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On April 9, 1943, by personal order of Stalin, the title Major General was assigned to Captain Mikhail Naumov. Happening unprecedented. What kind of merit did the captain immediately the general?
An ordinary peasant guy
Mikhail Naumov was born in 1908 in the Perm region in large peasant family. From the age of 18 he worked in mines Perm region. He took an active part in the Komsomol movement. 20-year-old joined the party. In 1930, a working guy was called up for active military service in the OGPU troops. Perfect profile, competent, party member – why not the future red commander? Mikhail was offered to stay in the army, he agreed.
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The OGPU troops were engaged not only in the protection of the camps (about which in the first the reader will remember the turn). The fight against counter-revolutionary performances, protection of strategically important facilities, liquidation gangs, the fight against basmachi and most importantly – the protection of the state borders.
From 1920 to the present day, the borders of our country have been guarded Chekists: border troops of the OGPU, NKVD, MGB, KGB, FSB. It’s always there were elite troops, where even ordinary soldiers were selected individually, not speaking of commanders! In 1941, border outposts, to take which the Nazis took 20-40 minutes to hold for days. Among the forward units of the Wehrmacht there was a secret order: fighters in green caps not to be taken prisoner. They didn’t take them, because they didn’t gave up.
In the border troops of the NKVD
Mikhail Naumov became a border guard. Climbing the office stairs, Naumov graduated from the border school in 1933, in 1937 – Higher border. On June 22, Mikhail met on the western border under Lviv, just the other day having received the rank of captain.
In the early days of the war he was appointed commander of the rearguard of the 13th Rifle Corps. Rearguard is a unit that goes the very last and takes all the strikes coming the enemy, covering the retreating units. Rear Guard must stand up to the latter and has no right to retreat without an order at any circumstances. Naumov with his border guards did not retreat and therefore, he soon became surrounded.
From an ordinary fighter of a partisan detachment to a commander connection
The border guards made their way east, but the front was still rolling faster. Naumov decided to move on to guerrilla warfare. IN At the end of autumn 1941, Naumov’s detachment contacted Sumy partisans. The people’s avengers have their own laws. Captain’s sleeper in the buttonhole meant nothing to them. Naumov, like everyone else, was credited into the squad as an ordinary fighter. It was necessary to command others still to prove. And Naumov proved, becoming the head of a battle group, detachment commander, chief of staff of a partisan formation of 7 detachments, and in January 1943 – the commander of this connection.
For personal courage of the partisans, Naumov was awarded the medal “For courage. “This award, presented to ordinary and sergeant, subsequently side by side with the Golden Star on the chest the general.
Steppe raid
In February 1943, Naumov put his partisans on horses and carts, and the connection went into a raid on the rear of the enemy. For 65 days they covered 2379 km. along the route: Kursk region – Sumy – Poltava – Kirovograd – Odessa – Vinnitsa – Zhytomyr – Kiev – Pinsk (BSSR).
Blown up bridges, destroyed garrisons, burnt warehouses, newly organized partisan detachments – the emergence of the Nahum it was always sudden and never went unnoticed. Already in late February, Naumov received a radiogram from the partisan headquarters movements that raid aroused the interest of the High Command. March 7th Naumov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
The hardest battles were in the Vinnitsa region. Naumov has no idea had that paved the route right through Hitler’s headquarters. When in Berlin learned that the partisans are heading straight for the Wolf’s Den, Tank and aircraft abandoned the Naumov’s compound. However failed to destroy the group. Partisans jumped out of the ring, raid continued and ended in early April 1943 in Belarus.
Captain becomes general
When Stalin was informed about the results of the Steppe raid carried out border guard captain, the Supreme shook his head: “Captain … No, not good – general. “On April 9, 1943, Captain Naumov became major general.
In July 1943, the equestrian compound of Naumov made the second raid, and in January-April 1944 – the third. Total under command Naumov partisans fought more than 10,000 km with battles, conducted more than 300 combat operations.
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After 1945, M. Naumov served in the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, since March 1953 years served as head of the Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR. Died in 1974 year, buried in Kiev.
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