In the center is Chaika Ivan Alekseevich, born in 1909, a native of the Altai Territory. Deputy platoon commander of the 386th rifle regiment of the 178th rifle division. Wounded on September 16, 1941 during the Ivashkovo offensive operation. Was photographed in November 1941 with unknown persons in EG № 3669. From the memoirs of his wife Praskovya: "In a letter Ivan wrote that he was photographed with fellow countrymen from Altai. I remember the last name of one, it seems," Safronov. "Chaika I.A. disappeared without a trace on September 18, 1942 in the Smolensk region