The faces of WWII Heroes

Solodkov Peter Sergeevich is my grandmother's brother. He was born in 1923, finished 7th grade of school and went to work at a furniture factory in Borovichi. Peter went to war as a scout after a month of training in September 1941, when he turned 18. He served all over Russia, constantly changing his place of service, he wrote letters home, but did not have time to receive an answer, and did not know if his mother and sister were alive. The funeral letter came in 1944, my grandmother remembers with bitterness how my mother cried. Peter died in Ukraine – Volotovsky district, where he was buried. Eternal Memory ... Petya for you. We Remember and Thank You for Everything ...

He was born in 1912 in the village of Yarlukovo (now the Gryazinsky district of the Lipetsk region). He worked as a shepherd from childhood and graduated from a village school. Then he worked as a mechanic at the Dzerzhinsky plant (in the city of Voronezh), at the same time he was engaged in a glider school. In 1935 he voluntarily joined the Red Army. He graduated from the Engels Military Aviation Pilot School in 1937. He worked as a test pilot at the Air Force Research Institute since 1940. Senior Lieutenant M.E. Chunosov fought since June 25, 1941 on the frontlines of the Great Patriotic War as part of the 402nd Fighter Regiment, he flew the MiG-3 fighter. He shed the first blood on July 1, 1941, near the Idritsa station (Novgorod region). He was hit in aerial combat on July 8.

Boris Sergeevich commanded the 50th tank division, the 150th tank brigade, was chief of staff of the 17th tank Corps, commander of the 9th tank Corps, by order of the Supreme Commander 0181 dated 05.07.44, the corps was given the name "Bobruisk". On July 16, 1944, at 9:00 a.m., Major General Boris Sergeevich Bakharov of the tank forces went to check the defense section of the 23rd tank brigade in the Shakuna area (Belarus) and, having jumped to the bridge 1 km west of Kazemirovka, was fired from a German anti-tank cannon, and was killed by a direct hit in the neck cavity. He was buried on July 20, 1944 in Bobruisk on Victory Square. He was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner (1943, 1944), the Orders of Kutuzov I and II degrees (1944).

Michael Ivanovich Podosinov, GPW veteran Michael Ivanovich Podosinov, Guard Senior Lieutenant Medal "For the Capture of Konigsberg"|Order of the Patriotic War II degree|Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"|Medal "For the Victory over Japan"|Order of the Red Star

My great-grandfather, Ivan Savovich Yavtushenko, was born on 02/23/24 in Poltava.He went to the front on 03/26/1943, served as a corporal, senior telephone operator in the platoon of the Artillery Commander of the Second Ukrainian Front of the 41st Red Banner Infantry Division of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class. For his bravery, dedication, contempt for danger and perseverance in carrying out tasks in battles from the Oder, the Elbe to Berlin, he was awarded government awards - two Orders of the Red Star and the Order of Glory of the III degree, medals "For Courage", "For Military Merit", "For the Liberation of Budapest", "For the Liberation of Prague" and "For the capture of Berlin"

In the photo, Andrei Fedorovich Gryazev, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War in 1923. The village of Evanovo, Pestovsky district, Novgorod region

Koschechkin Alexandr Ivanovich(13.09.1925-21.01.1980) Veterans of the Great Patriotic War of Borkovsky rural settlement. In the photo is Alexander Ivanovich Koshechkin, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War.

Nikolaev Alexandr Veterans of the great Patriotic war of Borkovsky rural settlement. On a photo the veteran of the great Patriotic war Nikolaev Alexander

Prokofyev Georgiy Anatolyevich Veterans of the great Patriotic war of Borkovsky rural settlement. In the photo, a veteran of the great Patriotic war Prokofiev George Anatolyevich

Biserov Petr Alexeevich(01.03.1923) Veterans of the great Patriotic war of Borkovsky rural settlement. In the photo, a veteran of the great Patriotic war, Peter A. Biserov

Gormin Boris Aleksandrovich Veterans of Borkovsky rural settlement In the photo, Boris Alexandrovich Gormin, a veteran of the great Patriotic war

A group of Red Army soldiers at the edge of the forest.In the Center is bataichanin Kulba V.S. Poland.The 40s

At the walls of the Reichstag .1945.Berlin A group of fellow soldiers at the walls of the Reichstag. In the first row of vaticanis Shmelev F. E. Berlin , 1945

Pechenaya P. E. Snapshot of the great Patriotic war .Hungary.1945/

Rudyak Leonida Savvichna_x000D_ _x000D_ Military service: military medical staff. Rudyak Leonida Savvichna was born in 1922. When the war broke out, Leonida went to the military enlistment office and asked to be sent to the front, as she was working as a nurse and was liable for military service. After receiving a referral to Rostov-on-don, to a hospital, my grandmother saw with her own eyes what German shelling from planes and bombing were like, then she was slightly wounded, and lost several of her friends – young girls-nurses like her. Then she worked for a long time in a hospital in Astrakhan, where severely wounded soldiers were brought there. She had to work two shifts, and she didn't have enough food, clothes, and shoes. It was very difficult to be in a strange city in such conditions, far from the family. When the hospital moved closer to the front line, Leonida Savvichna had to live in dugouts in the woods near Stalingrad in the midst of a historic battle. She said that even at night it was light from the fire of exploding shells, and the roar was simply indescribable! During the war, Leonida Savvichna visited many cities. When her hospital came under the command of the Polish army, she even took part in the liberation of Poland from the Nazis, and received many orders and medals for her services in battle. According to Leonida's stories, she was very scared, she remembered that some images from the war times still stand before her eyes, as if everything was quite recent. This war left marks not only on her body, but also in her soul left a deep indelible mark. During this war, Leonida Savvichna met a beautiful young pilot Viktor Fomich, who later became her husband. They fell in love, but they had to fight in different cities, so they wrote letters to each other. Interestingly, when Viktor asked Leonida Savvichna what city she was in, and this was secret information, she answered something like this:"the First letter of the name of this city is the first letter of my sister's name, the second letter of the name of this city is the first letter of your mother's name... etc."