Volosnikov Vasily Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Volosnikov Vasily Ivanovich, came to the battlefields when he was 26 years old. But the war broke out and the first to defend the Motherland were called young and healthy men. They were sent to Poltava. He was a sniper in 169 SD (2SB 680 SP-169 SD) under the command of major General V. V. Tsyganov. In one of the bloody battles, they were ordered to take fire on themselves to allow the 5th company to break out of the encirclement.The order was carried out,but only three people survived, and they were taken prisoner, badly wounded and bloodied, and subsequently sent to a concentration camp in southern Bavaria.The father tried to escape twice, but without success, they were brutally beaten and brought back. He stayed in a concentration camp until his release by the American army. After his release, he spent a year in the hospital, because after being tortured and beaten, he had to recover for a long time and was discharged as a disabled person. But when he returned home, where his young wife and little daughter were waiting for him,he found the strength to work and restore the destroyed economy, and gave birth to seven more children with his mother, and raised all of them and put them on their feet, and lived a long decent life. Volosnikov Vasily Ivanovich-years of life-28.04.1915-18.10.1996