Biography of Ivan Polunin

The tombstone of the Malonin Ivan Alexandrovich is an assistant to the platoon commander of the 8th Rifle Company of the Rifle Regiment of the Rifle Division of the Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front, senior sergeant. Born on August 25 in the village of Podlubovo now Karmaskalinsky district of Bashkiria in a family of workers. The education is incomplete secondary. In the years, he worked in Bashkiria by a cashier in the Zilair grain -hazard of the Baymak district, the accounting department of the Urshak state farm Buzovyazovsky district now Chishminsky district, a bakery, the forwarder of the Roslavhhleb trust in the city of Ufa.

In January - August, he served in the Red Army. Member of the Soviet-Finnish war. In years - the head of the base "Rechtranstorgpit" in the capital of Bashkiria, the city of Ufa. In the army since July. Assistant to the platoon commander of the 8th Infantry company of the Infantry Regiment I am a rifle division, I am the army, 3rd Belorussian front senior sergeant Ivan Polunin on the night of April 9, acting as part of an assault company, the first to penetrate the fortresses of the city of East Prussia to the city of Koenigsberg and successfully fought with the Nazis.

The brave warrior replaced the company commander from the system, raised the fighters into a bayonet attack. Personally blew the mm with grenades of the gun and captured more than 30 soldiers and enemy officers. He was wounded, but did not leave the battlefield. Polunin participated in the historical Victory Parade in Moscow on Red Square. After the war, I.

Polunin was demobilized, returned to the city of Ufa. He died on June 2. He was buried in the city of Ufa, in the southern cemetery. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, orders of the Red Banner, Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degrees, glory of the 3rd degree, medals. From the award sheet on I. Polunin: “The task was to be difficult. Fort was at the dominant height. The enemy artillery and machine guns with continuous fire watered all the approaches to the fort.

The senior sergeant I. Polunin, being an assistant to the commander of the page, first of all, brought and clarified the assigned task to all subordinates, checked the combat weapons, and the presence of ammunition, the presence of ammunition, the presence of ammunition He told the fighters about the last news. Behind the breaks of his shells ahead of the attacking company confidently moved forward.

But then the enemy’s machine guns earned again, the company lay down. The platoon commander is killed, there are wounded. Polunin heads the command of the platoon. Go to the fort! Polunin himself rushed forward, the first to burst into the enemy trench, which was the last on the outskirts of the fort. An example of Comrade Polunin was followed by the entire platoon.

A hand -to -hand combat ensued into the trench of the enemy. In this battle Comrade Polunin killed 5 Germans and captured two German officers. After the platoon took possession of the trench, the enemy moved to the counterattack. During this battle, the calculation of the machine gun, which supported the upcoming platoon, failed.

Here again Comrade. Polunin showed courage and a mark. He quickly lay behind the machine gun, eliminated the delay and led a destructive fire on the attacking group of the Germans. The Germans could not stand back and hastily retreated, leaving 20 corpses on the battlefield. Our artillery and mortars repeated the raid. Polunin is again ahead of the attackers. The company commander was killed.

The fighters were not at a loss, they continued to move rapidly behind the soul of the company Comrade. Nothing could keep the advancing brave men. Here a bunch of grenades, an abandoned comrade, took off. Polonin in one of the embrasures, and the enemy’s machine gun fell silent forever. One, the second anti -tank grenades flew into another embrasure, where a mm gun was displayed and its calculation was destroyed.

Senior sergeant comrade Polunin, being wounded, not sparing his life, first bursts with a grenade into the courtyard of the fort. The Germans, frightened by the actions of one of our courageous warrior, threw a white flag and opened the door. More than 30 Germans left the casemate with their hands raised. Our units were already entering the open door.

Soon the fort fell, the enemy’s garrison was completely captured. The task was completed. "The biography was prepared by:.