Solomon Gamsheevich Dubrovsky (January 23, 1901 , Kakhovka - July 5, 1944 , Kobylnik ) was a participant in the establishment of Soviet power in Ukraine. Member of the Civil, Soviet-Polish and World War II. Colonel (1943), deputy regiment commander for political affairs.
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| Date of Birth | January 23, 1901 |
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| Date of death | July 5, 1944 (43 years) |
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| Citizenship |  Russian Empire of the  the USSR |
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In the interwar period - a historian, candidate of historical sciences, an expert on party history and the history of the Civil War.
Biography
Born in 1901. By nationality - a Jew. From the age of 15 he has been working at a cast iron foundry in Kakhovka. Member of the CPSU (b) since June 1917 .
Civil War
In 1918 S.G. Dubrovsky created an underground Bolshevik party organization in Kakhovka in the rear of the Kaiser invaders. Through him liaised with the underground committee of Kherson and Odessa . One of the leaders of the Kahovsky Party Committee and Secretary of the Revkom .
At the beginning of 1919 , he took part in the preparation of the uprising against the "white" and in the organization of partisan detachments.
The author of the first appeal to the population of Kakhovka on behalf of the Revkom on the establishment of Soviet power.
During the difficult situation of armed struggle in Ukraine and the Grigorievsky rebellion , he personally participates in the battles for Kakhovka and Berislav with the superior forces of ataman Grigoriev . Captured. Then, together with other fighters, he was exchanged for the prisoners of Grigorievsk.
After being released from captivity, he joined the 521 regiment of the 58th rifle division . He held the post of political officer of the company, then - assistant military commissar of the regiment and brigade.
Participated in the 400-km raid of the Southern Group of the 12th Army along the enemy’s rear with a double encirclement of the encirclement, connecting with the main forces of the 12th Army, and subsequent access to Zhitomir and Kiev.
As part of the 58, 47 and 45 divisions, Solomon Dubrovsky participated in the defeat of Denikin 's troops in the Soviet-Polish war .
Interwar Period
In 1923 - 1927 he studied at the Military-Political Academy named after VI. Lenin .
In 1927-1930, he was the head of the agitprop, the deputy head of the polyotomy of the Moscow proletarian division .
From 1930 to 1936 - teacher of party history, head of the educational department of the Military-political courses named after Lenin.
In June 1938 he transferred to the scientific work at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , specializing in the history of the Civil War. Candidate of Historical Sciences.
The most prominent historians of the country, academicians A.N. Pankratova , I.I. Mintz and others in the obituary noted: “ And in the scientific field S. G. Dubrovsky was primarily a Bolshevik. This was reflected in his choice of little-studied, complex and topical issues for his studies and in the Bolshevik passion, which he invested in his scientific work . ”
Great Patriotic War
During the Great Patriotic War, he taught the basics of Marxism-Leninism at the KE Voroshilov Military Academy of Chemical Defense .
At the end of 1942 , on the instructions of the Commission on the History of the Great Patriotic War of the USSR Academy of Sciences, he traveled to one of the divisions to collect material on the history of the division. As a result, a brochure was published on the heroism of Soviet soldiers.
From November 1943 - deputy commander for political affairs of the 938 rifle regiment of the 306 rifle division of the 43rd Army of the 1st Baltic Front.
December 20, 1943 during a fascist counterattack in the direction of the command post near the village. Kholudnya in Vitebsk region enemy tanks suddenly broke through (in this tank battle a Soviet tankman Anatoly Uglovsky was killed). This caused confusion among signalmen and other fighters. S.G. Dubrovsky suppressed panic and, with the support of several submachine gunners and armored soldiers, under heavy enemy fire organized defense and rescue of wounded soldiers from a burning house. Fascist tanks moved away.
From the diary of Dubrovsky: “ And today I am again in Colday. Not a single house, no barn left; only a wrecked tank and a dugout remind us of this place and what happened ... Here a monument is erected to Uglovsky and a tank will remain at the monument ”.
On June 25, 1944, during the Operation Bagration, the regiment distinguished itself when crossing the Western Dvina River:
The regiment was the first to force the Zapadnaya Dvina River, where Comrade. Dubrovsky personally showed resilience and organization, managing units during their crossing
During the offensive, it was not uncommon to be in the combat formations of subunits. Apply for the award of Comrade. Dubrovsky Order of the Red Banner .- from the Award sheet dated July 4, 1944, signed by the commander of the 306 rifle division M.I. Kucheryavenko
From the diary of S.G. Dubrovsky:
" Yesterday we forced the Western Dvina ... When crossing the Western Dvina, they literally fought for floats, logs and other improvised means to be among the first to move to that bank ... The Germans run in panic, not even having time to blow up bridges behind themselves For the first time in many months, we meet residents. Today, an old woman kissed me for joy ... We release young girls persecuted in Germany, guys from concentration camps. "Mobilize us now, they ask ."
On July 5, 1944, he died from wounds in the hospital of the 286th separate medical and sanitary battalion of the 306th rifle division , the hospital dislocation was in the m. Kobylnik of the Myadel district of the Byelorussian SSR . He was buried there. Later, the remains were transferred to a mass grave in the city of Myadel .
Obituary on the death of S.G. Dubrovsky was published in the journal of the Department of History of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR “ Historical Journal ” for 1944, signed: historians A.N. Pankratova , I.I. Mintsa , A.L. Sidorov , I.M. Acceleration , B.D. Grekova , L.N. Ivanov , commander of the 306 rifle division of Hero of the Soviet Union M.I. Kucheryavenko .
Awards
- Diploma of the Odessa Regional Executive Committee ( 1932 in honor of the 15th anniversary of the Great October Revolution )
- Medal of the XX Years of the Worker-Peasant Red Army (04/30/1938)
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1 degree (July 15, 1944 , posthumously)
Family
Wife - Broner-Dubrovskaya Gita Yakovlevna (1900-1971), daughter - Nelli, son - Felix.
Sources and literature
- S.G. Dubrovsky (obituary) // Historical journal . - Moscow. - 1944. - №9. - p. 111
- The newspaper "Dawn of Communism." - Kakhovka. - July 19, 1957
- Name them // Literary Gazette. - March 30, 1965
- Barys ў. E. Dzel shchastsya lyudskog // Yes new peramog (Myadzel). - №148 (3274). - 14 snows 1965