General mikhail malofeev. Malofeyev Mikhail

M Alofeev Mikhail Yuryevich - Deputy Head of the Combat Training Directorate of the Leningrad Military District, Head of the Combat Training Department of the 58th Army of the North Caucasian Military District - Deputy Commander of the Federal Forces Sever in the Chechen Republic, Major General.
Born on May 25, 1956 in the city of Lomonosov, Leningrad Region (now part of the city of St. Petersburg). Russian. In 1973, after graduating from high school, he entered and in 1977 graduated from the Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School named after S.M. Kirov. Then he served as a platoon, company commander, battalion chief of staff. Served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Then he was transferred to the Transcaucasian Military District, and two and a half years later, together with the regiment, he left for the Turkestan Military District for two years.
In 1989 M.Yu. Malofeev graduated from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze and was appointed battalion commander in the Arctic; successively occupying the posts of deputy regiment commander, chief of staff, regiment commander and deputy division commander.
From 1995 to 1996 he took part in the restoration of constitutional order in the Chechen Republic.
Since December 1997, Colonel M.Yu. Malofeev was the commander of the separate guards Red Banner Leningrad-Krasnoselsk motorized rifle brigade of the Leningrad Military District (the village of Kamenka, Leningrad Region), and later - the deputy head of the combat training department of the Leningrad Military District.
Since 1999, Major General Malofeev M.Yu. participates in the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, occupying the post of chief of the combat training department of the 58th Army of the North Caucasian Military District - deputy commander of the grouping of federal forces "North" in the Chechen Republic.
On January 14, 2000, Major General Malofeev M.Yu. were entrusted with the development and conduct of a special operation to seize the buildings of the Grozny cannery by the forces of the battalion of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The operation was of strategic importance for the further advance of the federal forces towards the center of the Chechen capital.
To implement this plan, on the morning of January 17, 2000, two assault groups moved to the western outskirts of the plant. Understanding the developing situation, the militants desperately defended themselves, opening heavy fire from small arms.
Caught under heavy fire, the assault groups lay down and staunchly repelled the attacks of the militants. In this case, three servicemen were injured and one was killed. The threat of the destruction of the assault groups and the disruption of the combat mission of the federal group loomed.
At this time, Major General Malofeev M.Yu. arrived in the northwestern outskirts of Grozny. with the task force, which consisted of the chief of artillery of the 276th motorized rifle regiment, two signalmen and a trainee captain from the Combined Arms Academy. Considering that after the most powerful fire training, no one was left alive in the building closest to the militants, the general occupied it. But the militants who had sat in the basements, as soon as the fire died down, went outside and faced the group of General Malofeev ...
Not dodging the battle, but boldly and decisively entering it, the general heroically shot back, covering the retreat of his subordinates, having been wounded in the head; at the same time the bandits opened fire from grenade launchers and mortars, and where Malofeev's group was located, a wall collapsed ...
For a day and a half, the troops could not approach the place of the general's death, but when the building was finally captured, when dismantling the rubble, together with Major General Malofeev, the body of Sergeant Sharaborin, a radio operator who had accompanied the general in his last battle, was found ...
January 28, 2000 M.Yu. Malofeev was buried with military honors at the Nikolskoye cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg.
Have By order of the President of the Russian Federation of February 9, 2000 No. 329 for courage and heroism shown during the elimination of illegal armed formations in the North Caucasus region, Major General Malofeev Mikhail Yuryevich was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
On February 23, 2000, at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, the “Golden Star” of the Hero of Russia was handed over to the Hero's widow, Svetlana Malofeeva.
The name of the Hero is the school №429 of the city of Lomonosov, which he graduated from. September 23, 2001 at the grave of the Hero of Russia Major General Malofeev M.Yu. a monument was opened, created according to sketches of the teachers of the St. Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy A. Dema, S. Mikhailov, N. Sokolov, whose noble idea, through the newspaper "St. center of culture, LLC "Vozrozhdenie", the command of the Leningrad Military District and ordinary citizens.

SORRY GENERAL
Dedicated to General Malofeev Mikhail Yurievich ...
Sorry, general, a simple soldier,
That the guys can't hold back tears
What an echo of the damned Chechen war
Boys will never forget.
We can't forget how he raised us to the attack,
How boldly you led us into battle
Under a flurry of lead and under the thunder of cannon fire,
How was that fight for you last?
CHORUS:
Goodbye general, goodbye our dear,
You did not hide behind a soldier's back.
Let the bitterness of tears shine in my eyes
You will remain forever in our hearts.
From sniper bullets and bandit grenades
He overshadowed a lot of guys with himself.
Our assault detachment survived -
You will be awarded posthumously for this.
Forgive me, General, that we could not save.
It would be better if we ourselves were killed in battle.
Otherwise, then you could not act -
You died with honor so that we can live.
Grigory Pavlenko, City of Nefteyugansk

, Russia

Affiliation Type of army Rank Commanded

Deputy Commander of the Federal Forces Grouping "North" in the Chechen Republic

Battles / wars Awards and prizes

Mikhail Yurievich Malofeev(May 25 - January 17) - Deputy Head of the Combat Training Directorate of the Leningrad Military District, Head of the Combat Training Department of the 58th Army, Deputy Commander of the Federal Forces Sever in the Chechen Republic, Major General. Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).

Biography

Mikhail Malofeev was born on May 25, 1956 in the city of Lomonosov, Leningrad Region (now part of the city of St. Petersburg). Russian by nationality. In 1973, after graduating from high school, he entered and in 1977 graduated from the Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School named after S. M. Kirov. He served as a platoon, company commander, battalion chief of staff. He served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, after which he was transferred to the Transcaucasian Military District, and two and a half years later, together with the regiment, he left for the Turkestan Military District for two years.

Since December 1997, Colonel Malofeev served as commander of the 138th separate guards Red Banner Leningrad-Krasnoselsk motorized rifle brigade of the Leningrad Military District (the village of Kamenka, Leningrad Region), and subsequently became deputy head of the combat training department of the Leningrad Military District.

Since 1999, Major General Malofeev took part in the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, holding the post of head of the combat training department of the 58th Army of the North Caucasian Military District - deputy commander of the grouping of federal forces "North" in the Chechen Republic.

On January 14, 2000, Major General Malofeev M.Yu. was entrusted with the development and conduct of a special operation to capture the buildings of the Grozny cannery by the forces of the battalion of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The operation was of strategic importance for the further advance of the federal forces towards the center of the Chechen capital.

To implement this plan, on the morning of January 17, 2000, two assault groups moved to the western outskirts of the plant. Understanding the developing situation, the militants desperately defended themselves, opening heavy fire from small arms.

Caught under heavy fire, the assault groups lay down and staunchly repelled the attacks of the militants. In this case, three servicemen were injured and one was killed. The threat of the destruction of the assault groups and the disruption of the combat mission of the federal group loomed.

At this time, Major General Malofeev arrived on the northwestern outskirts of Grozny with an operational group consisting of the chief of artillery of the 276th motorized rifle regiment, two signalmen and a trainee captain from the Combined Arms Academy. Considering that after the most powerful fire training, no one was left alive in the building closest to the militants, the general occupied it. But the militants who had sat in the basements, as soon as the fire died down, went outside and faced the group of General Malofeev. The general entered the battle and fired back, covering the retreat of his subordinates, despite the head wound he received. The militants opened fire from grenade launchers and mortars, and General Malofeev and his group died under the rubble of the wall. For a day and a half, federal troops could not approach the place of the general's death, but when the building was finally captured, while dismantling the rubble, together with Major General Malofeev, the body of Sergeant Sharaborin, a radio operator who accompanied his commander in his last battle, was found. ...

Pavel Evdokimov, in his article in the Spetsnaz Rossii newspaper for June 2006, analyzes the actions of Khizir Khachukayev, who was then in charge of the defense of the southeastern part of Grozny: “The tactics consisted of flanking attacks on the advancing forces. to pursue the "retreating" enemy, fell into the open, - the militants from the surrounding buildings opened targeted machine-gun fire. Apparently, during such a maneuver on January 18 on Copernicus Street, the deputy commander of the 58th Army, Major General Mikhail Malofeev, was killed, abandoned by frightened soldiers assault group ".

On January 28, 2000, Major General Malofeev was buried with military honors at the Nikolskoye cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg.

By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of February 9, 2000 No. 329 for courage and heroism shown during the liquidation of illegal armed formations in the North Caucasus region, Major General Mikhail Malofeev was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

On February 23, 2000, at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, the “Golden Star” of the Hero of Russia was handed over to the Hero's widow, Svetlana Malofeeva.

Memory

The name of the hero is the school № 429 of the city of Lomonosov, which he graduated from.
On September 23, 2001, a monument was unveiled at the hero's grave.
In 2014, a postage stamp dedicated to Malofeev was issued in Russia.

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The Hussar Pavlograd regiment was stationed two miles from Braunau. The squadron, in which Nikolai Rostov served as a cadet, was located in the German village of Salzenek. The squadron commander, captain Denisov, known to the entire cavalry division under the name Vaska Denisov, was given the best apartment in the village. Junker Rostov, ever since he overtook the regiment in Poland, lived with the squadron commander.
On October 11, the very day when everything in the main apartment was raised to its feet by the news of Mack's defeat, at the headquarters of the squadron, marching life was quietly going on as before. Denisov, who had lost all night at cards, had not yet come home when Rostov, early in the morning, on horseback, returned from foraging. Rostov, in a cadet's uniform, rode up to the porch, pushing the horse, with a flexible, youthful gesture threw off his leg, stood on the stirrup, as if not wanting to part with the horse, finally jumped down and shouted the messenger.
“Ah, Bondarenko, dear friend,” he said to the hussar, who had rushed headlong towards his horse. “Take it out, my friend,” he said with that fraternal, cheerful tenderness with which good young people treat everyone when they are happy.
- Yes, your Excellency, - answered the Little Russian, shaking his head cheerfully.
- Look, take it out well!
Another hussar also rushed to the horse, but Bondarenko had already thrown over the reins of the bit. It was evident that the cadet gave well for vodka, and that it was profitable to serve him. Rostov stroked the horse's neck, then the rump, and stopped on the porch.
“Nice! Such a horse will be! " he said to himself, and, smiling and holding his saber, ran up the porch, rattling his spurs. The owner, a German, in a sweatshirt and a cap, with a pitchfork, with which he cleared the manure, looked out of the barn. The German's face suddenly brightened as soon as he saw Rostov. He smiled cheerfully and winked: “Schon, gut Morgen! Schon, gut Morgen! " [Great, good morning!] He repeated, apparently taking pleasure in greeting the young man.
- Schon fleissig! [Already at work!] - Rostov said all with the same joyful, fraternal smile that never left his lively face. - Hoch Oestreicher! Hoch Russen! Kaiser Alexander hoch! [Hurray Austrians! Hurray Russians! Emperor Alexander hurray!] - he turned to the German, repeating the words often spoken by the German owner.
The German laughed, left the barn door completely, pulled
cap and, waving it over his head, shouted:
- Und die ganze Welt hoch! [And the whole world hurray!]
Rostov himself, just like a German, waved his cap over his head and, laughing, shouted: "Und Vivat die ganze Welt"! Although there was no reason for particular joy neither for the German, who was cleaning his cowshed, nor for Rostov, who drove with a platoon for hay, these two people looked at each other with happy delight and brotherly love, shook their heads as a sign of mutual love and parted with a smile - the German in the cowshed, and Rostov in the hut, which he occupied with Denisov.
- What is the master? - he asked Lavrushka, the rogue lackey Denisov known to the whole regiment.
- We haven't been in the evening. True, we lost, - answered Lavrushka. “I know, if they win, they’ll come early to brag, and if they’re not there until morning, then they’re blown away, the angry ones will come.” Would you like some coffee?
- Come on, come on.
After 10 minutes Lavrushka brought coffee. Come on! - he said, - now the trouble. - Rostov looked out the window and saw Denisov returning home. Denisov was a small man with a red face, shining black eyes, a black tousled mustache and hair. He was wearing an unbuttoned mantik, wide chikchirs lowered in folds, and a crumpled hussar cap was worn on the back of his head. He grimly, head bowed, approached the porch.
- Loveg "abalone," he shouted loudly and angrily. - Well, take it off, you fool!
“Yes, I’m taking pictures anyway,” answered Lavrushka’s voice.
- A! you've already got up, - said Denisov, entering the room.
“A long time ago,” said Rostov, “I’ve already gone for hay and saw Fraulein Matilda.
- Here's how! And I am "odulsya, bg" at, vcheg "and, like a son of a bitch!” Denisov shouted without uttering R. “Such a misfortune! Such a misfortune!
Denisov, wrinkling his face, as if smiling and showing his short strong teeth, began to shag up his thick black hair with both hands with short fingers, like a dog.
- Chog "t me money" zero go to this kg "yse (nickname of the officer)," he said, rubbing his forehead and face with both hands. "you did not give.
Denisov took the smoked pipe served to him, clenched it into a fist, and, scattering fire, hit the floor with it, continuing to shout.
- The sempel will give, the pag "ol beats; the sample will give, the pag" the ol beats.
He scattered fire, smashed the pipe and dropped it. Denisov paused and suddenly with his shining black eyes glanced merrily at Rostov.
- If only there were women. And then here, kg "Oh, how to drink, there is nothing to do. If only she could" get off ".
- Hey, who's there? - he turned to the door, hearing the stopped footsteps of thick boots with the clatter of spurs and a respectful cough.
- Wahmister! - said Lavrushka.
Denisov grimaced even more.
- Squeg "but," he said, throwing his purse with several gold pieces. - G'ostov, count, my dear, how many are left there, but put the purse under your pillow, - he said and went out to the sergeant.
Rostov took the money and, mechanically, putting aside and leveling heaps of old and new gold, began to count it.
- A! Telyanin! Zdog "ovo! They blew me up yesterday" ah! - heard the voice of Denisov from another room.
- Who? At Bykov's, at the rat's? ... I knew, ”said another thin voice, and then Lieutenant Telyanin, a small officer of the same squadron, entered the room.
Rostov threw his purse under the pillow and shook the small, damp hand extended to him. Telyanin was transferred from the guard for some reason before the campaign. He behaved very well in the regiment; but they did not like him, and especially Rostov could neither overcome nor hide his unreasonable disgust for this officer.
- Well, young cavalryman, how does my Grachik serve you? - he asked. (Hrachik was a riding horse, a porch, sold by Telyanin to Rostov.)
The lieutenant never looked into the eyes of the person with whom he spoke; his eyes were constantly running from one object to another.
- I saw you drove today ...
“Nothing, good horse,” answered Rostov, despite the fact that this horse, which he bought for 700 rubles, was not worth half that price. - She began to fall on the left front ... - he added. - Cracked hoof! It's nothing. I will teach you, I will show you which rivet to put.
- Yes, show me please, - said Rostov.
- I will show, I will show, it is not a secret. And you will thank for the horse.
“So I will tell you to bring the horse,” said Rostov, wanting to get rid of Telyanin, and went out to tell them to bring the horse.
In the vestibule Denisov, with his pipe, huddled on the threshold, sat in front of the sergeant, who was reporting something. Seeing Rostov, Denisov winced and, pointing over his shoulder with his thumb to the room in which Telyanin was sitting, winced and shook with disgust.

Many generals took part in the two Chechen companies, as that senseless human meat grinder is now called. Most of them personified what was expressed in Shevchuk's words: "The closer to death, the cleaner the people. The further to the rear, the fatter the generals." Not all, however, were like that. And I want to tell you about one of those who are called a trench general in the army.

Major General Malofeev Mikhail Yurievich

Born in 1956 in the town of Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai. In 1977 he graduated from the Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School, and in 1989 - from the Frunze Military Academy. He served in various positions: from platoon commander to deputy chief of the district combat training department. Since October 1999 - head of the combat training department of the 58th Army of the North Caucasus Military District.

"For me, the main thing was serving the Motherland, my people. And with a clear conscience I can say: I did everything to fulfill this duty."
Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov

These words of the outstanding Soviet commander were remembered by Mikhail Malofeev since the cadets' times, when he studied at the renowned Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School named after V.I. S. M. Kirov, on whose battle banner there are two military orders. At that time, the former commander of the cadet platoon, and now the reserve lieutenant colonel Leonid Grudnitsky, told me, Misha Malofeev was fond of reading military literature, especially military memoirs. And in the first place among these books - "Memories and Reflections" by G.K. Zhukov. This hobby was not accidental. Somewhere at the end of the second year, Mikhail decided that he would definitely rise to the rank of general.

Honestly, - recalls Leonid Dmitrievich, - I personally had great doubts on this score, since it was very difficult for Misha to study. Here we must pay tribute to his mother, Dina Dmitrievna. A children's doctor by profession, she herself raised her son, raised him. She wanted to see him as a military officer, therefore, not without her influence, he chose his future profession. Dina Dmitrievna knew, of course, about the difficulties that Misha faced at first, and how she could support him, helped. She often came to us, but unlike her parents, who, to be sure, asked the commanders to be condescending to their Vitenka there or Vovochka, she was demanding, first of all, of her son. And for this she was respected not only by us officers, but also by the cadets.

The recognition of the collective came with the success in studies. The guys elected Malofeev as their Komsomol group, and he was a worthy leader of the youth.

And you know, only later, when all this happened to Misha in Chechnya, I was not at all surprised that he himself led the fighters into the attack, remained in combat formation until the last.

He simply could not, you know, he could not have acted differently. Otherwise it would not have been Malofeev. He managed to become a real Kirov officer, and in our environment above all were, is and remain military duty, honesty, decency, mutual assistance.

In July 1977, Leonid Dmitrievich said goodbye to his students. It so happened that at that time I happened to visit the school, which I graduated myself, but ten years earlier, in 1967. And how was it not to take the opportunity to look at the young Kirov lieutenants. I remember that it struck me that there were so many of them. If our graduation consisted of 183 lieutenants, then in 1977 there were 312 young officers in the ranks. Who could have guessed then what events awaited us and what they would bring to all of us?

In December 1979, "military assistance to Afghanistan" began, which lasted ten years and claimed the lives of thousands and thousands of our guys. About 240 Kirov graduates passed through the crucible of this war. November-December 1994. Chechnya ... A bleeding wound on the body of Russia ... Having received, with the connivance of the then leadership of the country, access to the arsenals of the Russian army and armed part of the male population, or, more simply, by creating bandit formations, the Chechen leaders began to establish their own "order" on the territory of the republic, grossly trampling on the Constitution of the Russian Federation ... Chechnya has become a refuge not only for criminals and "dogs of war", but also for various kinds of "peacekeepers". Mikhail Malofeev at that time was already a colonel, a unit commander. He fully drank the bitter cup of the first Chechen campaign, which ended in 1996 with the Khasavyurt betrayal of the army.

From those battles he learned the main thing: the soldier must be protected. Actually, this was not news for him, even in the school in the classroom on tactics, the teacher Colonel Valentin Krivorotov (now, alas, he is no longer with us) repeatedly reminded the cadets of this. And yet one thing is training in the field, another is a real combat situation, where everything acquires a different price.

Colonel Malofeev skillfully led his subordinates. His separate tank battalion, nicknamed the "Black Wing" by the Chechens, terrified the bandits. Even then, there were all the possibilities to put an end to the bandit formations, to restore peace and constitutional order on the Chechen land. Alas ... Many newspapers reported what such "higher considerations" guided politicians, whose financial interests were more valuable than the lives of soldiers, but only time will probably remove the final veil of secrecy from those events. Let's hope it won't take long for this. The price of betrayal is too high.

Mikhail Malofeev went to the second Chechen war as a major general to the post of head of the combat training department of the 58th army. At the same time, he was appointed deputy commander of the North grouping of federal forces. In a word, both the rank and the position allowed him with good reason to be somewhere on the command post and from there to control the actions of his subordinates. It is possible that in a different environment he would have done just that. But in the situation that developed at that time, it was very important to raise people, lead them into battle. Perhaps someone will grumble: they say, it's not a general's business - to rush into the attack. But what if the lives of hundreds of other fighters depend on it?

With the adoption of the decision, General Malofeev did not hesitate for a moment. He acted as a true Russian officer, brought up on the best traditions of the Leningrad VOKU named after S.M. Kirov, should have done.

General's last battle

On January 17, 2000, the entire grouping of the Special Region of Grozny began to move. The troops moved to storm the Chechen capital. It immediately became clear that in the western direction - where the Sofrino brigade was advancing, and a little to the north - the regiment of internal troops - the fierce resistance of the militants did not allow them to confidently advance further. The troops got bogged down in the outskirts of the Chechen capital. The command of the grouping of the Special Region of Grozny was alarmed by the slow pace of progress, because in other areas events developed more successfully. The situation was heating up. The fire of the militants from previously prepared positions did not allow the assault detachments to budge. On the same day, an emergency happened - General Mikhail Malofeev, the commander of the western direction, was killed.

HIS DEATH was the result of tremendous nervous tension and the result of the dramatic events of the first day of the second stage of the operation to liberate Grozny. The information is contradictory. It was only known that the general died, personally leading one of the assault groups.
General Troshev in his book "My War" with respect recalls the deceased general: "Mikhail Yuryevich came to us from the Leningrad Military District. Not having time to really take over from the former deputy commander of the 58th Army for combat training, he was immediately forced to go to the combat zone. From the first days in the war, he showed himself not only as a literate, knowledgeable in military affairs, but also as a brave commander. " Further, Troshev, telling the readers about the circumstances of the death of General Malofeev and setting out his point of view on this tragedy on the pages of the book, summarizes: this tragedy. The death of General Malofeev reminded all Russians of the price at which victory in the battle with the bandits was given. "
“General Malofeev arrived in N of the item on the eve of the assault. Alkhan-Kala to the location of the operational regiment of the internal troops for the preparation of an assault detachment at its base. After presenting one battalion to all personnel, he personally participated in its preparation for hostilities.
January 17 in Grozny during an operation to seize a complex of buildings between the railway and st. Copernicus, the soldiers of the assault detachment, having met stubborn resistance from bandit formations and having suffered losses (1 dead and 15 wounded), were forced to stop. At about 13.30, the commander of the grouping of the Special Region of Grozny, Lieutenant General V. Bulgakov, arrived at the command post of the operational group “West”, to whom Major General M. Malofeev reported on the situation. The commander was extremely dissatisfied with the actions of the assault detachments. According to eyewitnesses, the generals had a nervous conversation, in a raised voice.
Leaving the trench, Lieutenant General V. Bulgakov went to the 21st brigade of the internal troops. He was followed by Major General M. Malofeev and Deputy Commander of the 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Army, Colonel Trunks. He, however, soon returned and asked for a radio station for General Malofeev. A couple of minutes later, Colonel Stvolov said that the general had left for one of the divisions of the operational regiment of the internal troops. However, Malofeev did not appear either at the command post of this unit, or at the command post of the 245th motorized rifle regiment, where the senior assault direction Colonel Nasedko was stationed.
At about 2.30 pm, the commander of the assault group asked to move the artillery fire, saying that the company under the command of General Malofeev would attack the building in front of the front. After that, the company commander got in touch only 20 minutes later and reported that "Spider-05" (M. Malofeyev's call sign. - Author) was "two hundredth".
Soon the chief of artillery of the regiment and an officer, a student of the academy, who accompanied the general in battle, left the battle. The latter said that Malofeev, in an infantry fighting vehicle, moved to the area of the Pentagon complex of buildings, where the battle was going on. Arriving at the scene, Major General M. Malofeev ordered the unit commander to prepare the company for the attack. This order was carried out.
In the first three, the general himself, the chief of artillery of the regiment and the radiotelephone operator, followed by the company commander, the platoon commander and the officer, the student of the academy, entered the building.
The bandits let both troikas into the house, and the rest of the personnel (about 40 people) were cut off by fire from three sides. As a result of the firefight, Major General M. Malofeev was killed by several shots in the head. The radiotelephone operator of the regiment was also killed. The rest of the officers managed to escape.
After it became known about the death of Malofeev, it turned out that it would not be possible to quickly get the general's body out of the cursed house. The resistance of the militants in this area was fierce.
Sergei Gritsenko, head of reconnaissance of the "West" direction:
- Only two days later we found him. Troshev came and supervised the whole matter. The Chechens bargained with us for the body of Malofeev. All these two days. We heard on the air that the general was missing, and they came to us. They said, they say, your general is with us. They tried to put pressure on us so that we could move five hundred meters back, because their “friends” remained in the littered bunker. The militants equipped a vegetable storehouse under the bunker, and we accidentally, when they were beating from artillery, filled them up. And they are there out of the ground yelling for their own to rescue them. And so they started a trade with us, until we realized that they did not have Malofeev. And then we pushed back the militants. Came to a house. They brought up the equipment, they began to pull off the plates and Malofeev was found under one of them. His hands were not tied, for that I am responsible. As he had a machine gun on his back, a pea jacket with general's shoulder straps, a hat, and a knitted comforter under the hat, he lay there. And a radiotelephone soldier was lying nearby ...
Colonel-General Mikhail Pankov: "On that day I arrived at the KNP of our regiment. The regiment commander Nasedko reported on the situation. Heavy battles were going on. From the KNP everything was clearly visible, less than 800 meters from the front edge. And then they report on the radio station, that "Spider" was killed - that was Malofeev's call sign. It happened between 14 and 15 hours. I immediately decided to send a group to help. She could not break through - there the front side of the house was shot from all sides. Nearby was a tank company standing with direct fire They began to blast everyone around this house. They also fired several shots at this house so that the militants would not approach and take Malofeev's body. The second time they went to the house from two directions. Again they came under fierce fire. The wounded appeared, and the groups retreated ...
Neither I nor the regiment commander, although we were on the KNP, did not know and could not even imagine that General Malofeev, having taken the soldiers, would lead them to the assault himself. Yes, this building was tactical. It stood at an intersection, it was necessary to pass it, otherwise the area would not be captured. And there the outbuildings are so complex, one-story, concrete, long ... Malofeev, he was a thinking man, perfectly prepared. I didn't break people over the knee. He knew how to make decisions. A real military man, a professional.
But my personal opinion: a general in a battle must first of all control the troops. To govern.
And what Troshev writes in his book ... He arrived later, later. Troshev did not really control the situation. Only Bulgakov knows this situation to the end. And I am partially. Because it was all in front of my eyes. I did not see Malofeev go on the attack, but I saw the general situation - explosions, roar, smoke. I heard all these talks over the radio.
Difficult, of course, this whole situation, if humanly ... But still I can not answer one question: why Malofeev himself went, what pushed him? I know one thing: no one will answer this question. Except, perhaps, Bulgakov. "

"Cossacks-robbers" ... Almost every combat mission that fell to the lot of "Alpha" was distinguished by a highly dynamic situation, sometimes taking an unexpected, unpredictable turn, professional actions of the group's employees and the toughness, more precisely, the cruelty of their opponents. And it was always very clear where ours were and where were strangers. More precisely - almost always, since there are no rules without exceptions. One of them was, in part, the Rostov operation of 1993, quite tense in its intensity, dramatic in its possible consequences and ... absurd - and sometimes to the point of absurdity - in terms of the development of events. No, the terrorists just acted as they were "supposed" to. But on this side of the "front line" there was, to put it mildly, a game without rules ... Remember the rhyme from your childhood: "They say, on New Year's Eve, whatever you wish, everything will always happen ..."? Most of all, in 1993, a difficult year for Alfa and memorable for all Russians, the employees wanted to celebrate the holiday with their relatives and friends. Alas, contrary to the naive confidence of the Soviet classic Sergei Mikhalkov, it didn’t grow together, it didn’t come true, it didn’t happen. For there were scum who made a completely different desire: to snatch a bag of money from the state and, as they say, make it a pen. How? Unfortunately, the scheme for implementing their idea has already been tested both in our country and abroad, and therefore they did not reinvent the wheel. On December 23, three men armed with machine guns, far from wearing masquerade masks and not wearing carnival body armor, entered one of the Rostov schools and, having fired at the walls to ostracize, took fifteen ninth-graders and their teacher hostage. Roughly pushing the prisoners into a "groove" waiting at the entrance, driven by their accomplice (here, in the bus, there was also the driver they had captured earlier), they headed for a military airfield. In the school office, the criminals left a "gift" for the police officers - a walkie-talkie for negotiating. Keeping at gunpoint the frightened children, they drove to the airfield without any particular obstacles, where they demanded to provide them with a helicopter for a flight to Iran, having previously delivered food, warm clothes and cigarettes on board. After nearly four hours (it took a long time to decide whether it was necessary to use the federals or it would be better to do with the forces of the Krasnodar branch of Group "A"), more than fifty "Alfovtsy" headed by their commander Gennady Nikolayevich Zaitsev flew to Rostov-on-Don. Needless to say, the officers did not waste time in flight: they drew up an action plan that provided for several possible scenarios for the development of the situation. By the time their Tu-134 landed at the city airport, the bandits had already occupied the helicopter, which volunteered to fly - squadron commander Lieutenant Colonel V. Padalka and pilot-navigator Captain V. Stepanov. Local law enforcement agencies did not sit idly by - an operational headquarters for the Nabat operation was deployed at the Air Force base, which was headed by Lieutenant General Kuznetsov, head of the MB department for the Rostov region. At that time, the information they possessed was rather scarce: the leader's nickname was Cossack, the arsenal was three machine guns and a pistol. The first thing that alerted the Alpha commander was the flight route announced by the terrorists: Rostov-on-Don - Krasnodar - Mineralnye Vody - Grozny - Tehran. After all, it was possible to get to Iran by a shorter route - through Azerbaijan. So, they are darkening, Gennady Nikolayevich decided, looking at the turntable standing on the runway. Suddenly, the radio came to life: the Cossack demanded the arrival of the mayor of the city within an hour and a half, and then, after specifying, added - the governor of the region, Vladimir Chub. Otherwise, he promised to kill a hostage every 15 minutes of delay. The hands of the clock seemed to run much faster than the wheels of the governor's official car, and if the criminals did not bluff (and nothing indicated this), events threatened to become very dramatic. Therefore, it was decided not to hinder their takeoff. After reporting by radio that they were heading to Krasnodar, where negotiations would continue, the bandits flew out after a while. Followed with a small time interval - "alpha" on the Mi-8 and An-12. Of course, the employees of the Krasnodar branch of Group "A" were already in full readiness to meet unexpected guests. Soon they were joined by Muscovites who had arrived before the main forces - the group of Lieutenant Colonel Anatoly Savelyev. Realizing the value of every second in such a difficult situation, the first thing they did was reconnaissance, pointed out the locations to snipers and observers, and once again - there was never too much - "pumped" their actions in case of an assault on a helicopter. It was alarming for the lives of children, the terrorists' maneuvers were not entirely clear, but on the whole the situation was under control, and nothing extraordinary happened: it was for such events that Alpha was better prepared than anyone in the country. And maybe in the world. Soon after landing, the dialogue with the bandits continued. The Cossack asked Zaitsev, who was in touch, who he was and what department he represented. Gennady Nikolayevich did not hide his name or surname - it made no sense, but he recommended himself as an employee of the RF Government apparatus. And, one might say, he did not twist his soul, for he really was in the service of the sovereign. Then the leader asked if Zaitsev had the right to make decisions? And here the commander of "Alpha" did not deceive, saying that he was only authorized to negotiate, and Moscow would make the decisions. It seems that such a long chain did not suit Kazak very much. The bandits generally behaved insolently and, feeling themselves masters of the situation, insolently dictated terms. First: to illuminate their landing site with searchlights from three sides within a radius of 200 meters, so that no one could approach the turntable unnoticed. Second: stretch the telephone cable for communication. Third: to provide flight maps, refuel the helicopter and provide them with an unimpeded flight through Minvody to Makhachkala and further to Baku, without being chased in the air. Otherwise, children will suffer. Fourth: to prepare 10 million dollars for transfer to them in Mineralnye Vody. And, of course, to inform President Boris Yeltsin about all this. In turn, Gennady Nikolayevich Zaitsev obtained a promise from Kazak to release at least the girls in Minvody, and everyone else in Baku. Of course, it cost him a lot of effort, truly diplomatic tact, and - what is already there! - demonstration of the skill of the negotiator. The latter, by the way, is taught professionally at Alpha. The main thing here is to adhere to the golden mean, so that, on the one hand, not to sell too cheap in the bargaining, on the other hand, not to go too far and not to infuriate the bandits - they can break firewood. Well, and besides, having informed less, find out more, analyzing every word they uttered and even intonation. Later, the commander of Group "A" confessed to the spirit: he had never had to conduct such difficult negotiations, since practically all the demands of the terrorists were of an openly ultimatum nature and were certainly accompanied by threats of reprisals against children. But the information he received allowed him to conclude: it is unlikely that the bandits really want to go to Iran - it looks like they are much more attracted to Chechnya, in the criminal environment of which they could get lost like a needle in the hay. There was no disagreement in the operational headquarters on another issue: to storm the helicopter now or to allow it to fly to the Ministry of Vody. The second option was unanimously recognized as preferable - these scum were too nervous, afraid of their shadow. The main part of the special forces, together with their commander, ended up in Mineralnye Vody almost an hour before the helicopter with the hostages. Having one step ahead of the enemy, the officers managed to assess the situation and work out possible options for completing the operation, among which the combination of salvo sniper fire with simultaneous actions of capture groups was recognized as one of the most promising. However, it was not for nothing that the ancients said: a decision that cannot be changed is bad. In the early morning of December 24, Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Padalka, the crew commander, managed to briefly leave the helicopter under a plausible pretext. Not only did this brave officer give an exhaustive description of each bandit and shared information about what, where and how is happening on board, he categorically opposed the plan to assault the helicopter, convincingly proving that it would cost many hostages their lives. In particular, because one of the terrorists, apparently, has explosives. Of course, the pilot knew better, and had to abandon the original plan. However, as always, the Group has found other, no less effective means. Therefore, everything was still controlled by the "alphas". But then, as they say, trouble came from where they did not expect: the governor of the Rostov region V. Chub unexpectedly appeared with his retinue and almost from the doorway announced that from that moment he would lead the operation. Well, how can you not remember the classic phrase of Ostap Bender: "I will command the parade!"? It’s just a pity that no parade was planned, but it was planned to carry out a very difficult task, even the indirect participation in which amateurs in this area could turn into a real tragedy. Moreover, the most precious thing was at stake - the lives of children. The attempt by Colonel-General Anatoly Efimovich Safonov, the first deputy minister of security of Russia, to cool the ardor of the newly-minted leader, was unsuccessful. On the contrary, Chub immediately stepped up his activities, starting with the fact that he removed Zaitsev from negotiations, finding him an "adequate" replacement - Valentina Aleksandrovna Petrenko, who arrived with him, whom he introduced as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation and an assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Looking ahead, we note that in the morning of the next day, in response to a request sent from the operational headquarters to Moscow from V.V. Listov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, a telephone message arrived, in which it was unambiguously stated: there was no such assistant in the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and therefore the head Ministry prohibits Petrenko to conduct any negotiations with the bandits on behalf of this department. This was the official document. Do you know how Valentina Alexandrovna reacted to him? No way. Inspired by Chub's support, she immediately demanded a personal meeting with the Cossack. In her numerous interviews with representatives of the media, this, as she is sometimes called today, the "legendary woman" more than once reported in those troubling hours, and, by the way, now reports that during that half-hour conversation with the leader of the gang it was only about children and the ways of their salvation. According to the commander of "Alpha", she was cunning even then, she is cunning even now in her memoirs, which does not suit her at all, now a member of the Federation Council - an employee of the Commission on the Rules and Organization of Parliamentary Activities, Chairman of the Committee on Social Policy and a representative of the government of the Republic of Khakassia ... There is little sin in deceiving terrorists when she called herself the representative of Moscow, although the capital did not recognize her as such: well, if you want a representative, here I am. Another thing is worse: trying to establish a trusting relationship with the Cossack, she told the truth that Zaitsev was the commander of Alpha. Help, you can’t say anything. Not surprisingly, after this revelation, the bandit not only flatly refused to talk to Gennady Nikolayevich, but literally went berserk: he demanded that money be delivered to him immediately, threatening to blow up the Nevinnomyssk chemical plant. In confirmation of his words, he ordered Padalka (the officer later confirmed that the Cossack talked to someone in an undertone on a portable radio station) to lift the Mi-8 into the air and head for the plant; flew around it around the perimeter and came back. And all this time, two helicopters with "Alpha" officers were quietly "herding" the terrorists at a safe distance. Ready for immediate action. And the situation was heating up literally before our eyes: the Cossack insisted that he would immediately start shooting the hostages if millions were not delivered to him. Finally, a plane with currency arrived from Moscow. Having behind him a rich service experience, including participation in such operations, Zaitsev, as well as many other generals and officers of the operational headquarters, proposed to transfer money in parts, in exchange for the release of groups of children - in principle, this is an international practice, for who can vouch for the honesty of the terrorists: get dollars - and look for the wind in the field. Voice in the wilderness! The self-proclaimed "Mother Teresa" - Valentina Aleksandrovna persuaded the governor to play in the open and pay off the bandits right away. Paid, so what? The criminals released the eight hostages, cynically remarking that the rest would stay with them until the end. Fortunately, the weather has deteriorated so much that even with all the desire the bandits could not take off. Employees of "Alpha" and local security and law enforcement agencies did not fail to take advantage of this, having formed three groups of capture. There was nowhere to retreat: thanks to the hypertrophied initiative of the passive head of the operation and the frightening activity of the assistant minister unrecognized by the Foreign Ministry, the situation became critical. Having contacted by phone Oleg Soskovets, the first Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government who headed the central headquarters, Zaitsev reported on the action plan, explaining that the terrorists had already become so insolent, especially their leader, that they were walking alternately on the takeoff field and warming up. And it is not difficult to catch the Cossack: one sniper shot is enough, as the rest will raise their paws up: the pilots confirmed that it was he who held everything in his hands. Soskovets gave the go-ahead, putting forward a condition - not one of the hostages should suffer, to which Gennady Nikolayevich replied with utmost honesty: the "alphas" will do everything in their power, but no one can give such a guarantee. On that and agreed. The operation has entered its final stage. But as she entered, she emerged from it. - Who gave you the right to talk to Moscow, bypassing me? - the Rostov governor pounced on the commander of "Alpha". “This is where my leadership is located, and I am free to contact him whenever I see fit,” the officer replied calmly. “I’m your leadership now,” Chub said as he snapped, and immediately, having called Moscow, responded very unflatteringly about the action plan developed by the professionals (!). His assistant went even further, informing about the plan of Group "A" ... to the terrorists. It is strange that in none of her interviews Valentina Aleksandrovna mentions this unseemly fact. But Zaitsev and his subordinates to this day cannot forget such a demarche. And believe me: the softest definition they give her, to put it mildly, strange actions, is betrayal. Probably, in gratitude, the criminals soon released ... one hostage. By the way, Petrenko knew very well that there was a TV on board the captured aircraft (it was installed at the request of Kazak), nevertheless, she repeatedly very eloquently and intelligibly informed the ubiquitous journalists about the situation in the operational headquarters and the intentions of the security forces. The information went on television literally from the wheels, thanks to which the terrorists were well aware of all the current and planned actions against them. The fourth day of the operation came. However, only a little more than half an hour of this very day passed, as the Mi-8 with hostages, in spite of warnings about adverse weather conditions, took to the air and headed for Teplorechensk. Behind him, maintaining a reasonable distance, two turntables with "alpha" men rushed, while their colleagues began to hastily load into the plane. He did not have time to take off when the Cossack and his robbers unexpectedly returned. In the morning they released another boy. And this was their last act of "goodwill": not wanting to enter into any negotiations anymore, they demanded an air corridor, periodically pouring machine gun bursts on the runway and threatening to detonate an explosive device. It is difficult to say what Moscow has been thinking all these days. Arguing logically - about Rostov children in trouble. Or maybe the president had no time for that in the pre-New Year bustle. In any case, it was only on December 26 that the capital reported that the head of the operation was finally appointed - Major General of Militia Gennady Fedorovich Chebotarev, deputy head of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime. Well, better late than never. Better yet, that the chaos that was going on under Chub's nose has come to an end. All power again passed into the hands of knowledgeable, competent and literate people. A new plan was developed, which provided for the destruction of two criminals with sniper fire at once, including, of course, Kazak. Time was not an ally of the "alphas", and therefore decided not to postpone the implementation of the plan. The officers had already taken their places in accordance with the combat crew, but the deputy prosecutor of the Stavropol Territory did not authorize the operation, explaining his position by the fact that "the terrorists have not killed anyone yet." In vain Zaitsev tried to explain to the representative of the supervisory authority that Alfa had come to free the hostages, and not to wait until they were killed - the deputy prosecutor stood his ground. The criminals' nerves were pumped up to the limit, and you could really expect anything from them. At times they took off, circled over the airfield, threatening to blow up a warehouse of fuel and lubricants, start shooting at planes, the airport building ... In vain. Having no sanction to neutralize them, the operational headquarters was forced to hold the line, taking a firm position: you release the hostages - we provide you with an air corridor. It took about three more hours for the bandits to understand that they would not be offered any other way out of the situation. And all this time they were methodically and patiently taught: let the children go and fly wherever they look, especially since the tanks are full, millions are with you. No wonder they say: a drop wears away a stone. I undermined this time too. The terrorists freed the hostages, took to the air, ordering the pilots to head for Chechnya, and headed towards ... Makhachkala: this decision was made, risking their lives, by Padalka and Stepanov. And on their tail, a spinner with the Rostov branch of "Alpha" immediately hung. The rest was a matter of technique. After the bandits landed on the outskirts of the Dagestan capital, they broke up in pairs and, under cover of darkness, moved into the brilliant green. But they were not allowed to get to Chechnya: that night not only the "alpha" members, but, perhaps, all the employees of the republic's security forces did not sleep a wink. The first, after a short fight, they took Kazak and his henchman, closer to the morning they detained the rest. The money was with them. The bottom line? It is partly logical. Both pilots - Lieutenant Colonel V. Padalka and Captain V. Stepanov - became Heroes of Russia and received early titles one step higher than their posts. Quite deservedly: they had to experience a lot these days and nights, so they also managed to circle the bandits (one of whom was a navigator-aviator in the past) around their fingers. Until the last minute, those were sure that the helicopter had landed in Chechnya. But there is one not very logical result. Another participant in the operation was awarded by President B.N. Yeltsin, especially emphasizing his merits. "For courage and dedication shown during the operation to free the hostages seized in the city of Rostov-on-Don by armed terrorists, to award the order" For personal courage "to Valentina Aleksandrovna PETRENKO - Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation." Both the signature and the date - everything is as it should be. Probably, it would be possible to put an end to this story here, but it would be more correct to put an ellipsis ... Author Alexander Ushar.

). Russian by nationality. In 1973, after graduating from high school, he entered and in 1977 graduated from the Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School named after S. M. Kirov. He served as a platoon, company commander, battalion chief of staff. He served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, after which he was transferred to the Transcaucasian Military District, and two and a half years later, together with the regiment, he left for the Turkestan Military District for two years.

From 1995 to 1996 he took part in the restoration of constitutional order in the Chechen Republic.

Since December 1997, Colonel Malofeev served as commander of the 138th separate guards motorized rifle Krasnoselskaya Red Banner brigade of the Leningrad Military District (the village of Kamenka, Leningrad Region), and subsequently became deputy head of the combat training department of the Leningrad Military District.

At this time, Major General Malofeev arrived on the northwestern outskirts of Grozny with an operational group consisting of the chief of artillery of the 276th motorized rifle regiment of the 34th mechanized infantry division, two signalmen and a trainee captain from the Combined Arms Academy. Considering that after the most powerful fire training, no one was left alive in the building closest to the militants, the general occupied it. But the militants who had sat in the basements, as soon as the fire died down, went outside and faced the group of General Malofeev. The general entered the battle and fired back, covering the retreat of his subordinates, despite the head wound he received. The militants opened fire from grenade launchers and mortars, and General Malofeev and his group died under the rubble of the wall. For a day and a half, federal troops could not approach the place of the general's death, but when the building was finally captured, while dismantling the rubble, together with Major General Malofeev, the body of Sergeant Sharaborin, a radio operator who accompanied his commander in his last battle, was found. ...

Pavel Evdokimov, in his article in the Spetsnaz Rossii newspaper for June 2006, analyzes the actions of Khizir Khachukayev, who was then in charge of the defense of the southeastern part of Grozny: “The tactics consisted of flanking attacks on the advancing forces. Usually the enemy created the appearance of a retreat, and when the soldiers, starting to pursue the “retreating” enemy, fell into the open space, the militants from the surrounding buildings opened targeted machine-gun fire. Apparently, during such a maneuver on January 18 on Copernicus Street, the deputy commander of the 58th Army, Major General Mikhail Malofeev, was killed, abandoned by the frightened soldiers of the assault group. "