Malkin, Mikhail Yakovlevich

Mikhail Yakovlevich Malkin was born into a peasant family in the village of Krasny Bor of the Sengileevsky district of the Simbirsk province (currently the Veshkaim district of the Ulyanovsk region ). He graduated from the 4th grade of the school, worked as a cashier on a collective farm.

On May 28, 1941, the Veshkaymsky district military enlistment office was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army . On the fronts of World War II from June 22, 1941.

Working as the commander of a communications department in the battles around Lake Sviblo in the Sebezhsky district of the Pskov region from January 15-18, 1944 under continuous enemy artillery and mortar fire, he managed to organize the department’s work so that the telephone communication of the division’s artillery headquarters with artillery units and divisions and reinforcement artillery units It worked smoothly, despite the fact that the connection was often broken by explosive shells and mines of the enemy. His fighters and he personally, despite the danger, immediately restored communications, ensuring its smooth operation. During the battles, his department eliminated 80 outbursts, Malkin himself personally eliminated 35 outbursts. By order of the 46th Guards Rifle Division of February 11, 1944, he was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree.

When the enemy on July 4, 1944 near the village of Kozyany of the Vitebsk Region counterattacked parts of the guard division, Sergeant Malkin eliminated 14 gusts of communications under enemy fire, and his squad more than 30 gusts, which ensured uninterrupted communication between the headquarters of the division’s artillery and artillery units.
On July 14–15, 1944, near the village of Salakas in Lithuania, under strong enemy fire, Malkin personally eliminated 17 gusts of communication, and his separation was more than 40, as a result of which communication with artillery units was not broken. By order of the 46th Guards Division of August 21, 1944, he was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree.

Guards foreman Malkin September 9-12, 1944 east of the Bauska settlement in Latvia, under continuous enemy counterattacks and strong artillery and mortar and machine-gun fire, eliminated 31 cable ruptures, and more than 70 with the squad fighters, which ensured uninterrupted communication with artillery units. On September 12, following the next command order, Malkin was seriously injured, but the order was executed. He was presented for the award of the Order of the Red Banner . By order of the 22nd Guards Corps on September 30, 1944, he was awarded the second Order of Glory of the 3rd degree. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 30, 1977, he was re-awarded the Order of Glory of the 2nd degree.

The chief of the communications direction of the 1124th Infantry Regiment in battle on January 22, 1945, Senior Sergeant Malkin, when breaking through the enemy’s defense in the area of ​​the settlement of Friedrichsberg in East Prussia (currently the village of Pskovskoye in the Ozyorsk city district of the Kaliningrad region ), Malkin skillfully organized communication in the direction. During the battle, he personally eliminated 20 gusts under enemy fire, thereby ensuring uninterrupted communication throughout the battle. To provide communications to the advancing units, Malkin laid a line of communication through the minefield, risking his own life. By providing timely communications, he assisted the command in carrying out the combat mission. By order of the 334th Infantry Division of February 13, 1945, he was awarded the third Order of Glory of the 3rd degree. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 30, 1977, he was re-awarded the Order of Glory of the 1st degree.

Petty Officer Malkin was demobilized in May 1946. He lived in his native village. He worked as the head of the farm on the collective farm.

In 1985, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Victory, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree .

Mikhail Yakovlevich Malkin died on May 18, 1987.

• He was buried in the city of Ulyanovsk .

• Anton Bocharov. Malkin, Mikhail Yakovlevich (Russian) . The site " Heroes of the country ." The appeal date is November 8, 2017.
• Documents on the site “Feat of the people”
• Biography on the official website of the Ministry of Defense of Russia

• Knights of the Order of Glory of three degrees. Biographer dictionary. M .: Military Publishing, 2000
• Full Knights of the Order of Glory. Biographical dictionary. (in 2 volumes) M.: Military Publishing, 2010