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Memet Molochnikov

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Memet Molochnikov
Born30 December 1912
Died19 January 2003
AwardsOrder of the Red Star

Memet Bilyalovich Molochnikov (Russian: Мемет Билялович Молочников; 30 December 1912 — 19 January 2003)[1] was a Crimean Tatar commissar, Communist Party member, partisan, and military lawyer.

World War II activities

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He was drafted into the Red Army in 1941 and originally worked in the military tribunal of the 48th Cavalry Division.[2] After the division became surrounded during a Nazi military offensive he switched to working in the partisan military tribunal system.[2] From 10 October 1942 to 5 January 1943 he was the secretary of the Military Tribunal of the Crimean Partisan Detachments in Qarasubazar.[3] The tribunal handled a wide range of types of cases.[4] After the Crimean Partisan groups were reorganized, he served as a partisan, commanding a sabotage group.[5] While functioning as a partisan in Crimea, he personally participated in military combat operations, personally killing two Nazis as well as helping destroy vehicles.[6][7]

Personal life

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He was born to a Crimean Tatar family on 30 December 1912 in Bakhchisarai.[5][2] Before the war he worked at the Supreme Court of the Crimean ASSR.[8] After the war he worked at the Krasny Dvigatel Plant in Samarkand.[9] In 1968 he became one of the signatories of the very unpopular Letter of Seventeen that encouraged other Crimean Tatars to give up on their dreams of returning to Crimea.[10] He died in Samarkand on 19 January 2003.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Polyakov 2023, p. 189.
  2. ^ a b c Nemenko 2020, p. 521.
  3. ^ Malgin 2006, p. 249.
  4. ^ Tkachenko, Terekhov & Butovsky 2021, p. 229.
  5. ^ a b c Polyakov 2020, p. 189.
  6. ^ Award list on the site «pamyat-naroda.ru» (archive materials of TsAMO, ф. 33, оп. 682525, д. 228)
  7. ^ Polyakov 2020, p. 138.
  8. ^ Polyakov 2009, p. 180.
  9. ^ Bolat 1962, p. 4.
  10. ^ Guboglo 1992, p. 189.

Bibliography

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