Ryzhov Vasily Kuzmich _x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red army soldier. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 383rd Feodosiya-Brandenburg red banner division of the order of Suvorov. Vasily Ryzhov was born on May 16, 1924 in the village of Kavkazskaya (now-Kavkazsky district of Krasnodar Krai). After finishing seven grades of school, he worked on a collective farm. In 1943, Ryzhov was called up to serve in the Workers' and peasants' Red Army. Since the same year-on the fronts of the great Patriotic war. By December 1943, red army soldier Vasily Ryzhov was a sapper of the 684th separate sapper battalion of the 383rd rifle division of the Primorsky army. He participated in the battles in the Kuban, Taman and Kerch peninsulas. He fought bravely and courageously, for which he was awarded a number of military awards. He distinguished himself during the Kerch-Eltigen operation. On the night of December 3 to 4, 1943, Ryzhov participated in battles near the localities of aji-Mushkai and Balganak on the Kerch Peninsula. Operating in the barrage group of the 696th rifle regiment, Ryzhov came under fire from machine guns and company mortars of the enemy. The area was open, constantly illuminated by rockets. Ryzhov did not flinch in this dangerous situation, he stubbornly crawled to the wire fence of the Nazis, having a charge of explosives weighing 10 kilograms. That's the goal. Ryzhov waited for the moment when the missiles went out, and laid a charge in the slingshot barrier. He lit the incendiary pipe and crawled away. An explosion rang out, creating a 12-meter-wide passageway. Then he crawled to the trench, where there were several Nazi machine-gunners, and threw grenades at them, then returned to his unit. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on May 16, 1944, red army soldier Vasily Ryzhov was awarded the high Rank of Hero of the Soviet Union with the order of Lenin and the gold Star medal. In 1947, Ryzhov was discharged with the rank of petty officer. He lived in the village of Oktyabrsky, Seversky district, Krasnodar territory, and worked in mechanical workshops. He died on November 2, 1980. He was also awarded the order of the Patriotic war, 2nd class, and a number of medals. A street in Kavkazskaya is named after Ryzhov.