Logunov Street
Of the 110 Heroes of the Soviet Union, natives of the Tyumen region, Yugra and Yamal, Alexander Nikitovich Logunov is considered the youngest.
He was born on September 4, 1926, in the village of Kachipova, Baykalovsky district (now Tobolsk district), into a peasant family. My parents worked at the Krasnoe Znamya collective farm.
The father died near Moscow in December 1941, and the son wanted to take revenge on the Germans, but the commission of the military enlistment office refused the 16-year-old teenager, "because of his poor physical development, having a height of less than 150 cm and a weight of 42 kg."
The severe losses suffered by the Red Army in the defensive and offensive operations of 1943 led to amendments to the 1939 law on Universal Military Service. All conscripts were mobilized, "having a height below 150 cm, but more than 145 cm." Logunov was sent to the 128th Reserve Rifle Regiment of the 43rd Reserve Rifle Division in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Four months later, in May 1944, he was enlisted as an anti-tank gunner in the 1st battalion of the 490th Infantry Regiment of the 192nd Infantry Division of the 39th Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front. This army was commanded by Major General Ivan Ludnikov, who distinguished himself in the Battle of Stalingrad. In June 1944, his army launched an offensive in the Vitebsk-Orsha direction.
On the outskirts of the city of Orsha, Red Army soldier Logunov "provided direct assistance to the advancing troops with accurate anti-tank rifle fire, knocking out three armored vehicles with Nazis and a tractor with a 105 mm cannon…", for which he was awarded the medal "For Bravery". For his participation in the destruction of an enemy stronghold near the Polish city of Suwalki, he received the second medal "For Courage". He turned 18 a day later.
It is believed that after 1943, when the enemy began using T-5 Panther medium tanks and T-6 Tiger heavy tanks with powerful armor of 80 and 100 mm, respectively, anti-tank rifles began to be used mainly for firing at firing points: machine guns, mortars, guns, pillboxes and bunkers. But the Logunov armored truck proved the ability of a long-barreled ATGM to hit armored targets even in changed combat conditions.
On October 17, 1944, units of the 39th Army reached the Lithuanian-German border. Sappers of the 192nd Rifle Orsha Red Banner Division built a bridge across the border river Sheshupe (now the vicinity of the village of Globele, Shaksha district of Lithuania). Logunov’s ATGM crew was ordered to guard it in case of a possible German breakthrough.
And early the next morning, 12 German tanks came onto the bridge.
He was born on September 4, 1926, in the village of Kachipova, Baykalovsky district (now Tobolsk district), into a peasant family. My parents worked at the Krasnoe Znamya collective farm.
The father died near Moscow in December 1941, and the son wanted to take revenge on the Germans, but the commission of the military enlistment office refused the 16-year-old teenager, "because of his poor physical development, having a height of less than 150 cm and a weight of 42 kg."
The severe losses suffered by the Red Army in the defensive and offensive operations of 1943 led to amendments to the 1939 law on Universal Military Service. All conscripts were mobilized, "having a height below 150 cm, but more than 145 cm." Logunov was sent to the 128th Reserve Rifle Regiment of the 43rd Reserve Rifle Division in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Four months later, in May 1944, he was enlisted as an anti-tank gunner in the 1st battalion of the 490th Infantry Regiment of the 192nd Infantry Division of the 39th Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front. This army was commanded by Major General Ivan Ludnikov, who distinguished himself in the Battle of Stalingrad. In June 1944, his army launched an offensive in the Vitebsk-Orsha direction.
On the outskirts of the city of Orsha, Red Army soldier Logunov "provided direct assistance to the advancing troops with accurate anti-tank rifle fire, knocking out three armored vehicles with Nazis and a tractor with a 105 mm cannon…", for which he was awarded the medal "For Bravery". For his participation in the destruction of an enemy stronghold near the Polish city of Suwalki, he received the second medal "For Courage". He turned 18 a day later.
It is believed that after 1943, when the enemy began using T-5 Panther medium tanks and T-6 Tiger heavy tanks with powerful armor of 80 and 100 mm, respectively, anti-tank rifles began to be used mainly for firing at firing points: machine guns, mortars, guns, pillboxes and bunkers. But the Logunov armored truck proved the ability of a long-barreled ATGM to hit armored targets even in changed combat conditions.
On October 17, 1944, units of the 39th Army reached the Lithuanian-German border. Sappers of the 192nd Rifle Orsha Red Banner Division built a bridge across the border river Sheshupe (now the vicinity of the village of Globele, Shaksha district of Lithuania). Logunov’s ATGM crew was ordered to guard it in case of a possible German breakthrough.
And early the next morning, 12 German tanks came onto the bridge.
From the award list dated December 27, 1944: "… The Red Army soldier Logunov waited until the lead tank came very close and knocked it out with well-aimed shots in vulnerable places. The second tank went straight at Logunov, intending to crush him. Taking careful aim, gunner Logunov fired into the tank’s gas tank and set it on fire. The rest of the tanks opened frenzied fire from cannons and machine guns at the brave warrior. However, he quickly changed his position, and when two tanks turned their sides towards him, one tank set fire to several shots and knocked out the other. And then Logunov destroyed the fifth tank with an accurate hit to the engine part. The remaining enemy tanks turned around and retreated."
An hour and a half after repelling the German breakthrough to the eastern shore of the Sheshupe, Army General I. D. Chernyakhovsky, commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front, passed through here. A short, dark-skinned girl in a soldier’s greatcoat appeared in his path. Ivan Danilovich got out of the car.
"I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, I thought they were our guys," she defended herself.
"What happened?" Chernyakhovsky asked.
"I have eight wounded here," she pointed to the juniper bushes. None of the wounded, and Logunov was among them, raised his head.
"Did you take them all out yourself?"
"By myself."
"Well done," the army general praised the nurse. — And you did the right thing by stopping us. Take our car and take them to your farm as soon as possible. The guards will help you. And you," he turned to the delegate, — remember all their details. They deserve high awards.
And he went to General Ludnikov, who was waiting for him, who described this episode in 1969 in his post-war memoirs, "The Road of a Lifetime."
An hour and a half after repelling the German breakthrough to the eastern shore of the Sheshupe, Army General I. D. Chernyakhovsky, commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front, passed through here. A short, dark-skinned girl in a soldier’s greatcoat appeared in his path. Ivan Danilovich got out of the car.
"I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, I thought they were our guys," she defended herself.
"What happened?" Chernyakhovsky asked.
"I have eight wounded here," she pointed to the juniper bushes. None of the wounded, and Logunov was among them, raised his head.
"Did you take them all out yourself?"
"By myself."
"Well done," the army general praised the nurse. — And you did the right thing by stopping us. Take our car and take them to your farm as soon as possible. The guards will help you. And you," he turned to the delegate, — remember all their details. They deserve high awards.
And he went to General Ludnikov, who was waiting for him, who described this episode in 1969 in his post-war memoirs, "The Road of a Lifetime."
While the submission for awarding the title of Hero of the Soviet Union to Red Army soldier Logunov was being considered in the authorities, he refused to be hospitalized and returned to his native unit. Until May 8, 1945, he earned two Orders of Glory, III and II degrees. He was wounded twice and concussed, but did not go further than the regimental medical battalion.
The armored truck driver Logunov had the opportunity to earn the first degree of the Order of Glory. After the surrender of Nazi Germany, the 39th Army was deployed east against imperialist Japan, but when the echelons of the 192nd Infantry Division stopped on their way to another war at Tyumen station, Logunov was allowed "as an incentive to see his mother." While he was getting to his native village and repairing the dilapidated farmstead, Soviet troops defeated the main forces of the million-strong Japanese Kwantung army in two weeks in August 1945. It made no sense to return Logunov to the division, which received another honorary name — Khinganskaya, but was subject to disbandment. Therefore, he was enrolled as a cadet in the Tallinn Military Infantry School, evacuated from Estonia to Tyumen in the summer of 1941.
Newsreel footage preserved the solemn meeting of the victorious soldiers of the first stage of demobilization. Not a single young face: men in their sixties and fifties with rare medals on their unsightly tunics. Miraculously, the surviving infantrymen, sappers, signallers, baggage carters…
After 1948, 2,874,000 people remained in military service. After 1945, more than 2,500,000 seriously injured servicemen were transferred from military registration to retirement. The demobilized Hero of the Soviet Union, Foreman Logunov, with a pre-war fourth-grade education, was offered the position of watchman at the commandant’s office of the Regional Department of Internal Affairs.
Three years later, Logunov, taking into account his combat experience, was transferred to the operational search squad of the regional Department of Internal Affairs, and then appointed an operative of the special settlements department. A characteristic feature of the Tyumen region, formed on August 14, 1944, was a significant number of special settlers. As of October 1, 1949, 62,497 of the 892,000 people living in the Tyumen Region (203,000 in urban areas and 689,000 in rural areas) were exiles. "Due to their social and political past," as well as "suspected fugitives," the exiles were provided with "systematic information coverage" through the district special commissariats of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Logunov had no time to settle into his new position, as he was seconded to Magadan.
Logunov, who was transferred to Magadan, graduated from evening school there, after which he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant and appointed an operative of the Dalstroy operational unit. His description says: "He treats his work in good faith. Disciplined. He’s neat. He is polite in his treatment. Be careful when completing tasks. Understands political issues. He takes an active part in mass party and public events…".
After Stalin’s death in March 1953, Dalstroy disappeared from the secret map of the GULAG. Logunov returned to Tyumen and served as a district commissioner and investigator in the Yurginsky and Tyumen districts until 1957. Then, until his dismissal in February 1967, due to illness, he was the duty assistant to the head of ITK — 1 in Tyumen.
He never flaunted his military achievements. He refused to provide an extraordinary apartment in favor of, in his opinion, a colleague with many children who was more in need of living space. When the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union was celebrated in 1964, Major Logunov of the internal service was awarded the "Honorary Diploma of the Ministry of Public Order of the RSFSR" and allocated an apartment in the house at 69 Lenin Street (now there is a memorial plaque dedicated to him on this house). A difficult half-starved childhood, the war, wounds, concussion and service in Kolyma affected the health of veteran Logunov. His life was short.
On Logunov Street there are shopping and entertainment centers "Sunny", "Sibiryak" and other "sunny" markets.
Once this territory consisted of fields and woodlands. During the war and in the early post-war years, those sentenced to death for state crimes, banditry and murder were secretly buried here. This is reminded by the gravestone in the preserved part of the former birch grove. A lake was formed on the site of the excavation pit, near which the Ozernye Arkady residential complex appeared. The Journalists' Square is located nearby.
In the birch grove, a small DOSAAF airport was located after the war, which was transferred to the city of Yalutorovsk during the expansion of the city.
The armored truck driver Logunov had the opportunity to earn the first degree of the Order of Glory. After the surrender of Nazi Germany, the 39th Army was deployed east against imperialist Japan, but when the echelons of the 192nd Infantry Division stopped on their way to another war at Tyumen station, Logunov was allowed "as an incentive to see his mother." While he was getting to his native village and repairing the dilapidated farmstead, Soviet troops defeated the main forces of the million-strong Japanese Kwantung army in two weeks in August 1945. It made no sense to return Logunov to the division, which received another honorary name — Khinganskaya, but was subject to disbandment. Therefore, he was enrolled as a cadet in the Tallinn Military Infantry School, evacuated from Estonia to Tyumen in the summer of 1941.
Newsreel footage preserved the solemn meeting of the victorious soldiers of the first stage of demobilization. Not a single young face: men in their sixties and fifties with rare medals on their unsightly tunics. Miraculously, the surviving infantrymen, sappers, signallers, baggage carters…
After 1948, 2,874,000 people remained in military service. After 1945, more than 2,500,000 seriously injured servicemen were transferred from military registration to retirement. The demobilized Hero of the Soviet Union, Foreman Logunov, with a pre-war fourth-grade education, was offered the position of watchman at the commandant’s office of the Regional Department of Internal Affairs.
Three years later, Logunov, taking into account his combat experience, was transferred to the operational search squad of the regional Department of Internal Affairs, and then appointed an operative of the special settlements department. A characteristic feature of the Tyumen region, formed on August 14, 1944, was a significant number of special settlers. As of October 1, 1949, 62,497 of the 892,000 people living in the Tyumen Region (203,000 in urban areas and 689,000 in rural areas) were exiles. "Due to their social and political past," as well as "suspected fugitives," the exiles were provided with "systematic information coverage" through the district special commissariats of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Logunov had no time to settle into his new position, as he was seconded to Magadan.
Logunov, who was transferred to Magadan, graduated from evening school there, after which he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant and appointed an operative of the Dalstroy operational unit. His description says: "He treats his work in good faith. Disciplined. He’s neat. He is polite in his treatment. Be careful when completing tasks. Understands political issues. He takes an active part in mass party and public events…".
After Stalin’s death in March 1953, Dalstroy disappeared from the secret map of the GULAG. Logunov returned to Tyumen and served as a district commissioner and investigator in the Yurginsky and Tyumen districts until 1957. Then, until his dismissal in February 1967, due to illness, he was the duty assistant to the head of ITK — 1 in Tyumen.
He never flaunted his military achievements. He refused to provide an extraordinary apartment in favor of, in his opinion, a colleague with many children who was more in need of living space. When the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union was celebrated in 1964, Major Logunov of the internal service was awarded the "Honorary Diploma of the Ministry of Public Order of the RSFSR" and allocated an apartment in the house at 69 Lenin Street (now there is a memorial plaque dedicated to him on this house). A difficult half-starved childhood, the war, wounds, concussion and service in Kolyma affected the health of veteran Logunov. His life was short.
On Logunov Street there are shopping and entertainment centers "Sunny", "Sibiryak" and other "sunny" markets.
Once this territory consisted of fields and woodlands. During the war and in the early post-war years, those sentenced to death for state crimes, banditry and murder were secretly buried here. This is reminded by the gravestone in the preserved part of the former birch grove. A lake was formed on the site of the excavation pit, near which the Ozernye Arkady residential complex appeared. The Journalists' Square is located nearby.
In the birch grove, a small DOSAAF airport was located after the war, which was transferred to the city of Yalutorovsk during the expansion of the city.
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