Ivan Pavlovich Barchenko-Yemelyanov (); (4 January 1915 - 16 January 1984) was a

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officer and

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Early life

Barchenko was born on 3 January 1915 in the village of Vybut in

Krestetsky Uyezd Krestetsky Uyezd (''Крестецкий уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kresttsy. Demographics ...

, to a peasant family. From 1930 to 1933, he studied at forestry colleges at Parfinsky District and Oranienbaum. He worked as an

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and a transport technician at logging operations in Torbinsky

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enterprise in

Okulovsky District Okulovsky District () is an administrativeLaw #559-OZ and municipalLaw #355-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Lyubytinsky District in the northeast, B ...

. In 1938, he joined the Soviet Naval Infantry. He graduated from the courses for junior lieutenants in 1941, at the city of Polyarny in Murmansk region.

World War II

Following the start of

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in June 1941, he commanded a reconnaissance platoon, then a company. On 1942, he served assistant chief of staff of the battalion of the 1st Consolidated Regiment of the 12th Naval Rifle Brigade of the

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. He became a member of the Communist Party of Soviet Union on 1942. On 1943, he served as commander of the reconnaissance detachment of the Northern regions on the Sredny and

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s. Barchenko took part in Arctic naval operations, landing at Cape Pikshuev and conducted dozens of raids and landings behind enemy lines. He distinguished himself during the Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation. During the breakthrough of the landing force to the port of

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in Murmansk region, he was tasked with capturing the enemy's battery and stronghold at Cape Krestovy in order to support the landing operation in the port of Liinakhamari. On the night of October 10, 1944, the detachment landed on the shore of the

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Bay of the Murmansk region, occupied by the ''

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''. On October 12, 1944, the detachment led by him, after a 30-kilometer raid, captured the enemy's battery and stronghold at Cape Krestovy. When a boat with a Nazi soldiers attempted to make landing towards their position, Barchenko along with a detachment of Viktor Leonov repulsed the attacks, and captured about 60 enemy soldiers. This battle ensured the success of the Soviet landing in

, which led to capture of the port and city by Soviet forces. For doing so he was awarded the title

on 5 November 1944. After the end of hostilities in the Arctic at the end of 1944, Captain Barchenko was transferred to the

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, where he participated in hostilities on the

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and other rivers within

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and

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, during the

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Later life

After the war, Barchenko continued to serve in the Soviet Navy. From 1945 he served in the

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. From 1949 to 1953, he was a company commander of the cadets of the chemical faculty at the

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. In 1961, Barchenko was in reserve, and then in retirement. From 1961 to 1963, he taught at the Leningrad Higher Naval School. From 1963, he worked in a research and production organization. He died in Leningrad on 16 January 1984 and was buried at the Cemetery of the Victims of January 9.

Awards and honors

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barchenko-Yemelyanov, Ivan 1915 births 1984 deaths Soviet Navy officers Heroes of the Soviet Union Soviet military personnel of World War II Recipients of the Order of Lenin People from Novgorod Governorate People from Krestetsky Uyezd Recipients of the Order of the Red Star