Coat of arms of Gotha
A country	Germany
Earth	Thuringia
Area	Gotha (district)
Timezone	UTC+1, summer UTC+2
car code	GTH
Telephone code	+49 3621
Postcode	99867
Coordinates	Coordinates: 50°56′56″ s. sh. 10°43′06″ E  / 50.948889° N sh. 10.718333° E (G) (O) (I) 50°56′56″ s. sh. 10°43′06″ E  / 50.948889° N sh. 10.718333° E d. (G) (O) (I)
internal division	7 urban areas and 4 sub-districts
Official code	16 0 67 029
Center height	300 m
Official site	http://www.gotha.de/ (German)
Population	46,497 people (2006)
Square	69.52 km²
Oberburgomaster	Knut Kroich (SPD)

Gotha (German Gotha) - a city in Germany, a regional center, located in the state of Thuringia.

The city is part of the Gotha region. The population is 46,497 (31 December 2006). It occupies an area of ​​69.52 km. The city is subdivided into 7 urban areas. The official code is 16 0 67 029.

Story

The first written mention of this city near the famous Thuringian forest is dated October 775. It was then that Emperor Charlemagne gave the monastery Hersfeld forest land and fields near Villa Gothaha ("good water"). The city was founded on the intersection of two roads, thanks to which it has long been an important shopping mall. Wine was the main commodity that brought substantial profits to local merchants.

In the 17th century, the city became the seat of the Protestant duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. This status remained with him until 1918. As historians note, the dukes turned Gota into an exemplary city, both administratively and financially and economically.

Duke Ernst II ordered the city fortifications to be demolished and an English garden laid out in their place. Here, at his command, an observatory was erected, which he ordered to protect as a monument in his will.

At the end of World War II, the city was not actually damaged, as the German commandant surrendered it to the approaching American troops in a timely manner. Later, it became part of the Soviet occupation zone and, accordingly, ended up on the territory of the GDR.

From 1945 to 1991, units of the Soviet Army (GSVG) of the 39th Guards Motorized Rifle Division were located in Gotha:

• 172nd Guards Motor Rifle Gnezny Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Regiment
• 87th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Poznan Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Regiment, military unit 38862.
• 272nd separate order of Alexander Nevsky and the Red Star, engineering battalion, military unit 38871.
• anti-aircraft missile regiment hch pp 41516.

Creation

The unit was formed in 1942. From the moment of its creation until the end of the Great Patriotic War - as part of the 57th Guards Rifle Novobugskaya Order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division.

Participation in the Great Patriotic War

The 172nd Guards Rifle Regiment took part in the Izyum-Barvenkovskaya offensive operation, the Donbass operation, the Nizhnedneprovsk offensive operation, the Dnepropetrovsk operation, the Dnieper-Carpathian offensive operation, the Nikopol-Krivoy Rog offensive operation, the Bereznegovato-Snigirevskaya offensive operation, the Odessa offensive operation, the Belarusian offensive operation , the Lublin-Brest offensive operation, the Vistula-Oder offensive operation, the Warsaw-Poznan offensive operation, the Berlin offensive operation, the Zelovsko-Berlin operation and the Storming of Berlin.

During the years of the Great Patriotic War, 9 soldiers of the regiment were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, 26 soldiers were full holders of the Order of Glory.

By order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR, in the post-war years, in the lists 1st Motorized Rifle Company, 1st MB, 172nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment was forever enrolled Hero of the Soviet Union senior sergeant of the guard Turunov Gennady Sergeevich.

Combat period of the regiment

31.12.1942 - 07.06.1944;

15.06.1944 - 09.05.1945.

Awards and honorary titles

Gnezno

For courage, courage and heroism shown by the personnel during the liberation of the city of Gniezno, Poland.

Order of the Red Banner

For the exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with the German invaders, for the capture of the city of Deblin and the valor and courage shown in this. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 9, 1944, Order of the Deputy. NCO of the USSR dated August 25, 1944 No. 0282

Order of Suvorov

Order of Kutuzov 3rd class

Regiment commanders (1943 - 1945)

Aleinikov (April 1943) - Guard Major

Evdokhov Fedor Timofeevich (09/03/1943 - 10/02/1943), wounded

Silin Fedor Iosifovich (10/08/1943 - 10/23/1943), wounded

Pelevin Mikhail Maksimovich (10/30/1943 - 10/30/1943);

Khazov Nikolai Panfilovich (11/17/1943 - 01/04/1944) - Guard Lieutenant Colonel, Hero of the Hero of the Soviet Union

Lvov Sergey Dmitrievich (since 01/04/1944)

Regiment commanders (1946 - 1991)

Lvov Sergey Dmitrievich (until 07/31/1946) - Guard Colonel

Gladky Alexey Petrovich (from 07/31/1946 to?)

Piven (1969 - 1971) - Guard Lieutenant Colonel

Terekhin Mikhail Ivanovich (1971-1973) - Guard Colonel

Boyarsky (1973-197?) - Guard Lieutenant Colonel

Chekalenko (197? - 197?) - Guard Lieutenant Colonel

Smolnyakov Vladimir Mikhailovich (1985 - 1988) - Guard Colonel

Nestyak (1988-1990), - Guard Colonel

Oleinik Ivan Ivanovich (1990 - 1991) - Guard Colonel (last regiment commander)

Regiment in the post-war period

In the period from 1945 to 1957, the regiment was part of 57th Guards Rifle Novobugskaya Division, after 1957 as part of the 27th Guards Tank Division and until 1965 as part of the 79th guards tank division.

In May 1965, the regiment was transferred to the 39th Guards Barvenkovskaya Order of Lenin, twice the Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division.

From 1949 to October 1991, the regiment was stationed in the city of Gotha, on the front lines of defense of the USSR and the countries of the socialist camp. The first strategic echelon of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSOVG, ZGV) on the territory of the state of Thuringia.

The regiment was reorganized from rifle to motorized rifle in 1957. The main global reforms (the reduction of Soviet troops in Germany in 1955-1956, the reorganization of troops and changes in unit names in the 1960s, the reduction of Soviet troops in Germany in the 1970s) did not concern the 172nd GMP.

Armament of the regiment in 1991

147 BMPs (48 BMP-2s, 94 BMP-1s, 5 BRM-1Ks);

18 −2 C1 "Carnation";

18 - 2 C12 "Sled";

3 PU-12 "Support";

4 ZSU-23-4 (until 1989)

4 SAM "Strela-10" (until 1989)

6 SAM "Strela-10" (after 1989)

6 ZSU 2S6 "Tunguska" (since 1989)

1 PPRU 9S80 "Gadfly" (since 1989)

6 TZM 2F77M based on KAMAZ

27 MANPADS "Igla"

1 MRTO 2V110 based on Ural-4320

1 MTO 2F55 based on Ural-4320

1 MRTO 1P10 based on Ural-4320

Withdrawal and disbandment

The 172nd GMSP was one of the first to be withdrawn from the territory of Germany to the territory of Ukraine, to the city of Bila Tserkva in 1991 and disbanded in 1993.

The battle banner and orders of the 172nd GMSP are in National Museum history of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (Kyiv, Ukraine).

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