Ivan Vasilevsky biography

These are the pilots, Colonel Vladimir Rovnyagin from the Mogilev region, Major Vladimir Pivovarov from Volkovysk, who died in Afghanistan, an aviation engineer, Berezovites Viktor Knysh - it is impossible to mention everyone. I can only say that the representatives of Sineoku served very conscientiously. In this series, a native of the Berezovsky district of the Brest region, Major General of Aviation Ivan Bartholomeevich Vasilevsky, who made a significant personal contribution to the combat aircraft of the Union and the formation of the Air Force of his native Belarusian and left memory in the hearts of many who happened to serve and communicate with him.

The author of these lines, then the captain of the aviation automobile battalion, the officer fate brought him with him for the first time in the air army of the group of Soviet troops in Germany, where Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Vasilevsky commanded a large military team-an aviation and technical regiment.

Naturally, there were meetings with him both at airfields and meetings, as part of the boss, but this was enough to see and evaluate the Vasilevsky leadership style. I remember how to summarize the activities of the units by one of the commanders of the battalion of the airfield of the airfield and technical support of the air regiment in assessing the work of the part entrusted to him and Lieutenant Colonel Vasilevsky, after listening to his arguments, agreed with him, and his deputies indicated the need to better know the state of affairs in the regiment.

Upon replacement, I soon left the Air Air Army of the Transcaucasian Military District and was already the secretary of the party committee of the Fighter Aviation Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel, when Colonel Ivan Vasilevsky arrived in the army. Due to the specifics of the service, we met with him only after he received a significant increase, becoming the head of the rear - the deputy commander of our Air Army.

And since the Vazani airfield was then not just the largest aviation base in the Transcaucasia, where two air regiments were based, the aircraft repair plant and a number of other small aircraft parts, the main load of NATO aviation outfit was laid down, and even at the Officers club, all meetings of the military council of the Air Army, summarizing the results, and a meeting and a meeting and a meeting and a meeting and a meeting and a meeting and a meeting and a meeting and a meeting Party assets.

To solve these problems, we were forced to reach the very chief of the rear of the army of Colonel Ivan Vasilevsky. Now my relationship with him was closer to the partnerships and, we must pay tribute to him, a lot managed to improve due to his personal participation, and not just the return of orders. Is this the indicator that Vasilevsky was not only a competent specialist in the aviation rear, but also an officer-leader close to subordinates, affordable and sincere person.

Judge for yourself, the Vasilevsky service began in the units of the rear of the Air Force of the Obato security company, where the soldiers, even more so their commander had practically no weekends, but managed to bring the unit to the number of excellent ones. After the military academy-the chief of staff, and soon the commander of Obato, and again complete dedication, official zeal in the best sense of the word and as a result-the Order “For the Service of the Motherland in the Armed Forces” of the 3rd degree!

Few of the commanders of the rear units of the Air Force was honored with such an honor. And when he was the commander of the aviation and technical regiment, he successfully completed the government assignment of harvesting in the fields of the Orenburg and Kazakhstan, retaining the equipment and, most importantly, people. In the year in my officer biography, but it turned out, in life, the “Belarusian” period has come.

In M, I find out that in the yu air army he arrived at the position of the head of the rear-the commander of the rear commander, Major General of Aviation Vasilevsky. And now the meeting at the Osovtsy airfield near Bereza, the general got acquainted with the leading composition of the aviation units. He approached me with the words: “Kasyanov, hello, Transcaucasian,” shook his hand, and then we hugged.

And it dawned on me: it was the energy of the parental house and native places that always fed Ivan Bartholomeevich, gave strength to the hard work of the Soviet officer and helped to achieve such significant heights! Unfortunately, severe insidious illness cut off the life of our fellow countryman General Ivan Vasilevsky only in a year of life, but how much he managed!

Including the post of the head of the rear - the deputy commander of the Air Force and Air Defense of his native Belarus, the older generation of aviators remembers him as a competent and skilled leader and military leader, a decent, responsive person and a real friend. In Minsk, where the spouses Maria and Ivan Vasilevsky are buried, their daughters Irina and Galina live with their families, who sacredly honor their memory and are proud of the father who went in the ranks of the armed forces a difficult path from the cadet to the general.

Having learned about my intention to prepare material about their father, the eldest daughter Irina shared some of her memories, and the youngest Galina sent photos. Mom Maria Onufrievna always met and escorted him with a hot breakfast and dinner, fresh shirts and handkerchiefs.And one more thing: - I was already an adult when dad became a general, but this did not affect the way of life in the family, Galya and I remained friendly with our peers.

But once, when I was in the hospital and quarantine was announced, dad took advantage of his general title to visit me. Moreover, when my future husband and I flew in Tbilisi to meet my parents, dad met us with a large bouquet of flowers right at the plane of the plane. I’ll say that he is the same conscientious worker, the same decent person and the patriot of the country.

I am sure that the name of General Ivan Vasilevsky, our glorious fellow countryman, will always be revered in the small homeland and in the aviation parts of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Republic - as a person and an officer who, in all life situations, was an example of a responsible attitude to the entrusted case and fidelity of service to the Fatherland.