Ogienko, Boris Pavlovich

Born April 29, 1900 in the city of Chernigov . Ukrainian ^[2] .

Before serving in the army in 1918, he completed three courses at the Chernigov Civil Engineering College, and in 1919, he completed a course at the Civil Engineering Institute ^[2] .

Civil War

On April 25, 1920, he voluntarily entered the Red Army through the Chernigov Provincial Military Commissariat and was enlisted by the Red Army in the local battalion to combat desertion. Then, as part of the Chernihiv group, he came to the Western Front , where he fought with the White Poles in the areas of the cities of Chernobyl and Mozyr ^[2] .

Interwar years

Since September 1921 he studied at 56 infantry courses in the city of Chernigov, and since September 1922 - at the 5th Kiev Infantry School. After graduating from the latter in October 1924, he was appointed to the 71st Infantry Regiment of the 24th Infantry Division of the UVO in the city of Vinnitsa , where he served as commander of an infantry platoon and platoon of a regimental school, head of a one-year-old team, head of a regimental school, and 1st assistant chief regiment headquarters. In February 1934 he was transferred to the district headquarters in the city of Kiev as an assistant to the chief of the 6th department. Since February 1935, he served as assistant chief of staff of the 67th Infantry Regiment of the 23rd Infantry Division in the city of Chuguev . Since March 1936, Captain Ogienko was the head of the training unit of the Kharkov district military courses, then in March 1941 he was appointed assistant to the head of the training department of the Simferopol Military School ^[2] .

World War II

With the beginning of the war in the same position. On July 20, 1941, Major Ogienko served as the division quartermaster of the 230th Rifle Division of the OdVO , formed in the city of Dnepropetrovsk . Since August 5, 1941, its units were part of the Reserve, and from August 25 the 6th Army of the Southern Front fought defensive battles along the left bank of the Dnieper River northwest of Dnepropetrovsk. Since September 27, the division became subordinate to the 12th Army and participated in the Donbass defensive operation . From October 3 to October 8, 1941 she was surrounded, after leaving it she was withdrawn to the front reserve. After the replenishment, the division was included in the 12th , and from January 12, 1942 - the 37th Army of the Southern Front and participated in the Rostov defensive and offensive , Barvenkovo-Lozovsky offensive operations ^[2] .

On February 3, 1942, Major Ogienko took command of the 988th Rifle Regiment of the same division. As part of the same army of the South, and from July 28, 1942, of the North Caucasus Fronts, he participated in the Voronezh-Voroshilovgrad and Donbass defensive operations ^[2] .

On August 29, 1942 he was appointed commander of the 535th Rifle Regiment of the 2nd Guards Rifle Division . In 1942 he joined the CPSU (b) . From October 29, 1942 to January 12, 1943 he was treated in a hospital in Baku , then returned to the regiment to its previous position. On February 10, 1943, he was admitted to the post of deputy commander of the 2nd Guards Rifle Division ^[2] .

On May 14, 1943, Colonel Ogienko was appointed commander of the 7th Guards Rifle Brigade of the 37th Army. As part of these compounds, he participated in battles in the Kuban and during the liberation of Taman ^[2] .

Since June 8, 1943 he was seconded to study at the Higher Military Academy. K.E. Voroshilova . After completing her crash course, at the end of April 1944 he was placed at the disposal of the Military Council of the 2nd Belorussian Front , where he was appointed deputy commander of the 70th Rifle Corps . He took part in the Belarusian offensive operation , in the battles on the Pronya River , near Mogilev , Minsk , during the liberation of Poland and in East Prussia ^[2] .

On April 5, 1945, Colonel Ogienko took command of the 139th Infantry Division of this corps. Together with her, he participated in the completion of the liquidation of the Danzig enemy group, in the offensive in Western Pomerania (from the Oder to the Elbe ). Parts of the division distinguished themselves in mastering a large city and a Moscow port - Stettin, the cities of Hartz, Punkun, Kazekov, Schwedt, Prietslau, Angemünde, Etgezin, Torgelov, Pazevalsk, Strasbourg, Temelin, Bart, Bad Doberan, Neubukov, Varin, Wittenberg. On May 3, 1945, they connected with the Allied British forces on the Wismar, Wittenberg line ^[2] .

During the war, Commander Ogienko was four times personally mentioned in letters of thanks in the orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief ^[3] .

Post-War Career

From July 4, 1945, he served in the GSOVG as deputy commander of the 94th Guards Rifle Division , and from July 1948 he was the head of the combat training department of the headquarters of the 3rd shock army . In July 1949, he was transferred to ZakVO as the head of the combat training department of the headquarters of the 7th Guards Army , and since November 1950, he served as head of the military and physical training department of the district headquarters. In December 1951, he was dismissed. ^[2]

the USSR

• Order of Lenin (02.21.1945 ^[4] )
• four orders of the Red Banner (04/13/1943 ^[5] , 11/03/1944 ^[4] , 05/14/1945 ^[6] , 11/15/1950 ^[4] )
• Order of the Patriotic War II degree (09/14/1944 ^[7] )

Medals including:

• • "XX years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army" (1938)
  • “For the Defense of the Caucasus” (1945)
  • “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” (1945)
  • “For the capture of Konigsberg” (1945)

Orders (thanks) of the Supreme Commander in which B. P. Ogienko is noted ^[3] .

• For crossing the Oder south of Stettin, breaking through the heavily fortified Germans' defenses on the west bank of the Oder and taking possession of the main city of Pomerania and the large seaport of Stettin, as well as the taking over the cities of Gartz, Penkun, Kazekov, and Schwedt. April 26, 1945. Number 344.
• For the capture of the cities of Prenzlau, Angermuende - important strongholds of the German defense in Western Pomerania. April 27, 1945. Number 348
• For the capture of the cities of Eggesin, Torgelov, Pasewalk, Strasbourg, Templin - important strongholds of the German defense in Western Pomerania. April 28, 1945. Number 350.
• For the capture of the cities of Bart , Bad Doberan , Neubukov , Varin , Wittenberg and for connecting the Wismar - Wittenberg line with the British troops allied to us. May 3, 1945. Number 360.

Foreign states

• medal "For the Odra, Nisa and the Baltic" ( Poland , (1945)

• Public electronic document bank “Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”

• Team of authors. World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary. - M.: Kuchkovo field, 2015 .-- T. 4. - S. 1021-1022 - 330 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0602-2 .