Dubrovin Vladimir Vladimirovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Vladimir Vladimirovich Dubrovin My grandfather, my mother's father, was born on July 5, 1926 in the village of Parfenevo, Kostroma region. He was the seventh child out of nine. Despite the fact that the family was large and poor, my grandfather managed to finish 8 classes. When the war began, young Vladimir was only 15 years old. In November 1943 he was drafted into the red Army Parfenevskogo district military Commissariat Parfenevskogo district, Kostroma region. Together with him, his two older brothers, Yuri and Nikolai, went to the front. Both are missing. Five months after the call-up, 18-year-old soldier Dubrovin was sent to serve in the 1322 rifle regiment of the order of Suvorov, third class of the 413 rifle Brest red banner division of the 65th Army of the 2nd Belorussian front. Grandpa didn't like to talk about the war. We only know that he fought from 1943 to 1945, became a Sergeant, reached Germany, and was wounded twice. He was awarded two medals and the order of the Patriotic war, 1st class. By order of division No. 072/n from 07.05.1945 for the feat from 22.04.1945 to 06.05.1945 Dubrovin Vladimir Vladimirovich, Sergeant of the company of machine gunners, was awarded the medal "for military merit". The entry in the order reads: "for the fact that Vladimir Vladimirovich Dubrovin in offensive battles from 22.04.1945 when expanding the bridgehead on the West Bank of the Oder river in the area of the southern city of Stettin acted boldly and decisively and inspired the soldiers with his feat of battle. In this battle, he destroyed 3 German soldiers." The second medal "for bravery" was awarded to my grandfather for the feat from 14 to 25 October 1944. On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Vladimirovich Dubrovin is awarded the medal for "participating in the battles for the expansion of the bridgehead on the right Bank of the Narew river, near the village of Muravanka, Serotsky uyezd (Poland) from 14.10. 1944 during an attack in a trench battle, he destroyed 5 German soldiers". On the 40th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war, Vladimir Vladimirovich Dubrovin was awarded the order of the Patriotic war I degree. My grandfather died on January 25, 2000 at the age of 73. After the war, he served in the army for 7 years, returning home only in 1952. In the same year and married. His wife, Tamara Dubrovina, a native of Kostroma, gave birth to two daughters: Galina and Natalia. After the war, Vladimir Vladimirovich worked in a weaving factory and worked for many years as a police station officer. He tried to instill a love of literature in his children and brought them up as worthy members of society. Both have higher education.