The faces of WWII Heroes

Ivan Georgievich Pozdnukhov, Senior Lieutenant. He was born in 1907 in the town of Belev, Tula region. He was at the frontline since May 1942. He was awarded with medals: "For the Defense of the Caucasus", "Of Honor".

Vasily Ivanovich Pilyukov, Lieutenant Colonel. He was born in 1918 in the village of Sergeevka, Belevsky district, Tula region. He served in the Red Army since 1939. His awards: The Red Star Order, medals: "For Military Merit", "For Victory over Japan".

Vasily Nikolaevich Pankov, Lieutenant. He was born in 1916 in the village of Gorodna, Belevsky district, Tula region. He was drafted into the army by the Belevsky District military commissariat in 1939. He was awarded with The Red Star Order and the Medal "For Victory over Germany".

Fedor Iosifovich Dezhurny. Medal "Of Honor", Medal "For Military Merit", "For Victory over Germany."

Alexander Frolovich Samusev, Senior Sergeant. Two Orders of the Red Star.

Irina Viktorovna Kovaleva, Junior Sergeant.

Rimma Ivanovna Gorschal. She was awarded with the Medal for Military Merit, and later: The Red Star Order, the Patriotic War Order, 2nd grade; medals "For the Defense of Leningrad", "For the capture of Budapest", "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."

Nicholas Mikhailovich Dasko

My grandfather Fyodor Kononovich Smirnov, Junior Sergeant, radio operator 877 of the special 282nd Tartu Infantry Division. He was born on 02.01.1913 in the village of Kulyaba, Kainsky district, Verkh-Tarskaya volost, Tomsk province (now Novosibirsk region, Kyshtovsky district). He died on January 30, 1993 in Kyrgyzstan. He was a participant in the Finnish campaign and the Great Patriotic War.

Dmitry Pavlovich Golikov, Senior Lieutenant. Order of the "Red Star", medals "Of Honor" and "For Victory over Germany"

Semyon Dmitrievich Vishnyakov. Medals: "For the liberation of Warsaw", "For the victory over Germany"

Tatiana Mikhailovna Melnikova, Junior Sergeant. She was born in 1921 in the village of Ruka, Belevsky district, Tula region. She has been at the frontline since March 1943. Her awards: The Red Star Order, medals: "Of Honor", "For the Liberation of

Evdokia Grigorievna Marinina (Komkova), Red Army Soldier. She was born in 1922 in the village of Berezovo, Belevsky District, Tula Region. She was drafted by the Belevsky District military commissariat in 1942. She was awarded with the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd grade and medals: "Of Honor ", "For Military Merit".

Ivan Vlasovich Larkin, Senior Lieutenant. He was born in 1917 in the village of Beregovaya, Belevsky district, Tula region. He served in the Red Army since 1938. His awards: The Red Star Order, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd grade; the medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad".

Georgy Ilyich Lapshin, Junior Lieutenant. He was born in 1919 in the village of Kashovo, Belevsky District, Tula Region. He was at the frontline from the first days of the war. His awards: The Red Star Order; medals: "For the defense of Stalingrad", "For the victory over Germany", "For the capture of Budapest", "For the capture of Vienna".