The faces of WWII Heroes

Full name: Pavlova (Trofimova) Anastasia Petrovna _x000D_ PATRONYMIC: Petrovna _x000D_ CITY: Pokrovka village, Liskinsky district, Voronezh region _x000D_ DATE of BIRTH: 26.12.1920 _x000D_ DATE of DEATH: 12.10.2001 _x000D_ _x000D_ HISTORY: Pavlova (Trofimova) Anastasia Petrovna was born on December 26, 1920, in the village of Pokrovka, Liskinsky district, Voronezh region in a family of collective farmers. Education-secondary professional, medical College of the city of Borisoglebsk. It was created on June 23, 1941 by the city military Commissariat of Borisoglebsk, Voronezh region. By profession, a nurse. Rank-private. Battle path: the Beginning of the great Patriotic war met in the city of Borisoglebsk. Already on June 23, she appeared at the recruiting station. Received at the disposal of the evacuation hospital 1918, formed on the territory of the Voronezh region. On September 20, 1941, she took the oath of office. Participated in combat operations from 1941 to may 1945: on the South-Western, Voronezh, and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. All these years, she was a nurse at various evacuation hospitals. The tasks of evacuation hospitals were: reception, accommodation, medical sorting, sanitary (special) treatment of the wounded and sick; providing them with specialized medical care and their subsequent treatment; preparing for the evacuation of the wounded and patients requiring long-term specialized treatment. Anastasia Petrovna was bombed several times. She was a donor and repeatedly donated blood for wounded soldiers. In 1944, in the hospital, she met her future husband - Pavlov Semyon Alekseevich. She ended the war as part of the evacuation hospital No. 272 in Budapest. After the war, she and her husband spent 2 years in Hungary and continued to work in a hospital. Awards: by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of 9 may 1945, awarded the medal "For victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945"; by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet dated March 14, 1985 and awarded the Order of Patriotic war II degree (no award document: 76. Date of the award document: 06.04.1985 g) Commemorative medals: "Twenty years of Victory in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945", "Thirty years of Victory in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945", "Forty years of Victory in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945" "50 years of Victory in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945", "60 years of the USSR Armed Forces", "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Medal of Zhukov. From 1947 to 1951 she lived in the city of Liski of the Voronezh region. She worked as a nurse. In 1951, she moved with her family to the far East. During the 60s and 80s. she worked in medical institutions in the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur: Children's home, children's dairy kitchen, children's somatic hospital. For many years of work, she was awarded the title "Veteran of labor". She died in 2001. She was buried in the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur.

Full name: Pinchukov Nikolay Nikiforovich _x000D_ PATRONYMIC: Nikiforovich _x000D_ CITY: village of Ostyatsk, Severny district, Novosibirsk region _x000D_ DATE of BIRTH: 19.12.1923 _x000D_ DATE of DEATH: 20.12.1995 _x000D_ _x000D_ HISTORY: Pinchukov Nikolay Nikiforovich-senior Lieutenant of the medical service, veteran of the great Patriotic war. Born on December 19, 1923 in the village of Ostyatsk, Severny district, Novosibirsk region. In 1938, he graduated from 7 classes. On August 1, 1942, he was called up by the Kargat RVC to join the Soviet army. He graduated from the Molotov Military Medical school in the 2nd category of the specialty paramedic on an accelerated course in January 1944 and was sent to the Western front, in the 33rd army, which at that time was near Vitebsk. Having suffered heavy losses, in February they left for the formation in the Kalinin region (Tver region). In April 1944, they left for the 2nd Belorussian front. In the Belarusian offensive operation "Bagration" took part in the defeat of the "Bobruisk" group, and the 33rd army was part of it. In August 1944, they reached the Vistula river, in Poland. As part of the Bialystok operation, the 2nd Belorussian front played a supporting role-chasing the remnants of army group Center. Leaving Minsk behind, the front moved strictly to the West — to Novogrudok, and then — to Grodno and Bialystok. During the fighting regiment from 22 to 28 June 1944, second Lieutenant, sanitary platoon commander infantry battalion 90 infantry regiment, 95 infantry division 490 army, comrade Pinchuk N. N. while in combat formations, saved the lives of 18 soldiers and commanders, to provide them timely medical care and evacuated from the battlefield with weapons, and was presented to the government the award of the medal "For Courage", for which he was thanked party fighting for the liberation from the Nazi invaders Lieutenant Pinchukova N. N. by order of the Supreme commander Marshal of the Soviet Union comrade Stalin on July 16, 1944, for the excellent fighting for the liberation from Nazi invaders of the city of Grodno. He was also awarded a commendation for the liberation of the Osovets fortress on August 15, 1944 and the crossing of the Dnieper. During the period of hostilities the regiment from June 23 to August 20, 1944, second Lieutenant, sanitary platoon commander 90 infantry regiment, 95 infantry Verkhnedneprovskiy division of the red banner Pinchuk Nikolay Nikiforovich being in combat formations, saved the lives of 23 soldiers and commanders, to provide them with timely assistance on the battlefield and promptly evacuated to the medical unit. During the battles in the area of Thuzhe-Gzhendy (Ganendzensky district) in difficult terrain under gun and mortar fire, he organized the timely evacuation of the wounded from the battlefield, provided first aid, personally carried 6 wounded soldiers and officers with their weapons from the battlefield and was presented to the government award-the Order of the red star. In January 1945, after breaking through the German defenses on the Vistula river, they went on the offensive and only 27.01.1945 crossed the Polish-German border, and 6.02.1945 reached the Oder river, where they were on the defensive until 16.04.1945. In the period from 20 to 28 April 1945 South-East of Berlin, eliminating the surrounded grouping of Germans, under enemy fire, Lieutenant sanitary platoon commander infantry battalion infantry regiment 90, 95'odniprovs'kyi rifle red banner order of Suvorov division comrade Pinchuk N. N., carried from the battlefield badly wounded and 5 officers and provided them with first aid, a team of nurses under the direct supervision Pinchukova Nikolay Nikiforovich made 97 wounded soldiers and officers and provided them with first aid. He was presented to the government award-the order of the Patriotic Vona II degree and was awarded a commendation for excellent combat actions during the breakthrough of a strong, deep-echeloned enemy defense on the West Bank of the Vistula river South of Warsaw, by order No. 221 of January 16, 1945. On the night of may 2 to 3, 1945, the fighting ended in the suburbs of Berlin. In the Berlin operation of 1945, after successfully breaking through the enemy's defenses, the troops of the 33rd army, in cooperation with other armies of the 1st Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian fronts, participated in the defeat of a group of German troops surrounded South-East of Berlin. The army ended the fighting on may 6 with the main forces leaving for the river. The Elbe is Northwest of the city of Desau. Lieutenant Pinchukov N. N. was declared grateful for the elimination of the encirclement of the enemy group South – East of Berlin on may 2, 1945, number 357. Until February 1946, he was in Germany as part of the occupation forces and was awarded the medal "for the capture of Berlin" and "for the Victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945". during the fighting in the great Patriotic war, he had no injuries. In February 1946, they left for their homeland. In September 1950, he was dismissed to the reserve. He worked in the Kargat region. in the hospital as an assistant epidemiologist in the sanitary and epidemiological Department. Nikolay Nikiforovich died at the age of 72, on December 20, 1995 in the city of Kargat, Novosibirsk region.

Full name: Pankratova Maria Georgievna _x000D_ PATRONYMIC: Georgievna _x000D_ Сity: - _x000D_ Date of BIRTH: - _x000D_ DATE of DEATH: - _x000D_ _x000D_ HISTORY: Maria Georgievna, nee Andrianova, was born in 1924 in the village of Slashchevskaya on the banks of the Volga. She remembers her childhood well. It was not well-fed and well-to-do, they had to work hard even when the war was not yet knocking on their doors, but Maria Georgievna never said that it was unhappy. When she was only 10, she was already doing half the work around the house, and even water could pull full buckets of a huge barrel. She also sang... She was always singing. Sings now, at 91 years old. The front line was not far from Slashchevskaya stanitsa. When the war started, everyone was working. High school students dug trenches, built defensive structures very close to the front line. Maria Georgievna says that when she and her classmates had to go to nursing courses, they not only learned how to dress the wounded and carry them out of the battlefield. They had to be able to assemble and disassemble a rifle, reload a machine gun, and dig a trench and throw a grenade. As early as November 1941. she received a summons to the military enlistment office, but almost immediately it was followed by a call to the Komsomol district Committee. In a neighboring village, located seventeen kilometers from Slashchevka, a math teacher, an adult man, was called to the front, and it was decided to send her to work there as a good student. "At first I was confused and offended that I seemed to be an evader, but the woman who recommended me for this position scolded me and said that it was no easier here than at the front, that teachers at school were needed no less than nurses at the front. And then I realized it was true." The school was located in seventeen kilometers from Sladewski. There was no transport, it was a cold winter in the middle zone. And our seventeen-year-old Maria Georgievna in light galoshes until the end of this winter walked to her work, taught math to children who were only two or three years younger than her. Then she was sent to the Institute for one year, so that she could take at least the basics of teaching methods. "I'm not so much hungry as frozen this winter. They lived in a Dorm where ice as thick as a fist grew on the window. It was draughty from all the cracks, and the girls and I went to bed in pairs to sleep at night, so that one mattress could be put on top of fur coats and blankets, and to keep each other warm. Bread was given out for five hundred grams a day, there was no other food, they drank tea without sugar, and when it was just boiling water." A year later, Maria Georgievna returned to school, to work, continuing to study in absentia. In 1945, she and her husband, Pyotr Nefedovich Pankratov, met as a married couple. He was a school principal. After the war, life was not in a rut for a long time, there were schools in dugouts, and a lack of basic clothing and food. But they did their job honestly, kept a small household, and raised two wonderful children, Olimpiada Petrovna, who became an excellent math teacher, and Alexander Petrovich, who was a very talented dentist.

Full name: Pavlov Boris Potapovich_x000D_ CITY: Leningrad_x000D_ Date of BIRTH: 06.08.1911 _x000D_ DATE of DEATH: 16.02.1990 _x000D_ _x000D_ HISTORY: Pavlov Boris Potapovich joined the Red Army in November 1932, a career officer, a member of the CPSU (b) - CPSU (at the time of death, the experience was more than 50 years). Retired on July 11, 1960. The last place of service is the Gagarin air Force Academy in the village of Monino, Moscow region. Places of service during the war: 16A Zap Front, Karf, Polit Volkhf, 1DVF, 16A Zabvo, Approx. During the war he was responsible editor of frontline and army Newspapers: "Battle alert" 16A Zap FR (from 1941); "in the battle for the Motherland" of the Karelian front (1942); "Front truth" of the Volkhov front (1943);"Stalinist warrior" 1 far Eastern front and Approx. (1945,46). Awarded medals and decorations: Medal "For defense of Moscow" (31.07.1944); Medal "For defense of Leningrad" (10.02.1944); Medal "For defense of Soviet Arctic"; Medal "For victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war 19411945 gg."; Medal "For victory over Japan"; Medal "For military merit" (03.11.1944); Order of the red Star (17.04.1943); order of the Patriotic war I degree (02.11.1944); Order of the red banner (26.08.1945); Order of the red Star (24.06.1948); Order of the red banner (21.08.1953); order of the Patriotic war II degree (06.04.1985). Before the war, he was educated as a journalist in Leningrad, after the war he graduated from the History Department of the Lomonosov Moscow state University in 1949 with a red diploma (there were 2 red diplomas in the issue: after the end of his service in 1960, he worked in the press Committee, in the Soviet Committee of war veterans. Member of the Union of journalists of the USSR. Pavlov B. p. author of books for children and adults: "Vovka from no man's land"; "Way home"; "Twenty days of the political instructor"; "Veterans in the ranks" (author-compiler), etc. Together with his wife, also a participant in the second world war, Lebedeva (Pavlova) Galina Afanasyevna (31.12.1913-13.12.1993) adopted and raised an orphan girl. They were married on January 19, 1943 and lived the rest of their lives together. Their marriage was an example of love and loyalty for us, the family. Colonel Pavlov B. P. died on February 16, 1990, and was buried in the military cemetery of the village. Monino Shchelkovsky district of the Moscow region (on the territory of the garrison of the former VVA. Yu. A. Gagarin). His Muse and beloved they are his wife Galina afanasevna in 1993, are buried side by side, together they lived for over 47 years.

Pashkurny Peter Andreevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Тhe CITY: Ukraine, Poltava _x000D_ DATE of BIRTH: 14.06.1925 _x000D_ DATE of DEATH: 22.11.1999 _x000D_ _x000D_ HISTORY: When the General mobilization was announced, my great-grandfather was 16 years old. He, along with everyone else, was going to the front voluntarily, but they did not take him, since he was not 18 years old. Great-grandfather worked for the good of the country, helped in every way, brought victory closer. Mostly he performed manual work: he removed hay, sowed in the collective farm fields. Spring 1942, the second year of the war. And here is the long-awaited summons to the front… My great-grandfather served in a Panzer division and became a General officer. sergeant. On the tank, he passed Ukraine-Belarus-Poland and reached Germany. "Acting as part of the t-34 tank showed courage and bravery. In the area of the village of Wilmersdorf on 25.01.45, the tank crew destroyed a self-propelled gun, a 105 mm anti-aircraft gun and 75 enemy soldiers." In the battles with the Germans, he was seriously wounded in the leg. Four days hiding from the Nazis in the basement of one of the houses, where he was found by Russian partisans. Then he was admitted to a hospital in Lviv, where he stayed until 1947. For the courage and bravery shown in the battle with the German invaders, he was awarded the government award-the medal "for bravery". Great-grandfather returned home, the wounds on his body healed, but the emotional wounds left their mark for life. A lot was experienced on the battlefield-the loss of friends, colleagues, getting injured, participating in the shelling… He didn't say much during the war years, because he remembered it all with tears in his eyes. In 1949, my great-grandfather married my great-grandmother Buzynyuk Tatyana Nikonovna, who worked in the rear during the war. For every Soviet worker, the slogan "Everything for the front, everything for victory" became the law of life. So my great-grandmother worked hard for 10-12 hours a day. Peter and Tatiana gave birth and raised 9 children, they have 23 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren! After going through all the difficulties in their difficult life, they managed to maintain kindness, warmth and love and lived together for 52 years. We the future generation must know and remember our ancestors who gave us life. We owe our lives to our great-grandparents, because it is impossible to forget what was bought at the highest price – the price of our families ' lives.

Full name: Vasiliy Emelyanovich Patrakov _x000D_ PATRONYMIC: Yemelyanovich CITY: d. Navolok, Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky district, Vologda region _x000D_ DATE of BIRTH: 03.03.1915 _x000D_ DATE of DEATH: 05.01.1980 _x000D_ _x000D_ HISTORY: Vasily Emelyanovich was born on March 3, 1915 in a simple peasant family. In the first year of the war he worked as a tractor Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky MTS. Plowed collective farm fields. Tractor drivers were given a reservation in 1941, because they had to grow bread. But in June 1942, he was drafted into the active Red Army. He took the oath of office on July 7, 1942 with the 282nd reserve rifle regiment. He fought first as a mortar man in the 15th motorized rifle brigade, and then (from July 1943) as a commander of the 34th gun and artillery brigade's mortar squad. The mortars were of caliber of 82 and 102 mm. From July 17, 1942 to February 2, 1943, he participated in the battle of Stalingrad. For more than three months, soldiers marched to the Stalingrad front in huge columns around the clock, and no units returned. Military equipment was delivered in trains that went through 800 meters from each other in a continuous stream. From the memoirs of Vasily Yemelyanovich of the case when he managed to shoot down a German heavy bomber plane from a mortar. "It certainly flew slowly, because it was loaded with bombs to bomb Soviet cities. But still, it is difficult to shoot down a plane from a mortar when it is in the sky, where there are no landmarks. I did." Once he survived by a miracle, when a fascist tank drove over his legs. The only thing that saved me was that I was lying in a field, in a fairly deep furrow. After this injury, he lay in the hospital, then returned to the ranks, but continued to fight as a sanitary instructor, pulling wounded soldiers and officers from the battlefield. For selflessness and courage in the battles with the German invaders, he was awarded the order of the Red Star. From the award list, signed by the commander of the 1620 light artillery regiment, guards Lieutenant Colonel Shmantsar:".... November 7, 1843 in the battle in the area of d. Urycha, when two battalions of German infantry under the cover of tanks attacked the division's firing positions, exposing them to fierce mortar and artillery fire, tov. Patrakov, despising the danger, selflessly provided assistance to wounded soldiers and officers. Being himself wounded, he refused to leave the battlefield and, continuing his work, bleeding himself, carried 12 people with their weapons to safety. It was only when the sweat of his blood left him that he allowed himself to be carried away." There was a case when he saved a seriously wounded General, pulling him from the battlefield, was presented with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but in the heat of battle, this idea was lost somewhere... He was discharged on September 25, 1945, returned to his native village of Navolok and began to build a peaceful life. He worked on the collective farm "Builder of communism" as an ordinary collective farmer, married a girl from his own village. They had eight children, two died at an early age, and six were raised.

Full name: Perepadya Lavrenty Borisovich _x000D_ CITY: St. Georgievskaya Stavropol territory _x000D_ DATE of BIRTH: 25.08.1925 _x000D_ DATE of DEATH: 14.09.1944 _x000D_ _x000D_ HISTORY: The story of the uncle on the father's side-perepadya Lavrenty Borisovich is very short, 19 years long. And there is only one award - The order of the Red Star, which was not awarded because he was wounded in the battle of Grodno in September 1944 and went missing. He was born on August 25, 1925 in the village of Georgievskaya, Kuban region, Stavropol territory in the family of a Cossack collective farm accountant perepadya Boris Mareevich. There were three children, and he was the eldest. The family was hardworking, lived in prosperity. This was the reason for the dekulakization and exile of the father in 1937 under article 58 (Ten years without the right of correspondence). The father did not return home, the family was left without a breadwinner. From the age of 12, Lavrusha helped his mother. I finished my seven-year course and dreamed of studying further. But the war made its own adjustments. In may 1943, Lavrenty was less than 18 years old and he, like his other fellow villagers, was sent to study at the Ordzhonikidze military infantry school. Letters from Lavrusha to his native village did not come often. Sometimes they were full of strikeouts from the military censor. It was impossible to write too much. But they had so much respect and respect for my mother, relatives, friends! They have turned yellow for 70 years. At the creases, they are worn out, not all the text can be read. But every time my heart stops when I read these lines: "Today is August 25, a big day. The day of my birth. I only lived for 19 years. Entered the 20th year of his life. Mom, I didn't even notice how 19 years passed. In the twentieth year of my life, I will finish the German-fascist invaders. Mom, I don't know how it is at home, here the day of the 25th was clear, warm, calm… Today I met my friend from the village Makeyev, Fyodor in the city of Rezekne (Smiley face) (Latvia)... "There were no more letters. Then came a notification with the standard wording " Citizen perepadya Anna Prokhorovna that her son perepadya Lavrenty Borisovich, while at the front, was missing." Signature. Print.… And all. No, not all of them! In November 1944, a new notification arrived. It said that "your son second Lieutenant Lawrence B. perepada for exemplary performance of fighting tasks of command at the front struggle with German-fascist invaders and displaying valor and bravery awarded by the government award order "Red Star", which he received in connection with the retirement of his wound in the hospital." That's it now. No appeals to the military enlistment office were successful. It was only in August 1969 that some details became clear. My grandmother Anna Prokhorovna, together with the family of my younger son Nikolay (my father), already lived in Cherkessk. There she was found by her son's fellow soldier Bogatyrev Vasily Davidovich. He said that his commander, Lavrenty Borisovich, was seriously wounded near Grodno, in Belarus. A plywood bus carrying the wounded to the hospital came under fire. Nothing else is known. And the award was never given to anyone. Granny and I thought about this injustice for a long time. Time, of course, is lost. And there is no point in looking for the culprits. The time after the war was like this. Many archives were classified. But there is still hope to return my great-grandfather's well-deserved award to our family. And we will try to do it.

Full name: Sergey podoltsev last NAME: Podoltsev FIRST name: Sergey PATRONYMIC: Vasilyevich CITY: Odessa, Ukraine date of BIRTH: 06.10.1916 DATE of DEATH: 12.07.1991 HISTORY: Born in Odessa of the Russian Empire in the family Podoltsev Vasily Mikhailovich and Elena Vasilyevna, née Vasilyeva. Sergey's father held the following positions - special assignments official under the Odessa Governor-General, managing office of the Odessa mayor, Secretary of the Odessa prison Committee, Chairman of the Odessa branch of the all-Russian Committee for war victims, Secretary of The special meeting on refugee accommodation, statistics official under the city administration, Chairman of the Commission on clothing supply for soldiers being discharged at home, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for managing workshops for disabled soldiers, assistant to the Trustee of the shelter-ship Department of the Empress Maria, member of the Special Board of the German gas continental society (nationalized in 1914)and acting Chairman of this Board, member of the Odessa evacuation Commission of the Odessa military district. Mother-Elena Vasilyevna came from a family of hereditary nobleman, Vasily Vasilyevich Vasiliev, an official of the Ministry of internal Affairs (Warsaw). On may 20, 1920, the Board of the OGCHK considered the case of V. M. Podoltsev charged with "the service of volunteers and the servility of the Imperial power", decided: "The charge should be considered proven and the capital punishment should be applied — shot, property confiscated." Thus, at the age of 4-5 years, Sergey Vasilyevich was left without a father. Elena Vasilyevna and her son, Sergey Vasilyevich, lived poorly after their father was shot, as their family's property was confiscated. However, Sergey studied diligently. After finishing the 7th grade, Sergey Vasilyevich entered the school of factory production. Sergey Vasilyevich, after graduating from the Federal law from the age of 14 (1930), worked as an electrician in the Odessa printing house on richelevskaya street. In 1941, he graduated from the Kharkiv power engineering College. From June 22, 1941 to December 17, 1944-at the front as part of the 780th separate Telegraph and construction company, and then the 130th Army rifle regiment. Awarded the order of the red Star and the Patriotic War. After a serious injury in East Prussia, he was treated in the evacuation hospital N 1239 in Novosibirsk until the end of 1945. Returning to Odessa, in 1946. he worked as a communications electrician in the Odessa city telephone network, then at the Avtogenmash plant, in the black sea Central design Bureau, at the Epsilon plant. In 1946, he married Valentina Karpovna Savchenko. In the same year, his son Alexander was born (who became a member of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus). Since may 1985 Sergey Vasilyevich is retired. Sergey Vasilyevich Podoltsev died on July 12, 1991, and was buried at the II Christian cemetery in Odessa.

Full name: Popov Sergey Andreevich last NAME: Popov FIRST name: Sergey PATRONYMIC: Andreevich CITY: Lipetsk region, Stanovlyansky district, village of Trostnoye date of BIRTH: 14.11.1913 DATE of DEATH: 19.12.2008 _x000D_ _x000D_ HISTORY: Sergey Popov carefully keeps photos of the war years, recorded his memories of the hard times. Here are some of them. "In September of the 35th, the Bauman district military Commissariat called me to serve in the black sea fleet. As part of the border detachment of the NKVD (in Sevastopol), he kept watch on a boat, was a radio operator. At the end of my term of service, I was offered to stay for an extended period of time. I agreed. I went home on a three-week vacation, got married, and took my wife to Sevastopol. In July 1940, he was sent to study at the Leningrad naval frontier school. That's where the war caught me. For the first few days, we cadets hoped that the enemy would be stopped and defeated, as defense Minister Voroshilov stated in his speech. The enemy was defeated! But at what cost!.. School stopped. A landing party was created from the sailors of submarines and us, cadets. I was appointed commander of the boat. The fascists, seizing the coast of the Gulf of Finland, approached Leningrad. In the shortest possible time, the military, including the wounded, had to leave the city by ship. My boat, as a convoy, was the last to leave the Harbor under heavy enemy fire. How many people died in those days? Only the sea knows… In December of the 41st, he was wounded and was taken to the Leningrad hospital. There was a famine in the city, and on December 23, we, who were not cured, left Leningrad on foot along the frozen Ladoga river, which was later called the "Road of life". Sergey Andreevich was lucky. He moved to Ladoga and was sent to Sunny Baku for further treatment. And then study again. After graduating from the higher naval school, Lieutenant Popov was placed at the disposal of the Volga military flotilla. ... Taking the boat, participated in the battles of Stalingrad. And again the wound. And again the front. He is the commander of a mine boat with a Katyusha rocket launcher. Participated in the liberation of Tallinn, Leningrad, Riga, Klaipeda, Narva, and the Estonian Islands. "The capture of the capital of Karelia left a deep mark on my memory. In early may, the 44th ships and boats of the Onega flotilla took up positions near the Vytegra base. In terrible battles with heavy losses destroyed the enemy's fortifications. The Karelian front advanced to Petrozavodsk… We landed under heavy crossfire. The success was enormous. The enemy did not have time to open fire and was crushed. The Nazis, hastily leaving the city, destroyed it almost to the ground, sank their ships. What started on the pier when we docked, it is impossible to describe! We fell into the arms of the Soviet people who were yearning in captivity. We were kissed and hugged. The boats were covered with flowers that had come from nowhere. Every resident wanted to touch us to make sure it wasn't a dream. The next day there was a rally in the city, where a member of the Central Committee of the Communist party of the Republic Yu. Andropov and other party leaders… Not to forget the archipelago Moonsund. Here, after the liberation of the city, Kuressaar ended up in a death camp. We, the sailors who have seen death more than once, have passed the war, have not seen such a terrifying picture. The atrocities of the fascists cannot be described" a Group of boats, one of which was commanded by Popov, met in Germany on may 9, 1945. Everyone cheered. This terrible, long war has come to an end!.. Popov probably would have served in the Navy until retirement. But the hardships of the war, the injuries made themselves felt. For health reasons, the sea had to be left. He moved with his family to the village of Gazoprovod, worked for 28 years in the Yeletsky UMG. He retired when he was 76. Sergey Andreevich raised three children. And though fate had saved him from death, it had not been easy, then or now. In 2001, his son died and he left four children. In General, Popov has six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. Two grandchildren, like my grandfather, served in the Navy. There are pages about the order-bearer Popov in the book "Onego Battle pennants". Sergey Andreevich wrote a book about the battle path himself. He hopes that it will be published so that his grandchildren and great-grandchildren know that the veteran Popov did not live his life in vain… Prepared By A. Mitusova

Full name: Polyanskaya Polina Andreevna SURNAME: Polyanskaya FIRST name: Polina PATRONYMIC: Andreyevna CITY: s. Syarda Penza region DATE of BIRTH: 28.08.1922 DATE of DEATH: 19.04.2015 HISTORY: This is my mother. WWII veteran. Labor veteran. Here are her memoirs, written by her personally on 26.02.2015 at the request of colleagues for the 70th anniversary of the Victory (two months before her departure). Hard road to Victory. I was 18 when the war started. I worked at the Saratov aviation plant as a controller of the technical control Department. The factory produced the legendary yak1 and YAK3 fighters. My mother and my sister also worked at the factory. The fascists were rushing to the Volga. The red Army held the front, but Saratov became a front-line city. These are hard times. Famine and night bombing were constant companions of those years. The front needed more and more planes. The plant worked around the clock. During the most difficult time for the country, the work shift lasted 24 hours. People didn't leave the factory for days. For violation of labor discipline, a military Tribunal was threatened. The Nazis bombed the factory every night with German pedantry. It was forbidden to leave the workplace, the plant had to work under any conditions. During air raids, all Windows and doors of workshops were closed, and blackout was introduced. The atmosphere in the closed shop was suffocating because of gas welding, technical oils, kerosene vapors, gasoline, solvents, sandblasts. Mothers wept as they worked at their looms, worried about the children left at home. But no one left their jobs. Bombs repeatedly fell in the running of the shop, killing and maiming people, destroying equipment. In the morning, after such bombings, the dead were taken out by trucks. It was a very painful sight. My job was to control the frame of the plane. This was a responsible operation, on which the reliability of the aircraft depended to a large extent. The frame consisted of numerous metal tubes welded together. No defects were allowed: dents, chips, scratches, deformations, etc. Welding should be ideal. I went through everything carefully, probing with my fingers, checking the diagrams. If there was no marriage, I put my brand on the frame, got a technical passport for the plane. In the case of marriage, the disadvantages were eliminated. During my work at the factory, not a single comment was made in my address. During the long night shifts, I couldn't help feeling sleepy. But I and in thoughts was not allowed to leave the workplace. The constant companion of those years was hunger. On non-working days, my mother and I went at night on freight trains across the Volga to Moscow. Engels worked part-time at a meat processing plant. A single set of workers was made at five o'clock in the morning. They worked in the slaughterhouse up to their ankles in blood. We were paid for our work with low-grade meat trimmings – raw stomachs of cattle. And for us it was a great joy and salvation. The Nazis purposefully bombed strategic objects of the city. The railway bridge over the Volga, which was connected to the left Bank of the Volga and the East of the country, and which we used to travel to Engels. But the Germans did not manage to get into it. Until the end of the war, the bridge served the cause of victory, with trains carrying weapons, people,and food. The Nazis managed to bomb the Kretinga oil refinery. Its oil storage facilities continued to burn for several years after the war. In these difficult conditions, I continued to study at night school. My dear husband Polyansky Vasily Andreevich-senior investigator for particularly important cases of the regional Prosecutor's office-survived the war as a teenager. In the absence of the male population, all the difficulties of rear life fell on his shoulders. The hard time of the war undermined his health. Later, he passed away early, and I raised two children alone. There was no family that was not affected by the war. In a fierce battle on the Kursk-Oryol arc, my sister's husband Stepan Kichatov died heroically. He was a political officer, a wonderful kind person, the soul of the team. Repeatedly wounded, shell-shocked, commissioned, he again and again voluntarily went to the front, until he died in battle. The place of his burial is still unknown. My sister was left with two young sons, whom she raised alone. Due to malnutrition and avitominosis, her youngest son could not stand up for a long time, and his cheeks were covered with a thick crust of diathesis. There were no medications. Folk wisdom helped: they steamed onions in a cast-iron stove in a Russian oven, lowered the child's legs into a warm mass and smeared their cheeks with it. Our relative, a resident of the village of Nechayevka in the Penza region, Vladimir Gerasimov, was awarded the order of Glory of all three degrees for his courage and heroism on the war fronts, which is equivalent to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. His name is immortalized on the stele of Heroes on the embankment of the Sura river in Penza. In November 1944, when the war was coming to an end, the country began to prepare for a peaceful life. The Komsomol Committee of the factory and the party bodies sent me to study at the Saratov law school. After finishing school, I was sent to the Prosecutor's office of the Penza region. At the same time, she entered the Saratov law Institute. This is how my life in law began. I worked as a Prosecutor in the Penza region Prosecutor's office for 33 years before retiring in 1978. He was a senior assistant Prosecutor, chief of civil litigation Deputy city attorney. Since 1952, a member of the CPSU. Have 10 government awards: medal "For valiant labor in the great Patriotic war", medal "Veteran of labor", medal "For valiant labor in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lenin", Medal Rudenko, in honor of the 70th anniversary Newbergso process, the medal "290 years of the Russian Prosecutor's office", 4 commemorative medals in honor of Victory in great Patriotic war, medal "50 years Soviet prosecution". I have two children, a grandson and a great-granddaughter. In the cruel ordeal of the war, our people showed the highest morale, great dedication, willpower, and humanism. The key to this was the great unity of the entire people in the face of danger. No amount of hardships broke us. We believed in victory and won!

Full name: Polosenko Pyotr Vladimirovich last NAME: Polosenko FIRST name: Pyotr PATRONYMIC: Vladimirovich CITY: Ukraine DATE of BIRTH: 14.02.1922 DATE of DEATH: 04.08.1992 HISTORY: Peter V. Polosenko was born on February 14, 1922. On may 17, 1942, after graduating from the Novosibirsk military school, Pyotr Vladimirovich was awarded the rank of Lieutenant. As the commander of a platoon of machine guns, he was sent to the military Council of the Kalinin front, where he was appointed Deputy commander of a machine gun company. From 20 to 29 July 1942, the division made a March on the cities of Staritsa and Rzhev. The March was made under cover of darkness, in difficult conditions. On the night of July 28-29, 1942, our troops occupied the initial position for the offensive 30 km from the city of Rzhev. On July 29, after a powerful two-hour artillery preparation and intensive bombardment of the enemy's front line, our troops launched a decisive offensive. Despite fierce resistance, the enemy's defenses were breached and the battle began in the depth of this defense. On July 30, Pyotr Vladimirovich took command of the company, as the company commander was out of action. The company, in cooperation with other units, successfully completed the firing task, destroying the enemy's manpower and firing points. Near the village of Belkovo, Rzhevsky district, Kalinin region, on August 3, 1942, Pyotr Vladimirovich was lightly wounded in the left arm. Despite being wounded, he commanded the company for several hours and, on the orders of the battalion commander, evacuated from the battlefield. After recovery, he was sent to the headquarters of the Kalinin front in the 334th rifle division of the 4th shock army. The division was tasked with changing the formation that was defending the city of Velizh. On September 28, 1942, when the division had just taken its initial position, German units launched an offensive to capture the Velizh-Usvyaty highway. Our 334th rifle division received a new task: immediately engage the enemy. The German units were driven back to their former positions with heavy losses. After completing the last task, the division took up defense near the city of Velizh. On January 17, 1943, at 11:00, the assault on the city of Velizh by specially designated units of the 4th shock army, which included our rifle battalion, began. From January 17 to January 25, 1943, the Germans continuously counterattacked day and night, raining down tons of metal from artillery of all types and calibers. The battalion suffered significant losses, but did not retreat a step. By the evening of January 25, 1943, the Germans, having pulled up reserves, after an artillery RAID, launched the last most furious counterattack on the front line. The battalion commander was killed, and many of the battalion's commanding officers were put out of action. Pyotr Vladimirovich was shell-shocked, but did not leave the battalion headquarters until the attack was completely repelled. In the battles of January 17-25, 1943, while serving as chief of staff of the battalion, Pyotr Vladimirovich Polosenko gained experience in organizing combat as part of assault groups, as well as storming well-fortified defensive structures as Pillboxes and Bunkers. He was recovering from a concussion from January 25 to February 15, 1943. After recovery, he was sent to the 1115th rifle regiment of the same division as a Deputy commander of a company of submachine gunners. The regiment was on the defensive in the area of Velizh. After the abolition of the positions of Deputy company commanders in June 1943, he was appointed commander of a machine-gun company in the same regiment. On September 16, 1943, the battalion was assigned the task of conducting a combat reconnaissance, and then on the night of September 16-17, 1943, the battalion took up its initial position for the offensive. At 6: 00, the battalion attacked the enemy's front line near the village of Saxony in the Velizh district of the Smolensk region. The German defense was broken, and the enemy retreated, suffering heavy losses. At the time of the attack, Pyotr Vladimirovich received a bullet wound to the foot. On September 18, 1943, the offensive began along the entire Kalinin front. After being wounded on September 17, 1943, he was treated at hospital No. 5870 in Kazan. Upon recovery, on November 14, 1943, he was sent to the personnel Department of the Moscow military district, from where he was assigned to the reserve regiment of officers of the 4th Ukrainian front in the city of Melitopol, where he remained until April 16, 1944 as a listener to a group of machine-gun company commanders. On April 16, 1944, he was assigned to the 28th army. From the army headquarters, he was sent to the 3rd guards rifle corps, and from the corps to the 54th guards rifle division as a commander of a machine-gun company. As part of the 54th guards rifle division of the Belorussian front, he went from the beginning of the liquidation of the Bobruisk group of German troops in the area of Bobruisk to the city of Warsaw. In August 1944, the 28th army was withdrawn to the area of the Zhabinka station in the Brest region, where, after a short rest and replenishment, the army arrived at the disposal of the 3rd Belorussian front, where it participated in offensive battles to the city of Eidtkunen in East Prussia. In October 1944, by the personnel Department of the 28th army, Pyotr Vladimirovich was appointed company commander of a separate army working battalion, which organized and performed loading and unloading operations for incoming ammunition and food for the army. Under the command of the company, he passed the battle route from the city of Eidtkunen to the city of Konigsberg. After the disbanding of a separate army working battalion, on April 23, 1945, he was sent to the rear headquarters of the 3rd Belorussian front, where he was appointed head of the control room No. 11. In this position, I met the Victory Day of the Soviet Army. He was awarded the order of the red Star (order no. 2789601), the order of the Patriotic War I degree (order no.1848439), the medals "for military merit" and "for the capture of Konigsberg".

Full name: Pastukhov Boris Pavlovich last NAME: Pastukhov FIRST name: Boris PATRONYMIC: Pavlovich CITY: village of Krasnoe-on-Volga DATE of BIRTH: 21.05.1921 DATE of DEATH: 18.08.2008 HISTORY: Boris Pavlovich was called up for active military service in the red Army by the Uglich district military enlistment office in September 1940. Born in 1921, Russian, member of the Komsomol since 1940. Participant of battles on the fronts: South-Western from 22.06.41 to 5.10.41, 2nd Ukrainian front from 1.09.43 to 1.12.44, 3rd Ukrainian front from 1.12.44. In the red Army since 17.09.1940. He began his service in the 97th rifle division in the 41st artillery regiment at the regimental school for Junior commanders in Lubaczow (present-day Poland). The location of the division was the Western part of the Lviv salient. At the end of 1940, the division headquarters was rated as the most advanced in the red Army. Until 27.06.41, the division was commanded by Colonel N. M. Zakharov. From 28.06.41-Colonel Romashenko A. I. the 41st artillery regiment was commanded by major Sidorchuk I. K. On 22.06.1941, the 97th division of the first formation was stationed in Yaroslavl, North-West of Yavorov, held the defense at the turn of Mladov, Opaka, Bihale, Lazy. On 23.06.1941, the enemy forces broke into the Soviet defense and broke through the front between the 97th rifle division and the 159th rifle division. Against the 97th division,the 1st mountain rifle, 68th and 71st infantry divisions of the Wehrmacht operated in the first line. By the evening of 23.06.1941, the gap in the defense was already 40 km. on 25.06.1941, the 97th division was assigned the task of conducting a counterattack. However, it failed,and the division was disorganized and demoralized. An unorganized withdrawal began. By 17: 30, the division had lost all its artillery. 29.06.1941 G. the state of the division was defined as follows:"the 97th rifle division suffered significant losses,lost its leading command staff and requires withdrawal to the rear for replenishment." On 9.07.1941, the division was withdrawn from the fighting and sent to Belaya Tserkva for resupply. 16.07.1941 g., not having completed the completion, until the 20th of July, the division reflects the attacks of enemy troops between Fastov and Belaya Tserkva. 25.07.1941 g. due to the German counterattack, the division was forced to withdraw to the Dnieper. 28.07.1941 the division is again subjected to a massive attack, retreats to The rzhishchevsky bridgehead. The 97th division defended the Kanevsky bridgehead, after leaving which it was transferred to Cherkasy. 5.08.1941 at 13.40. the division received an order to attack the enemy, with the aim of further advancing in the direction of Korytische, m. Kagarlyk. The rate of operation averages 20 km per day for the 97th division. 14.08.1941 the division was assigned to the army reserve. 20.08.1941-removed from the front line, and transferred to the 38th army to strengthen the Cherkasy direction. 25.08.1941 the division fought on the island of Krolevets on the Dnieper. In September 1941, the division was almost completely destroyed in the encirclement in the Kiev pocket. The division was officially disbanded on 27.12.1941. Newspaper "RED ARMY" # 207/3701 of August 27, 1941, p. 2 Quote: "political Instructor Turutkin, along with Junior Sergeant Ryzhik, Sergeant Samerkhanov, fighters Babkin, PASTUKHOV and Boikov, recently made a daring sortie to the rear of the enemy with the task of capturing the "language" and reconnoitering the forces of the fascists. Suddenly attacking a group of Germans, the brave six destroyed it, capturing one fascist alive. In addition to the "language", the scouts delivered information about the enemy's forces to the command." Malyshkin on October 17, 1941, Boris Pastukhov was severely concussed in the head. Until August 1942, the 252nd rifle division, in whose 928th rifle regiment B. p. Pastukhov continued to serve, participated in the battles against the Nazis on the Kalinin front. In the report of the division No. 4/001 of 29.08.1942 on 202 sheets, it is reported that during the fighting and the exit from the encirclement from 1 to 25 July, the irretrievable losses of the 252nd rifle division amounted to 2185 people. The vast majority of them were missing. After that, the division was withdrawn to the rear, where it was replenished with personnel. Awarded the "EXCELLENT SCOUT" badge of the USSR. (1944). In September 1943, the 252nd rifle division participated in the battle of the Dnieper. On September 27, units of the 53rd army reached the Dnieper river South-East of the city of Kremenchug, crossed it and captured a bridgehead on the opposite Bank. Since January 9, 1944, the 252nd rifle division is part of the 4th guards army of the 2nd Ukrainian front and participates in the Kirovograd and Korsun-Shevchenko offensive operations. Quote from the award list ... August 28, 1944 Pastukhov B. P. with three scouts North of the village of Epurp, Hushin district, Romania, they secretly made their way to the rear of the enemy's defense, and attacked the enemy with a bold and decisive blow from the rear. He was the first to break into the trenches and destroyed 18 soldiers, and 2 enemy soldiers were captured, and the rest were put to flight. This ensured the success of the battle for the battalion and the promotion of the regiment. To award the order of Glory of the 3rd degree to the scout of the foot reconnaissance platoon of the 928th rifle regiment, Sergeant Boris Pastukhov (order No. 030/N of 10.09.1944 commander of the 252nd rifle Kharkiv red banner order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky division of major General Gorbachev). In September 1944, the 252nd rifle division was withdrawn to the reserve of the Headquarters of the Supreme high command and after rest and replenishment in early November 1944, as part of the 4th guards army, it was transferred to Hungary. On November 11, 1944, Sergeant Boris PASTUKHOV was lightly wounded in the temple. Medal "for bravery". On the night of December 1, 1944, the 928th rifle regiment (commander Lieutenant Colonel Mosienko) began crossing the Danube river. After a heavy fire battle with the enemy defending the right Bank, the units of the 928th rifle regiment, using the available means of transport, successfully crossed to the right Bank of the Danube river, creating a bridgehead. During the crossing of the river, as well as for the bridgehead on the right Bank, the regiment lost only 11 men wounded, and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. More than 130 people were killed and 280 enemy soldiers and officers were captured. Expanding the bridgehead on the right Bank of the Danube river, the 928th rifle regiment fought hard against the enemy.Only during the first day repulsed 5 counterattacks of the enemy. On December 2, 1944, the enemy, having taken up defense at the line of the Kish-Kaidan-Kenesh, Tengelets, Felshe-Khildvili railway, put up a strong resistance. 928 rifle regiment, using detours and coverage, broke the enemy's resistance with a rapid offensive, and reached the village of Kaidach. During December 3-4, 1944, the regiment repelled 6 fierce counterattacks of the enemy, who had 12 self-propelled guns, tanks, 5 artillery and mortar batteries, and an armored train. Having launched a rapid offensive, knocking the enemy from the defensive line, the regiment captured the important settlement of Tsetse (Hungary) by the end of December 4. During the period from December 1 to December 8, 1944, the 928th rifle regiment,as a result of a skillful and rapid offensive, a high offensive rush of personnel, successfully performed combat tasks and caused great damage to the enemy in manpower and equipment. To award the scout of a platoon of foot reconnaissance Sergeant Boris Pastukhov with the medal "for bravery"(order no.: 026/N from: 29.12.1944 commander of the 928 rifle order of the Kutuzov regiment Lieutenant Colonel Mosienko). Quote from the award list... In the battle of December 5,1944 in the area of the village of Hayos (Hungary), while performing a combat mission of the command, in the battle formations of the battalion, B. p. Pastukhov destroyed 4 enemy soldiers with personal weapons and captured 4. Very strong fighting took place from January 9 to January 13, 1945 in the area of the village of Oshi (Hungary). In January 1945, the battle for Szekesfehervar, Hungary, began (with the 5th SS Panzer division "Viking" of the 4th SS Panzer corps). In March-Balaton defensive operation against the 6th SS Panzer army. On January 16 and 17, 1945, an exceptional silence was observed on the entire front section of the 1st guards fortified Area (major General S. I. Nikitin, commander of the guards). Few of the guards in the fourth year of the war had to explain what the lull meant. Most likely, they could not sleep a wink on both sides of the front. Someone wrote a letter to their relatives, someone hoped for the approach of reinforcements, someone prayed. In General, there was a front-line brotherhood and the understanding that for many of them, from private to General, the next dawn will be the last. On January 18, 1945, at 6.20 am, the German offensive began near the town of Szekesfehervar near lake Balaton.Breaking our front allowed the first Panzer division of the Germans to bypass the flank of the defending 252nd rifle division to the North and go to its rear. The left-flank 928th regiment was completely surrounded by 14.00 and broke through to its own in small groups. Those who tried to retreat were overtaken by tanks, which crushed horses and people, and shot them with machine-gun and cannon fire. At the same time, Hungarians from among the civilian population fired from attics and gardens at our soldiers. Until the evening, only a group of 15 people managed to break out of the encirclement. On January 18, 1945, according to a report on losses, Sergeant-scout Pastukhov Boris Pavlovich went missing (Hungary, feyer region, Nadashdladan village, the administrative center of Szekesfehervar, near the Eastern shore of lake Balaton). His sister Nina Gorbunova, who lived in Moscow, was notified of this. Yaroslavl, Sovetskaya street No. 26. Lieutenant Ivan V. Martynovich, born in 1923, the commander of a platoon of foot reconnaissance, also went missing there and on the same day. However, they came out of the encirclement and remained alive. At the final stage of the war, from February 1945, the 252nd rifle division was part of the 46th army of the 2nd Ukrainian front. The war ended in the Western part of Czechoslovakia, where the city of Pilsen. On may 13, 1945, soldiers of the 252nd rifle division joined forces with units of the 2nd American division. Medal" for the Victory over Germany " to Award Pastukhov Boris Pavlovich, Sergeant, assistant commander of a platoon of foot intelligence. (order of the division commander, major General I. A. Gorbachev, dated may 13, 1945). After the end of hostilities, the division until February 1946. it was located on the territory of Czechoslovakia and Hungary, then was relocated to the North Caucasus military district. On March 25, 1946, based on the decree Of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 20.03.1946, Sergeant Boris Pastukhov was discharged from military unit 74267. From 10.05.1946 to 13.05.1946, he was treated in the Stavropol military hospital with a diagnosis of "heart Disease and post-traumatic neurosis". Boris Pavlovich spent five and a half years serving in the army and defending his Fatherland. Five and a half years in boots and a greatcoat... Order of the Patriotic war, 2nd class. Quote from the order book... Award PASTUKHOV Boris Pavlovich-for bravery, fortitude and courage shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders, and in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet people in the great Patriotic war of 1941 - 1945. Decree of March 11, 1985 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. On August 18, 2008, Boris Pastukhov died at the age of 87....

Full name: Pavlov Boris Alexandrovich last NAME: Pavlov first NAME: Boris PATRONYMIC: Alexandrovich CITY: Gavrilov-Yam DATE of BIRTH: 19.07.1924 DATE of DEATH: 18.06.1997 HISTORY: Boris Alexandrovich was born in Gavrilov-Yam, Yaroslavl region. At the end of the 9th grade, he volunteered for the 243rd Communist division, which was being formed in Yaroslavl. On July 16, 1941, the division was sent to the front. Arriving in the city of Selizharovo, the division made a difficult March from there through Andreapol, Toropets, Staraya Toropa and reached the Sevastyanov area on the Zap river by July 27. Dvina. Despite the lack of combat experience, the division successfully conducted defensive battles with two regiments. Yaroslavl crossed the Western Dvina river and shot down the enemy from their position. At the same time, on another sector of the front, one regiment of this division fought bloody battles with large enemy units, preventing them from crossing and ensuring the regrouping of troops. Here, apparently, our grandfather, then a very young fighter, and made his first feat (helped to establish an interrupted connection), for which he was presented to the award. Soon he was sent to the school of artillery ensigns. There is already in the rank of second Lieutenant, he returned to the front. He fought on the Ukrainian front. As the commander of a fire platoon of the 109th guards army cannon artillery Dneprodzerzhinsk regiment, he was presented to the order of the red star. We know almost nothing about his military life: my grandfather never spoke about the horrors of war, or it did not remain in our childhood memory. After the death of my grandfather, we found some award documents and learned about his exploits: "during the operation to capture the city of Krivoy Rog, acting skillfully and courageously, the fire of his guns knocked out one self-propelled gun of the enemy. 10.02.1944 G. In the Emme area, he successfully repelled a counterattack by enemy infantry and tanks. 19.02.1944 G. Destroyed 3 machine-gun points and suppressed the fire of one 105 mm battery. 20.02.1944 suppressed a 105 mm battery near the Chervonnaya station and ensured the successful advance of our infantry.Pavlov in any conditions of battle is not lost and acts decisively." On the front-line photos of that time, Boris Alexandrovich really looks like a hero: cheerful, with a Kuban cap twisted over one ear, with a curly forelock, surrounded by comrades. Handsome! And after all, he was lucky: during the entire war, he was not injured, only a shrapnel damaged his finger on his hand, and he did not fully unbend. True, he was shell-shocked, but that's nothing. He returned to his hometown unharmed, unlike his older brother, who was missing on the fronts of that terrible war. He returned late at night, and the mother, who accompanied the schoolboy to the front, did not recognize the male voice of her son, was afraid and did not open the door for a long time. My grandfather remembered this incident with a smile: "If it wasn't for my sister, I would have to spend the night on the street." Boris Pavlov was awarded the medals "for the defense of Stalingrad"," for the capture of Budapest"," for military merit", two orders of the" Patriotic war", the order of the"red Star". After the war, he entered the Ivanovo technical school of physical culture, received a teacher's diploma and ... went to the army. Again, he changed the type of troops: he served in the Baltic fleet. Since then, a beautiful officer's jacket, a white cap, a glittering gold Dirk. In the photos of those years, a handsome man stands next to an elegant little woman and holds a beautiful daughter in his arms. My grandfather met my wife in Gavrilov-Yam, they lived in the neighboring streets. Maria Semyonovna Maranova worked in peat processing during the war, then graduated from the courses of history teachers, and was awarded the medal for valiant labor during the war. After getting married, she traveled with her husband to the garrisons for several years. Boris Alexandrovich left the reserve with the rank of captain, returned to his hometown and became a teacher at secondary school No. 1, from which he left for the front in 1941. For many years, he conducted physical education classes and basic military training. The school's website says about it: "Its time is the time of the games "Zarnitsa" and "Orlyonok", the time of military sports holidays and marches. The latter are revived in the school. The February holiday "Sons of the Fatherland" in secondary school No. 1 in Gavrilov-Yam is named the evening of memory of Boris Pavlov." I found my grandfather working at the school and saw that he was respected and loved. It could interest both boys and girls. The school's teams under his leadership often won competitions and games. Our family archive contains many photos of my grandfather surrounded by students during such events. He prepared high school students to carry a guard of honor at the monument to teachers and students of the first school on the eve of may 9, he was invited to hold a solemn parade on Sovetskaya square and other sports events in the city. My grandfather was also invited to class hours dedicated to the great Patriotic war. In a formal tunic, chest in orders, Boris Alexandrovich looked like a real hero, but instead of telling stories about his exploits, he always joked, recalled jokes, called dry numbers. Many boys, on his advice, entered military universities after school... And he taught us, his three granddaughters, to sport and discipline. I've read a lot all my life, and we have a whole library at home from him. We were proud of our grandfather, the hero, when he was in the full uniform of a naval officer, flashing orders in the spring sun, minted a step in the ranks of veterans at the Victory parade, or gave commands to students who were on guard at the monument to teachers and students who died during the war. We love it and are proud of it now. Every year we participate in the campaign "Immortal regiment", we remember Boris Alexandrovich, we cherish his awards (2 velvet scarlet pads with orders and medals), his Dirk, his cap and shoulder straps… We miss you, grandpa. Too bad your great-grandson didn't catch you. It has a lot of your energy and love for sports. You would have found a common language. For us, the may 9 holiday is a memory of a close and dear person and the pain of loss

Full name: Prikhodchenko Yegor Fedotovich last NAME: Prikhodchenko FIRST name: Yegor PATRONYMIC: Fedotovich CITY: - date of BIRTH: 01.01.1917 DATE of DEATH: 01.01.1997 HISTORY: Yegor Fedotovich Prikhodchenko shares with us memories of the great Patriotic war. First of all, this is the pain of loss: a brother was killed, 20 million of our Soviet people were killed. The hardships of military life... "Will you understand, young people, how difficult, sometimes unbearably difficult it was for us? Here, in the war, there was no time to sleep, no time to eat: we had to do the most important thing-to protect our Homeland." A middle-aged, modest man is sitting in front of me, excitedly telling me: "in 1945, near the city of Velikiye Luki, I was wounded. He was in the hospital for six months. I learned about our Victory in the hospital. Jubilation and tears!» I ask Yegor Fedotovich to show his military awards. They are laid out decorously in front of me. And Yegor Fedotovich, smiling, shows the medal "for bravery". "Would you like me to tell you how I got this award?» And anticipating something unusual, I listen. "My squad was sent to investigate in an armored personnel carrier. It was necessary to find out whether there were fascists in the neighboring village and in what direction they were concentrating their forces. As we drive, we see an enemy b / t standing on the road. Well, I think that's it! Stop. I order the guys to cover me with fire if anything happens, and I go to the German car, I approach – quietly. I think it might have been booby-trapped and left for bait. I looked inside – no mines. I wanted to go back, but it was a pity to throw such a force on the road. Our b/t was bad, the Nazis had good cars. We moved to a German b / t, went to the German location. And the soldiers on duty greet us. We drove through the village, drew a plan for the location of enemy points, and only when we left the village, the Germans realized that they had made a mistake, opened fire, but it was too late. We arrived at our unit, and I went to report to Colonel Melnikov on the results of the reconnaissance. He praised us, and I said: "you, comrade Colonel, as you wish, but I exchanged my car for a German one," and told him everything. He smiled: "well Done, soldier!» For this intelligence, I was awarded the medal "for bravery". Our conversation is over. Saying good-bye, Yegor Fyodorovich shakes my hand and says: "It's good that you remember us soldiers; let the children know and remember this terrible time. They remember it so that it won't happen again."

Full name: Petrov Alexander Mikhailovich last NAME: Petrov first NAME: Alexander PATRONYMIC: Mikhailovich CITY: Samara, Kuibyshev district DATE of BIRTH: 25.10.1926 DATE of DEATH: - HISTORY: "He was born in 1926 in the city of Samara (Kuibyshev district). Graduated from the 7 classes. As a seventeen-year-old boy, he was drafted into the army in 1943. In the house of pioneers, there were circles where I studied auto business. The army took into account that I was a little familiar with technology, so I was sent to the Penza region, the village of Bessonovka, to the 5th automobile training regiment. There I also began to study cars. When our troops were already in Ukraine, our battalion was assigned there, in the city of Romny. They settled in the barracks of the German fascists. In March 1944, we were sent to the city of Naro-Fominsk, near Moscow. We received new equipment from America - an American M15 armored personnel carrier. Loaded into echelons in early April 1945. We arrived in Germany, unloaded, and the Germans bombed us there. Many died. The equipment was out of order; this armored personnel carrier was expensive. It had three barrels: a cannon and two large-caliber machine guns-the planes were fired at. Then they send me to Moscow to save my equipment. There I got a new car, where there were already 4 large-caliber machine guns hitting one point, the gun was no longer there. America delivered these armored personnel carriers to us via Iran. Just before the end of the war, around may 1, we were loaded into the train, and we went again. We thought about going back to the front, didn't say anything, kept everything a secret. We reach Irkutsk on may 9, when our commanders told us that we were going to the East. They arrived in Chita when Stalin and Churchill decided to go against Japan, which was the aggressor. Then the commander of the battalion were assigned someone to send there, the Sakhalin, Vladivostok, Mongolia. We were sent to Mongolia, and then to Manchuria, which was occupied by Japan. In Mongolia, the city of Choibalsan, we settled for 3 months. Then the plane arrived, we were built and read the order to cross the border. And we went to fight in Japan. Here I fought, and here, after the surrender of Japan, we ended the Second world war. After that, I served in Mongolia for a year. For 30 years, he served in the missile forces, was demobilized, and worked at an Aircraft factory." Lives with his wife, Stepanida Petrovna Belozerova, in Ulan-Ude.