Emirsaliev Yagya My great-grandfather Emirsaliev Yagya was born in 1912 in the village Tuben in Colayski district of Crimean region (now p. G. T. Azov Dzhankoyski district of the Crimea). On July 7, 1941, my great-grandfather volunteered for the front from the city of Jankoy. After that, he was enlisted as an artilleryman in a rifle division under the command of commander-General K. K. Rokossovsky. He spent the entire war as an ordinary soldier. The division in which my great-grandfather fought, liberated Stalingrad, participated in the battle of Kursk. During the liberation operation in Poland, in April 1944, my great-grandfather was injured in an explosion and was shell-shocked. He was on long-term treatment in the hospital. After the hospital, my great-grandfather was discharged from the army for health reasons, and he began the long journey home to the Crimea. But he did not find his family there. I learned only that on May 18, 1944, on the basis of decisions of state bodies, among people of different nationalities, his family was also evicted from the village of Tyuben in the Kolay district of the Crimean region. Great-grandfather went in search of his family. Brave and strong in spirit, he never lost hope of finding them. He managed to find his family in Uzbekistan in 1947. According to my grandmother, at this time my great-grandmother was working in the field, and my six-year-old grandmother was playing in the yard. A man approached the courtyard, called out to the girl who was playing, and recognized her as his daughter. There were hugs and tears of joy from the meeting of father and daughter. The father was standing in a soldier's greatcoat on two crutches, which greatly shocked the girl. She did not immediately recognize him as her father, because when he left for the front in 1941, she was about two years old. Soon the great-grandmother came up, and their meeting was very touching. In Uzbekistan, my great-grandfather was able to get a job in a factory, where he was awarded the "Veteran of labor" medal and the "Drummer of labor"badge for conscientious work. Great-grandfather, despite all the trials that fell on his fate, was a kind, sympathetic person. He never offended anyone, treated everyone with respect, and took tender care of his children and grandchildren. When asked about the war, he said little and surreptitiously wiped away his tears. I couldn't forget how hard it was to bury my comrades, and I was glad that all the hell of the war was over. It wasn't easy for my great-grandmother either. On October 31, 1941, the city of Dzhankoy was occupied by the Germans, and she had to hide with a one-year-old child in her arms. Fascists came to villages and villages and shot those families in which fathers, sons, husbands fought in the red army. Emirsaliev Yagya was awarded the medals "for bravery", "for the Victory over Germany", "for military merit", "for the capture of Warsaw", "for the liberation of Warsaw"and the order of the "Patriotic war". My great-grandfather died in October 1992 in Uzbekistan. All these years, our family loves, remembers and honors its hero. This love is passed down from generation to generation, I believe and know that this will always be the case in our family! Eternal bright memory of the fallen heroes!