Commander of the 20th Guards Tank Brigade of the 5th Guards Tank Corps, 38th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front, the commander of the 20th Guards Tank Brigade of the 5th Guards Tank Corps, 6th Panzer Army 2nd Ukrainian Front , colonel of the Guards; a member of the CPSU (B) / CPSU in 1924
Background
Stepan Fyodorovich Shutov was born on 17 (30) January, 1902 in the village is now the Palace of Bobruisk district, Mogilev region (Belarus) in the poor with many children (8 children), a peasant family.
He lived in the city of Minsk-hero. He died April 17, 1963. He was buried at the bequest solasno Baikove Cemetery in Kiev.
Career
Worked with the landowner to 9 years, since 1915 - working on the estate, since 1916 has worked in the glass and a sawmill. The Civil War: from December 1917 was at a local Krasnogvardejskiy and partisan and fought against the German invaders and Polish troops. In the summer of 1920 joined the 200th Infantry Regiment of the 16th Army of the West Front of the Red Army cavalry scout, but it served a very short time, became ill with fever and recovery of demobilized. He returned to his native village and worked at the farm.
In March 1924 joined the Red Army. He served in the 30th Cavalry Regiment of the Stepan Razin 4th Siberian Cavalry Brigade, participated in the battles with the bandits in the Mogilev province. In 1927 he graduated from the Joint Military School named after the Central Executive Committee in Moscow. In August 1927 - September 1929 - commander of a platoon of the 58th separate reserve squadron. In 1930 he graduated from the political course of the VI Lenin in Moscow, sent a political officer of the 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment.
In 1932 he graduated from the Leningrad armored courses, commanded a company training school 3rd Tank Regiment, then served in the same driving instructor, the head of junior military technician courses. In 1937 he graduated from the academic refresher courses at the Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization of the Red Army named after IV Stalin, served in the armored forces in the Ukraine. Captain (1937). From July 1940 commanded a tank battalion of heavy tanks of the 17th Tank Regiment, 9th Armored Division.
Since the early days of World War II, SF Shutov commanded tank battalions in the 208th tank regiment of the 104th Panzer Division, an individual, then in the 9th Tank Regiment of the 9th Armored Brigade on the Western Front. He defended the approaches to Moscow in the autumn of 1941. From December 1941 - deputy commander of the 36th Armored Brigade in the Moscow Military District and the South-Western Front, Major General (December 1941). From August 1942 - Commander of the 187th Tank Brigade, 9th Tank Corps of the Western Front. From October 1942 to May 1943 - Commander of the 50th Guards Tank Regiment of the individual.
In 1943 he graduated from the academic courses to improve the team at the Military Academy of armored and mechanized forces of the Red Army named after IV Stalin. From August 1943 - Commander of the 20th Guards Tank Brigade of the 5th Guards Tank Corps in Voronezh, the 1st Ukrainian and 2nd Ukrainian Front. In October 1943 the brigade Shutov the first armored units crossed the Lyutezhsky base. In the Kiev offensive team went on the offensive November 3, 1943, and a bold breakthrough in one day reached the suburbs of Kiev. The next day, she had fought in the streets.
Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on 10 January 1944 for his skillful management of the gang as they crossed the Dnieper and in the battles in the bridgehead north of Kiev, and displaying courage and heroism of the Guard Colonel Stepan Fedorovich Shutov awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star "(№ 2158).
Then bravely acted in Uman-Botoshanskoy offensive in March - April 1944, when he was one of the first brigade crossed the Prut River and went to the border with Romania.
In Iasi-Kishinev offensive Brigade, Colonel Shutov two days was over 100 miles and by the end of August 27, 1944 with the move to break the defensive unit in the "Fokshanskih gate." August 30 to tank crews captured the city of Ploesti - the most important center of oil-field region of Romania. In these battles, tankers destroyed over 20 enemy heavy tanks.
Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on September 13, 1944, for his able command of the brigade during the Jassy-Kishinev operation and for displaying courage and heroism of the Guard Colonel Stepan Fedorovich Shutov again awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star".
From September 1944 - Deputy Commander of the 9th Guards Mechanized Corps of the 6th Guards Tank Army. But the way the combat in this post was short - after a few days in a night battle in the Transylvanian Alps, was seriously wounded in the hospital arm was amputated. Since September 1945, SF Shutov was retired.
Worked as Deputy Minister of Social Welfare of the Byelorussian SSR. Member of the Supreme Soviet of the 2nd convocation (1946-1950), the Supreme Soviet of the BSSR third convocation (1951-1955).
Religion
Religions encourage war and violence to promote their religious goals.
Views
The emphasis on peaceful coexistence doesn’t mean that the Soviet Union accepted a static world with clear lines. Socialism is inevitable and the "correlations of forces" were moving towards socialism.