The assigned task was accomplished by the skillful organization of military operations, exceptional courage and daring forays of the sailors. A lot of equipment and weapons were captured in good condition, a number of small units and garrisons were surrounded and destroyed. This happened at the tip of the southern arrow, which was sent by the German command with the aim of bypassing and enveloping the capital of our Motherland, Moscow, from the south.

Having transferred their positions to the troops of General Belov, who arrived from the hinterland, at the end of November (27th), the brigade units returned to Ryazhsk, where the personnel received winter uniforms. However, naturally, everyone left a cap, a flannel with a collar, and ribbons in their duffel bag. On top of the army overcoat they wore a naval belt, on the left sleeve of which, above the elbow, they sewed a black oval made of cloth with an anchor. Petty officers, midshipmen and officers had patches on their sleeves, and a crab was sewn onto an army cap. Many officers, instead of an army tunic, wore naval tunics under an overcoat or quilted quilt (fur vest).

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...freed them by wedging into the German defenses near Staraya Russa. Units of the 1st Shock Army failed to completely break through the German defenses in this and neighboring areas. From February 16 to March 19, 1942, the brigade pinned down superior enemy forces through active defense and the actions of small units and inflicted heavy losses on him in manpower and equipment.

On March 21, 1942, after a 2-day bombing of our defense, with powerful artillery and mortar support,support,

significant forces of German infantry with tanks broke through the defenses at the junction of the 50th and 84th brigades. Together with other units of the 1st Shock Army, the 84th OUMSB was forced to retreat and occupy a new line of defense - the village of Borisovo. Southeast of the fork in the road, from April 3 to April 10, it fought active defensive battles on a broad front in the area of ​​Gnidino and Borisovo. In these battles, the enemy lost up to 800 soldiers and officers, 4 tanks, 6 heavy and 15 light machine guns, more than 300 machine guns and rifles.

The April battles took place in the most difficult conditions, in man-made trenches, in swampy areas, with complete impassability and German air supremacy. The brigade's forces were exhausted to the limit. On April 10, 1942, it was replaced by newly arrived fresh units. The fighters were sent for rest and replenishment to the Plywood Plant area (Starorussky district of the Novgorod region).

After rest and replenishment, having become part of the 27th Army, the brigade was given the task of taking up defense and preventing landings on the eastern shore of Lake Ilmen on a wide front from Novgorod to Staraya Russa, where it remained until August 12, 1942, improving fire system and engineering defense fortifications.

In early August, in accordance with the decision of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command of the Red Army, the 84th Infantry Brigade was transferred to the North Caucasus and became part of the 9th Army of the Northern Group of the Transcaucasian Front. On August 29, 1942, the first combat order for the tough defense of Gudermes was received. And on September 2, by order of the commander of the 9th Army, a special combat group was created, which was tasked with reconnaissance of enemy forces in the zone of operation of the army troops. From the brigade, this group included two rifle companies, two platoons of anti-tank rifles (ATR), two platoons of battalion mortars. Interacting with armored trains, this combat group successfully conducted reconnaissance in force in the direction of the village of Chervlennaya, the villages of Devidenko, Seven Wells, the Kalinovsky state farm, and the Terek station. As a result of the battles, the named settlements were liberated, and the enemy’s grouping and combat strength were accurately established, and prisoners were captured, who provided valuable information. By the end of September 11, 1942, the situation in the brigade's combat area had stabilized. The enemy lost more than 40 soldiers and officers killed, 6 tanks, 2 armored personnel carriers, several mortars and heavy machine guns, many small arms and a large amount of various ammunition.

Due to a sharp change in the situation, on September 30, the 84th brigade was urgently transferred by rail to Beslan and moved northwest of it to the areas of the settlements of Zamankul, Kardzhin, Dargkokh with the task of preventing their capture and being ready for action in the direction of Upper Kurp, Illarionovka, Elkhotovo. Three days later, the third battalion of the brigade, a company of a mortar battalion, one battery of an artillery battalion and a platoon of anti-tank rifles (ATR) were thrown along the railway to the southern outskirts of Elkhotovo as an advance detachment and to support the 19th Infantry Brigade operating on the left, where they entered the battle with the enemy. And a day later the entire brigade entered the battle for Elkhotovo. During the day, several fierce enemy counterattacks with tanks were repulsed. 4 tanks were knocked out by fire from anti-tank rifles. With another attack by units of the 84th Infantry Brigade, the enemy was pushed behind the anti-tank ditch on the southern outskirts of Elkhotovo.

In accordance with the order of the Northern Group of the Transcaucasian Front, units of the brigade, having regrouped, took up a tough defense at the Elkhotov “gate”, and all attempts by the Germans to break through along the railway and the Terek River along the Elkhotov Gorge to the city of Ordzhonikidze during October 1942 were unsuccessful .

On November 2, fresh German units, supported by tanks, artillery and aviation (mainly Ju-87 dive bombers), tried to break through the defenses with a flank attack, shoot down brigade units and occupy the village of Kardzhin, with the capture of which opened up opportunities to bypass the Elkhotov Gorge. However, they were stopped, counterattacked and retreated, losing two very advantageous heights from which they were driven out by the sailors.

During the month of defensive battles, the German units opposing the 84th Brigade lost more than 1,500 people killed and wounded, 14 tanks, 50 vehicles, 4 six-barreled and 28 single-barrel mortars, 14 guns, and up to 100 double-horse carts with various cargo. 32 warehouses with ammunition, food and property were blown up, more than 40 Nazis were captured, including 3 “tongues” delivered by brigade reconnaissance officers from Elkhotovo. Brigade Company P TP shot down 2 enemy aircraft.

The situation stabilized, but both the Germans and we systematically made attempts to improve our positions in individual areas. Intelligence was active on our part.

Recalling the events of those days, I cannot help but say a few words about an unusual incident that happened to the brigade’s scouts. Somewhere between November 17-23, 1942, when returning from a mission, our sailors discovered a little wounded girl in a no-man's land in one of the Elkhotovo courtyards. They bandaged her and brought her to the medical unit. Before being sent to the rear, she was given the first and last name “Elkhota Morskaya”. I had forgotten this fact. But at the meeting of veterans of the 1st Shock Army, which took place in Central house Soviet army them. M.V. Frunze on the days of the 35th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow, I met with former intelligence officers of the 84th OUMRB, comrades N.I., who arrived from Kazan. Chuev and F.K. Saifullin - the direct saviors of Elkhota. They said that as a result of a lengthy search, both Elhota herself and her mother were found at the end of 1970. And a year later, in Elkhotovo, they met with former intelligence officers and the former brigade commander, reserve colonel F. Voloshin, who had arrived there.

As for the further military operations of the brigade, on December 1-2, 1942, it surrendered its defense sector in the Elkhotov “gate” and, having received a new task, moved towards the settlements of Krasnogor in Mostidzy, where our troops began to retreat under the influence of superior enemy forces. . Until December 9, the brigade had some success in its sector, and on December 10, by order of the command, it began to withdraw and took up defense along the eastern bank of the Khotaldon River, west of Kirovo, Michurino and Khurnkau.

On December 24, 1942, the brigade again went on the offensive towards Ardon. Overcoming strong resistance and repelling counterattacks of German rearguard units with tanks and submachine gunner units on the borders of the Khotaldon, Ardon and their numerous tributaries, it occupied the north- and south-eastern outskirts of Ardon. And then she reached the north- and south-western outskirts, blocked the enemy in the area of ​​the railway station and, having regrouped, finally breaking the resistance of the German units, began to pursue them. By the end of the day, the city of Digora was liberated, and the brigade, with its advanced units, reached the Lur-Dur River and entrenched itself at this line.

On the night of December 24-25, the 84th OUMSB received the mission for the march: Digora - Ardon - Dargkokh, where it concentrated on December 25 for a short rest. Replenishment, new equipment and weapons awaited her here.

In the battles for Ardon and Digor, a large amount of weapons, military equipment and ammunition was captured. The enemy lost only more than 200 soldiers and officers killed. The last attempt of the German command to break through to the capital of North Ossetia, the city of Ordzhonikidze, was eliminated. In the defeat of the German strike force, which was striving with all its might to reach the Georgian Military Road, and along it to the Transcaucasus, the personnel of the 84th Separate Infantry Brigade made a significant contribution, actively participating in the battles in the North Caucasus from August 29, 1942.

Despite the fact that the number of sailors in the brigade decreased, some with dignity preserved their traditions, increasing military successes in new battles with a hated, insidious and heavily armed enemy. On the anniversary of the formation of the 84th Separate Infantry Brigade, its personnel received a greeting from the People's Commissar of the Navy, Admiral I.G. Kuznetsov, which highly assessed the brigade’s combat operations on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, good wishes were expressed for further success and the preservation of naval traditions that helped crush the enemy.

During this period of hostilities in the 84th Separate Infantry Brigade, 263 people were awarded orders and medals of the USSR for outstanding successes in battles with the German invaders. The brigade crushed the enemy on the Western, North-Western, North Caucasian (Northern group of the Transcaucasian) fronts. At the same time, the sailors (including KUOPP cadets) showed exceptional courage and perseverance. The entire brigade’s personnel, and reinforcements that arrived repeatedly, were educated on their mass heroism. It was given the most important tasks, and it was used in the most important areas of combat operations. The sailors valued their involvement in the brigade’s combat operations and, in cases of injury (if possible), after recovery in the hospital, they sought to return to their honored team.

After the operations to liberate Pyatigorsk, Armavir, Maykop, Krasnodar, Temryuk and Novorossiysk (1943), in 1944, on the basis of the 84th separate shock naval rifle brigade, the 223rd rifle division was formed, which took part in hostilities until victory over the Nazi invaders. Her military path ran through the Crimean Peninsula, Southern Ukraine and the Balkans.

Colonel N. VOZNESENSKY

Naval rifle brigades operated in different sectors of the Soviet-German front. Seven brigades fought in the Battle of Moscow: the 154th (originally called the 1st Moscow Separate Detachment of Sailors), the 62nd, 64th, 71st, 74th, 75th and 84th, as well as the 85th 1st separate regiment of sailors, 199th and 200th artillery divisions, consisting of batteries of 152-, 130-, and 100-mm naval guns. The 71st brigade, formed from Pacific and Siberian sailors, was the first of the naval brigades to be awarded the guards rank and from January 5, 1942 became known as the 2nd Guards Rifle Brigade. At the end of November - beginning of December 1941, several more naval rifle brigades were on the way to Moscow, but they did not have to participate in the battles for the capital. The Soviet command, taking into account the successful development of the counteroffensive near Moscow, which began on December 5, sent them to other sectors. The Karelian Front, which included the 61st, 65th, 66th, 67th, 72nd, 77th, 80th and 85th brigades, received the greatest reinforcement at the expense of the sailors. The 63rd and 82nd brigades were sent to the Arkhangelsk Military District; 69th, 70th and 73rd - to the 7th separate army; 78th - to the 56th Army; 68th, 76th and 81st - to the North Caucasus Military District (later all three became part of the 56th Army); The 79th - to the Sevastopol defensive region, and the 83rd - to the 51st Army.

The naval rifle brigades included three separate rifle battalions (715 men each), a separate artillery division of regimental guns (8 - 76 mm), a separate anti-tank artillery division (12–57 mm), a separate mortar division (16–82 -mm and 8 - 120 mm mortars), a separate company of machine gunners, a reconnaissance company, a company of anti-tank rifles, an air defense platoon, a separate communications battalion, an engineer company, an auto company and a medical company - a total of 4334 people, 149 light and 48 heavy machine guns, 612 PPSh , 48 anti-tank rifles, 178 vehicles and 818 horses. The brigades received numbers from 61 to 85 inclusive.

It should be noted that sailors made up from 30 to 80 percent of the brigade personnel. The rest came from those called up from the reserves and front-line soldiers who were discharged from rear hospitals. The sanitary units were staffed primarily by women. Officers of the Navy and Ground Forces of the corresponding categories were appointed to the positions of senior command staff of brigades (commanders and military commissars, commanders of battalions and divisions, chiefs of staff). Initially, almost all the positions of commanders and military commissars of brigades were occupied by naval officers of the ship and coastal defense. Graduates of naval schools were appointed to the positions of commanders of platoons, companies, batteries and their deputies, chiefs of staff of battalions, divisions and their assistants. To staff brigades with squad commanders, platoon commanders and company foremen, naval educational establishments and the navies allocated some of their junior officers and cadets to the Marines.

The tense situation on the fronts limited the time to prepare brigades for combat operations. Some of them began to arrive on the Western Front during the Battle of Moscow. The 66th brigade was formed within 8 days; a group of brigades in the Siberian Military District had a little more than a month to prepare. But some brigades were in the rear for a relatively long time. This time was used to staff units, obtain weapons, vehicles, horses, convoys, and for combat training. The sailors changed into army uniforms, but were allowed to leave their vest, belt and cap. Everyone was given new winter uniforms. The situation with weapons was worse: they received artillery and mortars already on the way to the front, machine guns only in the spring of 1942. By the time they were sent to the front, some brigades were not yet fully equipped. Thus, the 70th MSBR lacked 30 officers, a significant number of senior officers and enlisted personnel. Brigades were distributed among armies taking into account the current situation at the front and the need to strengthen the most important sectors of the front.

Five naval rifle brigades (MSBR) took part in the battles for Moscow: as part of the 1st Shock Army - the 62nd, 71st and 84th MSBR; as part of the 20th Army - the 64th MSBR; in the Moscow defense zone - the 42nd Rifle Brigade, the 75th MSBR and the 1st Moscow Separate Detachment of Sailors (later - the 166th Marine Brigade, and then the 154th MSBR), formed from units of the central bodies of the People's Commissariat of the Navy.

Breakthrough of enemy defenses and the offensive of the 64th separate naval rifle brigade as part of the 20th Army in a counteroffensive near Moscow 12/4/41 - 01/18/42.

Combat actions of the 71st Naval Rifle Brigade in the battle for the village of Timonovo on December 25–30, 1941 during the Moscow strategic offensive operation

The number of commanding officers, petty officers and enlisted personnel allocated in 1941 by fleets and flotillas for the formation of naval rifle brigades

Naval rifle brigades defended the cities of Skopin and Dmitrov, fought on the Moscow-Volga canal, stormed Bely Rast and Klin, fought in the Volokolamsk direction and near Naro-Fominsk. During the counteroffensive of Soviet troops near Moscow, naval units and formations were used in the most important directions.

At the most difficult moment, October 19, 1942, when Moscow was declared in a state of siege, the 1st Moscow detachment of sailors was urgently created and sent to the front as part of the security battalion of the People's Commissariat of the Navy, the battalion of the Moscow naval crew, and the guards naval division of rocket launchers ( "Katyusha"), a motorcycle battalion and a tank company.

The detachment came under operational subordination to the commander of the Moscow Defense Zone, Lieutenant General N. A. Artemyev; which, during defensive operations, repeatedly transferred this unit to the most difficult areas, where the sailors, by their very presence, increased confidence in success.

On November 7, the 1st separate detachment of sailors, together with two cadet companies of the Moscow commander retraining courses, took part in the historical parade on Red Square, after which the cadets, along with the troops, went to the front, where, as part of the famous 316th Infantry Division, Major General I. V. Panfilov took on the blow of German tanks near Volokolamsk.

By the end of November, when the battle near Moscow reached its highest tension, separate naval rifle brigades began to arrive to protect the capital, used by the command of the Western Front in the direction of the enemy’s main attack northwest of Moscow.

On November 22, the 84th Motorized Rifle Brigade under the command of Colonel V. A. Molev was the first to arrive to defend Moscow. On the way, the brigade received a combat mission: to defeat one of the German troops encircling Moscow from the north-west.

Having made a forced march along snow-covered country roads, the Marines defeated in the area of ​​the station. Zheltukhino, 20 km northwest of Ryazhsk, the 5th Motorized Regiment of the 2nd German Tank Army, then, continuing to pursue the enemy, on November 28, with the support of attack aircraft, liberated the city of Skopin. After this, the 84th Motorized Rifle Brigade became part of the 1st Shock Army and was transferred to the right flank of the Western Front, in the direction of the main attack.

Following the 84th brigade, the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade, consisting of volunteer sailors of the Pacific Fleet, arrived at the front, which received the task of destroying the German parachute landing force landed near the Dmitrovskoe highway in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Dedenovo, Kuzyaevo, Grishino, seizing the bridge over the canal and securing further advance of Soviet tank units. In a fierce battle, the parachute landing force was destroyed. At this time, Colonel I.M. Chistyakov, who had previously commanded the 39th Rifle Corps in the Primorsky District, took command of the brigade. The brigade's successful combat operations indicated that the sailors had mastered the tactics of combined arms combat and learned to repel attacks by enemy tanks.

In the current situation, even stabilizing the front in the immediate vicinity of Moscow was unacceptable. The northwestern and northern directions turned out to be especially dangerous, where, after the capture of Yakhroma, Krasnaya Polyana and Solnechnogorsk, the enemy intended to develop an offensive in the direction of Zagorsk and Pushkino.

At the direction of Headquarters, the 2nd Guards Rifle Corps and the 20th Army of Major General A.I. Lizyukov, which included the 64th Separate Naval Rifle Brigade, which had already distinguished itself in battle, were urgently moved to the Krasnaya Polyana area.

In addition to combined arms formations, three separate naval rifle brigades (84th, 71st and 62nd) were sent to the 1st Shock Army. Thus, intensive preparations for a counteroffensive were underway on the right flank of the Western Front.

The 1st Shock Army was given the task: on the morning of December 2, strike the left flank, where the 71st Motorized Rifle Brigade was located, in the direction of Dedenevo, Fedorovka and liberate Zakharov’s group (126th Rifle, 17th Cavalry Divisions and cadet regiment), which fought surrounded.

The 71st Motorized Rifle Brigade (commanded by Colonel Ya. P. Bezverkhov) received the task, together with the 20th ski battalion, to cross the canal in the Morozovka area and advance in the direction of Olgovo, pushing a barrier consisting of one rifle and ski battalion to the line Solnechnogorsk, Andreikovo, and The main forces, in cooperation with the 44th Rifle Brigade, attack Olgovo and Goncharovo. On a frosty, moonless night, the battalions of the brigade secretly crossed the canal, took Yazykovo by storm, and then, developing the offensive, occupied three more villages.

The personnel of the 71st brigade honorably fulfilled the oath taken on November 22, 1941 before being sent to the front by brigade commander Ya. P. Bezverkhov. Addressing the Pacific sailors, he said: “We will be worthy of our brothers in arms - the defenders of Odessa, Sevastopol and Leningrad.”

For the courage, courage, perseverance, high organization and heroism shown in battle, the 71st Naval Rifle Brigade was reorganized into the 2nd Guards Brigade on January 5, 1942.

Having started fighting at the walls of Dmitrov, the brigade reached the Lama River within a month of the offensive. With her active participation, several dozen settlements were liberated, including Yakhroma, Yazykovo, Goncharovo, Borisovo, Sokolnikovo. In the battles for these settlements, the Nazis lost about 700 soldiers and officers. The battalions of A. N. Golyako and N. L. Tulupov had to fight especially bloody battles for Yazykovo and Borisovo.

In these battles, Lieutenant G.I. Stulov, senior sailors Borisov and Khudyakov captured a German gun and, rolling it out to an open position, opened direct fire on the enemy. In the winter of 1942, this brigade, already as part of the North-Western Front, carried out a raid behind enemy lines. Its units bypassed Staraya Russa from the south and by February 20, after fierce fighting, occupied the settlements of Zubrovka, Lotovanovo, Grigorkovo and cut off the enemy’s important communications - the Staraya Russa - Dno road.

At the beginning of April, the brigade fought heavy battles for several days, being surrounded by enemy troops. In these battles, the brigade commander, Colonel Ya. P. Bezverkhov, died. However, the guards under the command of regimental commissar E.V. Bobrov broke through the encirclement with a decisive attack.

For active combat operations in this sector of the front and demonstrated steadfastness, the brigade, already reorganized into the 25th Guards Rifle Division named after V.I. Chapaev, was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

The 25th Guards Rifle Division passed a glorious battle path from the walls of the city of Dmitrov to Prague. The orders on her Battle Banner are evidence of the heroic exploits of the personnel of the Guards Rifle Sinelnikovo-Budapest, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky divisions. The continuation and logical conclusion of the counterattacks of Soviet troops near Moscow at the end of November - beginning of December 1941 was a comprehensive counteroffensive of the combined forces of the Western, Kalinin and Southwestern fronts.

In the main direction, the 1st shock army, which was advancing on Klin, and the 20th, which was advancing on Solnechnogorsk, were introduced into the battle at the junction between the 16th and 30th armies, which included the 64th, 71st, 84th, and later 62nd Motorized Rifle Brigade.

The marines of the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade, which advanced together with the 24th Tank Brigade towards the village of Bely Rast, 35 km north of Moscow, showed courage and heroism. On December 8, the brigade operated on the right flank of the 1st Shock Army during the liberation of the city of Yakhroma.

Knocked out of Bely Rasta and Krasnaya Polyana, the enemy tried to quickly organize a defense at the line of the Istra Reservoir and hold the cities of Kalinin, Klin and Solnechnogorsk at all costs.

On December 7–20, the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade, operating as part of the advance detachment of the 20th Army, fought to pursue the retreating enemy to Volokolamsk.

On December 9, by order of the commander of the 20th Army, the brigade allocated a mobile detachment of skiers consisting of 800 marines, which was led by the brigade commander, Colonel I. M. Chistyakov.

On December 10, the detachment, reaching Solnechnogorsk in the area of ​​the rest house, cut the Leningradskoye Highway and the Oktyabrskaya Railway, depriving the enemy of the opportunity to advance reserves to Solnechnogorsk and retreat to the north-west.

On the morning of December 20, the 1st battalion and a company of submachine gunners of the brigade, consisting of sailors of the Pacific Fleet, broke into the city of Volokolamsk from the north, providing great assistance to units of the 331st Rifle Division in capturing the city.

On October 15, the brigade formed a mobile group consisting of the 1st battalion and nine tanks of the 24th Tank Brigade. On December 24, the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade captured the village. Ivanovskoe. Here, in a bloody battle, the marines of the gun crew ml. performed an immortal feat. Sergeant A. A. Lobchenko, who destroyed two enemy tanks. On December 25–30, the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade became part of the operational group of Major General M.E. Katukov.

Having begun its combat journey near Moscow, the brigade fought 233 km in 4 months, liberating 78 settlements, and destroying about 4 thousand enemy soldiers and officers.

In early January, the brigade commander, Colonel I.M. Chistyakov, was appointed commander of the 8th Guards Rifle Division named after. Panfilova.

During the attack of the 1st Shock Army on Klin, the 84th Motorized Rifle Brigade, which had previously distinguished itself in the battles for Yakhroma, acted in its first echelon together with the 29th Rifle Brigade and the 71st Motorized Rifle Brigade.

The 1st Shock Army, consisting of five rifle and two naval rifle brigades, operating on the right flank of the Western Front, was tasked with defeating the Klin-Solnechnogorsk group of Germans, advancing around Klin from the south in cooperation with the 30th and 20th armies. Operating in 30-degree frost, the 71st Motorized Rifle Brigade successfully completed its task.

On December 13, according to the Western Front Command Directive, the 1st Shock and 30th Armies, interacting with adjacent flanks, were supposed to complete the complete encirclement of the enemy group in the Klin area.

By order of the commander of the 1st Shock Army, the 84th and 71st Motorized Rifle Brigades operated in the main direction.

Particularly fierce battles took place southeast of Klin, where the 84th Motorized Rifle Brigade, Colonel V. A. Molev, operated. The glorious brigade commander died heroically in the ranks of the attackers. With the onset of darkness, the marines of the 84th Motorized Rifle Brigade captured the outskirts of the city. From the south-eastern side, on the shoulders of the retreating enemy, battalions of the 71st Motorized Rifle Brigade burst into the city.

The combat activities of the guardsmen of the 71st Motorized Rifle Brigade were reported in the Soviet Information Bureau. This brigade went through a glorious battle path during the war years. 77 people units were awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, the enemy, offering stubborn resistance, hastily withdrew his forces to the Volokolamsk-Ruza line.

At this time, the commander of the 1st Shock Army ordered three brigades to be brought into battle, including the 62nd Motorized Rifle Brigade under the command of Colonel V.M. Rogov. This brigade, formed mainly from sailors of the Pacific Fleet and the Amur Flotilla, was replenished with Baltic soldiers discharged from hospitals and called up from the reserves.

The first battles for the villages of Zvanovo and Terebetovo showed the high moral and combat qualities of the Marines, who earned the gratitude of the Military Council of the 1st Shock Army. Simultaneously with the 62nd MMBSR, which broke through the enemy’s defense line on the river. Lama, the 71st Motorized Rifle Brigade, Colonel Ya. P. Bezverkhov, surrounded and destroyed the German garrison in the heavily fortified village of Alferovo on the western bank of the river. All enemy attempts to restore the situation in the breakthrough area were unsuccessful. Colonel Bezverkhov, characterizing the battle for the village of Timonovo, noted: “We achieved encirclement of the Nazis in the full sense of the word.” Attacking with part of its forces from the front, the brigade struck with its main forces from the flanks. The companies of machine gunners made a deep detour from the rear.

As part of the 2nd Guards Rifle Corps, the 75th Naval Rifle Brigade (commanded by Captain 1st Rank K.D. Sukhiashvili) operated, liberating dozens of settlements (including Knyazevo, Filadgino, Kozlovo, Davydovo, Sychevo, Mikhalkino, etc. .) and participated in the offensive operations of the troops of the Kalinin Front.

In the second half of February 1942, units of the brigade, having completed a 150-kilometer raid behind enemy lines, from the Staraya Russa area along the Redya and Lovat rivers, reached the city of Kholm. Units of the brigade liberated more than 70 settlements. At the same time, not a single German garrison could withstand the rapid attacks of the marines.

The 75th Motorized Rifle Brigade fought especially hard in the area of ​​the village of Tarakanovka (southwest of Kholm), where the enemy, relying on heavily fortified defensive positions and launching counterattacks, stopped the brigade’s advance. Its battle formations were hit by 150 aircraft. After the bombing, the enemy opened hurricane artillery fire. From the forest where the 75th Motorized Rifle Brigade occupied the defense, only sparse trees remained. Massive air strikes and artillery shelling turned everything black. After this, the enemy went on the attack, but was stopped by well-aimed fire on infantry and tanks. And when the Marines launched a counterattack, the Germans began to retreat in disarray. The sailors of the forward detachment under the command of Captain 2nd Rank D.N. Topleninov fought especially steadfastly. By order of the commander of the 2nd Guards Rifle Corps, Major General A.I. Lizyukov, all participants in the battles on the approaches to Kholm were presented with government awards for their courage and bravery.

From February to April 1942, the brigade destroyed over 2 thousand fascists, but itself lost 3166 people killed and wounded.

In March 1942, the 75th Naval Rifle Brigade was reorganized into the 3rd Guards Brigade, and on May 21 it became the 27th Guards Rifle Division. In subsequent battles, the division's personnel multiplied the glorious traditions of the guardsmen. Units of the division took an active part in the Battle of Stalingrad. Its regiments were the first to break through the enemy's defenses.

The 62nd, 71st, 74th, 84th and 154th separate naval brigades also participated in offensive operations of the troops of the North-Western Front.

The 84th Naval Rifle Brigade (commanded by Major General M.E. Kozyr) struck the enemy in the Ivanovskoye and Voloshchevo area and liberated a number of settlements. Then, going on the defensive, during February 1942 the brigade repelled numerous attacks by German troops. From February 17 to 20 alone, units of the brigade repelled 19 attacks.

On February 5, the 154th Naval Rifle Brigade arrived at this section of the front. Its units, having completed a 250-kilometer march through the forests, immediately entered the battle. The enemy offered stubborn resistance to the brigade near Verkhnyaya Sosnovka. In the battle, platoon commanders V. Petrov, S. Kirsanov and company commander Nosyrov were seriously wounded. The attacking units lay down under heavy enemy fire. In this difficult situation, the company political instructor S.N. Vasiliev took command. He raised his company to the attack and, going ahead of the attackers, received two wounds, but did not leave the battlefield. Marines took Verkhnyaya Sosnovka by storm. The enemy left about 100 people killed on the battlefield. During the battle on the outskirts of Verkhnyaya Sosnovka, midshipman S.N. Vasiliev was mortally wounded.

For the courage and heroism shown in the battles for the Motherland, S. N. Vasiliev was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

The 74th Naval Rifle Brigade fought as part of the 1st Guards Corps in battles against the 16th German Army. From February 2, the brigade under the command of Colonel S.F. Lishenkov operated in the rear of the Nazi troops along the Lovat River. Parts of the brigade, having cut the road Medvedkovo, Manuilovo and repelling several counterattacks, liberated the village of Shchechkino. In the battles for this settlement, brigade commissar S. G. Biberin, chief of staff Lieutenant Colonel M. I. Balsevich and other soldiers died brave deaths.

The selfless courage of the Marines, their courage and contempt for death terrified the enemy. One of the German generals near Moscow gave the order: “Do not take sailors and artillery prisoners.” In the diaries of captured and killed German soldiers and officers* there were often entries about the fear they experienced when meeting sailors in battle.

As a result of the successful offensive of the Soviet Army near Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and Tikhvin, German troops suffered huge losses in manpower and equipment. The best formations of the Wehrmacht were defeated and the plan for a “lightning war” was buried.

A significant role in the defense of the Oranienbaum bridgehead was played by the 50th Infantry Brigade (commanded by Lieutenant Colonel N. S. Losyakov), formed on the basis of the 3rd Separate Marine Regiment. In the brigade's area, Mount Kolokolnya repeatedly changed hands, but the Germans were never able to take it.

The scouts of the 50th Brigade acted bravely and skillfully behind enemy lines. They repeatedly delivered “tongues” to the headquarters. The scouts under the command of V. S. Brovorenko and then P. D. Burmashevo especially distinguished themselves.

In September 1942, the enemy, having launched a flank attack in the Sinyavino area, captured the village of Tortolovo at the base of the breakthrough and cut off part of our troops. At this time, the 73rd Naval Rifle Brigade under the command of Colonel I.N. Burakovsky was transferred from the 7th Army (Svirsky line) to this section of the front as part of the 8th Army. On September 26, the brigade received an order from the army commander to advance in the direction of the village of Tortolovo with the support of a company of tanks in cooperation with units of the 265th Infantry Division, to capture an enemy stronghold - an unnamed height 500 m north-west of the village and to gain a foothold on the captured line.

On the night of September 27, the brigade overcame impassable swamps, and in the morning, after a short artillery preparation, attacked the enemy, who put up stubborn resistance.

In bloody battles that lasted more than three hours, units of the brigade captured three nameless heights, breaking through the encirclement. The enemy, trying with all his might to push back the Marines and close the encirclement again, launched air strikes at the battalions and continuously attacked positions with several infantry regiments reinforced by tanks. Having failed to achieve success with a simultaneous attack on all three heights, the Germans launched an attack on the defense area of ​​the 1st battalion on October 4 (commander captain-lieutenant P. A. Sklyarov). Only at the cost of huge losses did the enemy manage to break into the heights.

Marine units that took part in breaking the siege of Leningrad in January 1943.

Marine units that took part in the complete lifting of the siege of Leningrad in 1944

On January 12, 1943, the troops of the 67th Army of the Leningrad Front (commanded by Major General M.P. Dukhanov) and the troops of the 2nd Shock Army of the Volkhov Front under the command of Lieutenant General B.Z. Romanovsky simultaneously went on the offensive. As a result of seven days of fighting, having broken through the enemy's fortified defense zone up to 14 km deep and crossed the Neva, the advancing armies united on January 18 in the area of ​​Workers' Villages No. 5 and No. 1, breaking through the blockade of Leningrad.

The 55th and 73rd naval rifle brigades took part in this operation. The 55th brigade of Colonel F.A. Burmistrov, together with the 34th separate ski brigade of Colonel Ya.F. Potekhin, overcoming stubborn enemy resistance, reached the Staro-Ladoga Canal and cut off the retreat route for the Shlisselburg garrison.

The 73rd brigade under the command of Colonel I.N. Burakovsky (later the brigade was commanded by Colonel N.V. Simonov), reinforced by two divisions of rocket launchers, a mortar regiment, tank and engineer battalions, with the support of artillery and aviation, advanced in the Tortolovo, Mishkino sector as part of the 2nd Shock Army. By the beginning of 1944, favorable conditions had developed for an offensive near Leningrad and Novgorod. The forces of the Leningrad and 2nd Baltic Fronts, in close cooperation with the Baltic Fleet, Ladoga and Onega military flotillas, carried out the Leningrad-Novgorod strategic operation with the goal of completely lifting the blockade of Leningrad. On January 14, 1944, the troops of the Leningrad Front went on the offensive from the Oranienbaum bridgehead to Ropsha, and on January 15 - from Leningrad to Krasnoye Selo.

On the night of January 27, the 90th SD with the 46th Tank Regiment broke into the regional center of Volosovo. On January 26, after stubborn fighting, the 42nd Army of the Leningrad Front liberated the Gatchina railway junction.

On the same day, troops of the Volkhov Front occupied Tosno. Thus, the Oktyabrskaya Railway connecting Moscow with Leningrad was liberated from the enemy along its entire length, and the blockade of Leningrad was completely eliminated.

At 20:00 on January 27, 1944, 324 guns with 24 artillery salvoes saluted the valiant troops of the Leningrad Front and the sailors of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, who liberated Leningrad from the enemy blockade.

Marines played a significant role in the heroic defense of Leningrad, especially in the most difficult initial period of the Great Patriotic War. There was not a single division near Leningrad in which the sailors of the Baltic Fleet did not fight.

Until the very beginning of the Leningrad-Novgorod operation, the Marines held the height of “Mount Bell Tower”, on which in 1944 the forward command post of the commander of the 2nd Shock Army was deployed and at the beginning of the operation the commander of the Leningrad Front, Army General L. A. Govorov, was located.

The command post of the 90th Infantry Division, commanded by Colonel N. G. Lyashchenko ( former commander 73rd Separate Marine Rifle Brigade and future army general).

During the operation, two naval rifle brigades provided the flank of the 2nd Shock Army, facilitating the successful liberation of the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland from the enemy to the river. Narva.

On January 24, 1944, the 48th Separate Marine Rifle Brigade entered the battle (until 02/25/42 - the 2nd Separate Marine Brigade).

With a successful attack by the 3rd battalion on the flanks, and the 2nd battalion from the front, the brigade captured the area of ​​Novaya Burya, Nikerovo, Lopukhinka. On January 25 and 26, pursuing the retreating enemy in a western direction, it liberated Zakornovo, Voronino and a number of other settlements. On the night of January 28, the leading battalion of the brigade captured Koporye. Simultaneously with the 48th Motorized Rifle Brigade, the 71st Motorized Rifle Brigade (formerly the 5th Separate Marine Brigade) was advancing along the coast of the Gulf of Finland.

On the first day of the offensive of the 2nd Shock Army, midshipman Rybakov distinguished himself, who with a small group captured a fortified point, clearing the way for the advancing units. Platoon commander Art. Lieutenant Shevchenko secretly went to the rear of the enemy battery and threw grenades at it, which made it possible for the advancing units to move forward.

In the battle near Krasnoye Selo, in the offensive zone of the 42nd Army, sailor Pyotr Emelyanov destroyed an enemy firing point with an anti-tank grenade, which allowed the Marines to capture a German stronghold without losses. In the same battle, Guard Sergeant Major 1st Article M. M. Kuznetsov performed an immortal feat, covering with his chest the embrasure of an enemy pillbox, which was impeding the advance of the marines with his fire.

In 1944, near Leningrad, many rifle divisions were successfully commanded by former commanders of Marine Corps formations. Thus, the former commander of the 73rd Motorized Rifle Brigade, Colonel N. G. Lyashchenko, headed the 90th Infantry Division of the 2nd Shock Army, which, together with the 98th Separate Tank Regiment, successfully advanced in the main direction. By the end of January 14, units of the division captured the strong enemy strongholds of Zrekino and Gostilitsa, and on the night of January 27 they occupied the regional center and Volosovo station. Both divisions of the 123rd Rifle Corps of the 42nd Army were also commanded by former marines: the 291st SD was headed by the former commander of the 5th Separate Marine Brigade, Major General V.K. Zayonchkovsky, the 224th SD was headed by the former commander of the 73rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade Colonel F.A. Burmistrov.

Thousands of Marines gave their lives defending Leningrad. But their memory lives in the hearts of grateful city residents and is passed on from generation to generation. The exploits of the Marines live in the names of streets (Marine Corps, Paratroopers, Tipanov, Baltic Cabins) and ships, monuments and obelisks, poems and songs.

In the summer of 1942, the enemy launched a new powerful offensive in the southern direction. After fierce fighting, German troops crossed the Don and broke through to the Volga. The Battle of Stalingrad began.

The fighting on the outskirts of Stalingrad lasted more than two months, and then, in September, it unfolded directly in the city. Troops of the 62nd (commander, Lieutenant General V.I. Chuikov) and 64th (commander, Major General M.S. Shumilov) armies took part in them.

Given the importance of the Stalingrad strategic direction, the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command allocated a large number of trained reserves. From July 23 to October 1, 1942 alone, 55 rifle divisions, 7 tank corps, 9 rifle brigades and 30 tank brigades arrived at Stalingrad. Among them were naval rifle brigades.

From July 19, 1942, the 66th Naval Rifle Brigade (commanded by Colonel A.D. Derzhavin), which arrived in this sector from the Karelian Front, operated as part of the troops of the 64th Army. At the same time, the 154th Naval Rifle Brigade, previously located on the Kalinin Front, began hostilities on the right bank of the Don. It also became part of the 64th Army. Our troops, with heavy fighting, retreated to the outer perimeter of the defense of Elkha and Ivanovka. Fierce fighting broke out in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Ivanovka, Tundutovo, and Dubovyi Ravine, where the enemy sought to reach the Volga through the shortest route through Beketovka. However, Soviet troops, with stubborn defense in this sector, did not allow the enemy to break through. On August 30, in the area of ​​Tinguta and Elkhi alone, the 154th brigade under the command of Colonel A.I. Malchevsky destroyed more than 800 German soldiers and officers and knocked out 13 tanks.

In September, bloody battles for Stalingrad began. The troops of the 62nd Army, which included units of the Marine Corps, heroically fought for every street, building, and every meter of their native land.

At this time, the 92nd Rifle Brigade, which had arrived from the General Headquarters reserve (commanded by Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel M.S. Batrakov), was transferred to strengthen the 62nd Army. On September 18, the brigade entered into battle in the central part of the city. As a result of a three-day continuous battle, on September 21, units of the brigade captured an important stronghold - an elevator. 10–12 times a day, brigade units launched a counterattack, destroying the enemy with fire and bayonets.

In these battles, the squad often repelled an attack by an enemy company reinforced with tanks, while the platoon defended itself against the battalion. Sometimes there were 20–30 people left in the companies, and in the 1st company of the 4th battalion there were 17 people (commander senior lieutenant G.S. Filimonov). In just two days, this handful of brave men repelled 14 attacks, destroyed 8 tanks and more than 150 Nazis. Battalion commander Art. Lieutenant F.S. Zhukov personally destroyed 18 German soldiers. Petty Officer 2nd Article V.V. Borisoglebsky knocked out 3 tanks with an anti-tank rifle, Red Navy man V.N. Balatsin set fire to 2 tanks. Machine gunner I.V. Repin knocked out a German tank with an anti-tank rifle and destroyed 10 Nazis.

On September 27, the remnants of the 92nd brigade crossed to Golodny Island. A combined battalion was formed here, and on the night of September 30 it was sent to the area of ​​the Barrikada plant. After heavy fighting, the battalion, which still had 147 men, was transferred to the city center to reinforce the 37th Infantry Division.

All day the sailors fought off the enemy’s fierce attacks, and at night they were transported to the left bank of the Volga in the village of Rybachy. Here, having received reinforcements from Pacific sailors, the battalion again became a brigade, which entered the battle in early November.

Particularly intense battles took place in the area of ​​the Red October, Barrikada and Traktorny factories, in the defense of which the 92nd Brigade and the 308th Rifle Division took part.

While repelling numerous enemy attacks, daily air raids and artillery shelling, the ranks of the 92nd Brigade thinned out. The commander of the brigade, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel M. S. Batrakov, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel E. G. Sazonov, were seriously wounded. Command of the brigade was taken by the commander of the 3rd battalion, Captain P. A. Unzhakov. During the fighting in the Stalingrad area, the brigade destroyed 14 thousand German soldiers and officers and knocked out 70 tanks and 3 aircraft.

107 soldiers of the 92nd brigade, who most distinguished themselves in the battles for Stalingrad, were awarded orders and medals.

The heroic feat was accomplished by the Pacific sailor M. A. Panikakha. During one of the assaults in the area of ​​the factories, the Germans sent a large number of tanks against the battalion of the 883rd Infantry Regiment, in which Panikakha served. Sailor Panikakha, being in an anti-tank ditch, brought the tank close and set it on fire with a bottle of flammable mixture. A tank moving nearby changed direction and went straight towards the sailor. Panikakha picked up a bottle with a flammable mixture, but did not have time to throw it: an enemy bullet broke the bottle, the flammable mixture doused Panikha’s face and uniform. Engulfed in flames, he rose to his full height and shouted: “The Nazis must not pass!” broke the second bottle and lay on the armor of the tank. The set fire to the tank exploded.

Having lost the lead vehicle, the Germans stopped the attack and retreated. For this feat, sailor M.A. Panikakha was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree. By decree of the President of the USSR of May 5, 1990, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

During the defense of Stalingrad, a sniper movement spread among its defenders. The name of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Petty Officer 1st Article V.G. Zaitsev, who voluntarily arrived at the Stalingrad Front from the Pacific Fleet, became widely known. This famous sniper had over 200 Nazis on his combat account.

Receiving the order, Zaitsev said: “There is no land for us beyond the Volga!” These words of the Pacific Ocean sounded like an oath of all the defenders of Stalingrad.

The 154th Naval Rifle Brigade also fought heroically for Stalingrad. Soldiers - sailors, commanders and political workers of the 154th Naval Rifle Brigade throughout the defense of the city showed examples of heroism, courage and bravery. From July 25 to July 31, 1942, they destroyed about 3 thousand Nazis.

Soviet troops, in stubborn and prolonged battles in the big bend of the Don, then in the area between the Don and Volga and in Stalingrad itself, thwarted all the calculations of the German command and prepared the conditions for launching a decisive counteroffensive, which began on November 19, 1942. The Southwestern Front took part in it (commander Lieutenant General N. F. Vatutin), Stalingrad Front (commander Lieutenant General A. I. Eremenko) and the Don Front (commander Lieutenant General K. K. Rokossovsky).

In fierce battles, the troops of the fronts broke through the enemy’s defenses north-west and south of Stalingrad and, developing the offensive, surrounded 22 enemy divisions with a total number of more than 330 thousand people. The 66th and 154th naval rifle brigades fought as part of the 64th Army. Together with army formations, the Marines, overcoming the resistance of German troops, rapidly moved forward. A significant number of officers, petty officers and sailors of the Pacific and other fleets and flotillas fought as part of infantry formations and units. Only in the 2nd Guards Army of Lieutenant General R. Ya. Malinovsky, which defeated Manstein’s divisions, about 20 thousand Pacific sailors acted.

The Marines performed many feats in the battles for Stalingrad. Red Navy man Ilya Kaplunov, an armor-piercing officer of the 260th Infantry Regiment of the 86th Infantry Division (this division included about 4 thousand sailors), knocked out 5 German tanks in one battle. A shell fragment tore off his leg, but even while dying he continued to fire from an anti-tank rifle and knocked out three more tanks. After that, having been wounded in the arm, he knocked out the ninth tank.

For this feat, sailor I.M. Kaplunov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

“I have repeatedly been in hot battles,” wrote the former chief of staff of the 2nd Guards Army, Marshal of the Soviet Union S.S. Biryuzov, “and I have never seen anything like this. The Pacific sailors acted especially heroically. Many of them threw off their peacoats and, wearing only their vests, with grenades in their hands, rushed at the fascist tanks.”

For the courage and heroism shown in the battle for Stalingrad, the 66th Naval Rifle Brigade was reorganized into the 11th Guards Naval Rifle Brigade, and the 154th Separate Naval Rifle Brigade into the 15th Guards Naval Rifle Brigade. Thousands of Marines were awarded orders and medals.

The courage and perseverance of Soviet soldiers, including about 100 thousand sailors, were one of the main factors that ensured victory over the Nazi invaders in the fierce battle on the Volga, which marked the beginning of a radical change in the course of the Great Patriotic War.

Actions of the 42nd and 92nd separate rifle brigades in the southern part of Stalingrad on September 18–20, 1942.

Note. 1. To staff the 42nd and 92nd separate rifle brigades, the White Sea Naval Base allocated four battalions with a total strength of 3123 people. (TsVMA. F. 2941. Op. 2. D. 22. L. 408–427; D. 23. L. 24–44); 2. The Marine Corps of the Northern Fleet allocated 3299 people. ( Kabanov S. I. The battlefield is the shore. M. Voenizdat, 1977. pp. 147–148; Pavlovsky G. Oath in the heart // Guarding the Arctic. 1972. March 11. S. 2.

Defensive actions of the 2nd Guards Army on December 12–13, 1942 in the Stalingrad strategic offensive operation

Combat actions of marine units in the Stalingrad strategic offensive operation January 10 - February 2, 1943

Combat actions of the Marine Corps in the operation to break the blockade of Leningrad, January 12–30, 1943.

In the first period of the war, Marine formations and units fought on many fronts, including Karelian. This front included 11 naval rifle brigades. Of these, the 12th, 63rd, 254th, which later became a marine brigade, and the 72nd brigade defended the Arctic. The remaining seven brigades - 61st, 65th, 66th, 67th, 77th, 80th and 85th - fought in the forests of Karelia. The 61st brigade, under the command of Major General I.K. Konyshev, operated as part of the troops of the Massel operational group (commanded by Major General G.A. Veshchezersky). In January 1942, the brigade advanced in extremely difficult weather conditions, with frost of 25–30 degrees and snow drifts. The sailors walked waist-deep in snow, carrying machine guns and mortars. Despite these unfavorable conditions, the brigade defeated the Finnish regiment and occupied important enemy strongholds at heights 142.2; 142.4 and 146.7.

Brigade engineer Major N.V. Ogarkov, later Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union, did a lot of work to create a strong defense of the formation. Until June 1942, the 61st Brigade fought as part of the 32nd Army, and then, until February 1944, as part of the 26th Army. For excellent military operations, 469 soldiers of the brigade were awarded orders and medals.

On January 14, 1942, as part of the troops of the Medvezhyegorsk operational group, the 66th Naval Rifle Brigade (commander - Captain 1st Rank D. G. Zhmakin) fought. The brigade was faced with the task of defeating a group of Finnish troops and helping the 993rd Infantry Regiment get out of encirclement in the Khizh-Ozero area. In five-day battles, the formation destroyed more than 1,500 enemy soldiers and officers and completed its combat mission.

Hundreds of soldiers and officers were awarded high government awards.

In September 1942, a reconnaissance group of the 67th Marine Rifle Brigade under the command of Senior Lieutenant Suslov skillfully operated deep behind enemy lines. The scouts traveled more than 70 km in boats and over 100 km along forest paths. With sudden attacks they destroyed several enemy observation posts and communications centers and captured four prisoners. Upon returning, the group repeatedly engaged in battle with numerically superior enemy forces.

For the exemplary performance of the combat mission, the brave reconnaissance officers were awarded government awards. The Order of Lenin was received by Sergeant N. Ilyin, the Order of the Red Banner - Art. Lieutenant Suslov, foremen 2 articles V. Alekseev, Blinov, A. Kovalev and A. Khacheturyan. The Order of the Red Star was awarded to Petty Officer 2nd Article A. Alekseev, sailor O. Vasilevsky and others.

There were also failures. The 65th naval brigade under the command of Colonel F.I. Korobko operated as part of the Massel operational group. On January 5, 1942, units of the brigade, without preliminary preparation, straight from the march, began an attack on the village of Velikaya Guba, although this was not dictated by the conditions of the situation.

As a result, the brigade's units ended up in minefields and, having suffered heavy losses from enemy fire, retreated to their original positions across the Lisya Oya River. For four days the brigade fought unsuccessfully. By this time the artillery had not yet arrived. The experience of combat operations in wooded and swampy areas was not taken into account, which led to significant losses. After these unsuccessful battles, the brigade command made the necessary conclusions. And subsequently, its battalions under the command of Captain O.P. Antanyan, Majors A.S. Sidorenko, V.I. Bozhek, G.I. Shekaev, G.F. Kovalev and I.I. Mankov fought dozens of successful battles.

Since February 14, 1942, the 72nd Naval Rifle Brigade (commanded by Colonel V.N. Molozhaev) heroically fought as part of the 14th Army of the Karelian Front. The brigade fought in the Arctic at the border of the Zapadnaya Litsa River. From February 14 to November 23, 1942, its units destroyed about 2,800 enemy soldiers and officers and captured many prisoners. For the courage and perseverance of the personnel shown in battle, for the exemplary fulfillment of command assignments, the 72nd Naval Rifle Brigade was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. On the isthmus between Lakes Onega and Lake Ladoga, at the turn of the Svir River, as part of the troops of the 7th Separate Army (commanded by Army General K. A. Meretskov), the 55th (commander Colonel F.A. Burmistrov) and the 69th ( commander captain 1st rank S. B. Verkhovsky), 70th (commander Colonel P. D. Anfimov) infantry and 73rd (commander Colonel I. Burakovsky) naval rifle brigades.

The 70th Naval Rifle Brigade (commanded by Colonel P.D. Anfimov), mainly consisting of sailors from the Pacific Fleet and the Amur Flotilla, fought courageously and steadfastly on Svir. It was part of the 7th Separate Army and occupied the defense on the line of the Svir River from Karelka to Lake Ladoga.

In March 1942, the 68th, 76th and 81st naval rifle brigades operated as part of the 3rd Guards Rifle Corps of the 56th Army in the Taganrog offensive operation.

During this operation, on March 22, about four enemy regiments, supported by more than 100 tanks, struck the battle formations of the 76th Motorized Rifle Brigade (commanded by Captain 4th Rank B.N. Apostoli). Units of the brigade and units of the 339th Infantry Division, which arrived to relieve the brigade, fought fierce battles for five hours. On this day they destroyed 52 German tanks.

After a three-day battle, the 76th brigade, together with other formations, went over to the defense in the zone of the Sadovsky, Dakhnov, Buzipovka farms (near Rostov-on-Don). At this line, the brigade, reinforced by two artillery battalions, fought heavy battles, repelling attacks from numerically superior enemy forces.

The defensive operation in the North Caucasus began on July 25, 1942 at the turn of the river. Don in the strip from the village of Verkhnekurmoyarskaya to the mouth of the river, when the enemy, with the support of aviation and artillery, launched Operation Edelweiss.

The battle for the Caucasus covered a significant area North Caucasus and the Black Sea coast. Despite the heroic resistance of the Soviet troops, by the fall of 1942, German troops managed to achieve major successes. In the Mozdok area, in the direction of the advance of German troops, formations and units of the Northern Group of Forces of the Transcaucasian Front occupied the defense. They included the 62nd separate naval rifle brigade under the command of Colonel S.P. Kudinov, which arrived from the Northwestern Front on September 2, 1942.

On September 10, 140 German tanks and several infantry battalions, after 45 minutes of artillery preparation, launched an offensive against the battle formations of the 62nd Motorized Rifle Brigade. Having offered stubborn resistance to the enemy, the brigade's units repelled all of his attacks. Having lost several dozen tanks, the Germans were forced to abandon further attacks on Mozdok and Kizlyar. The 62nd Motorized Rifle Brigade, having transferred the defense sector near Mozdok to the 417th Infantry Division, was transferred to the Malgobek area, where, starting from September 27, it repelled attacks from enemy mechanized units.

At this time, events in the Suar Gorge near the village of Mayramadag, located 12 km from the city of Ordzhonikidze, began to take on a dramatic character.

The brigade received the task of closing the entrance to the gorge, where a company of machine gunners was sent, consisting mainly of Caspian sailors under the command of Lieutenant E. Mirza-Tuniev. The enemy sent a reinforced regiment against the sailors. However, neither artillery fire nor fierce infantry attacks could break the resistance of the Marines.

In November 1942, the 62nd Motorized Rifle Brigade, together with formations of the 11th Rifle Corps, fought in the Gisel area in Ordzhonikidze. For the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command, especially in the Ordzhonikidze region, for valor and courage, the 62nd Separate Naval Rifle Brigade was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. The illustrious formation took part in the liberation of more than 50 settlements, including Zmeyskoye, Prokhladnoye and Mineral water.

In the battles near Moscow, on the North-Western Front and during the defense of the Caucasus, 5,838 soldiers, commanders and political workers of the brigade died the death of heroes, 382 people were awarded orders and medals. The most difficult trials for the Marines fell in July 1942, when the enemy, having broken through the defenses, tried to encircle and destroy the troops of the Southern Front, pressing them to the Sea of ​​Azov. The command of the 56th Army, which covered the withdrawal of Soviet units, sent naval rifle brigades to the most critical areas, where special courage, heroism and sacrifice were required.

On July 22, the enemy tank group, breaking through the defenses, rushed towards Rostov. Batteries of the 14th separate naval division of guards mortars were advanced towards it, which, despite enemy air strikes, fired two salvos. The fire of the batteries was corrected by junior political instructor A. Abyzov. By evening, 50 German tanks appeared. Having no time to change the observation post, the political instructor called fire from rocket mortars on himself. As a result, up to ten enemy tanks were destroyed, the rest retreated.

Under the pressure of superior enemy forces, the troops of the Southern Front retreated to the foothills of the Caucasus. In these difficult conditions, the Marine Corps units stubbornly resisted the German troops at every line.

The 81st Naval Rifle Brigade under the command of Colonel P.K. Bogdanovich retreated to the southeast in battle. For steadfastness and courage in battles on intermediate lines, the Military Council of the 12th Army, in an order dated August 1, expressed gratitude to all personnel and presented the brigade with a government award. At the end of December 1942, the 81st Naval Rifle Brigade was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. The first battles for Novorossiysk showed the feasibility of using marines as part of brigades, since such an organizational structure made it possible to most effectively carry out the combat use of this type of force.

From September 25 to 29, 1942, the 83rd separate marine brigade under the command of Colonel M.P. Kravchenko and the 255th separate marine brigade under the command of Colonel D.V. Gordeev were the first to go on the offensive. Having broken through the enemy's defenses, they defeated the Romanian mountain rifle division. In these battles, the 144th separate marine corps battalion of the Tuapse naval base under the command of Lieutenant Commander A.I. Vostrikov and the 305th separate marine corps battalion under Lieutenant Commander A.S. Sherman showed particular valor. Pursuing the enemy, the brigades liberated several settlements, captured 25 guns, 30 mortars, 150 machine guns, 600 rifles and other trophies.

In October, when there was a threat of the enemy reaching the sea north of Tuapse and capturing the city, the 83rd and 255th infantry brigade infantry regiments were urgently transferred to this area. The Marines blocked the German troops' path to Tuapse, and then, going on the offensive, defeated several of its regiments and stabilized the situation on this section of the front. Subsequently, the brigades took part in battles on Malaya Zemlya, in the liberation of the Taman Peninsula and Crimea, crossed the Dniester estuary and, together with the Danube flotilla, fought to Austria, participated in the liberation of Bratislava, Budapest, Vienna and dozens of other cities. For military merits, the 83rd Separate Marine Rifle Brigade was twice awarded the Order of the Red Banner, as well as the Order of Suvorov and was awarded the honorary name of Novorossiysk-Danube, and the 255th Separate Marine Rifle Brigade received the name Tamanskaya and was twice awarded the Order of the Red Banner, and also the orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov. The tenacity with which the Marines fought in the Caucasus can be judged by the report of the commander of one of the German divisions to his command: “...with the appearance of Soviet sailors, fierce resistance must be expected. The sailors are morally stable and play the role of detachments here...”

In August 1942, the 84th Naval Rifle Brigade under the command of Lieutenant Colonel B.K. Pavlov was transferred to the Caucasus. In September, one of the brigade's battalions defeated the advance detachment of a German tank division in five-day battles and occupied several settlements, including the Terek railway station. At the same time, the brigade's scouts, operating behind enemy lines, drove more than 5 thousand head of cattle across the front line. In October, the brigade battalion eliminated the breakthrough of German troops northwest of Ordzhonikidze and stopped its advance. At the same time, the sailors knocked out seven tanks. From December to March, the 84th Brigade participated in the Soviet offensive, acting as an advance detachment. On January 11, 1943, the Marines were the first to break into Mineralnye Vody, and on January 19, after a fierce battle with the enemy, they stormed Nevinnomyssk, where they captured 26 guns, trains with weapons and food, a lot of equipment and prisoners. On the night of February 4, the 84th Naval Rifle Brigade broke into the city of Kropotkin.

Thus, the formations and units of the marine corps and naval rifle brigades created in the summer and autumn of 1941 passed a glorious battle path. They helped the ground forces not only survive on the defensive, but also create favorable conditions for launching a decisive offensive.

61st MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(12/27/41–2/20/44, directed towards the formation of the 83rd Infantry Division)

COMMANDER

KONYSHEV Ivan Kuzmich, Major General of the Coastal Service - 11/13/41–4/9/42.

KRIVOLAPOV Grigory Arkhipovich, colonel - 9–28.4.42.

BELOSKURSKI Mikhail Alekseevich, colonel - 3.1–28.5.43.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

BORODIN Semyon Alexandrovich, regimental commissar - 11/13/41–10/15/42.

BORODIN Semyon Aleksandrovich, regimental commissar, colonel - 10/15/42–5/15/43.

CHIEF OF STAFF

ALEXANOV Vyacheslav Pavlovich, captain 3rd rank - 11/13/41–6/9/42.

GONCHAROV Dmitry Timofeevich, lieutenant colonel - 3.1–28.5.43.

BRIGADE ARTILLERY COMMANDER

NESMACHNOY Dmitry Ivanovich, lieutenant colonel - 7/18/42–5.43.

62nd SEPARATE MARINE RED Banner (12/13/42) RIFLE BRIGADE

(11.12.41–21.1.42; 2.2.42–8.7.43, aimed at the formation of the 257th Infantry Division)

COMMANDER

ROGOV Vasily Mikhailovich, colonel - 3.11.41–5.4.42, died.

KUDINOV Serafim Pavlovich, lieutenant colonel, colonel - 5.4.42–11.42.

LASKIN Grigory Osipovich, colonel - 12.42–25.2.43.

TSIPEL Abram Solomonovich, lieutenant colonel - 25.2–5.3.43.

MONAKHOV Semyon Filippovich, brigade commander, major general - 10.3.43–7.43.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

BESSER David Isaakovich, battalion commissar, senior battalion commissar, regimental commissar - 12.41–15.10.42.

DEPUTY COMMANDER FOR POLITICAL SECTION

BESSER David Isaakovich, regimental commissar, colonel - 10/15/42–6.43.

ZAKHAVKO D., senior political instructor, battalion commissar - 12.41–7.3.42.

POGROMSKY, battalion commissar, senior battalion commissar, lieutenant colonel - 7.3.42–17.4.43.

BELOGUROV, major, lieutenant colonel - 17.4.43–6.43.

CHIEF OF STAFF

SELIVANOV Akim Alekseevich, captain - 5.11.41–12.41.

KUDINOV Serafim Pavlovich, major, lieutenant colonel - 12/14/41–4/5/42.

GURDZHI Boris Rafailovich, captain, major, lieutenant colonel - 20.4.42–6.43.

64th MARINE RED Banner (3.5.42) RIFLE BRIGADE

(27.12.41–17.6.42, reorganized into the 82nd Infantry Division)

COMMANDER

SKOROKHVATOV Boris Ivanovich, captain 2nd rank - 1.41–3.12.41.

CHISTYAKOV Ivan Mikhailovich, colonel - 3.12.41–1.42.

KULESHOV Andrey Danilovich, colonel - 1.42–3.42.

ELIN Ivan Pavlovich, lieutenant colonel - 6.43.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

TULINOV Vasily Ivanovich, regimental commissar - 11.41–12.41.

SEVASTYANOV Georgy Yakovlevich, regimental commissar - 12.41–4.42.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

SMIRNOV G.M., regimental commissar - 11.41–6.12.41, died.

GLAGOLEV, battalion commissar - 1.42–4.42.

CHIEF OF STAFF

GORBACHEV Z.K., major - 12.41.

65th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(28.12.41–20.2.44, directed towards the formation of the 176th Infantry Division)

COMMANDER

KOROBKO Fedor Ivanovich, colonel - 11/10/41–6/24/42; 14.8.42–1.6.43.

SHIKITA A. A, lieutenant colonel - 26.6–14.8.42.

KAVERIN Alexey Grigorievich, colonel - 10.6.43–2.44.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

IVANOV Vsevolod Ivanovich, battalion commissar - 11/10/41–4/3/42.

EVSEEV Anatoly Vasilievich, battalion commissar, senior battalion commissar - 3.4–15.10.42.

DEPUTY COMMANDER FOR POLITICAL SECTION

EVSEEV Anatoly Vasilievich, senior battalion commissar, lieutenant colonel - 10/15/42–6.43.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

EPIFANOV Pavel Vasilievich, battalion commissar, senior battalion commissar, lieutenant colonel - 10.13.41–9.12.42.

TALANOV Ivan Ivanovich, senior battalion commissar, lieutenant colonel - 12/9/42–2.44.

CHIEF OF STAFF

KHAMITOV, lieutenant - 11.41–12.41.

FEAR, captain - 12.41–1.42.

KOROLEV Petr Anisimovich, major, lieutenant colonel - 1.42–3.42.

KOBZAR Y. S., major, lieutenant colonel - 3.42–14.1.43.

LAVRENTYEV Dmitry Sergeevich, lieutenant colonel - 18.1–13.6.43.

SIROTIN Alexander Yakovlevich, major, lieutenant colonel - 13.6.43–2.44.

CHIEF OF THE ARTILLERY OF THE BRIGADE

STUNZHAS S. Yu., lieutenant colonel - 2.42.

66th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(27.12.41–4.3.43, reorganized into the 11th Guards Naval Rifle Brigade)

11th GUARDS MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(4.3–8.10.43, aimed at the formation of the 19th Guards Rifle Division)

COMMANDER

ZHMAKIN Dmitry Georgievich, captain 1st rank - 10/1/41–30/3/42.

DERZHAVIN Alexander Dmitrievich, lieutenant colonel, colonel - 30.3.42–6.43.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

LOMONOSOV Mikhail Petrovich, battalion commissar, senior battalion commissar - 12.41–15.10.42.

DEPUTY COMMANDER FOR POLITICAL SECTION

LOMONOSOV Mikhail Petrovich, senior battalion commissar, lieutenant colonel - 10/15/42–6.43.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

VYKHOVENETS, senior political instructor - 12.41–2.42.

BELOMOITSEV Konstantin Vasilievich, 12.42–6.43.

LOMONOSOV Mikhail Petrovich, lieutenant colonel - 6.43–10.43.

CHIEF OF STAFF

SUCHKOV Ivan Fedorovich, major - 1.11.41–26.7.42, died.

PIKHOVICH Nikolai Mikhailovich, major - 26.7.42–1.43.

GORBUNOV Leonid Fedorovich, major - 26.1.43–5.43.

GERASCHENKO Sergey Nikolaevich, colonel - 5/26/43.

67th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(2.1.42–20.4.43, reorganized into the 45th Infantry Division)

COMMANDER

PRYANISHNIKOV Mikhail Vasilievich, colonel - 12.41–5.42.

SYEDIN, lieutenant colonel, colonel - 8.42–2. 43.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

NOVIKOV N.F., regimental commissar - 12.41–26.4.42, wounded.

ORLOV, senior battalion commissar - 4.42–9.42.

KUPRIYANOV, brigade commissar.

CHIEF OF STAFF

ZHIGALOV, lieutenant colonel - 4.42–10.42.

OSKIN, major - 12.42.

BELOUS Ivan Polikarpovich, lieutenant colonel - 2.43–4.43.

CHIEF OF THE ARTILLERY OF THE BRIGADE

LOMAKIN V., lieutenant colonel - 8.42–2.43.

CHIEF OF STAFF ARTILLERY

BILOONOV, senior lieutenant - 8.42–12.42.

68th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(31.1.42–2.4.43, directed towards the formation of the 29th Infantry Division)

COMMANDER

IVANOV Georgy Alekseevich, captain 2nd rank - 9.11.41–4.42.

KARPELYUK Andrey Iosifovich, colonel - 4.12.–2.4.43.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

PAVLOV Alexander Sergeevich, regimental commissar - 9.11.41–3.42.

KUPIN, senior battalion commissar - 3.42–4.42.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

NIKITIN, battalion commissar - 11.41.

69th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(10.1.42–15.11.44, reorganized into the 69th Mountain Rifle Brigade)

COMMANDER

VERKHOVSKY Sergey Borisovich, captain 1st rank - 11.41–2.2.43.

ZAPIRICH Yakov Yakovlevich, colonel - 2.43–11.43.

EVMENOV Efim Grigorievich, colonel - 11.43.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

SHVEDOV Ivan Ivanovich, regimental commissar - 11.41–10.10.42.

DEPUTY COMMANDER FOR POLITICAL SECTION

SHVEDOV Ivan Ivanovich, regimental commissar, colonel - 10.10.42–5.43.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

PROTSKO Mark Alekseevich, battalion commissar, major, lieutenant colonel - 2.11.41–1.44.

CHIEF OF STAFF

BASHIROV, major - 12.41–5.6.42.

EFIMOV, lieutenant colonel - 15.6.42–1.43.

SHUKHOV, lieutenant colonel - 1.43–11.43.

70th MARINE RED Banner (2.7.44) RIFLE BRIGADE

(12/30/41–11/15/44, reorganized into the 70th Mountain Infantry Brigade)

COMMANDER

ANFIMOV Petr Dmitrievich, colonel - 2.11.41–3.7.43.

BLACK Alexander Vasilievich, lieutenant colonel, colonel - 3.7.43–15.11.44.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

PERELMAN Abram Anisimovich, regimental commissar - 2.11.41–10.10.42.

DEPUTY COMMANDER FOR POLITICAL SECTION

PERELMAN Abram Anisimovich, regimental commissar, colonel - 10.10.42–6.43.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

LAVSKY Vasily Fedorovich, senior political instructor, battalion commissar, senior battalion commissar, major - 11/27/41–12/8/42.

SAFRONOV, lieutenant colonel - 12.12.42–28.3.43.

SUROV V. A, major, lieutenant colonel - 12.4.43–8.44.

CHIEF OF STAFF

NIKIFOROV, major - 12.41–4.42.

LIKHACHEV, major - 4.42–7.42, acting.

BLACK Alexander Vasilievich, major, lieutenant colonel - 7.42–29.6.43.

AKULOV, lieutenant colonel - 29.6.43–8.43.

ROMASHEV, major - 5.44.

BUNAKOV S. Y., major - 5.44–12.44.

CHIEF (COMMANDER) OF ARTILLERY

NIKITIN, lieutenant colonel - 5.43–7.43.

71st SEPARATE MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(12/27/41, reorganized into the 2nd Guards Rifle Brigade)

COMMANDER

BEZVERKHOV Yakov Petrovich, brigade commander, colonel.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

BOBROV Evgeniy Vasilievich, regimental commissar.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

NIKIFOROV Nikolay Vasilievich, senior political instructor.

CHIEF OF STAFF

YEVTUSHENKO Stepan Averyanovich, lieutenant colonel.

RYABTSEV Ivan Kuzmich - 11.41–12.1.42, wounded.

KARASEVICH Konstantin Viktorovich - 12.1–24.3.42.

72nd SEPARATE MARINE RED Banner (31.9.44) RIFLE BRIGADE

(former 72nd separate rifle brigade, 6.2.42–15.11.44, reorganized into the 72nd Red Banner separate mountain rifle brigade)

COMMANDER

MOLOZHAEV Vasily Nikolaevich, colonel - 11.41.

SHAROV A.F., lieutenant colonel, colonel - 3.43–3.44.

AMVROSOV Ivan Prokopievich, colonel - 3.44–29.3.45, killed.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

TYURENKO Semyon Makarovich, battalion commissar, senior battalion commissar, lieutenant colonel - 5.11.41–3.42.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

PETROV Sergey Mikhailovich, battalion commissar - 5.11.41–24.4.42.

KOVBASA I., battalion commissar, lieutenant colonel - 4.42–4.43.

CHIEF OF STAFF

DANILOV, major, lieutenant colonel - 11.41–9.42.

MANAKOV Anatoly, major - 9.42–11.42.

73rd SEPARATE MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(former 73rd Rifle Brigade, 13.4.42–5.9.43, disbanded)

COMMANDER

ROGOV Nikolay Vasilievich, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel - 11.41–7.42.

BURAKOVSKY Ivan Nikolaevich, colonel - 7.42–20.1.43.

SIMONOV, colonel - 1.43–2.43.

LYASCHENKO Nikolay Grigorievich, colonel - 25.2–12.5.43.

ROMANENKO Petr Loginovich, colonel - 5.43–20.8.43.

BURMISTROV Fedor Antonovich, colonel - 20.8.43–9.43.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

POPOV Alexander Alexandrovich, regimental commissar - 11.41–5.42.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

KONOKHOV Dmitry Petrovich, senior political instructor, battalion commissar - 3.42–15.10.42.

MARTYNENKO, regimental commissar - 10.42–12.42.

CHIEF OF STAFF

YAIROV Valentin Mikhailovich, lieutenant colonel.

ZAPIRICH Yakov Yakovlevich, lieutenant colonel - 3.42–5.42.

BASHIROV, colonel - 11.42–4.2.43.

PLAVINSKY Nikolai Ivanovich, major - 4.2–23.8.43.

VLADIMIROV, colonel - 23.8.43–9.43.

74th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(27.12.41–2.6.42, reorganized into the 292nd Infantry Division)

COMMANDER

LISHENKOV Stepan Vasilievich, brigade commander, colonel - 10.41–5.42.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

DAVYDOV S. G., senior battalion commissar, vrid.

BIBERIN S. G., regimental commissar, died on 3.42.

CHIEF OF STAFF

BALSEVICH M.I., lieutenant colonel, died on 3.42.

75th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(27.12.41–5.1.42; 30.1–18.3.42, reorganized into the 3rd Guards Rifle Brigade, 21.5.42 reorganized into the 27th Guards Rifle Division)

COMMANDER

SUKHIASHVILI Konstantin Davidovich, captain 1st rank - 11/17/41–3/18/42.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

MURAVYEV Anatoly Alekseevich, divisional commissioner - 12.41–13.3.42.

NIKOLSKY N.S., battalion commissar - 11–18.3.42.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

NIKOLSKY Nikolai Sergeevich, battalion commissar - 12.41–11.3.42.

BATENIN I., battalion commissar - 11–18.3.42.

CHIEF OF STAFF

KULIKOV Mikhail Mikhailovich, major - 11.24.41–5.42.

76th SEPARATE MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(31.1.42–2.4.43, directed towards the formation of the 23rd Infantry Division)

COMMANDER

APOSTOLI Boris Nikolaevich, captain 1st rank - 7.11.41–3.42.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

STOGOV Sergey Alexandrovich, regimental commissar - 7.11.41–3.42.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

MIKHAILOV, battalion commissar.

CHIEF OF STAFF

TSVETKOV A.I., captain 2nd rank - 7.11.41–3.42.

77th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(6.2.42–3.6.44, reorganized into the 341st Infantry Division)

COMMANDER

KAPANADZE Seid Avvakumovich, captain 2nd rank - 11/15/41–4/22/42.

SALTYKOV German Aleksandrovich, colonel - 22.4.42–16.6.43.

KARASEV Petr Dmitrievich, colonel - 16.6.43–1.44.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

PAVLINSKY, regimental commissar.

CHIEF OF STAFF

Evgeniy Vasilievich KORSHUNOV, major - 11/15/41–5.42.

DMITRIEV Sergey Petrovich, lieutenant colonel - 28.5.42–7.42.

BELOUS Ivan Polikarpovich, lieutenant colonel - 23.7.42–10.42.

EVDOKIMOV Ivan Ivanovich, major - 10.30.42–12.43.

GALKIN major - 12.43–1.44.

78th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(12/27/41–6/15/42, reorganized into the 318th Mountain Rifle Division)

COMMANDER

CHERVINSKY Alexander Feliksovich, colonel - 11.41–11.41.

MIKHAILOV Irodion Antonovich, colonel - 11/10/41–3.42.

EGOROV Nikolay Alekseevich, colonel - 3.42–6.42.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

GAISINEI, regimental commissar - 8.11.41.

79th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(former 79th separate rifle brigade, 3.2.42–30.7.42, 29.6.43 reorganized into the 221st rifle division)

COMMANDER

POTAPOV Alexey Stepanovich, major, colonel - 11.41–1.7.42.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

SLESAREV Ivan Andreevich, regimental commissar - 11.41–9.6.42, wounded.

KOSTYAKHIN Semyon Ivanovich, senior battalion commissar - 9.6.42–4.7.42, received a shell shock, was captured by the Nazis and, after brutal torture, was shot.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

LEONOV - 12.41–1.42.

KOSTYAKHIN Semey Ivanovich, senior battalion commissar - 1.42–9.6.42.

CHIEF OF STAFF

MOROZOV Ivan Alekseevich, major - 11.41–27.2.42, mortally wounded.

SAKHAROV Vasily Pavlovich, major - 27.2–24.6.42, seriously wounded.

80th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(17.1.42–20.2.44, directed towards the formation of the 176th Infantry Division)

COMMANDER

KARANDASOV Petr Lukyanovich, captain 2nd rank - 4.11.41–16.11.41.

LYUBIMOV Sergey Alekseevich, colonel - 11/16/41–5.42.

ALEXEEV Konstantin Alekseevich, lieutenant colonel - 25.5.42–10.42.

CHUKARIN Leonid Yakovlevich, lieutenant colonel, colonel - 10.42–1.44.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

MURAVYEV Alexey Timofeevich, divisional commissioner - 11/19/41–6.42.

GORCHAKOV, senior battalion commissar - 3.6–15.10.42.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

AFANASYEV Stepan Ivanovich, senior political instructor - 11.41–1.42.

MESHALKIN Ivan Petrovich, senior battalion commissar - 3.2.42–10.42.

CHIEF OF STAFF

DZRIEMISHVILI Alexander Pavlovich, major - 11.41–2.42.

MAVRODI Nikolai Grigorievich, lieutenant colonel - 2.42–4.42.

POMOYNITSKY Kirill Evstratievich, colonel - 4.42–9.43.

RADIZHEVSKY, major - 10.43–1.44.

81st MARINE RED Banner (12/13/42) RIFLE BRIGADE

(6.2.42–10.10.43, reorganized into the 335th Red Banner Guards Regiment of the 117th Guards Rifle Division)

COMMANDER

EGOROV Nikolay Alekseevich, colonel - 11.41–3.42.

MIKHAILOV Irodion Antonovich, colonel - 3.42–3.42.

BOGDANOVICH Pyotr Konstantinovich, colonel - 3.42–7.42, wounded.

NESTEROV Pavel Ilyich, colonel - 2.43–10.43.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

NESTEROV Pavel Ilyich, regimental commissar - 10.41–15.10.42

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

KARETNIKOV, battalion commissar - 2.42–5.42.

SHARAPOV, major - 8.43–10.43.

CHIEF OF STAFF

FADEEV, colonel - 9.43.

84th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(former 84th Infantry Brigade, 12/27/41–1/21/42; 2/2/42–8/23/43, transferred to the formation of the 227th Infantry Division)

COMMANDER

MOLEV Vasily Andreevich, colonel - 9.11–15.12.41, died.

KOZYR Maxim Evseevich, Major General - 12/16/41–7/24/42.

PAVLOV Boris Konstantinovich, lieutenant colonel - 24.7.42–7.1.43.

VOLOSHIN Fedor Fedorovich, colonel - 7.1.43–7.43.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

VEZHLETSOV, senior political instructor - 2.11.41–1.42.

BORODIN S. A., battalion commissar, regimental commissar.

ANDREEV V.S., regimental commissar - 2.42.

GOTLEBER V., regimental commissar - 2.42–3.42.

HEAD OF POLITICAL DEPARTMENT

MOLOKANOV, senior political instructor.

CHIEF OF STAFF

DMITRIEV Grigory Konstantinovich, major - 11/13–12/24/41.

ZAKURENKOV Nikolay Kuzmich, lieutenant colonel - 12/24/41–10/22/42.

ULANOVSKY Benedikt Yakovlevich, major - 10/22/42–1/21/43.

MUSATOV Igor Evgenievich, lieutenant colonel - 21.1.43–7.43.

85th MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(former 85th Infantry Brigade, 12.1.42–20.2.44, converted to form the 83rd Infantry Division)

COMMANDER

VDOVICHENKO Dmitry Danilovich, rear admiral - 11/16/41–4.42.

LITVINOV Fedor Ivanovich, lieutenant colonel - 4.42–6.42.

SOLDATOV Nikolay Kirillovich, lieutenant colonel - 6/27/42–9.42.

SKLOVSKY Anatoly Vasilievich, colonel - 28.9.42–8.43.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

DEVYASHIN, senior political instructor, battalion commissar - 12.41–3.42.

CHIEF OF STAFF

BORISENKO Nikolay Pavlovich, major - 4.11.41–3.42.

SERGEEV Lev Lvovich, lieutenant colonel - 20.5.42–11.42.

LAZAREV Alexander Kuzmich, lieutenant colonel - 12.21.42–8.43.

1st MOSCOW SEPARATE DETACHMENT OF SAILORS

(23.10–28.12.41, reorganized into the 166th Motorized Rifle Regiment)

166th SEPARATE MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(28.12.41–5.1.42, renamed the 154th Motorized Rifle Brigade)

154th SEPARATE MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(5.1.42–1.3.43, transformed into the 15th GOMSBR)

15th SEPARATE GUARDS MARINE RIFLE BRIGADE

(1.3–8.10.43, aimed at the formation of the 119th Guards Rifle Division)

COMMANDER

SMIRNOV Alexander Maksimovich, colonel - 10/23/41–12/21/42.

MALCHEVSKY Alexander Ivanovich, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel - 12/21/42–3/13/43.

MILITARY COMMISSIONER

VLADIMIROV Fedor Dmitrievich, battalion commissar - 10.24.41–1.3.42, killed.

ALFEROV, battalion commissar - 1.42–4.3.42.

MOTSKIN, battalion commissar - 16.3.42.

CHIEF OF STAFF

KONONOV Vladimir Petrovich, major - 10/23/41–4/7/42.

MALININ Andrey Dmitrievich, major - 7.4–19.8.42.

ERMISHKIN Nikolai Ivanovich, lieutenant colonel - 19.8.42–13.3.43.

Typical organization of naval rifle brigades

Naval rifle brigades in the Battle of Stalingrad

Organization of the 81st Marine Red Banner Rifle Brigade during the fighting in the North Caucasus in May 1943.

Note:

1. The brigade consisted of 6,000 people.

2. The combat and numerical strength of the brigade was increased due to the disbandment of the 103rd separate rifle brigade.

Notes:

Battle chronicle of the Russian fleet. Chronicle of the most important events in the military history of the Russian fleet. St. Petersburg 1857. P. 33.

War Chronicle Navy. P. 409.

CVMA F. 2. Op. 13. D. 4. L. 139–140.

Right there. L. 172, 175.

TsAMO. F. 1876. Ol. 1. D. 1. L. 2–5, 16–17.

CVMA. F. 2. Op. 13. D. 5. L. 111.

TsAMO. F. 2132. Op. 12794. D. 11. L. 22–33.

History of the Second World War 1939–1945. T. 5. P. 206.

TsAMO F. 1867. Op. 1. D. 1. L. 3–8.

Right there. F. 2004. Op. 485448. D. 1. L. 2–4.

Right there. F. 1877. Op. 1. D. 1. L. 4–7.

Right there. F. 1877. Op. 1.D. 1.L.4–7.

Right there. F. 371. Op. 6386. D. 4. L. 284, 285; F. 1888. Op. 1. D. 2. L. 28.