Romanov Evgeny Nikolaevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Lieutenant military branch: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast service, NKVD troops, border guard Unit: 229th rifle division (1st formation) Romanov Yevgeny Nikolaevich born in 1922 Tambov region Raskazovsky district village of Khitrovo. Russian, an employee, a member of the CFS since 1938 membership card number 8009575, graduated from 8th grade in 1940. He entered the Oryol infantry school. Awarded the rank of Lieutenant 20.06.1941 Participant of the Patriotic war from 05.08 to 12.10.1941. Wounded in the right thigh 12.10.1941. Oryol region (village not legible). He served IN 855СП 278СД. Apparently, a platoon commander. The division was part of the Bryansk front 50 A. She died in October 1941. Arrived in 229 SD after being wounded. Served in the 8th rifle company 783 SP. Deputy commander of the company. From the book "Forbidden soldiers" by Raphael Goldberg: "... since August 5, our 229th rifle division was surrounded. The commander of the 783rd joint venture was major Rybakov, and after his death the regiment was commanded by art. Lieutenant Monarch ... Retreated to the don at night in the direction of the farm Lakhovsky-St. Surovikina. They could not cross the don river. The entire 783rd joint venture was captured along with the regiment. Lieutenant Monarch and other command staff... "(From the filtration case of V. F. Fedorov, a former prisoner of war, com. platoon of the 783rd joint venture, Yalutorovsk) " ... in the Morning at sunrise we heard the hum of engines and saw German tanks coming straight at us through the wheat. Tankers, standing in open hatches, showed their infantry where the Russian soldiers who were captured were hiding. They took our weapons and drove us to the village… And at night, the commander of the 1st company came running to us and said that we should shoot. But our company officer cut him off, so as not to spread panic. There was also a girl nurse. She started crying and asked to be shot. In the morning I saw that this girl was shot in the forehead, but which of the commanders killed her, I do not know. It remained lying in wheat, and about three thousands of us were driven into a ravine, entangled in one row with barbed wire... "(From the filtration case of V. G. Vasiliev, private 783rd SP 229th SD, Omutinsky district) From the letter of the head of the search team "VRMOO Search" Dmitry Kufenko: Yuri Vlasov and I are engaged in 229 SD and have been working on the site of the division's death for three years. 783 JV was immediately transferred to Surovikinsky district and fighting began for 783 JV near Kh. Cysewski, and then moved to the left Bank of the Chira, where the division was encircled. Vlasov and I are engaged in 229 SD and have been working there for three years. By 15.09.42 from the division there were about 500 people who left the encirclement. All the rest died in Zadonie. The last battle of 229 SD was taken on the night of August 10 and the day North of b. Water-2. It was a breakout attempt. in the future, only scattered groups of soldiers went to the don. The report was made later, as you can see on page 1 of this report, based on emails not received by the recipients. that's right, the rest of the documents were destroyed or lost during the retreat. another document that you probably looked at is the RVC summary. it was made later and the date was set from the list of losses by mistake. Most likely, Romanov E. N. died on July 25-27 near Kh. Cysewski when 783 SP suffered particularly severe losses and retreated. Ie the fate of the deceased were not known. We have been working in those parts for three years (mostly for 811 SPS) and we can say with confidence that most of the missing soldiers of 229 SD died, and did not surrender or were captured.