First parade 1945. The victory parade took place on Red Square. Horses for the marshal

The Victory Parade took place in the hero city of Moscow on June 24, 1945.
A historical parade in honor of the victory of Soviet troops over the Nazi army in the Great Patriotic War.
The Victory Parade was hosted by Marshal Soviet Union G. K. Zhukov. The parade was commanded by Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky. Zhukov and Rokossovsky rode across Red Square on white and black horses.
JV Stalin watched the parade from the podium of the Lenin Mausoleum. Molotov, Kalinin, Voroshilov and other members of the Politburo were also present at the podium. On behalf of and on behalf of the Soviet government and the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, G. K. Zhukov congratulated the valiant Soviet soldiers “on the Great Victory over German imperialism.”
The first to cross the square was the combined regiment of Suvorov drummers, followed by the combined regiments of the fronts: Karelian, Leningrad, 1st Baltic, 3rd, 2nd and 1st Belorussian, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and the 4th Ukrainian, consolidated regiment of the Navy. As part of the regiment of the 1st Belorussian Front, representatives of the Polish Army marched in a special column. In front of the combined front regiments were the commanders of the fronts and armies, the Heroes of the Soviet Union carried the banners of the famous units and formations. For each combined regiment, the orchestra performed a special march.
The consolidated regiments were staffed by privates, sergeants and officers (in each regiment in total, including the command staff, over a thousand people) of various branches of the military, who had distinguished themselves in battles and had military orders. The flag bearers and assistants carried 36 battle banners of the most distinguished formations and units of each front in battle. The combined Navy regiment (regiment commander Vice Admiral Fadeev) consisted of representatives of the Northern, Baltic and Black Sea fleets, the Dnieper and Danube flotillas. A combined military band of 1,400 people also took part in the parade.
The march of the combined regiments was completed by a column of soldiers carrying 200 lowered banners and standards of the defeated German troops. These banners were thrown to the beat of drums on a special platform at the foot of the Lenin Mausoleum. The first to be abandoned by Fedor Legkoshkur was the Leibstandart LSSAH - the SS battalion of Hitler's personal guard. The lowering of German flags was deliberately carried out with gloves on to emphasize disgust at the defeated enemy. After the parade, the gloves and wooden platform were ceremonially burned.
Marching along Red Square, the troops turned their heads towards the podium of the Mausoleum, and when passing by representatives of the Allies (who had delayed the opening of the second front for so long), they pointedly did not do this, keeping their heads straight. Then units of the Moscow garrison marched in a solemn march: the combined regiment of the People's Commissariat of Defense, the Military Academy, military and Suvorov schools, combined cavalry brigade, artillery, mechanized, airborne and tank units and subunits, brigades of heavy Joseph Stalin-2 tanks and medium T-34 tanks, recognized as the best tanks of World War II.
Regiments of self-propelled “hunter-killers” ISU-152, ISU-122 and SU-100, whose shells pierced right through the armor of both sides of the German “Tigers” and “Panthers”. Battalions of light SU-76, nicknamed “the death of four tankers.” Next came the famous Katyushas, ​​artillery of all calibers: from 203 mm to 45 mm and mortars. The steel avalanche rolled across the area for 50 minutes! The parade lasted two hours and nine minutes.
A parade participant recalled: “With greedy interest, as we passed by the Mausoleum, I looked at Stalin’s face for several seconds without stopping. It was thoughtful, calm, tired and stern. And motionless. No one stood close to Stalin; there was some kind of space, a sphere, an exclusion zone around him. He stood alone. I didn’t experience any special feelings other than curiosity. The Supreme Commander was out of reach. I left Red Square inspired. The world was arranged correctly: we won. I felt like a part of the victorious people..."
The parade included 24 marshals, 249 generals, 2,536 officers, 31,116 privates and sergeants. More than 1,850 pieces of military equipment passed through Red Square.
A few little known facts:
The Victory Banner, brought to Moscow on June 20, 1945, was to be carried across Red Square. And the crew of the flag bearers was specially trained. Keeper of the Banner in the Museum Soviet army A. Dementyev argued: the standard bearer Neustroev and his assistants Egorov, Kantaria and Berest, who hoisted it above the Reichstag and were sent to Moscow, were extremely unsuccessful at the rehearsal - they had no time for drill training during the war. By the age of 22, Neustroev had five wounds and his legs were damaged. Appointing other standard bearers is absurd and too late. Zhukov decided not to carry the Banner. Therefore, contrary to popular belief, there was no Banner at the Victory Parade. The first time the Banner was carried out at the parade was in 1965.
Everyone saw the footage of fascist banners being thrown at the foot of the Mausoleum. But it is curious that the soldiers carried 200 banners and standards of the defeated German units with gloves, emphasizing that it was disgusting to even take the shafts of these standards into your hands. And they threw them onto a special platform so that the standards would not touch the pavement of Red Square. Hitler’s personal standard was thrown first, the last was the banner of Vlasov’s army. And in the evening of the same day, the platform and all the gloves were burned.
To participate in the Victory Parade, it was necessary to go through a strict selection: not only feats and merits were taken into account, but also the appearance corresponding to the appearance of the victorious warrior, and that the warrior was at least 170 cm tall. It is not for nothing that in the newsreel all the participants in the parade are simply handsome, especially pilots. Going to Moscow, the lucky ones did not yet know that they would have to practice drill for 10 hours a day for three and a half minutes of flawless march along Red Square.
Fifteen minutes before the start of the parade, it began to rain and turned into downpour. It only cleared up in the evening. Because of this, the aerial part of the parade was cancelled. Standing on the podium of the Mausoleum, Stalin was dressed in a raincoat and rubber boots, depending on the weather. But the marshals were soaked through. Rokossovsky's wet ceremonial uniform, when dry, shrunk so that it turned out to be impossible to take it off - he had to rip it open.
Few people know that there were four epoch-making parades in 1945. The first in importance, undoubtedly, is the Victory Parade on June 24, 1945 on Red Square in Moscow. Parade Soviet troops in Berlin took place on May 4, 1945 at the Brandenburg Gate, and was received by the military commandant of Berlin, General N. Berzarin. The Victory Parade of the Allied Forces in Berlin was held on September 7, 1945. This was Zhukov’s proposal after the Moscow Victory Parade. A combined regiment of a thousand men and armored units participated from each allied nation. But the 52 IS-2 tanks from our 2nd Guards Tank Army aroused general admiration. The Victory Parade of Soviet troops in Harbin on September 16, 1945 was reminiscent of the first parade in Berlin: our soldiers marched in field uniform. Tanks and self-propelled guns brought up the rear of the column.

The historic Victory Parade took place on June 24, 1945 on Red Square in Moscow. The General Staff took charge of organizing the parade. He outlined the composition of the participants, the order of deployment of the combined regiments of all fronts, determined a ritual different from the usual, and a form of clothing.

In the second half of May 1945, comprehensive preparations for the parade began in Moscow. The barracks were being renovated. Garment factories were sewing ceremonial uniforms - more than 10 thousand sets had to be produced. The festive decorations of Red Square were carefully prepared. Moscow in those days lived with the idea of ​​a parade.

The question of who will host the Victory Parade and who will command it was not discussed. Everyone believed that the right and duty to host the parade belonged to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief I.V. Stalin. However, shortly before the parade, Stalin decided to try riding on a horse.

Did not work out.

- No, it's not for me. Let Zhukov host the parade, he’s an old cavalryman,” he said.

Zhukov did not know about this incident. After some time, Stalin asked if Zhukov had forgotten how to ride a horse.

“No, I haven’t forgotten how,” answered the marshal.

-Then you will have to host the Victory Parade. Rokossovsky will command the parade.

And now the long-awaited day of the Victory Parade has arrived. From dawn on Red Square and the adjacent squares and streets, 10 combined regiments lined up in even squares in new, ceremonial uniforms - one from each front that was active at the end of the war. The combined regiments of the Navy and NGOs of the USSR also froze in the parade formation. Students of military academies and cadets of schools, units of the Moscow garrison troops stood in full parade readiness.

The hands on the Spasskaya Tower clock are approaching 10.00. With the last, tenth strike of the chimes, the command “Attention!” is heard. The clatter of hooves can be heard in the square. This is the First Deputy People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR and Deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K., who is hosting the parade, riding out of the gates of the Spasskaya Tower on a white horse. Zhukov. The commander of the parade, who led the troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K., rushes towards him to give a report on a black horse. Rokossovsky.

The solemn march began. The combined regiments marched in an order that resembled the deployment of the Red Army fronts on the battlefields from the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea, that is, from north to south. Each combined regiment was staffed by privates, sergeants and officers who distinguished themselves in battle: Heroes of the Soviet Union, full holders of the Order of Glory, awarded other high government awards. Specially trained flag bearers and assistants in each regiment carried 36 combat banners of the most distinguished formations and units of the front. In total, they presented at the parade more than 360 battle flags that had passed along the roads of war.

The strength of each regiment exceeded a thousand people. In the first ranks of the consolidated regiments of all fronts were the army commanders, and the units were headed by the commanders of corps, divisions and brigades. The parade represented the color of the active army from private to marshal.

The movement of the troops was accompanied by marches of a gigantic combined orchestra consisting of 1,400 musicians.

Suddenly the orchestra fell silent, there was a pause... And suddenly the sharp roll of 80 drums. A column of soldiers appears with two hundred enemy banners bowed to the ground, defeated and captured in the battles of fascist German units and formations. The winners throw fascist banners onto the pavement, at the foot of the Mausoleum, the first being the standard of Adolf Hitler. The stands literally explode with thunderous applause.

The sounds of marches are again in major key over Red Square. The completed march of the troops of the active army was replaced by the parade ranks of the Moscow garrison, followed by a consolidated regiment People's Commissariat defense of the USSR.

Then it was the turn of the military academies. The columns of students from the Suvorov military and Nakhimov naval schools left no one indifferent.

The growing roar of engines announced the start of the parade of military equipment. Here the “god of war” appears in all his greatness and diversity. Anti-tank artillery batteries move 12 guns in a row. Behind them was a thunderstorm of German “tigers”, “panthers” and “Ferdinands” - large-caliber guns, the shells of which pierced any enemy armor. The stands applaud again - guards mortars, lovingly called “Katyushas” by the people, have appeared. Then came motorcyclists, armored vehicles, vehicles with paratroopers, the famous T-34 and IS tanks. At the end of the parade of military equipment, self-propelled artillery installations are passing. The two-hour Victory Parade ended with a march of the combined orchestra.

Subsequently, military parades to commemorate the Victory were held in Soviet period in 1965, 1985 and 1990.
On May 9, 1965, the Victory Banner was brought to the parade for the first time.

IN Russian Federation To commemorate the golden anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, on May 9, 1995, a parade of war participants and wartime home front workers with units of the Moscow garrison took place. According to the organizers of the parade, it reproduced the historical Victory Parade of 1945. At it, all 10 fronts of the war years were represented by combined veteran regiments with their battle banners.

Since the beginning of the second fiftieth anniversary of the Victory, parades in its honor have become annual. In 2008, the tradition of military equipment passing through Red Square was revived. The most advanced weapons began to be included in the mechanized column.
The parade to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Victory became the largest in the Russian Federation. More than 10 thousand military personnel, almost 160 pieces of military equipment took part in it, and 127 planes and helicopters flew over the skies of the capital.

For the first time, representatives of the troops of our allies in the anti-Hitler coalition participated in that parade.

One of major events The twentieth century was the victory of the Soviet people over fascism in World War II. In the historical memory of peoples and in the calendar, the main holiday will forever remain - Victory Day, the symbols of which are the Parade on Red Square and festive fireworks in the sky of Moscow.

On May 9, 1945, at 2 a.m. Moscow time, announcer I. Levitan announced the surrender on behalf of the command fascist Germany. Four long years, 1418 days and nights have ended Patriotic War, full of loss, deprivation, grief.

And on June 24, 1945, the first parade dedicated to the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War took place in Moscow on Red Square. The combined front regiments, the combined regiment of the People's Commissariat of Defense, the combined regiment of the Navy, military academies, military schools and troops of the Moscow garrison were brought out to the Victory Parade. More than 40 thousand military personnel and 1,850 pieces of equipment marched across Red Square at that time. It rained during the parade, so military aircraft did not take part in the parade. The parade was commanded by Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky, and the parade was hosted by Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov.

From the rostrum of the Lenin Mausoleum, Stalin watched the parade, as well as Molotov, Kalinin, Voroshilov, Budyonny and other members of the Politburo.

A documentary film was dedicated to the Victory Parade - one of the first color films of the USSR.It was called “Victory Parade”.

On this day at 10 o'clock in the morning, Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov rode on a white horse from the Spassky Gate to Red Square.

After the command “Parade, attention!” The square exploded with a roar of applause. The commander of the parade, Konstantin Rokossovsky, presented a report to Georgy Zhukov, and then together they began to tour the troops.

Following this, the signal “Listen, everyone!” sounded, and the military orchestra played the anthem “Hail, Russian people!” Mikhail Glinka. After Zhukov's welcoming speech, the anthem of the Soviet Union was played, and the solemn march of the troops began.

The Victory Banner hoisted over the Reichstag in Berlin, 1945.

The parade opened with the Victory Banner, which was transported across Red Square in a special car, accompanied by Heroes of the Soviet Union M.A. Egorova and M.V. Kantaria, who hoisted this banner on the defeated Reichstag in Berlin.

Then the combined front regiments marched across Red Square.

After this - the famous Soviet military equipment, which provided our army with superiority over the enemy.

The parade ended with an action that shocked the whole world - the orchestra fell silent and, to the beat of drums, two hundred soldiers entered the square, carrying trophy banners lowered to the ground.

Line after line of soldiers turned to the mausoleum, on which stood the country's leaders and outstanding military leaders, and threw the banners of the destroyed Nazi army captured in battle onto the stones of Red Square. This action became a symbol of our triumph and a warning to everyone who would encroach on the freedom of our Motherland. During the Victory Parade to the foot of the mausoleum of V.I. Lenin abandoned 200 banners and standards of the defeated Nazi divisions.

To commemorate the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War, I appoint a parade of troops of the Active Army, Navy and Moscow Garrison on June 24, 1945 in Moscow on Red Square - the Victory Parade.

Bring to the parade: consolidated regiments of the fronts, consolidated regiment of the People's Commissariat of Defense, consolidated regiment of the Navy, military academies, military schools and troops of the Moscow garrison.

The Victory Parade will be hosted by my Deputy Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov.

Command the Victory Parade to Marshal of the Soviet Union Rokossovsky.

I entrust general leadership for organizing the parade to the commander of the Moscow Military District and the head of the garrison of the city of Moscow, Colonel General Artemyev.

Supreme Commander-in-Chief,
Marshal of the Soviet Union
I. Stalin

The Supreme Commander-in-Chief ordered:

1. To participate in the parade in Moscow, in honor of the victory over Germany, select a combined regiment from the front.
2. The combined regiment will be formed according to the following calculation: five two-company battalions of 100 people each. in each company (10 squads of 10 people). In addition, 19 people. command staff based on the commander of regiment 1, deputy. commander of regiment 2 (combatant and political unit), chief of staff of regiment 1, battalion commanders 5, company commanders 10 and 36 people. flag bearers with 4 assistant officers; in the combined regiment there are 1059 people. and 10 people spares.
3. The combined regiment has six companies of infantry, one company of artillerymen, one company of tank crews, one company of pilots and one combined company - cavalrymen, sappers, signalmen.
4. The companies should be staffed so that the squad commanders are mid-level officers, and the squads are composed of privates and sergeants.
5. Personnel to participate in the parade will be selected from among the soldiers and officers who have most distinguished themselves in battle and have military orders.
6. The combined regiment is to be armed with: three rifle companies - with rifles, three rifle companies - with machine guns, a company of artillerymen - with carbines on their backs, a company of tankers and a company of pilots - with pistols, a company of sappers, signalmen and cavalrymen - with carbines on their backs, and cavalrymen, in addition, with swords.
7. The front commander and all army commanders, including the air and tank armies, will come to the parade.
8. The combined regiment arrives in Moscow on June 10 of this year, having with it thirty-six battle flags of the formations and units of the front that most distinguished themselves in battles and all the battle banners of the enemy formations and units captured in battles by the front troops, regardless of their number.
9. Ceremonial uniforms for the entire regiment will be issued in Moscow.

On June 22, 1945, Order No. 370 of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief was published in the central newspapers of the USSR. It began with the words: “In commemoration of the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War, I appoint a parade of troops of the Active Army on June 24, 1945 in Moscow on Red Square, Navy and the Moscow garrison - Victory Parade."

Two famous marshals of the Soviet Union, Georgy Zhukov and Konstantin Rokossovsky, were entrusted with steering the parade.

Witnesses said that Joseph Vissarionovich was at first going to host the parade himself, but shortly before June 24 he changed his mind: although he himself knew how to ride a horse and tried to restore his skills, the horse carried him away. The General Staff was in charge of preparations. It’s a troublesome task, similar to a front-line operation: to select 40 thousand of the most distinguished soldiers from the troops and transfer them along with their equipment to Moscow by June 10.

The railway workers drove the letter trains out of turn. But people had to not only be accommodated, but also dressed. The order was entrusted to the Bolshevichka factory, and city studios were also involved. The equipment was concentrated at the training ground in Kuzminki. The possibility of rain was taken into account: to prevent the horses from slipping, the paving stones in the square were sprinkled with tyrsa - a mixture of sand and sawdust. In honor of the parade, a 26-meter Fountain of Winners was erected at Lobnoye Mesto. Then it was removed. They thought it was ridiculous...

The first in the area was the consolidated regiment of Suvorov drummers, followed by the consolidated regiments of 11 fronts in the order of their location in the theater of military operations at the end of the war - from north to south - and the regiment of the Navy. Representatives of the Polish Army marched with the regiment of the 1st Belorussian Front in a special column.

Ahead of the regiments (each with 1,059 people) are the commanders of the fronts and armies. Banner bearers with assistants - Heroes of the Soviet Union - carried 36 banners of formations and units of each front that distinguished themselves in battle. And for each regiment, an orchestra of 1,400 musicians performed a special march.

Behind the regiments, 200 soldiers approached the Mausoleum, from where Stalin watched the parade, and they threw the banners of the defeated enemy divisions onto a special wooden platform at the foot. The first is Hitler's Life Standard. In the evening of the same day, the platform and the soldiers' gloves were burned. This is disinfection from the fascist infection.

Marching along Red Square, the troops turned their heads towards the podium of the Mausoleum, and when passing by representatives of the Allies (who had delayed the opening of the second front for so long), they pointedly did not do this, keeping their heads straight. The passage was completed by a regiment of the People's Commissariat of Defense, "boxes" of military academies and schools, a cavalry brigade, artillery, mechanized, airborne and tank units.

The parade lasted two hours and nine minutes. It was pouring rain all this time. Because of it, the aerial part of the parade and the passage of columns of workers were canceled.

What's a parade without technology? They showed what they fought with. Brigades of heavy Joseph Stalin-2 tanks and medium T-34 tanks, recognized as the best tanks of World War II. Regiments of self-propelled “hunter-killers” ISU-152, ISU-122 and SU-100, whose shells pierced right through the armor of both sides of the German “Tigers” and “Panthers”. Battalions of light SU-76, nicknamed “the death of four tankers.” Next came the famous Katyushas, ​​artillery of all calibers: from 203 mm to 45 mm and mortars. The steel avalanche rolled across the area for 50 minutes!

A parade participant recalled: “With greedy interest, as we passed by the Mausoleum, I looked at Stalin’s face for several seconds without stopping. It was thoughtful, calm, tired and stern. And motionless. No one stood close to Stalin; there was some kind of space, a sphere, an exclusion zone around him. He stood alone. I didn’t experience any special feelings other than curiosity. The Supreme Commander was out of reach. I left Red Square inspired. The world was arranged correctly: we won. I felt like a part of the victorious people..."

2,500 guests were invited to the Kremlin reception on the occasion of the parade. On it, Stalin made his famous toast, which included the following words: “I drink, first of all, to the health of the Russian people because they are the most outstanding nation of all the nations that make up the Soviet Union... I raise a toast to the health Russian people not only because they are the leading people, but also because they have a clear mind, persistent character and patience... Thanks to them, the Russian people, for this trust!”

Stalin did not arrange such celebrations again either on June 24 or on May 9: he understood that the country needed to be restored. Only in 1965 did Victory Day become an official holiday in our country, and parades began to be held regularly on May 9.

The idea of ​​publishing and scanning the section of the book "Winners" ( Victory Parade on June 24, 1945. - Moscow: Moscow Government. Committee for Public and Interregional Relations, 2000. ) - S.V. Lyubimova, daughter of V.A. Lyubimov and author of an essay about him -.

Although the original intention was tell about the pupils of special naval schools and naval preparatory schools - participants in the Victory Parade, in the preparation process we decided to provide information about all the participants about whom at least something is known, both from the book and from Internet sources. About those who stood in the ranks of the Combined Navy Regiment on Red Square on June 24, 1945. About those sailors who attended the parade. Just over 160 participants... Out of over 1250! We would be grateful for your help and additions.

NAVY

During the Great Patriotic War, the USSR Navy led active and decisive fighting to destroy enemy fleet forces and transports, reliably protected military and national economic sea, lake and river transportation, assisted Red Army groups in defensive and offensive operations.
The Northern Fleet, in contact with the Allied Navy (Great Britain, USA), provided external communications and carried out active operations on the enemy’s sea lanes. To ensure the safety of ship traffic in the Arctic, in particular along the Northern Sea Route, the White Sea Flotilla was formed. Many coastal bridgeheads and naval bases, which were threatened with capture from land, were held for a long time by the joint efforts of the ground forces and navy. The Northern Fleet (commander A.G. Golovko), together with the troops of the 14th Army, fought on the distant approaches to the Kola Bay and Murmansk. In 1942, he was entrusted with the defense of the Sredny and Rybachy peninsulas.
The Baltic Fleet (commander V.F. Tributs) participated in the defense of Liepaja, Tallinn, the Moonsund Islands, the Hanko Peninsula, the Oranienbaum bridgehead, the islands of the Vyborg Bay and the northern coast of Lake Ladoga. The fleet played an important role in heroic defense Leningrad.
The Black Sea Fleet (commander F.S. Oktyabrsky, from April 1943 - L.A. Vladimirsky, from March 1944 - F.S. Oktyabrsky) together with the ground forces carried out operations to defend Odessa, Sevastopol, Kerch, Novorossiysk, participated in the defense North Caucasus.

On high-water rivers and lakes, river and lake flotillas were used to create defensive lines: Azov, Danube, Pinsk, Chudskaya, Ladoga, Onega, Volzhskaya, and a detachment of ships on Lake Ilmen. The Ladoga flotilla provided communications across Lake Ladoga ("Road of Life") to besieged Leningrad. The sailors of the Volga Flotilla made a great contribution to the defense of Stalingrad and to ensuring important economic transportation along the Volga in conditions of mine danger. In 1943 the Dnieper and in 1944 the Danube river military flotillas were recreated. The Dnieper flotilla, relocated to the river basin. Oder, took part in Berlin operation. The Danube flotilla took part in the liberation of Belgrade, Budapest and Vienna.
The Pacific Fleet (commander I.S. Yumashev) and the Red Banner Amur Flotilla (commander N.V. Antonov) in August-September 1945 participated in the defeat of the Japanese Kwantung Army and in the liberation of Korea, Manchuria, South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.
During the Great Patriotic War, the Navy sent about 500 thousand sailors and officers to the land fronts, where sailors heroically fought in the Red Army, defending Odessa, Sevastopol, Moscow, Leningrad. During the war years, the fleet landed more than 100 naval operational and tactical landings. For outstanding military services in the Great Patriotic War, more than 350 thousand sailors were awarded orders and medals, 513 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, 7 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union twice.

CONSOLIDATED REGIMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE OF THE NAVY

Command of the consolidated regiment

Victory parade. Formation of sailors of the Northern, Baltic, Black Sea fleets, as well as the Dnieper and Danube flotillas. In the foreground is Vice Admiral V.G. Fadeev, who led the combined regiment of sailors, Captain 2nd Rank V.D. Sharoiko, Hero of the Soviet Union, Captain 2nd Rank V.N. Alekseev, Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel of the Coastal Service F.E. Kotanov, captain 3rd rank G.K. Nikiporets. - Victory parade. Formation of sailors - photo | War album 1939, 1940, 1941-1945

FADEEV Vladimir Georgievich

Genus. 10.7.1904 in Novgorod.
In the Navy since 1918. Graduated from the Naval School named after. M.V. Frunze (1926), navigator class of the SKKS Red Army Navy (1930), courses for destroyer commanders (1937), formation commanders (1938), academic courses for officers (1947) and the Naval Academy. K.E.Voroshilova. Participant in the Civil War. Jung on the destroyer "Attentive", USSR. naval crew, trawling detachment of the Black Sea Fleet. Watch chief of the minesweeper "Jalita", cruiser "Comintern", flag navigator of the gunboat division. From July 1931, senior navigator, senior assistant commander of the destroyer "Shaumyan", from March 1935, commander of the patrol ship "Shkval", from November 1936, commander of the patrol ship division, from May 1937, commander of the destroyer "Nezamozhnik", from Oct. 1937 division commander, minesweeper brigade. Since Aug. 1939 commander of the defensive military region of the Main Base of the Black Sea Fleet. Rear Admiral (1940).
F. entered the Great Patriotic War in this position, solving problems of organizing the defense of the Main Fleet Base, ensuring uninterrupted regime in its zone, performing patrol duty, escorting ships, and delivering reinforcements, ammunition, weapons and cargo to Sevastopol.

Rozanov, 1945, Novorossiysk (Photo from family archive V.F. Rozanova)

What can you say about your commander, Vice Admiral V.G. Fadeev?
- Fadeev was very open to the people. Very caring about the sailors, a sincere person. It used to be that we’d go on a mission and come back, two weeks later, he’d come to us by car at the pier, and immediately turn not to the boat commander, but to the sailors: “When were you in the bathhouse? How about the food?” First of all, he resolved such issues. Well, he drove the officers and quartermasters who were responsible for the supply of food and the organization of healthcare. He was very demanding. He was our brigade commander, which included different divisions - large minesweepers, and our 1st Red Banner "Sea Hunters" division. And then he already became the commander of the Sevastopol naval base, he was already a vice admiral.

The book "Experience in fighting the enemy" mine weapons"in the OVR of the Main Base of the Black Sea Fleet is of great value, since on the basis of this experience, the “Manual on sweeping proximity mines” was developed (order of the NK of the Navy No. 0467).

The entire experience of the struggle was summarized directly by the organizer of the trawling, Rear Admiral Comrade. Fadeev Vladimir Georgievich, who for the first time created a mine defense against enemy proximity mines.
The work done on PMO in the OVR GB Black Fleet completely prevented the enemy’s attempt to blockade the main naval base of Sevastopol.
As a result of this, it was possible for our ships and boats to make 15,867 trips to besieged Sevastopol to ensure its defense. - Fadeev Vladimir Georgievich. - Memorial plaques of Sevastopol

Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Nikolaevich ALEXEEV

Genus. 09/08/1912 in the village. Kimiltei, Ziminsky district, Irkutsk region. Member of the All-Union Communist Party (b. 1941. In 1932 he graduated from the Leningrad Marine College, was an assistant captain of the ship.
In the Navy since 1933. Graduated from special courses for Navy command personnel. Navigator of the submarine "Shch-12: submarine division, flag navigator of the BTKA (Pacific Fleet). Illegally repressed in August 1938. Reinstated in the Navy in February 1939. Flight commander, detachment, chief of staff of the TKA division (05.39-04.1942). Graduated in 1944 Naval Academy.
In the Great Patriotic War from Jan. 1944 to May 9, 1945 in the Northern Fleet. During the hostilities, the 3rd division of the torpedo boat brigade under the command of Captain 2nd Rank A. sank 17 enemy ships. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded on November 5, 1944. At the Victory Parade - Chief of Staff of the Combined Regiment. Captain 2nd rank, chief of staff of the Pechenga Red Banner Order of Ushakov 1st class. brigade of torpedo boats of the Northern Fleet.
After the war he continued to serve in the Navy. He commanded a formation of ships. Graduated in 1953 Military Academy General Staff. He was an assistant to the representative of the Chief Commander for the Navy in the Romanian Army, commander of the Liepaja Naval Base, first deputy chief of the 1st Naval Staff, and worked at the General Staff Academy. Since Oct. 1986 Admiral A. retired. Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1980).
Awarded the Orders of Lenin, the October Revolution, 5 Orders of the Red Banner, 2 Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st class, Order of the Red Star, “For Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces, 3rd class,” medals.
Died in July 1999.

The most vivid memory of military operations is the attack of torpedo boats in the Barents Sea in 1943.
“This attack went down in the history of our fleet,” says the veteran. “There was a German caravan at sea, and we received a command: attack!” But the caravan is always protected by destroyers... Our commander was a captain second rank Alekseev (Hero of the Soviet Union Alekseev Vladimir Nikolaevich), and this is what he came up with. Each torpedo boat commander was given a course point to go to. The calculation was as follows: the boat goes to the desired point, a torpedo attack follows, and the ship ends up in the very place where the torpedoes went. They gave a smoke screen. The Germans didn't see us. Our boats surface, throw torpedoes and leave. And so we killed six units of the enemy fleet. This is Alekseev’s personal merit, because we didn’t lose a single boat! -Pigarev D.T. On torpedo boats. - M.: Military Publishing House, 1963.

DUBINA Alexander Davidovich

V.G. Fadeev (commander of the combined regiment), captain 2nd rank F.D. Sharoiko (deputy regiment commander for political affairs), Colonel A.D. Dubina (deputy regiment commander for combat units), Hero of the Soviet Union captain 2 1st rank V.N. Alekseev (chief of staff of the regiment), Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel of the Coastal Service F.E. Kotanov (commander of the 1st battalion), guard captain 3rd rank G.K. Nikiporets (commander of the 1st company )

Born 05/19/1887 in the village. Verviy is now Letichevsky district, Khmelnytsky region, Ukraine. Member of the CPSU(b) since 1933. He graduated from a rural school, four classes of a real school (as an external student), and a naval rifle team in Oranienbaum (1909).
In May 1919 he voluntarily enlisted in the Black Sea Fleet crew in Nikolaev. IN Civil War 1918-1920 c. As part of the 1st communist detachment, as an assistant to the head of a special detachment of sailors, he participated in the battles against Denikin’s army on the Southern Front. Since Oct. 1919 to Dec. 1920 in stock. On Dec. 1920 called up again for military service and passed it on the Dnieper, then the Don flotillas. From Sep. 1921 as part of the Black Sea Naval Forces - head of the training team of the naval crew, head. combat unit of the machine school, head of the combat unit of the training detachment. Since Aug. 1923 to Apr. 1925 - company commander, assistant commander, commander of the Black Sea naval crew. Since Apr. 1925 to July 1928 - commander of the combined training battalion of the MSChM training detachment. In July 1928 he was appointed commander of the Baltic naval crew. On Dec. 1938 was transferred to the reserve with the rank of brigade commander.
In Jan. 1945 called up and appointed head of the combat department of the Navy Quartermaster School with the assignment military rank"Colonel". At the parade - deputy commander of the combined Navy regiment for combat units. “During the period of work at the school, he achieved positive results in improving military discipline and training cadets in combat. He worked a lot to prepare cadets for participation in the parade in Moscow,” noted in the award sheet.
After the war he continued to serve at the same school.
Awarded 2 Orders of the Red Star and medals.
Died 1947

To be continued.

Veryuzhsky Nikolay Aleksandrovich (VNA), Gorlov Oleg Aleksandrovich (OAS), Maksimov Valentin Vladimirovich (MVV), KSV.
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