Sergei Trofimenko
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Born | Ryovny , Trubchevsky Uyezd, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire | September 22, 1899
Died | 16 October 1953 Moscow, Soviet Union | (aged 54)
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Service/ | Red Army (later Soviet Army) |
Years of service | 1919–1953 |
Rank | Colonel general |
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Sergei Georgievich Trofimenko (
Early life
Trofimenko was born 22 September [O.S. 10 September] 1899 in Ryovny (now in Bryansk Oblast) to a working-class family. He graduated from high school and two-year railway school. With the death of his father, he was head of a family with six brothers and sisters. At age 10 began working in the railway depot Bryansk-2 as a messenger.
Military career
Russian Civil War
He took an active part in the revolutionary events of 1917 in Bryansk, where the depot was one of the organizers of the Komsomol. In 1918 he joined the Communist Party (b), and when Denikin's army approached the city, he joined the Red Army.
During the Civil War he served as a private, squad leader, platoon leader, and assistant chief of the machine-gun platoon infantry regiment in the
Interwar period
In 1926 he graduated from the courses: "
After September 1923 he served as chief of the machine-gun team, and from February 1924, the military
World War II
In September 1939 he took part in the campaign in Poland, and was deputy chief of staff of the
In August 1940 he was appointed chief of staff of the North Caucasus, from January 1941 to the position of commander of the
From December 1941 to March 1942 he commanded a task force of impressed prisoners gathered from gulags in the Medvezhiegorsky area (1941–1942) on the Karelian front; from March to June 1942, the 32nd Army; from July 1942 to January 1943, the 7th Army; and from January 1943 until the end of the war, the 27th Army.
Troops under his command participated in defensive battles in
During the
General Trofimenko is thought to be responsible for the great loss of Romanian soldiers, whom he later had in command, during the battle of Oarba de Mureș, in Romania.
By Decree No. 4262 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of September 13, 1944, for good command of troops in Iași-Kishinev operation and for displaying courage and heroism, Lieutenant-General Sergei G. Trofimenko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star" .
Post-war service
From 1945 to 1946 he was commander of
In 1949 he graduated from the higher academic courses at the Voroshilov Higher Military Academy He was chosen deputy to the Supreme Soviet in 1946 and 1953.
Trofimenko died on October 16, 1953, in Moscow, and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.
Honours and awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Four Orders of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner, three times
- Order of Suvorov, 1st class, twice
- Order of Kutuzov, 1st class
- Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st class
A street is named for him in Bryansk, and there is a memorial plaque at the Bryansk locomotive depot-2.
References
- Vozhakin, Mikhail Georgievich, ed. (2005). Великая Отечественная. Командармы. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Army Commanders: Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 5860901135.