Sankovsky, Joseph Iustinovich

Born on March 16, 1897 in the city of Riga . Russian ^[1] .

Before serving in the army, he worked in Petrograd as a hammer thresher at the Siegel boiler and mechanical plant, then as a mechanic in the Moscow tram park ^[2] .

World War I

May 15, 1916 was called up for military service. After training in the training team of the 50th reserve artillery brigade in the city of Luga, in July he was sent to the front under the city of Dvinsk , where he was appointed scorer - gunner in the 40th artillery brigade of the 40th infantry division . Since October, he fought with her on the Romanian front . In May 1917, he contracted scurvy and was evacuated to the hospital , then was fired on a three-month sick leave ^[2] .

Revolution and Civil War

July 8, 1917 he returned to Petrograd and worked as a mechanic at the Putilov factory . In early September, joined the factory in the Red Guard . In the Civil War, Sankovsky in March 1918 with the Red Guard detachment of Putilov workers was sent to Transbaikalia to fight the troops of General G. M. Semenov . In April, the detachment joined the 3rd separate Amur company and in its composition fought with the White Cossacks. In the summer, the company was transferred to the city of Blagoveshchensk , and Sankovsky was assigned to the Amur Battery. With the fall of Soviet power in Blagoveshchensk, he hid in the village of Semenovskoye (near the station of Arkhar on the Amur) ^[2] .

In December 1918 he moved to Irkutsk and got a job in a makeshift forge. In December 1919, during the uprising against Admiral A.V. Kolchak , he joined the Znamensky labor squad. After the liberation of Irkutsk, this squad was renamed the 9th Znamensky Rifle Regiment as part of the 1st Irkutsk Rifle Division . In March 1920, he left the division to fight the troops of General G. M. Semenov , and fought as part of a machine gun company. After the capture of Chita, the division was renamed the 1st Chita Rifle Division, and the 9th Znamensky Rifle Regiment - the 3rd Znamensky. In 1920 he joined the CPSU (b) . In September 1920, Sankovsky was elected secretary of the regimental party bureau, and in October he was appointed commissar of the regiment. At the beginning of 1921 he was transferred to the post of commissioner of the 1st Smolensk Infantry Regiment of the same division, and in May he was appointed instructor of the political department of the division. Since May 1922 he was a political officer of the company of the 6th Khabarovsk Rifle Regiment of the 2nd Amur Rifle Division. As part of these units, he fought on the Eastern Front against the troops of G. M. Semenov, V. M. Molchanov , M. K. Diterikhs , and Japanese interventionists ^[2] .

The interwar period

After the war, Sankovsky continued to serve in the 6th Khabarovsk Rifle Regiment as a company political instructor, the responsible organizer and deputy military commissar of the regiment. Since October 1924, he served as military commissar of the 1st separate reconnaissance air squad "Far Eastern Ultimatum" in Spassk. In June 1925 he was appointed military commissar of the 1st Chita Rifle Regiment of the 1st Pacific Rifle Division in the city of Nikolaevsk-Ussuriysky. From October 1926 to August 1927 he studied at the Shot courses , then he was appointed assistant commander for the combatant unit of the 52nd Infantry Regiment of the 18th Infantry Division in the city of Yaroslavl ^[2] .

Since November 1930, he commanded a battalion in the Kiev infantry school , then in May 1932 he was transferred to the commander and commissar of the 6th Caucasian Rifle Regiment of the 2nd Caucasian Rifle Division named after A.K. Stepin to the city of Ovruch . On October 27, 1934, for poor leadership in combat training, he was removed from his post and placed at the disposal of the Office for the Navy Red Army Staff. In March 1935 he was appointed to the Ryazan Infantry School. K. E. Voroshilova , where he served as a teacher and senior teacher of tactics, commander of a battalion of cadets, assistant commander of a battalion for tactical training. Since February 1940, he served as head of the Vladimir KUKS reserve ^[2] .

World War II

At the beginning of the war in his former position. In November 1942, he was appointed head of the Vladimir Infantry School, and on January 24, 1943 he was transferred to the post of commander of the 115th Separate Rifle Brigade , which was forming in the Military District . In February, he left with her on the Central Front, where he fought in the Sevsky direction as part of the 65th Army . During the Battle of Kursk, the brigade participated in repelling the enemy’s strike from the Sevsk region. With the transition to a counterattack, she successfully acted in breaking the enemy’s defense. Developing success, the brigade went behind enemy lines in the Podlesny, Novoselka area and thereby contributed to the successful advancement of units of the 193rd Infantry Division and the combat mission of the 27th Rifle Corps, and also provided the 9th Panzer Corps at the junction with the neighboring army . On August 29, when changing the NP, Sankovsky fell under mortar fire and was seriously injured. He spent more than two months in the hospital, then was sent to the 37th Guards Rifle Division . From November 13 to 30, he temporarily commanded this division. While in this position, he distinguished himself in the Gomel-Rechitsa offensive operation , during the liberation of the city of Rechitsa ^[2] .

On December 5, 1943 he was admitted to the command of the 69th Rifle Sevsk Red Banner Division of the Belarusian Front . In January - February 1944, as part of the 65th Army, the division participated in the Kalinkovich-Mozyr offensive . For the successful completion of the command assignments in these battles, she was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd art. (15.1.1944). In the summer of 1944, the division, together with the army as part of the 1st Belorussian Front, took part in the Belorussian and Bobruisk offensive operations, in the offensive in the Baranavichy direction. Its units distinguished themselves during the liberation of the cities of Osipovichi and Baranovichi. For the successful crossing of the Shchara River, the capture of the crossing, which contributed to the liberation of the city of Slonim, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner (07.25.1944). On August 20, units of the division crossed the Zap. Bug north of Brest and seized a bridgehead on its southern shore, thus the first of the 65th army reached the state border of the USSR ^[2] .

On September 6, Major General Sankovsky was seconded to the Polish People’s Army as deputy commander of the 2nd Polish Army , from April 9, 1945 and. D. Chief of Staff of the army. As part of the 1st Ukrainian Front, its troops participated in breaking through the enemy’s defense on the Oder and Neisse rivers, in Berlin and Prague offensive operations, in battles for Dresden and Prague ^[2] .

Post-war period

After the war, in July 1945 he was appointed head of the department of infantry and cavalry of the Ministry of National Defense of Poland. Upon his return to the USSR in November 1946, Lieutenant General Sankovsky was appointed head of the regiment commanders course at the Shot courses in the city of Solnechnogorsk , Moscow Region , and since December 1952 he was deputy head of drill training courses. February 27, 1958 he was transferred to the reserve ^[2] .

After retiring, he lived in Solnechnogorsk. He died on January 4, 1962 . He was buried in Solnechnogorsk in the cemetery at the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

USSR ^[2]

• two orders of Lenin (07.23.1944, 02.21.1945 ^[3] )
• three orders of the Red Banner (11/19/1943, 11/03/1944 ^[3] , 1949 ^[3] )
• Order of Kutuzov I degree (06/27/1945)
• Order of the Patriotic War I degree (08/23/1943)
  • • Medals of the USSR including:
  • "XX years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army"
  • “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”
  • “For the capture of Berlin”
  • “For the liberation of Prague”

Orders (thanks) of the Supreme Commander in which I. I. Sankovsky was noted ^[4] .

• For crossing the Drut River north of the city of Rogachev, breaking through the enemy’s strong, deeply echeloned defense at the front for 30 kilometers and capturing more than 100 settlements, including Rect, Ozerane, Verichev, Zapolye, Zabolotye, Knyshevichi, Moiseevka, Mushichi, as well as blocking the railway Bobruisk - Luninets in the area of ​​st. Mosna, Black Brody. June 25, 1944. Number 118
• For the capture of the city and the important railway junction Osipovichi and the completion of the encirclement of the Bobruisk group of German troops. June 28, 1944. Number 123.
• For crossing the Shara River on a stretch of 60 kilometers and mastering the city of Slonim - a large communications center and a powerful stronghold of the German defense, as well as the city of Luninets - an important railway junction of Polesie. July 10, 1944. Number 134
• For a breakthrough supported by massive artillery and aviation strikes by the strongly fortified, deeply echeloned defense of the Germans on the River Neis, advancement from 80 to 160 kilometers, the capture of the cities of Cottbus, Lübben, Zossen, Beelitz, Luckenwalde, Troienbritzen, Zahn, Marienfelde, Trebin, Rangsdorf, Diedersdorf, Telt and entry from the south into the capital of Germany, Berlin. April 23, 1945. Number 340.

NDP ^[5]

• Order of Military Valor ( 1945 )
• Commander of the Order of the Renaissance of Poland ( 1945 )
• Order of the “Grunwald Cross” II degree ( 1945 )
• Golden Cross Merit ( 1946 )
• Medal of Victory and Freedom ( 1945 )

A street in the city of Baranovichi was named after I. I. Sankovsky ^[6] .

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In Russian

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In Polish

• Czesław Grzelak, Henryk Stańczyk, Stefan Zwoliński . Bez możliwości wyboru. Wojsko Polskie na froncie wschodnim 1943-1945. - Warsz. : Wydawnictwo Bellona, ​​1993 .-- ISBN 83-11-08252-9 .
• Kazimierz Kaczmarek . Druga Armia Wojska Polskiego. - Warsz. : Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1978.
• Janusz Królikowski. Generałowie i admirałowie Wojska Polskiego 1943-1990. - Toruń, 2010 .-- T. III: MS.
• Edward Jan Nalepa. Oficerowie Armii Radzieckiej w Wojsku Polskim w latach 1943-1968. - Warsz. : Wyd. WIH, 1995.
• Maciej Szczurowski . Dowódcy Wojska Polskiego na froncie wschodnim 1943-1945. Słownik biograficzny, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Ajaks". - Pruszków, 1996. - Wyd. II uzupełnione. - ISBN 83-87103-08-X .