Dolgopolov Alexander Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red army soldier. Division: 310th Novgorod rifle order of Lenin red banner division. Alexander Ivanovich Dolgopolov was born in the village of Troitskaya, Krasnodar territory, on February 13, 1917. In the 30s, he was exiled to Siberia, where he was among the first to found the village of Sibirsky. He left for the war in August 1942 and went to the Volkhov front, where he was a machine gunner. The authorities immediately noticed a capable soldier, a born hunter-tracker, and identified him as a scout. Soon the scout Dolgopolov went on his first search-to identify enemy firing points. How many successful and unsuccessful searches there were later! Sometimes, after several incredibly difficult days, they did not deliver the "language" that was urgently needed at the headquarters, but brought their wounded or killed comrade. At this time, the Wehrmacht troops closed the ring around Leningrad and tried to capture it as soon as possible. The fascists attacked continuously. My grandfather said that the artillery preparation was replaced by the roar of tank engines, the hum of dive planes, but he did not know then how the next brutal battle ended, the wound forced him to go to the medical unit. And he had four injuries: on March 16, 1943, a light shoulder wound, on January 16, 1944, a light head wound, and on may 10, 1944, a chest wound. He liberated Novgorod, the Leningrad and Pskov regions, and Latvia After the last fourth, a wound received on June 31, 1944 in Latvia, his grandfather was treated for a long time in the Omsk hospital. After recovering, in March 1945, he entered the Vladimir tank school with the rank of Sergeant. He graduated as a mechanic driver of the T-34 tank. He ended the war in the Baltic States. May 9, 1945! For my grandfather, this was a particularly memorable day — he was to be discharged as having received "three or more wounds". And now the wheels of the echelon are rattling, taking grandfather Sasha, "an Excellent scout,"home. "Excellent machine gunner", on his tunic - the order of Glory of the III degree, medals: "for bravery", "for the victory over Germany". Later he was awarded many jubilee medals. He returned to Sibirsky, was a foreman of the vegetable growing brigade, a senior agronomist. Old residents of the village still remember its huge cabbages. For more than a quarter of a century, he worked honestly and conscientiously on the state farm. Already in 1972, when my grandfather was going to leave for a well-deserved rest, he got a job at the X-Mansi fish factory as a fisherman. In eleven years, I caught about a hundred tons of fish. To combat awards were added labor: the order of the red banner of Labor and the jubilee medal for the 100th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin. In addition, more than a dozen certificates of honor were awarded at various times. The name of my grandfather is listed in the Book of Honor of Sibrevkoma and Labor glory of the Ministry of fisheries of the Russian Federation. Central Committee of the trade Union of food industry workers, he was awarded the title "five-year Guardsman". Together with his wife Lukerya Prokopyevna, who worked all her life on a state farm, Alexander Ivanovich raised and raised eight children. After retiring, his worries did not decrease-the economy, granddaughters… Although I have never seen my great-grandfather, I can be proud of him, because during his difficult life, he fulfilled his duty to the Motherland, the people and his family.