General Beloborodov, whose biography is described in this article, is Russian by nationality. He was a famous Soviet military leader. Twice he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Afanasy Pavlantievich commanded the forty-third army, which liberated Vitebsk from the Germans. Participated in the assault on Koenigsberg. He rose to the rank of General of the Soviet Army. Member of the Communist Party since 1926
Family
On January 18, 1903, in the Irkutsk province, in the village of Akinino (now Baklashi), the future general, Afanasy Pavlantievich Beloborodov, was born. His family was simple, peasant. Father baptized as Palladium. But the neighbors renamed it more familiar to them - Pavlanty.
Therefore, Athanasius was recorded according to the documents under this patronymic. Mother - Lina Konstantinovna. Father - Pavlanty Dmitrievich. Athanasius was brought up in a large family. He was the youngest child. Had brothers and sister.
Childhood
Already at the age of ten, Athanasius plowed the land on his own, mowed the grass and went to the harvest. Herded cattle, knew how to recognize edible mushrooms and went fishing. Cleaned up around the house, helping his mother, and worked with the neighbor's kids.
Youth
Youth for Athanasius began with a partisan detachment, which he joined at the age of sixteen in 1919. Although he did not stay in the detachment for long, he firmly decided for himself that he would become a military man. In 1920, the partisan detachment joined the troops of the Red Army and was sent to the 8th Irkutsk Rifle Regiment of the 1st Chita Division. But soon Afanasy Pavlantievich fell seriously ill and was allowed to go home. In April 1920, he returned to his native village.
Education
In 1923 he entered the infantry school in Irkutsk. A year later, it was abolished, and Afanasy Pavlantievich ended up in the eleventh Nizhny Novgorod. Graduated at twenty-six. Then he enrolled in Leningrad for military courses. Engels. He graduated from them in 1929. Then he entered the Moscow Military Academy. Frunze. Graduated in 1936
Study has always been easy for Athanasius. Most of all he was attracted by topography and military tactics. But in mathematics, he was weak. But Athanasius understood that he needed it for a military career. And he sat down tightly for textbooks, excluding even weekends for rest.
Return to military service
The future General Beloborodov returned to the Red Army only in 1923. Since 1926, he was the commander of a rifle platoon of the 6th Khabarovsk regiment in the Siberian Military District. After completing the course, he was appointed political commissar of the rifle company of the thirty-sixth Transbaikal division in the one hundred and seventh regiment.
During the battle after the death of the company commander near the city of Chzhalaynor took commandto myself. Under his successful leadership, the railway bridge was captured. Then Afanasy Pavlantievich received his first Order of the Red Banner. Was left by the company commander.
Since 1936, the future General Beloborodov, whose photo is in this article, became an assistant chief, and then the direct head of the headquarters operational unit of the 66th division in the Far East. Since 1939, he was appointed chief of the operational staff of the thirty-first rifle corps. And since June of the same year - the forty-third corps.
In 1940 he was a corps commander. In 1941 he became the head of the combat training department on the Far Eastern Front. A few months later, in the same year, already in the rank of colonel, he commanded the 78th Infantry Division.
She was part of the sixteenth army, when the soldiers showed themselves heroically on the Western Front, in the Istra direction. And the division for courage and excellent combat training was transformed into the ninth guards. It was a very rare case when a division rose in its status so much in 3 weeks of hostilities.
The document on renaming it into the Guards was signed personally by Stalin - the People's Commissar of the Soviet Union. Iosif Vissarionovich noted the courage, courage, heroism and stamina of the entire staff. Separately, the special merits of Beloborodov were noted in the order. He was promoted to major general.
Then his division liberated the city of Istra, and in January 1942 was transferred to the Vyazemsky direction and became part of the forty-third army. Conducted military defensive operations on the Southwestern Front, on the SeverskyDonce.
Since October of the same year, General Afanasy Beloborodov took command of the 5th Guards Corps, which participated in the battles on the Kalinin Front during the Velikoluksky operation. And in 1943 he began to command the second corps, which participated in the battles in the Smolensk region and in the Nevelsko-City operation. And also in offensive battles in Belarus.
In 1944, Beloborodov, already in the position of lieutenant general, commanded the forty-third army. She broke through the enemy defenses during the Vitebsk-Orsha operation and crossed the Northern Dvina. Together with the thirty-ninth army, the Vitebsk fascist group was defeated.
In the same year, General Beloborodov commanded the forty-third army in several operations: Mamel, Polotsk, Riga and Shauliai. In 1945 he fought in East Prussia. Participated in three operations: Königsberg, Insterburg and Zemland. Since 1945, Athanasius led the first Red Banner Army. Participated in the first Far Eastern Front in the defeat of the Japanese army.
Beloborodov's troops operated on the main front and in the very first days during the offensive broke through the well-fortified Mishansky and Duninsky districts. After that, the Soviet army under the leadership of Afanasy Pavlantievich launched an offensive at a fast pace towards Harbin. After his release, Beloborodov became the head of the city garrison and the first Soviet commandant.
Post-war years
After the end of the war, General Beloborodov A. P. commanded the first Red Banner Army in the Far East. From 1946, the Fifth Guards Division in the Central Group of Forces passed under his command, and in 1947 Athanasius led the thirty-ninth army in China. In 1983, for several months, he became the head of the military training department of the ground forces. Since 1953, he was the head of the Higher Tactical Shooting Courses "Shot" named after. Shaposhnikov modernization of the officers of the SA.
Since 1954, Athanasius was appointed Chief Military Adviser of the Ministry of National Defense of Czechoslovakia. From the autumn of 1955 he commanded the troops of the Voronezh Military District, and from the spring of 1957 he headed the Main Directorate of Personnel of the USSR Ministry of Defense. In 1963 he was appointed commander of the Moscow Military District.
Beloborodov was a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU from 1966 to 1971. He was elected a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union of the third and seventh convocations.
Car accident
In the autumn of 1966, Beloborodov (general of the army) was returning from the Taman motorized rifle division and got into a car accident. His car "Seagull" crashed into an asph alt skating rink. As a result, Afanasy Pavlantievich received numerous severe injuries. He had to stay in the hospital for over a year. But then he returned to military service. And since 1968 he became a military inspector and adviser to the Group of General Inspectors of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union.
Private life
General Beloborodov Afanasy Pavlantievich got marriedon Zinaida Fedorovna Lankina. She graduated from the Pedagogical Institute and worked as a teacher of chemistry. When, on duty, Afanasy Pavlantievich, they moved to live in Port Arthur, got a job there as a director in a Russian school. Zinaida Fedorovna never complained about the nomadic life. Although we often had to live even in dugouts.
In 1930, the son Alyosha was born. Received higher education. He died at the age of seventy. The second son, Vladimir, became a candidate of economic sciences, executive secretary of the association of international organizations, enterprises and associations. Lives in Moscow. In 1941, another son, Alexander, was born to Afanasy and Zinaida Beloborodov. But the time was hard, cold and hungry, and he died in infancy. Athanasius never saw his younger son. Zinaida Fedorovna died in 1966.
Death of a general
Afanasy Pavlantyevich Beloborodov lived in Moscow. He died on September 1, 1990. According to the left will, he was buried in the Istra region, at the Snegiri Memorial Cemetery. Nearby is the mass grave of the fallen soldiers of his division, who gave their lives for the defense of Moscow.
Awards
General Beloborodov Afanasy Pavlantyevich was awarded many medals. As well as domestic orders:
- five them. Lenina;
- October Revolution;
- five Red Banners;
- Suvorov (1st and 2nd degree);
- Kutuzova (2 items);
- Patriotic War (1 item);
- For Service to the Motherland (3 items).
Thisnot all. General Afanasy Pavlantyevich Beloborodov was awarded many foreign medals. As well as orders:
- White Lion (Czechoslovakia);
- For Services to the Fatherland (German Democratic Republic);
- War Flag (Yugoslavia);
- Polar Star (Mongolia).
Eternal memory
In Irkutsk, opposite the Eternal Flame, a bust of General Beloborodov and a memorial plaque were erected. Streets in Vitebsk, Moscow, Kaliningrad, Irkutsk are named after him. An annotation board has been set up in Belarus. In the Irkutsk region, in the village. Baklash, a memorial plaque was installed and there is a museum of General Beloborodov, and a school is named after him. General Beloborodov is an honorary citizen of Istra, Irkutsk, Krasnogorsk (MO) and Vitebsk.
Unfortunately, Afanasy Pavlantyevich's home in Baklashy has not survived to this day. But his countrymen remember him to this day. And not only as a general, but also as a patron. After the war, Afanasy Pavlantievich came to his native village more than once and made a lot of efforts to restore it.
For example, the local dilapidated wooden school, thanks to the efforts of Beloborodov, was rebuilt into a brick one. In 2003, a memorial plaque was built into its facade, and the educational institution itself has long been named after the general.
