Uncle Vasya airborne who is he. Vasily Filippovich Margelov. Biographical information. In the airborne troops

Author and initiator of creation technical means Airborne Forces and methods of using units and formations of airborne troops, many of which personify the image of the Airborne Forces of the USSR Armed Forces and the Russian Armed Forces that currently exists. Among the people associated with these troops, he is considered Trooper No. 1.

Biography

Youth years

V. F. Markelov (later Margelov) was born on December 27, 1908 (January 9, 1909 according to the new style) in the city of Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine), in a family of immigrants from Belarus. By nationality - Belarusian. Father - Philip Ivanovich Markelov, metallurgist. (Vasily Filippovich’s surname Markelov was subsequently written down as Margelov due to an error in the party card.)

In 1913, the Margelov family returned to the homeland of Philip Ivanovich - to the town of Kostyukovichi, Klimovichi district (Mogilev province). V.F. Margelov’s mother, Agafya Stepanovna, was from the neighboring Bobruisk district. According to some information, V.F. Margelov graduated from the parochial school (CPS) in 1921. As a teenager he worked as a loader and carpenter. In the same year, he entered the leather workshop as an apprentice and soon became an assistant master. In 1923, he became a laborer at the local Khleboproduct. There is information that he graduated from a rural youth school and worked as a forwarder delivering mail on the Kostyukovichi - Khotimsk line.

Since 1924 he worked in Yekaterinoslav at the mine named after. M.I. Kalinin as a laborer, then as a horse-driver.

In 1925 he was sent again to Belarus, as a forester at a timber industry enterprise. He worked in Kostyukovichi, in 1927 he became the chairman of the working committee of the timber industry enterprise, and was elected to the local Council.

Start of service

Drafted into the Red Army in 1928. Sent to study at the United Belarusian Military School (UBVSH) named after. Central Election Commission of the BSSR in Minsk, enrolled in a group of snipers. From the 2nd year - foreman of a machine gun company. In April 1931 he graduated with honors from the Minsk Military School (formerly OBVSh).

After graduating from college, he was appointed commander of a machine gun platoon of the regimental school of the 99th Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Territorial Rifle Division (Mogilev, Belarus). Since 1933 - platoon commander at the Minsk Military Infantry School. M.I. Kalinina. In February 1934 he was appointed assistant company commander, in May 1936 - commander of a machine gun company. From October 25, 1938, he commanded the 2nd battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment of the 8th Infantry Division. Dzerzhinsky Belarusian Special Military District. He headed the reconnaissance of the 8th Infantry Division, being the head of the 2nd division of the division headquarters.

During the wars

During the Soviet-Finnish War (1939-1940) he commanded the Separate Reconnaissance Ski Battalion of the 596th Infantry Regiment of the 122nd Division. During one of the operations he captured officers of the Swedish General Staff.

After the end of the Soviet-Finnish War, he was appointed to the position of assistant commander of the 596th regiment for combat units. Since October 1940 - commander of the 15th separate disciplinary battalion (15odisb). On June 19, 1941, he was appointed commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 1st Motorized Rifle Division (the core of the regiment was made up of soldiers of the 15th Division).

During the Great Patriotic War - commander of the 13th Guards Rifle Regiment, chief of staff and deputy commander of the 3rd Guards Rifle Division. Since 1944 - commander of the 49th Guards Rifle Division of the 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. He led the division's actions during the crossing of the Dnieper and the liberation of Kherson, for which in March 1944 he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Under his command, the 49th Guards Rifle Division took part in the liberation of the peoples of South-Eastern Europe.

In the airborne troops

After the war in command positions. Since 1948, after graduating from the Military Academy of the General Staff Armed Forces USSR named after K. E. Voroshilov - commander of the 76th Guards Chernigov Red Banner Airborne Division.

In 1950-1954 - commander of the 37th Guards Airborne Svir Red Banner Corps ( Far East).

From 1954 to 1959 - Commander of the Airborne Forces. In 1959-1961 - appointed with demotion, First Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces. From 1961 to January 1979 - returned to the post of Commander of the Airborne Forces.

On October 28, 1967, he was awarded the military rank of Army General. He led the actions of the Airborne Forces during the entry of troops into Czechoslovakia (Operation Danube).

Since January 1979 - in the group of inspectors general of the USSR Ministry of Defense. He went on business trips to the Airborne Forces and was the chairman of the State Examination Commission at the Ryazan Airborne School.

During his service in the Airborne Forces he made more than 60 jumps. The last of them is at the age of 65.

“Anyone who has never in his life left an airplane, from where cities and villages seem like toys, who has never experienced the joy and fear of a free fall, a whistle in his ears, a stream of wind hitting his chest, will never understand the honor and pride of a paratrooper...”

Lived and worked in Moscow. Died March 4, 1990. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.

Contribution to the formation and development of the Airborne Forces

General Pavel Fedoseevich Pavlenko:

Colonel Nikolai Fedorovich Ivanov:

Margelov’s contribution to the formation of the airborne troops in their current form was reflected in the comic decoding of the abbreviation Airborne Forces - “Uncle Vasya’s Troops.”

Theory of combat use

In military theory, it was believed that in order to immediately use nuclear strikes and maintain a high rate of attack, widespread use of airborne assaults was necessary. Under these conditions, the Airborne Forces had to fully comply with the military-strategic goals of the war and meet the military-political goals of the state.

According to Commander Margelov: “To fulfill our role in modern operations, it is necessary that our formations and units be highly maneuverable, covered with armor, have sufficient fire efficiency, are well controlled, capable of landing at any time of the day and quickly proceed to active combat operations after landing. This, by and large, is the ideal to which we should strive.”

To achieve these goals, under the leadership of Margelov, a concept of the role and place of the Airborne Forces in modern strategic operations in various theaters of military operations was developed. Margelov wrote a number of works on this topic, and also successfully defended his candidate's dissertation (he was awarded the title of Candidate of Military Sciences by decision of the Council of the Military Order of Lenin, Red Banner Order of Suvorov Academy named after M.V. Frunze). In practical terms, Airborne Forces exercises and command meetings were regularly held.

Armament

It was necessary to bridge the gap between the theory of the combat use of the Airborne Forces and the existing organizational structure of the troops, as well as the capabilities of military transport aviation. Having assumed the post of Commander, Margelov received troops consisting mainly of infantry with light weapons and military transport aviation (as an integral part of the Airborne Forces), which was equipped with Li-2, Il-14, Tu-2 and Tu-2 aircraft. 4 with significantly limited landing capabilities. In fact, the Airborne Forces were not capable of solving major problems in military operations.

Margelov initiated the creation and serial production at the enterprises of the military-industrial complex of landing equipment, heavy parachute platforms, parachute systems and containers for landing cargo, cargo and human parachutes, parachute devices. “You cannot order equipment, so strive to create in the design bureau, industry, during testing, reliable parachutes, trouble-free operation of heavy airborne equipment,” Margelov said when setting tasks for his subordinates.

Modifications of small arms were created for paratroopers to make them easier to parachute - lighter weight, folding stock.

Especially for the needs of the Airborne Forces in the post-war years, new military equipment was developed and modernized: airborne self-propelled artillery unit ASU-76 (1949), light ASU-57 (1951), amphibious ASU-57P (1954), self-propelled unit ASU-85, tracked combat vehicle Airborne troops BMD-1 (1969). After the first batches of the BMD-1 entered service with the troops, a family of weapons was developed on its basis: Nona self-propelled artillery guns, artillery fire control vehicles, R-142 command and staff vehicles, R-141 long-range radio stations, anti-tank systems, and a reconnaissance vehicle. Anti-aircraft units and subunits were also equipped with armored personnel carriers, which housed crews with portable systems and ammunition.

By the end of the 50s, new An-8 and An-12 aircraft were adopted and entered service with the troops, which had a payload capacity of up to 10-12 tons and a sufficient flight range, which made landing possible large groups personnel with standard military equipment and weapons. Later, through the efforts of Margelov, the Airborne Forces received new military transport aircraft - An-22 and Il-76.

At the end of the 50s, parachute platforms PP-127 appeared in service with the troops, designed for parachute landing of artillery, vehicles, radio stations, engineering equipment, etc. Parachute-jet landing systems were created, which, due to the power generated by the engine jet thrust made it possible to bring the cargo landing speed closer to zero. Such systems made it possible to significantly reduce the cost of landing by abandoning large quantity large area domes.

On January 5, 1973, for the first time in world practice, the USSR carried out a parachute-platform landing in the Centaur complex from an An-12B military transport aircraft of a BMD-1 tracked armored combat vehicle with two crew members on board. The crew commander was the son of Vasily Filippovich, senior lieutenant Margelov Alexander Vasilyevich, and the driver-mechanic was Lieutenant Colonel Zuev Leonid Gavrilovich.

On January 23, 1976, also for the first time in world practice, a landing from the same type of aircraft produced soft landing BMD-1 on a parachute-rocket system in the Reaktavr complex, also with two crew members on board - Major Alexander Vasilyevich Margelov and Lieutenant Colonel Leonid Ivanovich Shcherbakov. The landing was carried out at great risk to life, without personal means of rescue. Twenty years later, for the feat of the seventies, both were awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

Family

Father - Philip Ivanovich Markelov - a metallurgist, became a holder of two St. George's Crosses in the First World War.
Mother - Agafya Stepanovna, was from Bobruisk district.
Two brothers - Ivan (eldest), Nikolai (younger) and sister Maria.

V. F. Margelov was married three times:

The first wife, Maria, left her husband and son (Gennady).
The second wife is Feodosia Efremovna Selitskaya (mother of Anatoly and Vitaly).
The last wife is Anna Aleksandrovna Kurakina, a doctor. I met Anna Alexandrovna during the Great Patriotic War.

Five sons:

Gennady Vasilievich (born 1931) - Major General.
Anatoly Vasilyevich (1938-2008) - Doctor of Technical Sciences, professor, author of more than 100 patents and inventions in the military-industrial complex.
Vitaly Vasilyevich (born 1941) - professional intelligence officer, employee of the KGB of the USSR and the SVR of Russia, later - a social and political figure; Colonel General, Deputy of the State Duma.
Vasily Vasilyevich (1943-2010) - reserve major; First Deputy Director of the Directorate of International Relations of the Russian State Broadcasting Company "Voice of Russia" (RGRK "Voice of Russia")
Alexander Vasilyevich (born 1943) - Airborne Forces officer. On August 29, 1996, “for the courage and heroism shown in testing, fine-tuning and mastering special equipment” (landing inside the BMD-1 using a parachute-rocket system in the Reaktavr complex, carried out for the first time in world practice in 1976) he was awarded the title of Hero Russian Federation. After retiring, he worked in the structures of Rosoboronexport.

Vasily Vasilyevich and Alexander Vasilyevich are twin brothers. In 2003, they co-authored a book about their father - “Paratrooper No. 1, Army General Margelov.”

Awards and titles

USSR awards

Medal "Gold Star" No. 3414 Hero of the Soviet Union (03/19/1944)
four Orders of Lenin (03/21/1944, 11/3/1953, 12/26/1968, 12/26/1978)
Order of the October Revolution (4.05.1972)
two Orders of the Red Banner (02/3/1943, 06/20/1949)
Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree (1944)
two Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree (01/25/1943, 03/11/1985)
Order of the Red Star (3.11.1944)
two Orders “For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR” 2nd (12/14/1988) and 3rd degree (04/30/1975)
medals

Awarded twelve Commendations from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief (03/13/1944, 03/28/1944, 04/10/1944, 11/4/1944, 12/24/1944, 02/13/1945, 03/25/1945, 04/3/1945, 04/5/1945, 04/13/1945, 04/13/1945, 05/08/1945).

Awards from foreign countries

order " People's Republic Bulgaria" 2nd degree (09/20/1969)
four Bulgarian anniversary medals (1974, 1978, 1982, 1985)

Hungarian People's Republic:

star and badge of the Order of the Hungarian People's Republic, 3rd degree (04/04/1950)
medal "Brotherhood in Arms" gold degree (09/29/1985)

Order "Star of Friendship of Peoples" in silver (02/23/1978)
Arthur Becker medal in gold (05/23/1980)

medal "Sino-Soviet Friendship" (02/23/1955)

two anniversary medals (1978, 1986)

Mongolian People's Republic:

Order of the Red Banner of Battle (06/07/1971)
seven anniversary medals (1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982)

medal “For the Odra, Nisa and the Baltic” (05/07/1985)
medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (10/12/1988)
Officer of the Order of the Renaissance of Poland (11/6/1973)

SR Romania:

Order of Tudor Vladimirescu 2nd (10/1/1974) and 3rd (10/24/1969) degrees
two anniversary medals (1969, 1974)

Order of the Legion of Honor, commander degree (05/10/1945)
medal "Bronze Star" (05/10/1945)

Czechoslovakia:

Order of Klement Gottwald (1969)
Medal "For Strengthening Friendship in Arms" 1st class (1970)
two anniversary medals

Honorary titles

Hero of the Soviet Union (1944)
Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1975)
Honorary citizen of Kherson
Honorary Soldier of the Airborne Forces Military Unit

Proceedings

Margelov V.F. Airborne troops. - M.: Knowledge, 1977. - 64 p.
Margelov V.F. Soviet Airborne Forces. - 2nd ed. - M.: Military Publishing House, 1986. - 64 p.

Memory

By order of the USSR Minister of Defense dated April 20, 1985, V. F. Margelov was enrolled as an Honorary Soldier in the lists of the 76th Pskov Airborne Division.

Monuments to V. F. Margelov were erected in Tyumen, Krivoy Rog (Ukraine), Kherson, Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine), Chisinau (Moldova), Kostyukovichi (Belarus), Ryazan and Seltsy (training center of the Airborne Forces Institute), Omsk, Tula, St. Petersburg , Ulyanovsk. Officers and paratroopers, veterans of the Airborne Forces every year come to the monument of their commander at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow to pay tribute to his memory.

The Ryazan Military Institute of Airborne Forces, the Airborne Forces Department of the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and the Nizhny Novgorod Cadet Boarding School (NKSHI) are named after Margelov.

A square in Ryazan, streets in Vitebsk (Belarus), Omsk, Pskov, Tula and Western Litsa are named after Margelov.

During the Great Patriotic War, a song was composed in V. Margelov’s division, one verse from it:

By Order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation No. 182 of May 6, 2005, the departmental medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation “Army General Margelov” was established. In the same year, a memorial plaque was installed on a house in Moscow, in Sivtsev Vrazhek Lane, where Margelov lived for the last 20 years of his life.

In honor of the centenary of the birth of the Commander, 2008 was declared the year of V. Margelov in the Airborne Forces.

In 2009, the television series “Dad” was released, telling about the life of V. Margelov.

On February 21, 2010, a bust of Vasily Margelov was erected in Kherson. The bust of the general is located in the city center near the Youth Palace on Perekopskaya Street.

On June 5, 2010, a monument to the founder of the Airborne Forces (Airborne Forces) was unveiled in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. The monument was built with funds from former paratroopers living in Moldova.

On June 25, 2010, the memory of the legendary commander was immortalized in the Republic of Belarus (Vitebsk). The Vitebsk City Executive Committee, headed by Chairman V.P. Nikolaikin, in the spring of 2010 approved a petition from Airborne Forces veterans of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation to name the street connecting Chkalov Street and Pobedy Avenue General Margelov Street. On the eve of City Day, General Margelov Street was put into operation new house on which there is a memorial plaque, the right to open which was given to the sons of Vasily Filippovich.

Monument to Vasily Filippovich, a sketch of which was made from a famous photograph in the division newspaper, in which he, being appointed division commander of the 76th Guards. Airborne Division, preparing for the first jump, is installed in front of the headquarters of the 95th separate airmobile brigade (Ukraine).

The Blue Berets ensemble recorded a song dedicated to V.F. Margelov, assessing the current state of the Airborne Forces after his resignation as commander, which is called “Forgive us, Vasily Filippovich!”

In September 1928, he was drafted into the Red Army and, with a Komsomol voucher, was sent to study as a red commander at the United Belarusian Military School (UBVSH) named after the Central Executive Committee of the BSSR in Minsk.

In April 1931 he graduated with honors from the Minsk Military School. Appointed commander of a machine gun platoon of the regimental school of the 99th Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Infantry Division (Mogilev, Belarus).

In 1933, he was appointed to the position of platoon commander at the Minsk Military Infantry School. M.I.Kalinina.

In February 1934, Vasily Margelov was appointed assistant company commander, and in May 1936 - commander of a machine gun company.

Since October 25, 1938, Captain Margelov commanded the 2nd battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment of the 8th Infantry Division named after. Dzerzhinsky Belarusian Special Military District. He headed the reconnaissance of the 8th Infantry Division, being the head of the 2nd department of the division headquarters.

During the Soviet-Finnish War (1939-1940), Margelov commanded the Separate Reconnaissance Ski Battalion of the 596th Infantry Regiment of the 122nd Division. During one of the operations, he captured officers of the Swedish General Staff.

After the end of the Soviet-Finnish War, Margelov was appointed to the position of assistant commander of the 596th regiment for combat units.

Since October 1940, Vasily Margelov has been the commander of the 15th Separate Disciplinary Battalion (ODB).

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Margelov Vasily Filippovich was born on December 27, 1908 in Dnepropetrovsk, died at the age of 82 on March 4, 1990 in Moscow. The legendary special forces soldier who transformed the USSR Airborne Forces from “penalties” into the elite of the USSR Armed Forces, long-term commander of the airborne forces (1954-1979), army general, Hero of the Soviet Union.

The feat of Vasily Margelov.

Vasily Margelov became a legend during his lifetime

During the Soviet-Finnish War (1939-1940), commanding the Separate Reconnaissance Ski Battalion of the 122nd Division, he made several daring raids behind enemy lines, during one of which he captured officers of the German General Staff - officially allies of the USSR at that time;

- in 1941, his “land commander” was placed at the head of the marine regiment of the Baltic Fleet. Contrary to prejudices that he “wouldn’t fit in,” Margelov became “one of their own,” and the Marines called him, a major, “Captain 3rd Rank,” emphasizing their respect for the commander. The regiment was considered “the personal guard of Admiral Tributs’s fleet commander,” which he sent in besieged Leningrad to places where even the penal battalion could not send. For example, during the German assault on the Pulkovo Heights, Margelov’s regiment was landed behind enemy lines on the coast of Ladoga in the direction of Lipki - Shlisselburg, and the commander of the North group of troops, Field Marshal von Leeb, was forced to stop the assault on Pulkovo, transferring units to liquidate the landing. Margelov was seriously wounded and miraculously survived;

Since 1943, Margelov was the division commander, stormed the “Saur-Mogila”, liberated Kherson (awarded the Hero’s Star), and in 1945 the Germans called Margelov the “Soviet Skorzeny” after the divisions of the SS tank corps “Totenkopf” and “Greater Germany” surrendered to him personally without a fight;

On May 2, 1945, Margelov was given the task of capturing or destroying the remnants of the two most famous SS units rushing into the American zone of responsibility. Then Vasily Margelov dared to take a decisive step. He, along with a group of officers who were armed with grenades and machine guns, accompanied by a battery of 57-mm cannons, arrived at the group’s headquarters, after which he ordered the battalion commander to set the guns with direct fire at the enemy’s headquarters and open fire if he did not return in ten minutes.

Margelov went to headquarters and presented an ultimatum to the Germans: either they surrender and their lives are spared, or they will be completely destroyed using all the means available to the division: “by 4:00 am - front to the east. Light weapons: machine guns, machine guns, rifles - in stacks, ammunition - nearby. The second line - military equipment, guns and mortars - with their muzzles down. Soldiers and officers - in formation to the west,” Vasily Margelov later wrote in his book. He gave him little time to think: “while his cigarette burns out.” And the Germans capitulated. An accurate count of trophies showed the following figures: 2 generals, 806 officers, 31,258 non-commissioned officers, 77 tanks and self-propelled guns, 5847 trucks, 493 cargo, 46 mortars, 120 guns, 16 locomotives, 397 wagons.

Vasily Margelov - “father of the Airborne Forces”. In 1950, airborne troops were considered something of a penal battalion, and were never valued. They were compared to penalty prisoners, and the abbreviation itself was deciphered: “you’re unlikely to return home.” However, soon after the arrival of a new commander - Vasily Margelov - the Airborne Forces turned into truly elite troops.

Just a few years later, the primitive equipment was replenished with a Kalashnikov assault rifle with a special folding stock so that it would not interfere with the opening of the parachute, lightweight aluminum armor, an RPG-16 anti-tank grenade launcher, and Centaur platforms for landing people in combat vehicles. The Airborne Guards received official permission from the USSR Ministry of Defense to wear blue berets and vests, which were first shown during the 1969 military parade on Red Square. In 1973, the world's first landing using the BMD-1 parachute system took place near Tula. The crew commander was Margelov's son Alexander. The competition for the Ryazan Airborne School exceeded the numbers of MGIMO, Moscow State University and VGIK. The comically fatalistic name of the Airborne Forces was replaced in the 70s by “Uncle Vasya’s Troops.” This is exactly what the Airborne Forces fighters called themselves, thereby emphasizing the special warmth of feelings for their legendary commander.

During the training of paratroopers, Margelov paid special attention skydiving. He himself first found himself under the dome only in 1948, already with the rank of general: “Until the age of 40, I vaguely understood what a parachute was; I never even dreamed of jumping. It happened on its own, or rather, as it should be in the army, by order. I am a military man, if necessary, I am ready to take the devil in my teeth. That’s how I had to, already being a general, make my first parachute jump. The impression, I tell you, is incomparable.”

Vasily Margelov himself once said: “Anyone who has never left an airplane in his life, from where cities and villages seem like toys, who has never experienced the joy and fear of a free fall, a whistle in his ears, a stream of wind beating his chest, has never will understand the honor and pride of the paratrooper." He himself subsequently, despite his advanced years, made about 60 jumps, the last at the age of 65.

In 1968, after the occupation of Czechoslovakia, Margelov managed to convince Defense Minister Marshal Grechko that the winged guard should have vests and berets. Even before this, he emphasized that the airborne troops must adopt the traditions of their “big brother” - the Marine Corps, and continue them with honor. “That’s why I introduced vests to the paratroopers. Only the stripes on them match the color of the sky - blue.”

Vasily Margelov and social networks.

Posted on YouTube video hosting documentary"Vasily Margelov and the Airborne Forces":

Awards of Vasily Margelov.

December 14, 1988 and April 30, 1975 - two Orders “For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR” of the second and third degree, respectively.

Biography of Vasily Margelov.

1921 - graduated from a parochial school, entered a leather workshop as an apprentice, and soon became an assistant master;

1923 - entered the local “Hleboproduct” as a laborer;

Since 1924, he worked in Yekaterinoslavl (now Dnepropetrovsk) at the mine named after. M.I. Kalinin as a laborer, then a horse driver (driver of horses pulling trolleys);

1925 - sent to the BSSR as a forester at a timber industry enterprise;

1927 - Chairman of the working committee of the timber industry enterprise, elected to the local Council;

1928 - drafted into the Red Army;

April 1931 - graduated from the Order of the Red Banner of Labor from the United Belarusian Military School named after. Central Executive Committee of the BSSR with honors. Appointed commander of a machine gun platoon of the regimental school of the 99th Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Infantry Division (Mogilev, Belarus);

Since 1933 - platoon commander in the Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the General Military School named after. Central Election Commission of the BSSR;

Since 1937 - platoon commander of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, Minsk Military Infantry School named after. M. I. Kalinina;

February 1934 - appointed assistant company commander;

May 1936 - commander of a machine gun company;

October 25, 1938 - commanded the 2nd battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment of the 8th Infantry Division named after. Dzerzhinsky Belarusian Special Military District;

1939-1940 - commanded the Separate reconnaissance ski battalion of the 596th Infantry Regiment of the 122nd Division;

Since October 1940 - commander of the 15th separate disciplinary battalion of the Leningrad Military District;

July 1941 - commander of the 3rd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 1st Guards Division of the People's Militia of the Leningrad Front;

Since 1944 - commander of the 49th Guards Rifle Division of the 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front;

At the Victory Parade in Moscow, Guard Major General Margelov commanded a battalion in the combined regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Front;

1950-1954 - commander of the 37th Guards Airborne Svir Red Banner Corps;

1954-1959 - Commander of the Airborne Forces;

January 1979 - in the group of inspectors general of the USSR Ministry of Defense. He went on business trips to the Airborne Forces, was the chairman of the State Examination Commission at the Ryazan Airborne School;

March 4, 1990 - Vasily Filippovich Margelov died in Moscow. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.

Perpetuating the memory of Vasily Margelov.

On May 6, 2005, the departmental medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation “Army General Margelov” was established;

2005 - a memorial plaque was installed on a house in Moscow on Sivtsev Vrazhek Lane, where Margelov lived for the last 20 years of his life.

Monuments to Vasily Margelov were erected in:

Taganrog;

Chisinau;

Dnepropetrovsk;

Yaroslavl;

as well as in many other localities.

The Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School, the Airborne Department of the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Nizhny Novgorod Cadet Corps (NKSHI) bears the name of Margelov;

A square in St. Petersburg, in the city of Belogorsk, Amur Region, a square in Ryazan, streets in Moscow, Vitebsk (Belarus), Omsk, Pskov, Taganrog, Tula and Western Litsa, in Buryatia: in Ulan-Ude and Border Guard are named after Margelov. the village of Naushki, avenue and park in the Zavolzhsky district of Ulyanovsk.

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Biography, life story of Vasily Filippovich Margelov

Margelov Vasily Filippovich - Soviet military leader, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Childhood, family

Vasily was born on December 27 (December 14, new style) 1908 in Ekaterinoslav (now this city is called Dnepropetrovsk) in the family of Philip Ivanovich Markelov, a simple metallurgist, and Agafya Stepanovna, a loving wife and caring mother. In addition to Vasily, three more children were born in the family - Ivan (older than Vasily), Nikolai ( younger son) and the girl Maria. Initially, Vasily bore the surname Markelov, but later, due to an error in the party card, he became known under the surname Margelov.

In 1923, Vasily’s family moved from Yekaterinoslav to the small town of Kostyukovichi (Mogilev province). The father of the family once lived here.

Education, work activity

In 1921, Vasily Margelov graduated from a parochial school; there is also information that he attended classes at a school for rural youth. As a teenager, Vasily already tried to help his family, working as a loader or a carpenter. After school, Vasily became a master's apprentice in a leather workshop, and soon became his assistant. For some time he worked as a laborer at the Khlebproduct plant, and was a forwarder for the delivery of mail on the Kostyukovichi-Khotimsk line.

In 1924, Vasily became a laborer at the Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin mine, and a little later received the position of horse driver (a person driving horses).

In 1925, Margelov became a forester at the timber industry enterprise. Within a couple of years, he achieved the respect and trust of his colleagues and became chairman of the working committee of the timber industry enterprise.

Military service

In 1928, Vasily Filippovich was called up to serve in the Red Army. To begin with, he was sent to Minsk to study at the United Belarusian Military School. The young man was assigned to a group of snipers. Already in the second year of study, Margelov became the foreman of a machine gun company. In the spring of 1931, Vasily successfully completed his studies at a military school and was appointed commander of a machine gun platoon. In the winter of 1934, he became an assistant company commander, and in the spring of 1936, he himself became the commander of a machine gun company. In 1938, he became the commander of a battalion of a rifle regiment, was the commander of the reconnaissance of the rifle division and the chief of staff.

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In the period from 1939 to 1940, Margelov was the commander of the Separate Reconnaissance Ski Battalion. During one of the military operations, Vasily Filippovich captured several officers of the Swedish General Staff. After the Soviet-Finnish war was over, Margelov became an assistant regiment commander for combat units.

In July 1941, when the Great War began Patriotic War, Margelov was appointed to the post of commander of the Guards Rifle Regiment of the People's Militia of the Leningrad Front.

In November 1941, Vasily Margelov became commander of a ski regiment of sailors. Vasily found it very quickly mutual language with the Marines, although many doubted that the team would accept him as one of their own. Vasily Filippovich, marveling at the strength of the Marines, ensured that the paratroopers also wore vests.

During the war, Vasily Margelov accomplished many feats: in 1943, under his leadership, soldiers broke through two lines of enemy defense, and under his leadership Kherson and some territories of South-Eastern Europe were liberated. For his valor and courage in March 1944 he was awarded the honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

After the end of the war, Vasily Filippovich worked mainly in command positions in the Airborne Forces. In 1959, he was demoted to deputy commander of the Airborne Forces due to an outrageous incident in his regiment (rape of civilian women), but within a couple of years he was again promoted to commander.

In October 1967, Margelov was awarded the honorary military rank of Army General.

At the beginning of 1979, Vasily Filippovich became a member of the inspector general of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

Throughout his military career as a member of the Airborne Forces, Margelov made more than sixty jumps, with his last jump at the age of sixty-five.

Death

Vasily Filippovich Margelov died on March 4, 1990 of natural causes. The military leader’s body was buried in Moscow (it was in this city that Margelov lived and worked last years his life) at the Novodevichy cemetery.

Personal life

Vasily Margelov was married three times. The first wife's name was Maria. She left her husband, leaving him in the care of her son Gennady (born in 1931). The name of the second wife is Feodosia Efremovna Selitskaya. She gave birth to Vasily two sons - Anatoly (born in 1938) and Vitaly (born in 1941). Margelov's third wife Anna Aleksandrovna Kurakina was a doctor. In their marriage, Vasily and Anna had twin boys, Alexander and Vasily (born in 1945).

Awards and prizes

Vasily Margelov was awarded a great many honorary awards in his time. So, he received as many as four orders