The formation of the 337th OVP began on December 15, 1978 at the Sokol airfield in the Vladimir region. Since February 1979, the personnel took part in the district exercises with a "good" rating. The command noted the competent and skillful actions of the pilots. In August 1979, the formation of the unit was completely completed.
On September 22, 1979 the regiment was relocated to the Malvinkel airfield of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany and transferred to the 16th Air Army.
The leadership of the regiment of that period:
1.the commander of the regiment - Colonel Dmitriev Nikolay Afanasevich;
2. deputy commander - Lieutenant Colonel Belov
3.beginning half of the department - Lieutenant Colonel Laptev (Alexander Vasilievich?)
4.Deputy IAS - Lieutenant Colonel Zaitsev Nikolay Prokopovich
5.com. 1 ve - Lieutenant Colonel Proskurnich
The regiment's personnel were very young. The median age was 24 years. Dmitriev himself was 36 years old, and the commander
1 ve Proskurnich is 33 years old, he was not even married, since for a long time he was the chief pilot of some emir. Flew to
Germany by squadron. Each squadron had its own route. The second one went along the route Sokol (Vladimirsky) - Shatalovo-Nivenskoe-Brzeg-Malvinkel. The flight was carried out with outboard tanks. Takeoff and landing like an airplane.
In the GSVG, very intensive combat training was carried out, which made it possible already in 1980-1981 to conduct successful tests of combat use at the Demin and Luninets training grounds. In Dyomin, the landfill was smashed to dust. The regiment's rating for bombing was 4.85, for launches of guided missiles - 4.65. Five missiles were factory defective. By this time, the commander of the 1st military unit was Major Nikonorov (in 1985 he was the deputy commander of the 335 OBVP, later he commanded the army aviation in the DalVO), the commander of the 2nd military unit was Lieutenant Colonel Fillipenko. The regiment's personnel were actively involved in the distillation of equipment from Brody to the GSVG during the formation of ove in Parchim, Noirupin, Templin, etc.
According to the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, on July 9, 1980, the regiment was awarded the Battle Banner - a symbol of military honor and valor.
In 1980, 3 military units were transferred (to Brandis?), In March 1981, 1 military units were transferred to Parchim (military unit 15420).
In 1983, 8 crews from the squadron, transferred to Parchim, were sent to Shindand. Part of the flight personnel, almost all flight equipment and a significant part of the ground technical personnel were from this squadron. In 1984, the remnants of the esadril were sent to Tskhinvali, and, after being replenished from other military units, were sent to 50 OSAP (Kabul) in August. ). In the same year, the remaining in Malvinkel 2 ve was also sent to Afghanistan, to 280 ovp (Kandahar). Thus, in 1984, the regiment's personnel worked simultaneously in Shindand, Kabul and Kandahar. Of course, during this time the composition of the regiment has undergone changes, but a significant part of the personnel in these squadrons were just those young guys who in 1979 took part in the formation of the 377th regiment.
In combat conditions, the soldiers of the squadron had to perform a variety of tasks. Dozens of officers, warrant officers and soldiers were awarded orders and medals for courage and heroism: Lieutenant Colonel A.A. Zolotukhin and Lieutenant Colonel G.A. Kolmakov - two Orders of the Red Star, Lieutenant Colonels S.N. Potanin and A.P. Bukharov - orders of the Red Star ...
Being part of the Group soviet troops in Germany, and then as part of the 20th Separate Army of the Western Group of Forces, the 337th OVP constantly occupied leading positions based on the results of combat training. In 1989, for high performance in combat and political training, the regiment was awarded a challenge banner, in 1992 it was awarded the challenge pennant of the Military Council of the Western Group of Forces "For Courage and Military Valor."
On May 16, 1994, a minute after takeoff from the Malvinkel airbase, a Mi-24 # 36 helicopter belonging to 337 OVP crashed.
On May 24, 1994, the regiment was relocated to the city of Berdsk in the Novosibirsk Region and became part of the Siberian Military District with the provision of the code name "Military Unit Field Mail 12212". The commander becomes p / p-k A. Chibeskov (graduate of SarVVAUL 1983 and VVA named after Gagarin 1990).
In August 1996, on the basis of the regiment, a squadron was formed under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Zolotukhin, which left for Georgia to carry out peacekeeping tasks. The result of this six-month mission of Siberian aviators was an order to encourage the squadron personnel issued by the Group commander russian troops in the Caucasus.
The soldiers of the regiment have taken and are taking part in counter-terrorist operations in Chechnya. For courage and heroism, Major V. G. Shumsky and O. P. Kozinchenko were awarded the Order of Courage. The unit's Book of Honor contains the names of nine servicemen. Colonel Yu. M. Leus and Lieutenant Colonel OA Panyushkin were awarded this high honor already on Siberian soil.
On May 7, 2002, on the northern slope of the Ak-Tru glacier in Gorny Altai, during an attempt to land on the site, at an altitude of over 3.5 thousand meters above sea level, the Mi-8 337 ORP helicopter caught a rocky ledge with its rotor blades, capsized and rolled down into the abyss from a sheer cliff about 800 meters high. Killed deputy regiment commander Alexander BUKHAROV, squadron commander Sergei IVASHENKOV, onboard technician Vyacheslav YURIEV and eight passengers. The regiment commander was dismissed with the wording "For violations in the organization of flights" kennel Alexander Chibeskov.
From 2000 to 2006, the regiment's personnel took part in the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Sierra Leone, based in the capital, Freetown. Since 2006 in the Republic of Angola / in Luanda / and Sudan /. Juba /, and since 2009 in the Republic of Chad / g. Abechet /.
In 2001, the number of the regiment was 600 people, of which 300 officers, 121 warrant officers.
According to the Directive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of November 29, 2002, the regiment becomes subordinate to 14 A Air Force and Air Defense. In December 2002, the VZPU link was reduced in 3 WP.
According to the TLG of the Civil Code of the Air Force dated January 22, 2003, since February 24, 2003, the regiment's personnel are part of the OGV (S) to conduct a counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus region. In number: 131 officers, 25 warrant officers, 25 soldiers.
On April 1, 2005, during an exercise at the Yurga training ground, an Mi-24p # 08 helicopter crashed. The crew received various injuries, but survived.
Since March 8, 2006, the regiment's personnel are again sent to the North Caucasus region. Business trips there become annual.
June to September 2009
Deploying at the airport of the city of Berdsk, the regiment changed its structure several times. The number of squadrons was reduced to two in 1998 (VE was reduced on the Mi-24), then restored to three (in 1999-2000?). In 2005, according to the DGSH, the air power on the Mi-24 was again reduced. And until 2009, the regiment includes: 1st wind turbine on Mi-24v / p / k helicopters and second wind turbine on Mi-8mt helicopters.
Being on Siberian land, along with the USP, the regiment solves various tasks. This is the transportation of the command staff, and the implementation of urgent sanitary flights, and the parachute landing of cadets of the Novosibirsk Military Institute and the Berdsk Special Forces brigade, and the provision of training for the cosmonaut detachment, and the provision of PSO flights and flights of GA and launches spaceships with the relocation of search crews to the Gorno-Altaisk airfield.
Every year, the regiment's personnel were involved in aviation support for various exercises at the Shilovo and Yurga training grounds.
Every spring ice jams form on the rivers of western Siberia. Often the crews of the 337th regiment were involved to eliminate them.
From September 30 to October 19, 2009, a group of 4 Mi-8mt helicopters (No. 58, 65, 67, 55) flew to the Republic of Kazakhstan, to the Matebulak training ground. Senior - Deputy Commander of the 2nd Military Power Major A.G. Sabitov The personnel took part in the CRRF exercises "Interaction 2009". Following the exercise Russian pilots were highly appreciated.
The unit's Book of Honor contains the names of nine servicemen. Colonel Yu. M. Leus and Lieutenant Colonel OA Panyushkin were awarded this high honor already on Siberian soil.
In connection with the reform of the Armed Forces, in October 2009, a "farewell" was held with the banner of the 337th OVP BiU. In the new guise of the army, from December 1, 2009, 337 BiU ovp (together with 37 OSAE - the city of Ob) became part of the Aviation Base. On November 2, 2009, the 2nd VE flew by Mi-8 helicopters to the Tolmachevo airport, the city of Ob, which became its base. The 1st VE on Mi-24 helicopters remained at the Berdsk-Tsentralny airfield.
For courage and heroism the personnel of the regiment were awarded orders and medals:
In accordance with the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 7, 1982 and the order of the USSR Ministry of Defense No. 0673 dated July 26, 1986, Lieutenant Colonel Zelnyakov Evgeny Ivanovich was awarded the title of "Hero Soviet Union" (Medal No. 11474). He later served as deputy commander of the 337th regiment.
Also awarded with orders and medals:
Order of Lenin - 1 person;
Order of the Red Banner - 3 persons;
Order of the Red Star - 67 people;
For service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces
III degrees - 17 people;
Order of Courage - 32 people
In total, 372 servicemen of the regiment were awarded government awards.
The commanders of the 337th regiment were:
Colonel Dmitriev Nikolay Afanasevich 1978 - 1984;
Colonel Bigeyev Marsel Samatovich 1984 - 1987;
Colonel Mukhamedzhanov Razhap Rakhmatullovich 1987 - 1988;
Colonel Borodiy Igor Vadimovich 1988 - 1990;
Colonel Safonov Nikolai Gennadievich 1990 - 1992;
Colonel Shilovsky Nikolay Stepanovich 1992 - 1994
Colonel Chibeskov Alexander Petrovich 1994 - 2002;
Colonel Yavorenko Evgeny Viktorovich 2004 - 2006;
Colonel Obukhov Ruslan Mikhailovich; 2006 - 2007
Colonel Martsinkevich Eduard Evgenievich 2007 - 2009.
It was formed as part of 57A in the North Caucasus Military District in October 1941. The division was formed in the station Krasnoarmeisk near Stalingrad. The division is replenished with people from the Rostov region.
In November 1941, the 57th separate army by order of the Stavka, it was subordinated to the commander-in-chief of the South-West directed Marshal of the Soviet Union S.K. Timoshenko and on December 18 began to be transferred to the front on two railways: Stalingrad - Likhaya - Starobelsk and Stalingrad - Povorino - Liski - Valuiki - Starobelsk. On January 1, 1942, it was included in the Southern Front.
Despite the frequent bombing, the railroad workers worked exceptionally well and harmoniously. All units and formations of the army, which made up 153 echelons, were concentrated in the indicated places on December 28 without losses. After unloading, each division made a marching march to the concentration area. There were severe frosts with winds and blizzards, the air temperature dropped to 25-30 degrees. The troops went on foot along the off-road, sinking in the snow, exhausted. We had very little motor transport, there were not enough field kitchens, bakeries. All this greatly complicated the delivery of food and the organization of food for the units. On January 5, the formations were fully concentrated in the areas indicated by them. The army headquarters is located in Starobelsk.
After unloading from echelons 337sd, it became part of 6A South-Western Front, which was preparing for an offensive in the Barvenkovo \u200b\u200bdirection south of Kharkov. By 01/12/1942, units of the division (1127th, 1129th, 1131th rifle regiments, 899th artillery regiments) occupy a defense line along the western bank of the Seversky Donets River.
Early in the morning of January 18, 1942, a division of the 6th Army went over to the offensive. At dawn, its units were subjected to air raids, followed by counterattacks by enemy tanks. The division's repeated attempts to break through the enemy defenses on the Morozovka, Olkhovatka line were unsuccessful. However, success came in the 411sd sector, where they managed to break through the enemy defenses. Taking advantage of the success of a neighbor's division with an energetic blow, it captured Zhukovka, and on January 20 liberated Gusarovka, Volobuevka and Shurovka. In four days, the division advanced to a depth of 10 km. Its units engaged in battles for the Balaklei bridgehead. Until the end of January 42. The 253rd and 337rd, with the support of the 7th and 13th brigade, stormed the strong point of enemy resistance to Balakley, but they could not capture it.
Until May 42. held the bank of the river. North. Donets south of Balakliya. May 12, 42 6A launched an offensive against Kharkov from the Barvenkovo \u200b\u200bledge. By the beginning of May 42. the division consisted of 7151 people, 30 guns, 85 mortars, 4 anti-tank guns. 337rd continued to hold the previous line of defense. Despite our successful offensive on May 17, the enemy struck and, having broken through the defenses of 9A of the Southern Front in the Barvenkovo \u200b\u200band Slavyansk area, began to develop the offensive with motorized formations in the rear of the South-Western Front's strike group.
Countermeasures taken by the command Southwestern Front proved to be insufficient. The enemy also forced the North. Donets to the west of Balakliya at 337sd section and connected with 14 and 16td, which came up from the south. On the evening of May 22, the Germans closed the encirclement pincers south of Balakliya. 6 and 57A and OG Bobkin were surrounded. The 337th rifle division was also surrounded. Our troops made fierce attempts to break through from the encirclement both from outside and from inside the cauldron. However, only 22 thousand people managed to break out of the encirclement. By May 26, the remnants of the encircled group were trapped in a small area to the west and northwest of Lozovenka. On May 30, those surrounded were finished.
The division commander, Major General Vasiliev I.V. died on May 25, 1942, surrounded in the area of \u200b\u200bthe village. Protopopovka.
The years of combat: 1942 [Notes of the chief of staff of the division] Rogov Konstantin Ivanovich
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337 Lubensk Guards Rifle Division 2 formations
The beginning of the formation of the 337th Infantry Division was determined by an order to the troops of the Transcaucasian Front dated July 29, 1942, on the basis of the Resolution of the State Defense Committee No. 2114 dated July 28, 1942.
Until August 20, the division was formed in Mozdok. 1131 rifle regiment formed in the city of Malgobek. The 1127th rifle regiment was formed in the village of Terskaya.
In addition to the command of the 228th Infantry Division (2 formations) and headquarters units, almost the entire available composition of the artillery regiment and anti-tank battalion, part of the personnel of the medical battalion joined the 337th Infantry Division. This is because artillerymen were not required in those units that fought. But the personnel of the rifle regiments was completely poured into one of the divisions at the front. There was a huge shortage of infantrymen, for the losses of the infantry exceeded the losses of the artillery units several times.
The division was commanded by:
Kochenov Grigory Matveevich (08/13/1942 - 09/05/1942), colonel.
Dementyev Nikolai Ivanovich (09/06/1942 - 02/01/1943), colonel, major general from 01/27/1943, was wounded.
Sklyarov Sergey Fedorovich (02/04/1943 - 03/07/1943), colonel.
Lyaskin Grigory Osipovich (03/08/1943 - 02/12/1944), colonel, major general from 04/28/1943, was wounded.
Gorobets Taras Pavlovich (02/13/1944 - 05/09/1945), colonel.
Chief of Staff of the Division, Major Rogov Konstantin Ivanovich (Colonel) from 10/26/1942 to 02/25/1944, retired due to illness.
1127 rifle regiment. The commander is Major Pershev. 1129 rifle regiment, Commander - Major Lakhtarenko Maxim Nikolaevich.
1131 rifle regiment. Commander - Major Ustinov Nikolai Ivanovich. 899 artillery regiment, Commander - Major Grechukhin Fyodor Ivanovich 47 separate anti-tank destroyer battalion, Commander - Senior Lieutenant Job. 318 anti-aircraft artillery battery (until 2.4.43), 398 reconnaissance company, 616 sapper battalion, Commander - Captain Aleksey Fedorovich Kolonichenko 787 separate battalion communication (449 separate company communications), 421 medical and sanitary battalion, 414 separate chemical protection company, 164 motor transport company, 190 field bakery, 759 divisional veterinary hospital, 2187 field post station, 653 (1068) field cash office of the State Bank. The combat period is 24.8.42 - 2.4.43, 9.7.43 - 9.5.45.
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FOREWORD
337th Lubnenskaya Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Infantry Division was born in the Caucasus. Sons and daughters of the peoples inhabiting the Caucasus, representatives of our entire multinational Motherland, fought in its ranks. At Kavka-ze, she was baptized by fire. Then, during the defense of the Caucasus, the Soviet troops were inferior to the enemy in tanks more than 9 times, in aviation - 8 times.
But it was necessary to oppose the enormous force of the invaders, armed to the teeth, with courage, fortitude, and skill. The defenders of the Caucasus knew one thing: they must stand up!
Formed in August-September 1942, the 337th division took up defensive positions near Mozdok, in the Malgobek area, from height 390.9 to a brick factory located south of the Voznesenskaya - Malgobek highway. The 1131th Rifle Regiment saddled the highway, blocking the path of the Nazis to Voznesenskaya, the 1129th Rifle Regiment defended Hill 478.8, and the 1127th - Height 390.9.
Along the Voznesenskaya-Malgobek highway, there were not sufficiently wide and relatively flat areas of the terrain, which did not allow the enemy to deploy a large number of tanks. The approaches to height 478.8 abounded with steep climbs, overgrown with forests, and were difficult for enemy tanks to reach. But the approaches to the height of 390.9 were treeless and convenient for tanks.
Height 390.9 was a kind of key in the system of our defense, having mastered it, the enemy could successfully advance to the village of Voznesenskaya, to the Alkhanchurt Valley and, ultimately, to the city of Grozny. Therefore, the enemy concentrated his main forces on mastering this height.
Height 390.9 and its spurs will for a long time become the leading edge of the defense of 1127 infantry regiment... Its southern slopes were defended rifle battalion under the command of senior lieutenant B.I.Skatkov, the western slopes and the summit - the first battalion-senior lieutenant V.A.Egorov, and the northern slopes - the second rifle battalion of senior lieutenant V.D. Yatkovsky.
Fierce defensive battles were fought by the 337th in the Novorossiysk area near the village of Shapshutskaya.
In March 1943, by order of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the 337th was sent to the Voronezh region (south of Rossosh). Replenishment is accepted here. Intense mass political work is underway, the communists and Komsomol members set an example in combat training, help the commanders prepare soldiers for new battles.
And again in the 337th march, again fighting, again the pages of the history of the division are full of soldier's courage, examples of loyalty to military duty, soldier's skill. The Battle of Kursk becomes a glorious milestone in the history of the 337th - one of the decisive battles of the Second World War.
Victory in Battle of Kursk became the most important stage on the way to complete victory over Nazi Germany. The strategic initiative finally passed to the Soviet troops. In this battle, the enemy lost about 500 thousand soldiers and officers, 1.5 thousand tanks and over 3.7 thousand aircraft.
The Battle of Kursk and the exit of Soviet troops to the Dnieper completed a radical turning point during the Great Patriotic War.
Our soldiers seized a bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper, southeast of Kiev, in the area of \u200b\u200bVelikiy Bukrin. This bridgehead was used by Soviet troops during the Kiev offensive operation.
On September 19, 1943, the radio transmitted the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief: "As a result of a rapid advance in Ukraine, our troops liberated the cities of Priluki, Romny, Pyryatin, Lubny, Mirgorod, Krasnograd, Pavlograd from the German invaders ..."
Among those who distinguished themselves in this order, the 337th was noted. She was given the name "Lubnenskaya".
1944 was an offensive year, marked by new victories for Soviet weapons. The Korsun-Shevchenko operation will never be forgotten, the encirclement of ten fascist divisions, numbered about 80 thousand soldiers, up to 1600 guns and mortars, 270 tanks.
The Korsun-Shevchenko operation went down in the history of the Great Patriotic War as one of the brilliant examples of Soviet military art.
The soldiers of the 337th are justly proud of the fact that the division made its contribution to this significant battle, which ended in the historic victory of the Soviet troops over the invaders.
from the heroes of the Battle of Korsun-Shevchenko to Stepan Moroz. To the question "Where did the soldier learn to read and write?" the brave machine gunner replied:
I went through the front-line school
Tempered in the fire of battles
For Zvenigorodka and Shpola,
For Vygriev and for Steblev.
So any of the soldiers of the 337th can proudly say, recalling the famous Korsun-Shevchenko battle.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 26, 1944, the 337th Rifle Lubnenskaya Division was awarded the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky II degree for the exemplary performance of command assignments in battles to complete the destruction of the group of German invaders, and the valor and courage shown at the same time.
In the same memorable year 1944, two more orders were decorated battle banner 337th: Order of the Red Banner for breaking through the enemy's defense, crossing the Dniester, capturing the city and an important railway junction of Balti and reaching the state border and the Order of Suvorov II degree for breaking through the enemy's defense, crossing the Prut River and showing valor and courage.
The 1131st Infantry Regiment, which distinguished itself in those battles, was awarded the order Kutuzov III degree.
In August 1944, the division took part in the Yasso-Kishinev operation in which our troops destroyed 22 Nazi divisions.
The collapse of the enemy's defenses on the southern wing of the Soviet-German front changed the military-political and military-strategic situation in the Balkans, Romania withdrew from the war on the side of Nazi Germany and declared war on it.
For ten days of fighting to destroy the encircled grouping, the division occupied up to 180 settlements, including the city of Focsani, the 1127th regiment received the name Focshany. The 1129th regiment was awarded the Order of Bogdan Khmelnytsky, III degree. Later, for the capture of the city of Orade Mare and access to the border of Hungary, the 1131st regiment was awarded the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, III degree.
In December 1944, the soldiers of the divisions entered Czechoslovakia, liberated the city of Dilyanovo.
Bon in the capital of Hungary - Budapest, near Lake Balaton, where the enemy tried to stop the advance of the Soviet troops, where the courage and skill of our soldiers and officers won a difficult victory again in the history of 337 glorious pages.
In Austria, I met the 337th May 9, 1945 - the historic Victory Day.
Twenty-three soldiers of the division called the Motherland Heroes of the Soviet Union. But not all of them lived to see Victory. But the memory of them will forever remain in the hearts of combat friends, in the glory of the people. Heroes of the Soviet Union are the pride of the 337th.
Here are their names:
Mikhail Fedorovich Bakulin,
Ibragim Belyanovich Berkutov, Dmitry Ivanovich Bondar,
Fedor Ivanovich Boriskin,
Julian Maryanovich Bronitsky,
Ivan Dmitrievich Vichtomov,
Nikolay Evtikhievich Garkusha,
Taras Pavlovich Gorobets,
Ivan Andreevich Dobrikov,
Pavel Grigorievich Kozyrev,
Konstantin Alekseevich Korolev,
Petr Nikolaevich Kunitsyn,
Alexey Zakharovich Mashkov,
Mikhail Vasilievich Morkovin,
Ivan Ivanovich Nadtochy,
Ivan Nikolaevich Nemchinov,
Mikhail Grigorievich Nepomniachtchi,
Stepan Ivanovich Podkopaev,
Vasily Fedorenko,
Anatarbek Chartikoz,
Boris Vasilievich Shanin,
Vasily Ignatievich Shumikhin,
Sergey Andreevich Shchelkanov.
In the foothills of the Caucasus, battles are unprecedented in scale and fierceness. A grave danger loomed over the Soviet Motherland, the enemy captured important regions of our country. He wants to deprive us of bread and oil. He has set himself the task of cutting off the Soviet South from our country.
Here the most important knot of events of the second year of the Patriotic War was tied. The fate of the Fatherland depends on the outcome of the battles in the South andlife of Soviet people.
The defenders of the Soviet South now bear the most important responsibility for the outcome of the 1942 summer campaign. Their responsibility can be compared to that of the defenders of Moscow in the fall.