Zaichikov, Mikhail Dmitrievich

Mikhail Dmitrievich Zaichikov was born on January 1, 1901 in the village of now Vacha Vachsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Region.

Civil War

In August 1919, he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army and sent to the 5th Regiment of the Red Army ( Yaroslavl Military District ). In March 1920, he was appointed senior copyist of the Vladimir Guard Battalion, in December, Assistant Regimental Adjutant for the operational unit of the 46th Infantry Regiment of Internal Service Forces, then - Adjutant of the 79th Separate Battalion of Internal Service Forces, March 1921 - to the position of adjutant of the 8th battalion of the Cheka troops.

Interwar Time

In February 1922, he was appointed clerk for the line and business units of the 5th separate company of GPU troops, in July, as an instructor-technician and adjutant of the 6th separate Vladimir division of the GPU troops, and from September to October served as senior clerk operational department headquarters CHON Vladimir province .

In June 1923, Zaichikov was appointed adjutant, then to the position of clerk for the frontline and economic units of the 7th Tver Division of the OGPU troops. In December 1924, he was seconded to the 8th Yaroslavl Division of the OGPU troops, and soon was transferred to the 15th Vyatka Division of the OGPU troops, where he served as a clerk for the frontline and economic units and the adjutant of the division. In August 1928, he was appointed adjutant of the 8th Yaroslavl Division of the OGPU troops, in May 1931 - Assistant Chief of Staff, and then served as Assistant Commander for the economic part of the 26th Regiment of the OGPU troops.

In May 1933, he was sent to study at the NKVD High Border School , after which in May 1935 he was sent to the 1st Frontier School located in Novo-Petergof , where he served as commander-in-chief of tactics and acting head senior officer of topography .

In April 1938, he was sent to the Novo-Petergofskoe military-political school of the NKVD (the former 1st Border School), where he served as assistant head of the military training department, senior assistant head of the training department, teacher of tactics and topography, and head of refresher courses commanding staff at the same school.

Great Patriotic War

Since the beginning of the war, Zaichikov was in his former position. In August 1941, he was appointed to the post of chief of the 1st division of the headquarters of the 1st rifle division of the NKVD troops ( Leningrad Front ), after which he took part in the battle for Leningrad .

From February 1942, he was at the disposal of the General Directorate of Personnel of the Non-Commercial Organization and in March of the same year he was appointed to the post of chief of staff of the 78th , and then to the post of commander of the 73rd rifle division . In October, he was appointed to the post of senior assistant, and in July 1943, to the post of deputy chief of the operational department of the headquarters of the Southwestern Front , transformed into the 3rd Ukrainian in October of the same year.

In May 1944, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the 6th Guards Rifle Corps , who took part in the Yassy-Kishinev , Belgrade , Budapest offensive and Balaton defensive operations . From 8 to 24 November, he temporarily commanded this corps. For courage and bravery shown in battles, Mikhail Dmitrievich Zaichikov was awarded orders of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2 degrees, World War 1 degrees, and he was given the military rank of " Major General ".

In April 1945, he was appointed to the post of chief of the operations department, and then to the post of deputy chief of staff of the 9th Guards Army , which took part in the Vienna and Prague offensive operations , during which she set out on the Elbe .

Post War Career

After the end of the war, Major General Zaichikov was at the disposal of the General Directorate of Personnel of the Non- Profit Organization and in December 1945 he was appointed as a senior lecturer and then as the head of the research department of the shooting and tactical courses Vystrel .

Major-General Mikhail Dmitrievich Zaychikov retired in December 1950 . He died on August 1, 1962 in Solnechnogorsk ( Moscow region ).

• Order of Lenin ;
• Three Orders of the Red Banner ;
• Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2 degrees;
• Two orders of World War 1 degree;
• Order of the Red Star ;
• Medals

The team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komkory. Military Biographical Dictionary / Under the general editorship of M. G. Vozhakina . - M. Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Pole, 2006. –T. 1. - p. 208–209. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .