The First of the Kyrgyz to Become a Hero of the Soviet Union

The war required the mobilization of large human and material resources. It was the organization and leadership in carrying out these tasks that were to be ensured by the workers of the state apparatus of the capital. According to the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated June 22, 1941, work began in the city on the general mobilization of military personnel. In the city and in the Frunze region, military units and formations were formed in 1941-1942: the 40th Rifle Brigade, the 385th Rifle Division, a horse-drawn supply company, the 107th and 108th Cavalry Divisions, and the 12th Reserve Cavalry Regiment.

The executive committee of the city and district councils of the capital carried out significant work in collecting funds and food for the maintenance of military units, organizing their deployment, and sending them to the front. The formation and dispatch of military units continued in the following years of the war.

One of the most important tasks of the Soviet and military authorities of the capital was the preparation of reserves for the active army and the military training of civilians. For a prolonged war, a constant replenishment of the armed forces was necessary. This issue was discussed at a meeting of the executive committee of the Frunze City Council. Starting in October 1941, military training for men aged 16 to 50 was initiated in the educational points of the city districts, conducted in a non-military manner—without interrupting their main work. A significant role in the military training of the population was played by the "voluntary society for the assistance to the development of aviation and chemistry 'osvoviakhim'." Military training was introduced for students in grades 5-10 in all schools and technical schools in the city according to a new 110-hour program.

By December 1941, the city had trained 356 machine gunners, 38 mortarmen, 44 radio operators, 27 first-class drivers, and 7,477 riflemen. From 1941 to 1943, the number of trained reserves amounted to 11,006 people. Among them were machine gunners, enemy tank destroyers, and sanitary squads. As a result of the organizational work of the authorities, more and more units were sent to the front from the capital of Kyrgyzstan. They bravely fought against the fascist occupiers.

Thus, a worker from the Frunze procurement office, artillery pointer N. M. Dmitriev, called up to the army, on July 10, 1941, during the breakthrough of enemy tanks in the area of Borisovo (Belarus), knocked out 2 enemy tanks with direct fire but was wounded by a shell fragment. Despite the pain, the fearless warrior disabled a third fascist tank.

The enemy's tank attack was repelled. N. M. Dmitriev was the first among the warriors from Kyrgyzstan to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on August 31, 1941.

Reconstruction of the national economy of the Kyrgyz SSR for military purposes