Rukhlov Gregory Akindinovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Grigory Akindinovich Rukhlov was born in 1903 in the village of Kolbinskaya in a peasant family. His parents taught him to work on the land from childhood. In his 20s, my great-grandfather served in the Navy. After returning to his homeland, he married a Dvinitsa girl, Alekandra. There were seven children in their family, but only three girls survived: Zina, Faina and Dina. Gregory Akindinova worked first as a lumberjack, then work on the farm. For good work, he was awarded a vacation ticket to the Crimea. This was in 1939. The year 1941 came, marking the beginning of a severe test for the entire Soviet people. We learned about the beginning of the war from radio messages. The family then lived in a forest station, but Grigory Akindinovich decided to move to the village of Putkovo Dvinitsky village Council. Faina Grigorievna recalled: "Those years are hard to forget. In the first days of the war, everyone hoped that everything would end soon. The parents continued to work on the collective farm, and the children went to school. But every day more and more bad news came from the front, more and more men went to war. I remember well the day when my father came from the meeting and said that tomorrow he was leaving for the military enlistment office. That night, he stayed up for a long time, repairing everything, realizing how difficult it would be for his wife and daughters. The next day, my mother and I went to see him off on a horse. We reached the river Dvinitsa, and then said goodbye. My mother was still crying, and my father was walking, looking back and waving at us. I still see this parting in my dreams." Grigory Akindinovich went to the front in November 1942, and in March of the forty-third, the wife of Alexander Savelyevna received a notification that her husband was missing. He was a participant in the battle of Stalingrad. His brother, who was discharged from the wound, brought the latest “hello” of Gregory Akindinova. He said that very few people were left alive in that battle. The family never found out where their soldier was buried.