Biography of Arkhipkin

The tombstone of the Archpkin Archips, the mechanic-driver of the tank of the Guards Tank Brigade of the 8th Guards Tank Corps of the 2nd Panzer Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, the Guard of the Junior Sergeant-at the time of the last representation for awarding the Order of Glory. Born on August 7 in the village of Pokrovskoye now Ukhovsky district of the Ryazan region in the family of a peasant.

Graduated 4 classes. Prior to the draft in the army, he worked at forest development near the Nazarovskaya station near Ryazan. In November, he was drafted into the Red Army. Since February, he participated in battles on the Western Front. He fought in the Smolensk direction, took part in the liberation of the cities of Gzhatsk and Vyazma. After the hospital, he was sent to the training tank regiment, mastered the specialty of the driver of the tank.

He distinguished himself at the final stages of the war, during the liberation of Poland. The driver of the tank of the Guards Tank Brigade of the Guard, the junior sergeant Arkhipkin in a battle near the Polish city of Pulava as part of the crew disabled enemy soldiers, which contributed to the combat mission. Three of our tanks were in intelligence and collided with a large enemy column.

Despite the superiority of the enemy in force, the crews entered the battle. In this battle, the Arkhipkin tank burned down, the loader died, the radio operator was seriously wounded. However, the enemy column was defeated. Soon Arkhipkin received an appointment in another crew. Three Tanks T, including the crew of Arkhipkin, went around the retreating enemy at night and took a position at the intersection.

When the enemy column approached the forking roads, the tankers hit it from an ambush. The enemy showed fierce resistance, since there were several tanks in the column, except for infantry and vehicles. In this battle, Arkhipkin was wounded, but soon returned to his unit. By order of August 16, he was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree again. In the battles of May, Arkhipkin consisting of his brigade, but the already army of the 1st Belorussian Front, in the battles of the city of Warsaw, as part of the crew of the tank, destroyed from above the Nazis branch, a gun and an armored personnel carrier.

By order of October 14, he was awarded the third Order of Glory again of the 3rd degree. In one of the following battles, the Arkhipkin Tank was shot down, and he was injured. At the end of the treatment, he was sent to the training tank regiment. Until the end of the war and the first post -war years, he prepared new cadres of tankers. He was demobilized in the year.

He lived in the city of Gero Moscow. Arkhipkin was awarded the title of the best excavator of the city of Moscow. He participated in the construction of the Pravda newspaper, high -rise buildings on Kalininsky Prospekt and other facilities of the capital. He died on February 13. He was buried in Moscow at the Khovansky Central Cemetery. He was awarded the orders of the glory of 3 degrees, Patriotic War of the 1st degree, medals.