17th Guards Mechanized Brigade

	17th Guards Mechanized Brigade
Awards:
Names of Honor:	Petrokovskaya
Troops:	land
Type of army:	Armored and mechanized troops ( BTiMV )
Formation:	06/17/1943
Disbanding (transformation):	06.1945
Predecessor:	6th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment
Successor:	17th Guards Mechanized Regiment (1945) → 17th Guards Mechanized Battalion Frame (1946) → 17th Guards Mechanized Regiment (1949) → 81st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (1957) → 23rd Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade (2009 —2016)
	Fighting way
	1943-1945: Great Patriotic War; Oryol strategic offensive operation; Proskurov-Chernivtsi offensive; Lviv-Sandomierz operation; Lower Silesian offensive; Upper Silesian offensive; Berlin offensive; Prague operation

The 17th Guards Mechanized Petrokovsky twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Brigade ( 17th Guards Mehbr ) - the Guards Mechanized Brigade of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War .

Formation history

The Battle Banner of the 17th Guards Mechanized Red Banner Brigade (for 1943). (Front side)

The Battle Banner of the 17th Guards Mechanized Red Banner Brigade (for 1943). (Downside)

The brigade conducts its history from the 210th Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Infantry Division , formed on June 16, 1939 in the city of Perm . In March 1940, the 82nd Division was reorganized into the 82nd Motorized Rifle Division , and the regiment was in the 210th Motorized Rifle Division, on March 17, 1942 the 82nd Division was transformed into the 3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division , and the regiment into the 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Division .

On the basis of the Directive of the General Staff of the Red Army No. 39188 / cc of June 17, 1943, the 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Red Banner Regiment of the 3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division was deployed to the 17th Guards Mechanized Red Banner Brigade of the 6th Guards Mechanized Corps ^[1] ^[2] ^{[ 3]} , according to the states №№ 010 / 420-010 / 431, 010 / 413-010 / 451. The formation of the brigade took place from June 21 to July 12, 1943 in the Kosterevsky military tank camps of the Moscow Military District with a deployment in the village of Deulino, Zagorsky District .

The 126th Tank Regiment was formed in November 1942, on the basis of the directive of the NKO USSR No. 2/884 of October 25, 1942. The formation of the regiment took place in Tambov on the basis of the 646th separate tank battalion, staff No. 010/292. The regiment entered the 17th brigade on June 20, 1943. Order of the NKO USSR No. 050 of March 17, 1945 and Directive of the General Staff of the Red Army No. Org / 4/83437 of April 4, 1945, the 126th Tank Regiment was transformed into the 115th Guards Tank Regiment No. 010/465.

Engaging in hostilities

The period of entry into the army: July 20, 1943 - September 19, 1943, February 28, 1944 - May 11, 1945 ^[4] .

From July 19 to July 25, 1943, the brigade made a four-kilometer combined march along the route: Zagorsk , Moscow , Podolsk , Serpukhov , Tula , Krapivna , Belev , the village of Dubenka, Bolkhovsky District, Oryol Region , where it entered into operational subordination of the Western Front .

On July 26, the brigade was introduced into the breakthrough on the Konoplyanka - Lunevo section with the task of developing success in the enemy’s operational depth, cutting the Orel - Bryansk railway and preventing the enemy from withdrawing from the direction of the city of Oryol. The brigade, as part of the corps, from July 26 to August 3, 1943, fought along the route: Voinovo, Vetrovsky, Suryanino, Krivusha, Rozhkovo, Krasny Sodok, Krasnaya Gora, Free Labor, Martynovsky.

From 4 to 5 August 1943, the brigade, as part of the corps, moved to the area: Nizina, Sorokina, Peshkovo, where it entered into operational subordination of the Bryansk Front .

From May 6 to 9, 1945, a brigade of the 6th Guards Mechanized Corps of the 4th Guards Tank Army participated in the Prague offensive operation . On May 6, the brigade began to advance in the direction: Ostrau , Luttewitz, Nossen , Freiberg , Most , Lokau, Prague and by 3 pm completely cleared the south-western outskirts of Prague to the Vltava River. Having completed the task, by the end of May 9, the brigade concentrated in the area of Sporzhilov and by 6.00 on May 10 took up defensive positions in the area of Dolní Brzežany.

After May 10, 1945, the brigade did not conduct any fighting, on May 12, it made a march to the Novi Dum area, where it set about setting up the camp and combat training.

Composition

Brigade Management (staff number 010/420)
1st motorized rifle battalion (staff number 010/421)
2nd Motorized Rifle Battalion (staff number 010/421)
3rd motorized rifle battalion (staff number 010/421)
Mortar battalion (staff number 010/422)
Artillery Division (staff number 010/423)
Company PTR (staff number 010/424)
Company of machine gunners (staff number 010/425)
Intelligence company (staff number 010/426)
Management Company (staff number 010/427)
Roth technical support (staff number 010/428)
Engineering Mine Company (staff number 010/429)
Automotive company (staff number 010/430)
Medical platoon (staff number 010/431)
Anti-aircraft gun company (staff number 010/451)
The 126th Tank Regiment (staff No. 010/465) (since March 17, 1945, the 115th Guards Tank Regiment)

Submission

date	Front District	Army	Housing	Notes
July 1, 1943	Moscow Military District	district subordination	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
1.08.1943 years	Bryansk Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
1.09.1943 years	Bryansk Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
10/1/1943	Reserve BGC rates	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
11.11.1943	Reserve BGC rates	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
1 December 1943	Reserve BGC rates	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
01/01/1944	Reserve BGC rates	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
1.02.1944	Reserve BGC rates	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
1.03.1944	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
1.04.1944	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
05/01/1944	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
June 1, 1944	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
July 1, 1944	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
1.08.1944	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
01/09/1944	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
10/1/1944	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
11.11.1944	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
1.12.1944	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
01/01/1945	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
1.02.1945	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
1.03.1945	1st Ukrainian Front	4th Panzer Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
1.04.1945 years	1st Belorussian Front	4th Guards Tank Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-
1 May 1945	1st Belorussian Front	4th Guards Tank Army	6th Guards Mechanized Corps	-

Brigade Command

Brigade Commanders

Shcherbakov, Nikodim Efremovich (06/26/1943 - 09.1943), Guard Colonel
Medvedev, Mikhail Vsevolodovich (09.1943 - 04/28/1944), guard colonel (died April 28, 1944)
Privezentsev, Stepan Vasilyevich (05.1944 - 11.1944), Guard Colonel (wounded 07/27/1944)
Churilov, Leonid Dmitrievich (11.1944 - 03.1945), guard lieutenant colonel
Selivanchik, Nikolai Yakovlevich (04/11/1945 - 06/10/1945), Guard Colonel

Deputy brigade commander for combat units

Yurasov Grigory Ivanovich (08.1944), guard lieutenant colonel

Brigade Chiefs

Dobrov Mikhail Vasilyevich (06.1943 - 11.1943), guard lieutenant colonel
Zaitsev Ivan Grigorievich (11.1943 - 05.1944), guard lieutenant colonel
Churilov, Leonid Dmitrievich (03/23/1944 - 11.1944), guard lieutenant colonel
Goncharov Ivan Yakovlevich (11.1944 - 10.06.1945), the guard major

Awards

Reward (title)	Award date	What is received
"Guards"	Order of the NKO USSR No. 78 of March 17, 1942	rank inherited from the 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment
Order of the Red Banner	Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet on May 3, 1942	Order inherited from the 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment
Order of Suvorov II degree	Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet on August 10, 1944	for the exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with the German invaders, for mastering the city of Lviv and showing valor and courage
Honorary title Petrokovskaya	Supreme Command Order No. 014 of February 19, 1945	for differences in the battles for the capture of the city Piotrkow (Petrokov)
Order of Kutuzov II degree	Decree of the Presidium of the Armed Forces of the USSR of April 26, 1945	for the exemplary performance of command assignments in battles by the German invaders while mastering the cities of Ratibor , Biskau and the valor and courage displayed at the same time
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky II degree	Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet on May 28, 1945	for the exemplary performance of command assignments in battles in breaking through the defenses of the Germans on the Neuss River and taking possession of the cities of Cottbus , Lübben , Zossen , Belitz , Luckenwalde , Troyenbritzen , Zahn , Marienfeld , Trebbin , Rangsdorf , Diedersdorf, Teltow and manifested with valor and brave men.
Order of the Red Banner	Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet on June 4, 1945	for the exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with the German invaders in the capture of the capital of Germany, the city of Berlin and the valor and courage shown at the same time

Distinguished Warriors

FULL NAME	Position	Rank	Award date	Notes
Alekseev Sergey Konstantinovich	reconnaissance platoon commander of the 1st motorized rifle battalion	guard	06.27.1945
Viljski Veniamin Vladimirovich	machine gun reconnaissance company	guard	04/10/1945
Vostrikov Vasily Dmitrievich	T-34 tank mechanic 126th tank regiment	guard	04/10/1945	died in battle February 4, 1945, buried in Hobene
Galin Mikhail Petrovich	commander of a machine-gun company of the 2nd motorized rifle battalion	guard	06.27.1945
Dikarev Viktor Mikhailovich	commander of the 3rd motorized rifle battalion	guard	04/10/1945
Zagainov Stepan Tarasovich	T-34 tank commander, 126th tank regiment	guard	04/10/1945	died in battle on February 4, 1945, buried in a suburb of Berlin
Kerzhnev Tagir Kalyukovich	reconnaissance company commander	guard	04/10/1945
Kidalov Fedor Nikolaevich	gunner guns artillery battalion	guard	06.27.1945	April 19, 1945 died in the battles for Berlin
Kostyakov Boris Alexandrovich	commander of an artillery battalion	guard	06.27.1945
Lyzenko Nikolay Romanovich	commander of a rifle company of the 3rd motorized rifle battalion	guard	04/10/1945 ^[5]
Maksimov Timofey Maksimovich	Party organizer of the 2nd motorized rifle battalion	guard	04/10/1945
Meletyan Harutyun Rubenovich	commander of a rifle platoon of the 3rd motorized rifle battalion	guard
Nazarov Tuychi	shooter of the 2nd motorized rifle battalion	guard	04/10/1945
Nazariev Georgiy Andreevich	commander of the rifle squad of the 2nd motorized rifle battalion	guard	04/10/1945
Ogulenko Maxim Artyomovich	shooter of the 1st motorized rifle battalion	guard	04/10/1945
Pepelyaev Nikolai Yakovlevich	Battery Commander 57-mm guns 2nd Motorized Rifle Battalion	guard	06.27.1945
Petrichenko Andrey Arkhipovich	commander of the 1st motorized rifle battalion	guard	06.27.1945	died March 30, 1945, buried in the village of Klein Grauden, reburied in the city of Kendzejin-Kozle
Prosyanik Emelyan Ivanovich	shooter of the 1st motorized rifle battalion	guard	04/10/1945
Rybalko Ivan Fedorovich	commander of the 3rd motorized rifle battalion	guard	04/10/1945	died in battle February 4, 1945
Rysyuk Ilya Grigorievich	commander of the rifle squad of the 1st motorized rifle battalion	guard	04/10/1945	died in battle January 30, 1945, buried in a mass grave in the village of Kemblow
Sedenkov Timofey Dmitrievich	platoon commander of a reconnaissance company	guard	04/10/1945
Slobodenyuk Grigory Afanasyevich	machine gun reconnaissance company	guard	04/10/1945
Solomatin Alexander Ivanovich	commander of a rifle company of the 2nd motorized rifle battalion	guard	04/10/1945	died in battle March 18, 1945, buried in the village of Radzikowice, north-west of Nysa , Poland
Sultanov Isa Klychevich	T-34 platoon commander of the 126th tank regiment	guard	04/10/1945	died in battle on February 1, 1945, buried in the village of Khobenya, Poland
Valentin Georgievich Titov	commander of the 2nd motorized rifle battalion	guard	06.27.1945
Tkachuk Ivan Alekseevich	commander of the 126th tank regiment	guard	04/10/1945	died in battle on February 4, 1945, his body burned in a tank
Trubitsyn Mikhail Ivanovich	commander of the 1st motorized rifle battalion	guard	04/10/1945
Tyumentsev Fedor Petrovich	machine gun reconnaissance company	guard	04/10/1945
Tsarev Alexander Kondratievich	commander of the 1st motorized rifle battalion	guard	06.27.1945
Churilov Leonid Dmitrievich	brigade commander	guard	04/06/1945 ^[6]
Voloshin Nikolai Fedotovich	senior telephonist of the artillery battalion	guard	05/19/1944 03/13/1945 06.27.1945
Evseev Ivan Grigorievich	mortar battalion commander	guard	08/04/1944 03/13/1945 06.27.1945
Kuznetsov Ivan Stepanovich	gunner of the T-34 tank 115th Guards Tank Regiment	guard	08.23.1944 3/14/1945 06.27.1945
Sidorov Ivan Ivanovich	Adjutant Headquarters 2nd Motorized Rifle Battalion	guard	06/05/1944 03/13/1945 06/27/1945 ^[7]

Tank Aces

FULL NAME	Position	Rank	Victory	Types of tanks	Circumstances of exploits
Kashnikov Petr Mikhailovich	tank commander of the 115th Guards Tank Regiment	guard lieutenant	17	T-34-85 "Mother — Motherland"	of them in the battles for Potsdam : T-6 tanks - 4, T-5 - 3, as well as 4 armored personnel carriers, 9 vehicles, PTO-75 - 2, died April 29, 1945
Tonkikh Timofey Fedorovich	tank commander of the 115th Guards Tank Regiment	guard lieutenant	ten		of them in the Petershayn area: T-6 tanks - 4, T-5 - 2, T-4 - 4, and also armored personnel carriers - 6, motor vehicles - 12, PTO-75 - 3

Memory

On November 19, 1998, on the pedestal in the city of Saratov , the legendary tank T-34-85 "Mother Motherland" was fought under the command of P. Kashnikov as part of the 115th Guards Tank Regiment of the 17th Guards Mechanized Division ^{[8 ]} .

Notes

↑ Guards mechanized brigades. Part XXVII, 1952 , 17th Guards Mechanized Brigade, p. 46-68.
↑ Feskov, 2003 , Appendix 4.3. “The list and combat path of the mechanized and motorized rifle brigades of the Red Army of the period 1941-1945.”, P. 217.
Military Encyclopedia, Vol. 6, 2002 , article “Petrokov mechanized brigade”, p. 370.
↑ viii. The directorates of the guards mechanized brigades // List No. 7 of the directorates of the brigades of all branches of the military which were part of the active army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. - M .: Ministry of Defense, 1956. - p. 44. - 131 p.
↑ Heroes of the Soviet Union, 1987 .
↑ Heroes of the Soviet Union, 1988 .
↑ Holders of the Order of Glory of three degrees, 2000 .
↑ Mother Homeland. Part 2 (in Ukrainian) . 10otb.ru. The appeal date is October 26, 2018.

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Feskov V.I., Kalashnikov K.A., Golikov V.I. Chapter 4. Armored and Mechanized Red Army during the war. // The Red Army in victories and defeats of 1941-1945 .. - Tomsk: Tomsk University Press, 2003. - p. 196. - 619 p. - ISBN 5-7511-1624-0 .

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Links

Sten. 17th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Neopr.) . tankfront.ru. The appeal date is October 25, 2018.
126th Separate Tank Regiment (Unsolved) . tankfront.ru. The appeal date is January 20, 2019.
The 115th Guards Tank Regiment of the 17th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Neopr.) . tankfront.ru. The appeal date is January 20, 2019.
Brief history of the 17th Guards. Mechanism (1943-1945). (in Ukrainian) . 10otb.ru. The appeal date is October 25, 2018.
17th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Rus.) . Divisions of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. The appeal date is October 25, 2018.
The memory of the people :: Fighting way of 17 gv. mbr (Neopr.) . pamyat-naroda.ru. The appeal date is October 25, 2018.
The memory of the people :: Combat way of the brigade from 06/21/1943 to 05/12/1945 (Neopr.) . pamyat-naroda.ru. The appeal date is October 25, 2018.
Feat on the oder. Three friends | New university life (rus.) . gazeta.sfu-kras.ru. The appeal date is October 26, 2018.

[_f65a0b89e8ebadf8-1] Guards mechanized brigades. Part XXVII, 1952 , 17th Guards Mechanized Brigade, p. 46-68.

[_2555a2f14c4c1804-2] Feskov, 2003 , Appendix 4.3. “The list and combat path of the mechanized and motorized rifle brigades of the Red Army of the period 1941-1945.”, P. 217.

[_edf944b69c8d8850-3] Military Encyclopedia, Vol. 6, 2002 , article “Petrokov mechanized brigade”, p. 370.

[4] viii. The directorates of the guards mechanized brigades // List No. 7 of the directorates of the brigades of all branches of the military which were part of the active army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. - M .: Ministry of Defense, 1956. - p. 44. - 131 p.

[_f2ce99b8b900aa98-5] Heroes of the Soviet Union, 1987 .

[_2a3be71cc42ff763-6] Heroes of the Soviet Union, 1988 .

[_1fc2bbdb345da294-7] Holders of the Order of Glory of three degrees, 2000 .

[8] Mother Homeland. Part 2 (in Ukrainian) . 10otb.ru. The appeal date is October 26, 2018.


17th Guards Mechanized Brigade
Awards:
Names of Honor:	Petrokovskaya
Troops:	land
Type of army:	Armored and mechanized troops ( BTiMV )
Formation:	06/17/1943
Disbanding (transformation):	06.1945
Predecessor:	6th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment
Successor:	17th Guards Mechanized Regiment (1945) → 17th Guards Mechanized Battalion Frame (1946) → 17th Guards Mechanized Regiment (1949) → 81st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (1957) → 23rd Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade (2009 —2016)
Fighting way
1943-1945: Great Patriotic War Oryol strategic offensive operation Proskurov-Chernivtsi offensive Lviv-Sandomierz operation Lower Silesian offensive Upper Silesian offensive Berlin offensive Prague operation