Solyanik Mikhail Ananyevich. A great victory. Kurochkin Mikhail Vladimirovich
THEY FIGHTED FOR THE HOMELAND!
HONOR AND GLORY TO THE WAR HEROES - STAFF AND STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY!
Among the brave warriors who fought the Nazis were workers and students of the Rostov State University, the Rostov Pedagogical Institute, the Taganrog Radio Engineering Institute, and the Institute of Architecture and Arts, which are now part of the Southern Federal University. Many of the heroes did not have the chance to wait for Victory Day and return to their favorite work: they died a brave death. Their names are remembered and honored by the SFU team.
Most of the former students and researchers resumed work at the university after the end of the war. In subsequent years, many of them achieved great success in educational and scientific work and played a leading role in the life of the university. Many university employees who bravely fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War and were awarded orders and medals, upon returning to the university, defended candidate and doctoral dissertations, became associate professors and professors, heads of departments and deans of faculties.
From left to right, first row: manager. Department Assoc. V.S. Mikhalevsky, head department prof. I.I. Vorovich, associate professor E.L. Litver, Art. laboratory assistant V.A. Popov, Art. laboratory assistant M.N. Kudryavtsev, head. Department E.G. Fesenko, teacher Ya.A. Shpolyansky.
Second row: Assoc. V.S. Panchenko, associate professor S.Ya. Orekhov, associate professor N.P. Oigida, head Department Assoc. P.S. Popov, head library N.K. Pavlova, associate professor N.N. Rozhanskaya, scientific secretary M. G. Kovalev, head. postgraduate study N.I. Karaichev.
Third row: prof. F.Ya. Gavrilyuk, associate professor Yu.I. Sery, head of department prof. A.B. Kogan, director of the Botanical Garden A.S. Zhernovoy, associate professor B.N. Tsyurupa, associate professor N.I. Bronsky, rector prof. Yu.A. Zhdanov, associate professor D.S. Babichev, associate professor F.F. Panin, vice-rector P.K. Kuzheev, associate professor Yu.V. Safronov, prof. P.I. Protsenko, legal consultant A.K. Bastrychev.
Fourth row: Vice-Rector V.P. Pososhenko, head Department Assoc. K.K. Mokrishchev, Director of NIFMI Assoc. V.S. Siksin, manager Department Assoc. MM. Karpov, head Department Assoc. N.I. Oleynikov, Dean Assoc. M.N. Khromov, head production practice A.Sh. Slavutsky, associate professor P.P. Kokhanovsky, head of the HR department G.A. Konstantinov, head department prof. O.A. Osipov, head Department Assoc. D.S. Timoshkin, associate professor L.I. Krasov, associate professor V.S. Petrov, teacher P.I. Komisarov, Dean Assoc. D.S. Lesnykh, associate professor G.D. Pashkov, associate professor Ya.R. Simkin, head department prof. A.P. Pronshtein, assistant G.I. Stepnin, Art. teacher E.A. Mazin, associate professor G.S. Barkhin.
Among our employees and alumni - eighteen Heroes of the Soviet Union!
One of the graduates became admiral and commander of the Northern Fleet during the Great Patriotic War, another one went down in the history of the country as Full Knight of the Order of Glory with four Orders of Glory and two Orders of the Patriotic War (I and II degrees)!
We are proud and remember our heroes!
Inozemtsev Georgy Alexandrovich (1902-1957)
Georgy Aleksandrovich Inozemtsev is the son of a railway worker. He graduated in 1926 from the socio-historical department of the pedagogical department of NKSU (then the university was called the North Caucasus State University, and since 1931 Rostov-on-Don State University). He took an active part in the work of the North Caucasus Society of Archeology, History and Ethnography. He worked in archives and in the Don Regional Museum. Published a number of works on history and archeology in central and local magazines. Received a candidate's degree in historical sciences.
Since 1942 G.A. Inozemtsev is at the front. At first he was the commander of a machine gun platoon. He ended the war as commander of a rifle division. At the front G.A. Inozemtsev joined the ranks of the CPSU, was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner, the Orders of Suvorov, Alexander Nevsky, the Patriotic War and military medals.
For active participation in the defeat of a large German group, the liberation of the cities of Vitebsk and Polotsk and the successful completion of a special combat operation G.A. Inozemtsev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944.
After the war, Georgy Alexandrovich worked as a teacher at Rostov University, reading “Fundamentals of Archeology” at the history department of the philological faculty. And in June 1954 he was hired as a senior lecturer in the history department. Since 1955, Inozemtsev has been the dean of the Faculty of History and Philology of the Russian State University.
Solyanik Vladimir Fedorovich (1915-1993)
Solyanik Vladimir Fedorovich, being the commander of a combat aircraft, perfectly mastered the technique of flying in difficult weather conditions day and night. During the war years, he made 217 combat missions, showing courage, will to achieve goals and high military skill.
For the brilliant performance of command assignments V.F. Solyanik was awarded four Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, two Orders of the Red Star, and eight medals.
Having been demobilized from the ranks of the Soviet Army, V.F. Since 1958, Solyanik worked at Rostov University as a civil defense teacher, and then as a senior lecturer, head of the civil defense course at the military department. Since 1964 V.F. Solyanik was the deputy secretary of the party committee and headed the assistance group for the Party and State Control Committee of the Russian State University.
Orekhov Sergey Yakovlevich (1921-1995)
Sergei Yakovlevich Orekhov dreamed of becoming a geologist as a schoolboy, but the war began. As the commander of a platoon of anti-tank guns in one of the sectors of the 1st Baltic Front, S.Ya. Orekhov received the task of stopping the advance of fascist tanks in this area. Despite the enormous superiority of the enemy forces, Orekhov’s battery heroically fought against the “tigers” and “panthers”. Even after many of the batteries were killed, and he himself was seriously wounded, the fight did not stop. Bleeding, S.Ya. Orekhov continued to lead the battle and helped the survivors. And the enemy tanks did not get through.
For courage and heroism S.Ya. Orekhov was
In 1945, Sergei Yakovlevich entered the Russian State University at the Faculty of Geology, took part in research work, and was active in public work. After graduating from the university in 1950, he was recommended by the University Academic Council for graduate school in the Department of Minerology and Petrography, Faculty of Geography, Russian State University. In 1953 he defended his Ph.D. thesis, and in 1954 Orekhov was awarded the academic degree of Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences. . Sergey Yakovlevich Orekhov worked for many years as an assistant professor at the Department of Mineralogy and Petrography.
Olepir Alexey Ivanovich (1921 — 2004 )
Alexey Ivanovich Olepir - Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), flight commander of the 657th assault aviation regiment of the 196th assault aviation division of the 4th assault aviation corps of the 4th air army of the 2nd Belorussian Front, senior lieutenant.
He went through a combat career from an ordinary pilot-sergeant to an air squadron commander.
He took part in the battles near Moscow, in the Smolensk, Belarusian, East Prussian operations, near Koenigsberg, in Poland - the Narva bridgehead, north of Warsaw, in Germany - Pomerania, Danzig, Gdynia, Berlin.
Awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Awards: Order of the Red Banner of Battle, 2 Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, 2 Orders of the Red Star; medals “For Military Merit”, “For Victory over Germany”.
For many years he taught civil defense at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics. He worked at the military department of Rostov State University from 1970 to 1996. In 1981, Olepir in Rostov-on-Don was one of the organizers of the “Young Pilot” children’s and youth club.
Mandrykin Efim Ivanovich (1915 - 1998)
Efim Ivanovich Mandrykin - Hero of the Soviet Union (1943), commander of the 613th Infantry Regiment of the 91st Infantry Division of the 51st Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front.
Born into a working-class family. He graduated with honors from the flour-milling technical school in the city of Novocherkassk. In 1941 he graduated from the military-political school.
He took part in the defense of Moscow, in the Battle of Stalingrad, in the liberation of Donbass (including the city of Dzerzhinsk), Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and the Baltic states.
The commander of the rifle regiment, lieutenant colonel, particularly distinguished himself in the battles for the city of Melitopol, Zaporozhye region of Ukraine. He was wounded twice, but did not leave the battlefield.
After the war, Mandrykin continued to serve in the army. For more than 10 years he served as military commissar of the Oryol region. He graduated from advanced training courses for officers at the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze, and in 1953 - Rostov State University.
For skillful command of a rifle regiment, exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism displayed, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union,
Awarded the Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner, Suvorov 3rd degree, Alexander Nevsky, Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree, Red Star, medals.
Pavlenko Nikolai Nikitovich (1920 - 1997)
Nikolai Nikitovich Pavlenko - Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), Soviet military pilot, squadron commander of the 91st Guards Assault Aviation Regiment of the 4th Guards Assault Aviation Division of the 5th Assault Aviation Corps of the 5th Air Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, senior guard lieutenant.
He received his first baptism of fire in the battle for Moscow. He flew on the R-5 reconnaissance aircraft, and at the same time carried out assault strikes on enemy military equipment and manpower. He was seriously wounded. Made 28 combat missions, 12 of them at night. He flew 136 combat missions to attack and bomb enemy personnel, equipment and other targets. Shot down 1 enemy plane.
After the war, Nikolai Nikitovich continued to serve in the USSR Air Force. In 1949 he graduated from the Higher Flight Tactical Advanced Courses for Officers, and in 1953 from Rostov State University.
For the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism displayed, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union,
He was awarded the Order of Lenin, four Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky 3rd degree, two Orders of the Patriotic War 1st degree, Orders of the Patriotic War 2nd degree and the Red Star, as well as medals.
Tupikin Grigory Vasilievich (1916 - 1965)
Grigory Vasilyevich Tupikin - Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), battery commander of the 698th light artillery regiment (78th light artillery brigade, 27th artillery division, 2nd Baltic Front), captain.
Born into a working-class family. In 1939 he graduated from 2 courses at Rostov State University. In 1942 he graduated from the Leningrad Artillery School. In the active army - since 1942. Member of the CPSU since 1943. The battery commander of the artillery regiment, Captain Grigory Tupikin, distinguished himself in battles on the outskirts of Riga.
After the end of the war he was in reserve. First he taught children physics and mathematics in the village of Romanovskaya, Salsky district, Rostov region, and then, from August 1947, he was appointed director of a school in the Malaya Kamenka farm, Rostov region, where he worked until the end of his life.
Awarded the Order of Lenin, the Red Banner, the Red Star, and medals.
Shcherbakov Nikolay Mitrofanovich(1921—1987).
Nikolai Mitrofanovich Shcherbakov - Hero of the Soviet Union (1945)
Born on May 1, 1921 in the Meliozovka farm, Rostov region, in a peasant family. Graduated from 7th grade. He worked at a factory in the city of Taganrog.
In the Navy since 1940. At the front during the Great Patriotic War from June 1941. Participated in the defense of Odessa. Was injured. After treatment, he served in the coastal defense of the Poti Naval Base of the Black Sea Fleet.
In February 1944, sailor Shcherbakov was sent to the 384th separate marine battalion of the Black Sea Fleet. He took part in the battles for the liberation of the villages of the Kherson region Aleksandrovka, Bogoyavlenskoye (now Oktyabrsky) and Shirokaya Balka.
In 1946, Sergeant N.M. Shcherbakov was demobilized.
For the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown, sailor Shcherbakov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, and medals.
After the end of the war, he studied at the Law Faculty of the Russian State University. He was among those who came to the university in a soldier’s tunic. In 1953 he graduated from Rostov State University, postgraduate school there. Lived in Rostov-on-Don. Worked as deputy director of NIITM.
Badyuk Mikhail Mikhailovich (1920—1993)
Mikhail Mikhailovich Badyuk - Hero of the Soviet Union (1944), air gunner-radio operator, pilot.
Born into a peasant family. In 1939 he graduated from the Blagoveshchensk River School and worked as head of the radio station at the port of Baikal in the Irkutsk region. After being drafted into the army, he served in units of the Pacific Fleet Air Force. Since 1942, he continued to serve in the Northern Fleet aviation: first in the 2nd Guards Mixed Aviation Regiment, and then in the 9th Guards Mine and Torpedo Aviation Regiment.
In 1944 he graduated from the military pilot school for initial training of the Navy Air Force. In 1946, he graduated from the Yeisk Military Aviation School, after which he was transferred to the Black Sea Fleet. In 1950-1951 he served in the 174th Guards Red Banner Pechenga Fighter Regiment of the Northern Fleet Air Force. In 1955 he graduated from the Air Force Academy.
Retired since 1960. He worked at the Pedagogical Institute and the Institute of Agricultural Engineering in Rostov-on-Don.
For military exploits, courage and bravery shown in battles with the Nazi invaders, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Awards: Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, Order of the Red Star, medals “For Courage”, “For Defense of the Soviet Arctic”, “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”.
Danyushin Nikolai Alekseevich (1919-1992)
Nikolai Alekseevich Danyushin - Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), gunner-radio operator of the 4th Guards Short-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment (188th Bomber Aviation Division, 15th Air Army, 2nd Baltic Front), guard sergeant major
In December 1939, he was drafted into the Red Army and sent to an aviation school for gunners and radio operators. From the first days of the war he took part in battles with the Nazi invaders. Member of the CPSU(b)/CPSU since 1943.
Since September 1942, Nikolai Alekseevich has been participating in the heroic defense of Leningrad and fighting in the Baltic states. During a raid on an enemy airfield on August 17, enemy fighters attacked Soviet aircraft three times. Nikolai Danyushin correctly built the defense of his group and repelled all attacks.
In total, during the Great Patriotic War, Nikolai Alekseevich Danyushin made 285 combat missions, participated in 33 air battles, personally shot down 3 fighters and destroyed 10 aircraft together with other shooters.
After graduating from the Rostov Pedagogical Institute in 1952, he worked as a history teacher at GPTU-19 (29) in Taganrog. For his fruitful teaching activities he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.
Awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Awards: Order of Lenin, 2 Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Red Banner of Labor, medals.
Nikulina Evdokia Andreevna (1917-1993)
Evdokia Andreevna Nikulina - Hero of the Soviet Union (1944), squadron commander of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 325th Night Bomber Aviation Division of the 4th Air Army of the 2nd Belorussian Front, guard major.
Born into a peasant family. She graduated from an aviation technical school and an aviation school in the city of Balashov. She worked as a pilot in the aviation detachment of the Civil Air Fleet of the city of Smolensk.
In the Red Army since 1941. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. Member of the CPSU(b)/CPSU since 1942.
Nikulina E.A. made 600 sorties to bomb enemy fortifications, crossings and troops, causing great damage.
After the war, Guard Major Nikulina E.A. - in reserve, and then retired.
In 1948 she graduated from the Rostov party school, and in 1954 from the Pedagogical Institute. She worked in the city party committee.
For the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command and the courage and heroism shown in battles with the Nazi invaders, the guard was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union
She was awarded the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degrees, as well as medals.
Potemkin Alexey Nikolaevich (1921 - 2003)
Alexey Nikolaaevich Potemkin - Hero of the Soviet Union (1944), Soviet military leader, lieutenant general.
Born in the village of Veselo-Voznesenka in the family of a fisherman. In 1936, after graduating from school, he entered the Taganrog Pedagogical School. In 1939 he entered the Rostov Pedagogical Institute.
He began his service in the 301st Infantry Regiment of the 48th Infantry Division. He took part in the entry of Soviet troops into the Baltic states. Subsequently, the 48th Infantry Division was stationed in the capital of Latvia, Riga.
On March 20, 1942, during the German offensive near Staraya Russa, he was seriously wounded. After recovery in the hospital, he was appointed assistant chief of staff of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 25th Guards Rifle Division, and then appointed commander. The regiment participated in the encirclement and liquidation of the Korsun-Shevchenko group of the enemy, crossed the Southern Bug, liberated the cities of Balta and Kotovsk, and on April 5, 1944 reached the Dniester north of Dubossary. In total, during the war years he was wounded three times and shell-shocked twice.
Since 1978, Lieutenant General Potemkin has been in reserve.
Awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Awards: Order of the Red Banner, Order of Alexander Nevsky, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, Red Banner of Labor, Two Orders of the Red Star, “For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR”, 3rd degree. Medals (including the medal “For Courage”).
Foreign awards: orders “For Military Commonwealth”, “3a Merit to the People and the Fatherland” (in gold) and two medals. "Pole Star" and two medals, "Military Cross 1939" and two medals.
Rivkin Boris Mironovich (1919 - 2004)
Boris Mironovich Rivkin - Hero of the Soviet Union (1943), Major General of Aviation.
In the Red Army since 1937. In 1938 he graduated from the Borisoglebsk Aviation Pilot School. In the spring of 1943, B. Rivkin was appointed squadron commander of the 54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 16th Air Army, Central Front), and participated in air battles in the Kursk direction. By the end of the Battle of Kursk, he had made 176 successful combat missions. In 9 air battles he shot down 12 enemy aircraft himself and 7 aircraft in the group.
After the end of the war, Boris Rivkin served in command positions in the USSR Air Force until 1975. He retired with the rank of major general of aviation.
He worked at the Scientific Research Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry of the Russian State University, as an engineer at the Scientific Research Center of Higher School.
For the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Three times holder of the Order of the Red Banner, twice holder of the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, holder of the Order of the Red Star and Alexander Nevsky. Awarded the Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree and medals.
Rovensky Vasily Grigorievich (1906-1995)
Vasily Grigoryevich Rovensky - Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), deputy battalion commander for political affairs of the 212th Infantry Regiment of the 49th Infantry Division of the 33rd Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, senior lieutenant.
By the fall of 1941, fascist troops managed to occupy a large territory of the Rostov region. Rovensky was appointed commissar of the fighter battalion to combat saboteurs, deserters and alarmists.
In January 1942, the regional committee and the Central Committee approved Rovno as the head of the political department of the Shumilinsky state farm in the Verkhnedonsky district, where he supervised the evacuation of the entire farm into the country.
In 1943 he was drafted into the Red Army. Rovensky's military career began at the Karpov Military-Political School. Participated in Operation Bagration.
Vasily Grigorievich and his battalion fought through all of Poland. He fought at the Pulawy bridgehead on the Vistula River.
After the disbandment of the 33rd Army, Rovensky was appointed assistant to the military commandant of the city and region of Weimar for agriculture. Soon he was approved as deputy chief for political affairs of the army hospital, which was later transformed into the Military District Hospital.
In April 1947, Captain V.G. Rovensky was demobilized.
Later he entered the Rostov Pedagogical Institute as an external student, which he successfully graduated in 1951, receiving a diploma as a high school history teacher.
Awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union
He was awarded the Order of Lenin (1945), two Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, the Order of the Badge of Honor, medals “For the Liberation of Warsaw”, “For the Capture of Berlin”, “For Victory over Germany”, as well as other labor and anniversary medals.
Samokhvalov Fedor Nikolaevich (1916-1941)
Fyodor Nikolaevich Samokhvalov - Hero of the Soviet Union (1941), commissar of a tank company of the 1st tank brigade of the 21st Army of the Southwestern Front, deputy political instructor.
Born into a peasant family.
He graduated from the seven-year school of railway school No. 9 in Salsk and entered the Tikhoretsk Federal Educational Institution. Then he studied at an agricultural technical school, but later entered and graduated from the Proletarian Pedagogical School. He worked as a primary school teacher at a stud farm named after. S. M. Budyonny. He taught physical education, singing, drawing and drawing, and declared himself as a talented teacher and educator. He created one of the first school Komsomol organizations in the Salsk region. In the summer of 1939, he entered the correspondence department of the Rostov Pedagogical Institute and already in August he was appointed director of the school of the Manychsky village council on the state farm named after. Frunze.
In the Red Army since December 1940.
The commissar of the tank company, deputy political instructor Fyodor Samokhvalov, repeatedly led the company into the attack, leading the soldiers by personal example. As part of the crew, he destroyed a tank and up to a platoon of Nazis. On October 22, 1941, in a battle near the city of Belgorod, a political worker at the head of a platoon of tanks attacked the enemy, knocking out 5 tanks and 2 anti-tank guns. Died in this battle.
For the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism displayed, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Awarded the Order of Lenin and medals.
Slavgorodsky Georgy Vasilievich (1914-1945)
Georgy Vasilyevich Slavgorodsky - Hero of the Soviet Union (1945) posthumously), battalion commander of the 34th Guards Rifle Regiment (13th Guards Rifle Division, 5th Guards Army, 1st Ukrainian Front) Guard Major.
Born in the village of Malchevskaya into a peasant family.
In 1937 he graduated from the Pedagogical Institute. He worked as a teacher in the village of Goryachevodskaya.
In the Red Army since 1939. At the front since July 1941. In 1942 he completed courses for political personnel. Member of the CPSU since 1943.
The battalion commander of the guard rifle regiment, Major Georgy Slavgorodsky, skillfully organized on January 24, 1945 the crossing of the Oder and the capture of a bridgehead southeast of the city of Olau (Olawa, Poland). The battalion repelled 13 counterattacks. On January 26, he raised the battalion in a bayonet attack, was seriously wounded in this battle and died.
Awarded the Order of Lenin, the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree, and medals.
Shepelev Georgy Mikhailovich (1910 - 1983)
Georgy Mikhailovich Shepelev - Hero of the Soviet Union (1944), commander of the 219th mortar regiment (18th mortar brigade, 15th breakthrough artillery division, Leningrad Front), lieutenant colonel.
Member of the CPSU since 1941. Studied at a workers' university. He worked in the Oblzagotzern in the city of Orel.
In the Red Army in 1933-1934 and since 1939. Participant in the liberation campaign of Soviet troops in Western Ukraine and Western Belarus in 1939, the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939−1940.
He graduated from one-year courses in 1934, and in 1942 - artillery advanced training courses for officers.
On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War - from June 1941. Lieutenant Colonel Shepelev distinguished himself in the battle for a fortified point - the village of Kuterselka on the Karelian Isthmus. On June 15, 1944, units of the regiment were attacked by the enemy. Seven times the officer raised his mortars to counterattack, three of them ended in hand-to-hand combat. As a result of decisive measures taken by the regiment commander, together with the infantry that came to the rescue, the mortars pushed back the enemy and completely restored the situation.
After the war, Lieutenant Colonel Shepelev retired. In 1951 he graduated from the Rostov Pedagogical Institute. Lived in Rostov-on-Don. Worked as head of Rostoblsobes.
Awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union
Awarded the Order of Lenin, the Red Banner, 2 Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, and medals.
Balamutkin Grigory Vasilievich (1918 - 1985)
Vice-rector for economic affairs, teacher of the naval department of the Taganrog Radio Engineering Institute, deputy squadron commander of the 431st Slutsk Red Banner Assault Aviation Regiment of the 299th Nezhin Red Banner Order of Suvorov II degree assault aviation division of the 16th Air Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, senior lieutenant , Hero of the Soviet Union.
In 1940, he was drafted into the Red Army and sent to the Chkalov (Orenburg) military aviation school of pilots. He graduated from it in 1942. Since March 1943 - on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. He fought on the Central and 1st Belorussian fronts. He took part in the Battle of Kursk, in the battle for the Dnieper, in the autumn-winter offensive battles in the Gomel direction, in the Belarusian offensive operation. He spent the entire war in one regiment, rising from junior pilot to squadron commander. Member of the CPSU(b) since 1944.
By June 1944, the deputy squadron commander of the assault aviation regiment, senior lieutenant Grigory Balamutkin, had flown 103 sorties to attack enemy ground forces. Skillful actions combined with personal heroism caused significant damage to the enemy. Thus, he destroyed 22 tanks, 95 vehicles, 17 field and 12 anti-aircraft guns, 10 mortar batteries, 10 railway cars and 1 locomotive, 6 warehouses, and also destroyed and scattered up to 600 soldiers and officers.
After being nominated for the highest award of the Motherland, he continued to fight the enemy just as valiantly. He distinguished himself during the liberation of Belarus, his great merit is that in August 1944 his native 431st Assault Regiment received the Guards banner and became the 174th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, and the 299th Assault Division became the 11th Guards Assault Aviation division. In its ranks, Balamutkin ended the war with Victory, taking part in the Vistula-Oder, East Pomeranian and Berlin offensive operations.
By the time of the Victory, the Hero had already completed 174 combat missions. The number of destroyed tanks increased to 27, the number of destroyed and scattered soldiers - to 850. The Balamutkin attack aircraft also had several downed enemy aircraft.
After the war he continued to serve in the Soviet Army. He served in Ukraine and in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. The last position was the head of the air rifle service of the bomber aviation regiment.
Since 1958, Major Balamutkin has been in the reserve. Settled in the city of Taganrog. In December 1958, he became vice-rector for economic affairs, and from August 1961 until the last days of his life, he worked as a teacher at the naval department of the Taganrog Radio Engineering Institute.
Awards: Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union, 8 orders, among them: the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degrees, the Order of the Red Star. And more than 20 medals.
Our graduate Alexandra Emelyanovna Dubrovina fought in the ranks of the Young Guard.
She studied at the Faculty of Biology of the Russian State University. Here she joined the Komsomol in 1938. In 1941 A.E. Dubrovina returned to her native Krasnodon as a teacher of biology and chemistry. She taught at the Pervomaiskaya school, heading the same 10th grade in which Ulya Gromova, Anatoly Popov, Maya Peglivanova studied. She was especially friends with Maya Peglivanova. After an unsuccessful attempt to evacuate, they returned from Novoshakhtinsk to Krasnodon.
A.E. Dubrovina, together with her tenth-graders, joined the ranks of the Young Guard. The fight against the occupiers began. Together with Maya A. Dubrovina participated in all operations of the Young Guard. With Anatoly Popov and Ulyana Gromova, Dubrovina edited leaflets at night. She carried out a lot of political and educational work among her students. When some Young Guards were captured by the Nazis, A.E. Dubrovina could have escaped, but she did not and was also arrested. She was tortured, but she, like all the Young Guards, remained silent. On January 17, 1943, the wounded and beaten Young Guards were brought to mine No. 5. Alexandra Dubrovin, along with other Young Guards, was thrown alive into the pit. Among the glorious names of young patriots, the name of Alexandra Dubrovina, a graduate of Rostov State University, is carved on the “Young Guard” obelisk in Krasnodon.
Admiral Arseniy Grigorievich Golovko- one of our graduates, permanent commander of the Northern Fleet during the Great Patriotic War.
Arseny Grigorievich, a native of the village of Prokhladnaya, entered the workers' faculty of the Don University in 1923 (in those years the university was called Don; later - the North Caucasus State University, and since 1931 Rostov-on-Don State University) Arseny Grigorievich graduated from the workers' faculty in two years. He thought of continuing his studies at the university, but with a permit from the Komsomol Central Committee, he entered the Frunze Naval School in 1925, from which he graduated in 1928. He was a navigator, a miner, an assistant destroyer commander, a torpedo boat battalion commander, a destroyer battalion commander, brigade chief of staff. During those same years, he continued to take courses at the Academy and was a teacher at the Naval School.
In 1938 A.G. Golovko was awarded the rank of rear admiral, and he was appointed commander of the Caspian flotilla. In 1939 he commanded the Amur military flotilla. In 1940 A.G. Golovko was appointed commander of the Northern Fleet, a position he remained in throughout all the years of the Great Patriotic War.
In 1941 he was awarded the rank of vice admiral, and in 1944 - the rank of admiral.
After the end of the Great Patriotic War, Admiral Golovko worked as the Chief of the Main Staff of the USSR Naval Armed Forces and First Deputy Minister of the Navy.
Arseny Grigorievich was elected as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of several convocations, awarded four Orders of Lenin, four Orders of the Red Banner, two Orders of Ushakov of the first degree, Order of Nakhimov of the first degree, the Order of the Red Star and medals. He died in 1962, at the age of 56.
Already being an admiral, A.G. Golovko, recalling his time studying at the workers' faculty, said: “... I was indebted to the workers' faculty, its teachers... The workers' faculty opened many wide doors for me. Based on the knowledge acquired at the workers’ faculty, I was able to overcome many difficulties in the future...”
Bondarenko Dmitry Vasilievich (1923-1994)
Our graduate - Dmitry Vasilyevich Bondarenko (May 20, 1923 - July 7, 1994) - is a full holder of the Order of Glory with four Orders of Glory and two Orders of the Patriotic War (I and II degrees).
Born on May 20, 1923 on the Malaya Fedorovka farm in a peasant family. He studied at school in the village of Zverevo. He graduated from school in 1941.
On August 23, 1941, the Zverevsky RVK was drafted into the army, and in October 1941 he was sent to the front. In 1943 he graduated from intelligence school and was sent to the 936th Regiment of the 254th Infantry Division of the 52nd Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front. In January-February 1944, the 936th Infantry Regiment of the 254th Infantry Division participated in the Korsun-Shevchenko operation.
Since March 1944, Bondarenko has been participating in the Uman-Botoshan operation. On the night of March 27-28, 1944, his division crossed the Prut with advanced detachments and captured a small bridgehead, repelling enemy counterattacks.
When crossing the Prut River on March 28, 1944 and in the battle for Bezymyannaya Height on March 31, 1944, Bondarenko showed courage and perseverance, twice he was the first to attack, dragging the rest of the soldiers with him, and destroyed up to 9 Romanian soldiers.
On April 22, 1944, for his courage in the Uman-Botosha operation, he was awarded the Order of Glory, III degree. On June 5, 1944 he was wounded. On September 29, 1944, Bondarenko was awarded the Order of Glory, II degree, for the destruction in a battle north of the city of Iasi in May-June 1944 of 2 machine gun points, one heavy machine gun, 18 German soldiers and the capture of 8 more soldiers.
In January 1945, he took part in the Kirovograd offensive operation, where in the battles for the city of Khmelnyk and surrounding settlements he showed initiative and courage, contributed to the fulfillment of the combat missions of his unit, for which on April 10, 1945 he was awarded the Order of Glory, 1st degree.
On April 19, 1945, the division in which Bondarenko served reached Bautzen, but failed to take the city on the move. Only on April 21, 1945, as a result of fierce two-day battles, Bautzen was captured.
During the battle for the city on April 21, 1945, Bondarenko, being in the battle formations of a rifle battalion, repelled an enemy attack and saved the regiment commander, destroying a group of German faustpatrons of 20 people by throwing grenades at them and shooting them with a machine gun.
For the courage and bravery shown in the battle for the city of Bautzen on May 18, 1945, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree.
In 1946 he was demobilized and returned to the Rostov region.
In 1956 he entered the Faculty of Law of Rostov State University. After graduating from university in 1961, he worked as a lawyer at the Kamensk legal clinic.
Name list of our veterans - SFU employees
Adamovich Lev Nikolaevich
Akopova Elena Mikhailovna
Alekseev Anatoly Dmitrievich
Alferov Alexey Dmitrievich
Andreeva Klavdiya Alexandrovna
Andrianov Igr Alexandrovich
Anisenko Viktor Zakharovich
Antonova Evgenia Borisovna
Arefiev Fedor Grigorievich
Arkhangelsky Nikolai Nikolaevich
Astakhova Vera Alexandrovna
Afonin Yuri Nikolaevich
Babkin Fedor Nikanorovich
Badulin Nikolay Filippovich
Badyuk Mikhail Mikhailovich
Bazhanov Nikolay Mikhailovich
Baykov Petr Matveevich
Balabanov Fedor Semenovich
Balamutkin Grigory Vasilievich
Barannikov Nikolay Stefanovich
Baranov P.Ya.
Baranovsky B.V.
Batyrev Aristide Vasilievich
Bevz Mikhail Vasilievich
Belanov Mikhail Markovich
Boyanovich Vsevolod Nikolaevich
Bredikhina Evgenia Vyacheslavovna
Bugaev K.E.
Burikov Evgeniy Alekseevich
Burkina Taisiya Markovna
Burov N.T.
Burtsev Kensarin Ivanovich
Vagner E.G.
Valkov Vladimir Fedorovich
Valkh Elena Nikolaevna
Valyusinskaya Zoya Vsevolodovna
Vilgotskaya Agnia Ivanovna
Vlasov Dmitry Fedorovich
Voitkevich Georgy Vitoldovich
Vorovich Joseph Izrailevich
Voronova Nina Vladimirovna
Gavrilov Mikhail Ivanovich
Gavrilyuk Fedor Yakovlevich
Gvozdarev Yuri Anatolievich
Gershenovich Zundel Semenovich
Glushkov Nikolay Ivanovich
Golomidov Fedor Karpovich
Gorbunova Zinaida Vasilievna
Gorginyan Araksi Kirakosovna
Gordienko Mikhail Mikhailovich
Gordienko Mikhail Fedorovich
Gridnich Alexander Fedorovich
Grinberg Yu.I.
Guzhin Alexander Tikhonovich
Gurkin Viktor Alekseevich
Gusev Mikhail Ivanovich
Davidovich Vsevolod Evgenievich
Danilov Yuri
Danyushin Nikolay Alekseevich
Demchenko Pavel Pavlovich
Dergousov Nikolay Nikolaevich
Dragilev Mikhail Mikhailovich
Drizo Abram Mikhailovich
Dubrovina Alexandra Emelyanovna
Dudnikov Stanislav Ivanovich
Dukmasov A.F.
Evchenko Nikolay Yakovlevich
Ermochkova Svetlana Pavlovna
Zhalinskaya Elizaveta Lvovna
Zhdanov Yuri Andreevich
Zhernovoy Andrey Stepanovich
Zhiltsov Nikolay Tikhonovich
Zhiltsov Nikolay Tikhonovich
Zhirkov Konstantin Filippovich
Zhirukhina Vera Dmitrievna
Zadorovsky V.V.
Zakiev Christopher Yakovlevich
Zakrutkin Vitaly Alexandrovich
Zarochentsova Rita Karlovna
Zozulin Georgy Matveevich
Zolotov Vladimir Alexandrovich
Zyubina Anna Alexandrovna
Zyablov Rostislav Petrovich
Ivashchenko Alexander Trofimovich
Inozemtsev Georgy Alexandrovich
Ioffe N.S.
Kazantsev Nikolay Nikolaevich
Kalinchuk Vladimir Semenovich
Kalyaev Anatoly Vasilievich
Karaev Nikolay Ivanovich
Karamyshev Petr Semenovich
Karpetchenko I.T.
Karpov Mikhail Mikhailovich
Kartashov Sergey Ivanovich
Kirilov Petr Alekseevich
Klavdia Vasilievna Rudenskaya
Knyshenko Yuri Venediktovich
Kovalenok Evgeniy Vikentievich
Kogan Alexander Borisovich
Kozhevnikov Alexander Alexandrovich
Kozhevnikov Mikhail Vasilievich
Kozhevnikov P.V.
Kozubenko Ivan Dmitrievich
Koichu Natalya Nikolaevna
Kolesnikov Nikolay Pavlovich
Kolokoltsev E.
Komarov Valentin Dmitrievich
Kompan Evgeniy Yulianovich
Korotynsky Adam Adamovich
Kokhanovsky Pavel Pavlovich
Kocharov Yuri Ervandovich
Kochurov Vladimir Andreevich
Kravchenko Nina Yakovlevna
Kramarov Oleg Pavlovich
Krasov Leonid Ivanovich
Kreinina Frida Evseevna
Kritskaya Tatyana Ivanovna
Kudryavtseva Alexandra Stepanovna
Kuznetsov Vasily Nikolaevich
Kulazhnikov Mikhail Nikitovich
Kulakov Alexander Ilyich
Kulishova Olga Antonovna
Kulchikhin Valentin Vladimirovich
Kurazhkovsky Yuri Nikolaevich
Kurochkin Mikhail Vladimirovich
Kucherenko Marat Mikhailovich
Kushch Alexander Evtikhievich
Levchenko Ivan Efimovich
Lezin Alexander Ivanovich
Linnikov V.T.
Litver Efim Lvovich
Lozbenev Yuri Kuzmich
Lomakin Vladimir Ilyich
Lomakina Tatyana Petrovna
Lysenko Ivan Sergeevich
Luxembourg Mikhail Abramovich
Malashchenko Valentin Prokofievich
Maleychuk Petr Zakharovich
Malkhazov Ivan Ivanovich
Malkhasyan Andronik Karfetovich
Malyuk Alexander Grigorievich
Manalaki Alexandra Nikodimovna
Marsakov Andrey Afanasyevich
Makhinya Tamara Ivanovna
Makhonin Georgy Mikhailovich
Medin Mikhail Vasilievich
Melnik Ivan Mikhailovich
Merlin Vasily Fedotovich
Mikhail Nikolaevich Kudryavtsev
Mikhalevsky Vadim Sergeevich
Mikhalchuk Stepan Ivanovich
Moverman Alexander Semenovich
Mozharov Vasily Vladimirovich
Mokrishchev Konstantin Konstantinovich
Molodkin Petr Fedorovich
Moroz Olga Nikolaevna
Morozov Vadim Sergeevich
Moskalev I.A.
Murkis Mikhail Abramovich
Mukhamedov Geta Sherafeevich
Myasnikova Maria Karpovna
Nastenko Nikita Zakharovich
Naumtsev Evgeniy Fedorovich
Nekipelov Pavel Trofimovich
Nerovny Vasily Dmitrievich
Novikov Vladimir Ivanovich
Obidina Elena Fedorovna
Obod Fedor Pavlovich
Revolutions Ivan Petrovich
Oleynikov Nikolay Sidorovich
Olepir Alexey Ivanovich
Orekhov Sergey Yakovlevich
Orlov Vladimir Alexandrovich
Osadin Vladimir Petrovich
Osadchy Ivan Vasilievich
Osipov Osip Alexandrovich
Oskolkov Evgeniy Nikolaevich
Pavel Alexandrovich Sadimenko
Panasenko Grigory Platonovich
Panin F.F.
Panchenko Vera Sergeevna
Papushin Konstantin Grigorievich
Papushina Klavdiya Ivanovna
Parnyakov Alexander Feodosievich
Pashkov Grigory Dmitrievich
Peresada Alexander Andrianovich
Petrov Vladimir Stepanovich
Pivovarova Maria Mikhailovna
Pinkin Stepan Ivanovich
Pinkina Antonina
Pirogov Evgeniy Andreevich
Podrezova Karelia Nikolaevna
Polyakov Alexey Nikolaevich
Polyakov Nikolay Petrovich
Ponomarenko Alexander Vladimirovich
Popov Vadim Alexandrovich
Popov Igor Panteleimonovich
Popov Pavel Semenovich
Poroshina Vera Alexandrovna
Potemkin Alexey Vasilievich
Dug Oleg Iosifovich
Pronshtein Alexander Pavlovich
Rezhabek Georgy Borisovich
Rivkin Boris Mironovich
Rodionov Vladimir Petrovich
Rozhanskaya Nina Nikolaevna
Romanchenko I.S.
Ropaev Sergey Andreevich
Rostovtsev Valery Efimovich
Rudenko Yuri Semenovich
Rusinov Vladimir Mikhailovich
Ryabko Ivan Fedorovich
Ryazanov Grigory Fedorovich
Savchenko Ivan Dmitrievich
Sadimenko Pavel Alexandroaich
Svinoruk Lyudmila Ivanovna
Svirkov V.T.
Svyatenko Tamara Spiridonovna
Sevastyanov Valentin Ivanovich
Sedmigradsky Arkady Arkadevich
Sementsov Ivan Vladimirovich
Senyutkin V.B.
Sery Yuzef Iosifovich
Simkin Yakov Romanovich
Sinev Mikhail Ivanovich
Smetanko Evgeniy Sergeevich
Smirnova Antonina Mikhailovna
Sobolev Nikolay Georgievich
Sokolov Mikhail Stepanovich
Solyanik Vladimir Fedorovich
Sorokin Sergey Alekseevich
Stepnin Georgy Ivanovich
Strelkov Evgeniy Alexandrovich
Stremovsky Vladimir Azarovich
Stupin Viktor Andreevich
Talnikov Vladimir Mikhailovich
Tarasov Mikhail Alexandrovich
Tverdokhleb Pavel Kononovich
Terpigoreva Maria Ivanovna
Timanov Vladimir Vasilievich
Timoshkin Dmitry Stepanovich
Tishchenko I.V.
Tkachenko Lyudmila Andreevna
Tretyakova Evgenia Aleksandrovna
Trifonov Ivan Alexandrovich
Trishin Ivan Ilyich
Unakova L.I.
Usenko Varvara Ivanovna
Fedorov Konstantin Georgievich
Fesenko Evgeniy Grigorievich
Filippov Evgeniy Ivanovich
Fiskovich Tatyana Terentevna
Fomina Maria Konstantinovna
Khalikov R.Kh.
Khasabov Eduard Georgievich
Kheruvimova Vera Alexandrovna
Khromov Matvey Nikiforovich
Tsirkunov Rostislav Filippovich
Tsybina Raisa Tikhonovna
Tsyurupa Boris Nikolaevich
Chavdarov Sergey Savelievich
Chaikina Evgenia Fedorovna
Chalov Afanasy Nikiforovich
Chernitser Vladimir Moiseevich
Chernykh Nikolay Timofeevich
Chefranov Georgy Vasilievich
Shvartsman Matvey Izmailovich
Shevchenko Tatyana Grigorievna
Shemyakin Alexander Vasilievich
Shishlin Mark Alekseevich
Shishov Dmitry Nikiforovich
Shpolyansky Yakov Abramovich
Shchedritsky Mikhail Pavlovich
Yatsenko Alexander Fomich
Yatsenko Asya Mikhailovna
Vladimir Fedorovich Solyanik was born into a peasant family in the village of Razvilnoye, Peschanokopsky district. He lost his father early - Fyodor Martynovich died in the civil war in a detachment of red partisans. Volodya had two sisters - Grunya and Maria. Mom - Anastasia Maksimovna - worked on a collective farm. In 1924, Volodya entered the Razvilensky elementary school, from which he graduated in 1928. The next year he entered the School of Peasant Youth, which, along with general education, provided the basics of agronomic knowledge and industrial training based on agricultural production. In 1932, Vladimir entered the evening department of the workers' faculty of the Rostov Institute of Agricultural Engineering. At the same time, he works at Rostselmash. In 1935, on a Komsomol ticket, he entered the Stalingrad Military Flight School named after the Red Banner Stalingrad Proletariat, which he successfully graduated in 1938, receiving the first officer rank of lieutenant and the specialty of military pilot. By assignment he was sent to Khabarovsk to Long Range Aviation. Here Vladimir Solyanik meets the love of his life, Ekaterina, with whom he formalizes his relationship in 1940. Already in February 1941, their son Yuri was born. And after the war - in 1947 - there was a new addition to the Solyaniki family - a daughter, Larisa, was born.
Region Russian Federation
Military rank Guard Major Hero of the Soviet Union
Locality: Russia
Military specialty squadron commander of a long-range bomber aviation regiment
Place of Birth Razvilnoye village, Peschanokopsky district, Rostov region
Years of service 1942 - 1957
Date of birth 06/13/1915
Date of death 1993
Battle path
Summoning place Stalingrad Military Aviation Pilot School.
Draft date 1935
Hospitals Never been wounded.
On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War - since May 1942. In May-September, senior lieutenant Vladimir Solyanik, transferred from the Far East to the 840th Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment and becoming a flight commander in it, made most of his combat missions to bomb Nazi troops besieging Leningrad. He bombed targets in Pskov, Luga, Narva, and on the Karelian Isthmus. Then the 840th regiment moved to Stalingrad. Combat missions began to bomb enemy targets in the area of Kotelnikovo, Tormosin, Morozovsk, Millerovo, Elista, Rostov-on-Don. At the end of 1942, Captain Solyanik from an airplane DB-3 moved to IL-4 . In 1943, combat missions were carried out against enemy targets in Rostov-on-Don, Donbass, Crimea, Melitopol, Orel, Kursk, and other targets. The regiment became the 20th Guards. Since June 4, 1943 - Vladimir Solyanik - squadron commander and deputy commander of the 20th Guards Bomber Regiment. He fought in Long Range Aviation units and as part of the 18th Air Army. By this time, the IL-4 crew had become unchanged: commander - Guard Major (since July 1943) Solyanik, deputy navigator of the Guard Air Regiment Captain Groshev, Guard Air Regiment navigator Major Domoratsky, gunner-radio operator of the Guard Sergeant Major Pavlenko, gunner - Guard Senior Sergeant Matsenov. The crew had to make a lot of night flights to bomb Nazi targets in the Crimea, for which the 20th Guards Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment subsequently received the honorary name "Sevastopol".
Vladimir Solyanik flew on airplanes U-2 , R-5 , DB-3, but made most of the flights on Il-4.
Successfully completed 16 combat missions against particularly long-range targets. In 1944: February 26 - Helsinki, April 11 - Constanta (Romania), May 11 - Lublin (Poland), June 5 and 6 - Iasi (Romania), August 23 - Tilsit (Kaliningrad region), September 14 and October 26 - Budapest, September 15 and 20 - Debrecen (Hungary), October 7 - Breslau (Poland). In 1945: January 15 - Lodz (Poland), February 20 - Stettin (Poland), March 9 - Könningsberg (Kaliningrad), March 20 - Danzig (Poland), April 20 - Berlin.
On April 16, 1945, on the day of the Berlin operation, the Solyanik crew carried out a combat flight to bomb the front line of Hitler's defense in the area of the city of Frankfurt. On this day, German bombers also flew out to bomb our positions. In the sky, even above our troops, a meeting took place, and a German bomber was heading straight towards Solyanik’s plane on a collision course. At an alarmingly close distance, Commander Solyanik showed true composure and skill, skillfully deflecting and avoiding a collision, and the shooter managed to put a couple of bursts into the gas tanks of the Junkers, causing it to catch fire and explode in the air on its own bombs. At this time, Solyanik noticed bombs falling from above - this was another German bomber chaotically getting rid of ammunition in order to get out faster. Bombs rained down right in front of the cabin. The commander again had to maneuver sharply, avoiding collisions with enemy bombs. Then our fighters arrived and closely engaged the German planes, and the crew of Guard Major Solyanik calmly completed the assigned combat mission.
On April 20, 1945, Vladimir Solyanik made one of his final combat missions during the war. The desired goal was Berlin. But after taking off from the ground, the plane’s flaps were not removed from the take-off angle (they should be removed after reaching a speed of 160-200 km/h). The commander and crew decided to extend the flight. In cloudiness of 10 points, many crews did not find the target and returned to base. Solyanik decided to bomb out from under the clouds. Masterfully piloting an icy plane with non-retractable flaps using only instruments, he accurately targeted the target and completed the task.
By May 1945, he had flown 212 combat missions, 207 of them at night. Total flight time is 1651 hours, of which 776 are during the day, 876 at night. As deputy floor commander, he made 39 combat missions for control, 22 for target illumination, and 16 for weather reconnaissance. Flew in any weather conditions. He was involved in the training and commissioning of young pilots. In total, he trained 15 ace pilots.
“We passed our difficult test of skill and courage from the most merciless examiner - war. And they went into the last battle so that no one in the world would ever fight..."
V.F. Solyanik
Memories
Alexey Nikolaevich Kot
"Winged sons of the Fatherland."
Notes from the navigator:
The front moved further and further to the west. In many places he crossed the state border of the USSR. The Red Army fought on the territory of East Prussia, Poland, and Romania.
It was decided to fly closer to the front. On September 5, the 20th Sevastopol Regiment flew to Lutsk, and the 10th Stalingrad Regiment flew to the Shepetin airfield, near the city of Kremenets.
While preparing for the flight, I thought that important events in my life took place in this city: I was awarded the title of “first class navigator of the ADD”. Here I was awarded a high award - I became a Hero of the Soviet Union, and my daughter Galinka was born here...
On the morning of September 5 we took off from the airfield. At the helm is Vladimir Fedorovich Solyanik, appointed deputy regiment commander. Short, broad-shouldered, with slightly laughing eyes, and a pleasant smile, I liked Major Solyanik at the first meeting. A first-class pilot, a brave warrior, a strong-willed commander, a great-hearted man.
This is not the first time I am flying with the major. Once, when the navigator of the 2nd squadron, Captain G. A. Lushchenko, fell ill, I flew with Solyanik on a combat mission and even then I gained great respect for this courageous man, who was fluent in flying. More than once I have noted that I am still lucky to have good pilot commanders: Evdokimov, Alin, Podoba, Solyanik... And this is very important for the success of combat work.
In aviation, it happens that you meet a pilot who seems to shine with all his qualities, but is not suitable to be a commander. Something is missing from him. But Solyanik is both a skilled pilot and a smart commander. A successful combination!
We make a farewell circle and head west. After an hour and a half of flight, Lutsk appeared, relatively little destroyed, with white roofs of houses.
Combat work immediately resumed at the new airfield. Until the end of the month, we took part in raids on enemy targets in the cities of Satu Mare, Debrecen, and Budapest.
Our troops, overcoming stubborn enemy resistance, reached the border of Hungary, which remained the only satellite of Nazi Germany. Hitler's command made enormous efforts to preserve their last ally. The Germans needed the help of the Hungarian army, they needed the material resources of this country.
On September 15, we received the task of striking Debrecen, an important railway junction in Hungary, to which six highways stretch. Through the junction there was a continuous flow of military cargo to the front. The city housed reserve military units, warehouses with military equipment, ammunition, and fuel. It was necessary to disable this enemy communications center and thereby help the advancing Soviet troops.
We completed this task very successfully. Returning home, we observed fires and explosions in the area of the hub and in the city for a long time.
By observing and photographing the target, it was established that our bombs burned down three trains, an ammunition and fuel depot.
...There is a joyful holiday in the Sevastopol regiment. Pilot Semyon Levchuk and navigator Boris Shesternin were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. We congratulated the young, capable warriors who carried out their combat missions excellently and wished them new successes. This event seemed to please Lieutenant Colonel S.A. Gelbak most of all. Still would! It allowed him to once again emphasize: “Heroes grew up in my regiment. It was I who raised and educated them.” Well, this time he could be understood.
Crew commander Semyon Levchuk and navigator Boris Shesternin arrived at the 20th Regiment from the school. Both were young and, of course, had no combat experience. And the desire to participate in battles was great. This desire, coupled with the extraordinary abilities of the young aviators, became the decisive factor in the formation of the crew. The commander of the 2nd squadron, Vladimir Solyanik, and the navigator of this squadron, Grigory Lushchenko, immediately noticed Levchuk and Shesternin, correctly assessed their merits, and were one of the first among the youth to give the go-ahead to participate in combat work. Soon Levchuk’s crew began flying on combat missions along with others. First, to bombard targets, and then as an illuminator and photographer.
Semyon Levchuk, brave and decisive in combat missions, modest and silent on the ground, somehow immediately fell in love with both commanders and comrades. Boris Shesternin is a man of diverse interests and a pleasant conversationalist. Not only was he a perfect navigator, but he was interested in literature, art, and loved technology.
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On February 20 we had to scout the weather on a long route from Lutsk to Stettin. We are flying without bombs, just in case we took spare cartridge belts. Flight altitude - 600 meters. Rare clouds floated overhead. Visibility is good. Ground is covered with snow. Rivers, roads, villages and hamlets are clearly visible. It's nice to fly during the day, but this rarely happens. We are night people. Night flights have their advantages: we see everything we need, and our plane can only be guessed from the ground by sound... And yet we miss daytime flights...
The fighting moved far to the west. On January 17, troops of the 1st Belorussian Front, with the participation of the First Army of the Polish Army, liberated Warsaw. On January 29, the troops of this front crossed the German border west of Poznan, and on February 3, the crossing of the last water barrier on the way to Berlin began - the Oder River.
We fly over the Western Bug and Vistula. We periodically inform the control center about the progress of the flight and the weather. The Warsaw-Lodz railway snakes beneath us. You can feel the front approaching. There are a lot of cars on the roads and supply. The clouds became thinner and the sun came out. But the absence of clouds does not please us: there will be nothing to camouflage with when enemy fighters appear.
On every combat mission, we pay special attention to the bomber's defenses. At night, as you know, the crew has to fight off fighters themselves; there is no cover. Therefore, crew members, and especially air gunners, must be vigilant at all times. We have long studied the habits of the enemy, his various tricks, insidious tricks. German fighters, trying to mislead us, flew on opposite and opposite courses, with their side lights lit, dropped flare bombs above the bombers, and attacked them from below in the beams of searchlights. Only constant and vigilant monitoring of the air allowed the majority of our crews to take the necessary measures in a timely manner, maneuver, leave the danger zone or fight back.
Today is a day flight, we have no cover. We rely only on our discretion, on our weapons.
We are flying at the same altitude. The city of Poznan appeared to the left. Plumes of black smoke rise above it to a great height. The surrounded enemy there still does not surrender. We are approaching the Polish-German border. You can recognize it from the air without a map. In Poland, houses are white, covered with white tiles or iron, but in Germany all buildings are red: red brick, red tiles. There are no people visible on German soil. Only cars and tanks hurry along the roads - our military equipment.
- The situation is clear, maybe we can return? There are no clouds in the west, suggests Major Solyanik.
- We'll fly another seven minutes. “We’ll fly to the area according to orders,” I answer.
The Oder appeared ahead. There are Germans across the river. They dug deep into the ground - into the ground of the Reich. This is not the forty-first year... To the west, as far as you can see, there is a blue sky, not a cloud anywhere. Be on a combat mission today!
Let's turn around. We're flying back. They had just reported the meteorological situation to the command post when suddenly two Messerschmitts appeared.
- Prepare for battle! - Major Solyanik commanded.
The fascist pilots tried to attack us on the move. It didn't work out. We open friendly fire. One fighter began to smoke and went to the side. But then two more “Messers” appeared. The commander makes the only correct decision under these conditions - he switches the plane to steep glide, to low-level flight.
A stubborn, unequal battle began. We used up all the cartridges, used spare belts, and held on until the last. And suddenly the German fighters rolled away. What's the matter? Are you up to something?
- Our Yaks have appeared! - Yurchenko reported joyfully.
I really look at our fighters. They head to the Messers. Those, not accepting the fight, run away. Then two red star hawks approached us. In the cabins we see the smiling faces of our comrades. Flapping their wings, the Yaks go their own way. How grateful we are to them for such timely revenue!
Our route goes a little south of Warsaw. We decide to change course and look at the Polish capital. During the war years we saw the ruins of many Soviet cities. Some of them were completely destroyed. But Warsaw also looked like a completely dead city. We flew over it from west to east at an altitude of only 200 meters and did not notice a single surviving building. There are mountains of broken bricks and stones around. In many places it was impossible to guess where the street was... Only brutal fascists could do this!
After landing, they reported to the division commander about the weather in the area of the upcoming combat flight. That night, the crews of the formation carried out a massive bomb attack on military installations in the city of Stettin. Enemy air defense offered stubborn resistance. More than six anti-aircraft artillery battalions fired heavily. Me-110s equipped with radar devices patrolled the air. The plane of the 20th Guards Regiment, piloted by pilot N.I. Bogintsev, was hit by a direct hit from an anti-aircraft shell. The crew, barely reaching the front line, parachuted out and landed at the location of our troops. Three more aircraft of this regiment received significant damage.
Awards
Medal "Gold Star" of Hero of the Soviet Union and Order of Lenin
WITH Olyanik Vladimir Fedorovich – deputy commander of the 20th Guards Sevastopol Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 13th Guards Bomber Aviation Division of the 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps of the 18th Air Army, Guard Major.
Born on June 13, 1915 in the village of Razvilnoye, now Peschano-Kopsky district, Rostov region, in a peasant family. Russian. Graduated from 10th grade. He worked as a mechanic and reception controller at the Rostselmash plant.
In the Red Army since 1935. In 1938 he graduated from the Stalingrad Military Aviation Pilot School. He served as a junior and senior pilot of the 8th Long-Range Bomber Air Regiment of the 2nd Separate Army, as a flight commander of the 139th Long-Range Bomber Air Regiment of the 5th Air Corps of the Far Eastern Front.
On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since May 1942. He was a flight commander, deputy and squadron commander of the 840th Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment, and from June 4, 1943 - squadron commander and deputy commander of the 20th Guards Bomber Regiment. He fought in units of Long-Range Aviation (ADD) and as part of the 18th Air Army. Member of the CPSU since 1942. He flew on U-2, R-5, DB-3 aircraft, and made most of his flights on Il-4. He was never wounded, shot down, nor had a single accident or aircraft breakdown.
By May 1945, the deputy commander of the 20th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment, Major Solyanik, had flown 212 sorties (207 of them at night) to bomb military-industrial facilities behind enemy lines. Total flight time is 1651 hours, of which 776 are during the day, 876 at night. As deputy regiment commander, he made 39 combat missions for control, 22 for target illumination, 16 for weather reconnaissance. Flew in any weather conditions. He was involved in the training and commissioning of young pilots; in total, he trained 15 pilots.
Successfully completed 16 combat missions against particularly long-range targets. In 1944: February 26 – Helsinki; April 11 – Constanta; May 11 – Lublin; June 5 and 6 – Iasi; August 23 – Tilsit (Sovetsk); September 14 and October 26 – Budapest; September 15 and 20 – Debrecen; October 7 – Breslau (Wroclaw). In 1945: January 15 – Lodz; February 20 – Stettin (Szczecin); March 9 – Koenigsberg (Kaliningrad); March 20 – Danzig (Gdansk); April 20 – Berlin.
U Kaz of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 15, 1946 for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism of the Guard Major Solyanik Vladimir Fedorovich awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 9068).
In 1947, he graduated from the Officer Improvement Course (CUOS) at the 2nd Ivanovo Higher Aviation Officer School for Long-Range Aviation. Until 1954, he served as deputy commander, at the same time as an inspector-pilot for piloting techniques and flight theory of the 202nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment, then until 1957 - deputy commander for flight training of the 132nd Bomber Aviation Regiment. On June 26, 1956, he was awarded the title “Military Pilot 1st Class.”
Since February 1957, Colonel V.F. Solyanik has been in reserve. Lived in Rostov-on-Don. In 1970 he graduated from Rostov State University. Worked at the same university. Died September 27, 1993. He was buried in the Northern Cemetery of the city of Rostov-on-Don.
Awarded the Order of Lenin (05/15/46), 4 Orders of the Red Banner (12/31/42; 09/07/43; 09/28/56; 12/30/56), the Order of Alexander Nevsky (05/20/44), the Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree (04/06/85 ), 2 Orders of the Red Star (11/15/50; 06/04/55), medals “For Military Merit” (11/06/45), “For the Defense of Leningrad”, “For the Defense of Stalingrad”, “For Victory over Germany”, “For the Capture Budapest”, “For the capture of Berlin”, “XXX years of the SA and the Navy”.
In May-September 1942, senior lieutenant Vladimir Solyanik, transferred from the Far East to the 840th long-range bomber air regiment of the ADD and becoming a flight commander in it, made most of his combat missions to bomb Nazi troops besieging Leningrad. He bombed targets in Pskov, Luga, Narva, and on the Karelian Isthmus.
Then the 840th Long-Range Bomber Regiment was relocated to Stalingrad. Combat missions began to bomb enemy targets in the area of Kotelnikovo, Tormosin, Morozovsk, Millerovo, Elista, Rostov.
At the end of the same year, 1942, Captain Solyanik switched from the DB-3 aircraft to the Il-4. The flight range has increased sharply. In 1943, enemy targets in Rostov, Donbass, Crimea, Melitopol, Orel, Kursk and other areas fell within its range. In June 1943, the regiment in which Captain Solyanik fought became the 20th Guards. By this time, the IL-4 crew had become unchanged: the commander was Guard Major (since July 1943) Solyanik, deputy navigator of the Guard Air Regiment Captain Groshev, Guard Air Regiment navigator Major Domoratsky, Guard gunner-radio operator Sergeant Major Pavlenko and Guard gunner Senior Sergeant Matsenov. The crew had to make a lot of night flights to bomb Nazi targets in the Crimea, for which the 20th Guards Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment subsequently received the honorary name “Sevastopol”.
From the beginning of 1944, the crew of Major Solyanik’s guard, along with regular combat work, began to be given combat missions to bomb enemy targets in his deep rear. So on February 6, 1944, the crew flew to Helsinki. With cloudiness of 8 points at an altitude of 700-800 meters and strong opposition from anti-aircraft artillery and searchlights, Solyanik accurately reached the target and successfully completed the task.
There were flights to Constanta, Lublin, Iasi, Tilsit, Budapest, Debrecen, Lodz, Königsberg.
On April 16, 1945, the day the Berlin operation began, the Solyanik crew carried out a combat mission to bomb the front line of Hitler's defense in the Frankfurt area. On this day, German bombers also flew out to bomb our positions. A meeting took place in the sky above our troops, and one German plane was heading straight towards Solyanik’s plane on a collision course. At an alarmingly close distance, Solyanik showed composure and skill, skillfully deflected, avoiding a collision, and the shooters managed to put several bursts into the Junkers’ gas tanks, causing it to catch fire and explode on its bombs. At this time, Solyanik noticed bombs falling from above - another German bomber began aimlessly bombing our troops in order to get out quickly. Bombs rained down right in front of the cockpit - Solyanik again had to maneuver sharply and get his plane out of the way of the attack. After this, our fighters took over the German bombers, and the crew of Guard Major Solyanik continued to carry out the mission.
On April 20, 1945, Solyanik made one of his last combat missions during the war. The desired goal was Berlin. But after taking off from the ground, Solyanik’s plane did not remove the flaps from the take-off angle. The commander and crew decided to continue the flight. In cloudiness of 10 points, many crews did not find the target and returned to their base. Solyanik decided to bomb out from under the clouds. Piloting an icy plane with the instrument panels not retracted, he accurately reached the target and completed the task.
In total, V.F. Solyanik made 212 combat missions during the war years.