Mikhail Yakovlevich Dodonov ( October 13, 1897 , p. Barskoye-Gorodishche , Vladimir province , Russian Empire - March 15, 1963 , Moscow , USSR ) - Soviet military leader , major general (12.10.1941).
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| Date of Birth | October 13, 1897 | ||||||||
| Place of Birth | with. Barskoye-Gorodishche , Suzdal Uyezd , Vladimir Province , Russian Empire [1] | ||||||||
| Date of death | March 15, 1963 (aged 65) | ||||||||
| Place of death | Moscow , USSR | ||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire RSFSR the USSR | ||||||||
| Type of army | Infantry | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1916 - 1918 1918 - 1946 | ||||||||
| Rank |  Junior Non-Commissioned Officer ( Russian Empire )  major general ( USSR ) | ||||||||
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| Communications | sibling - lieutenant general of aviation V. Ya. Dodonov | ||||||||
Biography
Born on October 13, 1897 in the village of Barskoye-Gorodishche , now in the Suzdal district of the Vladimir region . Russian [2] .
Military Service
World War I
In May 1916 he was called up for service in the Russian Imperial Army and enlisted as a private in the 81st reserve regiment in the city of Skopin, Ryazan province. In the same year he graduated from the training team of this regiment and served as a junior non-commissioned officer . In March 1917, with a marching company, he went to the Southwestern Front , where he fought as part of the 442nd Kashinsky Infantry Regiment. In early January 1918 he was wounded and went to a field military hospital (station Rozhishche ). On January 25, 1918 he was demobilized, worked as a mechanic in a railway depot at the Lodeynoye Pole station [2] .
Civil War
On October 10, 1918, he was drafted into the Red Army by the Suzdal district military registration and enlistment office as a former junior non-commissioned officer and was sent to the 259th reserve regiment in the city of Kovrov . In November of that year, he left for the Southern Front , where he served as a junior commander in the reserve regiment of the 8th Army . In February 1919, he was appointed head of the 8th Army headquarters platoon commander of the 33rd Moscow Workers Regiment of the 11th Infantry Division , and upon arrival at the regiment he took command of the company. In its composition took part in the battles with the troops of generals P.N. Krasnov and A.I. Denikin near Voronezh and Lugansk . In May, in a battle near Lugansk he was wounded and evacuated to a hospital in Moscow. After treatment in August, he was sent to the Western Front , where he was appointed platoon commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 16th Army . Participated in battles with the White Poles [2] .
The interwar period
Since January 1921, he commanded a company at the 46th Klintsy command courses ( Klintsy ). Since October, he served in the 88th Gomel Infantry Command Courses as assistant commander and company commander. Since January 1922, he commanded a platoon at 21 Mogilev infantry command courses, since October 1923 he was a company commander and assistant company commander at 6 infantry command courses (then renamed the United Belarusian Military School ). In 1925, at the same school he passed the extern exam for a normal military school. In November 1927, Dodonov was transferred to the 6th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division of the BVI , where he served for about 9 years as a company commander and battalion, pom. regiment commander. In 1935 he was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Central Executive Committee of the BSSR for successes in combat training. Since June 1936, in the same district, he commanded the 124th Rifle Regiment, from November - the 22nd Rifle Regiment of the 8th Rifle Division . In 1937 he entered the correspondence faculty of the Military Academy of the Red Army. M.V. Frunze (finished two courses). In February 1938 he was transferred to the KVO as commander of the 143rd Infantry Regiment of the 48th Infantry Division . In August 1939 he was sent to the Far East as the commander of the 601th Infantry Regiment, stationed on the territory of the MPR . In this position he took part in battles on the Khalkhin-Gol river . For the successful completion of the command tasks in battles, the courage and heroism of the personnel, the 601th Rifle Regiment and its commander were awarded the Order of the Red Banner . At the end of hostilities in October 1939, Major Dodonov was appointed commander of the 82nd Infantry Division (stationed in Mongolia). In 1939 he graduated from the courses "Shot" . Since February 1940, he was at the disposal of the Office for the command and command staff of the Red Army, then in April he was appointed deputy commander of the 38th Rifle Division of the North Caucasian Military District [2] .
World War II
At the beginning of the war in the same position. In August 1941, Colonel Dodonov was appointed commander of the 166th Infantry Division , which participated in the Battle of Smolensk as part of the Western Front .
In a combat description for the commander of Dodonov on September 11, 1941, the commander of the army, Lieutenant General I. S. Konev noted: “He took the division to the beginning of the offensive operation of the 19th army . During the period of offensive battles from August 17 to October 10, he proved himself a brave, courageous commander. Prepared to drive the division. Skillfully and firmly led the battle of the division. The division went 12 km ahead in an offensive battle, waging intense battles all the time, overcoming minefields and barriers. The division fought hard and steadfastly. The division defeated two regiments of the 5th infantry division of the enemy, 1,500-2,000 Germans were destroyed in battle, up to 15 guns were captured, many mortars, machine guns and other military equipment, and up to 20 enemy tanks were destroyed ... "
In early October 1941, during the Vyazemsky defensive operation , parts of the division were surrounded. On October 5, Dodonov received an order to withdraw beyond the Dnieper River , after which the division moved to the Mishutino area. Then, having first passed the outgoing units of the 19th Army through its military formations, the division crossed the Dnieper. By this time, the city of Vyazma was already occupied by the enemy. Bypassing the city from the south, the division made its way to the troops with battles. On October 13, 1941, in his Naryshevo district, all cars were burned on his orders. On the night of October 14-15, Major General Dodonov managed to go out at the head of a group of command and control personnel and soldiers in uniform, with documents and personal weapons on the front of the 49th Army in the area of the city of Serpukhov (517 people left). Upon leaving the encirclement, he was at the disposal of the Military Council of the Western Front. In December, he was wounded in the leg, after which he was treated in a hospital in the city of Kuibyshev . In February 1942, he was appointed commander of the 405th Rifle Division of SAVO in the city of Alma-Ata . Since June 1942 he took command of the 49th Infantry Division of the Moscow Defense Zone . In late August, she was sent to the Stalingrad Front , where she became part of the 66th Army and fought hard battles with the enemy , breaking through to the Volga north of Stalingrad . September 20, 1942 Dodonov was shell-shocked and evacuated to a hospital in Moscow. After treatment, in May 1943, he was at the disposal of the GUK, then in July he was appointed head of the 3rd Ordzhonikidze Infantry School in the city of Engels, Saratov Region. In August 1943, the school was relocated to the city of Ordzhonikidze . In July 1944 he was removed from his post and was appointed deputy commander of the 12th reserve rifle division of the South Ural Military District [2] .
Post-war time
After the war in the same position. In November 1945, he was placed at the disposal of the Military Council of the South Ural Military District, then from May 1946 he was at the disposal of the Personnel Administration of the Ground Forces. On August 5, 1946, Major General Dodonov was dismissed due to illness [2] .
Rewards
- Order of Lenin (02.21.1945) [3]
- two orders of the Red Banner (08.29.1939, 03.11.1944 [3] )
- Order of the Patriotic War , 2nd degree (11.16.1943) [4]
- medals, including:
- "XX years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army" (1938)
- "For the defense of Moscow"
- “For the defense of Stalingrad”
- “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” (09.25.1945) [5]
Memory
Notes
- ↑ Now the village of Barskoye-Gorodishche , Pavlovsky rural settlement , Suzdal district , Vladimir region , Russia
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Team of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / Ed. Coll .: N. B. Akberdin, I. I. Basik, S. A. Botzvin, n. I. Nikiforov, I. A. Permyakov, M. V. Smyslov . - M .: “Kuchkovo Field”. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation , General Directorate of Personnel, State Institution for Work with Personnel, Institute of Military History of the Military Academy of the General Staff. The Central Archive ., 2014 .-- T. III. Commanders of rifle, mountain rifle divisions, Crimean, polar, Petrozavodsk divisions, Rebolsky divisions, fighter divisions. - S. 834-836. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0382-3 , UDC 94, BBK 63.3 (3) 722.78.
- ↑ 1 2 Awarded in accordance with the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 06/04/1944 "On awarding orders and medals for the length of service in the Red Army"
- ↑ Award sheet in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 686043 , d. 16 , p. 27 ).
- ↑ Award sheet in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” (archive materials of TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 44677 , d. 612 , l. 1 ).
Links
Literature
- Team of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / Ed. Coll .: N. B. Akberdin, I. I. Basik, S. A. Botzvin, n. I. Nikiforov, I. A. Permyakov, M. V. Smyslov . - M .: “Kuchkovo Field”. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation , General Directorate of Personnel, State Institution for Work with Personnel, Institute of Military History of the General Staff Military Academy The Central Archive ., 2014 .-- T. III. Commanders of rifle, mountain rifle divisions, Crimean, polar, Petrozavodsk divisions, Rebolsky divisions, fighter divisions. - S. 834-836. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0382-3 , UDC 94, BBK 63.3 (3) 722.78.