Malakhov, Xenophon Mikhailovich

Born on February 8, 1905 in the village of Rozhdestvenskoe, now of the Sharlyk district of the Orenburg region.

Pre-war time

In June 1922 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army and sent by the Red Army man and clerk to the 1st heavy artillery division ( Turkestan Front ). After finishing refresher courses for commanders stationed in Tashkent , from November 1924, he served as part of the 13th heavy artillery battalion as treasurer, quartermaster, political instructor of division, assistant commander of economic division, junior commander, and treasurer, quartermaster artillery division being on which, took part in hostilities against Basmachis .

In March 1928, Malakhov was appointed Treasurer of the 13th Artillery Regiment ( Privolzhsky Military District ), but in August 1929 he was sent to chemical advanced training courses for commanding officers, after which he served in the 113th Artillery Regiment. and the assistant chief of staff of the regiment.

From April 1931, he served as chief of staff and acting commander of the 3rd chemical battalion, and in November 1933 he was appointed commander of the 11th separate tank chemical battalion ( 11th mechanized corps ).

After graduating from the auto-armored advanced training courses for commanders in July 1935, he was appointed commander of the 4th chemical battalion ( Trans-Baikal Military District ), in January 1937 - commander of a separate training tank battalion of the 33rd tank brigade , in March 1940 - to the position of assistant commander for the combat unit of the 33rd chemical tank brigade , and in July of the same year to the position of commander of the 33rd tank regiment ( 17th tank division (USSR) , 5th mechanized corps ).

Great Patriotic War

Since the beginning of the war, the regiment under the command of Malakhov was in reserve of the Supreme High Command Headquarters , then participated in the Lepel counterstrike and the Battle of Smolensk . On July 13, in battle, Malakhov was wounded and sent to hospital for treatment.

In September 1941, he was appointed head of the armored and mechanized troops of the 27th Army ( North-Western Front ), after which he commanded tank units in defensive military operations in the Demyansk direction. In December of the same year, he was appointed the head of the armored and mechanized troops of the 4th Shock Army , in April 1942, he was appointed deputy commander for the armored and mechanized troops of the 39th Army , and from January 1943 he served as commander of armored and mechanized troops of the same army. While in these positions, he took part in hostilities during the Kalinin , Toropetsko-Kholmsk , Rzhevsk-Sychevsk , Rzhev-Vyazma and Dukhovschinsko-Demidov offensive operations .

In August 1944, he was appointed commander of the 29th Tank Corps , which took part in the hostilities for the liberation of the Lithuanian SSR and the cities of Raseiniai , Kretinga and Palanga , as well as in the Kaunas and Memel offensive operations . In the winter of 1945, the corps successfully participated in the Mlavsko-Elbing offensive operation , during which it liberated the cities of Deutsch-Eylau , Zaafeld and Tolkemit . From February to May, the corps led defensive operations in the area of ​​the Danzig Bay , as well as the ports of Gdynia and Danzig . The fighting ended near the city of Freienwalde ( Pomerania ).

Post War Career

After the war, Malakhov continued to command the corps.

In May 1946 he was sent to study at the higher academic courses at the Higher Military Academy named after KE Voroshilov , after which in March 1947 he was appointed commander of the armored and mechanized troops of the Baltic Military District , in April 1949 commander of the 7th Panzer Division ( Belarusian Military District ), and in March 1950, commander of the 7th Mechanized Army .

In April 1953, Malakhov was enlisted at the disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate, and from June of the same year he served as commander of the armored and mechanized troops of the Tauride Military District , from January 1954 he served as assistant commander of the same district for tank armament, and in July - to the post of assistant commander for combat training - Head of the Directorate of Combat Training District. In June 1956, he was transferred to a similar position in the Trans-Baikal Military District , and in December 1958, he was appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief - Head of the Combat Training Department of the Voronezh Military District .

Lieutenant-General of Tank Forces Xenophon Mikhailovich Malakhov in December 1960, went to the reserve. Died August 9, 1984 in Simferopol .

• Two Orders of Lenin ;
• Two Orders of the Red Banner ;
• Order of Kutuzov 1 and 2 degrees;
• Order of Suvorov 2 degrees;
• Two Orders of the Red Star ;
• Medals;
• Foreign Order and Medal.

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. 149-150. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .