Tkachev, Alexey Georgievich

Alexei Georgievich Tkachev was born on October 14, 1901 in the village of Svishchevo (now Spassky District, Penza Region).

Civil War

In January 1920, he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army and sent by the Red Army to the 3rd Volga battalion, stationed in Penza . In November of the same year he was sent to study at the regimental school of the 1st Infantry Regiment, after which in June 1921 he was appointed to the post of commander of the 15th Infantry Regiment. As part of these units, he took part in the hostilities in the Terek region against troops under the command of A. I. Denikin .

Interwar

In January 1922 he was sent to study at the 29th Mogilev infantry training courses for command personnel, after which he was sent to the 85th Infantry Regiment ( 29th Infantry Division , Western Military District ), where he served as commander of a platoon and platoon commander regimental school.

In August 1925 he was sent to study at the Ryazan Infantry School , after which in October 1928 he was appointed assistant commander of a company of the 1st Turkestan Rifle Regiment ( 1st Turkestan Rifle Division ), in October 1929 - to a term course commander, and then to the position of platoon commander in the United Central Asian military school .

In December 1931 he was appointed chief of staff of the battalion of the 5th Red Banner Rifle Regiment ( 2nd Rifle Division , Central Asian Military District ), which in May 1932 was redeployed to the city of Shepetovka and converted to the 299th Red Banner Rifle Regiment. At the same time, Tkachev was sent to study for advanced training courses for command personnel at the 4th Directorate of the Headquarters of the Red Army , after which in November of that year he returned to the 299th Rifle Regiment, where he served as assistant chief of staff and chief of staff of the regiment, in April In 1934 he was appointed assistant chief of the 2nd sector of the 5th department of the headquarters of the Ukrainian military district , and in February 1935 - to the post of battalion commander of the 8th infantry regiment.

In absentia, having graduated from the MV Frunze Military Academy , in January 1936 Tkachev was appointed to the position of company commander of the Kharkov infantry school of Chervonovy foremen named after VUTsIK, and in March 1937 - to the post of chief of the 5th part of the headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Division ( Kharkov Military District ).

In July 1938 he was sent to the Far East , where he was appointed to the post of chief of staff of the 34th Infantry Division ( 2nd Separate Red Banner Army ), in June 1939 - to the post of chief of 2nd department of staff of the 18th Rifle Corps , in July 1940 - to the post of senior teacher of tactics for advanced training courses for the command personnel of the engineering forces of the Far Eastern Front , and in April 1941 - to the post of teacher of the department of operational-tactical training of the Higher Special School of the General Staff of the Red Army.

World War II

With the outbreak of war he was in his former position.

In July 1941, he was appointed to the post of chief of the operations department of the headquarters of the 16th Army ( Trans-Baikal Military District ), and in August, to the post of chief of the combat training department of the same army, relocated to the Smolensk region, after which he took part in the fighting during the battle of Smolensk , and since October - in the battle of Moscow . In early October, during the hostilities in the Vyazma area and because of the threat of encirclement, the army retreated to the Mozhaisk defense line , where it took part in the hostilities during the Mozhaisk-Maloyaroslavets and Klinsko-Solnechnogorsk defensive operations , and with the transition of the army into offensive military operations in during the Klinsko-Solnechnogorsk offensive operation , and in January 1942 - in the Gzhat direction.

In March 1943 he was appointed to the post of chief of staff of the 45th Rifle Corps , which took part in the hostilities during the Rzhev-Vyazemsky offensive operation and the liberation of the city of Sychevka , and in September - October during the Smolensk-Roslavl offensive operation participated in the liberation of cities Yartsevo and Smolensk , as well as the right bank of the Dnieper south of the city of Sutoka .

In January 1944, Tkachev was placed at the disposal of the Military Council of the 31st Army , and from January 22 to February 3 he temporarily served as commander of the 114th Rifle Corps , who from October 1943 to January 1944 was on the formation of the army. In February of that year he was appointed to the post of chief of staff of the same corps, which took part in hostilities during the Polesskaya and Lublin-Brest offensive operations .

Since the end of July 1944, he served as chief of the operational department of the headquarters of the 28th army , which took part in the Lublin-Brest offensive operation, but in September of the same year he was re-appointed to the post of chief of staff of the 114th Rifle Corps, which took part in hostilities during the East Prussian , Mlavsko-Elbingskoy and East Pomeranian offensive operations , as well as the liberation of the cities in Modlin , Bromberg , Danzig , and others. during the Berlin offensive corps led combat the action tions in the direction of the city Noybrandenburg and Wismar , and then perform the tasks of protection and defense of the coast of the Baltic Sea in the area of Stettin .

Post-War Career

After the war he was in his former position.

In October 1945, he was appointed to the post of chief of staff of the 40th Guards Rifle Corps ( Group of Soviet Forces in Germany ), but since February 1946 he was at the disposal of the Military Council of the Voronezh Military District , then the Main Personnel Directorate of the NPO and in April of that year appointed head of the department of operational art, and tactics in foreign languages the Military Institute of the Red Army , and in May 1947 - a senior lecturer at the same time the head of the tactical team training bases th faculty of the Military Academy named after MV Frunze .

Major General Alexei Georgievich Tkachev in January 1952 went into reserve. He died on December 10, 1965 in Moscow .

• Order of Lenin ;
• Three Orders of the Red Banner ;
• Order of Suvorov 2 degrees;
• Order of Kutuzov 2 degrees;
• Order of the Patriotic War of 1 degree;
• Medals.

Team of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006. - T. 1. - S. 570-572. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .