General Malafeev. Malofeev, Mikhail Yurievich. July - Day of Remembrance of the Royal Martyrs of Emperor Nicholas II with their families and loved ones

Mikhail Yurievich Malofeev -

Deputy Head of the Combat Training Department of the Leningrad Military District, Head of the Combat Training Department of the 58th Army, Deputy Commander of the Federal Forces Group "North" in the Chechen Republic, Major General. Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).

Mikhail Malofeev was born on May 25, 1956 in the city of Lomonosov, Leningrad Region (now part of the city of St. Petersburg). Nationality: Russian. In 1973, after graduating from high school, he entered and graduated in 1977 Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School named after S. M. Kirov. He served as a platoon commander, company commander, and battalion chief of staff. Served in Group of Soviet troops in Germany, after which he was transferred to the Transcaucasian Military District, and two and a half years later, together with the regiment, he left for the Turkestan Military District for two years.

In 1989 Malofeev graduated Military Academy named after M. V. Frunze and was appointed to the post of battalion commander in the Arctic; subsequently occupying the positions of deputy regiment commander, chief of staff, regiment commander and deputy division commander.

In 1995 - Commander of 134 MSP (military unit 67616) 45MSD

From 1995 to 1996 he took part in restoring constitutional order in the Chechen Republic.

Since December 1997, Colonel Malofeev served as commander 138th Separate Guards Red Banner Leningrad-Krasnoselskaya Motorized Rifle Brigade Leningrad Military District (Kamenka village, Leningrad Region), and subsequently became deputy head of the combat training department of the Leningrad Military District.

Since 1999, Major General Malofeev participated in the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, holding the post of head of the combat training department of the 58th Army North Caucasus Military District- Deputy Commander of the group of federal troops “North” in the Chechen Republic.

On January 14, 2000, Major General Malofeev M. Yu. was entrusted with the development and conduct of a special operation to capture the buildings of the Grozny cannery by the forces of the battalion of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The operation was of strategic importance for the further advance of federal forces towards the center of the capital of Chechnya.

To implement this plan, on the morning of January 17, 2000, two assault groups moved to the western outskirts of the plant. Understanding the developing situation, the militants desperately defended themselves, opening heavy fire from small arms.

Having come under heavy fire, the assault groups lay down and steadfastly repelled the attacks of the militants. In this case, three servicemen were wounded and one died. There was a threat of destruction of the assault groups and disruption of the combat mission of the federal group.

At this time, Major General Malofeev arrived on the northwestern outskirts of Grozny with an operational group consisting of the chief of artillery of the 276th motorized rifle regiment, two signalmen and a trainee captain from Combined Arms Academy. Considering that after the most powerful fire preparation there was no one left alive in the building closest to the militants, the general occupied it. But the militants who had been holed up in the basements, as soon as the fire subsided, came out and encountered the group of General Malofeev. The general entered the battle and fired back, covering the retreat of his subordinates, despite the head wound he received. The militants opened fire with grenade launchers and mortars, and General Malofeev and his group died under the rubble of the wall.

School No. 429 in Lomonosov, where he studied, bears the name of M. Yu. Malofeev.
On January 16, 2017, at the request and with the direct participation of the LEPEKH - PETERGOF search team, the ET2M - 051 electric train named after the Hero of Russia Mikhail Yuryevich Malofeev began its journey.

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Affiliation Type of army Rank Commanded

Deputy Commander of the group of federal troops "North" in the Chechen Republic

Battles/wars Awards and prizes

Mikhail Yurievich Malofeev(May 25 - January 17) - deputy head of the combat training department of the Leningrad Military District, head of the combat training department of the 58th Army, deputy commander of the group of federal troops "North" in the Chechen Republic, major general. Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).

Biography

Mikhail Malofeev was born on May 25, 1956 in the city of Lomonosov, Leningrad Region (now part of the city of St. Petersburg). By nationality - Russian. In 1973, after graduating from high school, he entered and in 1977 graduated from the Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School named after S. M. Kirov. He served as a platoon commander, company commander, and battalion chief of staff. He served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, after which he was transferred to the Transcaucasian Military District, and after two and a half years, together with the regiment, he left for the Turkestan Military District for two years.

Since December 1997, Colonel Malofeev served as commander of the 138th separate Guards Red Banner Leningrad-Krasnoselskaya motorized rifle brigade of the Leningrad Military District (Kamenka village, Leningrad Region), and subsequently became deputy head of the combat training department of the Leningrad Military District.

Since 1999, Major General Malofeev participated in the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, holding the post of head of the combat training department of the 58th Army of the North Caucasus Military District - deputy commander of the group of federal troops "North" in the Chechen Republic.

At this time, Major General Malofeev arrived on the northwestern outskirts of Grozny with a task force consisting of the chief of artillery of the 276th motorized rifle regiment, two signalmen and a trainee captain from the Combined Arms Academy. Considering that after the most powerful fire preparation there was no one left alive in the building closest to the militants, the general occupied it. But the militants who had been holed up in the basements, as soon as the fire subsided, came out and encountered the group of General Malofeev. The general entered the battle and fired back, covering the retreat of his subordinates, despite the head wound he received. The militants opened fire with grenade launchers and mortars, and General Malofeev and his group died under the rubble of the wall. For a day and a half, federal troops could not approach the place of the general’s death, but when they finally managed to take possession of the building, while clearing the rubble, together with Major General Malofeev, the body of Sergeant Sharaborin, a radio operator who accompanied his commander in his last battle, was discovered .

Pavel Evdokimov, in his article in the newspaper "Special Forces of Russia" for June 2006, analyzes the actions of Khizir Khachukaev, who then led the defense of the south-eastern part of Grozny: “The tactics consisted of flank attacks on the advancing forces. Usually the enemy created the appearance of retreat, and when the soldiers, having started pursue the "retreating" enemy, found themselves in open space - militants from the surrounding buildings opened targeted machine-gun fire. Apparently, during such a maneuver on January 18, on Copernicus Street, the deputy commander of the 58th Army, Major General Mikhail Malofeev, was killed, abandoned by frightened soldiers assault group"

On January 28, 2000, Major General Malofeev was buried with military honors at the Nikolskoye cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra of St. Petersburg.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of February 9, 2000 No. 329, for the courage and heroism shown during the liquidation of illegal armed groups in the North Caucasus region, Major General Mikhail Yuryevich Malofeev was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

On February 23, 2000, in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, the “Gold Star” of the Hero of Russia was transferred to the Hero’s widow, Svetlana Malofeeva.

Memory

The hero’s name is given to school No. 429 in the city of Lomonosov, from which he graduated.
On September 23, 2001, a monument was unveiled at the hero’s grave.
In 2014, a postage stamp dedicated to Malofeev was issued in Russia.

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The Pavlograd Hussar Regiment was stationed two miles from Braunau. The squadron, in which Nikolai Rostov served as a cadet, was located in the German village of Salzeneck. The squadron commander, captain Denisov, known throughout the cavalry division under the name Vaska Denisov, was allocated the best apartment in the village. Junker Rostov, ever since he caught up with the regiment in Poland, lived with the squadron commander.
On October 11, the very day when everything in the main apartment was raised to its feet by the news of Mack's defeat, at the squadron headquarters, camp life calmly went on as before. Denisov, who had lost all night at cards, had not yet come home when Rostov returned from foraging early in the morning on horseback. Rostov, in a cadet's uniform, rode up to the porch, pushed his horse, threw off his leg with a flexible, youthful gesture, stood on the stirrup, as if not wanting to part with the horse, finally jumped off and shouted to the messenger.
“Ah, Bondarenko, dear friend,” he said to the hussar who rushed headlong towards his horse. “Lead me out, my friend,” he said with that brotherly, cheerful tenderness with which good young people treat everyone when they are happy.
“I’m listening, your Excellency,” answered the Little Russian, shaking his head cheerfully.
- Look, take it out well!
Another hussar also rushed to the horse, but Bondarenko had already thrown over the reins of the bit. It was obvious that the cadet spent a lot of money on vodka, and that it was profitable to serve him. Rostov stroked the horse’s neck, then its rump, and stopped on the porch.
“Nice! This will be the horse!” he said to himself and, smiling and holding his saber, ran up onto the porch, rattling his spurs. The German owner, in a sweatshirt and cap, with a pitchfork with which he was clearing out manure, looked out of the barn. The German's face suddenly brightened as soon as he saw Rostov. He smiled cheerfully and winked: “Schon, gut Morgen!” Schon, gut Morgen! [Wonderful, good morning!] he repeated, apparently finding pleasure in greeting the young man.
- Schon fleissig! [Already at work!] - said Rostov with the same joyful, brotherly smile that never left his animated face. - Hoch Oestreicher! Hoch Russen! Kaiser Alexander hoch! [Hurray Austrians! Hurray Russians! Emperor Alexander, hurray!] - he turned to the German, repeating the words often spoken by the German owner.
The German laughed, walked completely out of the barn door, pulled
cap and, waving it over his head, shouted:
– Und die ganze Welt hoch! [And the whole world cheers!]
Rostov himself, just like a German, waved his cap over his head and, laughing, shouted: “Und Vivat die ganze Welt”! Although there was no reason for special joy either for the German, who was cleaning out his barn, or for Rostov, who was riding with his platoon for hay, both these people looked at each other with happy delight and brotherly love, shook their heads as a sign of mutual love and parted smiling - the German to the cowshed, and Rostov to the hut he occupied with Denisov.
- What is it, master? - he asked Lavrushka, Denisov’s lackey, a rogue known to the entire regiment.
- Haven't been since last night. That’s right, we lost,” Lavrushka answered. “I already know that if they win, they’ll come early to brag, but if they don’t win until morning, that means they’ve lost their minds, and they’ll come angry.” Would you like some coffee?
- Come on, come on.
After 10 minutes, Lavrushka brought coffee. They're coming! - he said, - now there’s trouble. - Rostov looked out the window and saw Denisov returning home. Denisov was a small man with a red face, shiny black eyes, and black tousled mustache and hair. He had an unbuttoned mantle, wide chikchirs lowered in folds, and a crumpled hussar cap on the back of his head. He gloomily, with his head down, approached the porch.
“Lavg’ushka,” he shouted loudly and angrily. “Well, take it off, you idiot!”
“Yes, I’m filming anyway,” Lavrushka’s voice answered.
- A! “You’re already up,” Denisov said, entering the room.
“A long time ago,” said Rostov, “I already went for hay and saw the maid of honor Matilda.”
- That's how it is! And I puffed up, bg"at, why"a, like a son of a bitch! - Denisov shouted, without pronouncing the word. - Such a misfortune! Such a misfortune! As you left, so it went. Hey, some tea!
Denisov, wrinkling his face, as if smiling and showing his short, strong teeth, began to ruffle his fluffy black thick hair with both hands with short fingers, like a dog.
“Why didn’t I have the money to go to this kg”ysa (the officer’s nickname),” he said, rubbing his forehead and face with both hands. “Can you imagine, not a single one, not a single one?” "You didn't give it.
Denisov took the lit pipe that was handed to him, clenched it into a fist, and, scattering fire, hit it on the floor, continuing to scream.
- Sempel will give, pag"ol will beat; Sempel will give, pag"ol will beat.
He scattered fire, broke the pipe and threw it away. Denisov paused and suddenly looked cheerfully at Rostov with his sparkling black eyes.
- If only there were women. Otherwise, there’s nothing to do here, just like drinking. If only I could drink and drink.
- Hey, who's there? - he turned to the door, hearing the stopped steps of thick boots with the clanking of spurs and a respectful cough.
- Sergeant! - said Lavrushka.
Denisov wrinkled his face even more.
“Skveg,” he said, throwing away a wallet with several gold pieces. “G’ostov, count, my dear, how much is left there, and put the wallet under the pillow,” he said and went out to the sergeant.
Rostov took the money and, mechanically, putting aside and arranging old and new gold pieces in piles, began to count them.
- A! Telyanin! Zdog "ovo! They blew me away!" – Denisov’s voice was heard from another room.
- Who? At Bykov’s, at the rat’s?... I knew,” said another thin voice, and after that Lieutenant Telyanin, a small officer of the same squadron, entered the room.
Rostov threw his wallet under the pillow and shook the small, damp hand extended to him. Telyanin was transferred from the guard for something before the campaign. He behaved very well in the regiment; but they did not like him, and in particular Rostov could neither overcome nor hide his causeless disgust for this officer.
- Well, young cavalryman, how is my Grachik serving you? - he asked. (Grachik was a riding horse, a carriage, sold by Telyanin to Rostov.)
The lieutenant never looked into the eyes of the person he was talking to; his eyes constantly darted from one object to another.
- I saw you passed by today...
“It’s okay, he’s a good horse,” Rostov answered, despite the fact that this horse, which he bought for 700 rubles, was not worth even half of that price. “She started falling on the left front...,” he added. - The hoof is cracked! It's nothing. I will teach you and show you which rivet to use.
“Yes, please show me,” said Rostov.
“I’ll show you, I’ll show you, it’s not a secret.” And you will be grateful for the horse.
“So I’ll order the horse to be brought,” said Rostov, wanting to get rid of Telyanin, and went out to order the horse to be brought.
In the entryway, Denisov, holding a pipe, huddled on the threshold, sat in front of the sergeant, who was reporting something. Seeing Rostov, Denisov winced and, pointing over his shoulder with his thumb into the room in which Telyanin was sitting, winced and shook with disgust.

Many generals took part in the two Chechen companies, as it is now customary to call that senseless human meat grinder. Most of them personified what was expressed in Shevchuk’s words: “The closer to death, the cleaner the people. The further to the rear, the fatter the generals.” Not all of them, however, were like that. And I want to talk about one of those who in the army is called a trench general.

Major General Malofeev Mikhail Yurievich

Born in 1956 in the city of Nakhodka, Primorsky Territory. In 1977 he graduated from the Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School, and in 1989 from the M.V. Frunze Military Academy. He served in various positions: from platoon commander to deputy head of the district combat training department. Since October 1999 - head of the combat training department of the 58th Army of the North Caucasus Military District.

“For me, the main thing was serving the Motherland, my people. And with a clear conscience I can say: I did everything to fulfill this duty.”
Marshal of the Soviet Union G. K. Zhukov

These words of the outstanding Soviet commander were remembered by Mikhail Malofeev from Kursan times, when he studied at the famous Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School. S. M. Kirov, on whose battle banner there are two military orders. At that time, the former commander of a cadet platoon and now reserve lieutenant colonel Leonid Grudnitsky told me, Misha Malofeev was fond of reading military literature, especially military memoirs. And in first place among these books is “Memories and Reflections” by G. K. Zhukov. This hobby was not accidental. Somewhere at the end of his second year, Mikhail decided that he would definitely rise to the rank of general.

To be honest,” recalls Leonid Dmitrievich, “I personally had great doubts about this, since Misha’s studies were very difficult. Here we must pay tribute to his mother, Dina Dmitrievna. A pediatrician by profession, she raised her son herself and raised him. She wanted to see him as a military officer, an officer, so it was not without her influence that he chose his future profession. Dina Dmitrievna knew, of course, about the difficulties that Misha faced at first, and she supported him and helped him as best she could. She often came to us, but unlike her parents, who, to hide it, asked the commanders to be lenient with their Vitenka or Vovochka, she was demanding primarily of her son. And for this she was respected not only by us officers, but also by the cadets.

With academic success came recognition from the team. The guys elected Malofeev as their Komsgruporg, and he was a worthy leader of the youth.

And you know, later, when all this happened to Misha in Chechnya, I was not at all surprised that he himself led the fighters into the attack and remained in combat formation until the last.

He just couldn't, you know, he couldn't do anything differently. Otherwise it wouldn’t be Malofeev. He managed to become a real Kirov officer, and in our midst, military duty, honesty, decency, and mutual assistance were, are and remain above all else.

In July 1977, Leonid Dmitrievich said goodbye to his students. It just so happened that at that time I happened to visit the school that I myself had graduated from, but ten years earlier, in 1967. And how could we not take advantage of the opportunity to look at the young Kirov lieutenants. I remember what struck me was that there were so many of them. If our graduation consisted of 183 lieutenants, then in 1977 there were 312 young officers in the ranks. Who could then imagine what events awaited us and what they would bring to all of us?

In December 1979, “providing military assistance to Afghanistan” began, which lasted ten years and claimed the lives of thousands and thousands of our guys. About 240 Kirov graduates went through the crucible of this war. November-December 1994. Chechnya... A bleeding wound on the body of Russia... Having received, with the connivance of the then leadership of the country, access to the arsenals of the Russian army and arming part of the male population, or, more simply put, by creating gangs, the Chechen leaders began to establish their own “order” on the territory of the republic, grossly violating the Constitution of the Russian Federation. . Chechnya has become a haven not only for criminal elements and “dogs of war,” but also for various kinds of “peacekeepers.” Mikhail Malofeev at that time was already a colonel and unit commander. He drank to the full the bitter cup of the first Chechen campaign, which ended in 1996 with the Khasavyurt betrayal of the army.

From those battles he learned the main thing: we must take care of the soldier. Actually, this was not news to him; back in school, during tactics classes, teacher Colonel Valentin Krivorotov (now, alas, he is no longer with us) reminded the cadets about this more than once. And yet, training in the field is one thing, but a real combat situation, where everything acquires a different price, is another.

Colonel Malofeev skillfully led his subordinates. His separate tank battalion, nicknamed the “black wing” by the Chechens, brought mortal terror to the bandits. Even then there was every opportunity to put an end to gangs and restore peace and constitutional order on Chechen soil. Alas... Many newspapers reported what kind of “higher considerations” guided the politicians, whose financial interests turned out to be more valuable than the lives of soldiers, but the final veil of secrecy from those events will probably only be lifted by time. Let's hope we won't have to wait long for this. The price of betrayal is too high.

Mikhail Malofeev went to the second Chechen war as a major general to the post of head of the combat training department of the 58th Army. At the same time, he was appointed deputy commander of the group of federal troops "North". In a word, both rank and position allowed him, with good reason, to be somewhere at the command post and from there control the actions of his subordinates. It is possible that in a different situation he would have done just that. But in the current situation at that time, it was very important to raise people and lead them into battle. Perhaps someone will grumble: they say, it’s not a general’s job to rush into an attack. Well, what if the lives of hundreds of other fighters depend on it?

General Malofeev did not hesitate for a moment when making his decision. He acted as a true Russian officer, brought up in the best traditions of the Leningrad Higher Military Education School named after S. M. Kirov, should have acted.

The General's Last Stand

On January 17, 2000, the entire group of the Special Region of Grozny began to move. The troops moved to storm the Chechen capital. It immediately became clear that in the western direction - where the Sofrin brigade was advancing, and just to the north the regiment of internal troops - the fierce resistance of the militants did not allow them to confidently advance further. The troops are stuck in the outskirts of the Chechen capital. The command of the group of the Special Region of Grozny was alarmed by the slow pace of progress, because in other areas events were developing more successfully. The situation was heating up. The militants' fire from previously prepared positions did not allow the assault troops to move. On the same day, an emergency happened - General Mikhail Malofeev, commander of the western direction, died.

HIS DEATH was the result of enormous nervous tension and the result of the dramatic events of the first day of the second stage of the operation to liberate Grozny. The information is contradictory. It was only known that the general died while personally leading one of the assault groups.
General Troshev, in his book “My War,” recalls with respect the deceased general: “Mikhail Yuryevich came to us from the Leningrad Military District. Without having time to really take over the affairs of the former deputy commander of the 58th Army for combat training, he was immediately forced to go to the combat zone. From the first days of the war, he proved himself not only competent and knowledgeable in military affairs, but also a brave commander.” Further, Troshev, having told readers about the circumstances of the death of General Malofeev and setting out his point of view on this tragedy on the pages of the book, summarizes: “If then, on Copernicus Street, the soldiers and officers of the assault troops had managed to overcome their fear of the brutal militants, there would not have been this tragedy. The death of General Malofeev reminded all Russians of the cost of victory in the battle with the bandits.”
“General Malofeev arrived in the village on the eve of the assault. Alkhan-Kala to the location of the operational regiment of internal troops to prepare an assault detachment at its base. After being introduced to the entire personnel of one battalion, he personally participated in its preparation for combat operations.
On January 17 in Grozny, during an operation to seize a complex of buildings between the railway and the street. Copernicus, the fighters of the assault detachment, having met stubborn resistance from gangs and suffering losses (1 dead and 15 wounded), were forced to stop. At about 13.30, the commander of the group of the Special Region of Grozny, Lieutenant General V. Bulgakov, arrived at the command post of the operational group “West”, to whom Major General M. Malofeev reported the situation. The commander was extremely dissatisfied with the actions of the assault troops. According to eyewitnesses, the conversation between the generals was nervous and raised.
After leaving the trench, Lieutenant General V. Bulgakov went to the 21st Brigade of Internal Troops. He was followed by Major General M. Malofeev and deputy commander of the 205th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Army, Colonel Stvolov. He, however, soon returned and asked for a radio station for General Malofeev. A couple of minutes later, Colonel Stvolov said that the general had left for one of the units of the operational regiment of the internal troops. However, Malofeev did not appear either at the command post of this unit or at the command post of the 245th motorized rifle regiment, where the senior assault direction, Colonel Nasedko, was located.
At about 14.30, the commander of the assault group asked to shift the artillery fire, saying that the company under the command of General Malofeev would storm the building located in front of the front. After this, the company commander got in touch only 20 minutes later and reported that “Spider-05” (call sign M. Malofeev - Author) was “two hundredth”.
Soon the regiment's artillery chief and an academy student officer, who accompanied the general in battle, left the battle. The latter reported that Malofeev moved in an infantry fighting vehicle to the area of the Pentagon building complex, where the battle was taking place. Arriving at the scene, Major General M. Malofeev ordered the unit commander to prepare the company for the attack. This order was carried out.
The first three to enter the building were the general himself, the chief of artillery of the regiment and the radiotelephonist, followed by the company commander, platoon commander and an officer who was a student at the academy.
The bandits let both troikas into the house, and cut off the rest of the personnel (about 40 people) with fire from three sides. As a result of the shootout, Major General M. Malofeev was killed with several shots to the head. The regiment's radiotelephone operator was also killed. The remaining officers managed to escape.
After it became known about Malofeev’s death, it became clear that it would not be possible to quickly remove the general’s body from the damned house. The resistance of the militants in this area was fierce.
Sergei Gritsenko, head of intelligence in the “West” direction:
- Only two days later we found him. Troshev came and supervised the whole affair. The Chechens bargained with us for Malofeev’s body. All these two days. They heard on the air that the general had disappeared and came to us. They said that your general is with us. They tried to put pressure on us so that we would move back five hundred meters, because their “friends” remained in the littered bunker. The militants equipped a vegetable storehouse for the bunker, and we accidentally, when we fired from artillery, overwhelmed them. And they are there from under the ground shouting to their people to rescue them. And so they started trading with us until we realized that they didn’t have Malofeev. And then we pushed the militants back. Came to a house. They brought up the equipment, began to pull off the slabs, and found Malofeev under one of them. His hands were not tied, I am responsible for that. He had a machine gun on his back, a peacoat with general's shoulder straps, a hat, and under the hat a knitted balaclava, so he lay there. And the soldier radiotelephone operator was lying there nearby...
Colonel General Mikhail Pankov: “That day I arrived at the control point of our regiment. Regiment commander Nasedko reported the situation. Heavy fighting was going on. Everything was clearly visible from the control point there, less than 800 meters from the front line. And then they reported on the radio station, that "Spider" was killed - that was Malofeev's call sign. It happened between 2 and 3 p.m. I immediately decided to send a group to help. They were unable to get through - the front side of the house was under fire from all sides. A tank company stood nearby, direct fire They all started pouring down around this house. They also fired several shots at this house so that the militants would not approach and take Malofeev’s body. The second time they approached the house from two directions. Again they came under fierce fire. The wounded appeared, and the groups retreated...
Neither I nor the regiment commander, although we were at the checkpoint, knew and could not even imagine that General Malofeev, having taken the soldiers, would himself lead them to the assault. Yes, this building had tactical significance. It stood at a crossroads, it was necessary to pass through it, otherwise the area would not be captured. And there the extensions are so complex, one-story, concrete, long... Malofeev, he was a thinking man, well prepared. He didn’t break people over his knee. He knew how to make decisions. A true military professional.
But my personal opinion: a general in battle must first of all control his troops. Manage.
And what Troshev writes in his book... He arrived later, later. Troshev really had no control over the situation. Only Bulgakov knows this situation fully. And I partially. Because it all happened before my eyes. I didn’t see Malofeev go on the attack, but I saw the general situation - explosions, roar, smoke. I heard all these conversations on the radio.
Of course, this whole situation is difficult, if in human terms... But I still can’t answer one question: why did Malofeev go himself, what pushed him? I know one thing: no one will answer this question. Except, maybe, Bulgakov."

TECHNOLOGY GENERAL - MIKHAIL YURIEVICH MALOFEEV Many generals took part in the two Chechen campaigns. Most of them personified what was expressed in Shevchuk’s words: “The closer to death, the cleaner the people... The further to the rear, the fatter the generals...” But not everyone was like that.... January 17, 2000 the entire group of the Special Region of Grozny began to move. The troops moved to storm the Chechen capital. It immediately became clear that in the western direction - where the Sofrin brigade was advancing, and just to the north the regiment of internal troops - the fierce resistance of the militants did not allow them to confidently advance further. The troops are stuck in the outskirts of the Chechen capital. The command of the group of the Special Region of Grozny was alarmed by the slow pace of progress, because in other areas events were developing more successfully. The situation was heating up. The militants' fire from previously prepared positions did not allow the assault troops to move. On the same day, an emergency happened - General Mikhail Malofeev, commander of the western direction, died. HIS DEATH was the result of enormous nervous tension and the result of the dramatic events of the first day of the second stage of the operation to liberate Grozny. The information is contradictory. It was only known that the general died while personally leading one of the assault groups. General Troshev, in his book “My War,” recalls with respect the deceased general: “Mikhail Yuryevich came to us from the Leningrad Military District. Without having time to really take over the affairs of the former deputy commander of the 58th Army for combat training, he was immediately forced to go to the combat zone. From the first days of the war, he proved himself not only competent and knowledgeable in military affairs, but also a brave commander.” Further, Troshev, having told readers about the circumstances of the death of General Malofeev and setting out his point of view on this tragedy on the pages of the book, summarizes: “If then, on Copernicus Street, the soldiers and officers of the assault troops had managed to overcome their fear of the brutal militants, there would not have been this tragedy. The death of General Malofeev reminded all Russians of the cost of victory in the battle with the bandits.” Without entering into polemics with the honored military general Troshev, one still cannot agree with his assessment of this dramatic episode. And blaming the cowardice of the soldiers who did not rise to attack under heavy fire from the militants in order to follow Malofeev to the house where he met his death is hardly possible. Sergei Gritsenko, head of reconnaissance of the “West” direction: - From the same Mozdok people (the assault detachment of the operational regiment was advancing in the direction where Malofeev died. - Auth.) After all, there were heavy losses, like the Sofrintsy, even before the New Year. As for reconnaissance, and I was responsible for it, the company commander and his deputy died in the Mozdok reconnaissance company; by that time there were only 12 reconnaissance people left. It is hardly possible to say that anyone in this situation chickened out. After all, the progress stopped due to the fierce resistance of the militants who settled in the houses. It was possible to storm these houses, defying fear, but what would be the price of such a victory? It turns out that General Troshev deliberately blames the death of Malofeev on the soldiers who did not go on the attack after the general. And if we assume that the soldiers would have nevertheless rushed after Malofeev, then what would have been the outcome of saving the general from death. And who said that such salvation would have come in that fiery trap that the militants had set up? After all, the capture of this one specific house would hardly resolve the issue of further progress in this direction. The facts show that in this area, after the death of the general, for several days the troops could not only move forward, but simply occupy the house in which the general found his death. And returning to Troshev’s words - about the price of victory - is it even possible to put the lives of soldiers and generals on the scales? Is this humane? However, let's move away from questions and assumptions and return to the facts. The main thing in this situation is to figure out, without diminishing the personal courage of Malofeev, who with his impulse wanted to resolve the situation in favor of the attacking units, what pushed the experienced and experienced Mikhail Yuryevich to take such, frankly, a desperate step. After all, it so happened that the death of Malofeev immediately became not just one of the tragic events of the storming of Grozny, but served as a source of speculation about the inflating of the seemingly long-exhausted problem of the so-called “departmental approach.” In the press at that time, some high-ranking military leaders directly blamed the internal troops for the death of the general. Perhaps due to incorrect initial information, perhaps due to ignorance of all the facts, perhaps they simply got excited. Colonel General Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in 1999-2000: - When these blatant accusations of cowardice of those soldiers who fought in Grozny appeared in the media when they were accused of the death of General Malofeev, I immediately it cut my heart. How could it be that my guys, with whom we had just crossed Dagestan and plowed half of Chechnya, suddenly became chickens? It was frankly depressing that hasty conclusions were coming from the lips of high-ranking military men, who, it seemed to me, should have been responsible for their judgments, weighing every word before putting it on the pages of newspapers and on television. I didn’t believe these accusations because I knew what guys were fighting in Grozny at that time. I rushed to find out the situation. They reported to me in detail what happened on Copernicus Street. As I thought, the internal troops were not and could not be to blame for this tragic incident. This, by the way, was confirmed by those army officers with whom I managed to talk. As the commander-in-chief, it immediately became clear to me that this attack on the troops would not lead to anything good. Discord in a single organism under the name “United Group of Forces” at that time only played into the hands of the bandits. The conviction has also matured that it is necessary to immediately meet with the press and refute this information, which is extremely offensive to the troops. With this, Rushailo came to the Minister of Internal Affairs. Quite emotionally I described the essence of the matter to him. Rushailo didn’t listen to me for a long time, he just tiredly said, “You’re defending your own people again, I have different information from the General Staff, and the internal troops in Grozny are marking time, not moving forward, not like the army men... I realized that I could convince the minister it won't work. In general, almost nowhere was there a single word of defense addressed to the internal troops fighting in Grozny with militants. By the way, they fight shoulder to shoulder with the army men. And I know that the guys there didn’t have any problems with each other... It’s good that the soldiers making their way through the ruins of Grozny practically didn’t see newspapers or watch TV. What would it be like for them to know that they, who bury their comrades every day and, despite the fierce resistance of the bandits, are still moving towards the city center, according to some military leaders, turned out to be cowards. Plenipotentiary representative of the Government of the Russian Federation in the Chechen Republic in 1999-2000. Nikolai Koshman: - My relations with the generals were normal, businesslike. At the same time, I was the most ardent opponent of shifting blame from one head to another. When one of the army men began to say that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had screwed up somewhere, I nipped it in the bud. Because I thought this: if the Ministry of Internal Affairs is attached to the Ministry of Defense, then the army chief bears full responsibility for everyone. It is no good to say that when everything is good, it is the merit of the army, and when everything is bad, it is the fault of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It's simply dishonest. And if military leaders throughout the country accuse soldiers and officers of cowardice, then such an accusation must be supported by the actions of the military prosecutor's office. If he chickened out, an official investigation should be carried out... That is why the deputy commander of the group of internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the North Caucasus region, Colonel Valery Zhuravel, was forced to collect information about the death of Malofeev. The internal troops had to justify themselves for what they did not do. Here are excerpts from his report following the investigation. “General Malofeev arrived in the village on the eve of the assault. Alkhan-Kala to the location of the operational regiment of internal troops to prepare an assault detachment at its base. After being introduced to the entire personnel of one battalion, he personally participated in its preparation for combat operations. On January 17 in Grozny, during an operation to seize a complex of buildings between the railway and the street. Copernicus, the fighters of the assault detachment, having met stubborn resistance from gangs and suffering losses (1 dead and 15 wounded), were forced to stop. At about 13.30, the commander of the group of the Special Region of Grozny, Lieutenant General V. Bulgakov, arrived at the command post of the operational group “West”, to whom Major General M. Malofeev reported the situation. The commander was extremely dissatisfied with the actions of the assault troops. According to eyewitnesses, the conversation between the generals was nervous and raised. After leaving the trench, Lieutenant General V. Bulgakov went to the 21st Brigade of Internal Troops. He was followed by Major General M. Malofeev and deputy commander of the 205th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Army, Colonel Stvolov. He, however, soon returned and asked for a radio station for General Malofeev. A couple of minutes later, Colonel Stvolov said that the general had left for one of the units of the operational regiment of the internal troops. However, Malofeev did not appear either at the command post of this unit or at the command post of the 245th motorized rifle regiment, where the senior assault direction, Colonel Nasedko, was located. At about 14.30, the commander of the assault group asked to shift the artillery fire, saying that the company under the command of General Malofeev would storm the building located in front of the front. After this, the company commander got in touch only 20 minutes later and reported that “Spider-05” (call sign M. Malofeev - Author) was “two hundredth”. Soon the regiment's artillery chief and an academy student officer, who accompanied the general in battle, left the battle. The latter reported that Malofeev moved in an infantry fighting vehicle to the area of the Pentagon building complex, where the battle was taking place. Arriving at the scene, Major General M. Malofeev ordered the unit commander to prepare the company for the attack. This order was carried out. The first three to enter the building were the general himself, the chief of artillery of the regiment and the radiotelephonist, followed by the company commander, platoon commander and an officer who was a student at the academy. The bandits let both troikas into the house, and cut off the rest of the personnel (about 40 people) with fire from three sides. As a result of the shootout, Major General M. Malofeev was killed with several shots to the head. The regiment's radiotelephone operator was also killed. The remaining officers managed to escape. After it became known about Malofeev’s death, it became clear that it would not be possible to quickly remove the general’s body from the damned house. The resistance of the militants in this area was fierce. Sergei Gritsenko, head of intelligence in the “West” direction: - Only two days later we found him. Troshev came and supervised the whole affair. The Chechens bargained with us for Malofeev’s body. All these two days. They heard on the air that the general had disappeared and came to us. They said that your general is with us. They tried to put pressure on us so that we would move back five hundred meters, because their “friends” remained in the littered bunker. The militants equipped a vegetable storehouse for the bunker, and we accidentally, when we fired from artillery, overwhelmed them. And they are there from under the ground shouting to their people to rescue them. And so they started trading with us until we realized that they didn’t have Malofeev. And then we pushed the militants back. Came to a house. They brought up the equipment, began to pull off the slabs, and found Malofeev under one of them. His hands were not tied, I am responsible for that. He had a machine gun on his back, a peacoat with general's shoulder straps, a hat, and under the hat a knitted balaclava, so he lay there. And the soldier radiotelephone operator was lying there nearby... This tragedy played out before the eyes of the commander of the group of internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Chechnya, Colonel General Mikhail Pankov. Concluding the story about the death of Malofeev, we will present the commander’s memories of what happened on Copernicus Street on January 17, 2000. “That day I arrived at the checkpoint of our regiment. Regiment commander Nasedko reported the situation. There were heavy battles. From the control point everything was clearly visible there, less than 800 meters from the front edge. And then the radio station reported that “Spider” had died - that was Malofeev’s call sign. This happened between 14 and 15 hours. I immediately decided to send a group to help. She was unable to break through - the front side of the house there was shot from all sides. A tank company stood nearby, and they began to lay down everything around this house with direct fire. Several shots were also fired at this house so that the militants would not approach and take Malofeev’s body. The second time we went to the house from two directions. Again they came under fierce fire. The wounded appeared, and the groups retreated... Neither I nor the regiment commander, although we were at the checkpoint, knew and could not even imagine that General Malofeev, having taken the soldiers, would himself lead them to the assault. Yes, this building had tactical significance. It stood at a crossroads, it was necessary to pass through it, otherwise the area would not be captured. And there the extensions are so complex, one-story, concrete, long... Malofeev, he was a thinking man, well prepared. He didn’t break people over his knee. He knew how to make decisions. A true military professional. But my personal opinion: a general in battle must first of all control his troops. Manage. And what Troshev writes in his book... He arrived later, later. Troshev really had no control over the situation. Only Bulgakov knows this situation fully. And I partially. Because it all happened before my eyes. I didn’t see Malofeev go on the attack, but I saw the general situation - explosions, roar, smoke. I heard all these conversations on the radio. Of course, this whole situation is difficult, if in human terms... But I still can’t answer one question: why did Malofeev go himself, what pushed him? I know one thing: no one will answer this question. Except maybe Bulgakov.” Having dwelled in such detail on this truly dramatic moment of the storming of Grozny, we pursued one, very specific goal. And it is not to look for those responsible for the death of the general, and especially not to talk about the price of victory. It is already clear that she was really tall. Simply, based on the facts, we wanted to show how difficult it was in those conditions to make the right decisions, to soberly assess the situation, what responsibility lay on each of the commanders, who were responsible for both success in their sector and for the lives of the soldiers who ensured this success. May you rest in peace, Mikhail Yuryevich Malofeev! You fought honestly.

M Alofeev Mikhail Yuryevich - deputy head of the combat training department of the Leningrad Military District, head of the combat training department of the 58th Army of the North Caucasus Military District - deputy commander of the group of federal troops "North" in the Chechen Republic, major general.
Born on May 25, 1956 in the city of Lomonosov, Leningrad Region (now part of the city of St. Petersburg). Russian. In 1973, after graduating from high school, he entered and in 1977 graduated from the Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School named after S.M. Kirov. Then he served as a platoon commander, company commander, and battalion chief of staff. He served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. After which he was transferred to the Transcaucasian Military District, and two and a half years later, together with the regiment, he left for the Turkestan Military District for two years.
In 1989 M.Yu. Malofeev graduated from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze and was appointed to the post of battalion commander in the Arctic; subsequently occupying the positions of deputy regiment commander, chief of staff, regiment commander and deputy division commander.
From 1995 to 1996 he took part in restoring constitutional order in the Chechen Republic.
Since December 1997, Colonel M.Yu. Malofeev is the commander of the separate Guards Red Banner Leningrad-Krasnoselskaya motorized rifle brigade of the Leningrad Military District (Kamenka village, Leningrad Region), and subsequently - deputy head of the combat training department of the Leningrad Military District.
Since 1999, Major General Malofeev M.Yu. participates in the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, holding the post of head of the combat training department of the 58th Army of the North Caucasus Military District - deputy commander of the group of federal troops "North" in the Chechen Republic.
On January 14, 2000, Major General Malofeev M.Yu. were entrusted with the development and conduct of a special operation to seize the buildings of the Grozny cannery by the forces of the battalion of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The operation was of strategic importance for the further advance of federal forces towards the center of the capital of Chechnya.
To implement this plan, on the morning of January 17, 2000, two assault groups moved to the western outskirts of the plant. Understanding the developing situation, the militants desperately defended themselves, opening heavy fire from small arms.
Having come under heavy fire, the assault groups lay down and steadfastly repelled the attacks of the militants. In this case, three servicemen were wounded and one died. There was a threat of destruction of the assault groups and disruption of the combat mission of the federal group.
At this time, Major General M.Yu. Malofeev arrived on the northwestern outskirts of Grozny. with an operational group consisting of the chief of artillery of the 276th motorized rifle regiment, two signalmen and a trainee captain from the Combined Arms Academy. Considering that after the most powerful fire preparation there was no one left alive in the building closest to the militants, the general occupied it. But the militants who had been holed up in the basements, as soon as the fire subsided, came out and encountered the group of General Malofeev...
Not shying away from the battle, but boldly and decisively entering into it, the general heroically fired back, covering the retreat of his subordinates, having been wounded in the head; At the same time, the bandits opened fire with grenade launchers and mortars, and where Malofeev’s group was located, a wall collapsed...
For a day and a half, the troops could not approach the place of the general’s death, but when they finally managed to take possession of the building, while dismantling the rubble, together with Major General Malofeev, the body of Sergeant Sharaborin, the radio operator who accompanied the general in his last battle, was discovered...
January 28, 2000 M.Yu. Malofeev was buried with military honors at the Nikolskoye cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra of St. Petersburg.
U By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated February 9, 2000 No. 329, for the courage and heroism shown during the liquidation of illegal armed groups in the North Caucasus region, Major General Mikhail Yuryevich Malofeev was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
On February 23, 2000, in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, the “Gold Star” of the Hero of Russia was transferred to the Hero’s widow, Svetlana Malofeeva.
School No. 429 in the city of Lomonosov, from which he graduated, bears the Hero’s name. September 23, 2001 at the grave of Hero of Russia, Major General Malofeev M.Yu. a monument was unveiled, created according to the sketches of the teachers of the St. Petersburg State Academy of Arts and Industry A. Dema, S. Mikhailov, N. Sokolov, whose noble idea, through the newspaper "St. Petersburg Vedomosti", helped to translate into stone OJSC "Energomashkorporatsiya", International cultural center, Vozrozhdenie LLC, the command of the Leningrad Military District and ordinary citizens.

SORRY GENERAL
Dedicated to General Mikhail Yuryevich Malofeev...
Forgive me, general, a simple soldier,
That the guys can’t hold back their tears,
What an echo of the damned Chechen war
The boys will never be able to forget.
We cannot forget how he raised us to attack,
How bravely you led us into battle
Under a squall of lead and under the thunder of a cannonade,
How was that fight your last?
CHORUS:
Farewell general, farewell our dear,
You didn't hide behind the soldier's back.
Let bitter tears shine in your eyes,
You will remain forever in our hearts.
From sniper bullets and bandit grenades
He overshadowed a lot of guys.
Our assault squad survived -
You will be awarded posthumously for this.
Sorry, general, that we couldn’t save it.
It would be better if we died in battle ourselves.
Then you couldn't do it any other way -
You died honorably so that we could live.
Grigory Pavlenko, Nefteyugansk city