Vavikov Victor Spiridonovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Born on January 27, 1912 in the Belgorod region, Korochansky district. He was the commander of a sapper platoon in the 816th separate sapper battalion of the 36TH separate sapper brigade of the MVO; the commander of the 1st platoon of the 2nd company of the 592nd separate Stalin sapper battalion From July 22, 1941, he was called up for military service. Until September 1942, he was a cadet at the Michurinsky military engineering school, where he received the specialty of commander of a sapper platoon. He was the commander of a sapper platoon near Moscow in the 816th separate sapper battalion of the 36TH separate sapper brigade of the MVO from September to December 1942. In December 1942, he was transferred to the North Caucasus front, liberated cities and villages in the North Caucasus, and was awarded the medal "for the defense of the Caucasus". Then he fought on the southern front, 4 Ukrainian, 3 Ukrainian and 1 Belarusian fronts. He was the commander of the 1st platoon of the 2nd company 592 separate Stalin sapper battalion. Extract from the award list: "on December 3, 1943, under the height of 81.9, near the village of Ekaterinovka, Zaporozhye region, Lieutenant Vavikov with a group of soldiers of his platoon set 200 mines of the YAM-5 type in one night. Heavy enemy fire did not prevent Vavikov from completing the task, and proper organization and good camouflage saved the men of his platoon. On the night of November 18, 1943, in the area of the same height, Lieutenant Vavikov removed 150 YAM-5 mines under enemy fire. During the offensive to the height of 81.9 Vavikov with the men of his platoon under the devastating fire of the enemy, January 13, 1944, made four passes in the minefields to pass the infantry and artillery. Worthy of being awarded the order of the red Star." Extract from the Award list: "on April 27, 1945, Lieutenant Vavikov with a group of sappers discovered a minefield in The Berlin Park on Wilhelm Strasse and defused it under enemy machine-gun fire while removing 26 anti-tank mines. On April 29, Lieutenant Vavikov, under heavy enemy artillery and machine-gun fire, blew up two buildings along with a machine-gunner who was holed up and made three breaks in the stone walls. On may 1, 1945, he blew up the barricade and ensured the advance of our tanks and artillery. Worthy of being awarded the order of the Patriotic war II degree. Participated in many defensive and offensive combat operations in the liberation from the enemies of the Russian land, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, in the assault on the last stronghold of Nazi Germany-Berlin. After the great Victory, my great-grandfather stayed in Germany for another year. His platoon was engaged in mine clearance and destruction of military supplies, and it was not until July 1946 that he was demobilized. I returned Home to Korochansky district, and since 1952 I worked as the chief accountant at the state farm "Plodoovoschnoy" of the Belgorod region, my mother was born in his house. Even in peacetime, he made a significant contribution to the development of the Belgorod region. He died on August 2, 2000.