Biography of Oleg Losik

The memorial plaque in Moscow on the building of the Academy Losik Oleg Aleksandrovich-commander of the 4th Guards Tank Brigade of the 2nd Guards Tank Corps of the 3rd Belorussian Front, the Guard Colonel. Born on November 21, on December 4, in the village of Yartsevo now, the city of Yartsevo, Smolensk region. From the family of rural teachers who lived in the village of Dolginovo, the Vilnius province, after the outbreak of World War I evacuated to the Smolensk province.

After the Civil War, he repeatedly changed the place of residence with the connection with the change of places of work of the mother. He graduated from the 4th grade elementary school in the village of Bogorodichny now Donetsk region of Ukraine in the year, a seven-year school in Slavyansk now Donetsk region of Ukraine in the year and the school of factory apprenticeship of assistants to steam engineers in Slavyansk in the year.

Since October, he worked in Slavyansk: Secretary of the Komsomol Committee of the FZU School of the KHM plant, since October - instructor of the Komsomol district committee, since May - Secretary of the Committee of the Komsomol of the Liter Workshops of the Slavsoda plant.

In the Red Army since November. In the year he graduated from the 1st Saratov Red Banner Armored School. Siyun of the year is the commander of a training tank platoon in a separate tank brigade of the Leningrad Military District, since April - an assistant to the commander of a school tank company there. Since October, - Assistant Chief of Staff of the Separate Tank Battalion of the Livankovka Brigade of the Leningrad Military District.

Member of the Soviet-Finnish war. After the completion of hostilities, he continued to serve in the same brigade: since September, he was the commander of the educational tank company, and from January - assistant chief of the operational department of the brigade headquarters. Since April, he has been assistant to the chief of the operational department of the headquarters of the Tank Division of the Kyiv Special Military District.

In the Great Patriotic War, O. Losik in the army since June. Since September, an assistant chief of staff for the intelligence of the headquarters of the tank brigade of the South -Western Front, since April - deputy chief of staff of the headquarters of the headquarters of the same brigade. Since August, the chief of staff of the Tank Brigade on the Stalingrad Front, and since December - deputy commander of this brigade on the Don Front.

He took an active part in the border battle in Western Ukraine, in the Kyiv and Sumy-Kharkov defensive operations, in the Battle of Stalingrad, in the Smolensk, Belorussian, Gumbinennen-Goldap and East Prussian offensive operations. In August-September, the Separate Panzer Regiment I was the Guards Army, the reserve front under the command of Colonel O. Losik participated in the Yelninsky offensive operation and in the liberation of the city of Yelnya, for which the regiment was assigned the honorary name "Yelninsky".

He became famous in the Belarusian strategic offensive operation under the code name "Bagration". For the exemplary implementation of the command of the command at the front of the fight against the German invaders and the heroism shown at the same time by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR of July 4 of the Guard, Colonel Oleg Alexandrovich, the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, was awarded to the presentation of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal.

He continued to command the brigade in subsequent battles. Since February, the commander of the 2nd separate guards tank brigade on the 3rd Belorussian Front. In March, he was recalled from the front and sent to study at the Military Academy of Armored and Mechanized Forces of the Red Army named after I. Stalin, but in May he was transferred to the Higher Military Academy of K.

since January of the year was at the disposal of the commander of the armored and mechanized troops of the Red Army. Since May - chief of staff of the 2nd Guards Tank Division of the Leningrad Military District, since September - the chief of staff of the Gvardeisky Panzer Division of the group of Soviet occupation forces in Germany. In December, he was re -sent to study at the academy.

In the year he graduated from the Higher Military Academy of K. since April - commander of the Guards Mechanized Division in the Northern Group of Poland forces, from May - assistant to the commander of the 7th mechanized army in tanks in the Belarusian military district. Since August - commander of the Guards Rifle Corps in the Odessa Military District. Since November - Senior Lecturer at the Department of Operational Art of the Higher Military Academy named after K.

Since June - commander of the 6th Army in the Northern Military District. Since June - the first deputy commander, since May - commander of the troops of the Far Eastern Military District. In March, the soldiers of this district, having come to the aid of the border guards of the Iman border detachment, were repulsed by the Chinese military units invaded Soviet territory in the area of ​​the island of Damansky.

Since May, Colonel General of the Tank Forces O. Malinovsky, a professor. The author of a number of scientific, theoretical, tactical and journalistic works. Since May, Marshal of the armored troops of O. Losik - retired.He continued active activities as the leading analyst of the General Inspector of the General Inspectors of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, was the chairman of the Council of the Club of Cavaliers of the Order of Zhukov at the Moscow House of Veterans of War and Military Service.

He lived in the city of Gero Moscow. He died on August 20, in a year of life. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow. Military titles:.