Vasily Margelov Biography

Bust in the village. Istomino Margelov Vasily Filippovich-commander of the Guards Rifle Division of the Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, Guard Colonel. Born on December 14 on December 14 in the city of Yekaterinoslav the Yekaterinoslav province now - the Dnieper, Ukraine. The son of a worker of a cast -iron plant. In the year, the family returned from Donbass to the homeland of the father in the town of Kostyukovichi Klimovichsky district of the Mogilev province now a city in the Mogilev region of Belarus.

He graduated from elementary school in the year. Since the year, he worked as a student and assistant master in a tan workshop, from a year - a laborer trust "Bakery Product" in Zakukovichi. Since the year, according to Komsomol mobilization, he worked at the M. Kalinin mine in Yekaterinoslav - Blamp, Konogon. In the year he returned to Kostyukovichi, worked at the local timber industry farm - a forester, chairman of the Rabokom, chairman of the tax commission.

In the Red Army since August, according to the ticket of the Komsomol. From the year - the commander of the machine gun platoon of the Rifle Regiment of the Rifle Division of the Belarusian Military District. Since December, a cadet of the 3rd Orenburg school of pilots and observer pilots, but already in January, the years have been expelled from it for “politically illiterate statements”.

Since January, the platoon commander, since February, is an assistant to the company commander, from May - the commander of the machine gun company of the United Belarusian Military School named after the CEC of the Belarusian SSR. Within the walls of this military educational institution, Margelov led classes on fire, physical training and tactics. He established himself as an excellent shooter from various types of weapons.

Since October-commander of the battalion of the Rifle Regiment of the 8th Infantry Division named after the F. Dzerzhinsky Belarusian Military District, the head of the division intelligence. When meeting with German troops in Poland, he completed a daring task to seize the samples of the latest German weapons, was seriously wounded. Since December, the commander of a separate ski reconnaissance -sabotage battalion of the GO Rifle Regiment of the Rifle Division.

A participant in the Soviet-Finnish War of the years, where he at the head of the battalion committed several raids on the rear of the enemy. The reconnaissance group under his command captured groups of Swedish officers who went to the front as part of the Finnish army. Since April, the assistant to the commander of the rifle regiment in the combat part. Since October, the commander of the Separate Disciplinary Battalion of the Leningrad Military District.

On the fronts of World War II, Major V. Margelov since July. Since July, the commander of the 3rd Rifle Regiment in the 1st Leningrad Division of the People’s Militia since September-the 1st Motorized Division. Since November, the commander of the 1st special ski regiment of the Baltic Fleet Marine Corps on the Leningrad Front. With a ski raid in the rear of the enemy on Lake Ladoga on November 21, he was seriously wounded.

After the cure, from February, he was the commander of the Rifle Regiment of the Rifle Division of the Army of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts. A participant in the heroic defense of Leningrad, again proved himself to be a master of raids in the rear of the enemy. Since July, he is the commander of the Guards Rifle Regiment of the 3rd Guards Rifle Division. After graduating from the reorganization in the Tambov region, in October of the year the division left for the Southern Front, where it became part of the 2nd Guards Army.

In December, she entered the battle during the Kotelnikov defensive operation, reflecting an attempt to break through the German Army Group Don E. The regiment of V. Margelov stood to death for three days, repulsing the tank attacks of the enemy and not only survived, but also during the Soviet counterattack, he successfully pursued the enemy. During the period of defensive battles from December 20 to 23 and during the period of offensive battles from December 24 to 31, the guards regiment destroyed the enemy soldiers, knocked out 36 tanks and armored vehicles, captured 2 tanks, 12 field and 2 anti -aircraft guns.

Since the January of the year-Deputy commander of the 3rd Guards Rifle Division of the 2nd Guards Army of the Southern Front, participated in the Rostov offensive operation January-February since April-Deputy Commander of this division, successfully operated in the Donbass August-September and Melitopol September-November Operations on the Southern and 4th Ukrainian fronts.

Since December, he has been fulfilling the position, and in June was approved as commander of the Guards Rifle Division, which he commanded until the end of the war. The commander of the Guards Rifle Division of the 3rd Ukrainian Front of the Guard, Colonel V. Margelov, showed outstanding qualities of the military leader, as well as personal courage and heroism during the Berezovato-Snigyrevsky offensive operation of the year.

Parts of the division on the night of March 12 forced the Dnieper in the area of ​​the village of Cossack and rapidly developed the offensive together with the 2nd mechanized corps on the flank of the Nazi group in Kherson. On the night of March 13, the division forced the Ingulent river, a few hours later, burst into Kherson and on March 13, together with other units of the army, liberated the city from the invaders.

By order of the Supreme Commander -in -Chief I.Stalin of the Guards Rifle Division was assigned the name "Kherson", among other military formations that participated in the liberation of the city of Kherson, gratitude was announced and in Moscow a salut of 20 artillery volleys of guns. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 19, for the exemplary implementation of the command missions of the command at the front of the fight against the German invaders and the heroism of the Guard, to Colonel Margelov, Vasily Filippovich, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star’s Order.

Subsequently, I was the Guards Division V. For new exploits in the battles, the division was awarded the orders of the Red Banner and Suvorov of the 2nd degree, and the commander was awarded 12 thanks from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. After the war, he continued to serve in the Soviet Army, commanded the same division, in January he left for study. In the year he graduated from the Higher Military Academy of K.

since April - commander of the Guards Chernigov Airborne Division of Pskov. Since April, he has Primorsky Territory, commander of the GOR of the Svirsky Airborne Corps of the 1st Red Banner Army. Since May, the commander of the airborne troops. From March to July, he was the first deputy commander of the airborne troops decreased due to a major emergency in one of the units of the Airborne Forces, then from July-again the commander of the airborne troops.

General V. Margelov is rightfully unanimously recognized by the ancestor of modern Airborne Forces. He developed the concept of these troops the ability to further and rapidly transferred troops, high fire equipment, the most modern landing technique and it was fully implemented in practice. He had an indisputable authority in the Airborne Forces. He lived in the city of Moscow.

He died on March 4 years. He was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow military titles:.