialobrzegi, Jedlinsk, Ilzha, as well as with the battles of the occupations of more than 1300 other settlements. January 16, 1945. Number 221
• Sohachev, Skierniewice and Lovic are important strongholds of the Germans' defense for capturing cities and large communications centers. January 18, 1945. Number 228
• For mastering the largest industrial center of Poland, the city of Lodz and the cities of Kutno, Tomaszow (Tomaszow), Gostynin and Lęczyca - important communication centers and strongholds of the German defense. January 19, 1945. Number 233
• For crossing the German border west and northwest of Poznan, invading the borders of German Pomerania and taking possession of the cities of Shenlanke, Lucatz-Kreutz, Waldenberg and Driesen - important communication centers and powerful strongholds of the German defense. January 29, 1945. Number 265
• For the mastery of the cities of Deutsch-Krone and Merkish-Friedland - important communication centers and strong strongholds of German defense in Pomerania. February 11, 1945. Number 274
• For breaking through the strongly fortified defense of the Germans east of the city of Stargard, moving forward in four days of offensive battles up to 100 kilometers, reaching the Baltic Sea coast in the vicinity of the city of Kolberg and taking possession of the cities of Berwalde, Tempelburg, Falkenburg, Dramburg, Vangerin, Labes, Freienwalde, Schiefelbein, Regenwalde and Curlin - important communication centers and strong strongholds of the German defense in Pomerania. March 4, 1945. Number 288
• For the capture of the cities of Stargard, Naugard, Poltsin - important communication centers and powerful strongholds of the German defense in the Stettin direction. March 5, 1945. Number 290
• For the assault on the cities of Golln, Stepenitz and Massov - important strongholds of the German defense on the outskirts of Stettin. March 7, 1945. Number 295
• For the seizure of the city of Altdamm, they liquidated the strongly fortified bridgehead of the Germans on the right bank of the Oder River east of Stettin. March 20, 1945. No. 304
• For the capture of the cities of Frankfurt an der Oder, Wandlitz, Oranienburg, Birkenwerder, Gennigsdorf, Pankov, Friedrichsfelde, Karlshorst, Kepenik and a breakthrough in the capital of Germany - Berlin. April 23, 1945. Number 339

Foreign Awards

• Legion of Honor Order ( USA ) (1945).

• Team of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006. - T. 1. - S. 516-518. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .
• Mikheenkov S.E. Serpukhov. The Last Frontier. 49th Army in the Battle of Moscow. - M.: Tsentrpoligraf, 2011. 254 p. ISBN 978-5-227-02802-0.