Biography Larin Andrey

The tombstone of the monument Larin Andrei Vasilievich - commander of the department of the Rifle Regiment I am a rifle division, I am an army, Voronezh front, a sergeant. Born on September 15 in the city of Ryazhsk now in the Ryazan region in a peasant family. He graduated from elementary school in Ryazhsk in the year. He was drafted into the army on June 24 by the Barnaul district military enlistment office.

In the army - since September.

During the war, he was wounded 6 times, of which twice - hard. He graduated from the regimental school of the younger command personnel. He distinguished himself when forcing the Dnieper. One of the first in the regiment on September 25 was forced the Dnieper in the area of ​​the village of Khodorov Mironovsky district of the Kyiv region. Together with a small group of fighters, he seized the line and with fire provided the crossing of the company.

In the battle for the bridgehead, later named Bukrinsky, he replaced the company commander. He was wounded, but did not leave the battlefield. In August, senior sergeant A. Lanin was demobilized. He lived in the city of Kaliningrad now Korolev of the Moscow Region, worked at the experimental engineering factory workers, technical supervision engineer, master.

Since June, he worked on the island of Spitsbergen as the passerler of the Arcticugol Trust mine, and from February in the Arkagalinsky installation department of the Magadan region. Since the year, A. Larin is retired. He returned to Kaliningrad. He died on January 30. He was buried in the city of Ryazhsk in the Ryazan region at the Bratsk cemetery. The surname and portrait of the hero are present at the obelisk of the alley of Glory Ryazhsk.

A. Larin was awarded the Orders of Lenin on the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts, as part of the Rifle Division, the Guards Rifle Division, the Marine Rifle Brigade participated in the defense of Leningrad and the breakthrough of the Leningrad defense of the Iskra from January 12, where he was seriously wounded. On the Leningrad Front, as part of the Rifle Regiment of the Rifle Division during the defense in the village of Laptevo, 12 kilometers from Leningrad on August 24, destroyed 4 German soldiers from a machine gun and captured 14.

By order of the artillery commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front on the 8th Spare Artillery Regiment from May-on Voronezh from October 20-the 1st Ukrainian Front, in the Rifle Division. As part of the Army, he participated in the Sumy-Priluk offensive operation on August 26-September 30-the liberation of Left-Bank Ukraine and the force of the Dnieper. Particularly distinguished in this operation.

Subsequently, on the 1st Ukrainian Front, as part of the Rifle Division of the 3rd Guards Army, as a gun commander, he participated in the Sandomir-Silesian offensive operation on January 12-February 3-an integral part of the Visl-Odery Strategic Operation; Nizhnylez offensive operation on February 8 - 24; Berlin strategic offensive operation April 16 - May 8; Prague strategic offensive operation on May 6-12.

During the Sandomir-Silesian operation in the battles in Poland, when the enemy’s defense line was broken in the area of ​​the city of Lagov on January 13-14, the fire of his gun broke the observation post and destroyed 4 machine-gun points. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. Larin proved himself the actual patriot of the socialist homeland.

During the capture of the village of Lobadino, he was the first along with Comrade. Ivashev with a swift jump burst into the village of Lobadino, captured the bridge and from here with his department struck the Germans. He finally knocked out the enemy from the village, personally destroying 15 German soldiers personally in hand -to -hand combat. When crossing the Dnieper, Larin was the first to cross the river as part of the Ivashev group with a number of 7 people.

Having crossed the Dnieper along with his brave combat commander Ivashev, he explored the front line of the enemy. Having placed the fighters, he took up defense, covering the crossing of the remaining units. When the platoon commander Ivanov dropped out, he took command. When taking the height dominated by the Dnieper, he with his small group of fighters made his way to the Trenches of the Germans and threw them grenades.

Having knocked out the enemy from the trenches, he took defense in these trenches. At the same time, 40 Germans were destroyed. Then he personally went to intelligence. Noticing that the Germans had gathered at dinner, he decided to inform the commander. On the way back I found a working German machine gun. The brave commander Larin turned the machine gun and opened the fire, shouting: “Get dinner!

When the company Ivashev commander was out of order, Larin took command of himself. The commander of the rifle regiment Lieutenant Colonel Vishnevetsky on October 10.