Rusanov Alexander Grigoryevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Title: Sergeant branch of service: Artillery Rusanov Alexander G. was born in 1915 in the village of Kosikha, kosikhinskiy district, Altai Krai. In the red army: since 1938, called up by the Koshikhinsky RVC of the Altai territory. Position, part: driver of the 1853 fighter-anti-tank artillery regiment of the 31st separate fighter-anti-tank Dniester order of Kutuzov artillery brigade. Combat path: passed the entire war from 1941 to 1945 30.06.1941-06.1942 Kalinin front; 06.1942-07.1943 Stalingrad front; 07.1943 Voronezh front; 01-02. 1944 Korsun-Shevchenko operation to liberate southern Ukraine. 1944-1945 Liberated Moldova, Romania, Austria, Czechoslovakia. Victory was met on 8.05.1945 in Czechoslovakia, the city of Znojmo. Injured: slightly injured 25.08.1943 G. Awards: Medal "for military merit" Description of the feat: "Sergeant Rusanov in the fighting in the area of Pisarevka Zlatopolsky district, Kirovograd region 28.01.1944 under heavy mortar and artillery fire of the enemy, he promptly brought the gun to the OP on direct fire. When the enemy tanks went on the attack, the calculation of this gun destroyed 5 enemy tanks. When the shells on the OP were used up, comrade Rusanov brought 20 boxes of shells in his car under heavy enemy fire. After that, the calculation knocked out another 1 tank. Comrade Rusanov's car did not have a single breakdown. I spent fuel sparingly. Worthy of the government award of the medal of military merit." Biography of Rusanov Alexander Grigoryevich great-Grandfather Alexander is the brother of my great-grandmother Efrasinia Grigoryevna Rusanova (pictured with her husband Ivan Dergunov). Children of the Rusanov family: 1. Rusanova Efrasiniya Grigoryevna 19.09.1898 year of birth 2. Rusanov Grigory Grigoryevich 1912 year of birth http://moypolk.ru/soldiers/rusanov-grigoriy-grigorevich [ http://moypolk.ru/soldiers/rusanov-grigoriy-grigorevich3.Rusanov ] 3.Rusanov Alexander Grigoryevich born in 1915 (in the red army since 1938) http://moypolk.ru/soldiers/rusanov-aleksandr-grigorevich [ http://moypolk.ru/soldiers/rusanov-aleksandr-grigorevich4.Rusanov ] 4.Rusanov Pavel Grigoryevich born in 1918 (in the red army from 09.1938) http://moypolk.ru/soldiers/rusanov-pavel-grigorevich [ http://moypolk.ru/soldiers/rusanov-pavel-grigorevich5.Rusanov ] 5.Rusanov Dmitry Grigoryevich born in 1923 http://moypolk.ru/soldiers/rusanov-dmitriy-grigorevich [ http://moypolk.ru/soldiers/rusanov-dmitriy-grigorevichВсе ] All four brothers passed the second world war, all have awards and injuries. Efrasinia Grigoryevna Rusanova (pictured) my great-grandmother also contributed to the Great Victory. She and her husband Ivan Semenovich Dergunov(pictured) and daughter Natalia Ivanovna Dergunova(my grandmother) worked for 9 years in a working village near d.Kontoshino-made sleepers for the front: 5 war years and 4 years after the war because the country needed sleepers to restore the Railways. Rusanov Alexander G. was born in 1915 in the village of Kosikha, kosikhinskiy district, Altai Krai. He was called up to the red army in 1938, by the Koshikhinsky RVC. Went through the whole war. Awarded the medal: "for military merit". He was injured. Great-grandfather Alexander is a very strong, courageous, brave and kind person. He's a real hero! After the war, A. G. Rusanov returned to his native village of Kosikha and got married. Wife Maria Rusanova. A. G. Rusanov worked as an ambulance driver in the village of Kosikha.