Anatoly Telkov is on the background of the red banner with the state symbols of the USSR.
Anatoly Telkov was born in 1926, in the village of Vysokoye, Zyryansk district, Tomsk region. He finished seven grades of school and after that worked as an accountant for a tractor brigade at a logging company.
In November 1943 — at the age of 17 — Telkov went to the front. At first, he took a course of young fighter in Bogotol town of Krasnoyarsk region, and in May 1944, arrived to Novokhopersk station. There, Telkov was enlisted in a rifle battalion. Later, after another training, he was assigned to the 5th Rifle Company of the 696th Sevastopol Rifle Regiment, the 383d Feodosiya Division, the 3rd Army, the 1st Belorussian Front.
In February 1945, Anatoly Telkov took part in the Vistula-Oder offensive. In the first battle on the Oder River his commander was wounded, and Telkov took charge of the company. His comrades recollected that they lost more than half of their unit in that battle. And when the signal ‘Attack! ’ was given, Private Telkov shouting ‘Forward! For the Motherland! ’ was the first of the platoon to rush onto the ice, which was battered by shells. Falling into the water, he still reached the western shore, where he immediately attacked the enemy. As soon as the Soviet troops gained a foothold on the bridgehead, Telkov’s unit repelled three counterattacks and about 17 enemy attacks. For this battle he was rewarded with the Order of the Great Patriotic War of the first class.
In February 1945, a few months before the end of the war, Telkov was seriously wounded in the chest and in the left hand by a bursting bullet. He met the Victory in the hospital and spent 11 months in a hospital bed. He received medals “For Valor”, “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”.
He returned home to the village with the rank of junior sergeant. In 1952, Telkov moved to Anzhero-Sudzhensk. He had planned to become a miner, but ended up working for the police as a district commissioner. Then he went to work in the criminal investigation department as a senior investigator. In 1964, Telkov was appointed head of the 2nd branch of the police — he participated in the organization of brigades of assistance to the police (BSM) and helped maintain order in the city.
In peacetime he received a medal “For Valor in Labor”. In 1971, Telkov retired and lived in Anzhero-Sudzhensk for the rest of his life.
Anatoly Telkov was born in 1926, in the village of Vysokoye, Zyryansk district, Tomsk region. He finished seven grades of school and after that worked as an accountant for a tractor brigade at a logging company.
In November 1943 — at the age of 17 — Telkov went to the front. At first, he took a course of young fighter in Bogotol town of Krasnoyarsk region, and in May 1944, arrived to Novokhopersk station. There, Telkov was enlisted in a rifle battalion. Later, after another training, he was assigned to the 5th Rifle Company of the 696th Sevastopol Rifle Regiment, the 383d Feodosiya Division, the 3rd Army, the 1st Belorussian Front.
In February 1945, Anatoly Telkov took part in the Vistula-Oder offensive. In the first battle on the Oder River his commander was wounded, and Telkov took charge of the company. His comrades recollected that they lost more than half of their unit in that battle. And when the signal ‘Attack! ’ was given, Private Telkov shouting ‘Forward! For the Motherland! ’ was the first of the platoon to rush onto the ice, which was battered by shells. Falling into the water, he still reached the western shore, where he immediately attacked the enemy. As soon as the Soviet troops gained a foothold on the bridgehead, Telkov’s unit repelled three counterattacks and about 17 enemy attacks. For this battle he was rewarded with the Order of the Great Patriotic War of the first class.
In February 1945, a few months before the end of the war, Telkov was seriously wounded in the chest and in the left hand by a bursting bullet. He met the Victory in the hospital and spent 11 months in a hospital bed. He received medals “For Valor”, “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”.
He returned home to the village with the rank of junior sergeant. In 1952, Telkov moved to Anzhero-Sudzhensk. He had planned to become a miner, but ended up working for the police as a district commissioner. Then he went to work in the criminal investigation department as a senior investigator. In 1964, Telkov was appointed head of the 2nd branch of the police — he participated in the organization of brigades of assistance to the police (BSM) and helped maintain order in the city.
In peacetime he received a medal “For Valor in Labor”. In 1971, Telkov retired and lived in Anzhero-Sudzhensk for the rest of his life.
