Volkov, Alexander Alexandrovich (1901)

Born on August 11, 1901 in the city of Yelets, Orel Province. Russian.

He studied at the Yelets-Pavlovsk gymnasium of the city of Yelets. In the Red Army - since March 1918.

Civil War

Member of the Civil War - in March 1918 he entered the cadet at the 27th Oryol infantry and machine gun command courses, after which in October of the same year he was left to them as a platoon commander. As part of a separate brigade of cadets, he participated in the suppression of the anti-Soviet uprising in the city of Livny , in battles with the Denikin troops near Orel and with the troops of Wrangel. In July 1922 he was sent to the Turkestan Front , where he fought in East Bukhara against Ibrahim-bek as company commander and battalion in the 7th Turkestan Rifle Regiment of the 3rd Turkestan Rifle Division .

Interwar

In November 1924, due to malaria, A. A. Volkov was transferred to the Western Military District , where he served as company and battalion commander in the 11th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division ( Slutsk city). Since January 1929, he served as instructor of military training of workers at the headquarters of the Belarusian Military District. From July 1932 he served as the battalion commander, and from September 1936 - the assistant commander of the 111th Infantry Regiment of the 37th Infantry Division ( Rechitsa ). In November 1937 - September 1938 he was trained at the Shot courses , after which he commanded the 190th rifle regiment of the 64th Rifle Division ( Smolensk city). In September 1939, Colonel A.A. Volkov took command of this division. But already on December 22, 1939, by order of the NPO, he was removed from his post, demoted to major and appointed commander of a separate motor regiment of the Kalinin Military District ( Velikiye Luki ). Since January 1940, he commanded a battalion of cadets, and since December of the same year he served as head of the training department of the Lepel Infantry School.

World War II

Member of the Great Patriotic War from the very beginning. In August 1941, he was appointed commander of the 998th Infantry Regiment of the 286th Infantry Division , formed in the city of Cherepovets . With her, he left for the Leningrad Front and as part of the 54th separate army participated in the Sinyavinsky defensive operation, in other battles with the Germans. He proved himself well as a regiment commander, and since July 1942 he commanded the 220th reserve rifle regiment of the 8th Army of the Volkhov Front. In September of the same year he was relieved of command and placed at the disposal of the Military Council of the Front. In January 1943, Lieutenant Colonel A.A. Volkov was appointed deputy commander of the 265th Infantry Division of the 8th Army and participated with her in the operation to break through the blockade of Leningrad. During this January 27, 1943 he was appointed commander of the 286th Infantry Division. In July-August 1943, for insufficiently clear leadership of the division during the Mginsky operation, he was removed from command and demoted, becoming the commander of the 994th Infantry Regiment of the same division. On October 25, 1943, Colonel Volkov again became commander of the 374th Rifle Division , which on January 18, 1944 became part of the 54th Army of the Volkhov Front and participated in the Leningrad-Novgorod offensive operation. However, Volkov again lost control of the division’s management, for which he was removed from office. March 25, 1944 he was appointed deputy commander of the 56th Infantry Pushkin Red Banner Division ^[1] , which until July of the same year conducted military operations as part of the 67th Army of the Leningrad and 3rd Baltic Fronts, then was transferred to the 54th Army and later in the 67th Army, participating in battles in the Baltic states . From October 16, 1944 to February 1945, Volkov was the commander of the 56th Infantry Division . On February 19, a division in the 1st Shock Army went on the offensive, on February 22, Volkov was wounded and was treated at the hospital until the end of the war.

After the war

In June 1945, Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov, leaving the hospital, was placed at the disposal of the Military Council of the Primorsky Group of Forces of the Far Eastern Front and in August was admitted to command the 335th Rifle Division of the 25th Army . During the Soviet-Japanese War of 1945, a division under his command as part of the 1st Far Eastern Front participated in many military operations. On September 25, 1945, Colonel A. A. Volkov was transferred to the post of commander of the 386th Infantry Division of the Primorsky Military District , and on August 24, 1946, he was dismissed due to illness.

He died on September 8, 1954 in the city of Murom, Vladimir Region. Wife - Nina Andreevna.

• He was awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, orders of Kutuzov 2nd degree and World War 1 degree, as well as medals "XX years of the Worker-Peasant Red Army", "For the Defense of Leningrad", "For the victory over Germany", " For the victory over Japan. "

• The revolution in Bukhara

• Team of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / Ed. Coll .: N. B. Akberdin, I. I. Basik, S. A. Botzvin, n. I. Nikiforov, I. A. Permyakov, M. V. Smyslov . - M .: “Kuchkovo Field”. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation , General Directorate of Personnel, State Institution for Work with Personnel, Institute of Military History of the General Staff Military Academy The Central Archive ., 2014 .-- T. III. Commanders of rifle, mountain rifle divisions, Crimean, polar, Petrozavodsk divisions, Rebolsky divisions, fighter divisions. - S. 494-496. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0382-3 , UDC 94, BBK 63.3 (3) 722.78.