The Narva Labor Regiment is a military formation of the Estonian SSR people's militia , created in August 1941 and participating in the defense of Leningrad [1] [2] [3] [4] .
| Narva Workers Regiment | |
|---|---|
| Years of existence | August - September 1941 |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Type of | rifle regiment |
| Number | 1500 |
| Participation in | The Great Patriotic War |
| Commanders | |
| Famous commanders | K. Goncharov F. Lisitsyn |
Content
- 1 Formation
- 1.1 Narva Fighter Battalion
- 1.2 Narva working regiment
- 2 Activities
- 3 Memory
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
Formation
Narva Fighter Battalion
The 5th Narva Fighter Battalion was created in Narva at the end of June 1941, Captain F. Lisitsyn became commander of the battalion, Secretary of the Narva City Committee of the CP (b) E. I. Chernov became the commissar, 250 of the 500 soldiers were battalion workers of the Krenholm manufactory [4] .
In the future, in connection with the approach of the front line to the city, it was decided to create a larger compound on the basis of the battalion [4] .
Since since July 1, 1941, all parts of the EstSSSR people's militia were transferred to the positions of the Red Army units, the regiment was formed according to the states of the Red Army rifle regiment [5] .
Narva Workers Regiment
The formation of the regiment began on August 12, 1941, in the area of Lilienbach Manor, two kilometers east of Narva on the basis of the Narva fighter battalion, employees of the Narva city police and local volunteers, as well as the personnel of the fighter battalions and militia who retreated to Narva from the Viru and Tartu districts of EstSSR. The creation of the regiment took place with the assistance of Soviet and party bodies, participated in it.A. Yu. Pauk , H. Kh. Arbon , D. Kuzmin, A. Paas and other senior officials of the EstSSR [3] .
The composition of the regiment was international (it was served by Estonians, Russians, Latvians and representatives of other nationalities), about 27% of the personnel were communists and Komsomol members [5] .
The regiment included three rifle battalions, a machine-gun mortar company and an artillery battery: [3]
- The 1st battalion was formed mainly from police officers of the EstSSR, the commander of the battalion was captain Nikolai Trankman
- The 2nd battalion was formed from the personnel of the fighter battalions and militia who retreated to Narva from Viru and Tartu counties, as well as a company of Latvian volunteers (161 people, including 120 Latvians, 22 Russians, 6 Belarusians, 4 Poles and representatives other nationalities).
- The 3rd battalion was formed from the personnel of the fighter battalions and militia who retreated to Narva from Viljandi and Järva counties, the basis was 314 fighters of the 17th Viljandimaa fighter battalion
- the machine-gun and mortar company included a machine-gun company and a battery of 76 mm artillery guns, which were transferred to the regiment from the 8th Army
Captain K. Goncharov was appointed commander of the regiment (and after the death of July 21, 1941, captain-border guard F. Lisitsyn), the commissar was the secretary of the Narva City Committee of the Communist Party (b) EI Chernov, and the commander of the 5th Narva Fighter Battalion became commanders of the battalions captain N.M. Trankman , the commander of the 6th Virumaa Fighter Battalion M. Rogozin and the secretary of the Viljandi County Committee of the CP (b) E Oscar Abori [5] [3] .
On August 19, 1941, in the area of Kotly, the formation of the regiment was completed [3] .
Activities
On August 19, 1941, part of the regiment as part of the Kingisepp group of forces attacked Kingisepp and liberated the northwestern part of the city, the next two days the regiment took part in counterattacks in the vicinity of the city, from August 22, as part of the 11th Infantry Division of the Red Army, conducted defensive battles north of Kingisepp [4 ] .
On August 25, 1941, the regiment captured the outskirts of the city, but the Germans bypassed the soldiers of the regiment from the flank and the regiment was forced to retreat with significant losses [3] .
Until August 27, 1941, as part of the 11th Rifle Division of the Red Army, the regiment participated in counterattacks in the vicinity of Kingisepp [3] .
Since August 28, 1941, the regiment defended the borders along the Sist and Voronki rivers [4] .
In the following days, the regiment continuously fought in the area of Kotly and on the Primorsky bridgehead near Oranienbaum [3] .
On September 10, 1941 [4], the regiment located on the Oranienbaum bridgehead was disbanded due to the losses suffered [3] and on September 22, 1941 it ceased to exist [5] .
The personnel of the regiment was transferred as a replenishment to the composition of the units of the 11th Infantry Division of the Red Army [5] [3] (mainly to the 320th Infantry Regiment of the division) [4] .
Subsequently, the Estonian personnel was mainly transferred as a replenishment in part of the 8th Estonian Rifle Corps of the Red Army .
Memory
In the city museum of Narva, a separate exposition was dedicated to the regiment [6] .
On the boulder near the bridge across the Kaskolovka River, a memorial sign “To the soldiers-militias of the Narva working regiment who fell in battle on these lines for the freedom of the Motherland on 19.VIII.1941” is installed
Notes
- ↑ N.A. Kirsanov. At the call of the motherland. Volunteer formations of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. M., “Thought”, 1974. p.15
- ↑ History of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-1945 (in six volumes). / redkoll., P.N. Pospelov et al. Volume 2. M., Military Publishing House, 1961. p. 83-84
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 P.A. Larin. Estonian people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Tallinn, Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR, 1964. pp. 77-79
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 colonel of the reserve I.I. Paul. The battle path of the Estonian national militia // Tallinn on fire. A collection of memoirs of the participants in the defense of Tallinn and the Moonsund Archipelago (July 7 - December 2, 1941) Tallinn, "Eesti Raamat", 1970. pp. 128-136
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 The struggle for the Soviet Baltic in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (in 3 books). Book 1. Riga, “Liesma”, 1966. pp. 122-123
- ↑ Narva during the Great Patriotic War // Narva City Museum / comp. E. Krivosheev. Narva, 1960. pp. 46-47
Literature
- History of the Estonian SSR. 2nd ed., Tallinn, Estonia, 1958.
- N. M. Trankman. On the Narva Isthmus // Tallinn on fire. A collection of memoirs of participants in the defense of Tallinn and the Moonsund Archipelago (July 7 - December 2, 1941) Tallinn, "Estonian Raamat", 1970. pp. 156-154
- Estonian people in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union (in 2 vols) / redkoll., Ch. ed. L.N. Lentsman. Tallinn, Eesti Raamat, 1973