Upman, Karl Ivanovich

Born October 10, 1896 in the city of Windau (now Ventspils , Latvia ). Latvian ^[3] .

June 19, 1918 began serving in the Red Army as a military leader of the Ivano-Voznesensky Gubvoenkomat. From August 13, 1918, he decreases to the front and is appointed Assistant Commander of the 1st Workers 'and Peasants' Red Guard Cavalry Division. From 1 January 1919, serving in the 2nd Cavalry Division. Blinov in the following positions: Division Chief of Intelligence, June 1920 - Assistant Chief of Staff, from October 30, 1920 to May 2, 1921 - Chief of Division Headquarters. The division, which was part of the 1st Cavalry Army , participated in the battles in the Don and the North Caucasus against the Don Army (corps of Gen. Konovalov), the elimination of gangs, the pursuit of Denikin troops in the area of Boguchar , Millerovo , Ust-Medveditskaya (Dec. 1919 - Jan. 1920), in the fighting on the Manych River, near the villages of Platovskaya, Egorlykskaya, Mechetinskaya (Jan. – Feb. 1920), the liberation of the villages of Tikhoretskaya, Malorossiyskaya and Kavkazskaya (March 1920), in battles against the Kuban Army on the Kuban and Laba rivers ( Apr. 1920), Makhno gangs in the Orekhov region, Gulyaypole , Pokrovskoye, airborne groups s of General Ya. A. Slashchyov in the region of Melitopol (May – June 1920) ^[3] .

After the war in February 1923, Upman was appointed Chief of Staff of the 6th Separate Cavalry Brigade, and since February 24 of the same year, Chief of Operations Division Headquarters of the 7th Cavalry Division . In July 1924, became the chief of staff of the 41st cavalry regiment of the same division. In August 1925, he entered the Military Academy named after MV Frunze , in September 1928, after graduating from the Academy, he was appointed Chief of the Operations Division of the 3rd Cavalry Division Headquarters, and since 1930 - id. chief of staff of the same division. On May 4, 1931 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the 9th Cavalry Division . From May 1933 to January 1935, he was a student in the operational department of the Military Academy named after M. Frunze. From January 31, 1935 - Chief of Staff of the 1st Cavalry Division . From November 11, 1936 to July 31, 1938, he attended the Higher Academy of the General Staff . July 31, 1938, was relieved of his post and transferred to the reserve of the Red Army under art. 43 paragraph. "B" "Regulations on the service com. beginning composition of the Red Army " ^[3] .

On September 29, 1938, Upman again served in the Red Army as a senior lecturer in tactics at the Military Academy named after MV Frunze. From September 20, 1940 - Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Department of Operational Art of the GSH Higher Special School School. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1940. From February 2, 1943 - Senior Lecturer at the Department of Tactics and Operational Art of the Military Academy named after MV Frunze ^[3] .

From March 4, 1943 in the army and.d. chief of the operational department of the headquarters of the 3rd Guards Tank Army commanded by P. S. Rybalko . July 11, 1943 he was appointed chief of the operational department of the headquarters of the same army. From April 17 (according to other data - from May 16) to June 9, 1945 - id. Chief of Staff of the 4th Tank Army (from March 17, 1945 to the 4th Guards Tank Army ) under the command of D. D. Lelyushenko ^[3] .

During the war, General Upman was personally mentioned fourteen times in thanksgiving in the orders of the Supreme Commander ^[4]

June 9, 1945 he was appointed chief of staff of the 4th Guards Tank Army of the Central GV ^[3] .

From April 17, 1946 - Head of the Chair of the Technical and Military Medical Academy of the Higher Military Academy. Voroshilov . May 29, 1948 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff with the assignment of all rights ^[3] .

August 11, 1948 continued to serve in the Higher Military Academy. Voroshilov at the post of deputy head of the department of the TBiMV, from September 28, 1956 senior lecturer of the department of strategy and operational art. From February 17, 1958 he was a course head - senior lecturer of the operational art department, from October 8, 1958 deputy head of the operational art department, from February 29, 1960 the head of the department on the resolution of questions of automation and mechanization of troop control, from August 7, 1965 same academy ^[3] .

He died on September 7, 1968, and was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy Cemetery (columbarium, section 129) ^[5] .

• Colonel (11/29/1935) ^[3] ;
• Major General of Tank Forces (Decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR No. 187 of 02/18/1944) ^[3] ;
• Lieutenant-General of Tank Forces (Decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR No. 1511 of 06.26.1945) ^[3] .

• two orders of Lenin (including 21.02.1945 ^[6] )
• three orders of the Red Banner (08/25/1943 ^[7] , 11/03/1944 ^[6] , 06/24/1948 ^[6] )
• Order of Suvorov I degree (04/06/1945) ^[8]
• Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky I degree (28.05.1944) ^[9]
• Order of Suvorov, II degree (01/10/1944) ^[10]
• Order of Kutuzov II degree (11.08.1944) ^[11]
• Order of the Red Star (1936) ^[7]

Medals including:

• • " XX years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army " (1938) ^[7]
  • " For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. "(22.06.1945) ^[12]
  • " For the capture of Berlin "
  • " For the liberation of Prague "

Orders (thanks) of the Supreme Commander in which KI Upman is noted ^[4] .

• For the capture of the large administrative and economic center of Poland by the city of Kielce - an important communications hub and a stronghold of German defense. January 15, 1945. No. 220
• For seizing the city and the railway station Piotrków (Petrokov) - an important communications hub and a stronghold of German defense in the direction of Lodz. January 18, 1945. No. 227.
• For capturing the cities of Milicz, Bernstadt, Namslau, Karlsmarkt, Toast and Bischofstal - important communications hubs and strong points of the German defense and access to the Oder River near the city of Breslau in a 60 km stretch. January 23, 1945. No. 248.
• For seizing the city and the fortress Oppeln, an important center of the military industry of German Silesia, a major junction of railways and highways and a powerful stronghold of German defense on the Oder River. January 24, 1945. No. 251.
• For taking possession of the city of Sommerfeld and Zorau in the city of Grünberg and in the province of Vrandenburg on the territory of German Silesia, they are important communication hubs and powerful German defense bases. February 15, 1945. No. 281
• For a breakthrough of enemy defenses west and south of Oppeln, encirclement and defeat of a group of German troops south-west of Oppeln, as well as the capture of Neustadt, Kozel, Steinau, Sulz, Krappitz, Ober-Glogau, Falkenberg in German Silesia and the capture of more than 400 other populated points. March 22, 1945. No. 305.
• For seizing in Silesia, west of the Oder, the cities of Neuss and Leobschütz - strong strongholds of the German defense. March 24, 1945. No. 307.
• For the capture of the cities of Ratibor and Biskau - important junctions of roads and strong strongholds of the German defense on the left bank of the Oder. March 31, 1945. No. 321.
• For the breakthrough, with the support of massive artillery and aviation strikes, heavily fortified and deeply echeloned German defenses on the Neisse river, advancing from 80 to 160 kilometers, capturing the cities of Cottbus, Lübben, Zossen, Beelitz, Lukenwalde, Troyenbritzen, Zana, Marienfelde, Trebbin, Rangsdorf, Didersdorf, Teltow and entry from the south to the German capital Berlin. April 23, 1945. 340
• For the complete encirclement of Berlin and the mastery of the cities of Nauen, Elshtal, Rohrbeck, Marquardt. April 25, 1945. No. 342.
• For the assault on the city of Brandenburg - the center of the Brandenburg province and a powerful stronghold of the German defense in Central Germany. May 1, 1945. No. 355.
• For the completion of the liquidation of a group of German troops surrounded by the south-east of Berlin. May 2, 1945. No. 357.
• For the complete mastery of the capital of Germany, the city of Berlin - the center of German imperialism and the center of German aggression. May 2, 1945. No. 359.
• For the liberation from the German invaders of the capital of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, the city of Prague. May 9, 1945. No. 368

Foreign awards:

• Order of the Grunwald Cross, II degree ( Poland )
• Knight of the Knightly Order "Virtuti Military" ( Poland )
• military cross ( Czechoslovakia )
• Medal "Victory and Freedom" ( NDP )
• Medal "For Oder, Nisa and Baltic" ( NDP )

• The publicly available electronic bank of documents "The Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."

• Kalashnikov K.A., Dodonov I.Yu. Highest commanders of the USSR Armed Forces in the postwar period. Reference materials (1945-1975) Vol. 3. The command staff of tank forces. Ust-Kamenogorsk: Media Alliance, 2017.