on june 22, 1941, police lieutenant konstantin vladimirov arrived in mogilev, where he heard about thee war on peron. five days earlier. vroslavl, a city in the smolensk region, hoping to soon join them on vacation. evgeny kovalyonok, chairman of the regional council of police veterans on duty, he is one of those who knows about the battalion all. when you read vladimirov’s profile, you are surprised that with a fifth-grade education , he spoke several languages. and latin, his mother was a teacher, he had a large family, two brothers and three sisters who lived with them. in the eighteenth year he volunteered to join a partisan detachment, after working for one day in the police, he was sent, therefore, to volunteers in the detachment, and until the twenty -fourth year he served in the workers ' peasant red army, in various positions, from the twenty-fourth year he served in ... vroslavl in smolensk region. a year before the start of the war , vladimirov was transferred to mogilev, and soon he would lead a combined police battalion for the defense of the city. before the war in 1940,

june 22, 1941 police lieutenant konstantin vladimirov arrived in mogilev, where on peron he heard abouthe beginning of the war. five days earlier, vladimirov had taken his wife and son to his homeland, vroslavl, a city in the smolensk region, hoping to soon join them on vacation. he was sent to the volunteer detachment and until the twenty-fourth year he served in the workers ' peasant red army... it turns out that from the twenty-fourth year he served in rroslavl in the smolensk region. a year before the start of the war, vladimirov was transferred to mogilev, and soon he would lead a combined police battalion for the defense of the city. before the war in 1940, he was sent to oryol as the head of the department’s combat service training. but at that time the forties, after the thirty-ninth year, when reunification took place, it means western. the western front was defeated in a week, it came under attack from the largest german army group, the center, and divisions of the tank groups hoth and gudarian poured in. on july 3 , wehrmacht chief of staff franz halder wrote: it would not be

it is believed that when the cartridges were at the end, konstantin vladimirov raised the remaining fighters and led them into a counterattack, where the police lieutenant was mortally wounded. from vladimirov, the family that he took to vroslav a few days before the start of the war received. just one letter, by that time he was no longer alive, there was a machine gun here, maxim, maxim, this is a policeman, that’s right, yes, yes, they were shooting here at the village, they wanted to knock it out. germans from this village, from this side, when the battle was over there, there were five people lying here, there were more lying there were killed and wounded, there was a cry, and groans, it didn’t last long, this is a recording of an interview from 2009, here... the story of those few policemen who survived the defense of an unnamed height remained for a long time. the assault is becoming increasingly necessary, concentrated on the bridgehead of enemy forces, a serious threat in the rear of the army, they provide cover from the front, located east of the dnieper, enemy forces for attacks t

from the city of roslavl, the family of konstantin vladimirov was evacuated to chkalov, now orenburg. war, alexandra’s widow moved to live in mogilev, in the city where the battalion commander died, the place of storage of which is still unknown. for posterity konstantin vladimirov. will forever remain a hero who completely devoted himself and his life to the cause, to serving the people. he was very faithful. one of the first concentration camps in the ussr will be created. shtalak number 341 began to function in the lupalovo area for mass extermination of prisoners of war. of the more than 40 thousand dead, history will remember the names of less than 1% of prisoners. the most famous will be the commander of the 172nd infantry division, major general mikhail romanov. together with the battle militia and other units, he defended magelev. the feat of the vladimirovites is forever inscribed in golden letters in the history of mogilev. by decision of the republican officers' assembly. the survival of entire peoples and became truly domestic. it will take 3 long years for the two countri

from the report of konstantin vladimirov to the commander of the combined regiment vasily katyushin.ion repelled six attacks by superior enemy forces, supported by artillery and mortar fire and aviation. destroyed up to 400 soldiers and officers, 30 were captured. our losses, 118 soldiers, middle-ranking sergeants, died, every second of those remaining in the ranks. injured. during the seventh attack , the enemy captured old pashkovo, and i am planning a counterattack with all available forces to restore the situation. i'm running out of ammunition, i'll hold out for 10-12 hours, i'm asking for help. but no help came. by this time the entire city was under siege. it’s difficult to say how many attacks they repelled, but at least. respects what it is young guys armed with light small arms, nogan rifles, grenades, which held up under fire from mortars, heavy, heavy artillery, nebelwerfers, the so -called, these are german rocket shells, well, to give you an idea, each of these shells contains about 50 kg of explosives , these are huge losses, a huge number of wounded, the cartridges ha

from the report of konstantin vladimirov to the commander of the combined regiment vasily katyushin.00 soldiers and officers, 30 were taken prisoner, our losses, 118 soldiers, sergeants of mid-level commanders died, of those remaining in the ranks, every second was wounded. during the seventh attack, the enemy captured the old pashkova, i’m planning a counterattack with all available forces to restore the situation, i’m running out of ammunition, i’ll hold out for 10-12 hours, i’m asking for help. but help had not arrived by this time. the whole city was in a state of siege, it’s hard to say how many attacks they repelled, but at least it’s respectable that these were young guys armed with light small arms, nogans, rifles, grenades, which held out under fire, mortars, heavy, heavy artillery, nebelwerfers , so- called. german rockets, and so you can imagine, each of these shells contains about 50 kg of ammunition, these are huge losses, a huge number of wounded, the cartridges are out, the ammunition is out, so their feat is beyond doubt, one can only admire their courage and fortitud