Heroes don't die
The Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University officially confirmed that the Kyrgyz citizen who went missing in 1943 actually died in the Battle of Kursk.
This was announced at the XI regional scientific and practical student conference «Family memory of the war», organized by the Belgorod State National Research University.
KRSU Vice-Rector Leonid Sumarokov spoke about the fate of Red Army soldier Shamsha Egemzharov, who became a deputy of the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz SSR of the first convocation in 1938. The scientist has been reconstructing the history of the participation of deputies of the first Kyrgyz one for several years
parliament in the Great Patriotic War and wrote the book «Front Roads of People's Deputies. In memory of the deputies of the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz SSR of the first convocation».
For many years, the fate of the 15 people's representatives remains unknown. A banal accident committed during the battles in the 600th Infantry Regiment of the 147th Infantry Division – sending a funeral for a deceased soldier with the name Shamysh and the surname Egeshzharov to the Omsk region (Krutinsky district, village of Irdynsk) instead of the Osh region (Kurshabsky district, village of Irdyk) for 80 years added Shamshi Egemzharov to the list of missing persons. As a result, in the village of Kosilovo, Gaivoronsky urban district, Belgorod region of Russia, the mass grave of soldiers and officers who died during the liberation of this settlement in August 1943 was carved on the stele – Shamysh Egeshzharov. As Leonid Sumarokov stated, the collected documents confirm that Shamysh Egeshzharov and Shamshi Egemzharov – same person.
The conference was attended by the grandson of the front-line soldier Kubatbek Shamshiev and the deputy director of the Kosilov school Natalya Matchina. It is the schoolchildren of this educational institution who care for the mass grave in the village of Kosilovo. Kubatbek Shamshiev said that he and his fellow countrymen always considered Shamshi Egemzharov a brave fighter who fulfilled his military duty with honor. A school was named in his memory in the village of Irdyk, Osh region. The grandson considers it his duty to visit his grandfather’s grave and personally express gratitude to the Kosilovites for preserving the memory of the soldiers of the 300th Infantry Regiment. He will also seek official recognition of Shamshi Egimzharov as killed in the Great Patriotic War.
According to the battle log, the 600th Rifle Regiment took its starting position on August 4, 1943, in the main direction of the offensive of the 147th Rifle Division with the task of advancing towards the southwestern outskirts of the village of Kosilovo. And on August 5, the regiment began to pursue the retreating enemy units. By 1300, repelling enemy counterattacks, the regiment ceased its advance until the next morning. During the night, the enemy carried out 10 counterattacks; on August 6, after a fire strike on the enemy by guards mortar units, up to 200 Soviet tanks with motorized infantry passed through the regiment’s positions. After this, as stated in the report on the combat path of the unit, the 600th Infantry Regiment, having said goodbye to those who fell in battle, folded and marched for three days.
