List of military units of Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk region. List of military units of Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk region 341 tank regiment

Composition (1943): 15th Tank Regiment, 110th Motorized Regiment, 111th Motorized Regiment, 119th Tank Artillery Regiment, 231st (later 11th) Tank Reconnaissance Battalion, 231st Tank Destroyer Battalion, 231st Tank engineer battalion, 341st tank communications battalion.

Place of permanent deployment: Zagan (VIII Military District).

11th tank division, formed in Silesia, consisted of the 11th Motorized Brigade (110th and 111th Motorized Regiments) fighting in France, the 15th Tank Regiment from the 5th Panzer Division, as well as the 61st Motorcycle Battalion, 231 1st reconnaissance battalion and 61st anti-tank division (later tank destroyer division) from the 231st infantry division. The 341st Signal Battalion was transferred to the 311th Infantry Division, the 209th Engineer Battalion was transferred from the 209th Infantry Division, and the 119th Artillery Regiment was recruited from various sources: headquarters - from the 746th Artillery Regiment, I Division - from the I Division of the 4th Artillery Regiment (4th Infantry Division), the II Division from the III Division of the 677th Artillery Regiment, and the III Division from the former I Division of the 643rd Artillery Regiment (from the OKH reserve). New division was formed at the Neuhammer training ground, but was sent to Poland in December 1940, and to Romania in January 1941. The division received its baptism of fire in the Balkans in April 1941, where, together with the SS motorized division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler", it participated in the capture of Belgrade.

The 11th Panzer Division entered the territory Soviet Union as part of Army Group South in July, fought at Zhitomir, Uman and Kiev, and then was transferred to Army Group Center to participate in the attack on Moscow. From January to May 1942, the division as part of the 4th Tank Army defended in the Gzhatsk direction. After being transferred to the south in June, she fought near Orel and Voronezh, on the Don and on the Donets. Although the division took part in the attack on Stalingrad, it managed to avoid the encirclement into which the 6th Army found itself in November. However, it suffered heavy losses during the Soviet winter offensive of 1942/43, during the attempt to relieve Stalingrad and the subsequent retreat. The 11th Panzer Division (which had by then become a battle group) took part in stopping Soviet offensive east of Rostov-on-Don, which made it possible to preserve the route of retreat for Army Group A. By the beginning of 1943, the division was reorganized again, losing the headquarters of the 11th Motorized Brigade (disbanded in early 1943), but receiving the III Battalion in the 15th Tank Regiment (formerly the II Battalion of the 35th Tank Regiment of the 4th Tank Division). The 61st Motorcycle Battalion was reorganized into the 231st Tank Reconnaissance Battalion at the end of 1942, and on April 20, 1943, the division received the 277th Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion. After this reinforcement, the 11th Panzer Division fought at Kharkov, Kursk and Belgorod and suffered huge losses at Krivoy Rog and Kremenchug in the fall of 1943. Together with several other divisions, it was surrounded near Cherkassy in February 1944. The division broke out of the ring, but suffered such horrific losses in men and equipment that it actually had to be recreated from scratch. It was joined by the remnants of the 416th Grenadier Regiment of the 123rd Infantry Division (which was also defeated at Eastern Front), and the division was sent to the Libourne area in southern France, where it was replenished by personnel from the 273rd Reserve Tank Division.

The 11th Panzer Division remained in the West and was based for some time in Toulouse. In July 1944, she led containment operations in the Rhone Valley against Allied forces landing in the south of France. She fought in Alsace and took part in the defense of Belfort and the subsequent retreat into the Saarland before being sent to the Ardennes in December 1944. At the start of the Ardennes Offensive, the division numbered only 3,500 men, of whom only 800 were infantry, despite the fact that the remnants of the 113th Tank Brigade were added to the division on 23 September. After the failure of Hitler's last offensive in the West, the 11th Panzer Division received reinforcements and was thrown into battle in the Saar-Mosel Triangle, where it again suffered heavy losses. A month later, the division tried to eliminate the bridgehead American troops near Remagen, but it had only 4,000 men, 25 tanks and 18 guns left, and its attacks were repulsed. Nevertheless, it was one of the strongest divisions remaining in Western Front. In March, Kesselring ordered its transfer to Army Group G on the southern front, allowing the 11th Panzer Division to avoid encirclement in the Ruhr Pocket and continue to fight in the Black Forest until the end of the war. The remnants of this experienced combat division, which distinguished itself in dozens of battles, surrendered to the American 90th Infantry Division near Wallern on May 2, 1945.

The 11th Panzer Division was commanded by: Major General Ludwig Krüwel (took command on 1 August 1940), Colonel Günter Angern (acting commander from 15 August 1941), Major General Baron Hans-Karl von Esebeck (took command on 24 August 1941 year), Major General Walter Scheller (October 20, 1941), Major General (Lieutenant General) Hermann Balck (May 16, 1942), Lieutenant General Dietrich von Choltitz (March 3, 1943), Major General Johan Mickl (11 May 1943), Colonel (Major General, Lieutenant General) Wend von Wietersheim (8 August 1943), Colonel Friedrich von Hacke (7 May 1944), Major General Baron Horst Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels (January 1945) and again Wietersheim (May 3, 1945).

Commanders

LUDWIG KRUWELL (1892–1958), an excellent tactician, was promoted to lieutenant general on 1 September 1941, shortly after he left his position as commander of the 11th Panzer Division. He was later promoted to Panzer General and commanded admirably in the Afrika Korps during Operation Crusader. If Rommel had heeded his advice, it is unlikely that British troops it would have been possible to break the blockade of Tobruk in December 1941. At the beginning of 1942, Rommel appointed him deputy commander tank army"Africa". Cruewell was captured on May 29, 1942, when the British shot down his plane over the Ghazala Line. He returned to Germany only in 1948. Previously, Krüvel commanded the 6th Tank Regiment (1937–1938), was the head of the OKH department (1939) and served on the headquarters of the 16th Army (1939–1940). He began his military career as a fanen cadet in the 9th Dragoon Regiment in 1911.

Detailed information about the career of General ANGERN is given in the chapter “16th Tank Division. Commanders."

HANS-CARL von ESEBECK (1892–1955) was born in Potsdam and served in the cavalry from 1911 to 1939. However, in March 1939 he took command of the 6th Motorized Brigade and spent the war in mobile forces, commanding the 6th Motorized Brigade ( 1939–1941), 15th Motorized Brigade (1941) and 15th Armored Division of the Afrika Korps (1941). He was wounded by a shell fragment near Tobruk and, after recovering, was sent to the Eastern Front to command the 11th Panzer Division (despite the fact that Rommel wanted him back). He later commanded the 2nd Panzer Division (1942), was deputy commander of the XXXXVI Panzer Corps (1942–1943) and commanded the LVII Panzer Corps (1943–1944) and XVII military district (1944). After being arrested for his role in the assassination attempt on Hitler on July 20, 1944, he spent the rest of the war in concentration camps. After the war he lived quite poorly. An excellent tank commander, Baron von Esebeck can serve as another example of a cavalry officer who successfully transferred to motorized forces. Before the war, Ezebek commanded the 1st Cavalry Regiment (1936–1939).

Detailed information about the career of WALTER SCHELLER is given in the chapter “9th Panzer Division. Commanders."

HERMANN BALK (b. 1893), a Prussian from Danzig, entered army service in the infantry as a Fanen-Junker in 1913. He distinguished himself as commander of the 1st Motorized Regiment in France in 1940. He later commanded the 3rd Tank Regiment (1940–1941) and the 2nd Tank Brigade (1941). After short service in the OKH Maneuver Force Directorate, he commanded the 11th Panzer Division, acted as commander of the Grossdeutschland Motorized Division (1943), and commanded the XXXX Panzer Corps (1943), the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps (1943–1944), 4 1st Tank Army (late 1944), Army Group G on the Western Front (1944) and 6th Army in the East (from late 1944 to the end of the war). He was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. Hermann Balck was promoted to lieutenant general on January 1, 1943 and to general of tank forces on November 1, 1944. After the war he moved to Stuttgart and died in Erbenbach-Rockenau on November 29, 1982, less than two weeks shy of his 89th birthday. He was buried in Asperge near Ludwigsburg.

DIETRICH von HOLTZ (b. 1894), Silesian, most of his military career commanded infantry units. During World War II, he commanded the III Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment (1939–1940), the 16th Infantry Regiment (1940–1942), and the 260th Infantry Division (1942). After a short service in the OKH (1942), he was deputy commander of the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps (1942), acting commander of the XVII Corps (1942–1943), commanded the 11th Panzer Division (1943), and again served as deputy commander of the XXXXVIII Tank Corps and commanded the LXXXIV Corps on the Western Front. After being unjustly removed from his post by Field Marshal Günther von Kluge for his failure in Normandy, he was almost immediately appointed by Hitler to the post of commandant of the Paris region with orders to destroy the city. Choltitz did not do this, surrendering Paris to Allied forces on August 24, 1944, 23 days after receiving the rank of general of infantry. After his release from prison he settled in Baden-Baden. As a young man, Choltitz was a page at the Saxon court. He was educated at several military schools and military service started as a Fenrich in the 107th Infantry Regiment in 1914. Dietrich von Choltitz died on November 5, 1966 in Baden-Baden.

JOHAN MICKL (1893–1945) served in the Austro-Hungarian and Austrian armies from 1914 to 1938, when the Austrian army became part of the Wehrmacht. He commanded the 42nd Anti-Tank Division (1938–1940), the 7th Motorized Regiment (1940–1941), the 155th Infantry Regiment (1942–1943), and then took command of the 11th Tank division. After transferring to Yugoslavia, he commanded the Croatian 392nd Infantry Division from 13 August 1943 until the end of March 1945, when he was killed in action on the Eastern Front. Mikl received the rank of major general on March 1, 1943, and on April 1, 1944, lieutenant general.

WEND von WITERSHEIM (1900–1975) was one of the best (and youngest) division commanders on the Western Front. Even Adolf Hitler had a high opinion of him. A native of Neuland, Wietersheim enlisted as a Fanen Junker in 1918 and was commissioned in the 4th Hussars a year later. He took command of the 11th Panzer Division with the rank of colonel and was promoted to major general on November 1, 1943, and became a lieutenant general on July 1, 1944. Before taking over the division, Wietersheim was adjutant of the 3rd Panzer Division (1938–1940), commander of the 1st Motorcycle Battalion (1940–1941), and commander of the 113th Motorized Regiment (1941–1943). Apparently, during the final part of the Ardennes offensive, he was wounded from which he did not recover until the end of the war. He again took command of the division only just before the capitulation. Wietersheim was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

Detailed information about the career of FRIEDRICH von HACKE is given in the chapter “13th Panzer Division. Commanders."

Like Wietersheim, Baron HORST TROISCH von BUTTLAR-BRANDENFELS was born in 1900, but he was far from Wietersheim's commanding talents. Also a cavalry officer, Treusch served on the OKH staff (1937–1939), as chief of operations at 81st Infantry Division (1939–1940), and as chief of operations at XXI Group (later Army Norway) ) (April 1941 - 1942), and also served in the Operations Department of the OKW (i.e. under the direct supervision of Colonel General Alfred Jodl). While serving in the OKW, which was clearly pro-Nazi, Treusch insisted on unquestioning execution of the orders of the Fuhrer and the OKW - regardless of whether they corresponded to the situation. However, as Soviet troops were approaching Berlin, Troisch made sure that for the first time in the entire war he had independent command position. And on the Western Front. Of course, there were many more qualified officers capable of filling this position. Troisch received the rank of major general on January 1, 1944. In 1955 he lived in his native Kassel.

Notes:

In the spring of 1944, personnel from the 273rd Reserve Tank Division became part of the headquarters of the 11th Tank Division. The 110th motorized regiment absorbed the 92nd reserve motorized regiment (12th and 20th reserve motorized battalions), the 111th motorized regiment absorbed the 73rd reserve motorized regiment (40th and 41st reserve motorized battalions), The 11th Tank Reconnaissance Battalion absorbed the 7th Reserve Tank Reconnaissance Battalion, the 15th Tank Regiment absorbed the 25th and 35th Reserve Tank Battalions, and the 119th Tank Artillery Regiment absorbed the 167th Reserve Tank Artillery Regiment.

Ural Military District (II formation), created by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR on May 17, 1935, territorially covered the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk regions and the Kirov Territory. The district headquarters was located in Sverdlovsk. After the end of the war and until the end of the 1980s. The Urals Military District, in terms of its territorial division, was least subject to changes - the territories of the Sverdlovsk, Molotov (Perm), Chelyabinsk and Kurgan regions were subordinate to it (previously the Kirov region, Udmurt, Mari and Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics under its jurisdiction were transferred to the newly created Kazan district from 07/09/1945 ). In the summer of 1945, the administration of the 51st Combined Arms Army arrived from the Baltic States to replenish it.

The 63rd Rifle Corps (military unit 12374, headquarters in Chelyabinsk), which included 3 rifle divisions, arrived in the district, which previously had no combat units:

– 77th Simferopol Red Banner Order of Suvorov named after. Sergo Ordzhonikidze, military unit 61423, Sverdlovsk;

– 279th Lisichanskaya Red Banner, military unit 05920, Kamyshlov;

– 417th Sivash Red Banner Order of Suvorov, military unit 13251, Chelyabinsk.

The corps was commanded by 5 generals ( table 24.1).

Table 24.1

Commanders of the 63rd Rifle (Army) Corps in 1945-1960.

Subsequently, these corps divisions formed the basis of the entire district post-war period, and has repeatedly undergone various reformations. A little later, the 185th arrived from the Moscow Military District in Kungur (Perm region) rifle division (see chap. 22), In 1953 the district included the territories Kirov region and the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and together with them the administration of the 10th arrived in the district rifle corps(military unit 16058, headquarters in Kirov) consisting of three rifle divisions: 87th (Izhevsk), 91st (Sarapul), 194th (Kirov). In 1958, Bashkiria became part of the district, in 1960 - the Komi ASSR, and a little later - the Tyumen region.

Also in 1946, all divisions were reorganized into separate rifle brigades, which in the first half of the 1950s. again deployed to divisions (except for the brigades disbanded in March 1947 in Izhevsk and Kungur). Now the district included: the 10th Rifle Corps, consisting of 3 rifle brigades (12th in Izhevsk, 14th in Sarapul, 28th in Kungur); 63rd Rifle Corps consisting of 3 rifle brigades (4th in Sverdlovsk, 23rd in Kamyshlov, 45th in Chebarkul). In 1953, the territory of the Kirov region and the 194th Infantry Division became part of the district. By the beginning of 1954, the composition of the district looked like this:

– 10th Rifle Corps – 91st (Sarapul), 194th (Kirov) rifle and 65th mechanized (Perm) divisions;

- 63rd Rifle Corps - 77th (Sverdlovsk) and 417th (Chebarkul) rifle divisions, 61st mechanized (Kamyshlov) divisions.

In the spring of 1955, the 194th and 417th divisions became the 18th and 78th rifle divisions. In the summer of 1956, during organizational measures, the control of the 10th Rifle Corps was redeployed to the Baltic States, and the 18th Rifle Division left for the Southern Military District (Orenburg) with its simultaneous reorganization into the 43rd Mechanized Division. The 65th Mechanized Division was transferred to its previous location.

In the spring of 1957, all remaining divisions changed their status, and the composition of the district took on the following form:

– directly subordinate to the district are the 65th (Kirov) and 91st (Perm) motorized rifle divisions;

- control of the 63rd Army Corps (Chelyabinsk) consisting of three divisions: 44th Tank (Kamyshlov), 78th Motorized Rifle (Chebarkul) and 126th Motorized Rifle (Sverdlovsk).

During the period of reductions in the late 1950s, in addition to the management of the 63rd Corps, the 65th and 91st divisions were disbanded. In the first half of the 1960s. The 44th tank and 78th motorized rifle divisions received training status, and the 126th division became the 34th motorized rifle division in November 1964.

By Decree of the Presidium Supreme Council USSR on January 15, 1974, for his great contribution to strengthening the defensive power of the Soviet state and its armed defense, success in combat and political training, the Ural Military District was awarded the order Red Banner.

The district was subordinate directly to the Ministry of Defense; the main formations and units of the 4th Red Banner Air Defense Army (headquarters in Sverdlovsk) were based on its territory:

– 19th Air Defense Corps (Chelyabinsk) – it consists of 2 fighter air regiments (412th and 763rd), 2 anti-aircraft missile brigades (37th and 139th) and 8 anti-aircraft missile regiments (70th and 244th Guards, 264th, 370th, 503rd, 512th, 568th, 596th), 35th Radio Engineering Brigade and 2 radio engineering regiments (37th and 51st);

– 20th Air Defense Corps (Sverdlovsk) – it consists of 2 fighter air regiments (764th and 765th), 3 anti-aircraft missile brigades (101st Guards, 57th and 63rd) and 5 anti-aircraft missile brigades regiments (294th, 389th, 416th, 426th, 736th), 2 radio engineering brigades (36th and 94th) and 47th radio engineering regiment.

But the district practically did not have its own air force units. It was the center of concentration of training, reserve and rear units, not counting units of central subordination and the Strategic Missile Forces - some formations of the 31st Missile Army (8th, 42nd, 52nd, 59th Missile Divisions) were based here.

In the 1970-1980s. The district was based on three divisions (including two training divisions), not counting the personnel divisions. It is characteristic that there are several tank divisions of personnel on its territory - this was probably facilitated by large factories producing armored vehicles, as well as universities and educational units (with a tank component) ( table 24.2).

Table 24.2

Formations and units of central and district subordination in the late 1980s.

No. and name of formation, in brackets No. of military unit	Dislocation
Commander's Office, Headquarters, 371st department headquarters security and support battalion (41581)	Sverdlovsk
180th department mixed aviation squadron (32979), 116th engineering brigade (31803), 141st department. communications regiment (28331), 73rd US, 189th department. rear communications regiment, 29th chemical protection brigade (34081)	Sverdlovsk
822nd department GRU special forces company (74983)	Aramil
300th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (31667), 1105th Division. electronic warfare battalion (31944)	Chelyabinsk
239th Cannon Artillery Brigade (93216), 6499th Repair and Reconstruction Base (61634)	Chebarkul
71st Engineer-Sapper Brigade (67719), 129th Road Commandant Brigade (27000)	Ufa
424th department pontoon-bridge battalion (32420)	Krasnoufimsk
425th department engineer battalion (09590)	Alapaevsk
313th department radio technical regiment OsNaz (73759)	Permian
4th Chemical Defense Brigade (22383)	Zlatoust
14th Chemical Defense Brigade (42748)	Revda
124th Logistics Brigade (32843)	Magnitogorsk
414th department repair and restoration battalion of motor vehicles (65251), 15th department. autorotation of multi-axle heavy wheeled tractors (55275)	Gagarsky
34th Motorized Rifle Division(61423) consisting of:	Sverdlovsk
- 105th motorized rifle regiment (41779), 276th motorized rifle regiment BT (69771), 324th motorized rifle regiment BM (61931), 341st tank regiment (74291), 239th artillery regiment (48548), anti-aircraft artillery regiment ( 30274), 112th department. missile division (52508), 1346th department. anti-tank division (63746), 133rd department. reconnaissance battalion (75168), dept. engineer battalion (12372), 595th department. communications battalion (48398), 331st department. chemical defense battalion (45868), dept. repair and restoration battalion (54318), 119th department. medical battalion, 894th department. logistics battalion (21765), OVKR (05791)	Sverdlovsk
44th Tank Training Division - 479th Training Center(05920) consisting of:	Kamyshlov
- training 213th motorized rifle regiment (73866), 324th tank regiment (45882), 347th tank regiment (19880), 383rd tank regiment (75485), 831st artillery regiment (03516), 491st division . anti-aircraft artillery division (01150), dept. missile division (61530), 1381st department. reconnaissance battalion (54059), 1147th department. engineer battalion (20114), 158th department. communications battalion (73996), 90th department. chemical protection battalion (82214), 11th department. repair and restoration battalion (21550), 216th department. medical battalion (41637), dept. automobile battalion (20144), OVKR (93236)	Kamyshlov
78th training motorized rifle division - 471st training center(13251) 1 consisting of:	Chebarkul
- training 215th motorized rifle regiment (11396), 225th motorized rifle regiment (11386), 230th motorized rifle regiment (61882), 350th tank regiment (24891), 1055th artillery regiment (33193), anti-aircraft artillery regiment (41062 ), 115th department. missile division (52509), 1380th department. reconnaissance battalion (54068), 312th department. engineer battalion (45842) 4, 608th department. communications battalion (20047), dept. chemical defense company (45868), 142nd department. repair and restoration battalion (54805), 220th department. medical battalion (83454), dept. automobile battalion (52412), OVKR (32742)	Chebarkul
59th Reserve Tank Division frame (30684)	Chebarkul
61st Reserve Tank Division frame (30669)	Sverdlovsk
63rd Reserve Tank Division frames (21764)	Upper Pyshma
65th Motorized Rifle Division frame (04163) 2	Permian
82nd Reserve Tank Division frame (81667)	Yelan
163rd Motorized Rifle Division frame (67930)	Belebey
165th Motorized Rifle Division frame (31612)	Poroshino
166th Motorized Rifle Division frames (31669) 3	Alkino (Ufa)
240th Rear Security Division frame	Sverdlovsk
248th Motorized Rifle Division frames (31670) 4	Sarapul
257th reserve motorized rifle division frame (31621)	Chebarkul
260th reserve motorized rifle division frame (31636) 5	Shadrinsk

Kaskov Oleg Aleksandrovich - commander of the 276th tank platoon motorized rifle regiment 34th Motorized Rifle Division of the Volga-Ural Military District, senior lieutenant.

Born on April 5, 1973 in the city of Kyshtym Chelyabinsk region in a military family. The brother of the grandfather of the future Hero, Leonid Aleksandrovich Kaskov, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for crossing the Oder River. Lost his father early. I graduated from 8th grade in my hometown high school and in 1991 radio mechanical technical school.

In 1995 he graduated from Chelyabinsk Higher tank school. Received an appointment to the 34th Motorized Rifle Division of the Ural Military District. From August 1995 to August 1998, he served as a tank platoon commander, commander tank company 341st Tank Regiment in the city of Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Region.

In the period from December 1995 to May 1996, as part of the 276th motorized rifle regiment of the same division, he participated in hostilities on the territory of the Chechen Republic. During the five months of combat work, he participated more than once in military clashes with bandits. With well-aimed shots, he destroyed about 20 targets: machine gun points, mortar positions, spotters.

On April 4, 1996, a motorized rifle column with tank escort under the command of Lieutenant Kaskov was moving towards the city of Vedeno. As they advanced, the militants began shelling. The lead tank with a trawl and the tank of Lieutenant Kaskov were hit by a shot from an ATGM. The tank commander was shell-shocked, gunner D. Grankin and driver A. Babin were seriously wounded. The lieutenant pulled the wounded out of the tank and provided first aid, after which he extinguished the fire in the fighting compartment of the tank. After that, he took the place of the gunner and with a direct hit hit the point from which the most intense fire was fired at the column. After destroying several more targets, the gun jammed. Together with the mechanic, having eliminated the malfunction, Lieutenant Kaskov covered the column emerging from the dangerous area until the last shell.

By Presidential Decree Russian Federation dated June 14, 1997 for courage and heroism shown during a combat mission, senior lieutenant Kaskov Oleg Alexandrovich awarded the title of Hero of Russia and the Golden Star medal. The award was presented to the Hero personally by President Boris Yeltsin.

The tank officer continued to serve in the same division. In 1998-2000, he was a student at the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Then he continued to serve as a battalion commander, deputy commander of the same 341st Tank Regiment. In January 2003, Major Kaskov was assigned ahead of schedule military rank"lieutenant colonel".

In April of the same year, a quarrel occurred between two deputy commanders of a military unit - Lieutenant Colonel Kaskov and Major Zhurba in the presence of subordinates. In response to insults and obscene statements addressed to him, Lieutenant Colonel Kaskov, defending his honor, hit the offender in the face twice with his fist. After the quarrel, the major spent about a month in the hospital with a broken nose, head bruises and a concussion. On November 20, 2003, the Yekaterinburg Garrison Military Court convicted Hero of Russia, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Kaskov. The military prosecutor's office charged Lieutenant Colonel Kaskov under Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Exceeding official powers”), which provides for punishment of up to 10 years in prison. However, in court the charge was reclassified and the more lenient Article 335 of the Criminal Code (“Hazing”) was applied. The sentence was mild: Lieutenant Colonel Kaskov cannot be promoted to a higher position for a year, and this year will not be taken into account when receiving the next military rank.

In 2004-2006 – chief of staff, head of the motorized rifle department of BKhVT 5406 (city of Chebarkul). In 2006 - 2007 – chief of staff of the 276th motorized rifle regiment (Yekaterinburg).

Since February 2007, he was appointed to the position of senior lecturer at the Faculty of Military Education (FVO) of the Ural federal university named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin. In August 2009 O.A. Kaskov was awarded the military rank of colonel. Currently the chief military department special training of the Federal Educational Institution of UrFU.

Lives in the city of Yekaterinburg.

Awarded medals. In 2018 he was awarded the title Honorary Citizen Kyshtym.

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Combat operations of the 324th motorized rifle regiment

1. Formation and preparation of the regiment for combat operations

The operational situation that developed on the territory of the Chechen Republic in December 1994, even before the New Year's assault on Grozny, showed that it was necessary to further build up the forces and means of the group of federal troops. Order to prepare new units for transfer to North Caucasus command of the military districts was received before the New Year. Among others, it was planned to transfer the 324th infantry regiment of the Ural Military District.

The regiment, stationed in the 32nd military town of Yekaterinburg, was part of the 34th Motorized Rifle Division, and in peacetime was recruited personnel on a reduced staff. Moreover, when the 276th Motorized Rifle Regiment was sent to the conflict zone, almost all available soldiers and sergeants were transferred to its completion. Many officers of the regiment went there to fill vacant positions. Thus, the 324th Motorized Rifle Regiment had to be reassembled practically anew, and while the garrisons of Yekaterinburg, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Chebarkul and Elani could provide the regiment with officers and warrant officers, then there were no longer any “extra” soldiers and sergeants in the Urals Military District. That's why General Staff it was decided to transfer soldiers and sergeants from the Trans-Baikal Military District to replenish the regiment to a full complement of soldiers and sergeants. It was considered inappropriate to train a regiment in Transbaikalia and then transport it in trains across all of Russia.

The regiment was staffed according to wartime standards, but included only two motorized rifle battalions. Lieutenant Colonel A. Sidorov, who already had experience, was appointed commander of the regiment Afghan war. The deputy commander of the regiment was Lieutenant Colonel V. Bakhmetov, the deputy for armament was a lieutenant colonel, for educational work - Lieutenant Colonel N. Kutupov, and for the rear - a lieutenant colonel. A lieutenant colonel was appointed chief of staff of the regiment.

The motorized rifle battalions were taken under the command of Lieutenant Colonels V. Chinchibaev and M. Mishin. The motorized rifle companies of the battalions were equipped with BMP-1, the mortar batteries were armed with 2S12 “Sani” complexes with 120-mm 2B11 mortars. The tank battalion, formed on the basis of the 341st tank regiment, was headed by Lieutenant Colonel A. Mosievsky. The battalion was armed with T-72B1 tanks. The artillery division was armed with 122 mm 2S1 self-propelled howitzers, the self-propelled anti-aircraft division was armed with ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

In addition, the regiment included:

communications company;

reconnaissance company under the command of Captain I. Terlyansky;

anti-tank battery under the command of Captain B. Tsekhanovich, armed with SPTRK 9P148;

repair company under the command of Captain I. Tsepa.

The personnel arrived in Yekaterinburg on BTA planes on January __. The formation and preparation of the regiment for combat operations took place at the Gorelovsky and Aduysky training grounds in the period from__ to January. During the preparation, firing exercises with all types of weapons and live-fire exercises were conducted. On January __, the 324th Regiment embarked on echelons.

The regiment arrived in the North Caucasus on January 21, 1995. Unloading took place at the Terek-Chervlennaya railway station. Already during unloading, the regiment was fired upon, as a result of which one of the soldiers was wounded in the leg. On the night of January 23, the regiment marched to Tolstoy-Yurt, where it spent a week conducting combat coordination of units. On January 31, the 324th Motorized Rifle Regiment moved to the village of Primykanye on eastern outskirts Grozny.

2. Combat operations to blockade Grozny

Ibid..

Ural military news. 1995. No. 27.

Ural military news. 1997. No. 9.

Decree. op. P. 232.

Remember and bow. P. 449.

Ibid..

Ibid..