Roman Mashkov
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Roman Mashkov | |
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| Born | September 24, 1922 Bolshiye Goly in Irkutsk Oblast, USSR[1] |
| Died | July 22, 1971 (aged 48) Novokhopyorsk in Voronezh Oblast, USSR[1] |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service | Military intelligence of Red Army in World War II[1] |
| Years of service | 1942–45 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | Commander of the intelligence platoon of 5th motorized infantry brigade of 5th Tank Corps, 2nd Baltic Front |
| Battles / wars | Attack to railway station Ērgļi[1] |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Order of the Red Star |
| Other work | Was engaged in country work in collective farm[1] |
Roman Spiridonovich Mashkov (Template:Lang-ru) (September 24, 1922 – July 22, 1971) was the commander of an intelligence platoon in World War II and was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Roman Mashkov was born on September 24, 1922 to a Russian peasant family in Bolshiye Goly, a village in the Kachugsky Municipal District of the Irkutsk region of Russia. After completing seven years of school, he worked on a collective farm. In October 1941, he joined the Red Army, serving in its airborne division.[1]
He served as the commander of an intelligence platoon in the 2nd Baltic Front, a major formation of the Red Army, where he caused a stir in fights on Latvia's clearing. On August 21 1944, under the command of Major Dityuk, Mashkov was deployed in a mechanized infantry battalion that attacked the railway station Ērgļi in the Madona Municipality of Latvia, now the Ērgļi municipality. On August 22, the battalion appeared to be cut off from the brigade's main forces.[1]
As the platoon fought to hold its defences, Lieutenant Mashkov commanded eight soldiers to hold off enemy attacks killing ten German soldiers. During the attack, Mashkov fired from a mounted machine gun. After that, the group was successfully forwarded through the lake on which another coast has incorporated into the armies. Mashkov supplied information on the deployment and location of German soldiers and artillery.[1]
Later on, Mashkov was in charge of several prospecting sorties. In one of them, Mashkov found out a staff of a German division. Having collected a group of scouts, it had made a touch on a team. As a result, Moshkov seized enemy documents and killed the commander of an enemy division.
Moshkov played an essential role in preparing an exit strategy for the battalion and accepting the correct decision on the enemy defence break. He delivered the prospecting data about weapon emplacements of the opponent to the commander of a battalion.[1]
For these accomplishments, Moshkov was awarded the rank of Hero of the Soviet Union.[1] He was wounded four times throughout the war; however, he returned to the front lines after every treatment. Roman Mashkov was present on Russian Victory Day in Berlin.[2]
After World War II, Moshkov was transferred to the reserve. He worked on his native collective farm, the "Second Pyatiletka." After retirement, Moshkov moved to Novokhopyorsk in Voronezh Oblast, where he died on July 22 1971.[1]
By Lenin's order, Moshkov was awarded the Gold Star medal (№ 8936) and other medals.[1] Leonid Sandalov's 1965 book, The Difficult Boundaries (Russian: Трудные рубежи) identifies Roman Mashkov as a hero.[3] The memorial bust of the Novel of Moshkov can be found in the central memorial devoted to a victory in World War II in the city of Novokhopyorsk.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Roman Mashkov". warheroes.ru (in Russian).
- ^ a b Из истории земли Новохоперской. Из воспоминаний Г.К.Жукова (in Russian). Одна на всех победа. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Leonid Sandalov (1965). Трудные рубежи. Moscow, Russia: Voenizdat. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
Novokhopyorsk's World War II Memorial | |
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 Heroes of the Soviet Union | |
 Full cavaliers of the Order of Glory | |