Rannev Ivan Petrovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Sergeant Ivan Petrovich Rannev fought with the Germans and Japanese, survived, and his four brothers also returned home. Ivan Petrovich and his wife Alexandra Grigorievna raised three daughters. Ivan Petrovich was born in 1915 in the village of Alexandrovka, Morshansky district. _x000D_ In September 1937, Ivan had been served. He studied as a scout in the artillery, being a topographer. In 1939, Ivan Rannev participated in military operations in Poland as part of the Red Army. In 1940, he was sent to Kiev to study clerical work. After studying, Ivan came to the city of Berdichev, where the war found him. From the very first days, he became an active participant in the fighting. He fought in the infantry, was a reconnaissance commander in the artillery. In the city of Dubno, some of them were surrounded. _x000D_ Ivan Petrovich took part in the liberation of many cities of Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, in the defeat of Vlasov's army units in the Brno region, and in the fighting of Japanese samurai. For bravery, courage and fighting courage Ivan was awarded medals "For the capture of Budapest", "For capture of Vienna", "For courage", "For military merit", "For victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945", "For victory over Japan", medal of Zhukov and many other commemorative medals. Winter in 1945-1946. Ivan Petrovich Rannev and his unit were in the city of Achinsk. They helped the local population to remove the grain harvest from under the snow. They lived in dilapidated barracks. In the summer of 1946, Ivan was discharged from the army, and he returned to his village Alexandrovka.