Dobronravov Vasily Vasilievich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Colonel Branch of military: artillery Division: 24th rifle Samara-Ulyanovsk berdichevskaya three times red banner of the order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Iron division My grandfather, Colonel Vasily Dobronravov, participated in the fighting of four wars: world war I, Civil, Finnish and great Patriotic 1941-1945.g. His first awards-the Order of Lenin, the Order of the red Star and the medal "XX years of the red Army"-he received before the second world war, which he met with the rank of Colonel, as Deputy division Chief for Artillery. This was the famous motorized rifle Samara-Ulyanovsk Berdichev Iron three times red banner orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky division, which was commanded by major General Galitsky. In June 1941, the division was in Belarus near Grodno and was one of the first to take on the enemy's attack. The soldiers and officers of the Iron fought with unparalleled bravery, but the division was surrounded, and at the military Council, the command decided to fight their way to their own, divided into three groups. The heavy weapons that my grandfather was responsible for were saved by two-thirds, and it was not cars that took them out and carried them on their shoulders, but people! These exciting episodes of the war days are beautifully described in the books of writers Belyaev (Never fade) and Polevoy (the Feat continues.). On the pages of these books, the chief of artillery, Colonel Dobronravov, is mentioned more than once. My grandfather went through the entire war, was both in the Caucasus and in Tehran, and after the war he was accepted for service in the General staff, but he asked to be sent to the troops. Not immediately, but the request was respected and at the end of the forties he was sent to Belarus, dear to his heart, as Deputy commander of the Belarusian military district for artillery. Remember, as a little girl came with her parents to visit her grandparents in Kolodishchi, where was located the landfill and grandpa's house, and how impossibly perfect, I saw my brave grandfather in a beautiful uniform! Thank you, dear, for these wonderful memories, for the clear sky above us, for our lives!!!