Rybin Dmitry Davidovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Dmitry Rybin was born in 1920. Participant of the Great Patriotic War since 1941. _x000D_ Military rank: Private. _x000D_ As part of the formed Konotop-Korostenskay division, he took part in the defense of Leningrad, from where by the end of 1941 he was evacuated with a weight of 40 kg and a diagnosis of "acute dystrophy" along the "Road of Life" through Lake Ladoga. After the recovery in Evakogospital № 1346 - since October 1942, he served as a Red Army platoon of foot reconnaissance 487 rifle regiment 143 rifle division 48 Army again in the ranks of the active arm. During the release of the Orel (town in Russia) he was seriously wounded, was treated in hospitals, and then was discharged. Details of the feat for which Rybin D. D. was awarded the Order of the Red Star. _x000D_ The veteran's story: a group of Soviet intelligence officers was assigned to eliminate long-term enemy firing points, that fired at the defense of our troops from the grove, and were also able to track movements and so on. etc. Moved out at night from under the rain. They reached the Leski by a stealthy march on foot. Periodically, the Germans launched flares, directly at the entrance to the perimeter of the fence were attached cans on tripwires, at a height of about 50-70 cm, which served as a kind of alarm – if a fighter stumbled over them, the neighborhood would certainly resound with a loud ringing of cans. Sappers with clippers cut a passage through the wire fence, after which the scouts approached directly to the object. They blew up objects with f-1 grenades. After the first explosions, alerts sounded-the Fritz and raised the panic. A group of our scouts began to retreat to their own. The Germans opened fire with small arms from the firing points equipped in Riga. From there, reinforcements began to arrive from the direction of Riga. A shootout ensued. The Fritz were still using their lighters, so our scouts retreated in short bursts. We reached the passage in the wire, where several scouts were left on guard. _x000D_ Bottom line: the target was destroyed, and one of the scouts was wounded. This daring sortie of the Soviet troops was even written about in the regimental newspaper. _x000D_ His awards: Order of the red Star, Order of the Patriotic War I degree, Medal "For the Defense of Leningrad", Medal "For the Victory over Germany", Anniversary awards. He had severe injuries received at the front, and was disabled. Dmitry Davidovich Rybin died in 2006.