Golovanovsky, Richard Ivanovich

Richard Ivanovich Golovanovsky was born on April 15, 1898 in Vindava, now Ventspils.

World War I and Civil War

In 1916 he was drafted into the ranks of the Russian Imperial Army , and in 1917 joined the Red Guard .

In May 1918 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army and sent to study for the 1st Soviet Petrograd command courses, after which they graduated in December to the position of platoon commander in the 2nd light-artillery division ( 8th expeditionary division , and from May 1920 - Karelian military artillery sector), and from November 1920 he was appointed to the post of commandant, assistant commander and commander of the air defense battery of Petrograd. He took part in the hostilities near Petrograd and in Karelia .

Interwar Time

In February 1923, he was transferred to the reserve, after which he was appointed to the post of chief of the training battalion of the Petrograd provincial police .

In February 1924, he was drafted for the second time into the ranks of the Red Army , after which he served as head of the training unit of the training battery of the Siberian Military District . In October 1925, after graduating from the Higher School of Physical Training named after V.I. Lenin, he was sent to the 2nd Priamurskaya Red Banner Division, where he served as the head of physical training and the commander of the division's training battery. He took part in the conflict on the CER .

From October 1931, he served as part of the 26th Stalin rifle division as commander of an artillery division of the 78th rifle regiment and chief of staff of the 26th artillery regiment. In July 1933, he was appointed assistant to the commander of the 12th artillery regiment for the front line, in March 1934 - to the post of chief of artillery of the Suchan fortified area , in May 1935 - to the position of commander and commissar of the 35th artillery regiment ( 35th rifle division ), in July 1937 - to the post of chief of artillery of the 69th rifle division , and in June 1938 - to the post of commander of the 10th howitzer artillery regiment ( 10th rifle division ).

Golovanovsky at the end of June 1938 by order of an NPO was dismissed in accordance with art. 44, para. “C”, but in September 1939 he was reinstated in the personnel of the Red Army and appointed to the post of chief of artillery of the 182nd rifle division , in May 1940 - to the post of assistant chief of artillery of the 21st rifle corps ( Moscow Military District ), and in August of the same year, to the position of chief of artillery of the 20th rifle corps .

Great Patriotic War

With the beginning of the war, Golovanovsky was in his former position. The corps took part in the hostilities around Minsk , Mogilev and Chaus . On July 25, 1941, during the Smolensk battle, the corps was encircled in the Krichev area, from which Golovanovsky and a group of fighters left on December 12 in the Yelets area.

In January 1942, he was appointed chief of artillery of the 8th Cavalry Corps , which took part in offensive hostilities near Moscow , as well as in the Voronezh-Voroshilovgrad defensive operation , from September was engaged in hostilities on the Voronezh Front , from November participated in a counteroffensive under Stalingrad , and then in the Voroshilovgrad offensive operation .

On February 25, 1943, he was appointed commander of the 7th Guards Cavalry Corps , who in March led defensive operations on the Seversky Donets River . In September 1943, due to health reasons, he was appointed the head of the Ryazan Artillery School , and in August 1944, he was appointed the head of the 3rd Leningrad Artillery School .

Post War Career

After the war, he was in his former position.

In May 1947, he was appointed assistant to the commander for the drill of the F. Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy , and in 1950 - as a senior lecturer in the military department of the Moscow Institute of Nonferrous Metals and Gold named after MI Kalinin .

Major General Artillery Richard Ivanovich Golovanovsky retired in March 1952 . He died on January 3, 1962 in Moscow .

• Two Orders of Lenin ;
• Three Orders of the Red Banner ;
• Medals;
• Foreign Order.

The team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komkory. Military Biographical Dictionary / Under the general editorship of M. G. Vozhakina . - M. Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Pole, 2006. - T. 2. - p. 51-52. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .