Ilya Starinov: biography and photos

Ilya Starinov is one of the most famous Soviet saboteurs. Thanks to his efforts, special units of the Red Army were formed, which carried out their tasks in all corners of the Earth. The contribution of Starinov to the improvement of military tactics is difficult to overestimate. For his services he was awarded many awards, including foreign ones.

Starinov Ilya Grigorievich: biography

He was born in 1900 in a small village on the territory of modern Orlovschiny, in an ordinary peasant family. Since childhood, Ilya helped his parents and worked hard. In 1917, a civil war begins. Soviet power is fighting immediately on several fronts. At the age of eighteen, Ilya Starinov joined the newly created Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. The month lasts for training, after which his unit is sent to the south to fight with the troops of Kornilov. After the battle under Korocha, Starinov was wounded, and captured by the White Guards. But after a short time the fighter makes an escape and returns to the system. After the treatment, he begins his sapper career. As part of the offensive group takes part in the expulsion of Wrangel from the Crimea. After winning the civil war for the demonstrated skills, the command sends him to Voronezh to upgrade his skills.

Military career

After finishing the course, Ilya Starinov goes to Kiev, where he commands the railway regiment. His unit is engaged in the construction of a railway. In this case, Ilya himself continuously learns, mastering all the subtleties of military art. Two years later he attended courses in Leningrad. At the age of thirty, he personally designs sabotage equipment and trains fighters. On the territory of the Ukrainian SSR, he creates units designed to conduct guerrilla warfare in case of occupation. In the thirty-third Starinov, Ilya Grigorievich is appointed to the post in the Intelligence Directorate, whose headquarters is located in Moscow. There he meets with Svechnikov, with whom he discusses various ways to improve military tactics.

Military theory

After graduating from training, Starinov appointed to the post of commandant of the railway station. Its task is to accompany high-ranking military and political figures. In the thirties, a civil war broke out in Spain. Left-wing revolutionaries are fighting the fascist regime of Franco. The Soviet Union is supporting them. Therefore, in the thirty-sixth year Ilya Starinov was sent to Spain as a military adviser. Using his knowledge, he teaches resistance fighters. Also prepares miners and sappers. In a fairly short time, he became an adviser to the three thousandth partisan corps. He is directly involved in the planning of operations. Thanks to the actions of Starinov, the Spanish partisans succeeded in blowing up several trains with high-ranking officials, blocking the promotion of the Franco people by rail for several days, destroying a considerable amount of equipment and personnel under Madrid, and also carrying out a number of other significant operations.

Homecoming

In the thirty-seventh year, Ilya Starinov returned to the USSR. On arrival, he reports on the events in Spain to Clement Voroshilov. In two years a new war begins. Fearing the aggression of Finland, as well as trying to secure its borders, the Red Army goes on the offensive on the Karelian Isthmus. There, Starinov deals with the issues of mine clearance and counteraction to enemy saboteurs. In the conditions of the fierce northern winter and the lack of food, the Soviet troops are suffering serious losses. For the demonstrated skills during the Finnish war, Ilya Starinov is appointed to the post of chief of the mining department.

The Great Patriotic War

From the first days of the war, Starinov is on the front line. In the conditions of the battle with the occupiers, the skills of the saboteur are needed more than ever. In the summer of 1941, Ilya Grigorievich Starinov was in charge of the unit responsible for mining on the western front. He personally oversees five groups that perform sapper work and block the roads from advancing enemy troops. In the conditions of the impetuous advance of the Wehrmacht units, the Red Army is forced to retreat to the east. In the first months of the war, retreat often turns into a stampede, which leads to serious losses. Therefore, the activity of the engineering troops was very important .

Through the efforts of Starinov, the railroad near Kharkov was damaged, which greatly delayed the Nazis. Also, an operation was carried out to liquidate Lieutenant-General Beineker, led by Ilya Starinov. The saboteur planted a radio-controlled bomb in the General's mansion, which was undermined during the banquet of the Nazis.

Organization of sabotage activities

After retreating for Don Starinov is in Rostov-on-Don and is engaged in mine obstacles and sabotage. In the winter of 1942, the saboteurs forced the Taganrog Gulf and severely damaged the main road near Mariupol. Also, Starinov's subdivisions mined the lines of defense near Rzhev. In the summer, Ilya Grigoryevich is training the partisans. During this period, the guerrilla movement is gaining strength and plays a significant role in the occupied territories. Colonel Starinov Ilya Grigoryevich prepares special-purpose saboteurs who must perform complex tasks behind enemy lines. In addition to the skills of military tactics, he was also an inventor. Before the war he wrote a paper on mechanics, for which he was awarded a scientific degree in the forty-fourth year. While at the Headquarters responsible for guerrilla resistance, Starinov develops and tests experimental diversionary equipment.

In the last year of the war, he cooperates with the Resistance movement of other countries. This is primarily the Polish Army Lyudova (as well as Craiova) and the Yugoslav guerrillas, which are led by the Communist Tito. In addition, he is training the Soviet partisans for their transfer to the territory of Romania, Czechoslovakia and Poland.

Ilya Starinov: biography after the war

After the war, Ilya Grigorievich was engaged in clearing the territory of the Soviet Union and rebuilding the railroad tracks. He also took part in the liquidation of nationalist gangs in the territory of Western Ukraine. In the fifty-sixth year he left the armed forces. He worked in various party positions. He taught courses of partisan and diversionary tactics. Participated in various social events. Also for some time he held a position in the Moscow Museum. He lived a hundred years.