- [born 12/14/27/1908, Ekaterinoslav, now Dnepropetrovsk], Soviet military leader, army general (1967), Hero Soviet Union(21.3.1944). Member of the CPSU since 1929. In the Soviet Army since 1928. Graduated from the United Belarusian military school named after the Central Election Commission... ...
December 27, 1908 (19081227) March 4, 1990 Commander of the 49th Guards rifle division 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, Guard Colonel V.F. Margelov ... Wikipedia
Vasily Filippovich Margelov December 27, 1908 (19081227) March 4, 1990 Commander of the 49th Guards Rifle Division of the 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, Guard Colonel V.F. Margelov ... Wikipedia
Vasily Filippovich Margelov December 27, 1908 (19081227) March 4, 1990 Commander of the 49th Guards Rifle Division of the 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, Guard Colonel V.F. Margelov ... Wikipedia
Vasily Filippovich Margelov December 27, 1908 (19081227) March 4, 1990 Commander of the 49th Guards Rifle Division of the 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, Guard Colonel V.F. Margelov ... Wikipedia
Vasily Filippovich Margelov December 27, 1908 (19081227) March 4, 1990 Commander of the 49th Guards Rifle Division of the 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, Guard Colonel V.F. Margelov ... Wikipedia
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Vasily Filippovich [born 12/14/27/1908, Ekaterinoslav, now Dnepropetrovsk], Soviet military leader, army general (1967), Hero of the Soviet Union (3/21/1944). Member of the CPSU since 1929. In the Soviet Army since 1928. Graduated from the United... ... Great Soviet Encyclopedia
August 2 to Russian cities blue water will splash, as will water from the park fountains. The most connected branch of the military will celebrate the holiday. “Defend Russia” remembers the legendary “Uncle Vasya” - the same one who created the Airborne Forces in their modern form.
There are no other units about as many myths and tales as there are about “Uncle Vasya’s troops.” Russian army. It seems that strategic aviation flies the farthest presidential regiment steps like robots, space forces can look beyond the horizon, GRU special forces are the most terrible, underwater strategic missile carriers are capable of destroying entire cities. But “there are no impossible tasks - there are landing troops.”
There were many commanders of the Airborne Forces, but they had one most important commander.
Vasily Margelov was born in 1908. Until Ekaterinoslav became Dnepropetrovsk, Margelov worked at a mine, a stud farm, a forestry enterprise and a local deputy council. Only at the age of 20 did he join the army. Measuring career steps and kilometers on the march, he participated in the Polish campaign of the Red Army and the Soviet-Finnish War.
In July 1941, the future “Uncle Vasya” became regimental commander in the division people's militia, and 4 months later, from a veryfar - on skis - he began the creation of the Airborne Forces.
As the commander of a special ski regiment of the Marines of the Baltic Fleet, Margelov ensured that Marine Corps Vests went to the “winged” one. Already division commander Margelov in 1944 became a hero of the Soviet Union for the liberation of Kherson. At the Victory Parade on June 24, 1945, the major general printed a step as part of the columns of the 2nd Ukrainian Front.
Margelov took charge of the Airborne Forces in the year following Stalin's death. He left office three years before Brezhnev's death - an amazing example of team longevity.
It was with his command that not only the main milestones in the formation of the airborne troops were associated, but also the creation of their image as the most combat-ready troops in the entire huge Soviet army.
Margelov was technically paratrooper number one not during his entire service. His history of relationships with the post of commander, and with the country and its regime, is similar to the career path of the commander-in-chief of the Soviet fleet Nikolai Kuznetsov. He also commanded with a short break: Kuznetsov had four years, Margelov two (1959-1961). True, unlike the admiral, who survived two disgraces, lost and received ranks again, Margelov did not lose, but only gained them, becoming an army general in 1967.
During the Great Patriotic War airborne war were more tied to the land. The infantry became winged precisely under the command of Margelov.
Firstly, “Uncle Vasya” jumped himself. During his service, he made more than 60 jumps - the last time at 65 years old.
Margelov significantly increased the mobility of the Airborne Forces (in Ukraine, for example, they are called airmobile troops). Actively working with the military-industrial complex, the commander achieved the introduction of aircraft and the An-76 into service, which even today release parachute dandelions into the sky. New parachute and rifle systems were developed for paratroopers - the mass-produced AK-74 was “cut down” to .
They began to land not only people, but also military equipment- due to the enormous weight, parachute systems were developed from several domes with the placement of jet thrust engines, which worked for a short period of time when approaching the ground, thus extinguishing the landing speed.
In 1969, the first of the domestic airborne combat vehicles was put into service. The floating tracked BMD-1 was intended for landing - including using parachutes - from An-12 and Il-76. 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, who in the 90s received the title of Hero of Russia for a similar landing in 1976.
In terms of influence on the perception of the subordinate structure by the mass consciousness, Vasily Margelov can be compared with Yuri Andropov.
If the term “public relations” existed in the Soviet Union, the commander of the Airborne Forces and the chairman of the KGB would probably be considered classy “signalmen.”
Andropov clearly understood the need to improve the image of the department, which inherited the people's memory of the Stalinist repressive machine. Margelov had no time for image, but it was under him that the people who created their positive image came out. It was the commander who insisted that “In the zone of special attention” the soldiers of Captain Tarasov’s group, as part of the exercises conducting reconnaissance behind the enemy lines, wear blue berets - a symbol of paratroopers, which obviously unmasks the scouts, but creates an image.
Vasily Margelov died at the age of 81, several months before the collapse of the USSR. Four of Margelov’s five sons connected their lives with the army.
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 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 - commander of the 15th Separate disciplinary battalion(ODB).
Heroes of the Great Patriotic War
Margelov Vasily Filippovich
Vasily Filippovich Markelov was born on December 27, 1908 in the city of Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine), into a family of immigrants from Belarus. 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 a parochial school 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 a horse driver, a driver of horses pulling trolleys.
In 1925, Margelov was sent again to the BSSR, 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.
In 1928, Margelov was drafted into the Red Army. 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 Order of the Red Banner of Labor from the United Belarusian Military School named after. Central Executive Committee of the BSSR, appointed commander of a machine gun platoon of the regimental school of the 99th Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Territorial Rifle Division in the city of Mogilev, Belarus. Since 1933, he was a platoon commander in the Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the General Military School named after. Central Executive Committee of the BSSR (from 11/6/1933 - named after M.I. Kalinin, from 1937 - Order of the Red Banner of Labor Minsk Military Infantry School named after M.I. Kalinin). In February 1934, Margelov was appointed assistant company commander, and 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 department of the division headquarters. In this position he participated in the Polish campaign of the Red Army in 1939.
Vasily Filippovich Margelov with paratroopers
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, 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 of the Leningrad Military District.
At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, in July 1941 he was appointed commander of the 3rd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 1st guards division people's militia of the Leningrad Front. Later - commander of the 13th Guards Rifle Regiment, chief of staff and deputy commander of the 3rd Guards Rifle Division. After division commander P.G. Chanchibadze was wounded, command passed to Chief of Staff Vasily Margelov for the duration of his treatment. Under the leadership of Margelov, on July 17, 1943, soldiers of the 3rd Guards Division broke through 2 lines of Nazi defense on the Mius Front, captured the village of Stepanovka and provided a springboard for the assault on Saur-Mogila.
Since 1944, Margelov commanded 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.
At the Victory Parade in Moscow, Guard Major General Margelov commanded the combined regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Front.
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After the war he held command positions.
Since 1948, after graduating from the Order of Suvorov, 1st degree, from the Higher Military Academy named after K. E. Voroshilov, he was the commander of the 76th Guards Chernigov Red Banner Airborne Division.
In 1950-1954 - commander of the 37th Guards Airborne Svirsky Red Banner Corps in the Far East.
From 1954 to 1959 - commander of the Airborne Forces. In 1959-1961, he was appointed (with demotion) first deputy commander of the Airborne Forces. From 1961 to January 1979 he served as commander of the Airborne Forces.
On October 28, 1967 he was awarded military rank"army General". He led the actions of the Airborne Forces during the entry of troops into Czechoslovakia (Operation Danube).
Since January 1979, he was on the group of inspectors general of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Went on business trips to Airborne troops, 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 was at the age of 65.
Lived and worked in Moscow. Died March 4, 1990. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.
Vasily Filippovich Margelov
Contribution to the formation and development of the Airborne Forces
In the history of the Airborne Forces, and in the Armed Forces of Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union, his name will remain forever. He personified an entire era in the development and formation of the Airborne Forces; their authority and popularity are associated with his name not only in our country, but also abroad, recalls General Pavel Fedoseevich Pavlenko about Vasily Filippovich.
Under Margelov's leadership for more than twenty years, the airborne troops became one of the most mobile in the combat structure Armed Forces and prestigious in terms of service in them. “A photograph of Vasily Filippovich for demobilization albums was sold to soldiers at the highest price - for a set of badges. The competition for admission to the Ryazan Airborne School exceeded the numbers of VGIK and GITIS, and applicants who missed out on exams lived for two or three months, before the snow and frost, in the forests near Ryazan in the hope that someone would not withstand the load and it would be possible to take his place . The spirit of the troops was so high that everything else Soviet army was included in the category of “solars” and “screws,” says Colonel Nikolai Fedorovich Ivanov.
Margelov’s contribution to the formation of the Airborne Forces in their current form was reflected in a comic transcript abbreviations VDV- "Uncle Vasya's troops."
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).
