Day of Remembrance and Mourning June 22 is one of the saddest dates in history. The Great Patriotic War began 76 years ago. It lasted four long years - until May 9, 1945.
Four years of battles, hardships and horrors of war took the lives of almost 30 million Soviet people.
When the war began, almost 290 thousand people left the Tajik SSR for the front. Of these, more than 100 thousand fighters will never return home.
Tajikistan gave a lot not only for the front, but also for the rear. The republic became one of the centers of evacuation; 29 evacuation hospitals were located on the territory of Tajikistan, in which the Red Army soldiers were recovering from their injuries and wounds.
A number of enterprises were transferred here. Thousands of children were able to spend part of their childhood here, not remembering the horrors of the war every day. Thousands of adults were able to continue their work, leaving their hometowns, destroyed by shelling and air strikes.
For courage and courage in the fight against fascism, displayed on the battlefields, 56 thousand envoys of Tajikistan were awarded military orders and medals, 54 people were awarded the highest title of Hero of the Soviet Union, 15 people became holders of three Orders of Glory.
List of Tajiks awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union:
Amirali Saidbekov distinguished himself during the liberation of Poland. In March 1945, Saidbekov's company liberated several Polish settlements, inflicting heavy losses on enemy troops and capturing a large number of prisoners. On April 8, 1945, Saidbekov's company repulsed several German counterattacks in the area of \u200b\u200bthe villages of Rogow and Dombrowa. In that battle, Saidbekov died.
Anton Buyukli. On August 14, 1945, at the Coton railway station (now the village of Pobedino in the Smirnykhovsky district of the Sakhalin region), the advancing regimental units were stopped by strong machine-gun fire from the bunker. Buyukly volunteered to destroy the bunker and crawled towards him with a grenade. At a distance of ten steps, he, having received a serious wound, stopped, but found the strength to rise and close the embrasure of the bunker. At the cost of his own life, Buyukly ensured the success of the regiment's combat operations.
Ivan Razin. In total, by the beginning of April 1945, the senior pilot of the 639th assault aviation regiment, Lieutenant I.P. Razin, made 110 sorties, dropped 35 thousand kilograms of bombs on the enemy, fired 340 rockets, shot up to 15,000 VYa-23 shells and up to 64,000 ShKAS rounds ... As a result of bombing and assault strikes, he destroyed 11 tanks, 22 vehicles, 13 field guns in firing positions, 5 mortar batteries and 5 anti-aircraft guns, destroyed 22 bunkers, destroyed 1 steam locomotive and set fire to two echelons with troops and cargo, blew up a warehouse with ammunition, destroyed up to 600 enemy soldiers and officers.
Ahmadjon Kurbonov during the liberation of the Byelorussian SSR near Bobruisk, using a diversionary maneuver, he successfully crossed the Narev and seized a bridgehead on its western coast. Continuing to advance, the battalion captured an important height and cut the highway northeast of the village of Syvesheno. Only during the repulsion of one of the counterattacks, Kurbanov's fighters destroyed 6 tanks, 4 armored personnel carriers, 12 machine guns, 185 enemy soldiers and officers.
Peter Vernidub. In the battles for the city of Vilnius, Lieutenant Vernidub with his platoon destroyed 8 tanks and self-propelled guns, 4 anti-tank guns (anti-tank guns), 8 vehicles with cargo, 23 firing points, destroyed up to two platoons of soldiers and took over 300 people prisoners.
Rakhim Azimov in January 1945, in the battles for the Polish city of Zvolen, he burst into enemy positions, with grenades, he destroyed several firing points, captured 5 enemy soldiers.
Alexander Gorelov. On April 22, 1945, his battalion fought to the Spree River and attacked enemy positions from the rear, capturing three bridges. In total, during the battles for Berlin, the battalion captured more than 2,000 enemy soldiers and officers, and freed allied prisoners of war from two camps.
Bakir Davlatov. In September 1943, Davlyatov, with his own crew, was among the first in the squadron to cross the Dnieper near the village of Vyalye, Bragin District, Gomel Region, Belorussian SSR. With machine gun fire, he suppressed the enemy firing point, which contributed to the successful advance of the entire squadron. During the battle for the village of Galki, Davlyatov, moving forward with a machine gun, destroyed a group of enemy soldiers, ensuring the successful liberation of the village.
Victor Butorin. Guard Senior Sergeant Butorin distinguished himself in the battle for the Dnieper. On September 21, 1943, during the battles for the village of Pershe Travnya of the Gorodnyansky district of the Chernihiv region of Ukraine, he, being twice wounded, did not leave the battlefield until the settlement was completely liberated.
Domullo Azizov especially distinguished himself when crossing the Dnieper in the Loyevsky region. The 120th rifle regiment, in which Azizov served as the commander of the machine-gun crew, was ordered on October 15, 1943 to begin crossing the Dnieper. At the Komsomol regimental meeting, it was decided to create a Komsomol landing group, which was instructed to be the first to cross the river. As part of the landing group on October 15, 1943, he was among the first to cross the river, bursting into an enemy trench, eliminated the crew of the heavy machine gun with a grenade, and destroyed a group of enemy machine gunners with fire from a captured machine gun.
Ivan Valukhov. During the war, Valukhov flew 486 sorties, 339 of which - at night. He flew on a Li-2 bomber. Bombed military objects, accumulations of equipment and manpower of the enemy, 147 times delivered cargo to besieged Leningrad, 76 times - weapons and ammunition - to partisan formations (15 times landed on forest airfields), threw troops into the enemy rear. In October 1943, Valukhov made 12 sorties in search of the Stalin icebreaker in the Arctic.
Ergash Sharifov for the courage and heroism shown during the battles for the liberation of the city of Uherski Brod in Czechoslovakia, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Buried in Czechoslovakia.
Veniamin Nedoshivin. On January 27, 1944, on the outskirts of the city of Gatchina, Lieutenant Nedoshivin, at the head of a platoon, burst into the village of Pizhma, but was surrounded. Having occupied a perimeter defense, inspiring the soldiers to win, the twice wounded officer remained in the ranks and bravely repulsed enemy attacks until reinforcements arrived.
Ivan Dushkin. On the night of August 7-8, 1943, Dushkin's plane was shot down over Mga. The crew decided to land in Kalinin, however, before reaching their destination, the plane's engine failed. Only the radio operator of the crew managed to jump out of the car with a parachute, the rest of the crew died.
Ismat Sharifov On March 9, 1944, under enemy fire, he crawled to two enemy heavy machine guns, which interfered with the advance of the platoon, and destroyed their crews with grenades. On the same day, in street battles in the city of Uman, he blew up 3 enemy vehicles with ammunition and destroyed over a dozen Nazis.
Dmitry Kratov. The regiment of Lieutenant Colonel Kratov in the battle between the settlements of Jastrow, Flederborn and Wallachsee, in cooperation with cavalry and tank units, destroyed 15 tanks and about 4,000 enemy soldiers and officers. He captured 34 artillery pieces, 19 mortars, 172 machine guns and captured about 2,000 enemy soldiers and officers.
Nemat Karaboev was the first Tajik to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. When the Soviet-Finnish war began, he, being in the ranks of the Red Army, became its participant. The high rank for courage displayed in battles was awarded to Negmat Karabaev in March 1940.
Nikolay Anikin. On October 2, 1943, Anikin, as part of a group of fighters from his platoon, crossed the Dnieper south of Kiev. Having secretly cleared the passages in the minefields, Anikin crawled to the German trench and threw grenades at it. As a result of a fierce battle, a group of fighters led by Anikin knocked out the German soldiers from their positions. In this battle, he personally killed seventeen German soldiers. After that, leaving the fighters at a busy line, he returned to the Dnieper, and, despite the heavy fire of the Nazis, transported one hundred and eighty-three fighters overnight, which led to the preservation of the bridgehead.
Nabi Akramov in one of the military operations on the commander's BMP, he cut off the path to the mountains of a retreating band of rebels and destroyed 12 of them. Then he raised a company to attack, entered into hand-to-hand combat, during which he personally destroyed three more rebels, including the leader of the bandit formation.
Vasily Obukhov. By October 1943, the deputy squadron commander of the 25th Guards Aviation Regiment, Guards Major V.M. Obukhov flew 156 combat missions to bomb important strategic targets deep behind enemy lines and their troop concentrations.
Fatkhullo Akhmadov. In January 1944, the liberation of the Belarusian Polesye began. At one of the positions near the village of Besedki, Fathullo, expecting an enemy tank attack, attaching an ordinary wheel from a cart to a tree, managed to shoot down the enemy Junkers from this platform with an anti-tank rifle during the next raid.
Mikhail Novoseltsev. On September 21, 1943, in the battles near the settlement of Ivashkovka, Chernigov Region, Ukrainian SSR, Novoseltsev personally destroyed an enemy machine-gun crew. On the night of September 27-28, 1943, Novoseltsev's crew crossed the Dnieper near the village of Nivki, Bragin District, Gomel Region, Belorussian SSR, and took an active part in the battles for capturing and holding the bridgehead on its western bank, holding out until the main forces crossed.
Hody Kenjaev. On July 6, 1943, Kendzhaev's crew repelled a counterattack of 24 German tanks, knocking out four of them. When the entire crew was out of order, Kenjaev continued to fire alone, knocking out 3 more tanks. In that battle, he was wounded three times, but continued to fight. When Kenjaev's gun was destroyed, he picked up an anti-tank rifle and destroyed the eighth tank, only after that he went to the medical battalion. On the way, he provided first aid to an artilleryman from a neighboring calculation and delivered him to the battalion.
Grigory Filippov. On the night of November 7, 1944, with a group of scouts, Sergeant Filippov crossed the Tisza River near the village of Sharud. He was the first to break into the enemy trench. The soldiers captured an important line, from which they repelled enemy counterattacks. In battle, the Komsomol organizer blew up an armored personnel carrier with a grenade, using an enemy machine gun, personally destroying dozens of Nazis. He was wounded twice, but did not leave the battlefield until the arrival of reinforcements.
Saidkul Turdiev. On the night of October 2, 1943, the commander of the machine-gun company of the 342nd Rifle Regiment (136th Rifle Division, 38th Army, Voronezh Front), Lieutenant Turdyev, was among the first in the battalion to cross the Dnieper near Kazachy Island, located on the southern outskirts of Kiev. Replacing the battalion commander who was out of action, he led the battle on the bridgehead.
Alexey Lapshin. On October 15, 1943, Lapshin's forward detachment crossed the Dnieper near the village of Kamenka, Repkinsky District, Chernigov Region, Ukrainian SSR, and seized a bridgehead on its western bank, after which it held it until the entire battalion crossed. While repelling one of the German counterattacks, Lapshin was wounded, but continued to fight.
Ismail Khamzaliev. In a battle on unnamed heights north of Molotychi, Sergeant Khamzaliev, replacing the failed gunner of the gun, knocked out three enemy medium tanks with his gun.
Pavel Khanzhin distinguished himself when crossing the Dnieper. In October 1943, a platoon of Khanzhin under heavy enemy fire landed on the right bank of the Dnieper in three boats. Liberating the island of Pushkarevsky, Khanzhin with a platoon of 24 fighters entered hand-to-hand combat with the enemy on the shore in the Rechishche region, personally destroying 5 Nazis.
Tuychi Ergdzhigitov.During the battle on October 5, 1943 in the area of \u200b\u200bthe village of Smerdynya, Tosnensky district of the Leningrad region, the Red Army soldier Tuychi Erdzhigitov, having closed the embrasure of the bunker, allowed his company to advance. Inspired by the feat of Tuychi, colleagues, having risen to the attack, burst into the trench of the Nazis.
Urunbek Yokubov during the breakthrough of the enemy's defenses in the Kharkov region, on August 26, 1943, with his crew he destroyed up to 20 enemy soldiers and officers and suppressed two firing points.
Nikolay Balakin. On the night of April 22-23, 1945, at the head of a group of fighters, Balakin crossed the Spree River and, with an attack from the rear, destroyed the German unit guarding the bridge. On April 28 he was wounded, but remained in the ranks until he received a second wound.
Safar Amirshoev distinguished himself on June 16, 1944 north-west of the Lithuanian SSR. During the battle with the enemy tanks that broke through, he was the first to deploy the howitzer and knock out the lead tank. During the fierce battle, all the soldiers of the crew were wounded. He himself received two wounds, but was able to knock out two more tanks and died.
Mikhail Vladimirov. In July 1944, Vladimirov distinguished himself during the crossing of the Neman River and in the battle for the bridgehead. On August 16, 1944, in one of the battles, his SU-76 was surrounded by enemy tanks. He knocked out 4 tanks with well-aimed fire, the rest retreated. He was wounded, but continued to fight.
Tuychi Nazarov one of the first on January 24, 1945 overcame the Oder in the region of Köben (Khobenya, Poland). When capturing and expanding the bridgehead, he destroyed up to 12 Nazis and the calculation of a light machine gun.
Timofey Gavrilov. On March 13, 1944, for the exemplary performance of the command assignments and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Captain Timofey Kuzmich Gavrilov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Tukhtasin Mirzoev. On October 3, 1943, in a battle for height 160.7 south-west of the village of Mishurin Rog (Verkhnedneprovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region), the Red Army guard Mirzaev drew the soldiers into the attack, was the first to break into the height, throwing a grenade to silence the enemy machine gun. The height was taken, the fighters repulsed more than 10 attacks of the Nazis, but held their positions. In one of the following battles, Mirazev went missing.
Peter Kashpurov he received the title of hero for the exemplary execution of the order for the crossing of the Dnieper, the occupation of Dnipropetrovsk and the personal heroism shown at the same time.
Alexander Gordeev. On the night of September 26-27, 1943, as part of three crews of anti-tank rifles, Gordeev, despite massive enemy fire, crossed the Dnieper near the village of Nivki, Bragin District, Gomel Region, Belorussian SSR, where he entered into battle with superior enemy forces. Taking advantage of the darkness, the soldiers of the calculations secretly crept up to the German trenches, threw grenades at the enemy soldiers who were there and, seizing the trenches, held them until reinforcements arrived.
Haydar Kosimov in the battles on the approaches to the Pripyat River, Kasymov destroyed the enemy's ammunition depot with the fire of his mortars.
Grigory Taran. In 1943, the squadron commanded by Taran made 126 sorties to the Crimean partisans, delivering 120 tons of food and taking out more than 600 wounded partisans and children. Grigory Taran himself was sent to Great Britain, where he tested the new Albimal-1 transport aircraft and overtaken it to the USSR. After being appointed commander of the regiment, Taran made 225 sorties, of which 61 - with a landing behind enemy lines.
Eremey Danilyans on the night of September 28, 1943, under heavy mortar and machine-gun fire, he was the first to cross with his crew to the right bank of the Dnieper River near the village of Nyvki, Bragin District, Gomel Region, Belarus. He opened heavy fire on the enemy, which helped the cavalry squadron to successfully cross the river, occupy an advantageous line and ensure the crossing of the main forces of the 60th Guards Chernigov cavalry regiment.
Khovadzhi Mirzoev. In September 1943, Khovadzhi was among the first to cross to the right bank of the Dnieper. Having cleared the bank of the enemy with machine-gun fire, he ensured the successful crossing of the river by his unit. He was wounded three times, but did not leave the position, destroying 144 fascists.
Ivan Dvadnenko. On September 27, 1943, despite the massive fire of enemy artillery and mortars, Dvadnenko and his battery successfully crossed the Dnieper near the village of Nivki, Bragin district, Gomel region of the Byelorussian SSR, and entered into battle with enemy troops. While repelling a counterattack by German tanks, Dvadnenko was wounded, but did not leave the battlefield, continuing to fight. When the gunner of one of the guns went out of action, Dvadnenko replaced him with himself and, firing, personally destroyed two enemy tanks. Later, in the area of \u200b\u200bthe village of Galki in the same area, Dvadnenko's battery knocked out three tanks and a self-propelled gun.
Chutak Urazov. On the night of July 18, 1944, near the Latvian city of Ludza, his reconnaissance group, being surrounded, took a battle with superior enemy forces. Many believed the entire group had died. In fact, one person survived: the shell-shocked Urunbay Abdullaev was captured by the Nazis after the battle at height 144. The rest, including Chutak Urazov, died heroically.
Vasily Andreev. During one of the Nazis' counterattacks, Andreev replaced the out-of-order platoon commander, and supported the infantry offensive with machine gun fire. He himself was seriously wounded, but did not leave the battlefield. Skillful and decisive actions contributed to the capture of up to 140 fascists.
Daniil Korzhov. On September 28, 1943, Korzhov, under massive enemy fire, was one of the first in the regiment to cross the Dnieper near the village of Lopatny in the Repkinsky district of the Chernigov region of the Ukrainian SSR and took an active part in the battles on the bridgehead on its western bank. With machine-gun fire, he destroyed a group of German soldiers who were trying to disrupt the regiment's crossing. In November 1943, Korzhov went missing.
Olim Khakimov distinguished himself during the liberation of Poland. On January 16, 1945, Khakimov's battalion crossed the Vistula near the settlement of Lomna, 8 kilometers south-west of the city of Khotomuv, and seized a bridgehead on its western bank, after which it held it until the main forces crossed, repelling fifteen German counterattacks.
Ivan Protopopov received this high award for exemplary performance of command missions, personal heroism and courage, brilliant platoon command in extremely difficult battle conditions.
Alexey Dmitriev. Acting commander of the 214th Guards Howitzer Artillery Regiment of the Guards Captain Alexei Dmitriev in the area of \u200b\u200bthe village of Franzkabud (Shakyai District of the Lithuanian SSR) on August 7, 1944, repelling an enemy attack, knocked out 5 tanks with the battalion's fire. When part of the enemy's tanks and infantry broke through to the observation post, he organized its defense, called the division fire on himself, cut off the enemy infantry from the tanks and, having gathered the control platoon fighters, counterattacked the enemy. On August 21, 8 more tanks were destroyed. Killed in action on October 17, 1944.
Vildan Khabiev. The commander of the mortar department of the 685th Rifle Regiment, Sergeant Vildan Khabiev, as part of the capture group, on October 15, 1943, crossed the Dnieper River near the village of Kamenka, Repkinsky District, Chernihiv Region of Ukraine. The paratroopers seized a bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper and repulsed all enemy counterattacks.
Seytnafe Seitveliev distinguished himself during the liberation of the Byelorussian SSR. On June 25, 1944, Seitveliev took part in breaking through the German defense in the Zhlobin area, and on the night of July 2–3, 1944, in battles near the town of Maryina Gorka, knocking out fifteen German tanks with his crew.
Ivan Krumin in the battles for the crossing on the Dnieper River he showed courage and courage. Under heavy enemy fire, on October 15, 1943, he crossed to the right bank of the Dnieper in the Loyev area to adjust the fire of our artillery, which fired at the crossing. He was wounded, but continued to carry out a combat mission. And only when the second echelons crossed, a shift came, he agreed to be evacuated to the medical battalion.
Ivan Razvalyaev, being throughout the entire march from the city of Tomashuv to the city of Kalisz in the lead detachment, the commander of the guard squadron, the captain, as one of the brave, energetic and competent officers, showed heroism and courage in the battles during the occupation of Tomashuv.
Raҳimboy Rakmatov distinguished himself during the liberation of Poland. On January 24-25, 1945, Rakhmatov crossed the Oder near the city of Oppeln and took an active part in the battles for seizing and holding the bridgehead on its western bank, repelling a large number of enemy counterattacks. In those battles, Rakhmatov was wounded, but continued to fight.
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By the beginning of the war, the population of the Tajik SSR was about two million people. During the Great Patriotic War, more than 260 thousand Tajiks were mobilized to the front. More than 90 thousand of them did not return home.
What fortitude was shown by those who covered with their bodies the embrasure of the enemy bunker that was spewing deadly fire! Private A. Matrosov was one of the first to accomplish such a feat. Among those who repeated it is T. Erdzhigitov from Tajikistan. During the battle on October 5, 1943, near the village of Smerdynia, Tosnensky District, Leningrad Region, the Red Army soldier T. Erdzhigitov, having closed the embrasure of the bunker, gave his company the opportunity to go on the offensive.
The grave of Tuychi Erdzhigitov and the portrait of the Hero.
Inspired by the feat of T. Erdzhigitova, colleagues, having risen to attack, burst into the trench of the Nazis. T.Erdzhigitov was buried in a mass grave in the city of Lyuban, Leningrad Region. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 21, 1944, for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command and the heroism and courage shown at the same time to the Red Army soldier T.Erdzhigitov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Standard bearer of the 20th Tajik Mountain Cavalry Division Abdurakhman Pirov
In October 1941, the 20th Red Banner Order of Lenin's mountain cavalry division was sent to the front from Tajikistan, renamed for glorious exploits into the 17th Guards Division.
During the war, Tajikistan received more than 600 thousand evacuees from the front-line territories of Russia, the Baltic States, Ukraine, and Belarus. 151 carriages of gifts to the soldiers of the Soviet Army were sent from Tajikistan.
Echelon from Tajikistan with gifts for the front
Over 75 million rubles were collected in the defense fund. and 49,750 poods of grain. For the construction of the tank column "Kolkhoznik of Tajikistan" and the squadron "Soviet Tajikistan", more than 130 million rubles were collected and received from Tajikistan. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to 49 soldiers from Tajikistan, 14 became Full Cavaliers of the Order of Glory. More than 50 thousand people were awarded military awards.
During the war years, the working people of Tajikistan, employed in the national economy, understood their enormous responsibility to the Motherland and tried to give it as much of the necessary products as possible. Thus, coal mining reached 244 thousand tons in 1945 - 40 thousand tons more than in the pre-war 1940 The amount of electricity generated increased from 62.1 to 72.1 million kWh, and the production of cotton fabrics increased from 200 thousand . up to 3 million meters. During the war years, the textile industry gave the country 178 thousand tons of cotton fiber, 770 tons of silk yarn, over 6.5 million meters of silk fabrics and many other products.
Cotton picking in Tajikistan. 1942 g.
All food enterprises of the republic produced 82 million rubles worth of products during wartime. more than in previous years of peace. In Tajikistan, from June 1, 1941 to January 1, 1946, more than 20 enterprises and workshops were commissioned. Among them: cement, auto repair, electromechanical factories, the first stage of a textile plant in Stalinabad, Dzhilikul and Chorukh-Dayronsky mines, Kanibadam spinning factory, Stalinabad and Leninabad milk plants, etc.
During the war, collective farmers, workers of state farms and MTS were able to increase the sown area in the republic by 16.4 thousand hectares. In 1942-1944, the republic increased the supply of grain to the state by 1.5 million poods. In addition, the collective farmers donated 65 thousand poods of grain to the fund of the Red Army. The production of raw cotton decreased from 181.8 thousand tons in 1941 to 81.1 thousand tons in 1945. However, overcoming difficulties, Tajik cotton growers were able to give the country over 500 thousand tons of this valuable raw material during the war years. As the Soviet territory, temporarily occupied by the Nazi occupiers, was liberated, the movement to provide assistance to the affected population took on large proportions.
Four years of battles, hardships and horrors of war took the lives of almost 30 million Soviet people.
When the Great Patriotic War (WWII) began, almost 290 thousand people went to the front from the Tajik SSR. More than 100,000 of them never returned home.
Tajikistan gave a lot not only for the front, but also made a great contribution to the rear. Tajikistan became one of the centers of evacuation, 29 evacuation hospitals were located on the territory of Tajikistan, in which the Red Army soldiers were recovering from their injuries and wounds.
A number of enterprises were transferred to Tajikistan. Thousands of children were able to spend part of their childhood here, not remembering the horrors of the war every day. Thousands of adults were able to continue their work, leaving their hometowns, destroyed by shelling and air strikes.
For courage and courage in the fight against fascism, displayed on the battlefields, 56 thousand envoys from Tajikistan were awarded military orders and medals, 54 people were awarded the highest title of Hero of the Soviet Union, 15 people became holders of three Orders of Glory.
List of Tajiks awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union:
HeroWWIIAmirali Saidbekov distinguished himself during the liberation of Poland. In March 1945, Saidbekov's company liberated several Polish settlements, inflicting heavy losses on enemy troops and taking a large number of prisoners. On April 8, 1945, Saidbekov's company repelled several German counterattacks in the area of \u200b\u200bthe villages of Rogow and Dabrowa. In that battle, Saidbekov died. Buried in Poland.
HeroWWIIAnton Buyukli. On August 14, 1945, at the Coton railway station (now the village of Pobedino, Smirnykhovsky District, Sakhalin Region), the advancing regimental units were stopped by heavy machine-gun fire from the bunker. Buyukly volunteered to destroy the bunker and crawled towards him with a grenade. At a distance of ten steps, he, having received a serious wound, stopped, but found the strength to rise and close the embrasure of the bunker. At the cost of his own life, Buyukly ensured the success of the regiment's combat operations.
HeroWWIIIvan Razin. In total, by the beginning of April 1945, the senior pilot of the 639th assault aviation regiment, Lieutenant I.P. Razin, made 110 sorties, dropped 35 thousand kilograms of bombs on the enemy, fired 340 rockets, shot up to 15,000 VYa-23 shells and up to 64,000 ShKAS rounds. As a result of bombing and assault strikes, he destroyed 11 tanks, 22 vehicles, 13 field guns in firing positions, 5 mortar batteries and 5 anti-aircraft guns, destroyed 22 bunkers, crashed 1 steam locomotive and set fire to two trains with troops and cargo, blew up a warehouse with ammunition, destroyed up to 600 enemy soldiers and officers.
HeroWWIIAhmadjon Kurbonov during the liberation of the Byelorussian SSR near Bobruisk, using a diversionary maneuver, he successfully crossed the Narev and seized a bridgehead on its western coast. Continuing to advance, the battalion captured an important height and cut the highway northeast of the village of Syvesheno. Only during the repulsion of one of the counterattacks, Kurbanov's fighters destroyed 6 tanks, 4 armored personnel carriers, 12 machine guns, 185 enemy soldiers and officers.
HeroWWIIPeter Vernidub. In the battles for the city of Vilnius, Lieutenant Vernidub with his platoon destroyed 8 tanks and self-propelled guns, 4 anti-tank guns (anti-tank guns), 8 vehicles with cargo, 23 firing points, destroyed up to two platoons of soldiers and took over 300 people prisoners.
HeroWWIIRakhim Azimovin January 1945, in battles for the Polish city of Zvolen, he burst into enemy positions, with grenades, he destroyed several firing points, captured 5 enemy soldiers.
HeroWWIIAlexander Gorelov. On April 22, 1945, his battalion fought to the Spree River and attacked enemy positions from the rear, capturing three bridges. In total, during the battles for Berlin, the battalion captured more than 2,000 enemy soldiers and officers, and freed allied prisoners of war from two camps.
HeroWWIIBakir Davlatov. In September 1943 Davlyatov, with his own crew, was among the first in the squadron to cross the Dnieper near the village of Vyalye, Bragin District, Gomel Region, Belorussian SSR. With machine gun fire, he suppressed the enemy firing point, which contributed to the successful advance of the entire squadron. During the battle for the village of Galki, Davlyatov, moving forward with a machine gun, destroyed a group of enemy soldiers, ensuring the successful liberation of the village.
HeroWWIIVictor Butorin. Guard Senior Sergeant Butorin distinguished himself in the battle for the Dnieper. On September 21, 1943, during the battles for the village of Pershe Travnya of the Gorodnyansky district of the Chernigov region of Ukraine, he, being twice wounded, did not leave the battlefield until the settlement was completely liberated.
HeroWWIIDomullo Azizov especially distinguished himself when crossing the Dnieper in the Loyevsky region. The 120th rifle regiment, in which Azizov served as the commander of the machine-gun crew, was ordered on October 15, 1943 to begin crossing the Dnieper. At the Komsomol regimental meeting, it was decided to create a Komsomol landing group, which was instructed to be the first to cross the river. As part of the landing group on October 15, 1943, he was among the first to cross the river, bursting into the enemy trench, eliminated the crew of the heavy machine gun with a grenade and destroyed a group of enemy machine gunners with fire from a captured machine gun.
HeroWWIIIvan Valukhov.During the war, Valukhov flew 486 sorties, 339 of which - at night. He flew on a Li-2 bomber. Bombed military objects, accumulations of equipment and manpower of the enemy, 147 times delivered cargo to besieged Leningrad, 76 times - weapons and ammunition - to partisan formations (15 times landed on forest airfields), threw troops into the enemy rear. In October 1943 Valukhov made 12 sorties in search of the Stalin icebreaker in the Arctic.
HeroWWIIErgash (Irgash) Sharipov for the courage and heroism shown during the battles for the liberation of the city of Uherski Brod in Czechoslovakia, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Buried in Czechoslovakia.
HeroWWIIVeniamin Nedoshivin. On January 27, 1944, on the outskirts of the city of Gatchina, Lieutenant Nedoshivin, at the head of a platoon, burst into the village of Pizhma, but was surrounded. Having occupied a perimeter defense, inspiring the fighters to win, the twice wounded officer remained in the ranks and bravely repulsed enemy attacks until reinforcements arrived.
HeroWWIIIvan Dushkin.On the night of August 7-8, 1943, Dushkin's plane was shot down over Mga. The crew decided to land in Kalinin, however, before reaching their destination, the plane's engine failed. Only the radio operator of the crew managed to jump out of the car with a parachute, the rest of the crew died.
HeroWWIIIsmat Sharifovon March 9, 1944, under enemy fire, he crawled to two enemy heavy machine guns, which interfered with the advance of the platoon, and destroyed their crews with grenades. On the same day, in street battles in the city of Uman, he blew up 3 enemy vehicles with ammunition and destroyed over a dozen Nazis.
HeroWWIIDmitry Kratov. Lieutenant Colonel Kratov's regiment in the battle between the settlements of Jastrow, Flederborn and Wallachsee, in cooperation with cavalry and tank units, destroyed 15 tanks and about 4,000 enemy soldiers and officers. He captured 34 artillery pieces, 19 mortars, 172 machine guns and captured about 2,000 enemy soldiers and officers.
HeroWWIINemat Karabaev.He was the first Tajik to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. When the Soviet-Finnish war began, he, being in the ranks of the Red Army, became its participant. The high rank for courage shown in battles was awarded to Negmat Karabaev in March 1940. He took part in the battle for Moscow, the Rzhev-Vyazemsk and Rzhev-Sychev operations. He died in January 1943 while crossing the Don River.
HeroWWIINikolay Anikin. On October 2, 1943, Anikin, as part of a group of fighters from his platoon, crossed the Dnieper south of Kiev. Having secretly cleared the passages in the minefields, Anikin crawled to the German trench and threw grenades at it. As a result of a fierce battle, a group of fighters led by Anikin knocked out the German soldiers from their positions. In this battle, he personally killed seventeen German soldiers. After that, leaving the fighters at a busy line, he returned to the Dnieper, and, despite the heavy fire of the Nazis, transported one hundred and eighty-three fighters overnight, which led to the preservation of the bridgehead.
HeroWWIINabi Akramovin one of the military operations on the commander's BMP, he cut off the path to the mountains of a retreating band of rebels and destroyed 12 of them. Then he raised a company to attack, entered into hand-to-hand combat, during which he personally destroyed three more rebels, including the leader of the bandit formation.
HeroWWIIVasily Obukhov. By October 1943, the deputy squadron commander of the 25th Guards Aviation Regiment, Guards Major V.M. Obukhov flew 156 sorties to bombard important strategic targets deep behind enemy lines and their troop concentrations.
HeroWWIIFatkhullo Akhmadov (Fatulla Akhmedov, "Tiger hunter"). In January 1944, the liberation of the Belarusian Polessye began. At one of the positions near the village of Besedki, Fathullo, expecting an enemy tank attack, attaching an ordinary wheel from a cart to a tree, managed to shoot down the enemy Junkers from this platform with an anti-tank rifle during the next raid. Killed during the liberation of Poland. He managed to knock out one assault gun with an armor-piercing gun, threw a grenade at the Tiger, but was mortally wounded.
HeroWWIIMikhail Novoseltsev. On September 21, 1943, in battles near the settlement of Ivashkovka, Chernigov region of the Ukrainian SSR, Novoseltsev personally destroyed an enemy machine-gun crew. On the night of September 27-28, 1943, Novoseltsev's crew crossed the Dnieper near the village of Nivki, Bragin District, Gomel Region, Byelorussian SSR and took an active part in the battles for seizing and holding the bridgehead on its western bank, holding out until the main forces crossed.
HeroWWIIHody Kinzhaev. On July 6, 1943, Kinzhaev's crew repulsed a counterattack of 24 German tanks, knocking out four of them. When the entire crew was out of order, Kenjaev continued to fire alone, knocking out 3 more tanks. In that battle, he was wounded three times, but continued to fight. When Kinzhaev's gun was destroyed, he picked up an anti-tank rifle and destroyed the eighth tank, only after that he went to the medical battalion. On the way, he provided first aid to an artilleryman from a neighboring calculation and delivered him to the battalion.
HeroWWIIGrigory Filippov.On the night of November 7, 1944, with a group of scouts, Sergeant Filippov crossed the Tisza River near the village of Sharud. He was the first to break into the enemy trench. The soldiers captured an important line, from which they repelled enemy counterattacks. In battle, the Komsomol organizer blew up an armored personnel carrier with a grenade using an enemy machine gun, personally destroying dozens of Nazis. He was wounded twice, but did not leave the battlefield until the arrival of reinforcements.
HeroWWIISaidkul Turdyev. On the night of October 2, 1943, the commander of the machine-gun company of the 342nd Infantry Regiment (136th Infantry Division, 38th Army, Voronezh Front), Lieutenant Turdyv, was among the first in the battalion to cross the Dnieper near Kazachy Island, located on the southern outskirts of Kiev. Replacing the battalion commander who was out of action, he led the battle on the bridgehead. He died a heroic death in battle on October 3, 1943.
HeroWWIIAlexey Lapshin. On October 15, 1943, Lapshin's forward detachment crossed the Dnieper near the village of Kamenka, Repkinsky District, Chernigov Region, Ukrainian SSR, and seized a bridgehead on its western bank, after which it held it until the entire battalion crossed. While repelling one of the German counterattacks, Lapshin was wounded, but continued to fight.
HeroWWIIIsmail Khamzaliev. In a battle on unnamed heights north of Molotychi, Sergeant Khamzaliev, replacing the failed gunner of the gun, knocked out three enemy medium tanks with his gun. He died in a hospital (Klintsy) from his wounds on August 16, 1943. He was buried at the Kursk Memorial Cemetery.
HeroWWIIPavel Khanzhindistinguished himself when crossing the Dnieper. In October 1943, a platoon of Khanzhin, under heavy enemy fire, landed in three boats on the right bank of the Dnieper. Liberating the island of Pushkarevsky, Khanzhin with a platoon of 24 fighters entered hand-to-hand combat with the enemy on the shore in the Rechishche region, personally destroying 5 Nazis.
HeroWWIITuychi Ergdzhigitov. During the battle on October 5, 1943 in the area of \u200b\u200bthe village of Smerdynia, Tosnensky district of the Leningrad region, the Red Army soldier Tuychi Erdzhigitov, having closed the embrasure of the bunker, allowed his company to advance. Inspired by the feat of Tuychi, colleagues, having risen to attack, burst into the trench of the Nazis.
HeroWWIIUrunbek Yokubovduring the breakthrough of the enemy's defense in the Kharkov region, on August 26, 1943, with his own crew, he destroyed up to 20 enemy soldiers and officers and suppressed two firing points.
HeroWWIINikolay Balakin. On the night of April 22-23, 1945, at the head of a group of fighters, Balakin crossed the Spree River and, with an attack from the rear, destroyed the German unit guarding the bridge. On April 28 he was wounded, but remained in the ranks until he received a second wound.
HeroWWIISafar Amirshoevdistinguished himself on June 16, 1944 north-west of the Lithuanian SSR. During the battle with the enemy tanks that broke through, he was the first to deploy the howitzer and knock out the lead tank. During the fierce battle, all the soldiers of the crew were wounded. He himself received two wounds, but was able to knock out two more tanks and died.
HeroWWIIMikhail Vladimirov. In July 1944 Vladimirov distinguished himself when crossing the Neman River and in the battle for the bridgehead. On August 16, 1944, in one of the battles, his SU-76 was surrounded by enemy tanks. With well-aimed fire, he knocked out 4 tanks, the rest retreated. He was wounded, but continued to fight.
HeroWWIITuychi Nazarov one of the first on January 24, 1945 overcame the Oder in the region of Köben (Khobenya, Poland). When capturing and expanding the bridgehead, he destroyed up to 12 Nazis and the calculation of a light machine gun.
HeroWWIITimofey Gavrilov. On March 13, 1944, Captain Timofey Kuzmich Gavrilov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for exemplary performance of the command assignments and the courage and heroism shown at the same time.
HeroWWIITokhtasinMirzae. On October 3, 1943, in the battle for height 160.7 south-west of the village of Mishurin Rog (Verkhnedneprovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region), the Red Army guard Mirzaev drew the soldiers into the attack, first burst into the height, threw a grenade to silence the enemy machine gun. The height was taken, the fighters repulsed more than 10 attacks of the Nazis, but held their positions. In one of the following battles, Mirzaev went missing.
HeroWWIIPeter Kashpurovhe received the title of hero for the exemplary execution of the order for the crossing of the Dnieper, the occupation of Dnipropetrovsk and the personal heroism shown at the same time.
WWII heroAlexander Gordeev. On the night of September 26-27, 1943, as part of three crews of anti-tank rifles, Gordeev, despite massive enemy fire, crossed the Dnieper near the village of Nivki, Bragin District, Gomel Region, Belorussian SSR, where he entered into battle with superior enemy forces. Taking advantage of the darkness, the soldiers of the calculations secretly crept up to the German trenches, threw grenades at the enemy soldiers who were there and, seizing the trenches, held them until reinforcements arrived.
WWII heroHaydar Kasimovin the battles on the approaches to the Pripyat River, Kasymov destroyed the enemy's ammunition depot with the fire of his mortars.
HeroWWIIGrigory Taran. In 1943, the squadron commanded by Taran made 126 sorties to the Crimean partisans, delivering 120 tons of food and taking out more than 600 wounded partisans and children. Grigory Taran himself was sent to Great Britain, where he tested the new Albimal-1 transport aircraft and overtaken it to the USSR. After being appointed commander of the regiment, Taran made 225 sorties, of which 61 - with landing behind enemy lines
HeroWWIIEremey Danilyans on the night of September 28, 1943, under heavy mortar and machine gun fire, he was the first to cross with his crew to the right bank of the Dnieper River near the village of Nyvki, Bragin District, Gomel Region, Belarus. He opened heavy fire on the enemy, which helped the cavalry squadron to successfully cross the river, occupy an advantageous line and ensure the crossing of the main forces of the 60th Guards Chernigov cavalry regiment.
HeroWWIIKhovadzhi Mirzoev. In September 1943, Khovadzhi was among the first to cross to the right bank of the Dnieper. Having cleared the bank of the enemy with machine-gun fire, he ensured the successful crossing of the river by his unit. He was wounded three times, but did not leave the position, destroying 144 fascists.
HeroWWIIIvan Dvadnenko. On September 27, 1943, despite massive enemy artillery and mortar fire, Dvadnenko and his battery successfully crossed the Dnieper near the village of Nivki, Bragin District, Gomel Region, Belorussian SSR, and entered into battle with enemy troops. While repelling a counterattack by German tanks, Dvadnenko was wounded, but did not leave the battlefield, continuing to fight. When the gunner of one of the guns went out of action, Dvadnenko replaced him with himself and, firing, personally destroyed two enemy tanks. Later, in the area of \u200b\u200bthe village of Galki in the same area, Dvadnenko's battery knocked out three tanks and a self-propelled gun.
HeroWWIIChutak Urazov.On the night of July 18, 1944, near the Latvian city of Ludza, his reconnaissance group, being surrounded, took a battle with superior enemy forces. Many believed the entire group had died. In fact, one person survived: the shell-shocked Urunbay Abdullaev was captured by the Nazis after the battle at height 144. The rest, including Chutak Urazov, died heroically.
HeroWWIIVasily Andreev. During one of the counterattacks of the Nazis, Andreev replaced the out-of-order platoon commander, and supported the infantry offensive with machine-gun fire. He himself was seriously wounded, but did not leave the battlefield. Skillful and decisive actions contributed to the capture of up to 140 fascists.
WWII heroDaniil Korzhov.On September 28, 1943, Korzhov, under massive enemy fire, was one of the first in the regiment to cross the Dnieper near the village of Lopatny in the Repkinsky district of the Chernigov region of the Ukrainian SSR and took an active part in the battles on the bridgehead on its western bank. With machine-gun fire, he destroyed a group of German soldiers who were trying to disrupt the regiment's crossing. In November 1943 Korzhov went missing.
WWII heroOlim Khakimov distinguished himself during the liberation of Poland. On January 16, 1945, Khakimov's battalion crossed the Vistula in the area of \u200b\u200bthe settlement of Lomna, 8 kilometers south-west of the city of Khotomuv, and captured a bridgehead on its western coast, after which it held it until the main forces crossed, repelling fifteen German counterattacks.
WWII heroIvan Protopopov received a high award for exemplary performance of command missions, personal heroism and courage, brilliant platoon command in extremely difficult battle conditions.
WWII heroAlexey Dmitriev. Acting battalion commander of the 214th Guards Howitzer Artillery Regiment of the Guard Captain Alexei Dmitriev in the area of \u200b\u200bthe village of Franzkabud (Shakyai district of the Lithuanian SSR) on August 7, 1944, repelling an enemy attack, knocked out 5 tanks with the battalion's fire. When part of the enemy's tanks and infantry broke through to the observation post, he organized its defense, called the division fire on himself, cut off the enemy infantry from the tanks and, having gathered the control platoon fighters, counterattacked the enemy. On August 21, 8 more tanks were destroyed. Killed in action on October 17, 1944.
WWII heroVildan Khabiev.The commander of the mortar department of the 685th Rifle Regiment, Sergeant Vildan Khabiev, as part of a capture group, on October 15, 1943, crossed the Dnieper River near the village of Kamenka, Repkinsky District, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. The paratroopers seized a bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper and repulsed all enemy counterattacks. He died on March 14, 1945 in Poland and was buried in a mass grave.
WWII heroSeytnafe Seitveliev distinguished himself during the liberation of the Byelorussian SSR. On June 25, 1944, Seitveliev took part in breaking through the German defense in the Zhlobin region, and on the night of July 2–3, 1944, in battles near the town of Maryina Gorka, knocking out fifteen German tanks with his crew.
WWII heroIvan Kruminin the battles for the crossing on the Dnieper River he showed courage and courage. Under heavy enemy fire, on October 15, 1943, he crossed to the right bank of the Dnieper in the Loev area to adjust the fire of our artillery, which was shelling the crossing. He was wounded, but continued to carry out a combat mission. And only when the second echelons crossed, a shift came, he agreed to be evacuated to the medical battalion.
WWII heroIvan Razvalyaevbeing in the lead detachment all along the march from Tomaszow to Kalisz, the captain of the guard squadron, as one of the brave, energetic and competent officers, showed heroism and courage in battles during the occupation of Tomaszow (Poland).
WWII heroRaҳimboy Rakmatov distinguished himself during the liberation of Poland. On January 24-25, 1945, Rakhmatov crossed the Oder near the city of Oppeln and took an active part in the battles to capture and hold the bridgehead on its western bank, repelling a large number of enemy counterattacks. In those battles, Rakhmatov was wounded, but continued to fight for the sake of Victory.
On June 22, 1941, fascist Germany treacherously attacked the Soviet Union. The whole country rose to defend the Fatherland.
The inhabitants of Tajikistan, like all the peoples of the former Soviet Union, formed long queues at the district and city military registration and enlistment offices, wanting to be sent to the front. They had to go through great hardships and losses together along the roads of war - Russians and Tajiks, Belarusians and Kyrgyz, Armenians and Moldovans, Turkmens and Azerbaijanis. All nations then constituted a single Soviet people, all had one Motherland - the Soviet Union, and Victory was also one for all ...
So what happened today to the descendants of the victorious people who liberated all of humanity from fascist oppression? Today in Russia, which lost millions of its fellow citizens in a bloody massacre with fascism, shaven-headed bastards still freely roam, cruelly cracking down on the grandchildren of those who stood shoulder to shoulder with Russian soldiers, defending Russia from enslavement.
And we, in Tajikistan, have young people who declare that they do not recognize this holiday and do not consider our people to be involved in that Great Victory. This is a real fact, which my colleague, a labor veteran, spoke about with great regret the other day.
Probably, this is our common fault - parents, teachers, the media, that they did not manage to convey to the youth the value of this holiday in an intelligible form, did not instill respect for the heroism of our fathers and grandfathers.
Meanwhile, today's youth should know that, as in the entire Soviet Union, in Tajikistan, on the very first day of the war, more than a hundred people from Stalinabad (present-day Dushanbe) submitted applications with a request to enroll them in the ranks of the Red Army. Among them were 30 applications from women.
The surviving archival materials speak of the sincere desire of Tajik patriots to go to the front as soon as possible and engage in battle with the invaders. “I, a participant in the battles for liberation from the yoke of capitalists in Western Belarus and Western Ukraine,” the collective farmer Bekmurodov wrote in his statement. - Please send me to the fight against German fascism. I pledge honestly, not sparing strength and life itself, to fight for the Motherland. "
We must not forget that those who worked day and night in the rear played an important role for the approach of Victory. Central Asia during the war years was one of the most important bases of the Red Army. Weapons, ammunition, uniforms, army shoes, parachute and surgical silk, food concentrates were manufactured in the republics ... More than 100 thousand Tajiks received orders and medals for their valiant work in the rear.
In Tajikistan, large military units were created, which, in full combat readiness, went straight to the front. 1941 to 1943 about 100 thousand soldiers went to the front from Tajikistan, and by May 1944 their number was 214 696 people - about 15 percent of the republic's population.
In total, over 250 thousand people joined the Red Army during the war years. For courage and heroism shown in battles with the enemy, about 55 thousand Tajik soldiers were awarded military orders and medals, 68 of them became Heroes of the Soviet Union and 21 - full holders of the Orders of Glory of three degrees.
The names of many Tajik heroes were known to our older generation from school. These are Tuychi Erdzhigitov, Ismoil Khamzaaliev, Khodi Kenjaev, Nemat Karabaev, Domullo Azizov, Saidkul Turdiev, Chutak Urazov, Safar Amirshoev and many others.
The Tajik warrior Domullo Azizov, as part of the 65th Army of the Central Front, participated in the summer of 1943 in the largest battle on the Kursk-Oryol Bulge, where the Soviet Army won a historic victory that had a decisive influence on the course of the Great Patriotic War. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 30, 1943, Domullo Azizov was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal for his heroism during the crossing of the Dnieper River. However, in one of the fierce battles during the liberation of the village of Ostrovy, Loevsky District, Gomel Region, on October 24, 1943, teacher, Hero of the Soviet Union Domullo Azizov died a heroic death.
In the same year, for the heroism, courage and courage shown in the battles in the Pokrovka area, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal and to another glorious son of the Tajik people - Khodi Kenjaev.
In the summer of 1943, in the battles on the Kursk Bulge, the fighters of the anti-tank battery of the 79th tank brigade, where Ismoil Khamzaaliev served, were ordered to take up defenses at a height north of Molotyga. Fierce fighting lasted for three days. The Germans repeatedly tried to break through our defenses, but all their attacks were repulsed. On July 8, the enemy launched another attack, unleashing a barrage of fire to the height and trying to destroy the firing positions of its defenders. But the battery did not stop for a minute. In this battle, the gunner was seriously wounded, and Ismoil replaced his comrade. The goal was set: to resist, to keep the height. The artillery crews of its defenders did not have enough shells, soldiers died. Ismoil was left alone, but he continued to fire at enemy tanks until he was picked up from the battlefield. On August 16, he died in hospital from his wounds.
Ismoil Khamzaaliev was awarded the highest award - the title of Hero of the Soviet Union - for his heroic deed by the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated September 8, 1943.
Tajik women also took a special place among heroes of the Patriotic War. During the war years in Tajikistan, basically, the most difficult task fell on the shoulders of women - the organization of a reliable rear and the provision of food for the Soviet troops. Later, due to the difficult situation at the fronts, sanitary squads were created from among Tajik women and a large number of nurses were called to the front. The Tajik government has announced universal compulsory military training. Of the 14,765 young people who underwent military training, 10320 were girls, of which 350 snipers, 1420 submachine gunners, 220 radio operators, 435 tankers, 4195 riflemen were trained. According to available data, 27,369 boys and girls trained in various military structures were drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army.
Already in the first days of the war, the names of Tajik girls who showed courage and heroism in defending the Motherland were on everyone's lips. These are Oygul Mukhammedzhanova, Inom Kurbonova, Saodat Aliboeva, Dzhannat Rakhimova. At that time the entire front-line and domestic press wrote about their exploits. In particular, the newspaper "Tojikistoni Surkh" on October 28, 1942, wrote about the pilot Oygul Mukhammedzhanova from the Shing village of the Penjikent region, behind whom there were 93 sorties and was wounded. O. Mukhammedzhanova was awarded the Order of Lenin for her exploits.
No less famous are the exploits of the nurses Tukhfa Khamsarieva from Sogd and Saodat Sanginova, who, not sparing themselves, carried the wounded soldiers from the battlefield. Another Tajik woman, doctor, graduate of the Tajik Medical Institute, sister of the famous Tajik writer Foteh Niyozi - Sofia Mukhammedova also heroically passed the long roads of war and reached the German city of Dresden.
On May 8, 1945, representatives of the German High Command signed the Act of Complete and Unconditional Surrender. The Great Patriotic War against German fascism was over. The glorious names of the heroes of Tajikistan, many of whom gave their lives for the freedom and happiness of their people, will remain forever in our memory, and we are proud of them. Each story of the heroism of Tajiks in the Great Patriotic War could form the basis of new films, productions, novels, which would contribute to educating young people in the spirit of love for the Motherland, loyalty to civil and military duty.
Their bright images will always serve as an example of courage and true love for their country.
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The younger generation should remember what contribution their grandparents from Tajikistan made to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War
This year, May 9 marks the 73rd anniversary of the Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War (WWII).
The sacred holiday of victory over the fascists, for which millions of people fought and gave their lives - citizens of all republics of the USSR, regardless of nationality and political convictions.
It was during this terrible period that the inhabitants of the Soviet Union were united by the goal - to protect the Motherland from the invaders. Only thanks to unity, heroic deeds, national spirit, our ancestors were able to win. There is not a single family that has not been affected by the war.
Many Tajiks showed heroic bravery during the Great Patriotic War. They fought the enemy at the front, worked in the rear, and hosted refugees from all over the country.
Sputnik Tajikistan remembers those who made an invaluable contribution to the common Victory.
Where the soldiers of Tajikistan fought during the Second World War
From the first days of the war, the Tajik people, like other peoples of the Soviet Union, realized all the danger hanging over their homeland. The military commissariats of Tajikistan began to receive applications for voluntary enrollment in the ranks of the Red Army.
By July 7, 1941, only the city military enlistment office of Stalinabad (now Dushanbe) received 2,503 such applications, of which 745 were from women. By November, several national brigades were formed in the republic: rifle and cavalry.
According to the archive of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, in the period from 1941 to 1945, almost 290,000 people left the republic for the front. More than 100,000 of them will never return home. Tajik warriors participated in the defense of the Brest Fortress, Kiev, Smolensk, Odessa, Sevastopol and other cities. They helped liberate the besieged Leningrad and Moscow, fought on the Kursk Bulge, cleared Belarus, the Baltic states and Poland from the invaders.
The 61st Cavalry Division, formed in different cities and regions of Tajikistan, took part in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942-1943. The division was staffed from residents from all over the territory of the Tajik USSR: Pamir, Garm, Gissar, Khatlon. The cavalrymen, overcoming fierce enemy resistance in Abganerovo, Umantsevo, Kotelnikovo and Aksai, supported the offensive operations of the armies of the Stalingrad Front, continuing active operations behind enemy lines.
Two Tajik soldiers were directly involved in ensuring security at the 1943 Tehran Conference. This was the first meeting of the leaders of the three leading powers of the anti-Hitler coalition: Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt (USA) and Winston Churchill (Great Britain).
The leadership of the Third Reich was preparing an attempt on the leaders, but the secret operation was revealed and prevented by Soviet intelligence officers. At the conference, the Allies agreed on joint actions in the war against Germany and on the opening of a second front in France.
For courage and courage in the fight against fascism, displayed on the battlefields, 56,000 envoys from Tajikistan were awarded military orders and medals. 54 soldiers were awarded the highest degree of distinction of the USSR - the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, 15 soldiers became holders of three Orders of Glory.
Courage of Tajiks on the WWII front
Let us recall several Tajiks from the glorious list of war heroes.
Tuychi Erdzhigitov
Tuychi Erjigitov was born on November 10, 1921 in the Bulok village of the Asht district of the Sughd (Leninabad) region in a peasant family. Received only primary education. He was a shepherd and then a worker on the construction of the Great Fergana Canal.
In June 1942, after training courses, he went to the front. For the sake of victory and destruction of the enemy, Tuichi in 1943 on the Volkhov front near the village of Smerdynya, Tosnensky district of the Leningrad region, courageously repeated the feat of Alexander Matrosov, covering the enemy's embrasure with his body.
Inspired by the feat of Tuychi Erdzhigitov, colleagues, having risen to attack, burst into the trench of the Nazis. At the request of the commander of the 1064th Infantry Regiment, where Erdzhigitov served, in February 1944 he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously.
Tuychi Erdzhigitov was buried in a mass grave in the city of Lyuban, Leningrad Region. A street in Lyuban was named after the hero, and his bust was installed in the Bulok village of the Asht region of Tajikistan.
Haydar Kasimov
Khaidar Kasimov was born on March 7, 1922 in the village of Polezak, Garm district of Tajikistan, into a peasant family. Received secondary education, worked on a collective farm before the war. In December 1941 he joined the Red Army.
He was the crew commander of the mortar company of the 229th Infantry Regiment (8th Infantry Division of the 13th Army of the Central Front). Kasimov distinguished himself when crossing the Desna River near the city of Chernigov in September 1943. After the company commander went out of action, he took over command, skillfully organized the passage of personnel across the river, the battle to capture and hold the bridgehead. In a battle on the outskirts of the Pripyat River, with mortar fire, he destroyed an ammunition depot and a platoon of enemy soldiers.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated October 16, 1943 for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command, for the fight against the Nazi invaders and for the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Sergeant Kasimov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. He was also awarded the Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Labor Red Banner, the Red Star, and the "Badge of Honor".
The pioneer squad of school No. 39 in his native village was named after the hero.
Hody Kinzhaev
The gun commander of the 1177th anti-tank artillery regiment, senior sergeant Khodi Kinzhaev, was born in 1914 in the village of Kostakoz, now in the Khujand region. In 1937 he graduated from the teacher's institute in Tashkent, then worked as the head teacher of the Kurgan-Tyubinsk pedagogical school.
Participated in the Great Patriotic War from December 1942. Kinzhaev distinguished himself as a regiment commander during the Battle of Kursk. In the battles near the village of Pokrovka (Ivnyansky district of the Belgorod region) on July 6-7, 1943, the position of the crew of the anti-tank gun of senior sergeant Kinzhaev was attacked by 24 enemy tanks. Having let the Nazis at close range, the gunners opened fire and knocked out 4 tanks.
After the loader, gunner and box were wounded, the commander himself stood up to the gun and set fire to three more Tigers. He was wounded three times, but continued to fight. When the gun was broken by an enemy shell, he picked up an anti-tank gun with a broken muzzle brake (it gave a very strong recoil) and knocked out the eighth enemy tank. Only after that did Kinzhaev go to the medical battalion, on the way providing medical assistance to a soldier from a neighboring calculation and delivering him to the medical unit.
For courage and heroism shown in battles against the Nazi invaders, by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 21, 1943, Senior Sergeant Kinzhaev Khodi Isabaevich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.
In 1945, the war hero graduated from the Podolsk Artillery School and continued to serve in the artillery. Returning to his native village, Kinzhaev worked in the administrative and economic bodies of the district as chairman of the Kostakoz village council. In 1954-1958 he was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Feat of Tajiks in the rear of the Second World War
The home front workers also made a huge contribution to the Victory. Many Tajiks - both old and young, men and women - worked during the Great Patriotic War in industrial enterprises, factories and plants, in agricultural fields. The goal was to give the USSR and the Red Army more weapons, bread, meat, raw materials, grain.
First of all, more than 20 enterprises and workshops have been commissioned in Tajikistan: cement, car repair, electromechanical plants, Dzhilikul, Chorukh-Dayronsky and Takfonsky mines of non-ferrous metals, Stalinabad and Leninabad milk processing plants. The production capacity of the canning industry increased, and the construction of the Nizhne-Varzob hydroelectric station continued. In a short time, the equipment of enterprises evacuated from the western regions of the USSR was mounted. Rare metals and hand grenades mined in the republic were used for the needs of the defense industry.
During the Second World War, Tajikistan gave the country 650 tons of grain, 36,000 tons of meat, 19,000 horses, tens of millions of cans of canned food and many other products. Special canned food made from unripe walnuts, which was prepared at the Leninabad Combine, saved Soviet soldiers who fought in the Far North from scurvy.
Industrial enterprises of the Tajik SSR produced military clothing, cartridges and parachutes for the front. For the regular army, more than 3,000 trucks and 100,000 tractors, 178,000 tons of cotton fiber, 770 tons of silk yarn, more than 6.5 million meters of silk fabrics, and thousands of pairs of shoes were created.
All these are the results of the selfless labor of ordinary workers in the rear, collective farmers. About 45 residents of Tajikistan went to factories in different regions of the Union, and from there many went to fight.
In 1942, a nationwide movement to raise funds for the Red Army developed throughout the USSR. More than 150 wagons with gifts were sent from Tajikistan to the front: 50 wagons were sent to besieged Leningrad alone. All of them were formed at the expense of ordinary people who collected warm things and household items. In general, during the war, Tajikistan contributed over 1 billion Soviet rubles to the Defense and Arms Construction Fund, including loans and lotteries. Considering that in the 1940s in the USSR 1 gram of gold cost 4.45 rubles, the Tajik SSR sent almost 225 tons of gold to the war.
The Motherland highly appreciated the merits of the workers of the Soviet rear. In the Tajik SSR, 102,000 people were awarded medals "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945". About a thousand home front heroes have received high government awards.
Tajikistan is the second homeland
During the war years, Tajikistan became a truly second home for many people. Residents of besieged Leningrad, Moscow, Kiev, Minsk and many other cities and villages of the western regions of the Soviet Union were evacuated to the republic.
About 100,000 people have found shelter on Tajik soil, of which almost 10,000 are children. The Tajik people provided them with everything they needed: housing, food, clothing and footwear.
It was here that those who literally paid for the coming victory with their blood were sent. By 1942, 29 evacuation hospitals were deployed on the territory of Tajikistan, in which the wounded Red Army soldiers were recovering from their injuries and wounds. The subtropical climate, silence and professional care of doctors contributed to the rapid recovery of soldiers and their return to the front.
Doctors were able to bring more than 50,000 wounded Soviet soldiers to their feet. These are about five full-fledged divisions. Children of front-line soldiers and evacuees were accommodated in sanatoriums, children's camps and rest homes. Thousands of kids were able to spend part of their childhood here, not remembering the horrors of war every day.
Evacuation hospitals in Dushanbe worked until the beginning of 1944. After the liberation of Ukraine by Soviet troops, some of them were redeployed to the front to enhance medical assistance to the advancing troops. But several first-aid posts remained in Dushanbe and were reorganized into hospitals for reconstructive surgery for war invalids. It is not without reason that a number of historians are calling for Dushanbe to be awarded the title of "City of Military Medical Glory."
Thousands of people were able to continue their work in Tajikistan, leaving their hometowns destroyed by shelling and air strikes. A number of enterprises were transferred here, mainly in the light and food industries. Another 20 factories, factories and workshops were opened in the war in the republic.
Famous artists and filmmakers from other republics lived and worked in the conditions of evacuation in Tajikistan. For example, when the Leningrad Comedy Theater was evacuated to Dushanbe (then Stalinobad), the famous playwright Yevgeny Shvarts also arrived there.
He began work on a number of scenarios and plays, one of which was later used to produce the famous film "An Ordinary Miracle". Among the rest of the evacuated creative teams are the Moscow State Gypsy Theater "Romen", the Leningrad Variety and Miniature Theater of Arkady Raikin, the circus of Yuri Durov, and so on.
All the artists performed in Tajikistan with concerts in front of wounded soldiers in evacuation hospitals, military units, in front of home front workers - at industrial enterprises, on collective and state farms, several concerts a day, in order to somehow remind people tired of war about the existence of a peaceful, happy life ...
Descendants must remember the heroes of the Second World War
So, more than 290,000 citizens of Tajikistan during the period of terrible ordeals, together with all citizens of the Soviet Union, honorably fulfilled their duty to the country.
Each - to the best of his strength, health and position held - made a worthy contribution to the common cause of the struggle against fascism. 73 years ago, the people of the USSR held out because they were united.
Today there are about 345 WWII veterans in Tajikistan.