People of Russia

Coast George T. (4/15/1921) was born April 15, 1921 in the village now Fedorivka Carlo District Poltava Region (Ukraine) in the family servant. After graduating from high school in 1938, started his career at Yenakiyevo Metallurgical Combine. In the same year went to the Soviet Army. In 1941 he graduated from the school Voroshilovgrad military pilots behalf of the proletariat Donbass. Member of the Great Patriotic War from June 1942. The pilot, flight commander, squadron commander of 90-th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (4 th Guards Attack Air Division, 5 th Air Corps Attack, 5 th Air Force, 2 First Ukrainian Front). During the war years made 186 sorties.

Batov Pavel Ivanovich (20.05 (01.06) .1897), Army General (1955), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (30 October 1943 and June 2, 1945). Member of the CPSU from 1929.

Born to a poor peasant. Since 1915 the army, party 1-st World War, junior non-commissioned officer.

Krusenstern Johann Anton (Ivan) (06/11/1770 – 12/08/1846) – a famous admiral, was in the sea cadet corps, took part in the Swedish War of 1789-90 years.; In 1793 was sent to study naval science in England, with British fleet sailed to the northeast. shores of America, where he participated in battles with the French courts; visited Barbados, Suriname, Bermuda, sailed into the Bay of Bengal with a view to explore ostindskie water and open Russian trade route in Ostindiyu. Interested Russian fur trade with China which went by land from Okhotsk on Kyakhta, K. came to the conclusion that it was more profitable could go straight on, the sea: he also had in mind to establish direct relations with the Metropolitan Russian-American possessions.

In Petersburg, AK, introduced (1799) the authorities their views; in 1802, imp. Alexander I approved the project, K., for the execution of which decided to equip the first round the world expedition. This device is the voyage of more than contributed Admire. NP Mordvinov and the then Minister of Commerce, gr. NP Rumyantsev. Under the command of Karl expedition, consisting of the two ships ("Hope", and "Neva"), with an assistant, K., Lieutenant-Commander Lisyansky, astronomer Horner, naturalists Tilesius and Langsdorf, July 26, 1803 sailed from Kronstadt, which returned 19 August 1806

The expedition went across the Atlantic Ocean and rounded Cape Horn, from the Russian and neighboring lands in the north Pacific Ocean, she drew special attention to Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin. In his notes on this trip (St. Petersburg 1809-13; a good day. France., It., A Swede., Gall., Eng. Of Denmark. And Italy.) KA says many interesting things about what he had seen them on the road, especially on life and habits of savages; for its time, replete with magnificent atlas AK maps, plans and drawings. Lisyanskii rules of the second expedition and the ship was sometimes separated from the first, in his book on the same trip (St. Petersburg 1812, there eng. Transl.) Lot, so new items of observation – the way a detailed description of the coast of Sitka (he had referred to. Sitka ) and on Kodiak Island.

In 1811 K. The inspector classes Marine Cadet Corps. Inscribing a detailed instruction of the second world expedition, under the command of Kotzebue (see), K. traveled in 1814 to England to order all the necessary tools for this expedition. On his return he received indefinite leave of absence, and he starts producing his "Atlas South Sea", with the application of hydrographic notes, under the title: "Collected Works employees, and parsing explanation of the Atlas South Sea" (St.-Petersburg, 1823 and 1826, and France. Translation: "Recueil des memoires hydrographiques .. ", St. Petersburg., 1824-1827; addition SPb., 1835-86; work is crowned with full Demidov Prize).

In 1827, Karl was appointed director of the Marine Cadet Corps and a member of the Admiralty Board.

Svechin Vladimir K. (1823 – 1878) – Lieutenant-General; noble province of Tula, was born in 1823 and the end of the course of study in the 2 cadet in 1841 and was promoted to the rank of ensign to the definition of the Life Guards regiment of Chasseurs. In 1843, a lieutenant, he attended the Imperial Military Academy (now the Nicholas General Staff Academy) and at the end of her course of study (in 1846) first class, was promoted to staff captain with the transfer to the Guards General Staff. After that, on behalf of the authorities, they were composed of military-statistical description of the Moscow province – a vast and valuable contribution to military literature of the time, for which he was awarded the Order of St. Anna 3 degrees. Produced in 1849, a captain, was appointed divisional quartermaster guards Kirasirsky division, and two years after it was appointed to the same position in the 2 Guards Infantry Division. In 1852 he was charged with lecturing senior officers on the tactics of the Guards Corps, for which he was honored to receive thanks to the heir to the Crown Prince (the then commander of the Guards Corps) and was awarded the Order of St.. Anna 2 degrees. In 1854, for distinguished service in the service, SA was promoted to colonel and appointed chief quartermaster Grenadier Corps, with translation of the General Staff and was later appointed staff officer management of the Quartermaster General of the army, and the following year was appointed the same position in the management of the Quartermaster General of the western army. Then, starting from 1856, for five years, he has consistently commanded Tarutino and the Bryansk infantry and Pernovskim Grenadier Regiment and during this time was rewarded with: St. Anna's 2 degrees with the imperial crown, and St. Vladimir 4 degrees.

Miller, Evgenii (25.09 (07.10) .1867 – 1937), the head of counter-revolution in the North of Russia in 1919 – 1920, Lieutenant-General (1915).

He graduated from the Academy of General Staff (1892). In 1898 – 1907 military agent (officer) in Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy. In 1912 – 1914 Chief of Staff of the Moscow Military District.

During the 1 st World War in 1914 – 1918 Chief of Staff of the 5 th Army, the corps commander. After the February Revolution of 1917 acted as an outspoken opponent of the democratization of the army, April 7, was arrested by soldiers.

Since autumn 1917, the representative rates for the Italian high command. After the landing of the invaders to North Russia from January 1919 the Governor-General of the Northern Region.

In May 1919 was appointed chief of AV Kolchak troops of the Northern Region. After the defeat of his troops by the Red Army in February 1920 ran from Arkhangelsk in Norway and then France, where he was a representative of General Wrangel.

Vasilevsky, Alexander M. (18 (30) .09.1895), Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (16/2/1943), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (07/29/1944 and 08/09/1945). Member of the CPSU in 1938. Born in the family priest. He graduated from military college Alekseevskoe (1915), participated in the 1 st World War in 1914-18, the last rank in the old army – shtabskapitan. In the Soviet Army in 1918, during the Civil War, commanded a company, battalion, regiment.

After the war, division chief of the school, the commander of the infantry regiment, the assistant chief of the Office of the combat training of Red Army and the chief of the combat training of the Volga Military District. He graduated from General Staff Academy (1937), served in the General Staff – from May 1940 Deputy Chief, in August 1941 the Chief of Operations, Deputy and First Deputy Chief of Staff.

Shumilov, Mikhail Stepanovich (05 (17) .11.1895 – 06.28.1975), Soviet military commander, Colonel-General (1943), Hero of the Soviet Union (26/10/1943). Member of the CPSU since 1918.

Born into a peasant family, pp. Verhtechenskoe now Shadrinsk District, Kurgan region. During the 1 st World War in 1914 – 1918 Chuguyivske graduated from military college (1916), praporschik.S May 1918 in the Red Army. During the Civil War 1918 – 1920 went from platoon leader to commander of the infantry regiment. Graduate courses command the political composition (1924), courses Shot "(1929) and higher academic courses at the Higher Military Academy. K. E. Voroshilov (1948). In his role as commander of the Infantry Corps participated in the Soviet-Finnish War 1939 – 1940.

Dragoon David Abramowitz (02 (15) .02.1910). Phagocytes, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (23/9/1944 and 31/5/1945), Colonel-General armored troops (1970).

A member of the CPSU since 1931. Born to a Jewish craftsman, he was a worker, then to the Soviet and party work. Since 1933 the Soviet Army.

He graduated from the Armored School (1936), the Military Academy. Frunze (1941) and the Military Academy of the General Staff (1949).

Command of a tank company, participated in the battles on the lake. Hassan (1938).

During the Great Patriotic War, commanded a tank battalion, a mechanized brigade chief of staff, and from November 1943 the commander of 55 th Guards Tank Brigade, participated in the battles of Moscow, Kursk, Kharkov, Kiev, in crossing the Dnieper in the fighting in Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia.