Blagoslavov, Boris Vasilyevich

Born in 1901 in the village of Kamyshleyka ^[1] , Russian .

In 1918, voluntarily entered the service in the Red Army .

From 1918 to 1921 participates in the Civil War .

Member of the CPSU (b) since 1921.

After the war, continued service in the Red Army.

In 1924 he graduated from the 3rd Kiev Military Engineering School.

In 1935, after graduating from the Military Engineering Academy named after V.V. Kuybyshev , Blagoslavov was qualified as a military engineer.

In 1939, the assistant chief of the engineering department of the army, Blagoslavov, took part in the Soviet-Finnish war , for which he was awarded the Order of the Red Star for military distinctions.

In the Great Patriotic War, Colonel Blagoslavov from October 1941, commanded the 13th Sapper Brigade ^[2] which was part of the 5th Sapper Army, which erected two external defensive lines of Stalingrad and the Astrakhan line, and from January 1942 built the Rostov defensive line.

From February 1942 - head of the engineering troops of the 49th army .

April 1, 1943 - awarded the military rank of Major General Engineering Troops.

Since October 1943, the head of the engineering troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front .

As soon as he entered the command of the 1st Ukrainian front and brought together his top commanders to the meeting, Zhukov , as usual, addressing everyone to “you” and peppering with selective mat, announced publicly: some of those present he would instantly remove from office, others under the tribunal will give up, and the third just slap without trial. The head of the engineering troops of the front, General B. V. Blagoslavov, firmly and insistently asked to contact him without any foul language or threats. Bemused Zhukov, coping with amazement (he rarely objected), snatched the Mauser. Blagoslavov took out a parabellum and said in cold blood: "I am waiting for your shot." After a short pause, Zhukov still hid the Mauser.

- Channel "Russia" ^[3]

Apparently this case was the reason for the transfer of Blagoslavov to another front.

From April 1944 until the end of the war, he was head of the engineering troops of the 2nd Byelorussian Front . He took part in the development and conduct of the Belarusian , East Prussian , Berlin operations.

April 19, 1945 - awarded the military rank of Lieutenant-General of Engineers.

During the war, General Blagoslavov was personally mentioned 24 times in thanksgiving orders of the Supreme Commander ^[4] .

After the war, Blagoslavov, chief of the engineering troops of the Main Armed Forces.

From September 1948, the chief of staff of the engineering troops of the Soviet Army, then the head of the command department of the V. Kuibyshev Military Engineering Academy.

Since 1958, retired.

USSR

• Order of Lenin (21.02.1945 ^[5] )
• four orders of the Red Banner (04/17/1943 ^{[6] [7]} , 01/10/1944, 03/11/1944 ^[5] , 1949 ^[5] )
• Order of Kutuzov I degree ^[8] (04/10/1945)
• Order of Suvorov, II degree ^{[9] [10]} (05/29/1945)
• Order of Kutuzov II degree (07/29/1944)
• two orders of the Red Star (1940, 10.28.1967 ^[11] )
• medals including:
  • "XX years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army" (1938);
  • “For the Defense of Moscow” (12/09/1945) ^[12] ;
  • "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" ;
  • "For the capture of Konigsberg" ;
  • "For the liberation of Warsaw" ;
  • "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Orders (thanks) of the Supreme Commander in which B. V. Blagoslavov is noted ^[4] .

• For the capture of the regional center of Ukraine by the city of Kamenets-Podolsky - a strong stronghold of German defense on the Dniester March 27, 1944 No. 95.
• For the crossing of the Prut River and the assault of the regional city of Ukraine Chernivtsi - an important economic and political center of Northern Bukovina and a powerful stronghold of German defense on the Prut River, covering the approaches to the borders of Hungary and Romania. March 30, 1944, No. 98.
• For forcing the river Pronya west of the city of Mstislavl, breaking through the strongly fortified German defenses, seizing the district center of the Mogilev region, the city of Chausy, and liberating more than 200 other settlements, including Chernevka, Zhdanovichi, Khonkovichi, Budino, Vaskovichi, Temrivichi and Borddinichi. June 25, 1944 No. 117.
• For the capture of the city by storm and the large industrial center of Bialystok - an important railway junction and a powerful fortified German defense area, covering the road to Warsaw. July 27, 1944 No. 151.
• For the assault on the city and the fortress Osovets - a powerful fortified area of ​​the German defense on the river Beaver, covering the approaches to the borders of East Prussia. August 14, 1944 No. 166.
• For the mastery of the strong strongholds of the German defense cities Makuv, Pultusk, Ciechanow, Nove-Miasto, Naselsk. January 17, 1945. No. 224.
• For the assault on the city of Przasnysh (Prasnysh), the city and the Modlin fortress (Novogeorgievsk) - important communications hubs and strongholds of the German defense. January 18, 1945. No. 226.
• For taking the cities of Mlawa and Dzialdovo (Zoldau) by assault - important communications centers and strongholds of German defense on the approaches to the southern border of East Prussia and the city of Plonsk - a major communications hub and stronghold of German defense on the right bank of the Vistula. January 19, 1945. No. 232.
• For the assault on the cities of Naidenburg, Tannenberg, Pascal and Allendorf are important strongholds of the German defense. January 21, 1945. No. 239.
• For the capture of the cities of East Prussia, Willenberg, Ortelsburg, Morungen, Saalfeld and Freistadt were important communications hubs and strong German defense bases. January 23, 1945. No. 246.
• For the capture of the cities of Shlokhau, Stögers, Hammerstein, Baldenberg, Bublid - important communications nodes and strong strongholds of the German defense. February 27, 1945. No. 285.
• For access to the Baltic Sea coast and the capture of the city of Közlin - an important communications hub and a powerful German defense base on the roads from Danzig to Stettin. March 4, 1945. No. 289.
• For the capture of the cities of Anger (Meve) and Starogard (Preussis Stargard) - important strongholds of the German defense on the approaches to Danzig. March 7, 1945. No. 294.
• For mastering the important junctions of railways and highways - the cities of Lauenburg and Kartuzy (Karthauz). March 10, 1945. No. 298.
• For the capture of the city of Gdynia by storm - an important naval base and a major port on the Baltic Sea. March 28, 1945. No. 313.
• For the capture of the city and the fortress of Gdansk ( Danzig ) - the most important port and first-class German naval base on the Baltic Sea. March 30, 1945. No. 319.
• For the mastery of the main city of Pomerania and the major seaport Stettin, as well as the seizure of the cities of Gartz, Penkun, Kazekov, Schwedt. April 26, 1945. No. 344.
• For the capture of the cities of Prenzlau, Angermünde - important strongholds of the German defense in Western Pomerania. April 27, 1945. No. 348.
• For the capture of cities and important junctions of the roads Anklam, Friedland, Neubrandenburg, Lihen and the entry into the territory of the province of Mecklenburg. April 29, 1945. No. 351.
• For mastering the cities of Greifswald, Treptow, Neustrelitz, Fürstenberg, Gransee - important road junctions in the northwestern part of Pomerania and in Mecklenburg. April 30, 1945. No. 352.
• For the capture of the cities of Stralsund, Grimmen, Demmin, Malchin, Waren, Wesenberg - important junctions of roads and strong strongholds of the German defense. May 1, 1945. No. 354.
• For the capture of the cities of Rostock, Warnemünde - major ports and important naval bases of the Germans on the Baltic Sea, as well as the seizure of the cities of Ribnitz, Marlow, Laage, Teterev, Worlds. May 2, 1945. No. 358.
• For the capture of the cities of Barth, Bad Doberan, Neubukov, Varin, Wittenberg and the connection on the line Wismar - Wittenberg with allied to us British troops. May 3, 1945. No. 360.
• For forcing the Stralzunderfarwasser Strait, and full mastery of the island of Rügen. May 6, 1945. No. 363.

• The publicly available electronic bank of documents "The Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
• Alma Mater Engineering Troops

• Galitsky I.P. Sappers opened the road. - M .: Military Publishing, 1983.
• Zagorodnikov B.I. From Aleksin to Germany. From soldier to general. - M .: Algorithm-Book, 2005. - T. 5.
• Tsirlin A.D., Biryukov P.I., Istomin V.P. et al. Engineers in the battles for the Soviet homeland. - M .: Military Publishing, 1970.
• Military encyclopedic dictionary of engineering troops. - M .: VIA, 2004.
• 175 years of the Military Engineering Academy. 1819–1994. Album. - M .: VIA, 1994.