Mikhail Stepanovich Posyakin ( November 27, 1899 , the village of Nikitino, now Pochinkovsky District , Nizhny Novgorod Region - January 14, 1981 , Moscow ) - Soviet military leader, Major General ( January 17, 1944 ).
| Mikhail Stepanovich Posyakin | ||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | November 27, 1899 | |||||||||
| Place of Birth | with. Nikitino, now Pochinkovsky district , Nizhny Novgorod region | |||||||||
| Date of death | January 14, 1981 ( 81) | |||||||||
| A place of death | Moscow | |||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||||
| Type of army | Infantry | |||||||||
| Years of service | 1919 - 1953 | |||||||||
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| Commanded | 9th Guards Rifle Corps | |||||||||
| Battles / wars | Civil war in Russia Soviet-Finnish War The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||
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Initial Biography
Mikhail Stepanovich Posyakin was born on November 27, 1899 in the village of Nikitino, now in the Pochinkovsky District of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
Military Service
Civil War
In July 1919, he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army and sent by the Red Army to the 607th Rifle Regiment, after which he took part in hostilities against troops under the command of generals K.K. Mamontov and A.G. Shkuro , and since August of that year As part of the 306th Infantry Regiment ( 34th Infantry Division ), he participated in military operations against the Kuban Army under the command of General N. A. Morozov , as well as armed forces under the command of General P. P. Fostikov in the Kuban and the North Caucasus .
In September 1922, Posyakin, as part of the 13th Baku infantry courses of the command staff, fought against the Cholokaev armed forces on the Southeast Front .
Interwar
After completing the Tiflis infantry courses of the command staff in August 1925, he was sent to the Leningrad Military District , where he served as platoon commander of the 32nd Infantry Regiment ( 11th Infantry Division ), platoon commander and weapons manager of a separate machine-gun company of the okrug, weapons manager and commander companies of the 15th machine gun battalion.
In January 1930 he was sent to study at the Shooting "Tactical Shooting Tactical Courses, after which he was appointed company commander in March of the same year, in April 1931 - to the post of chief of staff of the battalion, and in March 1933 - to assistant chief of Staff of the 1 st Leningrad border garrison , which included long served as commander of the battalion machine gun company, battalion chief of Staff and assistant chief of the 1st part of the border garrison headquarters, and in February 1936 appointed and Assistant Chief of the 1st department of the 2nd Department of Administrative and mobilization of the Red Army.
In April 1937 he was sent to study at the MV Frunze Military Academy , after which in February 1940 he was appointed to the post of chief of the operational department - deputy chief of staff of the 85th Infantry Division , after which he took part in hostilities during the Soviet-Finnish war . In November 1940, he was appointed chief of staff of the 15th machine gun and artillery brigade, and in March 1941, he was appointed chief of staff of the 204th motorized division ( 11th Mechanized Corps , Western Special Military District ).
World War II
With the outbreak of war, Posyakin was in his former position. The division conducted heavy defensive military operations in the areas of the cities of Grodno , Lida and Novogrudok .
Since August 1941 he was appointed to the post of deputy chief of staff of the 3rd Army , which took part in the Smolensk battle , and in September he was appointed to the post of chief of the operational department of staff of the 21st army , which participated in the hostilities in the Kiev defensive operation .
After completing the crash course of the K.E. Voroshilov Higher Military Academy in April 1942 he was appointed to the post of chief of staff of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps , and in January 1943 - to the post of chief of staff of the 9th Guards Rifle Corps . From February 4 to 11, 1944, he served as the commander of the same corps, which was conducting military operations on the Mozyr fortified area on the Ptich River . Soon the corps took part in the course of the Belorussian , Riga , Warsaw-Poznan , East Pomeranian and Berlin offensive operations . For exemplary performance of combat missions of the command, Posyakin was awarded the orders of Suvorov of the 2nd degree and World War 1 of the 1st degree.
Post-War Career
After the war ended, Major General Posyakin was at the disposal of the Military Council of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany and the Main Directorate of Personnel of NCOs and in October 1945 was appointed to the post of head of the Directorate of Military and Physical Training of the Headquarters of the Baltic Military District , and in January 1946 - to Head of the 1st Division of the Organizational-Staff Directorate of the Main Staff of the Ground Forces.
From April 1950 he was at the disposal of the Main Directorate of Personnel of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR and from August of the same year he served as head of the Directorate of Combat Training of the Main Automotive Department of the Ministry of Defense, then was again at the disposal of the Main Directorate of Personnel. In June 1952, he was appointed assistant commander for the combat units of the Northern Fleet Air Force.
Major General Mikhail Stepanovich Posyakin left the reserve in April 1953 . He died on January 14, 1981 in Moscow .
Rewards
- Order of Lenin ;
- Four Orders of the Red Banner ;
- Order of Suvorov 2 degrees;
- Order of Kutuzov 2 degrees;
- Order of the Patriotic War of 1 degree;
- Medals.
Memory
Literature
Team of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006. - T. 1. - S. 447-449. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .