Ivan Gavrilov Biography

Memorial Tirgarten View 2 Gavrilov Ivan Vasilievich-commander of the Guards Mechanized Lodzian Order of the Red Banner Order of the 2nd degree of the Brigade of the 8th Guards Carpathian Mechanized Corps, 1st Guards Tank Army, 1st Belorussian Front, County Colonel. Born on October 7 in the city of Yeisk of the Kuban region, now the Krasnodar Territory. From the family of the worker. During the civil war in December, he was mobilized in the White Guard forces of General A.

Denikin, served in a reserve battalion in Stavropol. When the red troops approached the city, he went to their side. In the Red Army since April, a volunteer. He served in the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of a separate cavalry brigade of the Southern Front. A member of the Civil War in the North Caucasus was wounded. After the war ended, he was aimed at studying and in the year graduated from cavalry courses in Novocherkassk.

Since January, he served in the Cavalery Regiment of the North Caucasus Military District, from the year - in the Cavalerian regiment of the Moscow Military District, he was the commander of the department, the foreman of the company, the platoon commander, the assistant commander and the squadron commander, the assistant for the political part of the regimental school. Member of the CPSU B from the year.

Since March, he served in the 1st reserve cavalry regiment of the Moscow Military District of Liski, where he was the commander of the squadron, from January-the executing the 2nd assistant chief of staff of the regiment. In these years, he once again graduated from cavalry courses for improving the command staff in Novocherkassk for the year. Since April, he served in the Far East in the Cavalry Regiment of a special Red Banner Far Eastern Army, where he was the 2nd assistant chief of staff of the regiment and, from March, the chief of staff of the regiment.

Since April - chief of staff of the Civil Code of the Cavalry Regiment of the Cavalry Division as part of a special red -banned Far Eastern army. Since the beginning of June, the commander of the Civil Code of the Cavalry Regiment of the Cavalry Division of the 5th Cavalry Corps of the Kyiv Special Military District of the city in the army on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, Lieutenant Colonel I.

fought on the South-West Front, a participant in the defensive battle in Western Ukraine, the Kyiv defensive operation of the year. Especially distinguished in the Yelets offensive operation in December. In the battle on December 7, at the Serbino farm, the regiment led the regiment into an equestrian attack and defeated the enemy, 1 gun, 2 easel machine guns, a wagon with ammunition and 20 prisoners were captured in this battle.

In the battle on December 14, near the village of Rossosnye Regiment under his command, he inflicted a major defeat of the enemy and knocked him out of the village, 27 wagons with ammunition and 30 prisoners were captured. For this operation, I. Gavrilov was awarded his first order, and the regiment received the guards rank in December and became known as the Mvvalery Cavalry Regiment.

Already under the Guards banner he participated in the Barvenkovo-Lozov’s offensive operation, in the Voronezh-Voroshilovgrad defensive operation, in the Battle of Stalingrad. In August, he became deputy commander of the drill part of the motorized rifle brigade, fought with her on the southeastern and Stalingrad fronts. In October, the brigades were brought to the rear.

In May, he was aimed at studying. Since April, the commander of the mechanized brigade of the 1st mechanized corps on the 1st Belorussian Front. He participated in the Belarusian offensive operation. Since September, the commander of the 1st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade of the 1st Mechanized Corps on the 1st Belorussian Front. At the head of it participated in the battles on the Pultus bridgehead on the Narev River, where he was wounded in October.

After the cure, he returned to the front again and was appointed commander of the Guards Mechanized Brigade of the 8th Guards Meh Corps as part of the 1st Guards Tank Army on the 1st Belorussian Front. He participated in the East Pomeranian offensive operation, where he distinguished himself during the breakthrough of the tank army to Gdynia. The brigade under his command captured several crossings in good condition, contributed and directly participated in the liberation of several cities, participated in the breakthrough of the first defensive line on the approaches to Danzig Gdynia.

In the period from March 2 to 20, the brigade warriors destroyed 10 assault guns, 4 guns and mortars, 79 machine guns, cars and motorcycles, soldiers and officers. Soldiers and officers were captured, 9 guns, 10 mortars, 41 machine guns were captured. The commander of the Guards Mechanized Lodzian Order of Lenin of the Red Banner Order of the 2nd degree of the brigade of the 8th Guards Carpathian Mechanized Corps, the 1st Guards Tank Army, the 1st Belorussian Front of the Guard, Colonel Gavrilov Ivan Vasilievich showed the courage and skill of the commander in the Berlin strategic offensive operation.

On the first day of the offensive, on April 16, the brigade was introduced into battle and participated in the end of the breakthrough of German defensive lines, striking from the Oder bridgehead.With continuous heavy battles, constantly reflecting German counterattacks, the brigade reached Berlin. In this battle, under the leadership of the guard of Colonel I. Gavrilov, crossings were seized in good condition through the channels within the city, which contributed to the successful advance of the rifle units.

Several dozens of city quarters were cleared of the enemy. From April 16 to 26, the brigade destroyed 2 guns, 9 mortars, 9 machine -gun points, 15 cars, 2 aircraft, 9 steam locomotives and soldiers and enemy officers. A German airfield with 40 working aircraft on it, 15 vehicles and several military property warehouses were captured. Gavrilov died the death of the brave. Initially, he was buried in the village of Tsilenzig now the city of Sulencin, Poland.

Later he was reburied at the memorial to the fallen Soviet soldiers in Tirgarten Park in the city of Berlin. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of May 31, for the exemplary execution of the command missions of the command at the front of the fight against the German invaders and the heroism of the guard, Colonel Gavrilov Ivan Vasilievich, was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Colonel was awarded the Order of Lenin