Nikolai Sipyagin is our countryman, Hero of the Soviet Union. Sipyaginy Sipyagin Nikolay Ivanovich
The patrol ship "Nikolai Sipyagin" has just been laid down in Zelenodolsk in honor of the hero of the Patriotic War (1941-1945), Lieutenant Commander Nikolai Sipyagin. On the boats he commanded, an incredible landing on Malaya Zemlya was carried out by the Red Navy under the command of the fearless Caesar Kunikov.
Hero Soviet Union Nikolai Ivanovich Sipyagin died during the storming of Kerch from a fragment of a shell that exploded nearby and was buried in the center of Novorossiysk with military honors. He was only 32 years old.
In the history of Russia there was another Nikolai Sipyagin - lieutenant general and hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, holder of the Order of St. George VI degree, military governor of Tiflis, who did a lot for its development. Nikolai Martemyanovich also died young - at 42 from pneumonia. Contemporaries considered Sipyagin's death a loss on a national scale. They buried him in the church of St. George near Tiflis, as they say, with the confluence of the entire urban population, and the exarch of Georgia himself buried Sipyagin in the Zion Cathedral. The ashes were subsequently transported to the Romantsevo family estate in Kostroma and buried near the Church of the Intercession, built by his father, Vice Admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy Martemyan Yakovlevich Sipyagin.
Here is what is written about Nikolai Martemyanovich Sipyagin in Russian Portraits of the 18th and 19th Centuries:
Sipyagin was tall, slender, strong, healthy, vigorous and cheerful, possessed a wonderful gift for words. He treated his subordinates extremely affectionately, but in relation to his elders he behaved with cold politeness. From 7 o'clock in the morning until night he was at work. His flexible and educated mind did not know peace: everywhere he found food for his activity. Wherever Sipyagin served, he set up libraries, printing houses, Lancaster schools everywhere, gathered cadets and ensigns for classes, trying to instill in them a love of science. Gifted with a sense of elegance, he loved painting, knew many poems by heart and read them well. His generosity knew no bounds; Sipyagin was an enemy of money.
So, both Nikolai Sipyagin belong to the same family, which gave Russia many military and statesmen. The father of Nikolai Ivanovich Sipyagin served as an officer in the Russian Imperial Army, was a Knight of the Order of St. George VI degree for military operations in the Caucasus, died during civil war in 1920, being the commander of the VSYUR* regiment near Sevastopol. Nikolai's mother worked as a teacher primary school and single-handedly raised three sons and a daughter.
The fate of Russian officers is striking. The Sipyagin family, by some miracle, was not repressed, and Nikolai Ivanovich himself even served for some time in the naval units of the border troops of the NKVD of the USSR.
*) The Armed Forces of the South of Russia (VSYUR) - the operational-strategic association of the white troops of the South of Russia in 1919-1920, during the Civil War. They were formed on January 8, 1919 as a result of the unification of the Volunteer Army and the army of the Great Don Army for a joint struggle against the Bolsheviks. The maximum strength of the AFSR was reached in October 1919 - 270 thousand people, 600 guns, 38 tanks, 72 aircraft, about 120 ships.
Nikolay Ivanovich Sipyagin(July 6 (June 23) 1911, Stavropol - November 1, 1943, Kerch) - Soviet naval officer, captain of the 3rd rank, commander of the 4th division of patrol boats of the Protection of the water region of the Novorossiysk naval base (Naval Base) of the Black Sea Fleet, Hero Soviet Union.
Nikolai was born in Stavropol, in a large family - his father, an officer in the tsarist army, died during the Civil War; mother worked as a primary school teacher and single-handedly raised three sons and a daughter.
He went to study at a seven-year school at the Stavropol Pedagogical College, in which he was enrolled upon graduation. The craving for the sea exceeded in Nikolai the love for pedagogy, and in 1929 he went to Vladivostok, where he entered the marine technical school.
After graduating from a technical school in 1933, Sipyagin got a job as an assistant captain of the Miner cargo ship, and since 1937 - a navigator and senior assistant to the captain of the Abkhazia ship on the Black Sea.
During his work in the civilian fleet, Sipyagin gained experience in long-distance voyages, thoroughly studied the coastline and the features of navigation in the Black Sea.
On the eve of the upcoming war, Nikolai Ivanovich is recommended for translation into military service and in 1939 he entered the service in the naval units of the border troops of the NKVD of the USSR. After graduating from advanced training courses for the command staff of the naval units of the border troops in Leningrad, he was appointed assistant commander of the patrol boat of the 26th Odessa Marine Border Detachment of the Black Sea Border District.
On the Black Sea coast, in Odessa, his family also settled. Shortly before the war, his wife and two children moved to Stavropol.
Great Patriotic War Lieutenant Sipyagin met the commander of the patrol boat. In July 1941, his detachment became subordinate to the command of the Black Sea Fleet and took part in the defense of Odessa in full force.
From August to October 1941, Sipyagin commanded the minesweeper Kakhovka, launched in October to Novorossiysk and attached to the division of patrol boats for protecting the water area of the Novorossiysk naval base. On different boats of the division, Senior Lieutenant Sipyagin made several trips to the besieged Sevastopol, participated in the defense of Novorossiysk.
In September 1942, a competent, authoritative officer in the marine environment was asked to lead the 4th division of patrol boats.
The commander of the division of patrol boats, Nikolai Sipyagin, participated in the defense of Odessa and Sevastopol, landed landing groups, raided enemy bases and ports.
In early 1943, Sipyagin was accepted as a member of the CPSU (b).
Landing on Malaya Zemlya
On the night of February 4, 1943, the 4th division of patrol boats landed troops on the unequipped shore of the Tsemesskaya Bay in Stanichka, in a place later called Malaya Zemlya. As it turned out later, the paratroopers were very lucky, the Germans missed the landing. After the war, documents were found about the trial of a German artillery officer who was in charge of coastal fortifications and missed the dash of Soviet boats to the shore of the Tsemess Bay. During the landing, the Sipyagin division lost only one boat, the surviving crew of which replenished the landing force.
After landing the first echelon, the boats of the division rushed to Kabardinka for the second echelon paratroopers. It became difficult to cross the bay - the revived enemy intensified the shelling of the entire water area, the wind grew stronger, and many boats were damaged. However, the boatmen made two more flights to Stanichka, as a result, by the morning, Major Ts. L. Kunikov already had 870 fighters and commanders at his disposal.
For 225 days, while the bridgehead on Malaya Zemlya was held, the sailors continuously supplied it under enemy fire. Aircraft and artillery, as well as German torpedo boats stationed in Anapa, interfered with the supply of the landing force. In this terrible fiery hell, Sipyagin's boatmen landed marines several times in the right place.
For the successful conduct of the landing operation, many officers, foremen and sailors of the crews of the division's boats were awarded state awards. Sipyagin Nikolai Ivanovich was awarded his first Order of the Red Banner and awarded the title of "lieutenant commander".
Novorossiysk and Kerch operations
In the autumn of 1943, the Novorossiysk operation was planned by the Soviet command, the purpose of which was the liberation of Novorossiysk. They decided to storm the city from three directions: from the front line near the cement plant (along the eastern shore of the bay), from the bridgehead on Malaya Zemlya and the landing of a large landing force in the port of Novorossiysk. Sipyagin's boatmen were supposed to deliver this landing.
On the night of September 10, 1943, the landing ships left Gelendzhik. The enemy, in order not to miss the landing in Novorossiysk, built strong firing points from mortars and machine guns on the western and eastern breakwaters of the Novorossiysk port, blocking the approaches from the sea with fire, hoping in this way to secure the port. Under heavy enemy fire, N. I. Sipyagin’s boats broke through the side gate line and landed in port 304 Marine with military equipment and ammunition. The enemy fiercely resisted, the fighting continued until September 16. All this time, Sipyagin's boats uninterruptedly provided landing forces in the port of Novorossiysk.
September 16 is considered the day of the liberation of the city of Novorossiysk. In the Order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, dedicated to the mastery of Novorossiysk, Sipyagin's sailors were noted among those who especially distinguished themselves.
On the day of the liberation of the city, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral L.A. Vladimirsky, presented N.I. Sipyagin with the Order of the Red Banner and awarded him the rank of captain of the 3rd rank.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 18, 1943, for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Captain-Lieutenant Sipyagin Nikolai Ivanovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and his 4th division received the Order of the Red Banner and the honorary title "Novorossiysk".
The war continued. The next important operation with the participation of Sipyagin's boat division was the landing in the Crimea. Already a captain of the 3rd rank, Sipyagin acted on the most dangerous landing site. During the capture of Kerch, on November 1, 1943, Nikolai Ivanovich died from a fragment of a shell that exploded nearby.
At the suggestion of the command of the Black Sea Fleet, Sipyagin's body was taken to Novorossiysk, in the center of which he was buried with military honors.
Sipyagin N.I - commander of the division of patrol boats of the Protection of the water area of the Novorossiysk naval base of the Black Sea Fleet, captain-lieutenant.
Born July 6, 1911 in Stavropol. Russian by nationality. His father died during the Civil War, his mother was forced to raise children alone. He graduated from 7 classes, entered the Stavropol Pedagogical College. But the craving for the sea took over, and Nikolai left the technical school and left for Vladivostok. There, in 1929, he entered the Marine Technical School. Since 1934, he was the assistant captain of the cargo ship Shakhtar, since 1937, he was the navigator and senior assistant of the ship Abkhazia on the Black Sea.
In the naval units of the border troops of the NKVD since June 1941. He graduated from advanced training courses for the command staff of the naval units of the border troops in Leningrad, and was appointed assistant to a patrol boat.
Lieutenant Sipyagin entered the war as commander of a patrol boat. In July 1941 he was enlisted in the Black Sea Fleet and took part in the defense of Odessa in full force. From August 1941 he commanded the minesweeper Kakhovka. Since October 1941 - in the protection of the water area of the Novorossiysk military naval base. On her ships he made several trips to the besieged Sevastopol and participated in the defense of Novorossiysk. Since September 1942 - commander of the 4th division of patrol boats. He took part in the defense of Odessa and Sevastopol, landed landing groups, raided enemy bases and ports. In February 1943, he bravely acted during the landing amphibious assault on the "Little Land".
During the Novorossiysk landing operation on the night of September 10, 1943, under heavy enemy fire, he was the first to break through the defense line and landed 304 soldiers with equipment and ammunition in the port.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 18, 1943, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for exemplary performance of combat missions.
On November 1, 1943, during the landing on the Kerch Peninsula, Captain 3rd Rank N.I. Sipyagin died in the commander's cabin of the boat from a fragment of an exploding shell. He was buried on Heroes' Square in Novorossiysk.
A settlement in the Crimea bears his name, streets in Novorossiysk, Stavropol and Vladivostok, since 1975 - a border patrol ship of the Pacific Border Guard, a ship of the Ministry of Fisheries, an ocean tanker of the Novorossiysk port. A monument was erected to Sipyagin in Kerch. Nikolai Ivanovich is forever enrolled in the lists of the ship.
The material was prepared jointly with the Novorossiysk Historical Museum.
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A wonderful corner of Gelendzhik for a summer holiday: sandy, pebbly and wild beaches, the opportunity to swim in the bay and in the open sea, well-developed infrastructure. And besides this, the Thin Cape of Gelendzhik is an area whose streets are mostly named after the Heroes of the Soviet Union. Was no exception and the street named after Nikolai Sipyagin.
Nikolai Sipyagin Street (Gelendzhik, Thin Cape)
Sipyagin Nikolai Ivanovich Born July 6 (June 23), 1911 in Stavropol in a large family. His father was an officer in the tsarist army, he died during the Civil War; mother worked as a primary school teacher and, after the death of her husband, raised three sons and a daughter alone.
Nikolai Sipyagin began his studies at a seven-year school at the Stavropol Pedagogical College. After school, he was enrolled in the Stavropol Pedagogical College.
But since childhood, Nikolai was attracted by the sea and in 1929 he went to Vladivostok, where he entered the Marine College, which he graduated in 1933. After graduating from a technical school, Sipyagin got a job as an assistant to the captain of the Shakhtar cargo ship, and from 1937 he became a navigator and senior assistant to the captain of the Abkhazia ship on the Black Sea.
During his work in the civilian fleet, Sipyagin gained invaluable experience on long-distance voyages, thoroughly studied the coastline and the features of navigation in the Black Sea, which later came in handy for him during the Great Patriotic War.
On the eve of the upcoming war, Nikolai Ivanovich was recommended for transfer to military service, and in 1939 he entered the service in the naval units of the border troops of the NKVD of the USSR. After graduating from advanced training courses for the command staff of the naval units of the border troops in Leningrad, he was appointed assistant commander of the patrol boat of the 26th Odessa Marine Border Detachment of the Black Sea Border District.
Following Nikolai, his family also moved to Odessa. However, shortly before the war, his wife and two children moved to Stavropol.
Lieutenant Sipyagin met the Great Patriotic War as the commander of a patrol boat. In July 1941, his detachment became subordinate to the command of the Black Sea Fleet and took part in the defense of Odessa in full force.
From August to October 1941, Sipyagin commanded the minesweeper Kakhovka, launched in October to Novorossiysk and attached to the division of patrol boats for protecting the water area of the Novorossiysk naval base. On different boats of the division, Senior Lieutenant Sipyagin made several trips to the besieged Sevastopol, participated in the defense.
In September 1942, a competent, authoritative officer in the maritime environment was asked to head the 4th division of patrol boats of the Novorossiysk naval base of the Black Sea Fleet. The Black Sea Fleet in those years was based precisely on the Thin Cape. The commander of the division of patrol boats, Nikolai Sipyagin, participated in the defense of Odessa and Sevastopol, landed landing groups, raided enemy bases and ports.
....In early 1943, Sipyagin was accepted as a member of the CPSU (b).
On the night of February 4, 1943 The 4th division of patrol boats landed troops on an unequipped shore Tsemesskaya Bay to Stanichka, to a place later named " Small land »(). As it turned out later, the paratroopers were very lucky, the Germans missed the landing. After the war, documents were found about the trial of a German artillery officer who was in charge of coastal fortifications and missed the dash of Soviet boats to the shore of the Tsemess Bay. During the landing, the Sipyagin division lost only one boat, the surviving crew of which replenished the landing force.
After landing the first echelon, the boats of the division rushed to the paratroopers of the second echelon. It became difficult to cross the bay - the revived enemy intensified the shelling of the entire water area, the wind grew stronger, and many boats were damaged. However, the boatmen made two more flights to Stanichka, as a result, by morning, 870 fighters and commanders were already at their disposal.
For 225 days, while the bridgehead on Malaya Zemlya was holding, the sailors continuously supplied it with everything necessary under enemy fire. Aircraft and artillery, as well as German torpedo boats stationed in., interfered with the supply of the landing force. In this terrible fiery hell, Sipyagin's boatmen landed marines several times in the right place.
For the successful conduct of the landing operation, many officers, foremen and sailors of the crews of the division's boats were awarded state awards. Sipyagin Nikolai Ivanovich was awarded his first Order of the Red Banner and awarded the title of "lieutenant commander".
Autumn 1943 was planned by the Soviet commandNovorossiysk operationwhose goal was to free Novorossiysk . They decided to storm the city from three directions: from the front line near the cement plant (along the eastern shore of the bay), from the bridgehead on Malaya Zemlya and the landing of a large assault force inport of Novorossiysk. Sipyagin's boatmen were supposed to deliver this landing.
On the night of September 10, 1943, the landing ships left Gelendzhik. The enemy, in order not to miss the landing in Novorossiysk, built strong firing points from mortars and machine guns on the western and eastern breakwaters of the Novorossiysk port, blocking the approaches from the sea with fire, hoping in this way to secure the port. Under heavy enemy fire, N. I. Sipyagin’s boats broke through the boom-net barriers to the port of Novorossiysk and landed 304 marines with military equipment and ammunition in the port. The enemy fiercely resisted, the fighting continued until September 16. All this time, Sipyagin's boats uninterruptedly provided landing forces in the port of Novorossiysk.
16 of September is considered the day of the liberation of the city Novorossiysk. In Order Supreme Commanderdedicated to the mastery of Novorossiysk, Sipyagin's sailors were noted among those who especially distinguished themselves.
On the day of the liberation of the city, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral L.A. Vladimirsky, presented N.I. Sipyagin with the Order of the Red Banner and awarded him the rank of captain of the 3rd rank.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 18, 1943, for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Lieutenant Commander Sipyagin Nikolai Ivanovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, and its 4th division received the Order of the Red Banner and the honorary name "Novorossiysk".
The war continued. The next important operation with the participation of Sipyagin's boat division was the landing in the Crimea. Already a captain of the 3rd rank, Sipyagin acted on the most dangerous landing site. During the capture of Kerch, on November 1, 1943, Nikolai Ivanovich died from a fragment of a shell that exploded nearby.
At the suggestion of the command of the Black Sea Fleet, Sipyagin's body was taken to Novorossiysk, in the center of which he was buried with military honors.
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