Trofimov, Zakhar Trofimovich

Zakhar Trofimovich Trofimov was born on March 25, 1897 in the village of Bolshoy Yamashevo, Yadrinsky district, Kazan province, now the Yadrinsky district of Chuvashia. Chuvash .

World War I and Civil War

In 1915 he was drafted into the ranks of the Russian Imperial Army , after which he was sent to study at the Saratov school of ensigns, after which he was appointed to the post of company commander. He took part in the fighting on the South-Western Front . In 1917 he completed repeated officer courses, in the same year, with the rank of ensign, he was demobilized from the army.

In 1919 he joined the ranks of the Red Army . From 1920 to 1921 , while serving as commander of a combined cadet detachment, he took part in hostilities on the Northern and Turkestan fronts .

Interwar

In 1922 he was appointed to the post of company commander in the 4th Tashkent United School of the commanding staff named after V.I. Lenin.

After graduating from the MV Frunze Military Academy in July 1927, he served in the Leningrad School of Communications as a teacher and chief tactician, commander and chief of staff. In January 1933 he was appointed to the post of senior teacher of tactics at the MV Frunze Military Academy. In December 1939 - to the post of scientific supervisor of the cycle of tactics and service at the Higher Military School of the Red Army Staff Headquarters, and in November 1940 - to the post of senior lecturer at the Department of General Tactics and course head at the MV Frunze Military Academy.

World War II

With the outbreak of war, Trofimov continued to serve in the same academy. Since March 1943 he was appointed to the post of chief of staff of the 58th Rifle Corps formed in the Central Asian Military District . From July 8 to July 17, he temporarily served as commander of this corps.

From December 1943 to January 21, 1944, Trofimov temporarily commanded the 120th Rifle Corps , which was on the formation in Dmitrov ( Moscow Military District ), and then in the reserve of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command . Soon he held the post of chief of staff of this corps.

In April 1944, the corps was included in the 59th Army ( Leningrad Front ), which until the summer of the same year defended on the eastern shore of Lake Peipsi from Vaskkarve to Gdov . In July, the corps was relocated to the Karelian Isthmus , where it took part in the course of the Vyborg offensive operation .

In July 1944, Major General Trofimov was appointed to the post of commander of the 329th Infantry Division ^[1] , which took part in the Lviv-Sandomierz offensive operation , during which more than 200 kilometers passed, forced five rivers, including the San and Wisla , and also took control of the Sandomierz bridgehead on the west bank of the Vistula and participated in the liberation of the city of Sandomierz , for which Zakhar Trofimovich Trofimov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner .

In September 1944, he was appointed commander of the 106th Infantry Division ^[2] , which took part in the liberation of Poland , but in January 1945 Trofimov was removed from his post and was appointed acting head of the military and physical training department of the 78th Guards infantry division . In March he was appointed to the post of commander of this division, which soon distinguished itself during the Berlin and Prague offensive operations , as well as during the liberation of Dresden . For skillful leadership of the units of the division Zakhar Trofimovich Trofimov was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree.

During the war, Trofimov was twice mentioned in gratitude in the orders of the Supreme Commander ^[3]

Post-War Career

After the war, Trofimov continued to command the division. After its disbandment, in 1946 he was appointed to the post of head of the main faculty of the MV Frunze Military Academy .

Major General Zakhar Trofimovich Trofimov resigned in July 1957 . He died on February 21, 1961 in Moscow .

• Order of Lenin (02.21.1945 ^[4] );
• Three Orders of the Red Banner (12/22/1944, 11/03/1944 ^[4] , 1949 ^[4] );
• Order of Suvorov 2 degrees;
• Order of the Red Star (12/07/1943);
• Medals ^[5] ;
• Foreign awards, including:
  • Military Cross ( Czechoslovakia );
  • Order of Grunwald ( Poland ).

• Team of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006. - T. 1. - S. 574-575. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .
• "Alikov Encyclopedia" / Editorial board: Efimov L. A., Efimov E. L., Ananyev A. A., Terentyev G. K., - Cheboksary, 2009. - ISBN 978-5-7670-1630-3 .