Yaremenko, Ivan Ivanovich

Born in the city of Staraya Russa , now the Novgorod region . Ukrainian ^[1] .

Military Service

October 10, 1927 passed the test and was enrolled as a cadet at the Borisoglebsk-Leningrad military cavalry school. Upon its completion, from April 1930 he served in the 31st cavalry regiment of the 6th Chongar cavalry division of the BVI in the city of Gomel as platoon and squadron commander, from May 1936 - pom. Chief of the 1st part of the division headquarters. In December 1936 he was transferred to the 105th cavalry regiment of the 27th cavalry division in the city of Borisov to the post of head of the regimental school of junior command personnel ^[1] .

In November 1937 he went to study at the Military Academy of the Red Army. M.V. Frunze . In 1938 he joined the CPSU (b) . Upon its completion, in January 1939 he was sent to ZabVO , where he served in the 5th separate cavalry brigade as assistant chief of the 1st (operational) unit, chief of the 2nd part of the brigade headquarters, chief of staff of the brigade. Since November 1939 he was the chief of the 1st division of the headquarters of the 15th cavalry division, from October 1940 and. e. for special assignments under the commander of the ZabVO troops. At the end of May 1941, Major Yaremenko was appointed commander of the 544th Infantry Regiment of the 152nd Infantry Division of the Ural Military District ^[1] .

World War II

At the beginning of the war, the division was redeployed to the area of ​​the city of Orsha , where on June 26, 1941 it became part of the 16th army of the reserve of the General Headquarters . Since July 14, she, along with the army, was included in the Western Front and participated in the Battle of Smolensk , waged heavy defensive battles on the outskirts of Smolensk and directly in the city ^[1] .

The commander of the 152nd Infantry Division, Colonel P.N. Chernyshev, in August 1941 noted that I. I. Yaremenko showed indecision and cowardice in these battles, “... in difficult minutes, instead of presenting the troops with demands for perseverance, he twice pulled the troops out of the battle, leaving the occupied quarters. " During these battles for Smolensk, the regiment under his command was surrounded. In August, Major Yaremenko left the encirclement without documents, for which he was demoted in September and appointed commander of a separate motorized rifle battalion of the 127th separate tank brigade, which, as part of the 16th army, fought in the Yartsevo direction. At the beginning of October 1941, the brigade, already part of the 19th Army of the Western Front, was surrounded by the city of Vyazma during the Vyazemsky defensive operation . As part of the main forces of the army, Yaremenko left the encirclement in the 1st echelon in the direction of s. Bogoroditskoe, Domakovo, Velsky tract. On October 8, in a battle in the area, the village of Domakovo was seriously wounded, and on October 10 in the area of ​​the village of Orlyanka was captured. Until the end of January 1942 he was held in a military hospital for prisoners of war in the village of Lopatino, where he was released by units of the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Kalinin Front . Then he was appointed chief of staff of the 120th motorized rifle regiment, from February of the same year he took command of the 2nd motorized rifle regiment. In this position, he showed himself on the positive side. The regiment under his command in February – March 1942 conducted heavy defensive battles on the Moscow – Minsk motorway, while about 900 enemy soldiers and officers, 4 tanks and 96 vehicles were destroyed ^[1] .

In April, Yaremenko was recalled to the personnel department of the Kalinin Front, where he underwent a special check "as if he had left the encirclement." Upon its completion, he was appointed chief of staff of the 178th Infantry Division , which was part of the 30th Army .

From June 13 to August 21, 1942 and. D. Commander of the 183rd Infantry Division . In June - July, a division in the 29th army of the Kalinin Front fought defensive battles 12 km north of Rzhev , then from the end of July, as part of the 20th and again 29th armies, it participated in the Rzhev-Sychev offensive operation . Since September 1942 and. D. Chief of Staff of the 78th Infantry Division of the 30th Army of the Kalinin Front. From September 30, the division became part of the 4th shock army of the Western Front and until November was in reserve for understaffing ^[1] .

Since November 8, 1942, Lieutenant Colonel Yaremenko and. D. commander of the 139th Infantry Division , which, as part of the 29th and 31st armies of the same front, defended the northwestern outskirts of the city of Zubtsov ^[1] .

December 21, 1942 he was appointed commander of the 326th Infantry Division . Until mid-February 1943, the division was in the reserve of the Western Front, then it was subordinated to the 16th Army and fought stubborn battles east of Lyudinovo . In late February, "for poor management of the division in battle" removed from office and appointed deputy commander of the same division ^[1] .

Since April 1943, Colonel Yaremenko commanded the 125th separate rifle brigade, which was part of the 16th and 50th armies of the same front ^[1] .

Since June 13, 1943 he was the commander of the 64th Infantry Division , which, as part of the 50th Army of the Western Front, conducted defensive battles in the area of ​​the settlement of Shchigry (Zhizdrinsky District of the Kaluga Region). Then the division marched to the area of ​​the city of Serpeysk , where it became part of the 38th Rifle Corps of the 10th Army and until November led offensive battles in the Roslavl and Mogilev directions. ^[1] . For differences in the battles during the crossing of the Desna and Snopot rivers ^[2] , the division commander Yaremenko was awarded the Order of Suvorov, II degree ^[3] .

Since January 1944, the 64th SD as part of the same corps and army was on the 1st Belorussian Front , then at the end of April it became subordinate to the 49th Army of the 2nd Belorussian Front and fought defensive battles at the border of the settlements of Ustye and Lapeni (Cherikovsky district of the Mogilev region) ^[1] .

Since June 1944, Yaremenko was at the disposal of the Military Council of the 1st Ukrainian Front , then was appointed deputy commander of the 389th Rifle Division , which participated in the Lvov-Sandomir Offensive Operation as part of the 22nd Rifle Corps of the 3rd Guards Army . Since August 27, 1944 and. D. commander of the 329th Infantry Division as part of the same army and front ^[1] .

In January 1945, Colonel Yaremenko was seriously injured and died on January 31 ^[4] in the city of Ostrow Wielkopolski , Poland ^[5] . He was buried in the city of Lviv .

• Order of the Red Banner (07.20.1943) ^[6]
• Order of Suvorov II degree (09.28.1943) ^[7]
• Order of the Patriotic War I degree (09/20/1944) ^[8]
• Order of the Red Star (11/03/1944) ^[9]

• Public electronic document bank “Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”
• MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE
• VICTORY 1945
• rkka.ru/cavalry
• Roads of the 326th Mordovian Division

• Team of authors. World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary. - M.: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- V. 5 .-- S. 1122-1123. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9950-0457-8 .