George Ivanovich Ryazantsev_x000D_ _x000D_ Title: Foreman of the armed forces: Armored and mechanized troops was Born on January 8, 1922 in the village of Makhovoy Prival in the Bolsherechensky district of the Omsk region. Graduated from six classes. Before the war, he worked as a tractor driver on the collective farm "Zavety Ilyicha". On September 15, 1939, he was drafted into the red Army in the regimental school of a tank unit. In 1941, he was assigned to the 427th tank regiment as a Sergeant major. He was injured. He took part in the battles for Brest. After the war, he continued to work as a tractor driver on the collective farm "Zavety Ilyicha". Awarded the red Star "For courage", "For defense of Leningrad", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic war" (20-, 25-, 50-anniversary of great Victory). Georgy Ivanovich Ryazantsev was drafted into the army in 1939. He joined the tank forces, graduated from the regimental school of the tank school, and served in the 192nd unit of the 427th Siberian tank regiment. The war found him there. Sergeant Riazantsev went to travel on his T-34 on its roads, comprehending to the smallest subtleties the specialty of a mechanic-driver of medium tanks. "I think the T-34 tanks won the war. They are like pike, nimble, everywhere passed without much difficulty. You can't deny them stamina, speed, and strength. We won a lot of battles and attacks on our T-34s, plowed countless hectares of land - after the war... " from Kokchetav, part was transferred to Podolsk, then-towards the Dnieper. Your order here and get the tanker Ryazantsev. For the capture of the Dnieper. He was wounded and was in the hospital. "But alive... But our loader Kolya Kichigin, tank commander Ivan Starostin was not lucky - they were killed. At different times. And major Zinoviev was killed. And many of our brother tankers were killed on the battlefields. It was a long road to Germany..."The heaviest battle took place in the area of Frankfurt am Oder. Georgy Ivanovich remembered him with a special solemnity and pain: "We came to the Oder in April of' 45. At night. There are countless forces on both sides. Order: only forward! The river is not very wide, but stormy, mountainous. The current frightens with power, foreshadowing trouble. And then the savvy of our commanders came to the rescue: "Illuminate the opposite shore with searchlights! Proceed to the crossing!" Tanks roared, guns thundered, and everyone jumped into the water. Before our eyes, 8-10 cars immediately went to the bottom, the rest crossed. And a bloody battle ensued on the enemy's shore. Our helmets couldn't protect us from the roar, and many of us were permanently deafened by the twenty-four-hour attack... Then they moved on to Potsdam, remembering the fallen in battle, avenging those who will never see the sun again, will not hear the trills of the Nightingale... " a Thousand kilometers separated the tankman Riazantsev from Berlin, when he was severely concussed. The brave soldier lost his speech and hearing, thought he would remain a cripple forever. But his body was strong, and his spirit was hardy. In 1946, he returned home from the hospital, then went to raise virgin land, and later - to Bashkiria. On his tank, he plowed, sowed, harrowed the land, removing only the tower from it, then moved to a tractor. He started a family and had three daughters. They gave grandchildren (six), grandchildren-great-grandchildren (eleven). There is no longer a soldier of the great Patriotic war, but his family continues.