Real prototypes of Soviet war films

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

The Ministry of Defense has published unique documents about the prototypes of the heroes of war films. The published materials tell about the courage and heroism of the defenders of the Motherland, to whom the masterpieces of Russian cinema are dedicated. In the list of films - "In the sky" night witches "," The crew of a combat vehicle "," Battalions are asking for fire "," Aty-bats, there were soldiers "," Commander of the happy "Pike".

"In the sky" night witches"

The drama of Evgenia Zhigulenko tells about the participation of female pilots in the Great Patriotic War. During the war, the director commanded a flight of night bombers, was awarded the star of the Hero of the Soviet Union. On account of her 773 sorties.

In the film, she talked about her fellow pilots, with whom she had to share all the hardships and hardships of battles. Young girls terrified the fascists and got the nickname "night witches" from them.

From the very first days of the formation of the regiment, its commander was Evdokia Bershanskaya. In the film, her role was played by Valeria Zaklunnaya.

Among the documents published by the Ministry of Defense are award lists on awarding Zhigulenko and other pilots of the regiment with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, photographs, and a form on the combat training of personnel.

The crew of the combat vehicle

The plot of the drama about the Battle of the Kursk Bulge is based on events from the life of the film's screenwriter Alexander Milyukov. He was a direct participant in these battles.

The Twentieth Guards Tank Brigade, in which Miliukov fought, defended the direction to Prokhorovka in July 1943, where the largest tank battle of World War II took place. In the same year, the guard foreman Milyukov was nominated for the medal "For Courage".

Starting the military path from the Bryansk front, he reached Berlin, was wounded three times.

The Ministry of Defense presented excerpts from newspapers, orders, reports on the battles of the brigade during July-September 1943. Studying these pages, one can imagine in what conditions our tankers had to fight, the department noted.

Aty-bats, soldiers were walking

The film was released in 1976. The plot is based on the real events of March 1943, when a platoon of Lieutenant Pyotr Shironin for several days repelled the attacks of the fascists near the village of Taranovka, Zmievsky district, Kharkov region.

The enemy had tanks and self-propelled guns, the Soviet soldiers had only a 45-millimeter gun. For the first time, the Shironins encountered the enemy on March 2 - that battle lasted three hours. Soviet soldiers knocked out six tanks and seven armored vehicles of the Germans.

Only four of the platoon survived, 21 people died. All fighters were nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

The military department published a list of the dead, a commendation list, operational reports and an article from the Red Army newspaper about the heroism of the heroes.