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Yakov Fedotovich Pavlov
Pavlov in 1947
Native name	Яков Федотович Павлов
Born	(1917-10-17)17 October 1917 Krestovaya, Russian Republic
Died	28 September 1981(1981-09-28) (aged 63) Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Years of service	1938–1946
Rank	Starshina
Unit	13th Guards Rifle Division
Battles / wars	World War II Battle of Stalingrad
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Order of the October Revolution Orders of the Red Star Numerous other medals
Other work	Three-time Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR

Yakov Fedotovich Pavlov (Russian: Я́ков Федо́тович Па́влов; 17 October 1917 – 28 September 1981) was a Soviet Red Army soldier who became a Hero of the Soviet Union for his role in defending the eponymous "Pavlov's House" during the Battle of Stalingrad.^[1]

Early life

Pavlov was born in 1917 to a peasant family in the small village of Krestovaya in northwestern Russia (present-day Novgorod Oblast).^{[citation needed]}

Military career

Pavlov joined the Red Army in 1938.^{[citation needed]} During World War II, he fought on the Southwestern, Stalingrad, 3rd Ukrainian and 2nd Belorussian fronts.^{[citation needed]} Pavlov was a commander of a machine gun unit, an artilleryman, and a commander of a reconnaissance unit with the rank of senior sergeant.^{[citation needed]}

During the Battle of Stalingrad, on the night of 27 September 1942, Pavlov's platoon recaptured a four-story residential building from the German Army, and defended it against continual attack by the Germans until relieved by advancing Soviet forces two months later. Vasily Chuikov, commanding general of the Soviet forces in Stalingrad, claimed that the Germans lost more men trying to take Pavlov's House than they did taking Paris.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Post-war life

The building and its defense went down in history as "Pavlov's House" (Дом Павлова).^[5] For his actions in Stalingrad, he was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, two Orders of the Red Star and numerous other medals. Post-war, he joined the Communist Party. He was elected three times as Deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

Death

Pavlov died on 28 September 1981, most likely due to injuries he received during his military career, and was buried in Novgorod.

References

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^ "Павлов Яков Федотович". warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
^ Chuikov, Vasily. Сражение века (in Russian). Retrieved 2013-05-30. Эта небольшая группа, обороняя один дом, уничтожила вражеских солдат больше, чем гитлеровцы потеряли при взятии Парижа.
^ World History. Т. Х. М., 1965, page. 43
^ «European Cultural Benefits» Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine in Russian
^ Adam, Wilhelm; Ruhle, Otto (2015). With Paulus at Stalingrad. Translated by Tony Le Tissier. Pen and Sword Books Ltd. p. 89. ISBN 9781473833869.

Battle of Stalingrad

Operations

Nazi Germany	Donnerschlag Winter Storm
Soviet Union	Uranus Little Saturn Koltso

Formations

Army groups
and fronts

	B Centre Don
	Don Southwestern Stalingrad Voronezh

Armies

Axis	German 4th Panzer German 6th Hungarian 2nd Italian 8th Romanian 3rd and 4th
	1st Guards 2nd Guards 3rd Guards 21st 51st 62nd 64th 65th

Corps

Tank	1st 4th 13th 16th 24th 26th
others	4th Mechanised 3rd Guards Cavalry 4th Cavalry 8th Cavalry

Divisions

Panzer	6th 14th 16th 17th 22nd 24th
Infantry	3rd Motorised 29th Motorised 60th Motorised 5th 44th 71st 76th 79th 94th 100th 113th 295th 297th 305th 371st 376th 384th 389th
others	9th Flak

Guards Rifle	13th 15th 33rd 35th 36th 37th 39th
Rifle	38th 45th 62nd 64th 91st 93rd 95th 112th 138th 157th 169th 173rd 181st 193rd 196th 204th 214th 221st 248th 284th 302nd 308th 422nd
others	60th Cavalry 81st Cavalry

Notable participants

Nazi Germany	Adolf Hitler Alexander Edler von Daniels Hermann Göring Hermann Hoth Hans-Valentin Hube Erich von Manstein Friedrich Paulus Wolfram von Richthofen Arthur Schmidt Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach Karl Strecker
Romania	Constantin Constantinescu-Claps Petre Dumitrescu Mihail Lascăr
Other Axis members	Viktor Pavičić (Croatia) Italo Gariboldi (Italy) Gusztáv Jány (Hungary)
Soviet Union	Joseph Stalin Hazi Aslanov Vasily Badanov Vasily Chuikov Nikolay Dyatlenko Sasha Filippov Filipp Golikov Vasily Gordov Vasily Grossman Nikita Khrushchev Nikolay Krylov Dmitry Lelyushenko Rodion Malinovsky Kirill Moskalenko Yakov Pavlov Alexander Rodimtsev Konstantin Rokossovsky Alexander Shcherbakov Semyon Timoshenko Aleksandr Vasilevsky Nikolay Voronov Erich Weinert Andrei Yeremenko Vasily Zaitsev Aleksey Zhadov Georgy Zhukov

Significant locations
Barmaley Fountain Barrikady Factory Grain Elevator Gumrak Kalach Mamayev Kurgan Pavlov's House Pitomnik Airfield Red October Steel Factory River Don River Volga Tatsinskaya Airfield Tsaritsa Gorge Tractor Plant

In memoriam
The Motherland Calls Stalingrad Madonna Sword of Stalingrad Battle of Stalingrad in popular culture