Vinogradov Ivan Grigoryevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Ivan Grigoryevich Vinogradov was born in 1914 in Vitebsk, Belorussian SSR. He began serving in the red Army in 1936. After graduating from the 1st Ulyanovsk guards twice red banner, order of the red Star tank school named after V. I. Lenin, he was sent to the front. He fought in the 20th tank brigade of the 1st Belorussian front, which was included in the 11th tank corps and participated in the famous battle of Kursk. On July 19, 1944, the 20th tank brigade was ordered to break through the enemy's defenses and capture the town of siedlec, which was well prepared for defense and was one of the main strong points on the outskirts of Warsaw. For the liberation of the city, the 20th tank red banner order of Suvorov brigade was awarded the honorary name "sedletskaya". Studying archival documents, we learned that during the breakthrough of a strongly fortified German defense point in the area of Zeleevsky heights on April 17, 1945, and in subsequent battles to the suburbs of Berlin, our grandfather, in the most difficult and decisive moments of the battle, by personal example of bravery and fearlessness, led tank crews to combat feats, which decided the success of the battle. Personally, using tank weapons and tank tracks, he destroyed: an anti-tank battery, two anti-aircraft guns, two medium tanks, and up to 120 German soldiers and officers. In these battles, he was wounded three times, but did not leave the battlefield and continued to be in the battle lines of tanks. My grandfather finished the war in Berlin with the rank of captain. For valor and bravery displayed in battles against the German invaders was awarded the Order of red Star, order of the red banner twice Order of the Patriotic war I degree.