The faces of WWII Heroes

Ekelov Ilya Markovich Ekelov Ilya Markovich, born in 1911, in 1941-1942 – Engineer Сaptain, head of the mine-sweeping laboratory of the Mine-torpedo Department of the Rear Services of the Black Sea Fleet.

Yanenko Philip Semenovich Yanenko Philip Semenovich (1909-1941), in 1941 - Junior Lieutenant, the commander of a Mortar Platoon of the 90th Rifle Regiment of the 95th Rifle Division of Independent Coastal Army. Died on 12/19/1941.

Yanko Khariton Pavlovich Yanko Khariton Pavlovich (1909-1943), a native of the city of Sevastopol, in 1943 - Lieutenant, the commander of a Rifle Company of the 1337th Rifle Regiment of the 318th Rifle Division of the 47th army of the Transcaucasian Front. Died in 1943 near Novorossiysk.

Yanshin Sergey Petrovich (1905-1942), 1941-1942 - Major, Chief of Staff of the Reserve Artillery Regiment of the Coastal Defence of the Main Base of the Black Sea Fleet. Went missing on 07/03/1942.

Yasko Fedor Mikhailovich, born in 1918, 1941-1942 - Red Army soldier, rifleman from the 386th Rifle Division of Independent Coastal Army.

Khramtsov Petr Ivanovich was born in the village of Sterkhovo, Sargatsky District, Omsk Region in 1914. Red Army soldier (private) of a separate tank destroyer division of the 58th separate rifle brigade of the 54th army of the Volkhov front. Called up in 1942 by the Sargat Military Commissariat of the Omsk region. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War II degree, medals, including "For the Defense of Leningrad", "For Victory over Germany." Participant in the military operation "Iskra" to break the blockade of Leningrad in 1942-1943. January 30, 1943 is the date of the end of Operation Iskra. The headquarters of the Supreme Command ordered the troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts to inflict "additional blows from the flanks" in order to encircle the enemy's MGinsko-Sinyavin grouping. According to the final plan of the offensive, starting from February 8, 1943, the 54th Army of the Volkhov Front from the Smerdyn area (Smerdynskaya offensive operation) delivered "flank strikes". Thus, on February 10, 1943, the Smerdynsk offensive operation began. Having broken through the enemy's defense sector between the Makaryevskaya Pustyn 'and Smerdynia, our units stumbled upon a well-planned second defensive zone saturated with engineering structures. Insufficient artillery support, terrain conditions affected the course of the offensive. Enemy reserves began to accumulate on the flanks. On February 14, 1943, reserves were thrown into the offensive: the 58th separate rifle brigade, numbering 5463 people, including Siberians and the 7th Guards Tank Brigade, which were combined into a mobile group. After February 16, the offensive of the entire strike group of the 54th Army was suspended. In response, the Germans launched a series of attacks from the flanks and along the Lezna River, cut off part of the units of the mobile group of Soviet troops. On the night of February 20-21, the encircled units of the 58th brigade made their way to the army units with huge losses. A little more than 100 people left the entourage. On February 20, the offensive of the 54th Army was suspended. Soviet troops went on the defensive. The 58th brigade was awarded the rank of the Guards. For 12 days, from 10 to 22 February 1943, this area became an absolute hell, our soldiers performed hundreds of feats, thousands of lives were given in the name of protecting Leningrad in the forests and swamps of the Tosno region. The fallen 58th separate rifle brigade of the 54th army of the Volkhov front, which took part in that operation, included private Petr Ivanovich Khramtsov. Khramtsov P.I. listed as missing in the period from 14 to 22 February 1943 in the Smerdyn area of ​​the Tosno district of the Leningrad region. Khramtsov P.I. On February 18, 1943, he received a shrapnel wound in his legs and was being treated in 2229 Surgical Field Mobile Hospital (HPPG). From the memoirs of P.I. Khramtsov, told by his daughter L.P. Parygina. “… Being on the battlefield after another attack at dusk on February 18 with broken legs among the dead, he believed death was not so much from blood loss as from freezing. Help came from a sanitary dog, who found me, alive, among the corpses, and saved me from death. There was no strength to bandage himself with bandages from the medical bag attached to the collar. He pulled out a special stick from the collar and put it in the dog's teeth. After a while, the dog brought me an orderly and then, in a harness, brought me to the medical center, then I got to the evacuation hospital ... ”.

Khodakovskaya (Shemyakina) Maria Andreevna was born on February 6, 1922 in the city of Yaloturovsk, Tyumen region. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, home front worker. From 1941 to December 1945, she worked at the Tyumen distance of the LM Kaganovich railway track - a repair worker and a foreman of a track measuring trolley. It was a truly titanic work to restore the railway and railway bridges after the explosions and during the hostilities. Maria Andreevna's works were marked with awards and gratitude, including cash prizes - for the skillful use of internal resources and the use of non-standard working methods. She was awarded several medals, including the “Defender of the Fatherland” medal. During the war, she lost her husband and two sons. The first husband was killed, died at the front. Two of her young sons died of pneumonia - there was not enough medicine, all medicines went to the front. In 1944, she met Nikolai Pavlovich Khodakovsky, her future second husband - to whom she was faithful and devoted to the end of her life, even after his death, and from whom she gave birth to 4 children (three daughters and a son). He was sent from the city of Chita to the Tyumen region as a mechanic and a hammer to restore the railway, steam locomotives and carriages. We worked together in the same field for the sake of common Victory. In August 1945, their eldest daughter was born. In 1946 they were transferred to Chita. Since 1948, Maria Andreevna lived with her family in the city of Korosten, Zhytomyr region, in Ukraine. In the Korosten depot she worked on the railroad as a switchman, and also worked at a confectionery factory. In addition, there was a needlewoman - with her own hands, with her little daughters, she made artificial flowers, boutonnieres, wedding (and not only) wreaths, which were sold even in Leningrad. Throughout her life she helped people and even cured diseases. Maria Andreevna was an incredible person with a strong spirit. She died on December 19, 2013, having lived for almost 92 years. She was buried in her historical homeland, in the city of Yalutorovsk, Tyumen region.

Born into a family of farm laborers. From an early age he worked for the local landowner Martens. In the period 1908-1912 he graduated from the parish school in the village of Dmitrievo, Kasimovsky district. From 1912 to 1918 - a laborer at the St. Petersburg Cartridge Plant. In 1917-1918, a Red Guard, a member of the people's squad of the cartridge plant, was among Lenin's guards when he arrived at the Finland Station in April 1917. He took part in the evacuation of the cartridge plant to Simbirsk. From 1919-1922 - a soldier of the Red Army. Participant of the first Finnish war - 1918-1920. Member of the Civil War. A clerk at the headquarters of the 2nd division, 13th rifle regiment, 5th Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army R.S.F.S.R. under the leadership of M.N. Tukhachevsky, Eastern and Southern Front. He fought against the Kornilov shock battalions. In 1922 he was demobilized, returned to his homeland and in the period from 1922 to 1925 was in charge of the Koverskaya hut-reading room. In July 1925 he became a candidate member of the CPSU (b) of the Kasimov Party organization of the Ryazan province, and in July 1926 he became a member of the CPSU (b). From 1933 to 1935 - propagandist of the Zhukovsky district committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, pos. Zhukovka, Oryol region. Graduated in absentia in 1932-1937. Leningrad Political and Educational Institute. NK Krupskaya NK, Faculty of History, specialty teacher of history, propagandist. From 1935 to 1941 - editor and deputy editor of the Leninsky Klich newspaper, Zhukovsky district, Oryol region. From 1934 to 1941 - instructor (sergeant of the State Security Service), head of the department (acts of civil status (OAGS), secretary of the party committee, chairman of the party committee (lieutenant of the State Security Service, see photo, army rank: senior political instructor-captain) of the primary party organization at the NKVD regional department for Zhukovsky district of the Western region, after September 27, 1937, Oryol region.In September 1941, he was mobilized into the ranks of the Red Army as commissar of the battalion (captain) of the 129th separate rifle brigade.September 5, 1942, he was wounded and sent to the military hospital in Volokolamsk After recovering he worked as an agitator for the regiment of the 1st Ukrainian Front.Demobilized in February 1946. Awarded the medal "For Courage" and the Order of the Red Star and other military awards.After the war he worked as a teacher, own correspondent for a number of newspapers, secretary, deputy editor, newspaper editor "Leninsky Klich" Zhukovsky district of the Bryansk region.

Born on November 13, 1923, in the village of Gushchino, Bobrovo-Dvorsky District, Kursk Region, in the family of a collective farmer. Before the war he studied at a secondary school in the Kursk region. Without finishing school, in October 1941 he was drafted into the Red Army and sent to the 224th artillery regiment in the Ulyanovsk region, the city of Melekess, where he became a scout. In March 1942, the regiment was transferred to the Western Front near the town of Sukhinichi and joined the 58th Infantry Division. The division fought offensive battles in the zone of the 50th Army in the direction of the Warsaw highway. Here he received the baptism of fire. In March 1943, he left for retraining in the 11th training tank regiment in Sverdlovsk, where he was trained as a tank gunner-radio operator. In March 1944, the regiment received new equipment from the factory - T-34 tanks and was sent to the 1st Ukrainian Front near Shepetovka, where it joined the 3rd tank brigade of the 4th Guards Tank Corps. At this time, battles of the 60th Army under the command of General Chernyakhovsky were going on here. The regiment began its combat path. Pyotr Vasilievich was a gunner-radio operator of a T-34 tank, firing from a cannon and a machine gun of a T-34 tank. Due to heavy losses in equipment and personnel, the regiment was withdrawn from the battle. After the replenishment, the regiment moved to Ternopil and took part in battles in this direction with units of the 1st Guards Army. In mid-April 1944, a heavy tank battle was fought at the Lozova station near Ternopil with units of the 4th German Tank Army. Pyotr Vasilievich was a tower gunner, firing from a cannon and a tank machine gun. For this tank battle, Pyotr Vasilyevich was awarded the medal "For Courage". Petr Vasilyevich was transferred to the 1728 Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (1728 glanders), where he became the loader of the SAU-85. With this regiment, he attacked Warsaw, liberated the lands of Poland. His self-propelled gun accompanied infantry and tanks in battle on the 1st Belorussian Front. In January 1945, a tank regiment took part in the Vistula-Oder operation. In February 1945, 1728 glanders attacked as part of the 3rd Shock Army in the direction of Schneidemühl. The battles to eliminate the Nazi troops lasted until February 14. The regiment continued to move rapidly to the west together with units of the 3rd Shock Army and reached the Oder Bay north of Stetin. Here they were fired upon by German ships in the bay. 1728 glanders took part in the Berlin operation. They advanced in the north of Berlin and all the time supported our infantry with fire. The regiment launched its last attack and went to Alexanderplatz. Here the hostilities ended. Victory Day was celebrated in Berlin. Until the summer of 1945, the regiment was in Berlin. The regiment was renamed the 120th Guards Tank Regiment. The personnel of the regiment was sent to the Union in the city of Leninokan of the Armenian SSR. Pyotr Vasilievich, with the rank of guard petty officer, was assigned to the production manager of the regiment headquarters. He served in it until 1948. After demobilization from the ranks of the Red Army, he entered to work in the Kashira RVK. In 1949 he was transferred to work in the Department of the Ministry of StateSecurity, station Kashira Moscow District. In 1949 he got married. In 1958 he graduated from the Moscow Chemical and Pharmaceutical College. After graduating from technical school, he worked at the Moscow Plant of Medicines № 2. He died at the age of 86 and was buried in Moscow. Pyotr Vasilyevich has two daughters, a grandson and a granddaughter. Our grandfather went through the entire war, fought on the Western Front from April 1942 to March 1944, on the 1st Ukrainian Front from May 1944 to December 1944 and on the 1st Belorussian Front from January 1, 1945. He was awarded two medals "For Courage", in 1944 and 1945. Among the awards are the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, the medal "For Military Merit", the medal "For the capture of Berlin", the medal "For the liberation of Warsaw", the medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945". In this war, two of his siblings were killed. Senior - Kharitonov Roman Vasilievich (1911 - 01/07/1944). He served in the 36th separate guards fighter anti-tank artillery battalion of the 31st guards rifle division, was a senior lieutenant in the guards, in the position of commander of 2 batteries of 45 mm guns (artilleryman). In 1941 he was wounded, severely wounded by shrapnel in the chest. In 1943 he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. He died of his wounds on January 7, 1944. He was buried in the Vitebsk region, Gorodok district, Belyanka village, western outskirts (TsAMO data on the primary burial site). Medium - Egor Vasilievich Kharitonov (07.21.1921 - 08.22.1943). Gun commander, guard foreman of the 60th Guards Tank Regiment of the 5th Shock Army. Killed in action on August 22, 1943 in the Rostov region, Kuibyshevsky district, 196.0. Burned down in a tank. He was buried in a mass grave in the Lugansk region, Rovenki, Novo-Darievsky p / s, Kalinovka village (according to the website of the Memorial OBD). Parents died in 1942.

They say that the outcome of the war also depended on one soldier. My grandfather, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Khokhryakov, was also such a soldier. Born on December 24, 1918 in the village of Senyashur, Debesskiy district of the Udmurt ASSR. My family was more fortunate than many others: Grandfather, having survived the horrors of the war, managed to return alive, but with a serious wound to the head. It all started well. Grandfather began his service as a Red Army soldier on 01/01/1940. The service was easy for a young soldier, still, a strong country boy! He quickly mastered the wisdom of soldier science. Let his grandfather begin his battle as a member of: military unit 432 howitzer regiment General Reserve Artillery 30 A Karelian Front (432 howitzer regiment General Reserve Artillery, 30 A KalF, 30 A, KalF) from the Smolensk defensive battle. For the feat accomplished on July 30, 1942, grandfather was awarded the Medal "For Courage". After a severe wound in the head, on July 19, 1944, he was sent to the hospital. After prolonged treatment, he returned to his homeland in June one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. In honor of the 40th anniversary of Victory on 04/06/1985, my grandfather was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree. Every year, a severe combat wound made itself felt more and more often. But, despite this, together with his grandmother, he was able to raise worthy 2 sons and a daughter. He also talked about the need to protect the world and be worthy citizens of your country. After a long illness, my grandfather died on March 30, 1990. People are passing away, and the memory of them will live for centuries in their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren.… Grandfather has grown up a worthy replacement. When the time came to pay the sacred debt to the Motherland, his sons and grandchildren joined the soldiers' ranks. Grandfather's front-line items are carefully kept in our family: a medal, an order, a military ID and photographs that have turned yellow from time to time. Reviewing the pictures, I understand that victory does not get old. A hundred years will pass, and she will be as young in our hearts as in the bright forty-fifth, because the soldiers who procured her were dazzlingly young. I am very proud of my grandfather! Throughout the war, he defended his homeland from the Nazis, not sparing his strength and health, and made a great contribution to the Victory!

Nikolai Konstantinovich Kholodov was born on May 26, 1924 in the city of Mariupol, Donetsk region, Ukraine. In 1941, after graduating from high school in the city of Mariupol, he studied under an accelerated program at the A.K.Serov Bataisk Aviation School of Pilots (Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots named after Hero of the Soviet Union A.K.Serov, Russia, Krasnodar). During the Great Patriotic War, senior sergeant Nikolai Konstantinovich Kholodov served in the 5th separate company for ground support of aircraft on the territory of Belarus. On January 10, 1949, Nikolai Konstantinovich Kholodov and Evgenia Dmitrievna Zaremba (Kholodova) registered a marriage in the Berestovitsky registry office of the Grodno region. Senior Sergeant Nikolai Konstantinovich Kholodov demobilized from the army in 1949 and returned to Mariupol with his wife. Nikolay Konstantinovich Kholodov died on February 1, 1986 in the city of Mariupol, Donetsk region, Ukraine. Awards: By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 9, 1945, he was awarded the medal "FOR VICTORY OVER GERMANY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945." On behalf of the PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE USSR, the medal was presented on May 13, 1947. Commander of the 5th department. Companies ZOS Art. l-nt Babich, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 22, 1948, was awarded the jubilee medal "XXX Years of the Soviet Army and Fleet" On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the medal was awarded on February 21, 1949. l-nt Babich was awarded the jubilee medal "THIRTY YEARS OF VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR of 1941-1945" by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated April 25, 1975. On behalf of the PRESIDIUM of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the medal was awarded to the Military Commissar of the Ordzhonikidze RVK of the city of Zhdanov, Donetsk region, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on April 12, 1985, he was awarded the jubilee medal "FORTY YEARS OF VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR" 1941-1945. On behalf of the PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL of the USSR, the medal was presented on May 24, 1985 by the Military Commissioner of the Ordzhonikidze RVC of the city of Zhdanov, Donetsk region.

Born into a peasant family, survived the famine of 1933. He began his career at the age of 13 at a water pumping station. Was drafted into the Red Army in 1938 in the 4th narrow-gauge railway battalion. The beginning of the war, June 22, 1941 met on the territory of Western Belarus,station Gromy of the Polotsk region. With the remnants of the battalion, they retreated to Vitebsk, took part in the defense of the city, then retreated to Smolensk, where they restored the railway lines. All this time, Georgy Melantievich kept the banner of the regiment, which included the 4th narrow-gauge railway battalion. Thanks to this selfless act, the regiment was not disbanded. Then Georgy Melantievich ended up in the health regiment in the town of Kulebaki, Gorky region, then he was trained as a Sherman tank driver. From the 52nd company of the 4th narrow-gauge railway battalion it was transferred to the 55th Armored Train Division. The location of the armored locomotive st. Gorbachevo of the Kursk road. The armored steam locomotive carried its combat service on the Skuratovo-Chern-Mtsensk-Tula line, the armored steam locomotive was serviced at the Likhabori depot (Moscow) - Moscow Kurskaya 2. During the hostilities near Mtsensk, the carriages in which our soldiers and officers were located took place. The carriages began to roll back to the front line. An armored steam locomotive under the control of the machinist Sergeant Georgy Melantievich overtook the cars and towed them to a safe distance. The fascists were shocked by such actions and did not offer proper resistance. Taking part in the battles near the city of Mtsensk, the armored locomotive under the control of Georgy Melantyevich inflicted a major defeat on the German troops and left the battle without loss. For the shown courage and loyalty, the command gave the Gratitude. By order of the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Railways, he was demobilized in 1944 to rebuild the country. In the civil service, Georgy Melantievich proved himself from the best side, he was awarded certificates and awards for conscientious work. They wrote about him in the newspaper "Put Ilyich" for January 6, 1961. Received the title of the best in the profession. He was an unusually talented, humble and hardworking person.

Khirny Ivan Ivanovich was born on June 6, 1922 in the village of Elshanka, Orenburg region. 06/14/1941 he was drafted into the army. This is how he himself recalls this time. Recorded from the personal memoirs of I. I. Khirny "I was drafted into active service in the army on June 14, 1941. There were 75 of us from Saraktash, almost everyone knew each other, they saw us off merrily with accordions, guitars, songs and dances. I thought that we were parting with family and friends for a long time, and some forever. The war began unexpectedly for us, we did not reach our destination. On June 20, 1941, at dusk, we arrived in the city of Kiev. And on June 21, 1941, at 4 am, German planes began to bomb Kiev. All at this time from the road, tired asleep in the location of the military unit, we could not immediately figure out what was happening, all around explosions, roar, smoke and fire, people cry for help. After the bombing we were all barely gathered. the song says exactly at 4 o'clock, Kiev was bombed and we were told that the war had begun. From the first day we saw the horror of the war and the blood of comrades. I was enlisted in the 436th separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion of the air defense. I had to master military equipment in the field in eye groin and trenches. For a week, the young anti-aircraft gunners explained each number of duties to us, and soon we stood up as a barrier for the capital of Ukraine. For the first time we saw the Germans, what they were doing with our cities, villages, how much grief they brought to the inhabitants of Ukraine. Seeing all this, we quickly mastered military technology and hatred of the enemy, and began to defend the city from enemy air raids. The enemy was superior in strength, we suffered heavy losses, and we experienced the bitterness of retreat. At the end of 1941 we were sent to be re-formed and replenished with human reserves and military equipment. In March 1942, we were sent to the Northern Donets near Kharkov, where fierce battles were going on. The enemy was rushing to Voronezh, we were transferred to Voronezh, South-Western Front. The enemy was striving for the Volga. On June 4, 1942, I was wounded in both legs, I was in hospitals in the city of Engels on the Volga for 2 months and 2 months in the city of Orsk, Orenburg region. He was discharged from the hospital on October 9, 1942. to the reserve regiment. 1943 - Ufa, School of foremen. At the beginning of 1944. back to the front. Met the Victory Day in Romania, Bucharest. "Ivan Ivanovich was awarded: the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree; the Order of Glory; the Order of the Red Banner of Labor; the medal" For the Defense of Stalingrad "; the" Veteran of Labor "medal.

My great-grandfather was drafted into the ranks of the RRK on September 1, 1941 and sent to Omsk to study in a mortar school based on the Omsk Infantry School. On November 10, 1941, he, together with other Surgutyans from Omsk, were sent by echelons first to Padyuga, Arkhangelsk region, and then, at the beginning of February 1942, to the Kalinin front, to the Ostashkovo area, where they arrived on 02/12/1942. From where they made a heavy march to Nelidovo in the Tver (Kalinin) region. Not much has been written about the plight of our troops in this area and the fighting - our losses were too great. Stubborn battles were fought for every piece of land. Many of our fellow countrymen were also killed. From a letter dated 30.03.42 (without amendments) “I further inform that Smirnova A.I. haven't seen it for a long time. I saw it in Paduga, but I haven't seen it here. I do not know not alive. Their school took part in the battle. I do not know not alive. Some of the Surgut guys are no longer alive - Toropchaninov, Semyon Popov and others were killed. I haven't seen Spirin for a long time. Chutin is not killed…. In addition, I also inform you that Comrade Komlev was killed on March 25 or 26 with a mine ... ”Great-grandfather fought in the 22nd Army, 362th Infantry Division, 1210th Infantry Regiment, in the minibatalion, first in a supply platoon, and from 09.06.42 in the 2nd mortar company. From a letter dated April 25, 1942 “For the third month now we have been expecting that they will soon change, but we cannot wait for the change so far. Spring is already in full swing here. Almost all snow melted in 4-5 days. The weather is good and my heart is happy, so hunt and fish if I was at home…. Of the Surgut guys, I see only Korobov. I haven’t seen any nepokoev somewhere in the courses of political instructors… ”From the last letter of 12.06.42 -“ At the moment I am in almost the same place in the Kalinin region, only from the supply platoon I was transferred to the ministry on June 9th. Now I am in the company together with Nikolai Chernomysovsky Tugorinov. His family lives on the Black Cape in Zaton ... We are standing in the forest on the front line, we are on the defensive. We are at a distance of 3-4 km from the German .. Every night a machine gun and a mortar crackle, but we listened and do not pay attention, as if this is the way it should be ... " In March 1943, my great-grandmother Agniya Efimovna received a Notice that on 04/07/1942 her husband, Khudyakov Georgy Ilyich, was missing while at the front. Exactly 69 years after the death of 07/02/2011, the remains of my grandfather, and with him the remains of three more soldiers, were found in the Vetka tract in the Oleninsky district of the Tver region, the village of Young Tud. There are still 13 military letters from great-grandfather. Written in pencil, they are difficult to read. The first letter, written on 19.09.41, came from the city of Omsk, PO Box 3534. The last letter was written on 12.06.42. The address in the letter: 1421 field post, 1210 s \ n, mortar battalion, 2nd miner. Red Army soldier Khudyakov G.I. The name of my great-grandfather, like the names of many people from Surgut who did not return from the war, are forever carved on the slabs of the Monument of Glory in Surgut.

Alexander Korneevich Kharchenko was born on December 5, 1918 in a peasant family. In 1927, at the age of nine, with his parents, he arrived in the village of Uzhur (now the city of Uzhursky District of the Krasnoyarsk Territory). In 1935 he graduated from six classes and started working as a worker of the 10th distance of the way to Uzhur station. In 1938 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army, where in 1939 he joined the Komsomol. Demobilized in 1940 due to illness. After returning, he worked as the head of the Uzhur District House of Culture. In March 1942 he was drafted into the Red Army. From June 12, 1944, Kharchenko was in the active army on the 2nd Belorussian Front. On June 27, 1944, the scout of the 364th rifle regiment of the 139th rifle division of the 50th army, Sergeant Major Kharchenko, as part of a group that included Senior Lieutenant Melnov, Junior Lieutenant Paikov, Sergeant Major Kirillov, Sergeant Major Khalmanov, Junior Sergeant Ivanov, under heavy fire the enemy, using improvised means, overcame the Dnieper River near the village of Buinichi, Mogilev district, Mogilev region of the Republic of Belarus, seized a bridgehead on the opposite bank. With machine gun fire and grenades, a group of scouts destroyed the enemy firing points, which ensured the passage of the entire battalion to the right bank of the Dnieper. With the seizure of the bridgehead, a red flag was erected on one of the houses in the village of Buinichi, which inspired the Soviet soldiers and brought confusion to the enemy's camp. On July 2, 1944, the commander of the 364th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Petrov, Sergeant Major Khalmanov was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. From June 19 to June 20, 1944, in the battles for the village of Pogorana, Grodno district of the Grodno region, the commander of the pedestrian reconnaissance section of the 1st rifle battalion of the 364th rifle regiment of the 139th rifle division, Sergeant Major Kharchenko personally destroyed 7 German soldiers and one German officer, during a counterattack enemy participated in repelling it. On August 12, 1944, a candidate for membership in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, Sergeant Major Kharchenko, died in battles for the city - the fortress of Osovets Poland. He was buried on the southwestern outskirts of the village of Mryki (Polish Mroczki), now the rural Gmina Trzchanne (Polish Gmina Trzcianne), Monki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. Awards • Medal "Gold Star" of the Hero of the Soviet Union No. 5422 (24.03.1945); • Order of Lenin (03.24.1945); Order of Glory 3rd degree (09/07/1944). Memory- The Hero's name is engraved in gold letters in the Hall of Glory of the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in the Victory Park of Moscow. In 1967, Proletarskaya Street in the town of Uzhur, Uzhursky District, Krasnoyarsk Territory was renamed into Kharchenko Street. The name of Kharchenko was assigned to secondary school No. 1 of the city of Uzhur. In the city of Uzhur, a bust of A.K. Kharchenko.