Sabashnikov Biography

Vyazniki, tombstone of Sabashnikov Anania Vasilievich-company commander of the Guards Rifle Regiment I am the Guards Rifle Division, the 6th Guards Army, the 1st Baltic Front, the Guard Senior Lieutenant. Born on November 5 in the city of Vyazniki now the Vladimir region in the family of an employee. In the year he graduated from the Vyaznikovsky college of the linseed industry. Shortly before that, his father was repressed.

Therefore, immediately after graduation, the young man could not pass the draft commission at the military registration and enlistment office. He went to work as a heating engineer at the Free Proletarian flax factory, and later became a deputy mechanic. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he again came to the military registration and enlistment office. In October, he was drafted into the Red Army.

He underwent training in Gorokhovetsky camps under Gorky now - Nizhny Novgorod, then in Arzamas he graduated from the school of younger commanders. At the beginning of the year he participated in the battles near Moscow, was Reanen. After the hospital in November, he graduated from a military-political school in the city of Moscow. In the year - retraining courses of the commanders of rifle mouths.

Especially distinguished in the battles for Belarus in the summer of the year. The company commander, among the first, burst into the enemy trench. Pursuing the heels of the retreating enemy, the soldiers of Sabashnikov’s company broke into the settlements of Shumilino and Sirotino, cleaned them, and then occupied the Sirotino railway station and with battles reached the banks of the West Dvina River.

In a short time, Sabashnikov’s guards repelled several enemy attacks. The actions of the company allowed the crossing in neighboring areas to other units. Despite the scrap wound in the chest, Sabashnikov did not leave the battlefield and continued to lead the company for another two days until he lost consciousness. The hero learned about the assignment of a high rank in the hospital.

In the Kremlin received high awards of the homeland - and again to the front. He ended the war in Germany. After the victory, he continued in the group of Soviet troops in Germany. Since the year, Captain Sabashnikov is in stock.

He returned to his homeland. In the year he graduated from the Ivanovo regional party school. He worked on party and economic work. For twenty years he was the director of the Rostecostiltorg base. He lived in the city of Vyazniki of the Vladimir region. He died on May 29. He was buried on the alley of the glory of the city of Vyazniki, in November he was reburied in the city cemetery.

Honorary citizen of the city of Vyazniki. His name was awarded to Lenin’s orders on the obelisks of fame in the city of Vyazniki and the village of Shumilino Vitebsk region.