Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory Chyntemir Jakshylykovich Osmonov
Chyntemir Jakshylykovich Osmonov
Soviet serviceman, participant of the Great Patriotic War, full knight of the Order of Glory, mortar gunner of the 44th Guards Rifle Regiment, Guards Sergeant.
Born on May 5, 1923, in the village of Kurbu, Tyup District, Ak-Suu, Issyk-Kul Region of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz. He lost his father early and began working from childhood. He completed 7 grades of school. Worked in a collective farm.
In September 1942, he was drafted into the Red Army by the Tyup District Military Commissariat. He underwent training as a paratrooper in a reserve regiment. Chyntemir even made three parachute jumps, but soon everything changed.
The bloody battles in the fall of '42 incapacitated thousands of soldiers, and the companies and battalions thinned out, requiring reinforcements. In one way or another, they were urgently sent to one of the sectors of the Northwestern Front to hold the defense on the banks of the Lovat River.
As soon as they arrived, they came under bombardment. For a seasoned soldier, such a situation might not be a big deal, but for them, it was the first time... In the first battles, he was wounded and, after hospitalization, was declared unfit for service in the Airborne Forces.
From March 1943, he served in the active army. He fought on the Voronezh, Steppe, 2nd and 1st Ukrainian fronts.
From then until Victory Day, he fought as part of the 44th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 15th Guards Rifle Division, serving as a loader, gunner, and commander of a mortar crew. A member of the VKP/KPSS since 1944.
He liberated Ukraine, fought near Yassy, and crossed the Vistula River.
On April 25, 1944, during the expansion of the bridgehead on the right bank of the Dniester River near the city of Tiraspol, Guards Private Osmonov, as part of his crew, destroyed a large group of enemy infantry with a mortar, and timely delivered ammunition from the left bank, contributing to the repulsion of the enemy counterattack.
By order of May 6, 1944, Guards Private Osmonov Chyntemir Jakshylykovich was awarded the Order of Glory 3rd class.
A buzzing sound was heard in the sky: above the river, gradually descending, flew a "frame," and the roar of the engine sharply struck the ears. Chyntemir clearly saw the black crosses on the wings and discerned a head in a leather helmet behind the cockpit glass.
A nasty chill gripped his heart; something was about to happen? The "frame" flew right over their trench, and it seemed as if some evil and enormous being was dropping a large metal pile and hastily driving it deeper into the frozen ground.
The plane flew right over their heads, but it did not fire from its machine gun or drop bombs. It tilted and flew further toward the forest, and the sound grew fainter and faded somewhere in the distance.
But the silence was short-lived. The "frame" appeared again and then left, and then the "Junkers" swooped in. The ground shook, and explosions shot up - this lasted only a few minutes, but the ringing in their ears persisted, pressing on their temples, and Chyntemir saw that two soldiers remained lying on that ground dusted with the first snow - only dark spots of blood spread on their gray overcoats.
In early '45, when an enemy "frame" appeared above their mortar battery, just like then.
But Chyntemir felt no fear anymore - he had become a seasoned soldier, having seen much, having looked death in the eye more than once and having disregarded it.
The "frame" was circling at a relatively low altitude; it couldn't be shot down by an anti-aircraft gun, nor by a machine gun. He had already tested his aim when firing from the mortar. As a rule, he spent only two shells on sighting, and others in their battery aimed at him. He also handled his machine gun excellently. Fortunately, he had armor-piercing bullets, a whole disk - 70 rounds.
Just then, the "frame" made its second approach, and Osmonov began to catch the wings of the plane in his sights - its most vulnerable spot, unprotected by armor - and, having acquired the target, he pressed the trigger. Moments passed, and the "frame," smoking and sharply tilting, went down with a piercing scream toward the forest edge. There, behind the trees, an explosion was heard. Everyone rushed to the crash site.
And from the command post, the regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Gutsalyuk, called the battery. "Who fired? Who distinguished themselves so?" It was revealed that the enemy plane was shot down by the commander of the mortar crew, Sergeant Osmonov, and the lieutenant colonel simply said: "Well done! Fifteen days of leave - he deserves it."
Leave? When Victory was so close. When their division had already entered German territory. When his comrades, with whom he had bonded, were doing everything possible to push the fascists from their last lines. No, even then, when he was wounded, he still did not part from his battery for long.
On January 26, 1945, Guards Junior Sergeant Osmonov, as part of his crew, crossed the Oder River near the settlement of Halbendorf. The crew, remaining alone on the enemy bank, skillfully maneuvering, repelled several counterattacks over the course of a day and held their positions. With accurate fire, they damaged an armored personnel carrier, suppressed the fire of 4 mortars and 2 machine gun positions, and scattered up to a platoon of enemy infantry.
By order of April 27, 1945, Guards Junior Sergeant Osmonov Chyntemir Jakshylykovich was awarded the Order of Glory 2nd class.
On April 16, 1945, during the breakthrough of the defense near the settlement of Muskau, Guards Sergeant Osmonov destroyed 2 machine guns and more than a squad of enemy infantry, thereby assisting the breakthrough by the defending units of the enemy.
On April 17, in the battle for the settlement of Weisswasser, repelling an enemy counterattack, he cut off the enemy infantry from the tanks with accurate fire, suppressed 3 mortars, and eliminated more than 10 enemy soldiers. For these battles, he was nominated for the Order of Glory 1st class.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 15, 1946, for exceptional courage, bravery, and fearlessness displayed in battles against enemy invaders, Guards Sergeant Osmonov Chyntemir Jakshylykovich was awarded the Order of Glory 1st class. He became a full knight of the Order of Glory.
He finished the war in the capital of Czechoslovakia, Prague, as a crew commander. He was demobilized in 1947. They embraced for the last time, combat comrades, kissed tightly — and the trains took the soldiers in different directions across our vast country.
He returned to his homeland and worked as the deputy chairman of the collective farm, then as the head of a farm in the "Karakol" state farm.
In August 1983, he was invited to Kharkov for the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the liberation of the city from fascist occupation. Veterans of the Kharkov Lenin Order, Red Banner, and Suvorov Order divisions gathered. Chyntemir met many, but from his crew — no one. Time is relentless, and fewer and fewer of us veterans of the Great Patriotic War remain...
Participant of the Victory Parade in 1985.
Awarded the Orders of the Patriotic War 1st class, Glory 3rd class, medals, including two medals "For Courage".
He passed away on April 20, 1987.
In 1990, the name of the war hero was given to an eight-year school in the village of Kurbu, Ak-Suu District.
Kyrgyzstanis – Full Knights of the Order of Glory
