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Vasily Filippovich Margelov(Ukrainian Vasil Pilipovich Margelov, Belarus. Vasil Pilipovich Margelov, December 27, 1908, Ekaterinoslav, Russian empire- March 4, 1990, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet military leader, commander of the Airborne Forces in 1954-1959 and 1961-1979, Army General (1967), Hero of the Soviet Union (1944), laureate of the USSR State Prize (1975) , Candidate of Military Sciences (1968).

Youth years

V. F. Markelov (later Margelov) was born on December 27, 1908 in the city of Yekaterinoslav (now Dnieper, Ukraine), into a family of immigrants from Belarus. Father - Philip Ivanovich Markelov, metallurgist (surname Mar To Vasily Filippovich's elov was subsequently written down as Mar G ate due to an error in the party card).

In 1913, the Markelov family returned to the homeland of Philip Ivanovich - to the town of Kostyukovichi, Klimovichi district, Mogilev province. V.F. Margelov’s mother, Agafya Stepanovna, was from the neighboring Bobruisk district of Minsk province. According to some information, V.F. Margelov graduated from a parochial school in 1921. As a teenager he worked as a loader and carpenter. In the same year, he entered the leather workshop as an apprentice and soon became an assistant master. In 1923, he became a laborer at the local Khleboproduct. There is information that he graduated from a rural youth school and worked as a forwarder delivering mail on the Kostyukovichi - Khotimsk line.

Since 1924 he worked in Yekaterinoslav at the mine named after. M.I. Kalinin as a laborer, then a horse driver (driver of horses pulling trolleys).

In 1925, he was sent again to the BSSR, as a forester at a timber industry enterprise. He worked in Kostyukovichi, in 1927 he became the chairman of the working committee of the timber industry enterprise, and was elected to the local Council.

Start of service

In 1928 he was drafted into the Red Army. Sent to study at the United Belarusian Military School (UBVSH) named after. Central Election Commission of the BSSR in Minsk, enrolled in a group of snipers. From the 2nd year - foreman of a machine gun company. Member of the CPSU(b) since 1929.

In April 1931, he graduated with honors from the Order of the Red Banner of Labor from the United Belarusian Military School named after. Central Executive Committee of the BSSR. Appointed commander of a machine gun platoon of the regimental school of the 99th Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Belarusian Rifle Division (Mogilev).

Since 1933 - platoon commander in the Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the General Military School named after. Central Executive Committee of the BSSR (from 11/6/1933 - named after M.I. Kalinin, from 1937 - Order of the Red Banner of Labor Minsk Military Infantry School named after M.I. Kalinin). In February 1934 he was appointed assistant company commander, in May 1936 - commander of a machine gun company.

From October 25, 1938, he commanded the 2nd battalion of the 23rd rifle regiment of the 8th Minsk rifle division named after. Dzerzhinsky Belarusian Special Military District. He headed the reconnaissance of the 8th Infantry Division, being the head of the 2nd department of the division headquarters. In this position he participated in the Polish campaign of the Red Army in 1939.

During the wars

During the Soviet-Finnish War (1939-1940) he commanded the Separate Reconnaissance Ski Battalion of the 596th Infantry Regiment of the 122nd Division (initially stationed in Brest, in November 1939 sent to Karelia). During one of the operations he captured officers of the Swedish General Staff.

After the end of the Soviet-Finnish War, he was appointed to the position of assistant commander of the 596th regiment for combat units. Since October 1940 - commander of the 15th separate disciplinary battalion of the Leningrad Military District (15 Odisb, Novgorod region). At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, in July 1941, was appointed commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division of the People's Militia of the Leningrad Front (the basis of the regiment was made up of fighters of the former 15 Odisb).

November 21, 1941 - appointed commander of the 1st Special Ski Regiment of Red Banner Baltic Fleet sailors. Contrary to talk that Margelov “wouldn’t take root,” the Marines accepted the commander, which was especially emphasized by addressing him by the naval equivalent of the rank of “major” - “Comrade Captain 3rd Rank.” The prowess of the “brothers” sank into Margelov’s heart. Subsequently, having become the commander of the Airborne Forces, as a sign that the paratroopers had adopted the glorious traditions of their older brother - the Marine Corps and continued them with honor, Margelov ensured that the paratroopers received the right to wear vests, but in order to emphasize their belonging to the sky, the paratroopers have them blue.

Since July 1942 - commander of the 13th Guards Rifle Regiment, chief of staff and deputy commander of the 3rd Guards Rifle Division. After division commander K. A. Tsalikov was wounded, command passed to Chief of Staff Vasily Margelov for the duration of his treatment. Under the leadership of Margelov, on July 17, 1943, soldiers of the 3rd Guards Division broke through 2 lines of Nazi defense on the Mius Front, captured the village of Stepanovka and provided a springboard for the assault on Saur-Mogila.

Since 1944 - commander of the 49th Guards Rifle Division of the 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. He led the division's actions during the crossing of the Dnieper and the liberation of Kherson, for which in March 1944 he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Under his command, the 49th Guards Rifle Division took part in the liberation of South-Eastern Europe.

During the war, Commander Margelov was mentioned ten times in the gratitude orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

At the Victory Parade in Moscow, Guard Major General Margelov commanded a battalion in the combined regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Front.

In the airborne troops

V. F. Margelov

After the war in command positions. Since 1948, after graduating from the Order of Suvorov, 1st degree, from the Higher Military Academy named after K. E. Voroshilov, he was commander of the 76th Guards Chernigov Red Banner Airborne Division.

In 1950-1954 - commander of the 37th Guards Airborne Svir Red Banner Corps (Far East).

From 1954 to 1959 - Commander of the Airborne Forces. In March 1959, after an emergency in the artillery regiment of the 76th Airborne Division (gang rape of civilian women), he was demoted to 1st Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces. From July 1961 to January 1979 - again commander of the Airborne Forces.

On October 28, 1967 he was awarded military rank"army General". He led the actions of the Airborne Forces during the entry of troops into Czechoslovakia (Operation Danube).

Since January 1979 - in the group of inspectors general of the USSR Ministry of Defense. He went on business trips to the Airborne Forces and was the chairman of the State Examination Commission at the Ryazan Airborne School.

During his service in the Airborne Forces he made more than sixty jumps. The last of them is at the age of 65.

Lived and worked in Moscow.

Contribution to the formation and development of the Airborne Forces

General Pavel Fedoseevich Pavlenko:

In the history of the Airborne Forces, and in the Armed Forces of Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union, his name will remain forever. He personified an entire era in the development and formation of the Airborne Forces; their authority and popularity are associated with his name not only in our country, but also abroad...
…IN. F. Margelov realized that in modern operations only highly mobile landing forces capable of wide maneuver can operate successfully deep behind enemy lines. He categorically rejected the idea of holding the area captured by the landing forces until the approach of troops advancing from the front using the method of rigid defense as disastrous, because in this case the landing force would be quickly destroyed.

Colonel Nikolai Fedorovich Ivanov:

Under the leadership of Margelov for more than twenty years, the airborne troops became one of the most mobile in the combat structure of the Armed Forces, prestigious for service in them, especially revered by the people... Photo of Vasily Filippovich in demobilization albums went to the soldiers at the highest price - for a set of badges. The competition for admission to the Ryazan Airborne School exceeded the numbers of VGIK and GITIS, and applicants who missed out on exams lived for two or three months, before the snow and frost, in the forests near Ryazan in the hope that someone would not withstand the load and it would be possible to take his place . The spirit of the troops was so high that the rest of the Soviet army was classified as “solars” and “screws”.
N. F. Ivanov “Start Operation Storm earlier...”

After watching the film “Such is Sports Life” in 1964, Margelov ordered the introduction of rugby into the paratroopers’ training program.

Margelov’s contribution to the formation of the Airborne Forces in their current form was reflected in the comic decoding of the abbreviation Airborne Forces- "Uncle Vasya's troops."

Theory of combat use

In military theory, it was believed that after the immediate use of nuclear strikes and to maintain the high tempo of the offensive, widespread use of airborne assaults was necessary. Under these conditions, the Airborne Forces had to fully comply with the military-strategic goals of the war and meet the military-political goals of the state.

According to Commander Margelov:

“To fulfill our role in modern operations, it is necessary that our formations and units be highly maneuverable, covered with armor, have sufficient fire efficiency, be well controlled, capable of landing at any time of the day and quickly proceed to active combat operations after landing. This, by and large, is the ideal to which we should strive.”

To achieve these goals, under the leadership of Margelov, a concept of the role and place of the Airborne Forces in modern strategic operations in various theaters of military operations was developed. Margelov wrote a number of works on this topic, and on December 4, 1968, he successfully defended his candidate’s dissertation (he was awarded the title of Candidate of Military Sciences by decision of the Council Military Order Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Academy. M.V. Frunze). In practical terms, Airborne Forces exercises and command meetings were regularly held.

Armament

It was necessary to overcome the gap between the theory of the combat use of airborne forces and the existing organizational structure troops, as well as the capabilities of military transport aviation. Having assumed the post of Commander, Margelov received troops consisting mainly of infantry with light weapons and military transport aviation (as an integral part of the Airborne Forces), which was equipped with Li-2, Il-14, Tu-2 and Tu-2 aircraft. 4 with significantly limited landing capabilities. In fact, the Airborne Forces were not capable of solving major problems in military operations.

Margelov initiated the creation and serial production at the enterprises of the military-industrial complex of landing equipment, heavy parachute platforms, parachute systems and containers for landing cargo, cargo and human parachutes, parachute devices. “You cannot order equipment, so strive to create in the design bureau, industry, during testing, reliable parachutes, trouble-free operation of heavy airborne equipment,” Margelov said when setting tasks for his subordinates.

Modifications of small arms were created for paratroopers to make them easier to parachute - lighter weight, folding stock.

Especially for the needs of the Airborne Forces in the post-war years, new military equipment was developed and modernized: airborne self-propelled artillery mount ASU-76 (1949), light ASU-57 (1951), amphibious ASU-57P (1954), self-propelled mount ASU-85, tracked fighting machine Airborne troops BMD-1 (1969). After the first batches of BMD-1 arrived at the troops, attempts to land the BMP-1, which were unsuccessful, were stopped. A family of weapons was also developed on its basis: Nona self-propelled artillery guns, artillery fire control vehicles, R-142 command and staff vehicles, R-141 long-range radio stations, anti-tank systems, and a reconnaissance vehicle. Anti-aircraft units and subunits were also equipped with armored personnel carriers, which housed crews with portable systems and ammunition.

By the end of the 1950s, new An-8 and An-12 aircraft were adopted and entered service with the troops, which had a payload capacity of up to 10-12 tons and a sufficient flight range, which made it possible to land large groups of personnel with standard military equipment and weapons. Later, through the efforts of Margelov, the Airborne Forces received new military transport aircraft - An-22 and Il-76.

At the end of the 1950s, the PP-127 parachute platforms appeared in service with the troops, designed for parachute landing of artillery, vehicles, radio stations, engineering equipment and others. Parachute-jet landing aids were created, which, due to the jet thrust created by the engine, made it possible to bring the cargo landing speed closer to zero. Such systems made it possible to significantly reduce the cost of landing by eliminating a large number of large-area domes.

On January 5, 1973, at the Slobodka airborne parachute track (view on Yandex. Maps) near Tula, for the first time in world practice in the USSR, a parachute-platform landing was carried out in the Centaur complex from an An-12B military transport aircraft of a tracked armored combat vehicle BMD-1 with two crew members on board. The crew commander was Lieutenant Colonel Leonid Gavrilovich Zuev, and the operator-gunner was Senior Lieutenant Margelov Alexander Vasilyevich.

On January 23, 1976, also for the first time in world practice, a BMD-1 was parachuted from the same type of aircraft and made a soft landing on a parachute-rocket system in the Reactavr complex, also with two crew members on board - Major Alexander Vasilyevich Margelov and Lieutenant Colonel Leonid Shcherbakov Ivanovich. The landing was carried out at great risk to life, without personal means of rescue. It is known that Vasily Filippovich, during the landing of his son, was at the command post with a loaded pistol at the ready, so that in case of failure he would shoot himself. During this time he smoked more than one pack of cigarettes. Twenty years later, for the feat of the seventies, both were awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

Family

Father - Philip Ivanovich Margelov (Markelov) - a metallurgist, became a holder of two St. George's Crosses in the First World War.
Mother - Agafya Stepanovna, was from Bobruisk district.
Two brothers - Ivan (eldest), Nikolai (younger) and sister Maria.

V. F. Margelov was married three times:

The first wife, Maria, left her husband and son (Gennady).
The second wife is Feodosia Efremovna Selitskaya (mother of Anatoly and Vitaly).
The last wife is Anna Aleksandrovna Kurakina, a doctor. He met Anna Alexandrovna during the Great Patriotic War. It served as the prototype for the monument to a front-line nurse, installed in 2017 in the Pechatniki district (Moscow).

Five sons:

Gennady Vasilyevich (1931-2016) - Major General.
Anatoly Vasilievich (1938-2008) - doctor technical sciences, professor, co-author of more than 100 inventions in the military-industrial complex.
Vitaly Vasilyevich (born 1941) - professional intelligence officer, employee of the KGB of the USSR and the SVR of Russia, later - a social and political figure; Colonel General, State Duma deputy.
Vasily Vasilyevich (1945-2010) - retired major; First Deputy Director of the Directorate of International Relations of the Russian State Broadcasting Company "Voice of Russia" (RGRK "Voice of Russia").
Alexander Vasilievich (1945-2016) - Airborne Forces officer, retired colonel. On August 29, 1996, “for the courage and heroism shown during testing, fine-tuning and development of special equipment” (landing inside the BMD-1 using a parachute-rocket system in the Reactavr complex, carried out for the first time in world practice in 1976) he was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. After retiring, he worked in the structures of Rosoboronexport.

Vasily Vasilyevich and Alexander Vasilyevich are twin brothers. In 2003, they co-authored a book about their father - “Paratrooper No. 1, Army General Margelov.”

Awards and titles

USSR awards

Medal " Golden Star» No. 3414 Hero of the Soviet Union (03/19/1944);
four Orders of Lenin (03/21/1944, 11/3/1953, 12/26/1968, 12/26/1978);
Order of the October Revolution (05/04/1972);
two Orders of the Red Banner (02/3/1943, 06/20/1949);
Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree (04/28/1944) was originally presented to the Order of Lenin;
two Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree (01/25/1943, 03/11/1985);
Order of the Red Star (11/3/1944);
two Orders “For Service to the Motherland in Armed Forces ah USSR" 2nd (12/14/1988) and 3rd degree (04/30/1975);
medals:
- sign “50 years in the CPSU”

Orders (gratitude) of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief in which V. F. Margelov was noted.

For crossing the Dnieper River in the lower reaches, and capturing the city of Kherson - a large junction of railway and water communications and an important stronghold of the German defense at the mouth of the Dnieper River. March 13, 1944. No. 83.
For taking by storm the large regional and industrial center of Ukraine, the city of Nikolaev - an important railway junction, one of the largest ports on the Black Sea and a strong stronghold of the German defense at the mouth of the Southern Bug. March 28, 1944. No. 96.
For the assault on the territory of Hungary on the city and large railway junction of Szolnok - an important stronghold of the enemy’s defense on the Tisza River. November 4, 1944. No. 209.
For breaking through the heavily fortified enemy defenses southwest of Budapest, the cities of Székesfehérvár and Biczke - large communications hubs and important strongholds of the enemy's defense - were captured by storm. December 24, 1944. No. 218.
For the complete capture of the capital of Hungary, the city of Budapest - a strategically important center of German defense on the routes to Vienna. February 13, 1945. No. 277.
For breaking through the heavily fortified German defenses in the Värteshegyszeg mountains, west of Budapest, the defeat of a group of German troops in the Esztergom region, as well as the capture of the cities of Esztergom, Nesmey, Felshe-Halla, Tata. March 25, 1945. No. 308.
For the capture of the city and the important road junction of Magyarovar and the city and railway station of Kremnica - a strong stronghold of the German defense on the southern slopes of the Velkafatra ridge. April 3, 1945. No. 329.
For the capture of the cities and important railway junctions of Malacky and Bruk, as well as the cities of Previdza and Banovce - strong strongholds of German defense in the Carpathian belt. April 5, 1945. No. 331.
For the encirclement and defeat of a group of German troops trying to retreat from Vienna to the north, and at the same time capturing the cities of Korneyburg and Floridsdorf - powerful strongholds of German defense on the left bank of the Danube. April 15, 1945. No. 337.
For the capture of the cities of Jaroměřice and Znojmo in Czechoslovakia and the cities of Gollabrunn and Stockerau in Austria - important communications hubs and strong strongholds of German defense. May 8, 1945. No. 367.

Awards from foreign countries

Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, 2nd class (Decree No. 1136 - 20.9.1969)
Medal “90 years since the birth of Georgiy Dimitrov” (Decree No. 364 - 02/22/1974)
Medal “100 years of liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman yoke” (Decree No. 014927, No. 2026-1978)
Medal “100 years since the birth of Georgiy Dimitrov” (Decree No. 450-1982)
Medal “40 Years of Victory over Nazi Fascism” (Decree No. 122 - 09.29.1985)
star and badge of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic, 3rd degree (04/04/1950)
medal "Brotherhood in Arms" gold degree (09/29/1985)
Order "Star of Friendship of Peoples" in silver (02/23/1978)
Medal "Arthur Becker" in gold (05/23/1980)
Medal of “Sino-Soviet Friendship” (02/23/1955)
Medal “20 years of the Revolutionary Military Forces of Cuba” (Decree No. 16670 - 02/22/1978)
Medal “30 years of the Revolutionary Military Forces of Cuba” (12/08/1986)
Order of the Red Banner of Battle (06/07/1971)
Medal “30 years of victory at Khalkhin Gol” (Decree No. 1176 - 08/15/1968)
Medal “40 years of victory at Khalkhin Gol” (Decree No. 361 - 11/26/1979)
Medal “50 years of the MPR” (Decree No. 262, subdivision Zh. Sambu - 12/16/1971)
Medal “60 years of the MPR” (p/n Yu. Tsedenbal - 12/29/1982)
Medal "50 years of UAHB" (local KGB)
Medal “50 years of the Armed Forces of the Mongolian People’s Republic” (Decree No. 82, settlement Zh. Sambu - 03/15/1974
Medal “30 Years of Victory over Japan” (Decree No. 3, ordered by Yu. Tsedenbal - 08/10/1975)
medal “For the Odra, Nisa and the Baltic” (05/07/1985)
medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (10/12/1988)
Officer of the Order of the Renaissance of Poland (11/6/1973)
Order of Tudor Vladimirescu 2nd (10/1/1974) and 3rd (10/24/1969) degrees
Medal “25 Years of the Liberation of Romania” (Decree No. 739 - 03.11.1969)
Medal “30 Years of the Liberation of Romania” (Decree No. 216 - 06/21/1974)
Order of the Legion of Honor, officer degree (05/10/1945)
medal "Bronze Star" (05/10/1945)
Order of Klement Gottwald (5.5.1975)
Medal "For Strengthening Friendship in Arms" 1st class (1970)
Medal "50 years of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia"
Medal “30 years of liberation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Army” (1975)

Honorary titles

Hero of the Soviet Union (1944).
Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1975).
Honorary citizen of the city of Kherson.
Honorary soldier of a military unit.

Proceedings

Margelov V.F. Airborne troops. - M.: Knowledge, 1977. - 64 p.
Margelov V.F. Soviet Airborne. - 2nd ed. - M.: Military Publishing House, 1986. - 64 p.

Memory

In 2014, the office-museum of Vasily Margelov was opened in the main building of the headquarters of the Airborne Forces.
By order of the USSR Minister of Defense dated April 20, 1985, V. F. Margelov was enrolled as an Honorary Soldier in the lists of the 76th Pskov Airborne Division.
By Order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation No. 182 of May 6, 2005, the departmental medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation “Army General Margelov” was established. In the same year, a memorial plaque was installed on a house in Moscow, in Sivtsev Vrazhek Lane, where Margelov lived for the last 20 years of his life.
Every year on V. F. Margelov’s birthday, December 27, in all cities of Russia, servicemen of the Airborne Forces pay tribute to the memory of Vasily Margelov.

Monuments

Bust of V. F. Margelov in Taganrog

Monuments to V. F. Margelov were erected:

In Belarus: Kostyukovichi
In Moldova: Chisinau
In Russia: Alatyr (bust), Angarsk (bust), Bronnitsy (bust), Gorno-Altaisk, Yekaterinburg, Ivanovo, Kamyshin (bust on the territory of the 56th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade), Istomino village, Balakhninsky district, Nizhny Novgorod region, Krasnodar (school No. 6 named after Margelov), Krasnoperekopsk, Omsk (three monuments: in the village of Svetly and on the territory of the Omsk Cadet Corps), Petrozavodsk, Ryazan (two monuments; one of them is located on the territory of the Airborne Forces School, the other in the park in the immediate vicinity proximity to the checkpoint of this school) and Seltsy ( The educational center Airborne Forces School near Ryazan), Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region (bust), St. Petersburg (in the park named after V.F. Margelov), Simferopol, Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Surgut, Tula, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Lipetsk, Kholm (Novgorod region) , Kungur (monument on the territory of MAOU “Secondary School No. 12 named after V. F. Margelov”). Moscow. Margelova Street (monument)
Ukraine: Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Zhitomir (at the location of the 95th brigade), Krivoy Rog, Lvov (at the location of the 80th brigade), Sumy, Kherson, Mariupol.

Chronology of discovery

On February 21, 2010, a bust of Vasily Margelov was erected in Kherson. The bust of the general is located in the city center near the Youth Palace on Perekopskaya Street.
On June 5, 2010, a monument to the founder of the Airborne Forces (Airborne Forces) was unveiled in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. The monument was built with funds from former paratroopers living in Moldova.
On September 11, 2013, a reinforced concrete monument to the hero of the USSR was installed at school No. 6. The school is named after V.F. Margelov, and there is also an Airborne Forces Museum there.
On November 4, 2013, a memorial monument to Margelov was opened in Victory Park in Nizhny Novgorod.
Monument to Vasily Filippovich, the sketch of which was made from a famous photograph from a divisional newspaper, in which he, being appointed division commander of the 76th Guards. Airborne Division, preparing for the first jump, is installed in front of the headquarters of the 95th separate airmobile brigade (Ukraine).
On October 8, 2014, a memorial complex dedicated to the founder of the USSR Airborne Forces, Hero of the Soviet Union, Army General Vasily Margelov was opened in Bendery (Transnistria). The complex is located on the territory of the park near the city House of Culture.
On May 7, 2014, a monument to Vasily Margelov was unveiled on the territory of the Memorial of Memory and Glory in Nazran (Ingushetia, Russia).
On June 8, 2014, as part of the celebration of the 230th anniversary of the founding of Simferopol, the Walk of Fame and a bust of Hero of the Soviet Union, Army General, Commander of the Airborne Forces Vasily Margelov were inaugurated.
On December 27, 2014, on the birthday of Vasily Fillipovich in Saratov, a memorial bust of V. F. Margelov was erected on the Alley of Cossack Glory of the Municipal Educational Institution “Secondary School No. 43”.
On April 25, 2015, in Taganrog in the city center, in the historical park “At the Barrier,” a bust of Vasily Margelov was inaugurated.
April 23, 2015 in Slavyansk-on-Kuban ( Krasnodar region, Russia) a bust of Airborne Forces General V.F. Margelov was unveiled.
On June 12, 2015, a monument to General Vasily Margelov was unveiled in Yaroslavl at the headquarters of the Yaroslavl regional children's and youth military-patriotic public organization LANDMAN named after Guard Sergeant of the Airborne Forces Leonid Palachev.
On July 18, 2015, a bust of the commander who took part in the liberation of the city during the Second World War was unveiled in Donetsk.
On August 1, 2015, a monument to General Vasily Margelov was unveiled in Yaroslavl on the eve of the 85th anniversary of the Airborne Forces.
On September 12, 2015, a monument to Vasily Margelov was unveiled in the city of Krasnoperekopsk (Crimea).
A monument to V.F. Margelov was erected in Bronnitsy.
On August 2, 2016, a monument to V. F. Margelov was unveiled in the city of Stary Oskol Belgorod region, busts in Petrozavodsk, Alatyr (Chuvashia), Angarsk and Cheremkhovo; Also on this day, a memorial was opened in the city of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region.
On November 4, 2016, a bronze monument more than two meters high was erected in the center of Yekaterinburg.
September 26, 2016 in the park on the street. A monument to Army General V.F. Margelov was unveiled in the city of Surgut.
On April 19, 2017, a bust of the Soviet military leader was installed on the Walk of Fame in Vladikavkaz.
June 30, 2017 in the city of Kholm, Novgorod region.
On August 1, 2017, a monument was unveiled on the territory of MAOU “Secondary School No. 12 named after. V. F. Margelov" city of Kungur, Perm region.
On December 27, 2017, a bust was unveiled on the territory of the 56th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade in Kamyshin.
On August 1, 2018, a monument was unveiled in Moscow at the intersection of Margelov Street and Boris Petrovsky Street.

Naming

The names of V. F. Margelov are:

Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School;
Department of Airborne Forces of the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation;
Nizhny Novgorod Cadet Corps named after. General of the Army Margelov (NKK);
MBOU "Secondary School No. 27", Simferopol;
MBOU "Secondary School No. 6" Krasnodar;
MAOU "Secondary School No. 12" Kungur.
streets in Moscow, Western Litsa (Leningrad region), Omsk, Pskov, Taganrog, Tula, Ulan-Ude and the border village of Naushki (Buryatia), an avenue and park in the Zavolzhsky district of Ulyanovsk, a square in Ryazan, public gardens in St. Petersburg, in Belogorsk (Amur region). In Moscow, the name “Margelova Street” was assigned to the street “projected passage No. 6367” on September 24, 2013. In honor of the 105th anniversary of the birth of Vasily Filippovich, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the new street.
In Belarus - streets in Minsk and Vitebsk. In Vitebsk, the memory of V.F. Margelov was immortalized on June 25, 2010. In the spring of 2010, the Vitebsk City Executive Committee approved the petition of the Airborne Forces veterans of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation to name the street connecting the street. Chkalova and ave. Pobeda, General Margelov Street. On the eve of City Day on the street. General Margelov, a new house was commissioned, on which a memorial plaque was installed, the right to open it was given to the sons of Vasily Filippovich.

In art

During the Great Patriotic War, a song was composed in V. Margelov’s division, one verse from it:

The song praises the Falcon
Brave and courageous...
Is it close, is it far
Margelov's regiments were marching.

In 2008, with the support of the Moscow government, director Oleg Shtrom filmed the eight-episode series “Airborne Father”, main role in which Mikhail Zhigalov played.
The Blue Berets ensemble recorded a song dedicated to V.F. Margelov, assessing the current state of the Airborne Forces after his resignation as commander, which is called “Forgive us, Vasily Filippovich!” The second song dedicated to V.F. Margelov is called “And Uncle Vasya’s troops!”
Song of regiment veteran N.F. Orlov:

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The Sumy distillery "Gorobina" produces memorial vodka "Margelovskaya". Strength 48%, recipe contains alcohol, pomegranate juice, black pepper.
In honor of the centenary of the birth of the Commander, 2008 was declared the year of V. Margelov in the Airborne Forces.

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Colonel General Vitaly Margelov spoke about unknown details of the biography of his father - the creator of the Airborne Forces, Army General Vasily Margelov, who turned 110 years old on December 27. Much is known about the frontline path, post-war achievements and the difficult but brilliant career of paratrooper No. 1, but very little is said about his personal life.

The character of the Airborne Forces commander, according to the recollections of his son, is evidenced first of all by the fact that in the corridors of the Ministry of Defense he was called “our Chapaev” for his directness, honesty and integrity. He was just as uncompromising in his personal life: he married three times and raised five sons.

From his first marriage he had a son, Gennady. After the divorce, he lived with the parents of the future paratrooper in the village of Kostyukovichi. In 1944, when Gene was 12 years old, he ran away to his father at the front. Managed to get to his division, and after the war he graduated from Tambov Suvorov School and Ryazan Airborne. He made more than 300 parachute jumps, became a major general, and served in various capacities in the Airborne Forces. Passed away in 2016.

After breaking up with his first wife, Vasily Margelov met Feodosia Selitskaya.

Mom graduated from a university in Minsk, studied in graduate school, and at that time her father noticed her. For her then he was just Vaska the platoon leader. He courted her for a whole year. My father knew how to do this. And in 1934 they got married. My brother Anatoly was born, and then I was born,” Vitaly Vasilyevich told the Army Standard publication.

However, during the war the family fell apart. In 1941, Feodosia Efremovna, being pregnant and with her first child in her arms, had to be evacuated to Perm by random transport along with the families of other officers. Having become division commander, Vasily Margelov, according to his son’s recollections, called his wife to the front, but she could not leave the children.

If she had come to him as a Decembrist, maybe everything would have been different,” recalls Vitaly Markelov, and says that his older brother Anatoly became a Doctor of Science, and has more than 300 inventions to his name.

Vasily Margelov met his third wife at the front. Doctor Anna Kurakina operated on him twice and saved his leg. In October 1945, their twins Alexander and Vasily were born. Alexander Vasilievich - Colonel of the Airborne Forces, Hero of Russia and tester of amphibious equipment. Vasily Vasilyevich - GRU major, served in the Middle East for quite a long time, Arabist. They passed away in 2016 and 2010.

According to the memoirs of Vitaly Vasilyevich Margelov, opposite their house in Taganrog there was a cinema "Rot Front". Usually, before the start of the film, they showed a newsreel or showed the news of the day, and once they showed the Victory Parade, the announcer commented: “The combined regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Front is marching, the battalion of the regiment is commanded by Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General Margelov.”

I screamed: “Dad!” The lights turned on and everyone was looking at me. The director of the cinema comes up and asks: “Boy, is this really your dad?” I say: yes, this is my father! And they allowed me to come and watch movies for free. “I also took the yard boys with me to the sessions,” he said.

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There are many legends about paratrooper No. 1, but he real life turned out to be brighter. It turned out that Vasily Margelov was sent to command the 15th disciplinary battalion in 1941 on the Leningrad Front not for offenses, but as the most experienced and trained commander. After all, in Finnish war he commanded a reconnaissance ski battalion.

“He accepted the disbat in a very unique way. In the dugout intended for command, the criminals settled down, who established their own rules. They sat, drank moonshine, and greeted the new commander with abuse. Father immediately hit the thieve who was sitting at the head of the table in the ear. it’s clear,” recalls Vitaly Vasilyevich.

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Vitaly Margelov - born December 1, 1941 in Perm. Professional intelligence officer, employee of the KGB of the USSR and the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Colonel General.

The Airborne Forces are absolutely deservedly considered the main brainchild of Vasily Margelov. However, the general also distinguished himself on the family front. Few people know, but Margelov was a father of many children: he raised five sons. All of them followed in the footsteps of their parents and dedicated their lives to the Russian army.

Gennady

As you know, at the end of the 1920s, Vasily Filippovich Margelov was drafted into the Red Army. The recruit was sent to study at the United Belarusian Military School. It was then that Margelov first acquired the status of a married man. In the early autumn of 1931, the young couple had a son. The boy was named Gennady. However, the happiness did not last long. Maria Margelova could not stand the nomadic life that her husband led due to his profession. The child remained in the care of his grandparents, Vasily Filippovich’s parents.

Nevertheless, the father apparently had a huge influence on his son, because, while still a 13-year-old teenager, Gennady Vasilyevich fled to the front. Margelov Sr. did not drive his son away: for some time Gennady fought in the division commanded by his parent. Later, according to Oleg Smyslov, author of the book “General Margelov,” Gennady Margelov graduated from the Suvorov Military School. He subsequently received the rank of major general. His last place of service was the Leningrad Military Physical Education Institute named after Lesgaft.

Anatoly and Vitaly

Vasily Margelov met his second wife, Feodosia Efremovna Selitskaya, in Belarus. In this marriage, “paratrooper No. 1” had sons Anatoly and Vitaly. Despite the presence of children, this union did not turn out to be very durable. The divorce of their parents did not affect the professional orientation of Anatoly and Vitaly in any way: they both decided to follow in their father’s footsteps. Vitaly, according to Eric Ford, author of the publication “Behind the Scenes of the FSB,” rose to the rank of colonel general. He devoted most of his life to foreign intelligence and even served as deputy head of the SVR.

But Anatoly Margelov, as his brother Alexander Margelov writes in his book “Paratrooper No. 1. Army General Margelov,” graduated from a radio engineering university in Taganrog. Since 1959, Anatoly Margelov has been creating new types of weapons. He has more than 200 different inventions to his credit. Thanks to such efficiency and, of course, talent, Anatoly Vasilyevich became a Doctor of Technical Sciences at just over 30 years old. Almost until the end of his days he worked at the Taganrog Research Institute of Communications.

Vasily and Alexander

Vasily Margelov met his third wife at the end of 1941. At that time, the battles near Leningrad were just going on. Anna Aleksandrovna Kurakina also took part in the Great Patriotic War and at one time operated on a wounded military leader. Margelov and Kurakina became legal husband and wife only in 1947, and the twins Vasily and Alexander were born 2 years earlier. On younger sons Margelov was influenced not only by the general himself, but also by their older brothers. Vasily and Alexander developed excellent relationships with Gennady, Anatoly and Vitaly. Therefore, it is not surprising that their destinies were also connected with the army.

According to Oleg Krivopalov, author of the book “Notes of a Soviet Officer: at the Turn of Epochs,” Alexander Vasilyevich Margelov graduated from the rocket department of the capital’s aviation institute, and then from the airborne school and armored academy. He rose to the rank of colonel and even became a Hero of the Russian Federation. After his resignation, Alexander Margelov worked as an expert at Rosvooruzhenie. And Vasily Vasilyevich Margelov retired with the rank of major. But in last years During his life, he worked as deputy director of the Directorate of International Relations of the Voice of Russia broadcasting company.

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Margelov Vasily Filippovich

Vasily Filippovich Markelov was born on December 27, 1908 in the city of Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine), into a family of immigrants from Belarus. Father - Philip Ivanovich Markelov, metallurgist.

Vasily Filippovich’s surname “Markelov” was subsequently written down as “Margelov” due to an error in the party card.

In 1913, the Margelov family returned to the homeland of Philip Ivanovich - to the town of Kostyukovichi, Klimovichi district (Mogilev province). V.F. Margelov’s mother, Agafya Stepanovna, was from the neighboring Bobruisk district. According to some information, V.F. Margelov graduated from a parochial school in 1921. As a teenager he worked as a loader and carpenter. In the same year, he entered the leather workshop as an apprentice and soon became an assistant master. In 1923, he became a laborer at the local Khleboproduct. There is information that he graduated from a rural youth school and worked as a forwarder delivering mail on the Kostyukovichi-Khotimsk line.

Since 1924, he worked in Yekaterinoslav at the mine named after. M.I. Kalinin as a laborer, then a horse driver, a driver of horses pulling trolleys.

In 1925, Margelov was sent again to the BSSR, as a forester at a timber industry enterprise. He worked in Kostyukovichi, in 1927 he became the chairman of the working committee of the timber industry enterprise and was elected to the local Council.

In 1928, Margelov was drafted into the Red Army. Sent to study at the United Belarusian Military School (UBVSH) named after. Central Election Commission of the BSSR in Minsk, enrolled in a group of snipers. From the 2nd year - foreman of a machine gun company.

In April 1931, he graduated with honors from the Order of the Red Banner of Labor from the United Belarusian Military School named after. Central Executive Committee of the BSSR, appointed commander of a machine gun platoon of the regimental school of the 99th Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Territorial Rifle Division in the city of Mogilev, Belarus. Since 1933, he was a platoon commander in the Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the General Military School named after. Central Executive Committee of the BSSR (from 11/6/1933 - named after M.I. Kalinin, from 1937 - Order of the Red Banner of Labor Minsk Military Infantry School named after M.I. Kalinin). In February 1934, Margelov was appointed assistant company commander, and in May 1936, commander of a machine gun company.

From October 25, 1938, he commanded the 2nd battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment of the 8th Infantry Division. Dzerzhinsky Belarusian Special Military District. He headed the reconnaissance of the 8th Infantry Division, being the head of the 2nd department of the division headquarters. In this position he participated in the Polish campaign of the Red Army in 1939.

Vasily Filippovich Margelov with paratroopers

During the Soviet-Finnish War (1939-1940), Margelov commanded the Separate Reconnaissance Ski Battalion of the 596th Infantry Regiment of the 122nd Division. During one of the operations he captured officers of the Swedish General Staff.

At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, in July 1941, he was appointed commander of the 3rd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 1st Guards Militia Division of the Leningrad Front. Later - commander of the 13th Guards Rifle Regiment, chief of staff and deputy commander of the 3rd Guards Rifle Division. After division commander P.G. Chanchibadze was wounded, command passed to Chief of Staff Vasily Margelov for the duration of his treatment. Under the leadership of Margelov, on July 17, 1943, soldiers of the 3rd Guards Division broke through 2 lines of Nazi defense on the Mius Front, captured the village of Stepanovka and provided a springboard for the assault on Saur-Mogila.

Since 1944, Margelov commanded the 49th Guards Rifle Division of the 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. He led the division's actions during the crossing of the Dnieper and the liberation of Kherson, for which in March 1944 he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Under his command, the 49th Guards Rifle Division took part in the liberation of the peoples of South-Eastern Europe.

At the Victory Parade in Moscow, Guard Major General Margelov commanded the combined regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Front.

In the Airborne Forces

After the war he held command positions.

Since 1948, after graduating from the Order of Suvorov, 1st degree, from the Higher Military Academy named after K. E. Voroshilov, he was the commander of the 76th Guards Chernigov Red Banner Airborne Division.

In 1950-1954 - commander of the 37th Guards Airborne Svirsky Red Banner Corps in the Far East.

From 1954 to 1959 - commander of the Airborne Forces. In 1959-1961, he was appointed (with demotion) first deputy commander of the Airborne Forces. From 1961 to January 1979 he served as commander of the Airborne Forces.

On October 28, 1967, he was awarded the military rank of Army General. He led the actions of the Airborne Forces during the entry of troops into Czechoslovakia (Operation Danube).

Since January 1979, he was on the group of inspectors general of the USSR Ministry of Defense. He went on business trips to the Airborne Forces and was the chairman of the State Examination Commission at the Ryazan Airborne School.

During his service in the Airborne Forces he made more than 60 jumps. The last of them was at the age of 65.

Lived and worked in Moscow. Died March 4, 1990. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.

Vasily Filippovich Margelov

Contribution to the formation and development of the Airborne Forces

In the history of the Airborne Forces, and in the Armed Forces of Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union, his name will remain forever. He personified an entire era in the development and formation of the Airborne Forces; their authority and popularity are associated with his name not only in our country, but also abroad, recalls General Pavel Fedoseevich Pavlenko about Vasily Filippovich.

Under Margelov’s leadership for more than twenty years, the airborne troops became one of the most mobile in the combat structure of the Armed Forces and prestigious in terms of service in them. “A photograph of Vasily Filippovich for demobilization albums was sold to soldiers at the highest price - for a set of badges. The competition for admission to the Ryazan Airborne School exceeded the numbers of VGIK and GITIS, and applicants who missed out on exams lived for two or three months, before the snow and frost, in the forests near Ryazan in the hope that someone would not withstand the load and it would be possible to take his place . The spirit of the troops was so high that everything else Soviet army was included in the category of “solars” and “screws,” says Colonel Nikolai Fedorovich Ivanov.

Margelov’s contribution to the formation of the Airborne Forces in their current form was reflected in the comic decoding of the abbreviation Airborne Forces - “Uncle Vasya’s Troops.”