vasily filippovich marched with his regiment. and then from the forty-ninth division, which became theom krasnodon to kherson with battles, of course. the facts of his biography are striking. with the most important events in the history of the country, december 1942, severe frosts, blizzards and bare steppe on the outskirts of stalingrad, it was possible to dig in, repulsed the attacks of german tanks, hot snow, this is how yuri bondarev described those battles in his novel and bombed so that in 30 minutes of battle, vasily filipovich’s regiment, in which he was a member, dug in, the company commander said this, there were 600 soldiers, after 30 minutes... they began to conduct a roll call, when the planes flew away, there were 16 and regiment commander vasily filipovich was wounded. divisions under the command of margelov break through the german defenses on the mius front and provide a springboard for the assault on the strategic height of donbass saur mogila. for crossing the dnieper and reaching its right bank, which was thoroughly fortified by the germans, the fighters were promi