Biography of Alexei Rodina

The tombstone of Rodin Aleksey Grigoryevich is the commander of the 1st Guards Don Tank Corps of the 5th Panzer Army of the South-Western Front, Guard Major General of the Tank Forces. Born on February 4 on February 17 in the village of Zuevo now the Ostashkovsky district of the Tver region in a peasant family. In the Red Army since the year, the Red Army. Member of the Civil War on the Southern Front, in the Kuban and in the Caucasus.

He commanded artillery units. Since December, - chief of staff of the 9th Mechanized Brigade of the Leningrad Military District. Since the year, Colonel A. Rodin - Head of the Autobonanka Service of the Infantry Corps, participated in this position in the Soviet -Finnish war of the years. Since July, he has been the commander of the 5th Panzer Regiment of the 3rd Panzer Division, since December - the commander of the 2nd Zaw -Tank Brigade of the Leningrad Military District, and since March - deputy commander of the combat unit of the tank division.

In this position, he met a war ... on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since June. In this position he fought on the northwestern, northern and Leningrad fronts, as well as as part of the Luga group of troops. He participated in defensive battles in the Baltic states and on distant approaches to Leningrad. He withdrew a number of parts of the division from the encirclement in the area of ​​Lake Peipsi, restrained the enemy at the Luga defensive line for almost a month.

Since September, he has been commanded by a tank brigade on the Leningrad Front. This brigade played a large role in the battle on the near approaches to Leningrad. In February, she was transferred to the army in the Volkhov direction and participated in the bloody, but poorly-lean offensive battles in the winter and spring year. Since May - Deputy Commander of the Army for Tank Troops.

Since June, Major General A. Rodin commanded the Mankovsky Corps in the 5th Panzer Army on the Bryansk, South-Western, Don fronts.

He especially distinguished himself during the Stalingrad offensive operation: being introduced into a breakthrough on November 19, the Panzer Corps Homeland took possession of the Kalach-on-Don farm since the year and now the city of the Volgograd region and contributed to the surroundings of the Stalingrad enemy group. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 7, for the courage and heroism shown in battles with the Nazi invaders, the guard General General Motherland Alexei Grigoryevich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal.

At the end of the Battle of Stalingrad, from February to 9, the lieutenant general of the tank troops of Rodin A. Since September, he commanded armored and mechanized troops of the Western Front, and from April-3rd Belorussian Front. He participated in Smolensk, Belarusian and East Prussian operations. After the war, the colonel general of the tank troops A. Rodin continued to serve in the army, commanding armored and mechanized troops of a number of military districts.

Since the year, he is the head of the military training department of armored and mechanized troops of the Armed Forces. In the year he graduated from the highest academic courses at the Higher Military Academy named after K. Voroshilov and left by a senior teacher at this academy. Since the year, Colonel General of the Tank Troops A. Rodin - in reserve.

He died on May 27. He was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy cemetery plot 4. Military titles:.