Georgy Alexandrovich Kaloev(1916-1987) - Soviet officer, participant in the Great Patriotic War. During the war - battalion commander of the 302nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 100th Guards Rifle Division. In the post-war years - commander of the 381st and 350th Guards Parachute Regiments.

Biography

During the war, Georgy Kaloev participated in a reconnaissance and sabotage search operation in the area of ​​the city of Mozdok in the Caucasus in 1942, in a landing operation in the Novorossiysk region, in battles on Malaya Zemlya, in training junior commanders in a training battalion and battles in Karelia in 1943-1944 years, in the Iasi-Kishinev operation and the liberation of Romania in 1944, in battles in Hungary, Austria, in the liberation of Vienna in 1945.

After the war, Kaloev continued to serve in the airborne troops, in 1948 he graduated from the Higher Officer Courses of the Airborne Forces, in 1956 - the Shot course. From 1954 to 1960, commander of the 381st, then 350th parachute regiments. In 1973, he retired to the reserve with the rank of colonel and lived in Vladikavkaz.

Georgy Alexandrovich died on April 22, 1987. He was buried in Vladikavkaz.

Feat

In April 1945, Georgy Aleksandrovich Kaloev skillfully organized the actions of the battalion entrusted to him in the battles during the liberation of Vienna. On April 5, 1945, at night, the battalion defeated the enemy garrison in the Vienna suburb of Wiener Neudorf, killing about a hundred Nazis and capturing an aircraft factory and 25 serviceable aircraft.

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Platon Karataev knew nothing by heart except his prayer. When he gave his speeches, he, starting them, seemed not to know how he would end them.
When Pierre, sometimes amazed at the meaning of his speech, asked him to repeat what he had said, Plato could not remember what he had said a minute ago - just as he could not tell Pierre his favorite song in words. It said: “darling, little birch and I feel sick,” but the words didn’t make any sense. He did not understand and could not understand the meaning of words taken separately from speech. His every word and every action was a manifestation of an activity unknown to him, which was his life. But his life, as he himself looked at it, had no meaning as a separate life. She made sense only as a part of the whole, which he constantly felt. His words and actions poured out of him as uniformly, necessarily, and directly as a scent is released from a flower. He could not understand either the price or the meaning of a single action or word.

Having received news from Nicholas that her brother was with the Rostovs in Yaroslavl, Princess Marya, despite her aunt’s dissuasions, immediately got ready to go, and not only alone, but with her nephew. Whether it was difficult, not difficult, possible or impossible, she did not ask and did not want to know: her duty was not only to be near her perhaps dying brother, but also to do everything possible to bring him her son, and she stood up drive. If Prince Andrei himself did not notify her, then Princess Marya explained it either by the fact that he was too weak to write, or by the fact that he considered this long journey too difficult and dangerous for her and for his son.
Within a few days, Princess Marya got ready to travel. Her crews consisted of a huge princely carriage, in which she arrived in Voronezh, a britzka and a cart. Traveling with her were M lle Bourienne, Nikolushka and her tutor, an old nanny, three girls, Tikhon, a young footman and a haiduk, whom her aunt had sent with her.
It was impossible to even think about going the usual route to Moscow, and therefore the roundabout route that Princess Marya had to take: to Lipetsk, Ryazan, Vladimir, Shuya, was very long, due to the lack of post horses everywhere, very difficult and near Ryazan, where, as they said the French were showing up, even dangerous.
During this difficult journey, M lle Bourienne, Desalles and Princess Mary's servants were surprised by her fortitude and activity. She went to bed later than everyone else, got up earlier than everyone else, and no difficulties could stop her. Thanks to her activity and energy, which excited her companions, by the end of the second week they were approaching Yaroslavl.
During her recent stay in Voronezh, Princess Marya experienced the best happiness of her life. Her love for Rostov no longer tormented or worried her. This love filled her entire soul, became an inseparable part of herself, and she no longer fought against it. Lately, Princess Marya became convinced—although she never clearly told herself this in words—she became convinced that she was loved and loved. She was convinced of this during her last meeting with Nikolai, when he came to announce to her that her brother was with the Rostovs. Nicholas did not hint in a single word that now (if Prince Andrei recovered) the previous relationship between him and Natasha could be resumed, but Princess Marya saw from his face that he knew and thought this. And, despite the fact that his attitude towards her - cautious, tender and loving - not only did not change, but he seemed to rejoice in the fact that now the kinship between him and Princess Marya allowed him to more freely express his friendship and love to her, as he sometimes thought Princess Marya. Princess Marya knew that she loved for the first and last time in her life, and felt that she was loved, and was happy and calm in this regard.
But this happiness on one side of her soul not only did not prevent her from feeling grief for her brother with all her might, but, on the contrary, this peace of mind in one respect gave her a greater opportunity to fully surrender to her feelings for her brother. This feeling was so strong in the first minute of leaving Voronezh that those accompanying her were sure, looking at her exhausted, desperate face, that she would certainly get sick on the way; but it was precisely the difficulties and worries of the journey, which Princess Marya took on with such activity, that saved her for a while from her grief and gave her strength.
As always happens during a trip, Princess Marya thought only about one journey, forgetting what was its goal. But, approaching Yaroslavl, when what could lie ahead of her was revealed again, and not many days later, but this evening, Princess Marya’s excitement reached its extreme limits.
When the guide sent ahead to find out in Yaroslavl where the Rostovs were standing and in what position Prince Andrei was, met a large carriage entering at the gate, he was horrified when he saw the terribly pale face of the princess, which leaned out of the window.



TO Aloev Georgy Aleksandrovich - battalion commander of the 302nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 100th Guards Rifle Division of the 9th Guards Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, guard captain.

Born on November 7, 1916 in the village of Veselovskoye (now part of the Mozdok region of the Republic of Alania - North Ossetia) in a peasant family. Ossetian. After the death of his parents from typhus, he was brought up in an orphanage in the city of Vladikavkaz. He graduated from 7 classes in the village of Veselovskoye. Studied at the Pedagogical Institute.

In the Red Army since 1938. He graduated from the Ordzhonikidze Military Infantry School in 1940. He served as a platoon commander of cadets, then head of the training unit of a cadet battalion at the Buinaksk Infantry School.

In the active army since December 1942. He was the commander of a sabotage and reconnaissance group behind enemy lines, the commander of a special-purpose airborne company at the headquarters of the Western Front, and the commander of a training battalion. In 1943-1946 - commander of the rifle battalion of the 302nd Guards Rifle Regiment. He fought on the Transcaucasian, North Caucasian, Karelian, and 3rd Ukrainian fronts. Member of the CPSU since 1943.

Participated:
- in a reconnaissance and sabotage search operation in the area of ​​the city of Mozdok in the Caucasus - in 1942;
- in the landing operation in the Novorossiysk region, in the battles on Malaya Zemlya, in the training of junior commanders in the training battalion and battles in Karelia - in 1943-44;
- in the Iasi-Kishinev operation and the liberation of Romania - in 1944;
- in battles in Hungary, Austria, in the liberation of Vienna - in 1945.
Seriously wounded three times. Each time he returned to battle formation.

The commander of the guard battalion, Captain Kaloev, skillfully organized the battalion's actions in the battles during the liberation of Vienna in April 1945. On April 5, 1945, at night, the battalion defeated the enemy garrison in the Vienna suburb of Wiener Neudorf, killing about a hundred Nazis and capturing an aircraft factory and 25 serviceable aircraft.

On April 11, 1945, the battalion broke into Vienna, destroyed up to 600 Nazis in street battles, crossed the shipping canal and captured a bridgehead, which contributed to the success of the division’s military operations.

U Kaz of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated April 28, 1945 for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown to the guard captain Kaloev Georgy Alexandrovich awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

After the war, Kaloev continued to serve in the airborne troops. In 1948 he graduated from the Higher Officer Courses of the Airborne Forces, in 1956 - the Shot course. Since 1954 - commander of the 381st Guards and 350th Guards Parachute Regiments. Since 1960 - deputy commander of the 104th Guards Airborne Division for logistics.

Since 1973, Colonel G.A. Kaloev has been in reserve. Lived in the city of Vladikavkaz. Died April 22, 1987. He was buried in Vladikavkaz on the Walk of Fame of Krasnogvardeisky Park.

Awarded the Order of Lenin (04/28/1945), the Order of the Patriotic War 1st (03/11/1985) and 2nd (04/17/1943) degrees, the Red Star (11/05/1954), “Badge of Honor” (10/30/1967), medals .

One of the streets in the village of Veselovskoye is named after the Hero. In the city of Ramenskoye, Moscow Region (where the 100th Guards Airborne Division was formed), a street was named in honor of the Heroes Paratroopers.

By decree of the President of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania A.Kh. Galazov dated July 16, 1995, Veselovskaya Secondary School was named after Hero of the Soviet Union G.A. Kaloev. There is a bust of the Hero in the school yard.

Who was Georgy Kaloev during the war years! A shooter, a scout, a teacher, a paratrooper, a paratrooper - and in everything he was an expert, a master of his craft.

Georgy Kaloev had barely turned 2 years old when his parents, poor peasants in the village of Veselovsky, Mozdok district, died from typhus that was then raging. George was also battered by this terrible disease, but the child’s body survived. The older sister, in whose care the boy was left, could barely make ends meet herself. For the benefit of the orphan, she sent him to the Vladikavkaz orphanage. Here the boy was raised until 1925, and then returned to his native village, where, with the help of his sister, he received a seven-year education.

After graduating from school, the young man came to the city of Ordzhonikidze (Vladikavkaz) with the intention of going to a military school, but he was let down... by age. They didn't accept it. Entered the Pedagogical Institute.

In 1938, Kaloev took documents from the Pedagogical Institute, and he was enrolled as a cadet in the Ordzhonikidze, now twice Red Banner, Infantry School.

After graduating from college, Lieutenant Kaloev was appointed to the position of commander of a platoon of cadets at the Buinaksk Infantry School. While training cadets, the commander improved his knowledge day after day. By June 1941, Georgy Kaloev was already the head of the training unit of the cadet battalion.

On the very first day of the war, Kaloev submitted a report in which he asked to be sent to the front. The answer was no. But the senior lieutenant stood his ground: every time he reminded the school command of his desire.

Finally, Georgy Kaloev got his way. But we had to fight not on the front line... In 1942, during the battle for the Caucasus, senior lieutenant Kaloev was appointed commander of a sabotage and reconnaissance group. In the very first mission, the group under his leadership killed 15 fascists, 4 policemen, 5 bridges were blown up, and most importantly, the Nazis were not allowed to export grain to Germany from Mozdok. The senior lieutenant spent almost six months behind the front line, transmitting important information about the location, forces, and plans of the enemy. For the successful completion of this task, Kaloev received the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree, and the military rank of captain ahead of schedule.

As an experienced front-line soldier and paratrooper, Kaloyev was appointed company commander of the 31st Special Purpose Airborne Regiment. In February 1943, he was part of the main landing party and took part in the landing and battles in the South Ozereyka area north of Novorossiysk. Under cover of darkness, the paratroopers captured the coastal fortifications. When the Nazis realized it, the shore was already in our hands. At dawn the enemy launched a counterattack. Then counterattacks followed one after another, but the courageous Soviet soldiers did not flinch and held out. Kaloyev’s thinned company made its way to the area where the auxiliary landing force landed on Myskhako.

In the heavy battles for “Malaya Zemlya,” as this bridgehead was called by the paratroopers, the soldiers of Captain Kaloyev’s company fought exceptionally bravely. The company commander himself was seriously wounded. He was urged to evacuate to the rear, but he refused. Almost all the soldiers, sergeants and officers of the company were wounded, but no one left the battlefield until reinforcements arrived. Kaloev’s wound turned out to be serious and he could not escape the hospital.

Returning to duty after recovery, Captain Kaloev was appointed commander of the training battalion of the 100th Guards Rifle Division, which was operating at that time on the Karelian Front. In the forests of Karelia, Kaloev trained junior commanders for the division. The cadets' studies were combined with combat practice. They often had to be alerted and engage in battle with individual enemy groups, every now and then infiltrating to the rear through the wooded and swampy terrain.

In August 1944, after the defeat and surrender of Finland, the 100th Guards Rifle Division was redeployed to the southwestern direction, to the 3rd Ukrainian Front. She took part in the Iasi-Kishinev operation, in the liberation of Romania, Hungary and Austria.

Soon, Guard Captain Kaloev became commander of a rifle battalion. On the approaches to the capital of Austria - Vienna, his battalion was assigned to the lead detachment. The rapidly advancing battalion met stubborn enemy resistance near the village of Wiener Neudorf. Kaloev left one platoon to demonstrate an attack from the front, and led the main forces of the battalion to the flank and at night launched a sudden flank attack on the enemy garrison. The Nazis were put to flight. As a result of the night attack, the Nazis lost about 100 soldiers and officers. The battalion captured an aircraft factory, where there were 25 new aircraft ready for combat missions. Having handed over the trophies, Kaloev and his battalion immediately rushed into Vienna. In street battles, the Kaloevites destroyed up to 600 soldiers and officers and captured 2 warehouses with uniforms.

On April 11, 1945, the battalion reached the central part of the city and was the first to reach the Vienna Ship Canal. At the same time, the city railway station was captured, where there were a large number of locomotives and carriages. Up to 800 fascist soldiers and officers were killed.

But the further advance of the battalion was stopped by enemy artillery, mortar and machine gun fire. The battalion's attempts to cross the Vienna Canal on the move were unsuccessful.

With the onset of darkness, the division commander, Major General I.A. Makarenko, gave the signal to begin artillery preparation. The formation's guns and mortars rained deadly fire on the enemy. Under the cover of artillery fire and the darkness of the night, Captain Kaloev swam with his battalion to the opposite bank of the canal. At the battalion commander's signal, artillery fire was transferred deep into the enemy defense. The paratroopers unitedly attacked enemy positions. Stunned by the sudden blow, the enemy began to hastily retreat from the shore. The main forces of the division began crossing the canal.

And Kaloyev’s battalion received a new task. He had to capture the bridge over the Danube. The enemy prepared this only bridge for explosion. It was mined and could fly into the air any minute. With a well-prepared night attack, the battalion captured the bridge. The soldiers, without waiting for the miners, eliminated the danger of an explosion. By holding the bridge, the battalion cut off the retreat routes for enemy troops. This ensured the defeat of the entire enemy garrison defending the capital of Austria. On April 13, 1945, Vienna was liberated by Soviet troops from the Nazi invaders.

Having traveled a long military path - from Mozdok to Vienna, a former orphanage resident, a graduate of the Ordzhonikidze Military School, communist Georgy Aleksandrovich Kaloev ended the war as a Hero.



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    Introduction
  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Feat
  • 3 Memory
  • Notes

Introduction

Georgy Alexandrovich Kaloev(1916-1987) - battalion commander of the 302nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 100th Guards Rifle Division of the 9th Guards Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front.


1. Biography

Georgy Kaloev was born in the village of Veselaya (now the village of Veselaya) in the Mozdok region of North Ossetia on November 7, 1916. At the age of two, he was left without parents who died of typhus. He was brought up in an orphanage in Vladikavkaz (then Ordzhonikidze), then studied at the Pedagogical Institute, Ordzhonikidze Infantry School. After completing his studies in Ordzhonikidze, he served at the infantry school in Buinaksk, where he became the head of the training unit of the cadet battalion.

From the first days of the Great Patriotic War, Georgy Kaloev was eager to go to the front, but his reports were rejected - after all, it was necessary to train new cadets. Since December 1942, Georgy Kaloev was in the active army - he was appointed commander of a sabotage detachment whose goal was to inflict maximum damage on the enemy and block the export of grain from Mozdok. For the successful completion of his command assignment, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the rank of captain. Then he commanded a special purpose airborne company, was the commander of a training battalion, and then a rifle battalion. He fought on the Transcaucasian, North Caucasian, Karelian, and 3rd Ukrainian fronts.

During the war, Georgy Kaloev participated in a reconnaissance and sabotage search operation near the city of Mozdok in the Caucasus in 1942, in a landing operation in the Novorossiysk region, in battles on Malaya Zemlya, in training junior commanders in a training battalion and battles in Karelia in 1943-1944 years, in the Iasi-Kishinev operation and the liberation of Romania in 1944, in battles in Hungary, Austria, in the liberation of Vienna in 1945.

After the war, Kaloev continued to serve in the airborne troops, in 1948 he graduated from the Higher Officer Courses of the Airborne Forces, and in 1956 - the Shot course. In 1973, he retired to the reserve with the rank of colonel and lived in Vladikavkaz.

Georgy Kaloev was awarded the Order of Lenin (04/28/1945), the Order of the Patriotic War 1st (04/06/1985) and 2nd (04/17/1943) degrees, the Red Star (11/05/1954), “Badge of Honor” (10/30/1967) , medals.


2. Feat

In April 1945, Georgy Aleksandrovich Kaloev skillfully organized the actions of the battalion entrusted to him in the battles during the liberation of Vienna. On April 5, 1945, at night, the battalion defeated the enemy garrison in the Vienna suburb of Wiener Neudorf, killing about a hundred Nazis and capturing an aircraft factory and 25 serviceable aircraft.

On April 11, 1945, Kaloyev’s battalion burst into Vienna, destroying up to 600 Nazis in street battles, crossed the shipping canal and captured a bridgehead, thereby contributing to the success of the division’s military operations.


3. Memory

One of the streets in his native village, as well as the secondary school of this village, is named after Georgy Kaloev. In the city of Ramenskoye, where the formation of the 100th Guards Airborne Division took place, a street was named in honor of the Heroes Paratroopers Kaloyev.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Kaloev Georgy Alexandrovich - www.ossetians.com/rus/news.php?newsid=229
  2. 1 2 3 4 Georgy Aleksandrovich Kaloev - www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=8557
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Georgy Alexandrovich Kaloev(1916-1987) - Soviet officer, participant in the Great Patriotic War. During the war - battalion commander of the 302nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 100th Guards Rifle Division. In the post-war years - commander of the 381st and 350th Guards Parachute Regiments.

Biography

During the war, Georgy Kaloev participated in a reconnaissance and sabotage search operation in the area of ​​the city of Mozdok in the Caucasus in 1942, in a landing operation in the Novorossiysk region, in battles on Malaya Zemlya, in training junior commanders in a training battalion and battles in Karelia in 1943-1944 years, in the Iasi-Kishinev operation and the liberation of Romania in 1944, in battles in Hungary, Austria, in the liberation of Vienna in 1945.

After the war, Kaloev continued to serve in the airborne troops, in 1948 he graduated from the Higher Officer Courses of the Airborne Forces, in 1956 - the Shot course. From 1954 to 1960, commander of the 381st, then 350th parachute regiments. In 1973, he retired to the reserve with the rank of colonel and lived in Vladikavkaz.

Georgy Alexandrovich died on April 22, 1987. He was buried in Vladikavkaz.

Feat

In April 1945, Georgy Aleksandrovich Kaloev skillfully organized the actions of the battalion entrusted to him in the battles during the liberation of Vienna. On April 5, 1945, at night, the battalion defeated the enemy garrison in the Vienna suburb of Wiener Neudorf, killing about a hundred Nazis and capturing an aircraft factory and 25 serviceable aircraft.

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– Thank you, Wanderer... Low bow to you. I can't go back, you know. I'm going home. But I remembered your lessons and will pass them on to others. You will always live in my memory, as well as in my heart. Goodbye.
- Go in peace, son of bright people - Svetodar. I'm glad I met you. And I’m sad that I’m saying goodbye to you... I gave you everything that you were able to comprehend... And that you were able to give to others. But this does not mean that people will want to accept what you want to tell them. Remember, knower, a person is responsible for his own choice. Not gods, not fate - only man himself! And until he understands this, the Earth will not change, it will not get better... Have an easy journey home, dedicated. May your Faith protect you. And may our Family help you...
The vision disappeared. And everything around became empty and lonely. It’s as if the old warm sun quietly disappeared behind a black cloud...
- How long has it been since Svetodar left home, Sever? I was beginning to think that he was leaving for a long time, maybe even for the rest of his life?..
– And he stayed there all his life, Isidora. Six long decades.
– But he looks very young?! So, he also managed to live a long time without aging? Did he know the old secret? Or did the Wanderer teach him this?
“I cannot tell you this, my friend, because I don’t know.” But I know something else - Svetodar did not have time to teach what the Wanderer had taught him for years - he was not allowed... But he managed to see the continuation of his wonderful Family - a little great-great-grandson. I managed to call him by his real name. This gave Svetodar a rare opportunity - to die happy... Sometimes even this is enough for life not to seem in vain, isn’t it, Isidora?
– And again – fate chooses the best!.. Why did he have to study all his life? Why did he leave his wife and child if everything turned out to be in vain? Or was there some greater meaning in this that I still cannot comprehend, North?
– Don’t kill yourself in vain, Isidora. You understand everything perfectly well - look into yourself, because the answer is your whole life... You are fighting, knowing full well that you will not be able to win - you will not be able to win. But how can you do otherwise?.. A person cannot, has no right to give up, allowing for the possibility of losing. Even if it is not you, but someone else, who, after your death, will be ignited by your courage and bravery - it is no longer in vain. It’s just that earthly man is not yet old enough to be able to comprehend this. For most people, fighting is only interesting as long as they remain alive, but none of them is interested in what happens after. They don’t yet know how to “live for posterity,” Isidora.
- It's sad, if you're right, my friend... But it won't change today. Therefore, returning to the old days, can you say how Svetodar’s life ended?
North smiled affectionately.
– But you, too, are changing a lot, Isidora. Even in our last meeting, you would have rushed to assure me that I was wrong!.. You began to understand a lot, my friend. It’s just a pity that you’re leaving in vain... you can do incomparably more!
North fell silent for a moment, but continued almost immediately.
– After long and difficult years of lonely wandering, Svetodar finally returned home, to his beloved Occitania... where sad, irreparable losses awaited him.
A long time ago, his sweet, gentle wife, Margarita, passed away, never waiting for him to share their difficult life with him... He also did not find his wonderful granddaughter Tara, who was given to them by their daughter Maria... and great-granddaughter Maria, who died at the birth of his great-great-grandson, who was born just three years ago. Too much of his family was lost... Too heavy a burden weighed on him, not allowing him to enjoy the rest of his life... Look at them, Isidora... They are worth getting to know.
And again I appeared where long-dead people lived who had become dear to my heart... Bitterness wrapped my soul in a shroud of silence, not allowing me to communicate with them. I couldn’t turn to them, I couldn’t even say how courageous and wonderful they were...

Occitania...

At the very top of a high stone mountain there were three people... One of them was Svetodar, he looked very sad. Nearby, leaning on his hand, stood a very beautiful young woman, and clinging to her was a small blond boy, clutching a huge armful of bright wildflowers to his chest.
– Who did you pick up so much for, Beloyarushka? – Svetodar asked affectionately.
“Well, how?!..” the boy was surprised, immediately dividing the bouquet into three even parts. - This is for mommy... And this is for dear grandmother Tara, and this is for grandmother Maria. Isn't that right, grandpa?
Svetodar did not answer, he only pressed the boy tightly to his chest. He was all he had left... this wonderful, affectionate baby. After his great-granddaughter Maria died during childbirth, whom Svetodar never saw, the baby had only Aunt Marcilla (who stood next to them) and his father, whom Beloyar hardly remembered, since he was always fighting somewhere.

Kaloev Georgy Aleksandrovich - battalion commander of the 302nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 100th Guards Rifle Division of the 9th Guards Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, guard captain.

Born on November 7, 1916 in the village of Veselovskoye (now part of the Mozdok region of the Republic of Alania - North Ossetia) in a peasant family. Ossetian. After the death of his parents from typhus, he was brought up in an orphanage in the city of Vladikavkaz. He graduated from 7 classes in the village of Veselovskoye. Studied at the Pedagogical Institute.

In the Red Army since 1938. He graduated from the Ordzhonikidze Military Infantry School in 1940. He served as a platoon commander of cadets, then head of the training unit of a cadet battalion at the Buinaksk Infantry School.

In the active army since December 1942. He was the commander of a sabotage and reconnaissance group behind enemy lines, the commander of a special-purpose airborne company at the headquarters of the Western Front, and the commander of a training battalion. In 1943-1946 - commander of the rifle battalion of the 302nd Guards Rifle Regiment. He fought on the Transcaucasian, North Caucasian, Karelian, and 3rd Ukrainian fronts. Member of the CPSU since 1943.

Participated:

  • in a reconnaissance and sabotage search operation in the area of ​​the city of Mozdok in the Caucasus - in 1942;
  • in the landing operation in the Novorossiysk region, in battles on Malaya Zemlya, in training junior commanders in a training battalion and battles in Karelia - in 1943-44;
  • in the Iasi-Kishinev operation and the liberation of Romania - in 1944;
  • in battles in Hungary, Austria, in the liberation of Vienna - in 1945.

Seriously wounded three times. Each time he returned to battle formation.

The commander of the guard battalion, Captain Kaloev, skillfully organized the battalion's actions in the battles during the liberation of Vienna in April 1945. On April 5, 1945, at night, the battalion defeated the enemy garrison in the Vienna suburb of Wiener Neudorf, killing about a hundred Nazis and capturing an aircraft factory and 25 serviceable aircraft.

On April 11, 1945, the battalion broke into Vienna, destroyed up to 600 Nazis in street battles, crossed the shipping canal and captured a bridgehead, which contributed to the success of the division’s military operations.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of April 28, 1945, for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism of the guard, Captain Georgy Aleksandrovich Kaloev was awarded the title with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

After the war, Kaloev continued to serve in the airborne troops. In 1948 he graduated from the Higher Officer Courses of the Airborne Forces, in 1956 - the Shot course. Since 1954 - commander of the 381st Guards and 350th Guards Parachute Regiments. Since 1960 - deputy commander of the 104th Guards Airborne Division for logistics. Since 1973, Colonel G.A. Kaloev - in reserve. Lived in the city of Vladikavkaz. Died April 22, 1987. He was buried in Vladikavkaz on the Walk of Fame of Krasnogvardeisky Park.

Awarded the Order of Lenin (04/28/1945), orders of the 1st (03/11/1985) and 2nd (04/17/1943) degrees, the Red Star (11/05/1954), “Badge of Honor” (10/30/1967), and medals.

One of the streets in the village of Veselovskoye is named after the Hero. In the city of Ramenskoye, Moscow Region (where the 100th Guards Airborne Division was formed), a street was named in honor of the Heroes Paratroopers.

By decree of the President of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania A.Kh. Galazov dated July 16, 1995, Veselovskaya Secondary School was named after Hero of the Soviet Union G.A. Kaloev. There is a bust of the Hero in the school yard.