The faces of WWII Heroes

Great-grandfather of Khromushina Varvara. Vasily Fyodorovich was sent to the front in 1941 as a tankman. In one of the battles his tank was knocked out, it caught fire, and great-grandfather was seriously wounded, miraculously survived. He reached Berlin.

Valiullin Gabbas Valiullovich (second row, 4th from the left). Military service on the destroyer "Karl Liebknecht".

Khlebnikov Pyotr Efimovich. Born in Khlebnikovo village, Rozhkinsky District, Kirov Region. Participant of the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.

Drivers of the fuel supply company, 57th Automobile Regiment, 18th Automobile Brigade during the Great Patriotic War. Photo taken in Germany in 1945. Photo from Malykhin Pavel Stepanovich personal fund (papers), a participant of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. Ulyotovsky Regional Local History Museum, a branch of the regional cultural institution of the municipal district "Ulyotovsky District" of Zabaykalsky Krai (Trans-Baikal Territory).

Born in 1909 in Ulyotovsky District. Team 383, 28.07.1941. Demobilized in November 1945. Lieutenant. 955th Rifle Regiment. 3d and 1st Ukrainian Fronts. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, the Order of the Red Star №452261, two Medals "For Courage" №524086 and №380648. Leg wound 19.12.1942, head contusion in 1943, general contusion on 27.04.1945. Place of residence: Balzoy village.

Sherstovitova (Tarasova) Anna Frolovna with her brother-soldiers (3d from the left). Pensioner, Veteran of Labour, Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Holder of the Orders of the Patriotic War 2nd class, "Kuzbass Valour". Former Assistant to the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Kemerovo Regional Council of Working-People’s Deputies.

On the reverse side of the photo written: "Multinational crew of the "Spotter Plane" ("Korrektirovshchik") aircraft. Novinko, Dubolazov, Nikitin, Bukdeev, Deiko, Garanin, Kobyakov, Kromen. August, 1942

Ryabushchenko Nikolay Petrovich started his battle way near Moscow in November 1941 when he was only eighteen years old. After graduating from the aviation school he got a diploma of air navigator. He flew on the biplane Po-2 to the front line to bomb enemy massing troops and equipment. He brought to the squadron headquarters military information about the location of the enemy troops. Delivered clothing, food and ammunition to our troops surrounded by the enemy. Six months later the air regiment where Nikolay Petrovich served was disbanded and the air navigator was sent to the short-term courses to learn how to pilot a high-speed aircraft - a dive-bomber.

Private Boris Zinovievich Shestakov, born in 1923, was discharged from the hospital in March 1942.

Georgy Vasilievich Kharin fought in Romania, Hungary and Austria. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, two Medals "For Courage", the Medal "For Сapture of Budapest". Harin G. V. participated in the battles for Vienna where he was seriously wounded. On photo Georgy Vasilyevich stands rightmost in the second row with his comrades from the hospital at the monument to Johann Strauss.

Nikolay Mikhailovich Vdovin (upper row, first from the right) among the crew of the border guard ship - 62. Russky Island of Primorsky Krai (Primorye Territory), 1945

Photo shows my father, Private of 144th Infantry Regiment of 49th Infantry Division of 2nd Guards Army , a participant in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Galtsev Sergey Alexandrovich, my great-grandfather, was born on September 20, 1909. When Great Patriotic War began, my great-grandfather, along with millions of Soviet citizens, went to the front. After the war, he came back home. I am proud of my great-grandfather! A human lives in the memory of his descendants. Eternal glory to heroes!

Cherepkova Olga Stepanovna, captain of the medical service, 1945, Leipzig

Shmatchenko Igor Grigorievich, brother of Ekaterina Grigorievna (photo taken 07/18/1941, veteran of Great Patriotic War.