Biography of Shishkin Paul

The memorial plaque Shishkin Pavel Emelyanovich - the commander of the battery of the mortar regiment I am the army, the Voronezh front, the lieutenant. Born on November 21, in the village of Staraya Vediga, now the Semiluksky district of the Voronezh region in a peasant family. Graduated 7 classes. He worked as a radio operator-signal at the Voronezh Plant "Elekolsil".

He was drafted into the army in the year by the Vedug district military enlistment office. He participated in the Soviet-Finnish war-years. He acted in the year, in the year he graduated from the Lepel mortar school. During the Great Patriotic War in the army - since June. He fought in the West, Voronezh, 1st and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. Three times wounded.

Especially distinguished when forcing the Dnieper and in battles on the captured bridgehead. For three days of battles on the bridgehead, the battery reflected 7 enemy counterattacks, destroying the mortar battery, 7 easel machine guns, 16 wagons with cargo to the enemy soldiers and officers. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 10, for the exemplary implementation of the command missions of the command at the front of the fight against the German invaders and the heroism shown and heroism Shishkin Pavel Emelyanovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal.

After the war, he continued to serve in the army. In the year he graduated from improving the officers. Since the year, Major P. Shishkin is in stock. He lived in Vitebsk, worked as deputy director of the cultural factory factory, from a year at the factory of electrical instruments by a student of the controller, a controller, a storekeeper, head of a pantry, a dispatcher, a technical dispatcher and a senior technical dispatcher.

Since May - retired. Retired Colonel P. Shishkin died on February 18. He was awarded Lenin’s orders on the school building in the village of Staraya Vediga installed a memorial plaque. The cadet of the Lepel mortar school P. Shishkin entered the battle on July 3, when the school under the command of Major General B. Terpilovsky, who took up the defense of the Essa River west of the city of Lepel Vitebsk region, met the advancing tanks of the enemy and mortar fire.

Having reflected the first blow with his weak weapons, the school was forced to retreat to the northeast, to the village of Ulla in the Western Dvina, since the enemy began to go around his position from the south, where there were no Soviet troops. In these battles, P. Shishkin was wounded. By July 9, the school was divided into two parts. About half of the commanders and cadets of the school broke out to Vitebsk, participated in his defense, then retreated to Smolensk, from there was sent to the city of Barnaul to a new place of deployment of the school.

The remaining cadets were surrounded and independently got out of it in small groups and, when they exit their own, also went to Barnaul. After a reduced mortar course, Shishkin was left by the commander of a training platoon in Barnaul, but some time after repeated reports was sent to the front. By the summer of the year, Lieutenant P. Shishkin on the Voronezh Front commanded the mortar battery in the Mine Mortar Regiment of the Army.

During the defensive stage of the Kursk battle from July 5 to 17, I was in the southwestern section of the Kursk arc, near the city of Sumy, where there were no active hostilities. Subsequently, the army participated in the Belgorod-Kharkov offensive operation on August 3-23-the final stage of the battle on the Kursk arc, then in the Sumy-Priluk offensive operation on August 26-September 30 to liberate Left-Bank Ukraine, including the cities of Sumy and Romna Sumy region, Priluka Chernihiv region.

For the difference in the last operation, P. Shishkin received his first award-the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree. From the award sheet: the commander of the 6th battery, Lieutenant Shishkin, for the period of the summer offensive against the German invaders, skillfully organized the fire of his battery, as a result of which Lieutenant Shishkin was always at the observation post in the battle formations of the infantry, which achieved a well-aimed fire to destroy manpower and enemy equipment.

Worthy of a government award-the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree. The regiment commander Major Glushchenko in early October of the year, the mortar regiment crossed the Dnieper north of Kyiv, in the area of ​​the village of Svaromier. For the difference in the forcing of the Dnieper, P. Shishkin was presented to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

From the award sheet: Lieutenant Shishkin showed examples of military skill and heroism when crossing the Dnieper River. In the first three days of battles on the right bank of the battery, Lieutenant Shishkina repelled, together with the infantry of 7 counterattacks of the enemy. For exceptional organization, bold initiative and combat skill, Lieutenant Shishkin is worthy of conferring the title “Hero of the Soviet Union”.

The regiment commander Major Glushchenko on October 12, after the battles on the bridgehead of P. Shishkin, as part of the army of the 1st Ukrainian Front, participated in the Kyiv offensive operation on November 3-13 and the liberation of the capital of Ukraine Kyiv on November 6, for which the mortar regiment received the honorary name of Kyiv.On the 2nd Ukrainian Front, as part of the Army, he participated in the Uman-Botoshansky offensive operation on March 5-April 17, during which I was an army from the region north of Uman to a blow to the southwest, forced the South Bug, Dniester, Prut and, by the end of the operation, entered the territory of Romania northwest of the city of Yassa.

Until August, she kept stubborn battles in this area. For the difference in these battles, P. Shishkin was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. From the award sheet: in the battles on the territory of Romania, the commander of the 6th battery of the Army mortar Kyiv Kiev Red Banner Order of the Bogdan Khmelnitsky regiment, Senior Lieutenant Shishkin, proved himself to be a fearless, energetic and resourceful officer, showed high samples of military duty.

During the time of May 10 to 16, in the battles of the northwest of the city of Yassa, his battery destroyed from above soldiers and officers, a mortar battery of 81 mm, 1 anti-tank gun, 13 easel and 18 light machine guns. The fire of 6 mortars 81.4 mm is suppressed and 12 enemy counterattacks were repelled. In the battle on June 2, the battery was in the area of ​​the main strike of the enemy, under the continuous artillery fire and the massive influence of aviation, boldly and decisively attacks by the enemy.

In this battle, she was destroyed to soldiers and officers, 1 mortar battery 81.4 mm, 8 easel and 12 light machine guns. For the exemplary implementation of combat missions and the courage and valor shown at the same time, the government reward-the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. The regiment commander Major Glushchenko after that, as part of the Army, P.

Shishkin, on the 2nd Ukrainian Front, participated in the Yas-Chisinau strategic offensive operation on August 20-29; Bucharest-Aradskaya on August 30-October 3 and Debrezenskaya on October 6-28 of the year of offensive operations, the Budapest strategic offensive operation on October 29-February 13; As part of the Army-in the West Carpathian strategic offensive operation on January 12-February 18 in Hungary and Slovakia.

In the last operation on January 19, the year under the city of Elshava Slovakia, the Bancobistri Territory was wounded for the third time. He was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky. Из наградного листа: Командир 2 дивизиона армейского минометного Киевского дважды Краснознаменного орденов Суворова, Кутузова, и Богдана Хмельницкого полка капитан Шишкин в боях по прорыву обороны противника северо-западнее города Мишкольц и на протяжении боев на подступах к городу Ельшава с 12 по 19 января года проявил личную отвагу, мужество, храбрость и Skillful leadership of the battles.

Being all the time in the battle formations of the infantry, he personally controlled the fire of the division, which was effective and very destructive for the enemy. The fire of his division destroyed a large amount of manpower and equipment of the enemy. In the battles, the division destroyed: soldiers and officers -, machine guns - 9, hand machine guns - 12, 75 mm guns - 3, 4 mm carts, three mm artbaths, three mortar batteries, 4 mm, five mortar batteries 81.4 mm are suppressed.

5 opponent counterattacks are repelled. In the last battle of January 19, Captain Shishkin, being at the NP commander of the infantry battalion, was wounded, but did not leave the battlefield until the battle ended. Worthy of a government award - the Order of Alexander Nevsky. The regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel Glushchenko in the preparation of the biography, in addition to the sources given, used materials from the Lepel website.

Stelmas; as well as the site of prose. Azoron “Forced examination of cadet Shishkin”, written using the book by A. Stelmakh and G. Yakovleva “Lepel Mortar School”. The biography was prepared by:.