(19. 9. 1914)
F ROAR A. Artemyev, Guard Captain, Battery Commander 386-self-propelled artillery regiment of Lublin, was born September 19, 1914 in a. Kudeihe Poretsky District, Chuvash Republic. Russian. In 1939, after the end of the Gorky Automobile and Mechanical College was drafted into the Red Army and served in its ranks 23 пЁпЎпЄп°.
During the Great Patriotic War on Jan. 1, 1943 to victory over Germany was fighting on the Volkhov and the 1 st Belorussian fronts, occupying the post of deputy commander of a rifle company commander for political affairs, and the battery commander. For military distinction and impeccable service in the Soviet Army awarded two Orders of Red Banner (1944, . 1945), . Order of the Patriotic War, 2 nd degree (1944), . Red Star (1954), . medals "For Military Merit" (1950), . "For the liberation of Warsaw", . "For the capture of Berlin", . "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.", . "For perfect service" 1-th degree, and three commemorative medals.,
. W tion of the Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star" Fyodor Artemiev was awarded on Feb. 27, 1945 for bravery and courage, . displayed in the battles for the liberation of Polish cities Zyrardow and Tori (Torun).,
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. Artemev finished in Berlin.
In the postwar years, Fyodor A. Graduated from the Military Academy of Armored Forces, was on teaching. In July 1962 on health grounds was dismissed from the Soviet Army retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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In July 1943, Artemev was sent on courses to improve the officer corps of armored forces
. After finishing their summer of 1944, was first appointed to the command post of commander-self-propelled artillery battery in the 2 Panzer Army, which was preparing for an offensive in the area of Kovel. The army was put into battle July 22, 1944. On the second day of the tankers released the Polish city of Lublin, and July 25 reached the Vistula River in the Deblin. Battery under the command Artemjeva all the time moving in the vanguard, and their fire has destroyed anti-tank guns and machine guns of the enemy, hindering the advance of our troops.
. July 31 tankers, and gunners engaged the enemy in a suburb of Warsaw-Prague
. Defensive line of the enemy, held on the outskirts of Prague, had a pillbox, antitank and antipersonnel obstacles. The enemy was at the turn of fierce resistance, and then struck a strong counterattack in parts 2 Panzer Army. In the bloody battles of the personnel of the battery Artemjeva samples showed resistance and heroism. His fire gunners shot down 8 enemy tanks.
January 14, 1945 with the bridgeheads on the Vistula, south of Warsaw, the troops of the 1 st Belorussian Front began the Vistula-Oderekuyu operation. January 16 was introduced in the battle 2-Guards Tank Army. That day Battery Artemjeva distinguished itself in battles for the city Zyrardow. Gunners fire on the move destroyed four enemy guns on the shoulders of the enemy first entered the Zyrardow and soon came to the rescue here, along with other parts of the liberated him. In pursuit of the enemy tank crews the next day captured the town of Sochaczew, came to the river Bzura and cut the escape route Warsaw enemy troops. In the middle of the day the Soviet-Polish units liberated the Polish capital, Warsaw. Battery Artemjeva afternoon spent in heavy fighting east of Sohacheva.
In subsequent battles to liberate Poland battery Artemjeva moved ahead of the infantry, marching in the head gate. It paves the way to the main forces of the regiment, conducted reconnaissance, first entered into combat with the enemy on the intermediate lines. Near the city Thorne captain Artemev defeated enemy convoy of 50 wagons and destroyed a mortar battery, 3 machine guns, 4 observation points and up to 100 soldiers and officers.
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1) Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary. V.1. M.: Voeniz.1987.
2) Rumyantsev.N.M. People legendary heroism ". Saratov. 1968
