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.
Memet Molochnikov | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 December 1912 |
| Died | 19 January 2003 |
| Awards | Order of the Red Star |
World War II activities
editHe 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
editHe 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
edit- ^ Polyakov 2023, p. 189.
- ^ a b c Nemenko 2020, p. 521.
- ^ Malgin 2006, p. 249.
- ^ Tkachenko, Terekhov & Butovsky 2021, p. 229.
- ^ a b c Polyakov 2020, p. 189.
- ^ Award list on the site «pamyat-naroda.ru» (archive materials of TsAMO, ф. 33, оп. 682525, д. 228)
- ^ Polyakov 2020, p. 138.
- ^ Polyakov 2009, p. 180.
- ^ Bolat 1962, p. 4.
- ^ Guboglo 1992, p. 189.
Bibliography
edit- Bolat, Yusuf (23 February 1964). "Партизан Мемет". Lenin Bayrağı (in Crimean Tatar). No. 16. pp. 2–4.
- Guboglo, Mikhail (1992). Крымскотатарское национальное движение: Документы, материалы, хроника (in Russian). Russian academy of Sciences.
- Ibraimov, Ali (21 February 1965). "Партизан Мусафирликте". Lenin Bayrağı (in Crimean Tatar). p. 3.
- Khalilov, Nuri (2016). Долгая дорога домой. Воспоминания крымского татарина об участии в Великой Отечественной войне. 1941–1944 (in Russian). Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf. ISBN 978-5-227-06418-9.
- Malgin, Andrey (2006). Партизансоке движение в Крыму в период Великой Отечественной войны: сборник документов и материалов, 1941-1942 (in Russian). Sonat.
- Nemenko, Aleksandr (2020). Крым под оккупацией (in Russian). Moscow: Yauza.
- Osmanov, A. (21 February 1974). "О дешетли куньлерде". Lenin Bayrağı (in Crimean Tatar). No. 23. pp. 3–4.
- Polyakov, Vladimir (2020). Партизаннаме (in Russian). Litres.
- Polyakov, Vladimir (2009). Страшная правда о Великой Отечественной: партизаны без грифа "Секретно" (in Russian). Moscow: Yauza.
- Tkachenko, Sergey; Terekhov, Sergey; Butovsky, Aleksandr (2021). «Создать невыносимые условия для оккупантов»: движение сопротивления в Крыму в годы Великой Отечественной войны. Rodina. ISBN 978-5-00180-044-6.