Аннотация: Vladimir Vasilievich writes a letter to the patriot of the Soviet Motherland, comrade Vlasov A.V. An archival essay.
Vladimir Vasilievich writes a letter to the patriot of the Soviet Motherland, comrade Vlasov A.V. An archival essay.
Ivan Afanasyevich Bondarenko, the first secretary of the Rostov regional committee of the CPSU, was the person of high significance for rostovites - as well as for Vladimir Vasilievich. Ivan Bondarenko ruled the Rostov oblast from 1966 to 1984. Why did he resign? Perhaps the answer lies in a comparison of two events: one "resignation" happened in 1982, and then - gradually - 1984 also came.
However, the development of the country and the Rostov oblast did not stop.
Vladimir Vasilievich looks at the letter that he was preparing in the name of the successor Ivan Bondarenko - in the name of Alexander Vladimirovich Vlasov.
Alexander Vlasov ruled the Rostov oblast from July 25, 1984 to February 1, 1986.
So, a fresh wind started to blew!
What to write?
It is clear that he need to start with an appeal, with the title and surname:
'To the First Secretary of the Rostov Regional Committee of the CPSU to comrade Vlasov A.V.'
What to write next?
'... I would like to draw attention to the battle that took place [in November 1941 - during the advancing the Nazi troops towards Rostov] ... I believe it is advisable to establish contact with the participants in this battle and to invite them to take part in the events near this monument [on Komsomolskaya Square in Rostov-on-Don]...
... The group of soldiers (defenders of Rostov) asked me and my mother Zalesskaya Yu.A. to observe [troop movements] from the balcony of our apartment (shown in photo 1 by an arrow, then there were no trees) and to give information about the behavior of the Germans, since the possibility to observe from the balcony was better ....
... Among our fighters were the seriously wounded soldiers. One of them was shot in the lung and my mother bandaged it in the apartment on the first floor ...
... In the afternoon, a message came that the Germans were advancing from the side of the [railway] station and approaching directly to 6th Street (now Varfolomeeva Street) ...
... Our fighters were, as it were, surrounded. They decided to leave... ...soldiers carried in their arms those, who was seriously wounded ...
... In the middle of the first day [when the fascists were driven out of Rostov], the fighters who were fighting at the barricade came to our apartment. They took their military arms (equipment) and reported that the wounded were saved by the population and now they are placed in the hospital ...
... Without a doubt, the fighters showed great courage, because the enemy was ten times more numerous, and he was better equipped. When a monument was erected on Komsomolskaya Square (I will allow myself to show it in photo 3 for clarity), I believed that this particular battle was the motive [to install the monument] ... Over time, I became convinced that this episode of the Patriotic War did not receive fame. And I decided to write about him on the day of the liberation of Rostov.
I also think that in connection with the upcoming celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, it would be useful to intensify the collection of information from the population of the city about the facts of heroism during the defense and liberation of the city of Rostov-on-Don." On the text is a pencil mark: "November 28, 1984."
Alexander Vlasov is a patriot of the Soviet Motherland. He will soon become the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
Zalesskaya Yu.A. as well as her son Zalessky V.V. made assistance to the Red Army in battle (observation of the enemy and the transfer of information, medical care, preservation of weapons), they participated in the defense of the Motherland?
Good news will come soon: Zalesskaya Yu.A. as well as her son Zalessky V.V. will be awarded the medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." There are other options, for example: Jubilee medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" ...
Zalesskaya Yu.A. and her son Zalessky V.V., naturally, entertain no hopes regarding the medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus" or the Order of the Patriotic War ... (In 1985, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Great Victory over fascism, all war veterans living at that time were awarded the Order of the Patriotic War).
But Alexander Vlasov is a busy man. He devotes a lot of time to thinking about the Soviet economy (Alexander Vlasov - head of the Social and Economic Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU in June 1990 - August 1991).
So he cannot pay much attention to the defense of Rostov-on-Don in November 1941 and to the participation of the members of Zalessky family in this defense.
As Vladimir Vasilievich wrote in a draft of the material published in the Molot newspaper on May 9, 1989 (Molot, No. 108 (20197) of May 9, 1989, page 3): "Unfortunately, my appeals to the Regional Committee of the CPSU and the City Committee of the CPSU were referred [were handed] to the Komsomol organizations, which found no way to do anything productive to find participants in the events."
But don't lose heart!
Patriotic sentiments are on the rise.
In 1989, at last, a material was published in the regional newspaper Molot, a material prepared by Vladimir Vasilievich.
And what?
Participants responded immediately.
Here is an example - the letter by one of them:
'Good day, dear Vladimir Vasilievich.
I apologize for the delay in replying...
Thank you for your concern about [preserving historical details about] the Great Patriotic War of 1941 [about] the Battle in Rostov-Don in the Rostov-Gora area along Budennovsky Prospekt, house number 96 ....
[the address]
Lebedev Georgy Andreevich
July 15, 1989."
So... it wasn't that hard to find the participants in the events...
Here is a photo of several participants in the battle - after publication in the newspaper "Molot" they entered into correspondence and met, together, at Zalesskys' home.
How many years have passed!
The memory of the defenders of the Motherland is sacred!
The app:
The draft of the material published in the Molot newspaper on May 9, 1989 (Molot, No. 108 (20197) dated May 9, 1989, on page 3)
"Komsomolskaya Square - the place of battle
Many Rostovites often see a monument on Komsomolskaya Square, erected in honor of the Komsomol members who fell during the Great Patriotic War. On the anniversary of the [victory] of the Soviet army, I would like to note a little-known, - in my opinion, - fact that the monument was erected on the site where a handful of Komsomol-aged fighters fought a heroic battle in 1941 against a far superior force of the invaders. They retreated only when they were completely surrounded. Perhaps today's Komsomolskaya Square (called [previously] Rostov-Gora [Rostov Mountain]) was the site of the longest resistance to the advancing enemy in Rostov-on-Don in November 1941.
I'll tell you about everything in order. Before the war, we lived in the same apartment as now. The apartment is located on the third floor of the house, almost opposite the current Yunost cinema [Budennovsky, 101/114], the balcony gaves a good view of the square and the territory, behind it.
A few days before the first entry of the Germans into Rostov (November 1941), eleven Red Army soldiers, all about twenty years old, settled [placed] in the last entrances of the house. Budennovsky Prospekt, like many other avenues and streets, was blocked off by a barricade - the barricade was directly in front of the current Yunost cinema. I remember, on the first day of the entry of enemy troops into the city (I was eleven years old then), the Red Army men took up defense behind this barricade, bringing several boxes of cartridges there. They were armed with rifles, including one the self-loading, and with a light machine gun. A number of mines were placed on the terrain from the side of Taganrog. My mother and I were asked to observe [troop movements] from the balcony [of our apartment] as the visibility [while observing from the balcony] was much farther.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, a large column appeared from the direction of Taganrog, in front of which a patrol [a military forward patrol] was moving on motorcycles with machine guns. The motorcyclists were let in about fifty meters and killed, then soldiers began to fire on the column. She stopped a few hundred meters away and spread out along the front. From the balcony it was visible quite well, the number [of the column] was probably five hundred, in any case, many times more than the number of defenders. There was equipment in the column. After some time, two tanks started to move towards the barricade, firing. Tanks got pretty close. Almost up to the place where the monument is now, even somewhat closer. One of the tanks was blown up, and the crew that jumped out of it was killed. The other tank retreated.
Among the fighters were the wounded. They were bandaged in the apartment on the first floor of our entrance, the owners of which were evacuated.
I remember how two men dragged under their arms a very young Red Army soldier with bloody foam on his lips - his lung was shot through. My mother bandaged him and at that moment his comrades said that the wounded man's name was Lenya Starodubtsev and that he was from Salsk. Bandaged another soldier wounded in the hand. The shootout went on all the time.
In the afternoon, a message was received that the Germans had occupied the [railway] station and had already approached the current Varfolomeev Street (former Sixth Street), that is, they were in the immediate rear (two hundred meters) of the barricade. The soldiers decided to retreat. They took the wounded and left along the rail ways (now Mechnikova Street is here). The Germans entered Rostov-Gora when it was getting dark. Perhaps this was the very place at which the defense of the city lasted the longest and under rather difficult conditions. The next day I walked along Budennovsky. At the Sixth Street I saw (almost opposite the current Mayak store [possibly, Budennovsky, 80]) many dozens of people killed, but I don't know what happened here. Later, they told me that they saw the [several] killed behind an easel machine gun on the roof of the Shoe Factory named after Mikoyan [presumably, Budennovsky, 97]. Apparently, there was also a battle here, defenders tried to stop the offensive [of Nazi troops] from the [railway] station.
As you know, after seven days the invaders were driven out and on the very first day several people from the soldiers [earlier fighting on the barricade] came to our apartment. They said that they managed to hide the wounded with the help of the inhabitants of small private houses, and the healthy ones safely crossed the Don River and joined the Red Army. After the liberation of the city, all the wounded were in perfect order and they were taken to the hospital. Addresses were left, but the next day we hurriedly evacuated, the apartment was looted and addresses got lost.
Around 1962, in my absence, L. Starodubtsev came to visit us for a short time. He said that he wants to find the people who saved him, wounded, during the occupation, after which he will return to us again. Unfortunately, he didn't show up again.
Several times, large rallies were gathered near the monument on Komsomolskaya Square, mainly of pioneers and Komsomol members, and they recalled the courage of the fighting Komsomol members. Each time I thought how appropriate it would be if specific participants in the battle that took place directly at this place, - those, who shed their blood in defense of the Motherland, - would speak at such a rally.
Unfortunately, my appeals to the Regional Committee of the CPSU and the City Committee of the CPSU were referred [were handed] to the Komsomol organizations, which found no way to do anything productive to find participants in the events.
It is possible that this publication will save this episode for the history of our city, because the war was won not only by commanders, but also by soldiers, not only in big battles, but also in 'battles of local importance' which, however, required great courage.
V.V. Zalessky, Associate Professor, RSU. February 20, 1989".
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March 27, 2022 10:45
Translation from Russian into English: March 27, 2022 20:21.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Владимир Васильевич готовит письмо патриоту советской Родины товарищу Власову А.В. Архивный очерк'.
{ 2878. Владимир Васильевич готовит письмо патриоту советской Родины товарищу Власову А.В. Архивный очерк.
MMDCCCXLVIII. Vladimir Vasilievich writes a letter to the patriot of the Soviet Motherland, comrade Vlasov A.V. An archival essay. }