Alekseev, Nikifor Efremovich

Born June 2 (15), 1889 in the village of Plyashivtsevo, Dorogobuzh district , Smolensk province (now Smolensk region ) in a peasant family. Russian.

In the army since 1911. Member of the First World War , platoon commander of the school regiment of the 17th Cavalry Division on the Northern Front , commander. From July 1917 in the Red Guard , the head of the detachment, then from November 1917 until August 1918 the Dorogobuzh district military commissar.

Member of the Civil War in Russia . In August 1918 - April 1919 he was chairman of the Dorogobuzh district emergency commission, then head of the equestrian team of the 28th infantry battalion of Smolenskaya Gubchek . From January to November 1920, he commanded the cavalry squadron of a separate infantry division of the 16th Army, and from November 1920 to February 1921 - the 19th cavalry regiment of the 19th Infantry Division. From February to April 1921, he was the head of the combined combat detachment at the 1st combat section of the Tambov province . Until November 1921, he commanded a separate cavalry division of the 11th separate cavalry brigade.

After the war, in November 1921 he entered the Military Academy of the Red Army . From October 1926 to November 1931 (with a break for study from October 1929 to April 1930), he commanded the 67th cavalry regiment of the 11th (from 1930 - 10th) cavalry division. From November 1931 to January 1932 - Head of the 1st sector of armored units of the North Caucasian Military District ; and from September 1932 to January 1934 - chief of staff of the 32nd Mechanized Brigade. From January 1934 to January 1937 he led the school of the junior command personnel of the 6th mechanized brigade, then - the school of the junior command personnel of the 11th mechanized corps (from January 1936 to January 1937 on a special business trip, the commander of a separate armored regiment). From December 1937 to April 1938 he worked as an inspector of the armored units of the 1st Cavalry Corps, and in April-June 1938 in a similar position in the 4th Cavalry Corps. Then, for exactly a year, he was the acting commander of the 24th light tank brigade . In 1939-1941 he was the head of the fuel supply department of KOVO . November 4, 1939 he was awarded the military rank of brigade commander. Member of the Polish campaign , head of the fuel supply department of the Ukrainian Front . Major General since June 4, 1940 (Decree of the Council of People 's Commissars of the USSR No. 945).

During the Great Patriotic War, until May 1942, he was the head of the fuel supply department of the South-Western Front , left the encirclement, and was wounded ^[1] . Until June, he served as the district quartermaster, and from June to August, the district quartermaster of the North Caucasus Military District. From August to November he was the head of the rear, deputy commander of the rear of the 5th Tank Army . From November 1942 to April 1943 he was at the disposal of the Main Directorate of Logistics of the Red Army. From April 1943 to May 1946 he was the head of the 2nd Ulyanovsk Tank School, and by the end of the year he managed to work as the head of the Sivash Tank School of Guards.

By order of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 0960 of December 24, 1946, he was dismissed under article No. 43 (due to illness) ^[2] .

He died on April 22, 1956. He was buried in Kiev at the Lukyanovsky military cemetery (plot number 2).

He was awarded three orders of the Red Banner , the Order of the Red Star and medals "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War" and "XX years of the Red Army" ^[3] .

• Smirnov E. I. "Frontal mercy." - Moscow: Military Publishing House, 1991