Commander of the 44th Rifle Division, shot in front of his troops after Suomussalmi
The trial lasted fifty minutes; on 11 January 1940 Vinogradov, his chief of staff, and his political commissar were shot before the surviving men of the division.
Born to a poor peasant family in Tver Governorate, he joined the Red Army in 1919 and fought Kolchak, Makhno, and Wrangel in the Civil War. Rapidly promoted in the purged post-1937 army, he became commander of the 44th Rifle Division in early 1939, took part in the invasion of Poland, and was then thrown into the Winter War with orders to relieve the encircled 163rd Division. On the Raate Road his division was cut into pockets and destroyed by Finnish ski troops; Vinogradov abandoned command, left his wounded, and escaped with a small group. Sentenced after a fifty-minute tribunal, he was shot before his surviving troops on 11 January 1940 and rehabilitated in 1990.
Career Timeline
- 1919Joined Red Army as private; fought Kolchak on Eastern Front, wounded
- 1920–1924Graduated infantry command courses; platoon leader, assistant company commander
- 1924–1937Company commander, regimental school chief, regimental chief of staff, 48th Rifle Division; major 1936
- 1937–1938Commander, 143rd Rifle Regiment; colonel 1938
- 1938–1939Command reserve; special mission to China; promoted kombrig January 1939
- 1939.01–1940.01Commander, 44th Rifle Division: invasion of Poland, Winter War, Battle of Raate Road
- 1940.01.11Sentenced to death by 9th Army tribunal; shot before his division