Pyotr Malyshev

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Pyotr Fyodorovich Malyshev
Malyshev, c. 1945
Born28 August 1898
Seleznevo, Pereslavsky Uyezd, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire
Died10 December 1972(1972-12-10) (aged 74)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance
  • Russian Empire
  • Russian SFSR
  • Soviet Union
Service/branch
Years of service1917–1918, 1919–1937, 1940–1959
RankLieutenant general
Commands held
Battles/wars
Awards

Pyotr Fyodorovich Malyshev (Russian: Пётр Фёдорович Ма́лышев; 28 August 1898 – 10 December 1972) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who held field army command during World War II.

Early life, World War I, and Russian Civil War

Pyotr Fyodorovich Malyshev was born on 28 August 1898 in the village of Seleznevo, Kopninskoy volost, Pereslavsky Uyezd, Vladimir Governorate (now Pereslavsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast). He studied at the Petrovskoy Teacher Seminary from October 1913 to January 1917. During World War I, Malyshev entered the Alexandrovskоye Military School as a junker on 4 February 1917, taking a course in the special machine-gun section of the school. On 17 March he took the oath of allegiance to the Russian Provisional Government, and on 26 May he received the rank of unter-ofitser. After graduating from the school, Malyshev was promoted to praporshchik with seniority on 1 June and placed on the rolls of the 197th Reserve Infantry Regiment as a junior officer of the 14th company. In August he was sent to the Northwestern Front, where he served as chief of the machine gun detachment of the 480th Danilovsky Infantry Regiment of the 120th Infantry Division. Demobilized, Malyshev began work as an assistant ticket clerk at the Berendeyevo station of the Yaroslavl railway in February 1918.[1]

During the

Makhnovists in Poltava Governorate. For distinguishing himself in battle, Malyshev was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in May 1920.[1]

Interwar period

After the end of the war, Malyshev continued to serve with the 7th Rifle Division of the

Nezhin as assistant commander for personnel of the 58th Rifle Regiment, battalion commander in the 20th Rifle Regiment, chief of the divisional school for junior commanders, from October 1924 as assistant chief of the operations section of the division staff, from April 1926 as assistant commander for logistical support of the 19th Rifle Regiment, and from October 1927 as chief of the operations section of the division staff. During this period, Malyshev completed the Vystrel course between August 1922 and September 1923, and together with the division fought in the suppression of anti-Soviet forces in Ukraine during 1926 and 1927. In August 1929 he returned to the Vystrel course and upon graduation in May 1930 returned to the division, now in the Volga Military District.[1]

Malyshev served as chief of staff of the division until April 1931, when he transferred to the

Western Special Military District. In early June 1941 he transferred to command the 3rd Reserve Rifle Brigade at Smolensk.[1]

World War II

After

49th Army of the front. On 20 August the division handed over its sector to the 194th Rifle Division and joined the 16th Army. Having marched to the Sukhinichi region, its units entered defensive battles against the attacks of the German 134th Infantry Division and 17th Panzer Division, tasked with eliminating the threat of the German advance on Kozelsk and Sukhinichi. By decisive actions, they inflicted heavy losses on the German forces and drove them back to the southern bank of the Zhizdra.[1]

In October Malyshev was transferred to serve as deputy commander of the 16th Army, during which it fought in heavy defensive battles on the left wing of the Western Front in the area of Sukhinichi. From 3 May 1943 Malyshev was appointed temporary commander of the

Gorodok Offensive, capturing Karachev and Gorodok. For "skillful command" of the corps in these operations Malyshev was awarded the Order of Lenin on 27 August.[1]

Malyshev commanded the

Memel Offensive, and subsequently blockaded the Courland Pocket until the end of the war.[1]

Postwar

After the end of the war, Malyshev was placed at the disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate in October 1945. After completing the Higher Academic Course at the

Belorussian Military District for personnel. He served as chief of staff and first deputy commander-in-chief of the district from November 1948. Malyshev transferred to hold the same position for the East Siberian Military District in March 1950 and the South Ural Military District in July 1953. He was again placed at the disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate in September 1954, then appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the Volga Military District for air defense in January 1955. Malyshev retired on 4 March 1959 and died in Moscow on 10 December 1972.[1]

Awards

Malyshev was a recipient of the following decorations:[1]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Tsapayev & Goremykin 2015, pp. 713–715.

Bibliography

  • Tsapayev, D. A.; et al. (2015). Великая Отечественная: Комдивы. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Division Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 4. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole.
    ISBN 978-5-9950-0602-2
    .
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