Golitsyn Paul Agafonovich
FROM. Kozlov
"Zubr" Military Intelligence
31 December 1999 year celebrated 77 s one of the oldest members of spetsnaz GRU Paul Agafonovich Golitsyn. Due to the nature of his work, he is known only to specialists, However, the fact, that Major General Golitsyn is the author of the first instructions for use in combat units and special forces and the SA Navy, It speaks for itself. Instructions written by him on the basis of its own combat guerrilla past, and it had a rich.
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Paul Golitsyn, then a young boy, He was drafted into the Red Army and went to serve in the motorcycle regiment. Since the beginning of hostilities regiment covered the retreat of the main forces, but, was broken. The personnel of the chaotic retreat began, hoping to cross the front line and get to their. Along with the rest retreated and Golitsyn, dressed in civilian clothes. Coming through the German rear over 400 km through almost the entire Belarus, in October, he was in the village Bosharovo, Tolochin district, Vitebsk region, from where the locals encircled and formed a partisan unit, I grew up later in the partisan brigade "Chekist". Here Paul was the first commander of the reconnaissance platoon, and from autumn 1942 of the year – Chief of Intelligence Brigade.
Scouts under the leadership of Golitsyn captured "languages", was performed on an area of sabotage 10 thousands of kilometers. This is how individual episodes of fighting guerrilla operations Paul himself Agafonovich.
"Partisan Brigade" Chekist "acted during the war in the western strategic direction,near Orsha,Mogilev ,Borisov. Through the area crossed by the railroad and the highway Minsk-Moscow according to which the Germans carried out the supply of its Eastern Front. Commando brigade group is not allowed to one train derailed on its direction. to deal with them in the village of Germans placed Zhuknevo a garrison of up to fifty people. The German garrison,nestled in the school was well fortified and surrounded by a tree-earthen wall thickness of up to one meter with loopholes for firing. Adjacent mestnosthorosho sweep. At the storming of the fortifications of the guerrillas may have suffered serious losses. In order to avoid them a trick. knowing ,that the headman of the village adjacent to the garrison Maksimkovo collaborating with the Germans,sent there three guerrilla scouts:Vodlodyu Ryabinin,Kolyo Kolyo Yasykova and Kayanova,who walked through the village pretending to be drunk. Headman caught this trick and personally informed the Germans in Zhuknevo three drunken partisans. German group of twenty-six,moving one by one in the column ,He headed toward Maksimkovo . Ahead was the head of the patrol of three soldiers. move cautiously,periodically stopping and looking through binoculars edge of the forest,lying in their path. It is on this edge of the first group are located guerrillas under the command of Ivanov and fifth detachment under the command Semdyankina. When the Germans came to the edge ,parizany opened sudden fire ,Results in which the enemy was completely destroyed. The guerrillas seized one rifle and twenty-five rifles,as well as ammunition and equipment. Germans remaining in the garrison opened by partisans mortar fire, and a little later fled from the location of its garrison and the decline of the railroad in Pakhomovo. Operation rukovodik brigade commander Brick "
. In July 1943 year P.A.Golitsin developed and conducted Krymtseva detachment forces operation to destroy the artillery battalion in the village Lotva. "After a thorough follow-up exploration and finding out ,that the Germans are behaving carelessly,exposing only the guard post,guerrillas night 11 July sudden raid destroyed the German garrison grasp a weapon ,ammunition ,food and horses. During the raid destroyed forty German soldiers and officers,It exploded ten pieces of artillery. "
most, perhaps, great merit of guerilla intelligence has been a huge help, rendered during the preparation of our troops to the operation "Bagration" (the liberation of Belarus). Brigade Reconnaissance revealed grouping of troops of the 4th German Army, our opposing the Western Front. Until now, Paul Agafonovich stores topographic map of Staff of the partisan brigade "Chekist" coated with a location indication of German divisions and the joints between them.
Besides, from 1943 , the specially formed reconnaissance exploration conducted a defensive line along the western bank of the Dnieper. Data, coming from different sources (prisoners, locals, who participated in the engineering works for the construction abroad or living in the project area), rechecked and maps. As a result of this gigantic work and a half months before the start of the Byelorussian operation at the headquarters of the Western Front on the aircraft was taken to a detailed diagram of engineering structures German defensive line on the west bank of the Dnieper. In addition to the scheme scouts "security officers" gave details on the number of aircraft based, the locations of fuel depots and ammunition, as well as the quartering of flight and technical staff, cover for the military air base of the Nazis in Balbasovo.
The information gathered appreciated the command of the Western Front. After the liberation of Belarus and disbandment of partisan connections PA. Golitsyn has received its first award – Order of the Red Banner.
Then he fought with the Japanese, commanding a reconnaissance of the 105th Infantry Division, and also scored. With a small reconnaissance patrol arrived at the location of the Japanese regiment of "special forces", He demanded the surrender on behalf of the Soviet command and got this. For the Japanese campaign PA. Golitsyn was awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Then he worked in the Intelligence Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, He participated in the organization of intelligence during the Berlin crisis 1960-1961 years, He worked in the GRU and was involved in the creation of the Soviet troops and special forces, trained commandos in Cuba, was chief of intelligence PribVO, Ethiopians helped create and properly use the reconnaissance unit during the Ethio-Somali war, He headed the Soviet Military Liaison Mission commander in chief of the British Army of the Rhine.
He recently published the book "Notes of the Chief of Intelligence".
