We remember, we are proud of “heroes of the Soviet Union N.A.” Vilkov, P.I.

VILKOVNIKOLAY ALEXANDROVICH

N. A. Vilkov was born on December 9, 1918 in the village of Ilinskoye (the village is located opposite Navolok on the left, Trans-Volga bank).

From an early age, Nikolai was attracted by the Volga, and he spent whole days on the river. After school, he worked for some time at the Privolzhskaya Kommuna textile mill, then graduated from the Gorky River Technical School and began driving ships on the Volga and Yenisei. On the Angara he sailed on a steamship as the first mate, from here in 1939 he was drafted into the Pacific Fleet. In his service he was the first - the best boatswain of the association, an excellent athlete.

During the Great Patriotic War, N. Vilkov served on the restless, stormy Sea of ​​Okhotsk as a boatswain of a sea hunter - that’s what torpedo boats were called.

In the period from August 18 to September 1, 1945, during the war with Japan, troops of the 2nd Far Eastern and Pacific Fronts carried out the Kuril landing operation - an assault on the Japanese rocky, inaccessible island of Syumushu (Shumshu), the northernmost of the islands of the Kuril ridge. The Japanese considered the island their forward bastion, a springboard for an attack on the Soviet Union: the Russian shores were just a stone's throw away - so a lot of artillery and tanks were concentrated on the island, and most importantly, the embrasures of enemy pillboxes and bunkers were visible from all the cracks.

The landing force of the first throw, consisting of marines and volunteer sailors, was supposed to capture a bridgehead on the island - height 171, to ensure the landing of the main forces. One of the platoons of the airborne company was commanded by foreman 1st class N. Vilkov.

August 18 at exactly 4 o'clock. 20 min. The torpedo boats approached the landing site, and, thanks to surprise and the cover of the main caliber guns from the ships, the paratroopers went ashore without losses, broke through the first line of defense (wire barriers were cut with scissors, the minefield was cleared using hand grenades) and began to make their way to the heights. A powerful two-embrasure pillbox, well camouflaged by thickets, stood in their way as a deadly barrier.

Calling fire from the ship would take a long time, and yet every minute of delay cost several lives. Vilkov made a decision: to quietly get within 20 meters of the pillbox and throw grenades at it. With grenades in both hands, he crawled towards the pillbox, followed by sailor Pyotr Ilyichev, his friend.

Dot is already nearby. Vilkov stood up and threw the grenade with force. One machine gun fell silent. But a moment before the explosion, Nikolai’s left shoulder burned like boiling water - his hand hung helplessly, and the grenade fell from his unclenched palm. The smoke from the explosion of the first grenade had barely cleared when both machine guns started firing again. Reaching with his good hand to the fallen grenade, Nikolai, lying down, threw it into the embrasure. Almost simultaneously another shot rang out - it was Ilyichev who acted.

The paratroopers got up and ran forward, believing that the pillbox was finished. But the machine guns came to life again. And then Nikolai Vilkov stood up to his full height and, seriously wounded, walked straight towards him and leaned his chest onto the embrasure. Ilyichev covered the second embrasure with his body.

The machine guns fell silent. This time it's final. The landing party rushed upward.

When the battle ended, at the reclaimed height, the bloody banner, pierced by bullets, which was taken out from under the vest of Nikolai Vilkov, was strengthened on the pole... He died on August 18, 1945.

After the successful completion of the Kuril landing operation, the three most distinguished formations were given the honorary name Kuril , several formations and ships were awarded orders, and nine paratroopers were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Among them were Petty Officer 1st Article Nikolai Aleksandrovich Vilkov and sailor P.I. Ilyichev (awarded posthumously, Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated September 14, 1945).

Streets in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vladivostok, Gorky, Irkutsk, and Zavolzhsk are named after Nikolai Vilkov. A cape in Kamchatka and a motor ship plying along the Angara are named after him. A monument to the hero was erected on the territory of the shipbuilding plant in Irkutsk, and in the Museum of Military Glory of the Irkutsk Garrison an exhibition tells about the hero.

One of the Soviet postage stamps is dedicated to the feat of Nikolai Vilkov, its size is 10x15cm (the author of the stamp is the artist A.V. Zavyalov). On a gray-blue background is the embrasure of an enemy pillbox, with fire bursting from it. Sergeant Major Vilkov rushed towards him in a courageous rush. His portrait is in the center of the stamp.

Boatswain of the floating base "Sever" of the Petropavlovsk naval base of the Pacific Fleet, petty officer of the 1st article. Hero of the Soviet Union.
Born on December 9, 1918 in the village of Ilyinskoye, Zavolzhsky district, Ivanovo region, in a peasant family. Russian.
Member of the CPSU(b) since 1945. Lived in the city of Navoloki. Here he graduated from junior high school and worked at a textile mill.
In 1939 he graduated from the Gorky River School. He worked as an assistant captain at the East Siberian River Shipping Company.
In the same year he was called up to serve in the Navy. Served in the Pacific Fleet.

In 1945, foreman 1st class Vilkov N.A. was appointed to the position of platoon commander in a Marine company.
On the night of August 17, 1945, Soviet warships with a landing party left the base and headed for the shores of Shumshu Island, the northernmost in the Kuril ridge.
The next day the landing began. This island was the main stronghold of the Japanese in the Kuril Islands
(The Japanese had an infantry brigade, 60 tanks, an air defense regiment, an artillery regiment, various special units and units).
The island was fortified with engineering structures and numerous pillboxes.
Platoon of Vilkova N.A. was one of the first to land. Due to the shallow waters, the ships were unable to approach the shore.
Under enemy fire, the paratroopers threw themselves into the water and waded to the shore.
The sailors quickly attacked coastal structures and captured a bridgehead. Under the cover of artillery, the main landing forces entered the battle.
The battle for Hill 171 became especially fierce. This was a key position for the Japanese.
The approaches to the height were covered by an enemy pillbox and a network of trenches with machine guns. The sailors launched an assault.
Suddenly the pillbox embrasures started talking at the top. The fire pinned the sailors to the ground. Then Vilkov crawled towards the embrasure.
He threw a grenade, but it did not reach the target. Then he rose to his full height and covered the embrasure with his body.
His feat was repeated by sailor Ilyichev P.I., who covered the left embrasure.
Dot fell silent. The sailors launched an attack, captured the height and hoisted a red flag over it. On August 22, the island was liberated.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 14, 1945.
Petty Officer 1st Article Vilkov Nikolai Aleksandrovich was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Awarded the Order of Lenin. N.A. Vilkov is forever included in the list of the crew of the ship of the Red Banner Pacific Fleet.
The landing ship of the Red Banner Pacific Fleet bears the name of N. Vilkov.
He was buried on Shumshu Island. Monuments to the Hero were erected in Nizhny Novgorod, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Navoloki, Ivanovo region,
on the territory of the KTOF submarine compound in Vilyuchinsk (Kamchatka).
In the village of Ilyinskoye, on the school building in the city of Navoloki, on the building of the Nizhny Novgorod River School there are memorial plaques.
A bust was erected near the school building in the city of Navoloki.
Cape Pinnacle Point (Tower) in Avacha Bay was renamed Cape Vilkova. River ships bear his name.

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Nikolai Alexandrovich Vilkov(December 9, Ilyinskoye village, Zavolzhsky district, Ivanovo region - August 18) - Soviet military sailor, petty officer of the first article, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Biography

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Vilkov was born into a Russian peasant family.

Excerpt characterizing Vilkov, Nikolai Alexandrovich

Plan:

Introduction

• 1 Biography
• 2 Awards
• 3 Memory

Introduction

USSR postage stamp,
dedicated to N. A. Vilkov

Nikolai Alexandrovich Vilkov(December 2, 1918, Ilinskoye village, Zavolzhsky district, Ivanovo region - August 18, 1945) - Soviet military sailor, petty officer 1st article, Hero of the Soviet Union.

1. Biography

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Vilkov was born into a Russian peasant family.

In 1939 he graduated from the Gorky River School. He worked as an assistant captain of the steamship "Maxim Gorky" of the East Siberian River Shipping Company. Since 1939 - in the Navy.

Participant in the Soviet-Japanese War of 1945. The boatswain of the floating base "Sever" (Petropavlovsk Naval Base, Pacific Fleet), foreman I class Vilkov, on August 18, 1945, as part of the landing force, liberated the North Kuril island of Shumshu from the Japanese invaders. During the battle, an enemy counterattack was repulsed and 8 Japanese tanks were destroyed. But when the paratroopers stormed Height 171, they came under fire from a double-embrasure bunker. Then Vilkov and sailor Pyotr Ilyichev crawled to the bunker and threw grenades at it. When the paratroopers again rose to attack, the machine guns started working again, and then Vilkov and Ilyichev covered the embrasures of the enemy bunker with their bodies.

He was buried on Shumshu Island.

2. Awards

• The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded posthumously on September 14, 1945.
• Order of Lenin.

3. Memory

• Monuments were erected in the cities of Nizhny Novgorod, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Navoloki, Ivanovo region, and memorial plaques were erected in the village of Ilinskoye and on the building of the Gorky River School.
• Cape Pinnacle Point (Tower) in Avacha Bay was renamed Cape Vilkova.
• Ships of the Ministry of River Fleet and a street in Vladivostok and Irkutsk are named after him. A street in the city of Severo-Kurilsk, which is located on Paramushir Island, neighboring Shumshu Island, is also named after him.
• Enlisted forever in the lists of the military unit.
• On November 27, 1979, by a resolution of the bureau of the Volgograd City Committee of the Komsomol, for the great work in the military-patriotic education of teenagers, the Volgograd Young Sailors Club with a flotilla was named after the Hero of the Soviet Union, foreman 1st article N. A. Vilkov.
• Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, bust on Glory Square.

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WE REMEMBER, WE ARE PROUD

“Heroes of the Soviet Union N.A. Vilkov, P.I. Ilyichev"

1. Introduction.

2. Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Alexandrovich Vilkov

Biography of N. A. Vilkov

3. Hero of the Soviet Union Pyotr Ivanovich Ilyichev

Biography of P.I. Ilyicheva

4. Feat of heroes

5. Memory of heroes

6. Conclusion

7. Literature used

Introduction

1. The Great Patriotic War ended on May 9, 1945 with the surrender of German troops, but World War II continued in the Far East of our country with militaristic Japan until September 2, 1945.

Back in February 1945, at the Yalta Conference, the USSR pledged to enter the war with Japan (Japan was an ally of Germany) two or three months after the victory over Germany on the terms of returning to it what was lost by Russia as a result of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. (South Sakhalin, Kuril Islands).

The entire campaign in the Far East lasted 24 days. Japanese troops lost 84 thousand people. During the hostilities, the losses of the Soviet side amounted to more than 36 thousand people. For services to the Fatherland, 308 thousand Soviet soldiers received orders and medals, 87 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

On the night of August 8-9, 1945, the USSR, and with it the Pacific Navy, entered the war with Japan.

The Soviet armed forces - army troops, aviation and navy had to conduct combat operations in Manchuria, Korea, South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, that is, on a front stretching over 6 thousand km.

Pacific sailors Nikolai Vilkov and the very young Pyotr Ilyichev performed an unfading feat in these battles.

1. Biography of Nikolai Alexandrovich Vilkov

Nikolai Alexandrovich Vilkov
Hero of the Soviet Union,

Sailor, petty officer, 1st class.

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Vilkov was born on December 2, 1918 in the village of IlyinskoyeZavolzhsky districtIvanovo regionin a peasant family. Russian .

In 1939 graduated from the Gorky River School. He worked as an assistant captain of the steamship "Maxim Gorky" of the East Siberian River Shipping Company. Since 1939 in the Navy.

Participant Soviet-Japanese war 1945 year. Boatswain of the floating base "Sever" (Petropavlovsk Naval Base, Pacific Fleet).

Awards:

Order of Lenin

2. Biography of Pyotr Ivanovich Ilyichev

Pyotr Ivanovich Ilyichev
Hero of the Soviet Union,
helmsman, sailor

Pyotr Ivanovich Ilyichev was born in 1927 in village of Pugachevka Nizhneomsky districtOmsk region in a peasant family. Russian. He graduated from 4th grade and worked on a collective farm. In the Soviet Army since November 1944 year. He graduated from the joint school of the training detachment of the Pacific Fleet.

Participant in the Soviet-Japanese War of 1945.
Helmsman of the patrol boat "SK-253" (6th division of patrol ships, Petropavlovsk naval base, Pacific Fleet)

Awards:

Order of Lenin

3. The feat of heroes.

N Ikolay Vilkov and Pyotr Ilyichev served in the Pacific Fleet. The first was already an experienced sailor, had the rank of petty officer of the 1st article, served as a boatswain of the floating base "Sever" of the Petropavlovsk naval base, the second was called up for active service only at the end of 1944 and was the helmsman of the patrol boat SK-253 of the 6th division patrol ships of the Petropavlovsk naval base. But it so happened that at the beginning of the war with Japan both ended up in the same Marine battalion, in the company of Senior Lieutenant Kashchei. Vilkov was a platoon commander, Ilyichev in this platoon was an ordinary Red Navy man.

On August 9, 1945, the Soviet Union, true to its allied obligations, entered the war with Japan.

In the very first days of the fighting, the Red Army dealt decisive blows to the enemy in Manchuria and Sakhalin, and thus favorable conditions were created for the liberation of the Kuril Islands, truly Russian lands captured by Japan at different times.

On the night of August 17, 1945, Soviet warships with a landing party left their base and headed for the shores of Shumshu Island, the northernmost in the Kuril ridge. This landing also included a battalion of marines. And the next day the landing of troops on Shumshu began. This island was the main stronghold of the Kuril Islands. On the island, the Japanese had an infantry brigade, 60 tanks, an air defense regiment, a fortress artillery regiment, and various special units and units. The island was fortified with engineering structures - numerous pillboxes.

In the group of the first rush there was a platoon of the communist foreman of the 1st article Nikolai Vilkov. Because of the shallows, the ships were unable to approach the shore. Under enemy fire, the paratroopers threw themselves into the water and waded to the shore. Without allowing the enemy to come to his senses, the sailors quickly attacked the coastal fortifications and captured a bridgehead. Under the cover of naval artillery, the main landing forces entered the battle. During the battle, an enemy counterattack was repulsed and 8 Japanese tanks were destroyed.

The battle for Hill 171 became especially fierce. This was a key position for the Japanese. At the top, the enemy built a reinforced concrete pillbox with two embrasures. In addition, the height was surrounded by a network of trenches with numerous machine-gun points.

The sailors stormed the heights. Despite heavy losses, they stubbornly moved forward. Vilkov’s platoon was in the vanguard here too. Next to the platoon commander is Ilyichev. He skillfully wielded a machine gun and grenades and came to the rescue of his comrades in time.

The company was already preparing for the last throw, when at the top of the height a double embrasure pillbox began to speak. Its powerful fire pinned the sailors to the ground. Several brave souls rushed forward and were mowed down by enemy fire...

And then the paratroopers saw the commander himself crawl to the right embrasure. He threw a grenade, but it did not reach the target. Then Vilkov rose to his full height and threw his body at the embrasure of the pillbox. She fell silent...

And the left embrasure continued to rain lead rain on the paratroopers. Komsomol member Ilyichev was wounded and ran out of grenades. The machine's disk was also empty. And in front of his comrades’ eyes, he stands up to his full height and covers the left embrasure of the pillbox with his body. Dot finally choked. The sailors rushed to the top of the height in an uncontrollable avalanche. The Red Banner hoisted on it.

On August 23, Shumshu Island was completely liberated. More than 12 thousand Japanese soldiers were captured. And soon the entire Kuril ridge was in the hands of Soviet soldiers.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Vilkov and Pyotr Ivanovich Ilyichev were posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Far Eastern heroes are buried on Shumshu Island.

Gaining altitude

4. Eternal MEMORY

Nikolai Alexandrovich Vilkov

In the cities of Nizhny Novgorod, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Navoloki Monuments were erected in the Ivanovo region, and memorial plaques were erected in the village of Ilyinskoye and on the building of the Gorky River School.

Cape Pinnacle Point (Tower) in Avacha Bay was renamed Cape Vilkova.

The vessels of the Ministry of River Fleet are named after him.

A street is named after him Vladivostok and Irkutsk.

A street in the city is named after the heroSevero-Kurilsk, located on the neighboring island of Shumshu, Paramushir Island.

On November 27, 1979, by a resolution of the bureau of the Volgograd City Committee of the Komsomol, for the great work in military-patriotic education of teenagers, the Volgograd Young Sailors Club with its flotilla was named after the Hero of the Soviet Union, foreman of the first article, N.A. Vilkov.

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - bust on Glory Square.

Enlisted forever in the lists of the military unit.

Monument in Navoloki, Ivanovo region

Nizhny Novgorod

monument in Nizhny Novgorod

ETERNAL MEMORY

Pyotr Ivanovich Ilyichev

Busts of the Hero are installed in the village of Pugachevka and in village of Paratunka Elizovsky district, Kamchatka region.

A bay and a cape on the Kamchatka Peninsula are named after him.

streets in Omsk, Vladivostok, Severo-KurilskSakhalin region, in the village of Nizhnyaya Omka,

State farm in the village of Antonovka, Nizhneomsky district.

MCOU "Antonovskaya Secondary School" in February 2013 was named after Hero of the Soviet Union P.I. Ilyicheva.

Fishing trawler in the Kamchatka region,

Project 1171 landing ship of the Red Banner Pacific Fleet.

On July 27, 1958, a monument to Ilyichev was erected in the village of Zavoiko (Kamchatka).

Also, a monument to the Hero was erected in 1976 in Omsk.

In June 1973, a monument to the hero was unveiled in the pioneer camp named after P. Ilyichev, made by Omsk sculptor F. D. Bugaenko.

Present at the celebration were the hero’s mother, Natalya Sergeevna Ilyicheva; friend of P. Ilyichev and eyewitness of his immortal feat A. N. Dodukh; Omsk artist N.A. Kuzmin, participant in the last battle of Peter Ilyichev;

poet T. Belozerov, who wrote poems about the feat of our fellow countryman, composer B. Yarkov, author of a song about him, journalist M.P. Shapran, who was the first to write about P. Ilyichev’s feat on the pages of the Pacific “Red Star”.

Forever included in the list of the crew of a ship of the Pacific Fleet.

Monument in the village of Pugachevka, Nizhneomsky district

Kamchatka, village Zavoiko

G. Vladivostok, st. Ilyicheva, 32

5. Conclusion

There are many heroes in our country, we are very proud of them!

The years of the terrible war are receding further into the past, but the feat of the people who stood up to defend the Fatherland will forever live in the memory of the people. One of the young heroes is Pyotr Ivanovich Ilyichev. Died at the age of 18...

The Siberian poet and scientist P. Dravert has the following lines:

Let it be short

your life path,

But so can you

shine radiantly

Leaving the living

exciting trail...

It was precisely this exciting trace that Nikolai Vilkov and Pyotr Ilyichev left, having lived an offensively short life, leaving their name forever in the good memory of people.

6. Literature used

Gritchenko A.A., Meerovich E.I. Feat in the Kuril Islands. M., 1975. P. 3-47.

Pacific Gold Stars. Vladivostok. 1982. pp. 159–163.

Forever in service. M., 1959. Book. 2. pp. 152–164.

Forever in service. Album. Vol. 1. M., 1971. P. 200.

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