Day of National Feat for the formation of the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps during the Great Patriotic War

On March 11 in Russia, starting in 2012, they celebrate the Day of National Feat for the formation of the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps during the Great Patriotic War, which has acquired special significance The holiday acquired its status by order of the governor of the Sverdlovsk region The military holiday celebrated on March 11 allows us to remember the truly laborious and heroic work of our ancestors On this day, events and meetings with veterans are held in cities Yekaterinburg is different in that on this day the memory of soldiers in the Urals is honored Veterans of the Great Patriotic War come to the memorial located on Station Square, as do representatives of government agencies and organizations The long name of the military holiday on March 11 emphasizes the feat of the Division, not only militarily, but also in labor In addition to the fighters, they remember the workers of the Urals who exceeded the plan, working day and night and contributing to victory As for the tank corps, the best fighters of the Urals served here, whose courage made the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps truly legendary They reached Prague and Berlin, eventually winning a lot of awards The appearance of the above tank corps occurred on March 11, 1943 In subsequent years, numerous name changes took place The abbreviated first name sounded like UDTK - Ural Volunteer Tank Corps, which existed throughout the war At the end of the war, it began to bear the name of the 10th Guards Ural-Lvov Tank Division The production of famous tanks under the T-34 brand, in other words, the legendary “thirty-fours” from 1942 to 1945, was carried out at factories in the Urals and Siberia The most important among them was the Ural Tank Plant The Military History Museum of Yekaterinburg contains an entire department dedicated to the military history of the Urals Particularly proud is the exhibition in the form of a unique unit - the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps UDTK gave rise to many exciting legends during wartime One of them had a real basis The tank crews were armed with unusual weapons called “black knives” with a black wooden handle, manufactured at the Zlatoust plant The circulation was only 3356 pieces Thus, according to the Germans, the “black knife division” was born with “Ural devils” in the form of fighters UGTC had an anthem in the form of the “Hymn of the Black Knives” The Volunteer Tank Corps is a unique gift to the front from the working people, which exceeded production plans, from buttons to T-34 tanks As a result, the state did not spend a penny to form the division