Shcheglov, Afanasy Fedorovich. Department of Philosophy and Social and Humanitarian Disciplines

SCH Eglov Afanasy Fedorovich - commander of the 63rd Guards Krasnoselskaya Order of Lenin of the Red Banner rifle division 30th Guards Rifle Corps of the 42nd Army of the Leningrad Front, guard colonel.

Born on January 2 (15), 1912 in the village of Mikhali, now Oleninsky district, Tver region, into a peasant family. Russian.

In the Red Army since September 1929. In 1933 he graduated from the United military school All-Russian Central Executive Committee in Moscow. Since June 1933, he served in the 73rd Artillery Regiment of the 73rd Infantry Division of the Siberian Military District: platoon commander, assistant commander and battery commander. In October 1935, he was sent to study at the military veterinary faculty of the Moscow Veterinary Institute. In May 1936 he was transferred to Military Academy Red Army named after M.V. Frunze, which he graduated from in 1939. Member of the CPSU(b)/CPSU in 1939-1991.

Since May 1939 - Chief of Staff of the 290th Artillery Regiment of the 104th Infantry Division. Since July of the same year - assistant to the head of the operational department of the headquarters of the 7th Army of the Leningrad Military District. In this position A.F. Shcheglov took part in the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940. Since August 1940 - senior assistant to the head of the operational department of the operational department of the headquarters of the Leningrad Military District.

In the battles of the Great Patriotic War captain A.F. Shcheglov - since June 1941. From July 17, 1941 - senior assistant to the chief of the operational department of the Northern Front headquarters. Since August 1941 he has been the commander of the 690th Artillery Regiment anti-tank guns 55th Army of the Leningrad Front. From November 1941 - commander of the 2nd Special Rifle Ski Regiment in the 54th Army of the same front; in April 1942 he returned to the post of commander of the 690th Artillery Regiment. From June 1942 - Deputy Chief of the Operations Department of the Leningrad Front Headquarters (with a break in September - October 1942, when he commanded the 3rd Separate Ski Brigade). Participant in the Battle of Leningrad.

Guard Colonel A.F. is especially bright. Shcheglov distinguished himself as the commander of the 63rd Guards Rifle Division (42nd, 21st and 2nd Shock Armies of the Leningrad Front), which he commanded from April 1943 to October 1944. Soldiers of Shcheglov's division A.F., participating in January 1944 in the Krasnoselsko-Ropshinsky operation of the Leningrad Front, led fierce battles with the enemy on the outskirts of Krasnoye Selo for a strong node of enemy resistance, Voronya Gora, showing high combat skill and courage. On the night of January 19, 1944, two regiments of the 63rd Guards Rifle Division, with a simultaneous attack from the front and rear, stormed this key position in the Krasnoye Selo direction and contributed to the liberation of Krasnoye Selo from the Nazi occupiers.

By order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and the order of the NKO of the USSR, the 63rd Guards Rifle Division was given the name “Krasnoselskaya”. To the division's soldiers who participated in breaking through the enemy's defenses and liberating Krasnoye Selo, by order of January 19, 1944, Supreme Commander-in-Chief I.V. Stalin was thanked and a salute was given in Moscow with 20 artillery salvoes from 224 guns.

U Kazam of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on February 13, 1944 to the commander of the 63rd Guards Krasnoselskaya Rifle Division of the Guard, Colonel Shcheglov Afanasy Fedorovich awarded the title of Hero Soviet Union with the presentation of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

In June 1944, the division took part in the Vyborg offensive operation on the Karelian Isthmus, then participated in the Baltic strategic offensive operation. On September 22, 1944, soldiers of the 63rd Guards Rifle Division, Major General A.F. Shcheglov. As part of the 2nd Shock Army, participating in the Tallinn operation of the troops of the Leningrad Front, they liberated the Estonian city of Paide.

From October 1944 until the end of the war, A.F. Shcheglov commanded the 30th Guards Rifle Corps of the 8th and 6th guards armies on the Leningrad Front. Led fighting against the Kurland group of Nazi troops until its surrender on May 9, 1945.

After the war he continued to serve in Soviet Army. In 1948 he graduated from the Higher Military Academy named after K.E. Voroshilov. From April 1948 he commanded the 4th Guards Rifle Corps.

Then he served for many years in command positions in the country's Air Defense Forces. Since June 1949 - Commander of the Air Defense Forces Leningradsky district, from January 1951 - commander of the air defense forces of the Ural region, and after its reorganization in June 1951 - commander of the 4th separate air defense army (city of Sverdlovsk). Since April 1954 - at the disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Since July 1954 - Commander of the Kyiv Air Defense Army and Deputy Commander of the Kyiv Military District for the country's Air Defense Forces.
From July 1966 to April 1974 - 1st Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the country's Air Defense Forces. Was one of the developers of the plan air defense Egypt, approved by the president of this country.

From April 1974 to March 1985 - representative of the Commander-in-Chief of the United Armed Forces of the participating states Warsaw Pact in the Polish Army (Polish People's Republic).
Since March 1985 - military inspector-adviser of the Group of Inspectors General of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Since May 1992 - retired.

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Afanasy Fedorovich Shcheglov(January 15 (2), 1912, the village of Mikhali, Belsky district, Tver province, now part of the Oleninsky district of the Tver region - January 28, 1995, Moscow) - Soviet military leader, Army General, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Biography

Afanasy Fedorovich Shcheglov was born into a peasant family. In 1917, the family moved to Chertolino station. Graduated high school in Rzhev.

Pre-war service

Great Patriotic War

Then he showed himself well in further battles of the Leningrad-Novgorod operation, in the Vyborg and Tallinn offensive operations. From October 1944 until the end of the war - commander of the 30th Guards Rifle Corps on the Leningrad Front. Units of the corps fought against the Kurland group until its surrender on May 9, 1945. Participant in the Victory Parade on Red Square in Moscow.

Post-war service

After the war, he was sent to study at the Military Academy of the General Staff, from which he graduated in 1948. Soon after graduating from the academy in 1949, he was transferred to the USSR Air Defense Forces. He held a number of high command positions in them. In particular, in 1954 he commanded the 4th separate air defense army in the Urals (headquarters in the city of Sverdlovsk). From to 1966 - commander of the troops of the Baku Air Defense District.

Awards

Hero of the Soviet Union (02/13/1944);
four Orders of Lenin;
Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree;
two Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree;
Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree;
medals;
foreign orders.

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Literature

Military encyclopedia in 8 volumes. M.: Military Publishing House, 1994-2004. - T. 8.

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Prince Bagration and Tushin now looked equally stubbornly at Bolkonsky, who was speaking restrainedly and excitedly.
“And if, Your Excellency, allow me to express my opinion,” he continued, “then we owe the success of the day most of all to the action of this battery and the heroic fortitude of Captain Tushin and his company,” said Prince Andrei and, without waiting for an answer, he immediately stood up and walked away from the table.
Prince Bagration looked at Tushin and, apparently not wanting to show distrust of Bolkonsky’s harsh judgment and, at the same time, feeling unable to fully believe him, bowed his head and told Tushin that he could go. Prince Andrei followed him out.
“Thank you, I helped you out, my dear,” Tushin told him.
Prince Andrei looked at Tushin and, without saying anything, walked away from him. Prince Andrei was sad and hard. It was all so strange, so unlike what he had hoped for.

“Who are they? Why are they? What do they need? And when will all this end? thought Rostov, looking at the changing shadows in front of him. The pain in my arm became more and more excruciating. Sleep was falling irresistibly, red circles were jumping in my eyes, and the impression of these voices and these faces and the feeling of loneliness merged with a feeling of pain. It was they, these soldiers, wounded and unwounded, - it was they who pressed, and weighed down, and turned out the veins, and burned the meat in his broken arm and shoulder. To get rid of them, he closed his eyes.
He forgot himself for one minute, but in this short period of oblivion he saw countless objects in his dreams: he saw his mother and her big white hand, he saw Sonya’s thin shoulders, Natasha’s eyes and laughter, and Denisov with his voice and mustache, and Telyanin , and his whole story with Telyanin and Bogdanich. This whole story was one and the same thing: this soldier with a sharp voice, and this whole story and this soldier so painfully, relentlessly held, pressed and all pulled his hand in one direction. He tried to move away from them, but they did not let go of his shoulder, not even a hair, not even for a second. It wouldn’t hurt, it would be healthy if they didn’t pull it; but it was impossible to get rid of them.
He opened his eyes and looked up. The black canopy of night hung an arshin above the light of the coals. In this light, particles of falling snow flew. Tushin did not return, the doctor did not come. He was alone, only some soldier was now sitting naked on the other side of the fire and warming his thin yellow body.
“Nobody needs me! - thought Rostov. - There is no one to help or feel sorry for. But I was once at home, strong, cheerful, loved.” “He sighed and involuntarily groaned with a sigh.
- Oh, what hurts? - asked the soldier, shaking his shirt over the fire, and, without waiting for an answer, he grunted and added: - You never know how many people have been spoiled in a day - passion!
Rostov did not listen to the soldier. He looked at the snowflakes fluttering over the fire and remembered the Russian winter with a warm, bright house, a fluffy fur coat, fast sleighs, healthy body and with all the love and care of the family. “And why did I come here!” he thought.
The next day, the French did not resume the attack, and the rest of Bagration’s detachment joined Kutuzov’s army.

Prince Vasily did not think about his plans. He even less thought of doing evil to people in order to gain benefit. He was only a secular man who succeeded in the world and made a habit out of this success. He constantly, depending on the circumstances, depending on his rapprochement with people, drew up various plans and considerations, of which he himself was not well aware, but which constituted the entire interest of his life. Not one or two such plans and considerations were in his mind, but dozens, of which some were just beginning to appear to him, others were achieved, and others were destroyed. He did not say to himself, for example: “This man is now in power, I must gain his trust and friendship and through him arrange for a lump sum allowance,” or he did not say to himself: “Pierre is rich, I must lure him to marry his daughter and borrow the 40 thousand I need”; but a man in strength met him, and at that very moment instinct told him that this man could be useful, and Prince Vasily became close to him and at the first opportunity, without preparation, by instinct, flattered, became familiar, talked about what what was needed.
Pierre was under his arm in Moscow, and Prince Vasily arranged for him to be appointed a chamber cadet, which was then equivalent to the rank of state councilor, and insisted that the young man go with him to St. Petersburg and stay in his house. As if absent-mindedly and at the same time with an undoubted confidence that this should be so, Prince Vasily did everything that was necessary in order to marry Pierre to his daughter. If Prince Vasily had thought about his plans ahead, he could not have had such naturalness in his manners and such simplicity and familiarity in his relations with all the people placed above and below himself. Something constantly attracted him to people stronger or richer than himself, and he was gifted with the rare art of catching exactly the moment when it was necessary and possible to take advantage of people.
Pierre, having unexpectedly become a rich man and Count Bezukhy, after recent loneliness and carelessness, felt so surrounded and busy that he only managed to be left alone with himself in bed. He had to sign papers, deal with government offices, the meaning of which he had no clear idea of, ask the chief manager about something, go to an estate near Moscow and receive many people who previously did not want to know about his existence, but now would offended and upset if he didn’t want to see them. All these various persons - businessmen, relatives, acquaintances - were all equally well disposed and affectionately disposed towards the young heir; all of them, obviously and undoubtedly, were convinced of the high merits of Pierre. He constantly heard the words: “With your extraordinary kindness” or “with your beautiful heart”, or “You yourself are so pure, Count ...” or “If only he were as smart as you”, etc., so that he sincerely began to believe in his extraordinary kindness and his extraordinary mind, especially since he always , deep down, it seemed to him that he was really very kind and very smart. Even people who had previously been angry and obviously hostile became tender and loving towards him. Such an angry eldest of the princesses, with a long waist, with hair smoothed like a doll’s, came to Pierre’s room after the funeral. Lowering her eyes and constantly flushing, she told him that she was very sorry for the misunderstandings that had happened between them and that now she felt she had no right to ask for anything, except permission, after the blow that had befallen her, to stay for a few weeks in the house that she loved so much and where made so many sacrifices. She couldn't help but cry at these words. Touched that this statue-like princess could change so much, Pierre took her hand and asked for an apology, without knowing why. From that day on, the princess began to knit a striped scarf for Pierre and completely changed towards him.
– Do it for her, mon cher; “All the same, she suffered a lot from the dead man,” Prince Vasily told him, letting him sign some kind of paper in favor of the princess.
Prince Vasily decided that this bone, a bill of 30 thousand, had to be thrown to the poor princess so that it would not occur to her to talk about Prince Vasily’s participation in the mosaic portfolio business. Pierre signed the bill, and from then on the princess became even kinder. Little sisters They also became affectionate towards him, especially the youngest, pretty, with a mole, often embarrassed Pierre with her smiles and embarrassment at the sight of him.
It seemed so natural to Pierre that everyone loved him, it would seem so unnatural if someone did not love him, that he could not help but believe in the sincerity of the people around him. Moreover, he did not have time to ask himself about the sincerity or insincerity of these people. He constantly had no time, he constantly felt in a state of meek and cheerful intoxication. He felt like the center of some important general movement; felt that something was constantly expected of him; that if he didn’t do this, he would upset many and deprive them of what they expected, but if he did this and that, everything would be fine - and he did what was required of him, but something good remained ahead.

SHCHEGLOV Afanasy Fedorovich(January 15, 1912, Mikhali village, now Oleninsky district, Tver region - January 28, 1995, Moscow). Russian. Army General (1970). Hero of the Soviet Union (13.2.1944). In the Red Army from September 1929

He graduated from the artillery department of the United Military School of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee in Moscow (1933), the Military Academy of the Red Army named after M. V. Frunze (1939), the Higher Military Academy named after. K. E. Voroshilova (1948).

In September 1929, A.F. Shcheglov voluntarily joined the Red Army and was sent to study at the United Military School named after. All-Russian Central Executive Committee, after its graduation from June 1933 he served in the 73rd artillery regiment of the 73rd rifle division of the Siberian Military District, platoon commander, assistant commander and battery commander. From October 1935, he was a student at the military veterinary faculty of the Moscow Veterinary Institute, then from May 1936 he studied at the Military Academy named after. M. V. Frunze.

Upon completion in May 1939, he was appointed chief of staff of the 290th artillery regiment of the 104th rifle division, and from July - assistant chief of the 1st department of the 1st department of the headquarters of the 7th Army of the Leningrad Military District. In this position he participated in the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940, for which he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Since August 1940, senior assistant to the head of the operational department of the operational department of the headquarters of the Leningrad Military District.

At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, from July 17, 1941, A.F. Shcheglov was senior assistant to the chief of the operational department of the headquarters of the Northern Front. Since August 1941, commander of the 690th artillery regiment of the VET of the 55th Army of the Leningrad Front, since November - commander of the 2nd special rifle regiment skiers of the 54th Army of this front, from April 1942 - again commander of the 690th artillery regiment of the VET of the 55th Army. Since June 1942, Deputy Chief of the Operations Department of the Leningrad Front Headquarters, and since September - acting director. commander of the 34th separate ski brigade, since October - again deputy chief of the operational department of the headquarters of the Leningrad Front. Since April 1943, A.F. Shcheglov commander of the 63rd Guards. rifle division. This division, as part of the 42nd, 21st and 2nd shock armies of the same front, took part in defensive battles on the outskirts of Leningrad, fought in the Volkhov-Luban direction, took part in the Leningrad-Novgorod offensive operation, and in the defeat of the enemy in Karelsky isthmus and liberation of Estonia. For distinction in battles, the division was awarded the Order of Lenin and the Red Banner, it was given the honorary name “Krasnoselskaya”, and A.F. Shcheglov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for his skillful management of units and the heroism shown. From October 1944 until the end of the war, A.F. Shcheglov was the commander of the 30th Guards Rifle Corps, which fought as part of the 8th, then the 6th Guards. armies of the Leningrad and 2nd Baltic fronts, the Courland group of forces of the Leningrad front. The corps units distinguished themselves in battles against the enemy group blocked on the Courland Peninsula and successfully operated in the Memel offensive operation. As noted in the combat description, “...Major General Shcheglov has extensive combat experience in leading rifle units and formations during the Great Patriotic War, and showed himself to be a disciplined, strong-willed, persistent and proactive officer.”

For the skillful interaction of infantry with assigned reinforcements, and control of corps units in difficult conditions of offensive battle, A. F. Shcheglov was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree.

After the war, from November 1945, A.F. Shcheglov was at the disposal of the Military Council of the AVO; from March 1946, he studied at the Higher Military Academy named after. K. E. Voroshilova. Upon completion in April 1948, he was appointed commander of the 4th Guards. rifle corps. Since June 1949, etc. commander of the air defense forces, first in the Leningrad region, and from April 1951 in the Ural region. From April 1954, he was at the disposal of the State Administration, then from July - the commander of the Kyiv Air Defense Army (since December - the commander of the Kyiv Air Defense Army, he is also the deputy commander of the air defense forces for the country's air defense forces). Since August 1959, commander of the troops of the Baku Air Defense District, since July 1966 - 1st Deputy Commander-in-Chief and member of the Military Council of the country's Air Defense Forces.

Since April 1974, representative of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces of the Warsaw Pact member states in the Polish Army. Since March 1985, military inspector-adviser of the Group of Inspectors General of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Retired since May 1992. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 6th-8th convocations.

Awarded 4 Orders of Lenin, Order October Revolution, 3 Orders of the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov 2nd degree, Order of Alexander Nevsky, 2 Orders of the Patriotic War 1st degree, Order of the Red Banner of Labor, 2 Orders of the Red Star, Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree, medals, as well as foreign orders and medals.

SHCHEGLOV
Afanasy
FEDOROVICH

Born in 1912 in the village of Mikhali, Oleninsky district. In 1917 the family moved to Chertolino station. Russian. He graduated from high school in Rzhev. Member of the CPSU since 1939 In the Soviet Army since 1933. Participant in battles with the White Finns. During the Great Patriotic War, commander of a regiment, division, and corps on the Leningrad Front. After the war he graduated from the Academy General Staff. Army General A.F. Shcheglov continues to serve in the Soviet Army.

DEFENDING THE CITY OF LENIN

All military activities of Afanasy Fedorovich Shcheglov, the famous military leader, are connected with the Leningrad Front, with the defense of the cradle of the revolution - Leningrad - from the enemy.
He arrived here with a solid military training. The Rzhev Komsomol member became interested in military affairs back in school years. In 1929, he voluntarily joined the Military School named after the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. The young commander successfully served in infantry and artillery units, and then entered the Frunze Academy, after graduating from which, in 1939-1940, he received good combat training in battles with the White Finns. This is where his organizational skills showed off. strong-willed qualities commander For courage and initiative, Afanasy Fedorovich was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Shcheglov commanded an artillery regiment and defended Gatchina and Leningrad from the Nazi invaders.
And in November 1941, Shcheglov received the newly formed ski regiment. The regiment consisted of volunteers, mostly Leningrad Komsomol members. The brave skiers crossed the front line four times and inflicted great damage on the Nazis. Each exit behind enemy lines, densely saturated with troops, was a feat.
Later, Colonel Shcheglov commanded a rifle regiment, together with the Leningraders he went through the difficult times of the blockade, and participated in its breakthrough in January 1943. As one of the best regiment commanders, he was entrusted with command of the 63rd Guards Division of the 67th Army.
In January 1944, the offensive began, which long time All the soldiers of the Leningrad Front were preparing.
Divisional Commander Shcheglov, visiting regiments and battalions, checked how the exercises were going, trying to bring them closer to a combat situation. It was reminiscent of Suvorov’s saying: “It’s hard to learn, it’s easy to fight!” He told the commanders about the difficult task of breaking through the enemy’s defenses at the Pulkovo Heights. The Nazis considered their fortifications impregnable. They built them and improved them for over two years. They turned each strong point into a fortress. They created 18 pillboxes and bunkers per kilometer of defense.
And yet the fascist fortifications fell. On January 15, after powerful artillery preparation, the 63rd Guards launched a decisive attack. The front-line newspaper “On Guard of the Motherland” wrote then about the division commander Shcheglov and the feat of the guardsmen:
“Guard Colonel Afanasy Shcheglov fought a lot and always, no matter what task he solved, he brought into battle all the passion of a brave warrior and the mind of a military leader. Restless, restless, he did not like to lead from afar, even when the telephone wire worked flawlessly, for the sake of” . He wants to see the battlefield, hear the roar of battle, and influence it with the power of his thoughts and will...
The village of B. near Leningrad. From the hill, cut by trenches, the snowy plain spreading around it is clearly visible. The Germans turned this village into a powerful center of resistance, 3 kilometers away from their leading edge. And these 3 thousand meters the hard way Shcheglov's guards took it in a single jerk, without taking a breath. In less than an hour, the village passed into our hands.
And this was the case throughout the offensive. Shcheglov's guards captured two dozen villages turned by the Nazis into fortresses. The assault on Raven Mountain was being prepared. Height 172.3, from which Leningrad is clearly visible, was one of the main strongholds in the Krasnoselsky node of enemy resistance. In a German dugout, a few hundred meters from Voronya Gora, Colonel Shcheglov made a bold decision. Leaving a small barrier from the front, he sent infantry and tanks on a night round from the right flank to surround the heights and cut off the Germans’ escape route. In the darkness of the night, illuminated by the fire of the Krasnoe Selo fires, tanks moved. Tanks and infantry made their way forward. There was a fierce struggle all night. And in the morning a red flag fluttered over Voronya Gora.”
This episode, described in hot pursuit of the heroic offensive, gives an idea of a young, thirty-two-year-old colonel, who is in the thick of the fighting warriors, skillfully directing the fighting impulse of the guards. Tall, stately, broad-shouldered, with a good-natured, sometimes mischievous look, always energetic, the division commander was an example of courage and fearlessness for everyone. They believed in his rich experience. “With such a commander, there are no dangers,” the soldiers said about the division commander.
In January 1944, the enemy blockade around the city of Lenin finally fell. The end of 900 days of unprecedented resistance in the world, the amazing resilience of Leningraders, all the soldiers of the Leningrad Front. Among the outstanding heroes of that unforgettable battle, the name of Afanasy Fedorovich Shcheglov is also named.
The avalanche of offensive that began in January moved further and further. Shcheglov's division took part in breaking through the enemy's defenses on the Karelian Isthmus. And here, despite Hitler’s strictest orders, the Nazis could not resist.
At the end of the war, Afanasy Fedorovich commanded a rifle corps.
And after the war, the front-line hero studied again. Occupying responsible command positions, Army General Shcheglov tirelessly teaches his subordinates the science of winning.

Born on January 15, 1912 in the village of Mikhali (now Oleninsky district, Tver region) into a peasant family. Russian. In the Red Army since 1929. Member of the CPSU(b)/CPSU since 1939. In 1933 he graduated from the United Military School of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, and in 1939 from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze.

In the position of assistant head of the operational department of the army headquarters, A.F. Shcheglov took part in the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-40.

During the Great Patriotic War, in 1941-42, he was the commander of an artillery regiment on the Northern Front; in 1942-43 - deputy chief of the operational department of the headquarters of the Leningrad Front.

Guard Colonel A.F. is especially bright. Shcheglov distinguished himself as the commander of the 63rd Guards Rifle Division, which he commanded from 1943 until October 1944. Warriors of A.F. Shcheglov's division, participating in the Krasnoselsko-Ropshinsky operation of the Leningrad Front, fought fierce battles with the enemy on the approaches to Krasnoye Selo for a strong enemy resistance center, Voronya Gora, showing high combat skill and courage. On the night of January 19, 1944, two regiments of the 63rd Guards Rifle Division, with a simultaneous attack from the front and rear, stormed this key position in the Krasnoye Selo direction and contributed to the liberation of Krasnoye Selo from the Nazi occupiers.

By order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and the order of the NKO of the USSR, the 63rd Guards Rifle Division was given the name "Krasnoselskaya". To the division's soldiers who participated in breaking through the enemy's defenses and liberating Krasnoye Selo, by order of January 19, 1944, Supreme Commander-in-Chief I.V. Stalin was thanked and a salute was given in Moscow with 20 artillery salvoes from 224 guns.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated February 13, 1944, the commander of the 63rd Guards Krasnoselskaya Guards Rifle Division, Colonel Afanasy Fedorovich Shcheglov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 888).

On September 22, 1944, soldiers of the 63rd Guards Rifle Division, Major General A.F. Shcheglov. As part of the 2nd Shock Army, participating in the Tallinn operation, troops of the Leningrad Front liberated the Estonian city of Paide.

From October 1944 until the end of the war, A.F. Shcheglov commanded the 30th Guards Rifle Corps on the Leningrad Front. It was he who had the historical mission to accept the act of surrender of the Courland group of fascist German troops in May 1945 and sign it as a plenipotentiary representative Armed Forces USSR.

After the war, he held command positions in the country's air defense forces, in 1959-66 - commander of the troops of the Baku air defense district. Since July 1966 - 1st Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the country's air defense forces. He was one of the developers of the air defense plan for Egypt, approved by the president of this country G.A. Nasser.

In 1970, Afanasy Fedorovich Shcheglov was awarded military rank"General of the Army" Since April 1974, he has been the representative of the Commander-in-Chief of the United Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact member states in one of these states. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 6th-8th convocations.

Hero of the Soviet Union, Army General A.F. Shcheglov died on January 28, 1995 in Moscow, where he was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.

Awarded 4th Order of Lenin, 3rd Order of the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov 2nd degree, Order of Alexander Nevsky, Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree, Red Banner of Labor, Red Star, "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degrees and medals, as well as foreign orders and medals.