Vasily Mikhailovich Govyadkin ( April 22, 1896 , Taskaikha [1] - July 28, 1959 ) [2] - Major General of the USSR Liaison Forces (1940), Deputy Head of the Military Technical Academy for Scientific and Educational Work in the Polish Army; Doctor of Technical Sciences , head of the school of radio specialists of armored and mechanized troops, head of the Military Electrotechnical Academy of the Red Army of the name of S. M. Budenny [3] [4] .
| Vasily Mikhailovich Govyadkin | |||||||||
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| Date of Birth | April 22, 1896 | ||||||||
| Place of Birth | Taskaikha , Tula province , Russia | ||||||||
| Date of death | July 28, 1959 (63 years old) | ||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire the USSR | ||||||||
| Type of army | Signal Corps | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1915-1955 | ||||||||
| Rank |  major general | ||||||||
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| Commanded | company of the Saratov Rifle Regiment | ||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I Civil war in Russia The Great Patriotic War | ||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
Biography
From 1910 to 1915 he worked as a clerk. Member of World War I in the ranks of the Russian Imperial Army [5] , during the revolution he joined the RSDLP . Since July 1918 in the Red Army [5] , deputy commander of a fighting squad in the State Bank of Petrograd. He served in the electrical technical battalion of the Red Army reserve, in December 1918 he graduated from courses and became the company commander of the Saratov Rifle Regiment. Member of the battles of the Civil War against the White Movement and the Green Movement in the Urals, from June 1919 he studied at the radio engineering school. After graduating from it, he became an instructor and commissioner. Deputy commander of the 7th radio engineering division [6] .
In 1923-1925 - student of the Military Electrical Academy of the Red Army, in 1925-1930 he studied at the Military Technical Academy of the Red Army, after which he became a senior engineer of the Command of the Signal Forces of the Red Army. In 1932 he became head of the laboratory and head of the department of electrical engineering at the Radio Engineering Academy [5] , and taught until 1937. He defended his thesis and received the title of candidate of technical sciences [5] , then was deputy chief of the Red Army communications forces. From November 1938 to June 1942 - Head of the Military Electrotechnical Academy of the Red Army named after S. M. Budenny [5] . By Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR No. 945 of June 4, 1940, he was promoted to major general of the communications troops [6] .
In 1941-1942 he was a participant in the defense of Leningrad, from June 1942 he was the head of the School of Radio Specialists of the Armored Forces at the Research Institute and the deputy chief of the Western Front Liaison Force [5] . In 1946-1947, he was the head of the School of Radio Specialists of Armored and Mechanized Forces, which was redeployed in June 1946 to Michurinsk , and in May 1947 to Gorky . Since June 1950, he was chief engineer and deputy head of the design and technical department of the USSR communications forces. June 1, 1951 he was sent to the Polish Army, where he was deputy chief for scientific and educational work of the Military Technical Academy of the Polish Army until November 24, 1954 [6] [5] .
In stock since 1955 [5] .
He was buried in Moscow at the Vvedensky cemetery [5] .
Rewards
- Officer Cross of the Order of the Renaissance of Poland (1954)
- The order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner (twice)
- Medal "For the Defense of Leningrad"
- Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
- Medal "30 years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Notes
- ↑ People of the Tver region. Part 5 (Russian)
- ↑ Biogram z kalendarza historycznego: Wasilij M. Gowiadkin (Polish)
- ↑ Museum of LVVIUS named after Lensovet (SPVVIUS) (Russian)
- ↑ Materials of the meeting of the senior management of the Red Army (Russian)
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Biographies of the commanders of the Red Army, CF, contemporary art, etc. Govyadkin Vasily Mikhailovich (Russian)
- ↑ 1 2 3 Królikowski, 2010 , s. 456–457.
Literature
- Janusz Królikowski. Generałowie i admirałowie Wojska Polskiego 1943-1990. - Toruń, 2010 .-- T. I: AH.