Ivan Kabitsin
| Ivan Ivanovich Kabitsin | |
|---|---|
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| Native name | Иван Иванович Кабицин |
| Born |
September 14, 1902 Vyrytovo, Melenkovsky Uyezd, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died |
June 10, 1968 Kharkov |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union |
| Service/branch | Soviet Army |
| Years of service | 1920–58 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | 47th Guards Rifle Division |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | |
Ivan Ivanovich Kabitsin (Russian: Иван Иванович Кабицин; 14 September 1902–10 June 1968[1]) was a Soviet Army Colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Kabitsin fought in the Russian Civil War on the Eastern Front.[1] He commanded a machine-gun platoon.[1] By Operation Barbarossa, Kabitsin was a political officer of a rifle battalion in Kirov.[1] He became a battalion commissar in a battalion of the 135th Rifle Division when that division was formed in fall 1941.[1] He fought in the Battles of Rzhev and was sent to the Frunze Military Academy for a course for rifle regiment commanders.[1] In September 1943, he became deputy commander of a rifle regiment in the 47th Guards Rifle Division.[1] Kabitsin fought in the Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943), the Battle of the Dnieper, Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive, Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, and Operation Bagration. During the fall of 1944, he fought in the defense of the Magnuszew bridgehead and the Vistula–Oder Offensive from January 1945. For his actions in the Battle of Berlin, Kabitsin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
After the war, Kabitsin continued to serve in the Soviet Army and retired as a colonel in 1953.[1]
Early life and Russian Civil War
Kabitsin was born in the village of Vyrytovo in Vladimir Governorate to a peasant family. After graduation from primary school, he worked as a carpenter. He was drafted into the Red Army in 1920. Kabitsin was sent to the Eastern Front and fought against the White Army near Irkutsk and the Transbaikal during 1920. He was a machine-gunner and then commander of a machine-gun platoon. [1]
Interwar
Between 1922 and 1929 Kabitsin was commander of a machine-gun platoon in Udmurtia. In 1925, he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He graduated from political courses in Leningrad in 1929. Kabitsin was sent to the Ural Military District and served in the commissar's office in Glazov. In 1936 he completed the Vystrel courses. After the courses, Kabitsin became political officer of a rifle battalion in Kirov.[2]