Biography of the Vostres

Stepan came to share Vostretsov S. Twelve years in the railway workshops in Ufa, where he worked for five years, first by the hen of the blacksmith, then a blacksmith.

During the years of the first Russian revolution, he actively joined in the fight against tsarism. In the year, Veretsov was drafted into the army, but soon “for harmful campaigning against the monarchy” was so listed in the verdict of the Novonikolaev Military Court sentenced him to three years of imprisonment. First World War. Again the army, the front. For courage, he was awarded three St.

George Crosses, two medals and produced in the rank of ensign. But this did not prevent him from leading a revolutionary propaganda among the soldiers, to clarify the predatory nature of the imperialist war. After the February Revolution, Vostretsov was elected to the regimental soldier committee. In the Great October Revolution, he, without hesitation, sided with the Soviet regime, as a volunteer entered the ranks of the Red Army, where the glorious path from the soldier to the corps commander went.

From that time on, the brilliant page of the heroic exploits of Veretsov, which immortalized his name, begins. The greatest dedication, energy and exceptional courage put it into the ranks of the heroes of the Civil Won. Having commanded the regiment, Stepan Sergeyevich participated in all decisive military operations against the Kolchakites and went a military path from Birsk in the Volga region to Mariinsk in Siberia, where in January the year was admitted to the ranks of the Communist Party.

The Volga Regiment of Vretsov covered himself with unfading glory during the liberation of Chelyabinsk, Novonikolaevsk Novosibirsk, Omsk. For the liberation of Chelyabinsk, Vostretsov was awarded the first Order of the Red Banner. In May, part of the division were transferred to the Western Front. Under the Smolevichs, the Volzhsky regiment destroyed the Belopolyaks brigade.

For battles on the Western Front, the second Order of the Red Banner received. In the summer of the year it is sent to the Far East. In the famous battles near Spassky, the monastery, Nikolsko-Ussuri, its part distinguished its special courage, which was noted in the orders of the commander-in-chief. Vostretsov was awarded the third order of the Red Banner. Vostretsov, along with the advanced units of the People's Army Army, entered Vladivostok.

But the civil war did not end for him. On the Okhotsk coast, gangs of generals Pepelyaev and Rakitin were still attended. For the complete defeat of the last stronghold of the White Guard at the end of April, the Okhotsk-Ayan expeditionary detachment under the command of Veretsov went from Vladivostok. On the night of June 4 to 5, the detachment landed on the shore thirty kilometers from Okhotsk and at dawn suddenly attacked the whites from land.

The battle began. On the same day, Okhotsk was liberated, Soviet power was restored in the village and on the nearest mines. In Ayan, General Pepelyaev was captured with his detachment. After the end of the Civil War, S. in the defeat of the enemy, the Rifle Corps, which was commanded by S., the last years of his life, S. Veretsov was the commander and commissar of the corps in Novocherkassk.

S. Vegetsov died on May 3, was buried on the Heroes Alley in Rostov-on-Don. In memory of the legendary military leader in Magadan on February 23, on the day of the summer anniversary of the Soviet Army, in a festive atmosphere, the port passage to Vretsov’s passage was renamed and a memorial plaque was strengthened. In white marble, it was bred by gold: “This passage is named after Stepan Sergeyevich Veretsov, the hero of the Civil War, the gentleman of the four orders of the Red Banner, the head of the expedition to eliminate white gangs on the Okhotsk coast of the year.”