Mikhail Mormulyov

November 8, 1917 (age 67)

Smolensk oblast, Russian Federation

Mikhail Glebovich Mormulyov began his military service on the border of Western Belarus in 1938. There he was one of the first to join the warfare and to be wounded. Being sent to a hospital not far from Minsk, he got besieged but could escape with some of the wounded into the woods. Gradually, small detachments of the escaped merged, forming a partisan detachment called "Burevestnik" ("Petrel"). By the end of 1941, Mikhail had been the head of the reconnaissance of the detachment and by July of 1942 he had become a commanding officer. In the autumn of 1943, the detachment rose to the brigade. The partisans carried out more than 130 military operations (more than 100 under the leadership of Mikhail Glebovich). During the very first battle, two enemy vehicles and about fifty Nazis were destroyed. In another battle, 15 carts with 120 fascists were eliminated. He was nicknamed the "ambush king" in the Belarusian forests. At the end of July 1943, the Nazis tracked down one of the partisan groups. Mormulyov and other 18 partisans were surrounded. For more than 2 hours, a small trickle of partisans fought off an enemy, surpassing in a number. Mormulyov was seriously wounded, but, lying on a stretcher, continued to lead the battle. After the battle, the partisans were carrying Mormulyov the whole night on a stretcher with a damaged spine. By plane, he was sent to the hospital. In 1944 he returned to the detachment. In 1944, the brigade acted together with the units of the Red Army and liberated Belarus. Partisans destroyed more than one hundred enemies and captured 975 soldiers and officers. Michael was wounded 4 times during that time. After a serious injury and prolonged treatment, Mormulyov did not return to the front. Mormulyov resigned from the military service after the war and held the post of the Head of the Department of Hunting and Fishing in the Executive Committee of Borisov. He died on April 20, 1985.

Mikhail Glebovich Mormulyov Edit Profile

also known as Mikhail Glebovich Marmulyov

military partisan

Background

Mikhail Glebovich Mormulyov was born on November 8, 1917 in Artyomovka village, Dukhovshchinsky Uyezd (Dukhovshchina), Smolensk Governorate (now Smolensk Oblast).

Education

Mikhail Mormulyov received his education at a seven-year secondary school. He worked as a stonemason in Smolensk and did his military service, before graduating from the Leningrad Artillery training school in 1941.

Career

Mikhail Glebovich Mormulyov began his military service on the border of Western Belarus in 1938. There he was one of the first to join the warfare and to be wounded. Being sent to a hospital not far from Minsk, he got besieged but could escape with some of the wounded into the woods. Gradually, small detachments of the escaped merged, forming a partisan detachment called "Burevestnik" ("Petrel"). By the end of 1941, Mikhail had been the head of the reconnaissance of the detachment and by July of 1942 he had become a commanding officer. In the autumn of 1943, the detachment rose to the brigade. The partisans carried out more than 130 military operations (more than 100 under the leadership of Mikhail Glebovich).

During the very first battle, two enemy vehicles and about fifty Nazis were destroyed. In another battle, 15 carts with 120 fascists were eliminated. He was nicknamed the "ambush king" in the Belarusian forests. At the end of July 1943, the Nazis tracked down one of the partisan groups. Mormulyov and other 18 partisans were surrounded. For more than 2 hours, a small trickle of partisans fought off an enemy, surpassing in a number. Mormulyov was seriously wounded, but, lying on a stretcher, continued to lead the battle. After the battle, the partisans were carrying Mormulyov the whole night on a stretcher with a damaged spine. By plane, he was sent to the hospital. In 1944 he returned to the detachment.

In 1944, the brigade acted together with the units of the Red Army and liberated Belarus. Partisans destroyed more than one hundred enemies and captured 975 soldiers and officers. Michael was wounded 4 times during that time. After a serious injury and prolonged treatment, Mormulyov did not return to the front.

Mormulyov resigned from the military service after the war and held the post of the Head of the Department of Hunting and Fishing in the Executive Committee of Borisov. He died on April 20, 1985.

Achievements

On August 15, 1944, by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for an outstanding service, courage and bravery in the fight against Nazi invaders and for the contribution to the development of the partisan movement in Belarus, Mikhail Glebovich Mormulyov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

There is a memorial plaque in Borisov on the house where Marmulyov lived.