Pore Mosulishvili
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Pore Mosulishvili (July 20, 1916 – December 3, 1944) was a Georgian
soldier and partisan in the Italian resistance movement
. He was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valor
and the title Hero of the Soviet Union
for actions during the Second World War.
, Kakheti
, Georgia
, died December 3, 1944 to Lesa, Novara
, Italy
.
In 1939, Pore is recruited in the Red Army. When the Germans invade then Soviet Union, he completes his duty with great courage, so that the appointment is earned on the field to non-commissioned officer.
In 1944 Pore Mosulishvili is captured by the Germans, who incorporate it into a special department and transfer it in Italy with other soviet and Czechoslovak prisoners. The department has completed of territorial garrison and of antiguerilla and, Pore Mosulishvili, a platoon of ex-prisoners is displaced in the Novarese, to Stresa
.
Garibaldi
and September 7, 1944, with another 36 ex-Georgian prisoners, passes, weapons and luggage, in the rows of the Italian Resistance. In the 2nd Battalion of the 118th one, the Georgians stand out undergone by the boldest actions. At 9 in October 14 they announce to the defence of the republic partisan of the Ossola. On October 26 it is between the protagonists of the attack that the 2nd Battalion leads against a train of Fascist ones and that concludes with the elimination of 23 supporters of the fascist Republic of Salo.
In the November the Fascists decide to unshoe a violent counteroffensive in the zone of the Mottarone-Vergante, in low Verbano, operative sector of the Brigade "Servadei". The partisans separate in little groups, to resist better the forces attack soverchianti.
There is also the commander of the 2nd Battalion in the group of Pore Mosulishvili.
has been surrounded by Germans in one small hut which have demanded: "If the commander surrenders, the others we will spare. Otherwise all we will destroy!"
The commander of this group Edo Delgrato didn't move, as well as other partisans.
Then Pore Mosulishvili who was already wounded, has disarmed companions and that will keep their life, has thrown out their weapon from a hut.
Then Pore Mosulishvili left to enemies and has shouted it: "I am the Commander, but to get in a captivity at you I prefer death!"
Next instant the brave guerrilla has turned before the right hand hidden for a back, in which he had a pistol. He has shouted at last: "Viva l'Italia! viva i partigiani! viva liberta!" ("Live the Italy! live the partisans! living freedom!"), then it has brought a pistol to the temple and has shot...
Other sixteen guerrilla remained are live. They have been taken prisoner, and in April, 1945 are released by the Italian partisans...
The nice son of the Georgian people, brave soldier Pore Mosulishvili is buried in Arona
.
has signed the decree on Musolishvili Phore Nikolaievic gratifying (Pore Mossulishvili) (after death) the Gold Medal of Military Valor
. The Italian government has wanted to recognise so in him a symbol of the international antifascist solidarity. From this point of view, the life and the death of Pore Mosulishvili are really models.
On May 5, 1990 the decree of the President USSR "for courage and the devotion, shown in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", Starshina
Mosulishvili Pore Nikolaevich appropriates a rank of the Hero of the Soviet Union
.
Pore Mosulishvili is awarded the Order of Lenin
, awards of Order of the Patriotic war
of 1st degree, Glory of 3rd degree. Lenin's award and a medal Gold Star
(№ 11620) has been transferred to storage to relatives of the Hero.
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
soldier and partisan in the Italian resistance movement
Italian resistance movement
The Italian resistance is the umbrella term for the various partisan forces formed by pro-Allied Italians during World War II...
. He was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valor
Gold Medal of Military Valor
The Gold Medal of Military Valor is an Italian medal established on 21 May 1793 by King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia "....per bassi ufficiali e soldati che avevano fatto azioni di segnalato valore in guerra" .The face of the medal displayed the profile of the king, and on its reverse was a flag...
and the title Hero of the Soviet Union
Hero of the Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
for actions during the Second World War.
Biography
Pore (Krist'epore) Nikolaevich Mosulishvili born in July 20, 1916 to Kvemo Machkhaani, Municipality of SighnaghiSighnaghi
Sighnaghi is a town in Georgia's easternmost region of Kakheti and the administrative center of the Sighnaghi District. It is one of the country's smallest towns with a population of 2,146 as of the 2002 census. Sighnaghi's economy is dominated by production of wine,traditional carpets and...
, Kakheti
Kakheti
Kakheti is a historical province in Eastern Georgia inhabited by Kakhetians who speak a local dialect of Georgian. It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north, Russian Federation to the Northeast, Azerbaijan to the Southeast, and...
, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, died December 3, 1944 to Lesa, Novara
Novara
Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
In 1939, Pore is recruited in the Red Army. When the Germans invade then Soviet Union, he completes his duty with great courage, so that the appointment is earned on the field to non-commissioned officer.
In 1944 Pore Mosulishvili is captured by the Germans, who incorporate it into a special department and transfer it in Italy with other soviet and Czechoslovak prisoners. The department has completed of territorial garrison and of antiguerilla and, Pore Mosulishvili, a platoon of ex-prisoners is displaced in the Novarese, to Stresa
Stresa
Stresa is a town and comune of about 5,000 inhabitants on the shores of the Lago Maggiore in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy; it is situated on the road and rail routes to the Simplon pass, about 90 km north-west of Milan. Since the early 20th century, the main source of income has been the...
.
Brigade Garibaldi
In the Stresa Pore Mosulishvili been worth the situation, it is put in contact with the partisans of the 118th BrigadeBrigade
A brigade is a major tactical military formation that is typically composed of two to five battalions, plus supporting elements depending on the era and nationality of a given army and could be perceived as an enlarged/reinforced regiment...
Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and fled Italy after a failed insurrection. Garibaldi took part in the War of the Farrapos and the Uruguayan Civil War leading the Italian Legion, and...
and September 7, 1944, with another 36 ex-Georgian prisoners, passes, weapons and luggage, in the rows of the Italian Resistance. In the 2nd Battalion of the 118th one, the Georgians stand out undergone by the boldest actions. At 9 in October 14 they announce to the defence of the republic partisan of the Ossola. On October 26 it is between the protagonists of the attack that the 2nd Battalion leads against a train of Fascist ones and that concludes with the elimination of 23 supporters of the fascist Republic of Salo.
In the November the Fascists decide to unshoe a violent counteroffensive in the zone of the Mottarone-Vergante, in low Verbano, operative sector of the Brigade "Servadei". The partisans separate in little groups, to resist better the forces attack soverchianti.
There is also the commander of the 2nd Battalion in the group of Pore Mosulishvili.
Altruistic suicide
On December 3, 1944 Pore Mosulishvili, together with sixteen guerrillasGuerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare and refers to conflicts in which a small group of combatants including, but not limited to, armed civilians use military tactics, such as ambushes, sabotage, raids, the element of surprise, and extraordinary mobility to harass a larger and...
has been surrounded by Germans in one small hut which have demanded: "If the commander surrenders, the others we will spare. Otherwise all we will destroy!"
The commander of this group Edo Delgrato didn't move, as well as other partisans.
Then Pore Mosulishvili who was already wounded, has disarmed companions and that will keep their life, has thrown out their weapon from a hut.
Then Pore Mosulishvili left to enemies and has shouted it: "I am the Commander, but to get in a captivity at you I prefer death!"
Next instant the brave guerrilla has turned before the right hand hidden for a back, in which he had a pistol. He has shouted at last: "Viva l'Italia! viva i partigiani! viva liberta!" ("Live the Italy! live the partisans! living freedom!"), then it has brought a pistol to the temple and has shot...
Other sixteen guerrilla remained are live. They have been taken prisoner, and in April, 1945 are released by the Italian partisans...
The nice son of the Georgian people, brave soldier Pore Mosulishvili is buried in Arona
Arona
-Places:Italy*Arona, Piedmont, a town in the Province of NovaraSpain*Arona, Tenerife, a municipality in the Canary IslandsUnited States*Arona, Pennsylvania-Persons:*Danilo Arona, Italian writer* Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist...
.
Rewarding (after death)
On February 28, 1970 president of Italy Giuseppe SaragatGiuseppe Saragat
Giuseppe Saragat was an Italian politician who was the fifth President of the Italian Republic from 1964 to 1971.Saragat was born in Turin, from Sardinian parents....
has signed the decree on Musolishvili Phore Nikolaievic gratifying (Pore Mossulishvili) (after death) the Gold Medal of Military Valor
Gold Medal of Military Valor
The Gold Medal of Military Valor is an Italian medal established on 21 May 1793 by King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia "....per bassi ufficiali e soldati che avevano fatto azioni di segnalato valore in guerra" .The face of the medal displayed the profile of the king, and on its reverse was a flag...
. The Italian government has wanted to recognise so in him a symbol of the international antifascist solidarity. From this point of view, the life and the death of Pore Mosulishvili are really models.
On May 5, 1990 the decree of the President USSR "for courage and the devotion, shown in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", Starshina
Starshina
Starshina, or Starshyna , initially was a Cossacks officership, but in Soviet times was used as the top non-commissioned officer.Among Cossacks and in Ukraine, starshina was a collective noun for categories of officership or a military elite: junior starshina , general starshina , military...
Mosulishvili Pore Nikolaevich appropriates a rank of the Hero of the Soviet Union
Hero of the Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
.
Pore Mosulishvili is awarded the Order of Lenin
Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin , named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union...
, awards of Order of the Patriotic war
Order of the Patriotic War
The Order of the Patriotic War is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisans for heroic deeds during the German-Soviet War, known by the former-Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War.- History :The Order was...
of 1st degree, Glory of 3rd degree. Lenin's award and a medal Gold Star
Gold Star
The Gold Star medal is a special insignia that identifies recipients of the title "Hero" in the Soviet Union and its communist allies, and several post-Soviet states.-Soviet origin:...
(№ 11620) has been transferred to storage to relatives of the Hero.
List of places named after Pore Mosulishvili
Museo Baita della Libertà (Belgirate)) Via P. Musolishvili - 28832 Belgirate (Vb) Pore Mosulishvili House Museum Pore Mosulishvili street in TbilisiTbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
Literature
Il fascino del leggendario. Moscatelli e Beltrami: miti resistenti , Filippo Colombara, in "l'impegno" a.XXVI n. 1, Istituto per la storia della Resistenza e della società contemporanea nelle province di Biella e Vercelli, 2006- (geo) Eduard Sikharulidze - სიკვდილითა სიკვდილისა დამთრგუნველი, Tbilisi, Sabtcota sakartvelo, 1988, ISBN 5-529-00329-x
- (geo) თოვლიანი დღის ნათელში (მოთხრობა-მენიპეა)
- (rus) Miho MosulishviliMiho MosulishviliMiho Mosulishvili is a Georgian writer.- Biography :In 1986 Miho Mosulishvili has graduated from Tbilisi state university , geological-geographical faculty on a speciality of the engineer-geologist...
, Light of snow day, 2006 - (rus) Кавалери ордена славы трёх степеней. Биограф. словарь. М.: Воениздат. 2000