The Great Patriotic War is the mostbloody and ruthless in world history, she took away millions of human lives, including the lives of many young guys who bravely defended their country. Golikov Leonid Alexandrovich - one of the heroes of his country.
A village in the Novgorod region, where the boy lived,captured the fascists and, trying to establish their new order, began to create excesses. Lenya Golikov, whose feat is inscribed in history with a red line, did not accept the horrors created around him and decided to fight against the fascists; After the liberation of the village, he went to the formed partisan detachment, where he fought alongside adults. True, at first the guy was not taken for a young age; help came from a schoolteacher who was partisan. He vouched for the boy, saying that he is a reliable person, he will show himself well and will not let you down. In March 1942, Lenya became a scout in the Leningrad partisan brigade; a little later he joined the Komsomol there.
Fascists were afraid of partisans, because theymercilessly destroyed German officers and soldiers, blew up trains, attacked enemy columns. Enigmatic partisans seemed to enemies everywhere: behind every tree, house, turn - so they tried not to walk one by one.
The combat merit of an early adult boythere were many (27 military operations, 78 enemy officers, several explosions of enemy vehicles and bridges), but the exploit of Leni Golikov was not far off. It was 1942 ...
We will now outline his brief content.
Highway Luga-Pskov (not far from the village of Varintsy).1942 year. 13 August. Being with his partner in the reconnaissance, Lenya blew up the passenger car, which, as it turned out, was Richard von Wirtz, a major general of the German engineering troops. In his portfolio there was very important information: reports to higher authorities, minefield schemes, detailed drawings of some samples of German mines and other data that had a huge value for partisans.
The feat of Leni Golikov, whose summarydescribed above, was evaluated by the "Gold Star" medal and the conferment of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union; true, posthumously. In the winter of 1942, the detachment of partisans, in which Golikov was a member, got into the German encirclement, but after violent fighting he was able to break through and change the location. In the ranks left fifty people, cartridges were running out, the radio was broken, food was running out. Attempts to re-establish contact with other detachments were unsuccessful.
In January 1943, 27 exhausted, exhaustedPartisan chases were occupied by the three extreme log huts of Ostra Luka. Preliminary reconnaissance revealed nothing suspicious; The nearest garrison of the Germans was far enough, several kilometers away. The patrols were not exhibited, so as not to attract undue attention. However, there was found in the village a "good man" - the owner of one of the houses (a certain Stepanov), who informed the elder Pikhov, and he, in turn, to the punishers about what guests had come to the village at night.
For this treacherous act Pikhov received fromGermans generous reward, but in early 1944 was shot as a traitor to the Motherland. Stepanov - the second traitor, was older than Leni for only a year, in troubled times for himself (when the turn of the war became clear) showed dodgy: he went to the partisans, and from there to the Soviet Army. Stepanov even managed to earn awards and return home almost a hero, but the hand of justice overtook this traitor of the Motherland. In 1948, for treason, he was arrested and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment, and with the deprivation of all received awards.
Sharp Luke in this unfortunate January nightsurrounded by 50 punitive men, among whom were local residents who collaborated with the fascists. Captured by surprise the guerrillas had to fight back and, under the bullets of enemy shells, urgently go back to the forest. It was only six people who managed to break out of the encirclement.
Initially, it was believed that the original photoLeni Golikova is not preserved. Therefore, for the reproduction of the image of the hero, the image of his sister Lydia (for example, for a portrait written in 1958 by Victor Fomin) was used. Later the guerrilla photo was found, but the usual face of Lida, who acted as a brother, adorned the biography of Leni Golikov, who became a symbol of courage for Soviet teenagers. After all, the feat accomplished by Lenya Golikov is a vivid example of courage and love for the Motherland.
In April 1944, Leonid Golikov was awarded (posthumously) the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for showing heroism and courage in the fight against the fascist invaders.
In many publications, Leonid Golikov is referred to as a pioneer, and he stands alongside the same fearless young people as Marat Kazey, Vitya Korobkov, Valya Kotik, Zina Portnova.
In the list of pioneers, he got through diligencenot indifferent to his fate of people and, apparently, from the best motives. The first materials about his heroism speak of Lena as a Komsomol member. The feat of Leni Golikov, whose brief description was described by Korolkov Yuri in his book Partisan Lenya Golikov, is an example of the young man's behavior in the days of the deadly danger looming over his country.
Writer who passed the war frontcorrespondent, reduced the age of the hero for a couple of years, making a 16-year-old boy 14-year-old pioneer hero. Perhaps, this writer wanted to make Lenin's feat more vivid. Although everyone who knew Lenya was aware of the present state of affairs, believing that this inaccuracy fundamentally does not change anything. In any case, the country needed a suitable person for the collective image of the hero pioneer, who would also be a Hero of the Soviet Union. Optimum under the image approached Lenya Golikov.
