Biography of Pyatkin

Pyatkin Georgy Ivanovich-the legendary Soviet Chekist, officer of the People’s Commissariat of the Internal Affairs of the NKVD during the Great Patriotic War, the head of the Special Department of the 1st Leningrad Partisan Brigade was born in the year in the village of Ivanovo, Bezhansky volost of the Tver province.

In the year he joined the union Communist Party of the Bolsheviks. He served as an operational commissioner in Novgorod. Before the Great Patriotic War, the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs was the main state body with broad powers to maintain public order, since the beginning of the 19th century - to ensure state security. Georgy Ivanovich proved himself as a brilliant operative and, in the formation of partisan formations, was appointed head of the operational group 1 of the Leningrad partisan brigade.

It was 1 and 2 partisan brigades that included special units for intelligence, struggle with saboteurs, spies, proteges and accomplices of the enemy, deserters, bandits, speculators and looters. Since the year, Georgy Pyatkin headed the operational group of the 4th department of the UNKGB Office of the People’s Commissariat of the State Security of the Leningrad Region at the 1st Leningrad Partisan Brigade and was the organizer of operational-combat operations in the rear of the enemy in the Pskov and Leningrad regions.

A brilliantly planned action under the code name “Zeppelin’s collapse” under the leadership of Pyatkin became a great success of Soviet counterintelligence. In the year, the modern Pechora district of the Pskov region was transferred from Poland to the Estonian district of Petseri and worked as a sabotage school, which prepared sabotage for sending into a Russian rear, introduction into partisan detachments and underground.

Pyatkin personally prepared and introduced a scout into the school. The result of the operation was the abduction and transfer to the rear of the deputy head and internal documents of the school. Among the captured papers were the personal cases of the composition of students of the school, which allowed to stop the activities of the scouts group, including especially dangerous spies, which underwent special training for Stalin's life.

The operation carried out without the use of weapons and human losses was unique to abduct the secret documents of engineering structures of one of the Panther lines. The operational group, led by Pyatkin, overcame the distance of more than kilometers in enemy territory. Another raid in the deep rear of the enemy became memorable to release Soviet prisoners of war and peaceful citizens from the concentration camp.

The operable of George Pyatkin organized the work of underground groups in Pskov at a power plant and in a steam locomotive depot. Thanks to his successful operational leadership, the actions of the partisan units were provided with practical assistance to Soviet troops to remove the blockade of Leningrad and the liberation of the Pskov region. Against the backdrop of the lack of experienced, educated personnel, the Palkin branch under the leadership of Pyatkin ensured not only the order on his territory, but also assisted the branches of Pychilovsky and Pechora regions.

After retiring for 8 years, he worked at the PSRV plant of automatic telephone exchange of the ATS by the head of the fire department. Georgy Ivanovich shared his memories of his military work, but some facts still remained behind the veil of secrets. There were publications in the periodical press, interviews, but the documentary novels “Operation without Code” and “Zeppelin’s collapse” were published in the XX century, written by him were the most valuable.

An outstanding intelligence officer died in Pskov on June 17 and was buried in the Oryol cemetery. For courage, courage and skillful operational actions during the operation, Georgy Pyatkin was awarded the orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degree, medals "Partisan of the Great Patriotic War of the 1st degree" and "For Military Merit". The wonderful Soviet writer Yuri Pavlovich German during the Great Patriotic War worked at the department of agitation and propaganda of political administration, collected materials and wrote about the exploits of Russian soldiers and partisans.

He met with George Pyatkin, talked with him. The result was the story "Operation" Happy New Year! The basis of the plot was the history of the operation “The Krakpelin’s collapse” and is dedicated to Chekist Georgy Ivanovich Pytkin on the first page. ” After decades, his son Alexei Yuryevich German, together with the screenwriter Eduard Yakovlevich Volodarsky, on the basis of his father’s story, creates a script for the film “Checking the Roads”.

The film was released in the year, a prototype of the image of the partisan commander Ivan Lokotkov, performed by actor Rolan Bykov, Georgy Pyatkin became. It is noteworthy that both the writer and director emphasized the modesty and humanity of his character, obviously considering it one of the most striking features of the personality of George Ivanovich. The year was the anniversary - 95 years to state security authorities of the Russian Federation and the birth of Georgy Ivanovich Pyatkin.