History of the formation The division was formed in July 1941 as the 293rd Infantry Division (I Formation). She fought as part of the troops of the Southwestern, Voronezh, Steppe and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts. From November 1942 she took part in the Battle of Stalingrad. In October 1942, it was included in the 66th Army (since April 1943, the Fifth Guards Army) and participated in the Battle of Kursk and the liberation of Left Bank Ukraine.

On January 21, 1943, for participation in the Battle of Stalingrad, the 293rd division was renamed the 66th Guards Rifle Division. The Supreme Commander's order No. 34 dated January 21, 1943 stated:

“... In the battles for our Soviet Motherland against the German invaders of the two hundred and ninety-third Rifle Division showed examples of courage, bravery, discipline and organization. Waging continuous battles... the division inflicted huge losses on the fascist troops and, with its crushing blows, destroyed the enemy's manpower and equipment, mercilessly smashed the German invaders... For the courage shown in battles for the Fatherland, for perseverance... for the heroism of the personnel, transform two hundred and ninety the third rifle division into the 66th Guards Rifle Division... The transformed division will be presented with the Guards Banner..."

After the battles near Stalingrad, as part of the 32nd Guards Rifle Corps, the sixty-sixth Guards Rifle Division was transferred to Stary Oskol.

Before the start of the Battle of Kursk, the 66th Guards Rifle Division of the 32nd Guards Rifle Corps of the 5th Guards Army was in the second echelon of the combat formation of troops, that is, seventy kilometers north of Prokhorovka. After fierce fighting, units of the division launched a counteroffensive near Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943, together with units of the 5th Guards Tank Army.

During the offensive on the territory of Left Bank Ukraine, units of the division participated in the liberation of Poltava and Kremenchug, crossed the Dnieper on the move and captured a bridgehead on its right bank.

The connection was noted in the battles for the liberation of Poltava. The 32nd Guards Rifle Corps received a combat order to cross the Vorskla River and enter Poltava from the west. The 66th Guards Division was the first to cross to the right bank of the river and boldly acted in the vanguard of the troops. To commemorate the liberation of Poltava, by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of September 23, 1943 No. 22, the sixty-sixth Guards Rifle Division was awarded the honorary name "Poltava"

MILESTONES OF THE COMBAT PATH
The division traces its history back to the 27th Omsk Rifle Division, formed in November 1917. On July 20, 1922, in Saratov, the division was reorganized into the 32nd Rifle Division.
In March 1934, as one of the best divisions of the Red Army, it was redeployed to the Far East and arrived in full strength in the village. Razdolnoe. In 1938, she took part in repelling Japanese aggression in the battles near Lake Khasan and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
In September 1941, it was redeployed to the west and became part of the 36th fortified region of the Mozhaisk Defense Line and the 5th Army of the Western Front. She began her military journey on the famous historical Borodino field. It was the core of the defense in the Mozhaisk direction. The divisions established a defense line with a length of 40 kilometers (which was several times greater than the then existing statutory norms for the division). In the center of the defense line was the legendary Borodino field.

The position of the division's fighters on the legendary Borodino field

In this historical battle, the division's soldiers covered themselves with the unfading glory of defenders of the Motherland. The enemy, rushing towards Moscow in the operational space, was met by the division and stopped in bloody battles.
For heroic exploits in the battles for the capital, the division was awarded the title of Guards and became known as the 29th Guards Red Banner Rifle Division.

In the spring of 1943, the 29th Guards took part in the Rzhev-Vyazemsk operation, during which parts of the division liberated Gzhatsk. During the Yelninsk-Dorogobuzh operation, it took part in the liberation of Yelnya (08/30/1943), for which the division was given the honorary name “Yelninskaya”. Then it advanced in the direction of Orsha.
On December 7, 1943, it withdrew from the Western Front and became part of the 15th Guards Rifle Corps of the 2nd Baltic Front. The division met 1944 16 kilometers from Nevel. On January 12, 1944, divisions of the 10th Guards Army began an offensive in the general direction of Pustoshka with the goal of cutting off the paths of the 16th German Army from Army Group North, which was retreating from Velikiye Luki to the west.
In front of the division were units of the 132nd German Infantry Division, which included the 312th and 282nd battalions of Latvian riflemen and the 416th police regiment. Since February 1944, it has been advancing in the direction of the Pushkin Mountains, crossed the Velikaya River, and since April 18, 1944, it has gone over to defense on a bridgehead along the right bank of the Sorot River.
In June 1944, it was actually transformed into a motorized division, all of its rifle regiments and special units were mounted on vehicles. The division was given a tank regiment consisting of 50 MK-3 units. The horse train and horse-drawn transport were removed from the units. The division subsequently acted as a mobile group of the army. She took part in the Rezhitsa-Dvina offensive operation, during which she liberated Opochka (07/15/1944), and on 07/23/1944 she took part in the liberation of the city of Ludza, later the cities of Rezekne and Daugavpils. She took part in the Madona operation and the Riga operation, being the first to break through enemy defenses and advance along the Kekava-Riga highway. She took part in the liberation of Riga, knocking out the last enemy units from it on 10/16/1944. On November 3, 1944, the division was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree.
In 1945, she fought with the enemy’s Kurland group. By the end of May 8, 1945, the division began to disarm German troops and eliminate individual German groups and Latvian nationalists, and on May 31, 1945, completed combat operations.
During the war years, 18,981 soldiers of the division were awarded orders and medals. Five soldiers of the division were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

DIVISION COMPOSITION
17th Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
322nd Infantry Regiment
133rd Light Artillery Regiment
154th Howitzer Artillery Regiment
Special units and units: separate anti-tank fighter division, separate anti-aircraft battery, mortar division, reconnaissance company, sapper battalion, separate communications battalion, sanitary battalion, separate chemical defense company, motor transport company, field bakery, division veterinary hospital, division workshop, field postal station.

AT BORODINSKY FIELD
On September 11, 1941, the 32nd Division was sent in full strength to the Volkhov Front, where, without having time to fire a single shot, it came under bombing, and on October 5, 1941, it was put back into trains and transferred to Moscow.
Many units of the division unloaded not in Mozhaisk, but in Dorokhovo, and were forced to make a 30-kilometer march on foot to positions on the Borodino field.
This is how war correspondent M.G. describes the Borodino field on October 7-8, 1941. Bragin: “Polosukhin walked through fields, climbed to heights, examined ravines, estimated the distances to villages, to forests - assessed the terrain. Part of the layout of the 32nd division was based on the same map on which Quartermaster General Kutuzov once drew a layout of the Russian army. Of course, it was impossible to compare these schemes, they were so different, but the tactical features of the terrain were used in a new way even now. Behind the height where Raevsky’s battery was located, Polosukhin decided to place his artillery division for firing from closed positions. But at the very height, firing positions were prepared for direct fire. In places where Russian gunners stood face to face with the enemy, Soviet artillerymen stood face to face with the enemy. Infantry units of the 32nd Division were located in the hollows, bushes and Utitsky forest, where rangers had once been scattered. Soviet artillerymen and infantrymen faced not only long-distance fire fighting, but also close combat, point-blank combat - a face-to-face artillery duel and a chest-to-chest bayonet strike.” (Bragin M.G.: On the Borodino field. In the book. From Moscow to Berlin. M., 1948.).

Soviet counterattack, autumn 1941

In mid-October 1941, the Mozhaisk direction was the shortest for access to Moscow (from the western outskirts of Moscow to the front line of defense on the Borodino field - 125 kilometers). The 5th Army (commanded by General D.D. Lelyushenko), which took up defensive positions here, was to serve as the backbone of the entire Western Front. The stability of the other front armies depended on the strength of the 5th Army. Everyone understood this, but...

According to the Headquarters directive, Lelyushenko’s 5th Army was to include FOUR divisions. But due to the complexity of the situation, only one was sent here, to the Mozhaisk line of defense - the 32nd Infantry Division. Yes, the 5th Army was somewhat strengthened by this, but it can hardly be said that the 5th Army was full-fledged.
The position of the army was difficult. There are few troops. The front stretches for 80 km. Both flanks are open. A very strong enemy is the 40th Tank Corps of the Nazis, followed by the tank corps - the 7th Infantry Division, one of the most experienced in the entire Army Group Center, which was advancing on Moscow. The Germans were both quantitatively and qualitatively superior to the Soviet troops and had a great technical advantage.
“Polosukhin walked along Birch Alley to the small white house of the Borodino Museum, standing alone in the middle of a field. He was met by a guard who handed him a visitors’ book, in which the colonel wrote that he was a division commander, arrived from the east, and in the column “Purpose of visiting the Borodino field” he replied: “I came to defend the Borodino field.” Polosukhin turned out to be the last visitor to the museum, which was then barbarously burned by the Nazis.” (Bragin M.G.: On the Borodino field. In the book. From Moscow to Berlin. M., 1948.).
On the evening of October 12, advanced enemy units appeared at 125 km of the Minsk highway near the village of Yelnya, where they were met by a battalion of the 17th Infantry Regiment. The tanks walked two in a row with open hatches, without guards. Shots broke the silence; one lead tank froze, the other started smoking, moved a little forward and, engulfed in flames, stopped. The tanks behind him began to bypass him, but the anti-tank guns hit him point-blank. The tankers had nowhere to turn around, since the highway ran in a deep excavation, and soon this defile found itself with an iron barrier of six damaged tanks and two staff vehicles.
Having failed in this direction, the command of the SS division transferred its attacks to neighboring defense sectors, north and south of Yelnya.
On October 13, the enemy tried to break through to Borodino station. After an attack on our positions near the village of Rogachevo, air bombing and mortar fire, the Germans occupied the village and stubbornly held their defense in this area. By the end of the day, the battalion of the 322nd regiment, which had lost a third of its personnel in the battles for the village of Rogachevo, retreated to the Fomkino-Doronino-Shevardino line and organized a perimeter defense.

Borodino field. Before meeting the enemy

Polosukhin sent the battalion of captain Shcherbakov and the battery of senior lieutenant Nechaev to the Shevardinsky redoubt. They allowed the enemy to approach, and then Nechaev commanded: “Rapid fire!” The battery continuously attacked the hollows where the Germans had accumulated, and hundreds of corpses in scanty uniforms littered the approaches to Shevardin. The Germans responded with mortar, artillery, and airplane fire and went on the attack again. Shcherbakov raised a battalion in a counterattack and held the heights topped by the Shevardino redoubt. Then the enemy again took a detour.
Nechaev heard how the battle was moving deeper and deeper to the rear, but continued to adjust the shooting. The command reached him: “Grenades for battle!”, and he realized that the enemy was at his observation post. In the rear, the village of Shevardino caught fire, the wire communication laid along the street burned out; Then the signalmen occupied this area and began to voice Nechaev’s command through the chain. The signalmen died, others took their place, and shells rained down on the enemy again and again.
German machine gunners infiltrated the redoubt. The infantry guard that Shcherbakov left for Nechaev was all out of order. The security commander, Lieutenant Khomukha, with a broken eye, asked Nechaev to shoot him, and advised him to leave. But Nechaev and the signalmen fought off the enemy with grenades, and again the words of the command, the numbers of the artillery crews flew, and the artilleryman’s hot combat work continued.
For the battles at the Shevardinsky redoubt, Captain Shcherbakov was awarded the Order of Lenin.
At dawn on October 14, Major Borodinov was forced to bring into battle the regimental reserve - the 3rd battalion under the command of Captain P.G. Mikaze, who managed to recapture Rogachevo.
In the morning, German dive bombers targeted the positions of the 17th Infantry Regiment, after which, with the support of artillery and tanks, German infantry entered the battle. All day on October 14, the battle continued in the defense zone of the 17th Infantry Regiment: despite strong resistance, the German infantry methodically pushed the Soviet soldiers, who were short of ammunition, out of the trenches they occupied, taking advantage of their tactical superiority. By evening, the operational reserves of the motorized SS division "Reich" were brought into battle, after which the defense of the 17th Infantry Regiment, which had suffered heavy losses, was broken through the entire sector. German troops expanded the breakthrough, occupying Utitsy, Artemki, as well as the outermost houses of the Borodino station. In Artemki, German infantry managed to destroy the fire control platoon of the 154th artillery regiment, thereby depriving the Soviet troops of artillery support. Only after this did the command of the 32nd Infantry Division decide to bring the 322nd Infantry Regiment, which had previously been in reserve, into battle.
On October 15, fighting took place in the area of ​​the village of Utitsa, Borodino station, and the villages of Doronino and Shevardino. The Germans, repulsed on the highway, threw tanks, aircraft, and motorized infantry into battle, broke through the edge of the Borodino field and captured the Borodino station, forcing one of the battalions of the 322nd regiment to retreat to the forest between the villages of Semenovskoye and Shevardino. Developing their success, the German SS motorized infantry rushed along the rear of the division onto the Smolensk road, towards Mozhaisk.
On this day, the commander of the 5th Army D.D. was wounded. Lelyushenko. Major General L.A. was appointed the new commander. Govorov.
The autumn night has arrived. It got sharply cold. The division had been fighting for five days already.

Polosukhin knew that the enemy had penetrated into the depths of the division’s defense, cut off some units, was sitting in his rear, and, it would seem, it was urgent to “leave the encirclement.” But the battles showed that the division, even under these conditions, remains a combat-ready organism: surrounded battalions and divisions continue to fight, centers of struggle interact, and this constitutes an integral tactical defense front of the division, although it is torn apart on the map and on the ground.
Paul Karel in the book “Hitler Goes East” describes what is happening on the Borodino field in the following words: “Near Borodino, regiments of the SS motorized infantry division “Reich” and the “Gauenschild Brigade” from the 10th Panzer Division with the 7th Tank Regiment, as well as a battalion The 90th motorized artillery regiment and a motorcycle battalion from the 10th division for the first time faced off against the Siberians - tall, broad-shouldered guys in long greatcoats, fur hats and felt boots. The Siberians...fought steadfastly. They never panicked - they never gave up an inch of land without a fierce fight. They killed and died. The battle was not for life, but to death. Hell was burning on earth. There were no crowds at the dressing stations. Lieutenant General Hausser, commander of the SS motorized infantry division "Reich", was seriously wounded. Row after row of soldiers no longer able to fight covered the ground - tank crews in black overalls, grenadiers in tattered field uniforms and SS troops in spotted camouflage. Dead, seriously wounded, burned or beaten to death. On both sides, the belligerents went wild - everyone forgot the word “mercy.”
On October 16, there were stubborn battles in the center of the Borodino field.
The Germans threw 60 tanks into the area of ​​Raevsky’s battery, where the batteries of Captain Belyaev and senior lieutenants Zelenov and Goldfarb now stood. Snow fell overnight, and tanks were clearly visible on the white field of Borodino, and on the slopes of the Borodino hills stood anti-tank guns moved into open positions.
Soon burning German tanks began rushing across the white field. Seven destroyed tanks froze in the sector of gunner Kulikov’s gun, eight - in the sector of Zaretsky’s gun.
Southeast of Raevsky’s battery, a division of the 133rd artillery regiment, in which gunner Fyodor Chikhman fought and showed courage, occupied positions. He knocked out 8 tanks. The artilleryman's right arm was torn off by a shell fragment. Using one hand, the hero knocked out another enemy tank. Chikhman remained alive and was later awarded the Order of Lenin for his courage and heroism in battle.

Award sheet for the gunner of the Red Army soldier Fyodor Chikhman, who knocked out 9 fascist tanks in the battle on the Borodino field. Awarded the Order of Lenin

About 40 German tanks, burned and mutilated, stood frozen next to granite monuments on the Borodino field.
On this day, the command of the German troops sent the Bavarians and the French of the 638th French infantry regiment, Colonel Roger Labon, into battle against Polosukhin's division. Before the battle, the crusaders sent from Paris were lined up and Field Marshal von Kluge addressed them with a speech, recalling how during the time of Napoleon the French and Germans fought side by side against a common enemy - Russia. In his memoirs, the former chief of staff of the 4th German Army G. Blumentritt wrote: “The next day the French boldly went into battle, but, unfortunately, they could not withstand either the powerful attack of the enemy or the severe frost and snowstorm. They had never had to endure such trials before. The French legion was defeated, suffering heavy losses from enemy fire. A few days later he was withdrawn to the rear and sent to the West.”
October 17. In the dead of night, the 32nd Division received orders to withdraw to a new line. Having broken up into groups, we pulled the artillery by hand a hundred meters to the highway, which was filled with tanks and enemy vehicles, and covered the guns with sheets. Tank destroyers with bunches of grenades settled in a roadside ditch, three steps from the enemy, at night. And when Polosukhin gave the order, a wall of fire rose over the highway for two kilometers, engulfing tanks, cars and German soldiers. With a cry of “Hurray” the infantry charged with bayonets; Rolling over the guns, without ceasing fire, the artillery crossed the road.
The division went to the northeast, leaving on the distant approaches to Moscow 117 burned and destroyed German tanks, 200 vehicles, dozens of guns and mortars and 10 thousand killed and wounded German soldiers and officers.
At the beginning of November, the division took up defense along the northern bank of the Nara ponds and the Nara River, from where, after a month-long defense on December 4, 1941, it was the first of the army to go on the offensive and liberated Mozhaisk on January 20, 1942.
The main task, to push the enemy back from Moscow, was completed.
For their heroism in the battles near Moscow, the 32nd Rifle Division was reorganized into the 29th Guards Rifle Division on May 24, 1942.

Concept for the development of patriotism education
in the Museum of Military Glory of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division
at GOU Secondary School No. 815 in Moscow.

Target: Creation of a holistic system of patriotic education in academic, extracurricular and extracurricular activities (in history lessons, class hours, in the school museum) for the education of a comprehensively developed and spiritual and moral personality of the student. Tasks:

Formation of a high level of general culture among the younger generation through museum-research and creative-cognitive work on the basis of the school museum of military glory and in the educational process in history and social studies lessons. Activating the civic position of students through lessons of courage, creative evenings, memory watches, historical games and visits to memorable places. Creation of a holistic system of patriotic education and implementation of its basic principles (in history lessons, social studies, class hours, during excursions to school museums).

To solve the problems was:

A systematic analysis of the genesis of instilling patriotism in students in the process of historical and museum activities was carried out in the context of modern transformations in the sociocultural and educational fields, directions for instilling patriotism in students at the present time, and the main trends in its development were identified. The essence, content and features of the education of patriotism in students are revealed during in-depth study by schoolchildren of Russian history and social studies, in classroom and extracurricular creative and cognitive work that contributes to the formation of personal self-awareness and moral and patriotic views among students. The specific content, forms and methods of teaching that ensure the effectiveness of the process of instilling patriotism in students in various types of activities have been substantiated and tested in the practice of educational and extracurricular activities.

Development prospects. The current political, economic and social situation in the country has significantly changed the hitherto existing attitude towards the education of patriotism in the younger generation. Recently, new priorities for education and the formation of public and personal national identity have emerged. The development of social thought has highlighted the need to bring the entire system of education of patriotism to a qualitatively new level. The education of patriotism aims the individual at active, specific moral manifestations. The main components of personal patriotic consciousness are: a humane attitude towards people, love for the Motherland, the perception of the moral and ethical norms of society that have developed over the long years of the history of its development as one’s own beliefs, and the need to follow them. Today in society, the moral, patriotic education of the younger generation is of paramount importance, since some of it exhibits interethnic aggression, which has a destructive effect on the consciousness and moral qualities of the individual. At school and in the family, it is necessary to instill in every teenager a sense of the Motherland, the unity of the peoples of our multi-ethnic state, respect for the history of the Fatherland, and cultural values. Of particular relevance is the education of patriotism among students in the process of historical and museum activities that promote the development of moral and patriotic values ​​(love of the Fatherland, small homeland, surrounding nature, etc.) in various types of creative scientific and research work. First of all, this: formation in students of socially significant patriotic orientations, a combination of personal and public interests, rejection of processes and phenomena alien to society that violate its progressive traditions and foundations. We see the goal of instilling patriotism in students in the process of historical and museum activities as in the formation of citizens with an active creative position in society, possessing meaningfully positive values ​​and qualities, capable of demonstrating them for the benefit of the Fatherland . The legal basis of our concept is regulatory documents related to the education of patriotism: State Program “Patriotic Education of Citizens of the Russian Federation for 2011-2015”, Concept of Patriotic Education of Citizens of the Russian Federation, “National Program for the Development of Education of Children until 2015.” State Research Institute of Family and Education. They largely meet the needs of modern Russian society, which is interested in schoolchildren taking part in the socio-cultural development of our state and defending the principles of citizenship and patriotism in various fields of activity. Patriotic education means the gradual and steady formation in students of love for their Motherland and constant readiness to defend it. Patriotism is one of the most important traits of a comprehensively developed personality. Schoolchildren should develop a sense of pride in their Motherland and their people, respect for their great achievements and worthy pages of the past. The school administration pays great attention to the development of the museum and the organization of its work. Two rooms have been given over to the exhibition, in which over the years a certain atmosphere of creative work has developed. Materials from these school museums help students work on their reports. Veterans willingly communicate with children, share memories of their combat past, advise them, and complete mutual understanding is established between them. The children learn a lot about the exploits of front-line soldiers and on excursions to school museums. This, in particular, is evidenced by the entries in the guest book of the museum of school No. 815: “Our class took an excursion to the Museum of Military Glory of our school... An interesting conversation was held about the heroic exploits of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division... We learned a lot of new and interesting things about the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, which instills in us a sense of duty to the Motherland, love for the Motherland, and a sense of patriotism.” “...When you entered the museum you felt that stories about the heroes and holy deeds of our soldiers were waiting for you here. This teaches us to be honest and loyal to our homeland. We understand that these people were ready to give their lives so that we could live well. When you hear this, you are ready to undertake the feat yourself.” “...We, former students of school 815, who were directly involved in the creation of the Museum of Military Glory of the 32nd Guards Infantry Division, were shocked by what we saw. Even we, who participated in the creation of the museum, could not expect that it could have such an impact on the visitor. How wonderful it is that our school has a wonderful museum that serves the great and useful cause of educating the younger generation. .." As main criteria for education We used the following to promote patriotism among students in history lessons and in extracurricular local history activities:

the dynamics of changes in students’ attitudes towards such concepts as Motherland, family, people, national culture, morality, citizenship, patriotism. This system of relationships was tested through oral responses in lessons, in reports, essays and abstracts, during screening tests and questionnaires; development of individual activity of students, defense of personal views and beliefs; the dynamics of growth in the practical involvement of students in various types of educational and social activities (search work, museum activities, participation in events for the protection and protection of cultural and historical heritage). This, in turn, forms an active civic position of students, an understanding of involvement in the fate of their Fatherland.

Thematic structure of the museum

Stands

Stand: Heroes of the Soviet Union 32nd Guards Artillery Division. Stand: 39 dept. Guards communications battalion. Stand: 29 dept. Guards development companies. Stand: Management 32 Guards. Taman Rifle Division. Stand: 80 Gv. Sevastopol Red Banner Rifle Regiment. Stand: 82 Gv. Sevastopol Order of Kutuzov III degree rifle regiment. Stand: 85 Gv. Sevastopol Red Banner Rifle Regiment. Stand: Battle Path 32 Guards. shooter div.

Books, photo albums, memories and others (“Anthology of works of art about the Great Patriotic War” in 12 volumes, “War Veteran”, “Serving the Soviet Union”, “Guardian of the World”, “Marshal Zhukov”, “Book of Memory”, etc.); fragments of ammunition and weapons of Soviet and German soldiers and officers(uniform, parts of machine guns, grenades, machine guns, shoulder straps, etc.), manuscripts, awards, letters from the front, certificates of medals and veteran badges, bas-relief(Soviet warrior), coinage(warrior liberator), photos(division veterans) and much more.

Museum of Military Glory
32nd Guards Rifle Division
at GOU Secondary School No. 815 in Moscow.
(Material for conducting a tour of the museum.)

Dear guys!

You are in the museum of military glory of the 32nd Guards Taman Red Banner Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree rifle division. This is the full name of this former military unit. Hundreds of divisions of the Red Army of the Soviet Union fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, including the wars of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. This museum is in their honor. There have been many wars in the history of our state, but the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 occupies a special place in it. It was a heroic, tragic and bright page in our history. In this war, the fate of the Soviet state, the fate of the peoples of the Soviet Union was decided. The question was: to be or not to be for our state in general and for the people in particular. Hitler's Germany, which attacked the USSR in 1941, aimed not only to destroy the Soviet state, but to enslave our people, to Germanize a significant part of our territory, to raze Moscow and Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) to the ground. By the time of the attack on the USSR, fascist Germany in during the 2nd World War, which she unleashed on September 1, 1939, with an attack on Poland, she occupied 12 European states. In Poland, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Greece and other countries, as well as in large parts of France The Nazi "New Order" was established. By defeating our state, Nazi Germany hoped to complete the conquest of Europe and then establish its dominance throughout the world. The victory of the Soviet people and their Armed Forces in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 saved the world from fascist domination on planet Earth. So our victory in the Great Patriotic War had worldwide significance. This is greatness and you, the heirs of the victors, have the right to be proud of it. The combat path of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. On June 22, 1941, at dawn, Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union. Its aircraft carried out massive attacks on airfields, railway junctions, naval bases, military bases and many cities of our Motherland. On the western border of the Soviet Union, after artillery preparation, the main forces of the fascist German army invaded the USSR from the territory of Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania. Italy, Romania, Finland, and Hungary also opposed the USSR. The Soviet people were forced to stop peaceful creative work and enter into battle with a strong and insidious enemy. Along the state border of the USSR in the west from the White Sea to the Black Sea, the flame of war flared up, which in 1941-1942, under the pressure of the superior forces of Hitler's army, moved east into our territory right up to the Volga, and in 1943-1945, under the blows of the Red Army, the flame of war moved west to the lair of Nazi Germany - Berlin. On this huge battle front there was also the 32nd Guards Rifle Division in the museum of military glory where you are. She began her military journey in the North Caucasus in 1942 in fierce defensive battles near Tuapse near the Black Sea and carried her battle flags, liberating Kuban, Crimea, the Soviet Baltic states, defeating Nazi troops in East Prussia and ended her military journey on the Zealand Peninsula by the Baltic Sea. (Show the battle path on a light stand). The 32nd Guards Rifle Division was formed from units of the 2nd Airborne Corps, which fought in Ukraine from the first days of the war. Its personnel showed unparalleled heroism in these battles, therefore, when the corps was transformed into a rifle division, it was given the name “Guards”; this decision of the Supreme High Command took place on May 17, 1942. This date went down in the history of the division as the date of its formation - May 17, 1942. The 32nd Guards Rifle Division from that time until the end of the Great Patriotic War consisted of three Guards Rifle Regiments (80, 82 and 85) of one Guards Artillery Regiment 58 th, guards separate battalions and divisions (anti-tank, sapper, communications, medical and other special forces). (Show stands of these parts). The first commander of the 32nd Guards S.D. was Colonel Mikhail Fedorovich Tikhonov. (Display the division's management and portrait on the stand).

32nd Guards Rifle Division in operations
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

Combat operations of the 32nd Guards. s.d. shown on a stand with four diagrams. (Show stand with diagrams). Scheme one 32nd Guards. s.d. in defense in the North Caucasus and the liberation of Kuban. The division, by order of the command of the North Caucasus Front, is removed from the Taman Peninsula and, under its own power and on ships of the Black Sea Fleet, arrives in the Novorossiysk area on August 12, 1942, and then near Tuapse, where it occupies defenses on the passes, closed passages for the enemy to the south to Tuapse. Fierce battles broke out and lasted here until December 20, 1942. The enemy did not reach the Black Sea here. The battles on the passes were very difficult, but the division’s wars in them showed examples of perseverance and courage. Some of them died brave deaths in these battles. The homeland highly appreciated their exploits. 491 guardsmen were awarded orders and medals of the Soviet Union, and guard senior sergeant, squad commander of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment Nikolai Mikhailovich Novitsky was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, posthumously. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 13, 1942, the 32nd Guards Rifle Division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. The division was commanded by Major General M.F. Tikhonov. After a successful battle on the passes near Tuapse, 32nd Guards. s.d. from January 1943, as part of the 56th Army of the North Caucasus Front, she participated in the liberation of Kuban and the Taman Peninsula. Krasnodar was liberated on February 12, 1943, and the fighting on the Taman Peninsula ended only in October 1943. The fighting was especially difficult during the breakthrough of the so-called “Blue Line” of the German defense in the area of ​​the village of Krymskaya (now the city of Crimea) in the Krasnodar Territory. The Motherland highly appreciated the exploits of the soldiers of the 32nd Guards. s.d. in these battles. Many of them were awarded orders and medals, and senior lieutenant Ivan Trofimovich Yurkin, who died in battles on the Taman Peninsula, was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. In the order of the Supreme High Command, all personnel of the division were thanked, and the division was given the honorary name “Tamanskaya”. Subsequently, all participants in the battles in the North Caucasus were awarded a medal for the defense of the Caucasus. Since May 1943, the division was commanded by the hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel Gavriil Tarasovich Vasilenko. (Show the division's management at the stand). Scheme two. 32nd Guards s.d. in the battles for the liberation of Crimea. After the liberation of the Taman Peninsula on the 32nd Guards. sd. As part of the 11th Guards Rifle Corps, the 56th Army of the North Caucasus Front crossed the Kerch Strait on November 11, 1943 and landed in the Crimea in the area north of Kerch. On April 11, 1944, she expanded the bridgehead and tried to break through the German defenses on it, and from April 11 to April 19, 1944, she pursued units of the 17th German Army in the Crimea and reached Sevastopol from the south-west, where they met fierce resistance from the Germans defending on the approaches to it . However, the Germans could no longer contain the Soviet soldiers. From May 7 to May 9, 1944, 32nd Guards. s.d. together with other formations of the Primorsky Army and the 51st Army of the IV Ukrainian Front, it stormed the German defenses on Sapun Mountain and entered Sevastopol with fighting. Her wars were among the first on May 7, 1944 to go to the top of Sapun Mountain and raise red flags on it, and on May 9, 1944 they were the first to enter Sevastopol and hoist the Red Flag on the dome of the Panorama building. In the first case, this was done by Guard Sergeant N. Sosnin and the Guards private Z. Abdurakhimov, in the second guard, junior lieutenant B.G. Savinov and Guard Sergeant Major V.V. Kozyar Sevastopol was liberated on May 9, 1944. The capital of our Motherland, Moscow, saluted the liberators of Crimea on May 10, 1944 with volleys of 324 guns. From May 10 to May 12, 1944, the 32nd Guards. s.d. was temporarily reassigned to the 16th Rifle Corps of the Primorsky Army and took part in the final strike against units of the defeated 17th German Army at Cape Chersonese. So the division captured 8,230 enemy soldiers and officers. Crimea has become free from fascist evil spirits. The Motherland highly appreciated the fighting of the 32nd Guards. s.d. for the liberation of Crimea. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 24, 1944, the 32nd Guards Taman Red Banner Rifle Division was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree, and all regiments of the division received the name Sevastopol. Many privates, sergeants and officers were awarded orders and medals, two of them became Heroes of the Soviet Union (guard senior lieutenant V.F. Zhukov, posthumously and guard senior sergeant A.T. Piriev). The division was commanded during the liberation of Crimea until January 15, 1944 Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel G.T. Vasilenko, and then Colonel N.K. Zakurenkov. Scheme three. 32 Guards s.d. in the battles for the liberation of the Baltic states. After the liberation of Crimea in the history of the 32nd Guards. s.d. a new page has opened. The division, part of the 11th Guards Rifle Corps, was withdrawn from the Primorsky Army and included in the 2nd Guards Army, which was redeployed from Crimea to the 1st Baltic Front. The division from Crimea was transported by rail to the area of ​​the city of Dorogobuzh, Smolensk region, from where it made a 700-kilometer march under its own power, which was mostly on foot. And by July 20, 1944, it concentrated on the territory of the Lithuanian SSR in the Anakshchay region in the Siauliai direction and began preparing for an offensive. In the Soviet Baltic states 32nd Guards Rifle Division. being part of the 11th Guards SD. The 2nd Guards Army of the 1st Baltic Front participated in repelling a powerful German counterattack in the Siauliai region, which they launched in July-August 1944 in order to release their group fighting in Latvia. After repelling the counterattack of the 32nd Guards Infantry Division. in September-October 1944, she participated in the liberation of the Klaipeda region, advancing in the Telzit direction, and in October-November 1944, she maneuvered to the north with the aim of “finishing off” the Courland group of Germans. In these battles, especially when repelling the German counterattack near Siauliai, the division’s wars covered themselves with unprecedented glory. 32nd Guards SD. during seven days of fighting near Siauliai from August 18 to 25, 1944, she repulsed 30 major counterattacks, destroyed over 1,180 enemy soldiers and officers, burned and knocked out 55 tanks and assault guns, 3 armored personnel carriers and 17 vehicles. In general, the fascist German troops lost 15,500 soldiers and officers, 350 tanks and self-propelled guns in 10 days of fighting near Siauliai, but were unable to overcome our resistance. The division fought to the death and did not let the enemy through. Captain Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bibilashvili, commander of the 1st battalion of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment, and senior sergeant Grebenik Eftey Moiseevich, assistant commander of the rifle platoon of the 85th Rifle Regiment, who died in these bloody battles of the guard, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously. During the liberation of the Baltic states, the division was commanded by Major General N.K. . Zakurenko.

Scheme four.
32nd Guards Rifle Division in the battles of East Prussia.

At the end of 1944, the Soviet command decided to postpone the liquidation of the Courland group and began to transfer troops from this direction to strengthen the Third Belorussian Front operating in the eastern Prussian direction. 32nd Guards s.d. As part of the 11th Guards. s.k. 2nd Guards army having completed 600 km. The march along front-line roads concentrated on the territory of East Prussia east of the city of Darkenmen in the Gumteninsky - Koenigsberg direction. On the night of December 27, 1944, 32nd Guards. sd. occupied its combat sector in this direction, and on the night of January 12, 1945, it reached its initial positions for the offensive. On the morning of January 13, 1945, troops of the 3rd. The Belorussian Front launched an offensive with the goal of defeating the Nazi troops in East Prussia. 32nd Guards Rifle Division In the battles in East Prussia, she took part in the Insterburg-Konigsberg operation in January 1945, in the breakthrough of the external defensive contour of Konigsberg (Helsberg fortified area) in February-March 1945, in the offensive operation on the Zemland Peninsula in April 1945, where she ended her combat career. The guardsmen fulfilled their military duty. In fierce battles on the soil of East Prussia, they courageously defeated the enemy and won. The homeland highly appreciated their exploits. 82nd and 85th Guards. s.p. were awarded orders. Hundreds of soldiers and commanders received awards, and four wars: Guard Colonel Nikolai Ivanovich Tolstukhin, commander of the 85th Guards. s.p., Guard Captain Andreev Mikhail Aleksandrovich, commander of the 2nd machine gun company of the 82nd Guards. s.p., guard senior sergeant Kalatun Valentin Vasilyevich assistant commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the 80th Guards. s.p., guard junior sergeant Andreev Vasily Anatolyevich heavy machine gun gunner 32 Guards. s.p. were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. The high title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded posthumously to Sergeant Volostnov Nikolai Dmitrievich, commander of the heavy machine gun crew of the 82nd Guards Special Regiment, who died in battles in East Prussia. All wars of the division were awarded the medal “For the Capture of Koenigsberg”. The division in the battles in East Prussia was commanded by Major General N.K. Zakurenkov.

About the exploits of the warriors of the 32nd Guards. s.d.,
the fate of the hero, commanders of formations and regiments.

32 Guards s.d. during the Great Patriotic War, for successful military operations in the Caucasus, Crimea, the Baltic States, and East Prussia, she received 11 commendations in the orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief I.V. Stalin. She was awarded the Orders of the Red Banner and Suvorov, II degree, and her regiments were awarded the Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov. For the courage and heroism shown in battles with the Nazi invaders, 20,588 privates, sergeants and officers of the division were awarded orders and medals of the Soviet Union. Take a look at the regimental stands. You see photographs of those who fought in them and how many awards they had. 11 soldiers of the division were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and 7 soldiers were awarded the Order of Glory of three degrees. You can see the names of these soldiers by visiting the Central Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. in Moscow on Poklonnaya Hill. They are carved on the walls of the main hall of the museum. You can read the names of the heroes of the Soviet Union and brief information on them in the Book of Heroes of the Soviet Union, published in a multi-volume edition for the 50th anniversary of the Victory. In the school museum of Military Glory of the 32nd Guards. s.d., where you are, the names of the Hero of the Soviet Union and holders of the Order of Glory of all three degrees of the division are listed and shown on a separate stand. (Show the stand of Heroes of the Soviet Union). Of the 11 Heroes of the Soviet Union, 6 were awarded this title posthumously. (Tell about them). Novitsky Nikolai Mikhailovich senior sergeant, squad commander of the 82nd Guards. s.p. in the battle on October 10, 1942 for the village of Kurinskaya, Krasnodar Territory, he volunteered to suppress machine-gun fire that was hindering the advance of the rifle unit. He crawled to the firing point and threw grenades at it, but was unable to destroy it. Then the brave warrior closed the bunker embrasure with his body and, at the cost of his life, ensured the battalion’s exit from the enemy ring. N.M. Novitsky was buried. in the village of Kurinskaya. There is a monument to him erected there. In the city of Velizh, in the hero’s homeland in the Smolensk region, one of the city streets bears his name. Ivan Trofimovich Yurkin, guard senior lieutenant, adjutant senior battalion of the 85th Guards. s.p. distinguished himself in battles on the Taman Peninsula. On April 29, 1943, on the approaches to the village of Krymskaya (now the city of Krymsk) in the Krasnodar Territory, he led battalion units into an attack several times. On May 28, 1943, at the head of a group of fighters, he destroyed the enemy battalion headquarters, capturing a radio station and ten prisoners. On May 30, 1943 he was seriously wounded and died on July 2, 1943. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously. Vasily Fedorovich Zhukov, guard lieutenant, company commander of the 82nd Guards. s.p. when breaking through enemy defenses on the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea on April 11, 1944, he personally destroyed many German soldiers, was wounded, but continued to lead the battle. On May 7-9, 1944, he took part in the assault and liberation of Sevastopol. With three fighters, he was the first to reach the crest of Sapun Mountain and hoist the Red Flag. On May 9, 1944 he died in battle. His feat is reflected in the diorama “Assault on Sapun Mountain.” He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously. In Irkutsk, where he worked at a construction site before the war, a street was named after him, an obelisk and a memorial plaque were installed. The son of Zhukov V.F., Zhukov Vasily Vasilyevich lives in Moscow. He is a retired colonel, a member of the organization of veterans of fellow soldiers of the 32nd Guards. s.d., happens in school No. 815, including in this museum. Grebenyuk Evtey Moiseevich guard senior sergeant, assistant commander of a rifle platoon of the 85th Guards. s.p. distinguished himself on August 20, 1944 in battles on the Dubisa River (Kelmsky district of the Lithuanian SSR). Thirty enemy tanks attacked the regiment's positions, two attacks were repulsed, he was wounded, but did not leave the battle. When the cartridges ran out, he tied himself with grenades and threw himself under the tracks of an enemy tank. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously. E.M. Grebenyuk was buried. in the city of Kelme (Lithuanian SSR). In honor of the hero, an obelisk was erected at the military cemetery. Whether it has survived is now unknown. Bibilashvili Alexander Nikolaevich guard captain battalion commander of the 80th Guards. s.p. in battles southwest of Siauliai Latvia. On August 21, 1944, he skillfully organized the repulsion of enemy counterattacks. From October 6-9, 1944, the battalion fought 100 km, destroying enemy manpower and equipment. On October 10, 1944, it died in battle. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded posthumously. He was buried in the city of Taurage (Latvia). A street in the city of Zestaphon (Georgia) is named after him. A memorial stone was erected at the site of the death in the village of Zhigaychay, Maurachinsky district of Lithuania. Nikolai Dmitrievich Volostnov, guard sergeant, commander of the heavy machine gun crew of the 82nd Guards Sp. distinguished himself on April 15, 1945 in a battle southeast of the village of Neukuren (now a pioneer village in the Kaliningrad region) repelling enemy counter-attacks and died in this battle. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded posthumously and buried in the village of Russkaya, Zelenograd district, Kaliningrad region. The name of the hero is given to an ocean fishing trawler, a street in the city of Zelenadolsk (Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic), and a secondary school in the village of Vasilyevo, Zelenadolsk district in the hero’s homeland. Dear guys, when you are at the burial places of these heroes, visit their graves and bow to their blessed memory. During the Great Patriotic War, During the Patriotic War, heroism was widespread, feats were performed not only by those awarded the high titles of Hero of the Soviet Union. The heroism of the soldiers of the 32nd Guards was massive. sd. War veterans and fellow soldiers left us memories of their exploits on the battlefield, including in manuscripts in this school museum. These manuscripts are waiting for your study guys. In them you will find answers to the questions: how we defeated such a fierce and powerful enemy. What was Nazi Germany like?

Briefly about the commanders of the 32nd Guards SD. and the commanders of its regiments
during the Great Patriotic War.

The first commanders of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division, as already mentioned, were General Mikhail Fedorovich Tikhonov, who commanded the division from May 17, 1942 to March 5, 1943. Under his command, the division fought near Tuapse and took part in the offensive operation in Kuban. After the war, he continued to serve in the Soviet army, became a lieutenant general, and lived in Moscow, where he died. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery. After Tikhonov M.F. for a short time the division was commanded by Colonel A.A. Luchinsky. and Colonel Tkachuk A. G. From May 1943 to January 15, 1944, the division was commanded by Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel Gavriil Tarasovich Vasilenko (show on stand). Participant in the war with Finland, where he became a Hero of the Soviet Union. Under the command of Vasilenko G.T. The division fought on the so-called “Blue Line” of the Germans in the Kuban, and landed on the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea. Vasilenko G.T. Until the end of the war, he commanded another rifle division, with which he reached the Elbe River in Germany. After the war, Vasilenko G.T. continued his military service and retired as a lieutenant general. He was awarded many orders during the war, and on the 55th anniversary of the victory he was awarded the Order of Zhukov. From January 15, 1944 to May 9, 1945, in combat conditions, the division was commanded by Major General Zakurenkov Nikolai Kuzmich. (Show on the control stand). Under the command of Zakurenkov N.K. 32nd Guards Rifle Division advanced in the Crimea, stormed Sapun Mountain, liberated Sevastopol, cities and villages of Lithuania, crushed the Germans in East Prussia. Zakurenkov N.K. with the wars of the division participated in the Victory Parade in June 1945 in Moscow. After the Great Patriotic War, Major General Zakurenkov N.K. continued to serve in the Soviet Army after retirement, was actively involved in veteran activities, was the first chairman of the Council of War Veterans - fellow soldiers of the 32nd Guards SD. He wrote the book “32nd Guards. The combat path of the 32nd Guards Rifle Taman Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division.” N.K. Zakurenkov died. in 1978 and was buried in Odessa. Military commissars (chiefs of military departments) of the 32nd Guards SD. during the war there were: senior battalion commissar N.G. Berezovsky, Colonel Isaev Pavel Mikhailovich (show on the control stand), who did a lot to maintain a high political and social status among the division’s soldiers. Colonel Isaev Pavel Mikhailovich lived in Moscow after the war and actively participated in the work of the Council of War Veterans for fellow soldiers of the division. On January 21, 2001, at the age of 90, he passed away. Chiefs of Staff of the 32nd Guards Infantry Division. in the war there were: Lieutenant Colonel Ivanovsky N.M., Lieutenant Colonel Ignatiev P.N., Colonel Belyaev Yu.N., Lieutenant Colonel Matveev R.R. (show everyone at the control stand). The chief of staff, as is known, is the deputy commander, and only he has the right to give orders on behalf of the commander that are binding on all division officials. He organizes battle planning and provides control of the division's units and subunits. Therefore, the role of the chief of staff of a division, like other chiefs of staff, is very significant. Chief of Staff of the division, Colonel Belyaev Yu.N. after the war he became a major general. His wife is retired medical major Belyaeva Anastasia Terentyeva. She donated the wartime tunic of General Belyaev Yu. N. to this museum. The commanders of the 80th, 82nd, 85th Guards Rifle Regiments, the commanders of the 58th Guards Artillery Regiment, the commanders of battalions (engineering, communications, medical), the commanders of a separate anti-tank division, the commanders of individual companies special forces, as well as the heads of division services, were combat and experienced officers. It was they who led regiments, battalions and companies into battle, sometimes being in the same chain with the attacking fighters, and won. Many of them are presented on the museum stands with photographs together with their comrades in arms (shown on the stands of regiments and battalions). Unfortunately, the regimental commanders of that time, as well as some commanders of individual battalions and chiefs of division services, are no longer alive. There are also no heroes of the Soviet Union who commanded the rifle regiments, Colonels Nikolai Ivanovich Tolstukhin and Alexander Borisovich Kazaev. Such is life. Eternal memory to them.

On the crowning of the memory of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division,
its wars in the post-war period.

32nd Guards Infantry Division in the post-war period she was in the Moscow Military District and was stationed in the city of Kalinin (now Tver) until 1987, where she was disbanded, but her memory lives on. She lives not only in the hearts of veterans, but is imprinted in memorable places for subsequent generations. In the central museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Moscow on Poklonnaya Hill in one of the halls of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division, she is included in the list of guards rifle formations that participated in the Great Patriotic War war. In the same museum, the names of Heroes of the Soviet Union and holders of three degrees of the Order of Glory are written in gold letters. In the Central Museum of the Armed Forces in Moscow, the feat of soldiers of the 32nd Guards. depicted in the painting by artist P.T. Maltsev “Storm of Sapun Mountain” near Sevastopol an obelisk of Glory was erected at the base, which is indicated as 32nd Guards Rifle Division. and its regiments took part in the liberation of Sevastopol. On Sapun Mountain there is a diorama “The Assault on Sapun Mountain on May 7, 1944” and an exhibition hall of the Museum of the Heroic Defense and Liberation of Sevastopol. This museum maintains a card index with data on the soldiers who took part in the liberation of the City from the German invaders in 1944. This file cabinet also contains cards for soldiers of the 32nd Guards SD. On Sapun Mountain there is now a personal monument to the wars of the 32nd Guards SD. it was installed and opened at the urgent request of war veterans and fellow soldiers of the 32nd Guards SD. On May 8, 2000, it was written: “To the warriors of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division of the Primorsky Army, the heroes of the assault on Sapun Mountain on May 7, 1944” (a photo of this monument is on the stand in the museum where you are, show photos on the stand) Visit these places and bow to these heroes of the region , in the city of Krymsk, Krasnodar Territory, in the city of Kerch and the urban-type settlement of Yurkin Kut in Crimea. There were memorial signs on the territory of Lithuania, but what became of them after the establishment of the power of bourgeois nationalists in Lithuania is unknown. Crowns the memory of the military exploits of the soldiers of the 32nd Guards SD. school museum 815 high school. Take care of it and don’t let anyone destroy it. Museums of military glory of the 32nd Guards SD. there are in a number of schools along the division’s combat route. They also perpetuate the glory of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Such museums operate in the city of Kurinsk, Apsheronsky district, Krasnodar region, in secondary school No. 25; in Kerch in Crimea at secondary school No. 3; in Kerch at secondary school No. 9 named after. Schmidt in Kerch in gymnasium No. 2 named after Korolenko. In Rostov-on-Don in secondary school No. 97, which bears the name “named after the 32nd Guards Taman Red Banner Order of Suvorov 2nd degree rifle division.” The Council of War Veterans of fellow soldiers of the 32nd Guards SD maintains contact with all these school museums. Previously, the Museum of Glory of the 32nd Guards SD also kept in touch with them. 815 secondary school, but now it is lost, it should be restored.

About the burials of soldiers of the 32nd Guards SD.
died in battles for their homeland.

Along the entire combat path of the division there are holy places for veterans, these are the burial places of comrades who died in battle. The folk trail to these places will not be overgrown. On memorable dates, flowers are laid there and kind words of memory are spoken. On weekdays there is silence, soldiers of the Great Patriotic War sleep there in eternal sleep. Burials of soldiers of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. those killed in battle are: 1) Krasnodar region 2) Kurinsk (formerly the village of Kurinskaya) there is an obelisk on the square. In memory of the 385 war dead there in battle.3) the village of Suvorovskaya in the center of the village there is a memorial plaque indicating the burial place of those who died there in battle.4) the city of Krymsk (formerly the village of Krymskaya) military cemetery. Crimea: cemeteries in populated areas - Glazovka, Osovyny, Yurkino, on the Kerch Peninsula; cemeteries in the settlements of Verkhny Churgun and Nizhny Churgun near Sevastopol; on the Malakhov Kurgan and the brotherly cemetery in Sevastopol.5) Lithuania: a cemetery in the city of Taurale, a cemetery in the city of Siauliai and a cemetery southwest of the city of Siauliai.6) Kaliningrad region: the village of Roshchino (Grunhor), the village of Romanovo (Pobeten ), village Russkoe (Germau). If you are in these settlements, bow to the graves of the soldiers of the 32nd Guards SD who fell in battle there.

The book “The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945” Encyclopedia was published in 1985. Articles “Battle for the Caucasus”, “Krasnodar Operation”, “Kerch-Eltichensky Landing Operation”, “Crimean Operation”, “Baltic Operation”, “East Prussian Operation”, “Kenegsber Operation”, “Zemland Operation”. Book “32nd” Guards The battle path of N.K. Zakurenko. Published in 1978. The book “Anxious Dreams” (notes of the commander of a rifle battalion) Yu.M. Ikonnikov. Published in 1978. Book “Related Stories” by Yu.M. Ikonnikov. Published in 1988. The book “How it was served then” (memoirs) by F.I. Rybintsev. Published in 1997. In addition, in the museum of military glory of the 32nd Guards SD. in school 815 there are lists of brochures of veterans of the 32nd Guards Infantry Division. with historical information about the division's combat path. Published in printing in 1975, 1978, 1984, and 1990. The same museum contains manuscripts of memoirs of many war veterans and fellow soldiers of the 32nd Guards. sd., their photographs and profiles.

About the Museum of Military Glory of the 32nd Guards. sd.
at 815 school and its funds.

This museum was created on the initiative of war veterans and fellow soldiers of the 32nd Guards SD. since 1975, and started working in 1982. It has a passport and a certificate of assignment of the status of “School Museum”

Formed on the basis of the 2nd Airborne Corps (2nd Airborne Corps) in May 1942. Full valid name at the end of the Great Patriotic War - 32nd Guards Rifle Taman Red Banner Order of Suvorov Second Class Division.

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In May 1942, as a result of failures on the Crimean Front, the Soviet command's plans to conduct an airborne operation in Crimea were canceled. The 2nd Airborne Corps, transferred to Taman on May 25, 1942, was reorganized into the 32nd Guards Rifle Division under the command of Guard Colonel M.F. Tikhonov. At the same time, the airborne brigades were reorganized into the division's guards rifle regiments.

In May - June 1942, the 32nd Guards Rifle Division defended the Taman Peninsula. Due to the difficult situation near Sevastopol, a landing operation was developed on the Kerch Peninsula:

June 19, 1942. Include in the landing group: in the first echelon - 32 Guards. sd. and three battalions of marines of the Black Sea Fleet; in the second echelon - 66, 154th naval brigade. and 103 sbr. Transportation of the 66th Marine Brigade. from the Karelian Front and the 154th Naval Brigade. will be launched from the Northwestern Front on June 20, 1942.

By June 26, the 32nd Guards Rifle Division was concentrated on the northern coast of the Taman Peninsula, in the Peresyp, Akhtanizovskaya area, where it was preparing for the landing. On June 26-30, the division's regiments conducted landing exercises and practiced landing on ships. However, on July 1, the landing was canceled. Units of the division again set out for the southern part of Taman to defend the coast from enemy landings.

In connection with the current situation, the most important and dangerous direction for the North Caucasus Front and the Black Sea coast at the moment is the direction from Maykop to Tuapse. If the enemy enters the Tuapse area, the 47th Army and all front troops located in the Krasnodar area will be cut off and taken prisoner. Immediately transfer the 32nd Guards Rifle Division (Colonel M. T. Tikhonov) from the 47th Army and occupy it together with the 236th Rifle Division (Colonel G. N. Korchikov) three to four lines deep along the road from Maykop to Tuapse, and under no circumstances, under your personal responsibility, allow the enemy to enter Tuapse.

On August 22, the division moved to positions centered at Khadyzhenskaya station. The first onslaught of the enemy on Tuapse was repulsed, and the fighting became local until September 25.

On September 25, 1942, German troops again went on the offensive from the Khadyzhenskaya area to Shaumyan and Tuapse. In this sector, the 32nd Guards Rifle Division of the 18th Army held back the enemy onslaught. When German troops were unable to penetrate our defenses in this direction, the German command decided to change the direction of the attack to the east and, with the forces of the Lanz divisional group, go to the rear of the 18th Army. By October 5, the Germans managed to break through our defenses in several places, advance deep into our defenses and take possession of the Oplepen, Gunai, and Geiman mountains, reaching the Gunayka River valley. A real threat of capture hangs over Tuapse.

On October 15, 1942, the enemy reached the southern outskirts of Shaumyan and the valley of the Pshish River - an important natural line of defense on the approaches to Tuapse, which extremely complicated the situation in the Tuapse direction. The division found itself between two enemy groups. On October 16, the enemy occupied Navaginskaya and entered the division’s defense sector. On October 17, Shaumyan was captured, and a battle ensued for the Elisavetpol Pass. Reflecting the enemy's advance from Navaginskaya, the division entered into fierce battles with him on mountain paths and roads, on wooded mountain tops, in deep gorges and valleys. Only the onset of night gave our soldiers a short respite from the body-piercing cold and humidity.

On October 20, the enemy pushed back the units defending the Elisavetpol Pass and captured it. By the end of the day, the division, having in the second echelon the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment in the area of ​​​​height 490.7, took up defense at the line Saray-Mountain - the valley of the Tuk River - 1.5-2 kilometers east of Mount Sedlo, captured by the enemy. In this situation, the left flank of the Soviet troops could not be stable.

On the morning of October 21, counterattacks by the division began on Mount Sedlo in cooperation with units of the 119th Infantry Brigade and the 328th Infantry Division. By 12 o'clock, the battalion of the 229th Nazi Infantry Regiment, which occupied the mountain, was destroyed. Our troops firmly took up defensive positions: on the right - the 119th Infantry Brigade, on the left - the 68th Infantry Brigade. The troops were given the task of preventing the enemy from breaking through from the Navaginskaya area and the Elisavetpolsky pass to the west and southwest.

By October 23, the enemy's advanced units approached the Goytkh Pass and the northeastern slopes of the Kamenistaya, Semashkho, and Two Brothers mountains. From the tops there was a view of the Black Sea coast and Tuapse, which was about 20 kilometers away. These mountains were the last line where it was necessary to stop the enemy.

As a result of the counterattack, which began on October 25, the troops of the Black Sea group cleared several tactically important valleys and heights from the Nazis and threw the enemy back five to six kilometers to the north. Soldiers and commanders of the 83rd Marine Rifle Brigade, 32nd Guards Rifle Division, 119th Rifle Brigade, 12th Guards Cavalry Division, 40th Motorized Rifle Brigade, 31st Rifle Division and other formations fought courageously in these battles and parts. However, German troops have not yet abandoned their attempt to capture Tuapse.

In mid-November, the enemy again created an attack group in the area north of the Pshish River to break through our defenses. This time he struck through Mount Semashkho at the village of Georgievskoye, located just 16 kilometers northeast of the city. After fierce fighting, the Germans occupied the southern slopes of the Turkey, Semashkho, Two Brothers and Kamenistaya mountains. But, by intervening in certain directions of our defense, the enemy put himself in a disadvantageous position, finding himself in a semicircle of encirclement. On November 26, the troops of the Black Sea Group again launched a counteroffensive. The Nazis desperately resisted. By December 20, units and formations of the Black Sea Group of Forces surrounded and completely defeated the Semash group of the enemy and entered the valley of the Pshish River. At this point, the Germans finally abandoned the idea of ​​​​capturing Tuapse. The Tuapse defensive operation, which played an important role in the summer campaign of 1942, ended.

Having suffered losses of personnel and equipment in fierce and bloody battles, the division crushed units of the enemy's 101st and 97th light infantry and 46th infantry divisions, the 500th battalion (penal) legion and other units. On December 13, 1942, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner and received the name 32nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Division.

On January 3, the division received the order: “Surrender its defense sector to the 236th Infantry Division and concentrate in the Tuapse area with a combined march.” The division was transferred to the zone of action of the 56th Army.

On February 5, 1943, the division as part of the 56th Army went on the offensive and attacked Lakshukai. However, due to fierce enemy resistance, parts of the division managed to move forward only slightly.

29.4.43 former commander 32 Guards sd Guard Colonel Tkachuk reported to the army commander 56 that parts of the division had captured a section of the railway east of Krymskaya and reached the 14.7 mark. By checking this fact, it was established that the division, approaching the railway embankment, met enemy fire and lay down. Instead of an honest recognition of the division's situation, Colonel Tkachuk took the path of lies.

Since September 26, 1943, participating in the Melitopol and Kerch-Eltigen operations, units of the division landed troops on the Kerch bridgehead. On November 5, 1943, the division as part of the 11th Guards Rifle Corps of the 56th Army, having repelled six enemy counterattacks and broken his resistance, occupied Ossoviny, Baksy, Dzhankoy, Yenikale.

Subsequently, the division as part of the Separate Primorsky Army took part in the battles for the liberation of the Crimean Peninsula, stormed Sapun Mountain near Sevastopol on May 7 - 9, 1944, and then entered Sevastopol with battles. On May 10, 1944, Moscow saluted the liberators of Crimea with volleys of 324 guns. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, dated May 24, 1944, the 32nd Guards Rifle Division was awarded the Order of Suvorov, II degree, and all its regiments received the honorary name of Sevastopol.

In May 1944, the division was transferred to the 2nd Guards Army, and its personnel finally received a short respite - the army was redeployed to the area of ​​​​the cities of Dorogobuzh, Yelnya and from May 20 was in the reserve of the Supreme High Command Headquarters.

However, already in July 1944, army troops were brought into the 1st Baltic Front and, during the Siauliai offensive operation, repelled enemy counterattacks to the west and north-west of Siauliai, and in October 1944 they participated in the Memel offensive operation.

On December 20, 1944, the army was reassigned to the 3rd Belorussian Front, and from mid-January its troops, having broken through the enemy’s long-term defenses in East Prussia, blocked Königsberg from the southwestern direction.

Then, as part of the 3rd Belorussian Front, she participated in the East Prussian offensive operation. After the capture of the city of Koenigsberg on April 11, 1945, the division’s soldiers began to eliminate the remaining encircled Zemland enemy group. In the second half of April, the war for the 3rd Belorussian Front ended with the complete and successful liquidation of the entire East Prussian enemy group.

Compound

Included

Command

Insignia

Distinguished warriors

• Andreev, Vasily Apollonovich, guard junior sergeant, machine gunner of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Andreev, Mikhail Aleksandrovich, guard senior lieutenant, commander of a machine gun company of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Bibilashvili, Alexander Nikolaevich, guard captain, battalion commander of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Burmistrov Konstantin Ivanovich, guard sergeant major, squad leader of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Butsalo, Vasily Filippovich, guard senior sergeant, squad commander of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Volostnov, Nikolai Dmitrievich, guard sergeant, commander of the heavy machine gun crew of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Grebenyuk, Evtey Moiseevich, guard senior sergeant, assistant platoon commander of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Yevtushenko, Alexey Evtikhievich, guard senior sergeant, commander of the 76-mm gun crew of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Zhukov, Vasily Frolovich, guard lieutenant, company commander of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Zakurenkov, Nikolai Kuzmich, guard major general, division commander.
• Kalabun, Valentin Vasilyevich, guard senior sergeant, reconnaissance officer of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment.

16.06.1942 - 09.05.1945

The 32nd Rifle Division was formed in accordance with NKO No. 11625 dated 06/03/1942. On June 16, 1942, the division began to form and was stationed near the village of Borisoglebsk, Gorky Region, as part of the 9th Reserve Army of the Moscow Military District. The formation of the division was completed on August 30, 1942 and by September 5 it arrived to the Naro-Fominsk region A.

Since September 6, 1942, as part of the 43rd Army of the Kalinin Front. September 23 at Art. Naro-Fominsk loaded onto the trains and arrived at the Art. Andriapol, from where she made a five-day journey Andriapol - Lomonosovo - Rudnya. On the night of October 6-7, it replaced units of the 360th and 179th Rifle Divisions and occupied defensive lines northeast of the city of Demidov Smolensk region. During defensive battles, she destroyed 1,977 enemy soldiers and officers.

On December 5, the division surrendered the defense area and embarked at the station. Lomonosovo, January 7, 1943 arrived at the station. Cunya, from where Cunya made the march - Velikiye Luki. As part of the 3rd Shock Army, she fought in the area southeast of Velikiye Luki, took part in battles in the area of ​​the Novosokolniki - Velikiye Luki railway to push back the enemy group trying to break through the encirclement, then fought on the occupied lines until August 1943.

In August 1943, the division was transferred to the 39th Army and, during the Dukhovshchinsko-Demidov operation, advanced to Dukhovshchina, then on Kasplya, published towards the end of September 1943 to Rudna, could not advance further, despite numerous attempts.

In January-February 1944, as part of the Western Front, it waged almost unsuccessful offensive battles. in the Vitebsk direction and in February it was replaced by units of the 222nd Rifle Division and assigned to the 81st Rifle Corps of the 20th Reserve Army of the Supreme High Command Headquarters.

On May 29, 1944, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, on the eve of the Belarusian operation, she took up positions near the city of Shklov.

From June 23, 1944, as part of the 49th Army, it took part in the Mogilev operation, advancing in the general direction to Mogilev broke through the enemy's defenses, crossed the Pronya River, June 25 crosses the Dnieper near the city of Shklov. Then she advanced in the general direction to Minsk, forced with battles rivers Drut, Berezina. Participated in the liquidation of the encircled Minsk enemy group, and by July 19, units of the division reached the right bank of the river. Neman, where they served as its guard, conducted reconnaissance of the enemy, his crossings and fords.

From June 23 to July 27, 1944, the division, as part of the 19th Rifle Corps of the 50th Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front, liberated more than 833 settlements of the Belarusian SSR, destroyed up to 3,000 and captured 511 enemy soldiers and officers. For the excellent combat performance of the division's personnel in offensive battles during this period, by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR, the Commander-in-Chief, Marshal of the USSR, Comrade Stalin, units of the 32nd Infantry Division were noted and awarded the Order of the Red Banner, and the division also received the honorary name "Verkhnedneprovskaya".

From September 17 to 24, 1944, the division as part of the 43rd Army of the 1st Baltic Front took part in breaking through enemy defenses southwest of Riga, advanced from Bauska district, in the direction Tekava - Riga, where it broke through the enemy’s defenses and in two days of persistent offensive battles advanced up to 10 km and successfully repelled continuous counterattacks of enemy infantry and tanks.

By the end of September, as part of the army, it was transferred to the Memel direction, where on October 5 northwest of the city of Siauliai Having successfully broken through the enemy’s defenses, units of the division began a decisive pursuit of him and in two days of fighting advanced west over 40 km, liberating more than 50 settlements, including large ones: Varbutsyan, Ramuchi and Uzhventy. In this case, heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy: over 250 German soldiers and officers were killed, 21 people were captured, 2 self-propelled guns were knocked out, 11 guns and 6 mortars, 14 machine guns and many other weapons were destroyed. Captured: one ammunition warehouse, 8 guns, 3 mortars, 11 machine guns, many rifles and machine guns. The division suffered minor losses.

On October 22, 1944, the 32nd Rifle Verkhnedneprovskaya Red Banner Division was awarded the Order of Suvorov, II degree.

PERSONNEL

Total: 45

Officers:

• Art. Lieutenant Azarov Nikolai Makarovich, commander of a rifle company of the 322nd joint venture 1922 - 04/24/1945
• Lieutenant Alekseev Mikhail Alekseevich, platoon commander of a battery of 122 mm mortars of the 113th joint venture 1923 - 01/29/1945
• Art. Lieutenant Arutyunov Suren Samvelovich, art. paramedic of the sanitary company 1923 - 03/24/1945
• Lieutenant Boev Mikhail Kuzmich, commander of a machine gun platoon of the 17th joint venture 1920 - 01/28/1945
• ml. Lieutenant Vladychev Vasily Georgievich, platoon commander of the 113th joint venture 1923 - 01/31/1945
• Captain Kazakov Iyuzif Moiseevich, party organizer of the 17th joint venture? - 01/25/1945
• Lieutenant Kulik Alexander Pavlovich, party organizer of the SB 113th joint venture 1904 - 01/29/1945
• Art. Lieutenant Kuchumov Vasily Abramovich, room Chief of Radio Communications of the 133rd AP 1914 - 01/28/1945
• ml. Lieutenant Lapushkin Joseph Alexandrovich
• Lieutenant Larin Mikhail Fedorovich, commander of a machine gun platoon of the 113th joint venture 1911 - 01/29/1945
• captain Novikov Petr Ignatievich, battery commander of the 133rd AP 1922 - 01/29/1945
• captain Ogiy Andrey Kuzmich, deputy battalion commander for the combat unit of the 17th joint venture 1918 - 01/28/1945
• Captain Polozkov Ivan Vasilievich, commander of a rifle company of the 113th joint venture 1916 - 01/29/1945
• Major Rosenthal Alexander Ivanovich, commander of the 2nd SB 322nd SP 1920 - 01/28/1945
• Lieutenant Stepanenko Feodosiy Feodosievich, commander of a machine gun platoon of the 113th joint venture 1905 - 01/29/1945
• captain Faiziev Arif, deputy commander for the political unit of the 2nd SB 322nd SP 1908 - 01/29/1945
• Captain Fomin Vasily Matveevich, commander of the machine gun company of the 113th joint venture 1908 - 01/29/1945
• Lieutenant Khlopov Sergey Sergeevich, commander of a machine gun platoon of the 322nd joint venture 1907 - 04/18/1945

Rank and file:

commander of the mortar squad of the 17th joint venture

1923 - 22.03.1945

• Art. Sergeant Novitsky Matvey Georgievich, clerk of the 17th joint venture, born in 1897
• foreman Parakhin Ivan Borisovich, gunner of the 2nd mortar company of the 17th joint venture, born in 1923.
• Corporal Proshin Ivan Lukyanovich, telephone operator of the 2nd mortar company of the 17th joint venture, born in 1909.
• Sergeant Major Romanov Vasily Romanovich, art. clerk of the 1st SB of the 17th joint venture, born in 1903.
• Red Army soldier Egor Prokopievich Selibakin, liaison officer of the 5th rifle company of the 17th joint venture, born in 1909.
• Red Army soldier Vasily Ermolaevich Sosovsky, carrier of the 2nd machine gun company of the 17th joint venture, born in 1926.
• Red Army soldier Pavel Ivanovich Usenko, heavy machine gun gunner of the 2nd SB, born in 1926.
• Red Army soldier Grigory Semenovich Kholodilov, riding battery of 45 mm guns of the 17th joint venture, born in 1898.
• Sergeant Major Khnoh Max Vladimirovich, clerk of the battery of 76 mm guns of the 17th joint venture, born in 1898.
• Red Army soldier Philip Gavrilovich Chesnakov, loader of the 2nd mortar company of the 17th joint venture, born in 1907.
• Sergeant Churbakov Fedor Dmitrievich, platoon commander of the ROC "SMERSH" 1910 - 04/14/1945
• Petty Officer Yasinsky Petr Vladimirovich, crew commander of the 2nd mortar company of the 17th joint venture, born in 1914.

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