<br><br>Alexander Filippovich Belyaev (1908-1943) – Soviet soldier, participant of the Great War, Hero of the Soviet Union, chief of staff, acting commander of the 41st Guards Rifle Division (68th Rifle Corps, 57th Army, Steppe Front), .<br>Biography<br>Born on August 15, 1908 in the village of Malye Yalchiki (now Yalchiki in the Yalchik region of the Chuvash Republic) into a peasant family. By nationality – Chuvash. In 1920, after graduating from his native school, he entered the preparatory department at the Simbirsk Chuvash Pedagogical College. In 1924 he transferred to the main department of the pedagogical college. In 1928 he finished his studies and left for Siberia. Received an appointment and began to work as a director of a 1st grade school in the Chuvash village of Oselki in the Bachatsky District of the Novosibirsk Region. (now in the Prokopyevsky district of the region).<br><br>In November 1929, in connection with the conflict at the Chinese Eastern Railway, a voluntary conscription was made to the ranks of the Red Army. He served in the Far East in the 4th Volochaevsky Red Banner Regiment in the city of Khabarovsk. He was awarded the „Excellent Shooter” badge. At the end of 1930, he was demobilized and worked as a normalizer in the boiler shop at the Kuznetsk Metallurgical Combine.<br><br>In April 1932 he was again drafted into the ranks of the Red Army and enrolled in the cadre. Served in Kansk, Leninsk-Kuznetsk, Kemerovo. Since July 1940, with the rank of captain, he became a student of the Red Banner and the Order of Lenin Military Academy. M. V. Frunze. After the outbreak of World War II, he graduated from the academy at an accelerated rate and from October 1, 1941 he became chief of staff of the 23rd airborne brigade of the 10th airborne corps. Until May 1942, the brigade underwent formation and training in the Moscow region and in the Saratov region (Krasny Yar).<br><br>He participated in hostilities since May 1942. The entire combat path passed as part of one unit – in the 10th Airborne Corps, which was transformed in August 1942 into the 41st Guards Rifle Division.<br><br>By the summer of 1943, Major Belyaev was the chief of staff of the division, and from September 10 he was appointed acting division commander. Particularly distinguished himself in the battles for the liberation of the Left-Bank Ukraine and during the crossing of the Dnieper River.<br><br>In offensive battles on September 10-25, 1943, the division under the command of the guard of Lieutenant Colonel Belyaev liberated 28 settlements and reached the banks of the Dnieper River. On the night of September 26, units of the division crossed the river and secured a foothold. Fierce battles began On September 28 alone, the division fighters repulsed 8 counterattacks by German troops. In carrying out the combat mission of the Guard, Lieutenant Colonel Belyaev showed an example of courage and courage. On November 3, he was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.<br><br>But he did not manage to get the Star of the Hero during his lifetime. Guards Colonel Belyaev died during the battle on December 11, 1943 near the village of Verblyuzhka, Kirovograd Region. Buried in the village of Verblyuzhka, Novgorodkovsky district, Kirovograd region.<br><br>By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 20, 1943, for the courage shown during the crossing of the Dnieper, the Guard Colonel Belyaev Alexander Filippovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.<br>AwardsThe hero of the USSRtwo Orders of LeninOrder of the Red BannerOrder of the Red StarMedal „For the Defense of Stalingrad”.MemoryA school and a street in the village of Yalchiki are named after A.F.Belyaev. There are memorial plaques at the school and at one of the houses on A. Street, and a bust at the memorial to the fallen fellow countrymen.A street in the village of Verblyuzhka, Novgorodkovsky District, Kirovograd Region, is named after A.F.Belyaev. Ukraine.