IVANOV Mikhail Romanovich

(3.I.1924, pos. Kolodny, now within the precincts of Smolensk - 10.II.1965, Smolensk).
In the Red Army in 1942, at the front in April 1943. The company commander of 242 th Guards Rifle Regiment 82 Guards Rifle Division 8-th Guards Army 1 st Belorussian Front, Guards Lieutenant. I. the night of 23.II.1945 g. with ten soldiers secretly entered the fort fortress Poznan (Poland), captured it and hoisted the Red Flag. After the war - in stock. In 1949-54 he. again served in the Army. Dismissed the rank of captain. Lived and worked in Kaliningrad, Russia 1964. - Smolensk. Name and. named street in Smolensk.

Lit.: Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary. - M. - Vol.1. - P. 571.