Rank: Junior Political Officer._x000D_ Malgin Peter Prokhorovich was born in 1912 in the village of Coccorino Solikamsk District, Molotov Region. He joined the Red Army in 1939. He went to the front as a volunteer on 02.07.1941. Last duty station is 86th Suvorov Division 330. He was mentioned in the lists of irretrievable losses and missing persons of 86th Suvorov Division. _x000D_ This list covers the period from 27 to 30 September 1942. Under No. 19 Malgin Peter Prokhorovich. Military rank: Junior Political Officer. Position and specialty: Political Officer of 330th Company. He went missing on 29.09.1942 near the village of Arbuzovo in Vsevolozhsky District of the Leningrad Region. Death notice No. 62/23 was sent to his wife Alexandra in the city of Solikamsk on the address: Street Truda, 55. _x000D_ “Order of the Main Directorate for the formation and manning of the Red Army troops No. 01305 / dated December 18, 1942. The following political personnel who were missing in action in the battles against the German-fascist troops are excluded from the lists of the Red Army. Molotov Regional Military Commissariat, 28. Political Leader of the 330th Rifle Regiment Company of the 86th Rifle Division. Member of the Communist Party.” _x000D_ This order was signed by the Deputy Head of the Main Staffing Directorate of the Red Army, Major General Belyakov. _x000D_ From the memoirs of his cousin Lydia Malgina: _x000D_ “I remember what a good man, Malgin Peter Prokhorovich, the son of my aunt Anna, had been towards people and family. He was a participant in the events in Mongolia at Halkin Gol and for his bravery was awarded the Order of the Red Star, which he received from the hands of Mikhail Kalinin in Moscow. There was a large photo of him sitting near Kalinin in a group of awardees. _x000D_ By this time, his family was living in the city of Solikamsk in their own house across the Usolka river. Aunt Anna Andreyevna also moved in with them. The hut was not large, and in addition to them (and there were six of them), my cousin and my wife and I, and the sister of Pyotr wife, Tatiana, lived here, ten in all. And everyone was comfortable in this small house, although at night they were all placed more on the floor, since there was nowhere to put a bed. The soul of this large group was Pyotr, a cheerful, sociable person. _x000D_ He went to the front as a volunteer, and there was a report about him in the newspaper ”Solikamsky Rabochy", as about a very experienced and respected front-line Communist, the pride of the military unit. He served in the North-Western direction of the front in the Anti-Aircraft Division. _x000D_ He was missed in action, leaving a wife with three young children and a mother. His wife died of tuberculosis, and before that she married again, gave birth to a girl, and now the old mother of Pyotr was left alone with four children in the hard post-war period. They offered to send her children to an orphanage, but she did not give up anyone, raised all her own grandchildren, and did not offend the fourth girl, who was later taken away by her father. _x000D_ All of Anna's grandchildren were educated and became true people, just like their father, mother and grandmother were." The letter sent from the command of the military unit where Malgin Pyotr Prokhorovich fought is our family pride. _x000D_ “The command of our Anti-Aircraft Division, operating in the North-Western direction of the front, sends you combat bolshevik greetings. In this letter we want to tell you how your former worker, now a Red Army fighter, Communist, Senior Sergeant Comrade Malgin is fighting the German-fascist degenerates. Pyotr earned the love and respect of all his personnel from the very first days of joining the Division. A wonderful Junior Commander, a sensitive sympathetic comrade, a fearless front-line soldier, he showed truly miracles of bravery and courage in battles with the fascist thugs. Comrade's Department. Malgina is the best in the division. Pyotr brought up and educates his subordinates in the spirit of high military discipline, instilling in them excellent fighting qualities: courage, military ingenuity, and most importantly, ignorance of fear in combat. For successfully completing the missions of the command, for high military discipline and courage, comrade Malgin had already received several commendations before the formation. Peter Malgin is our pride. We are appealing to you, workers, employees, engineering and technical employees of the plant. The enemy is wounded, but it is still combat-ready. Many of you may have to join the ranks of brave fighters. Your mission is to be ready for this. Working in the rear, fulfilling honorary orders of the front, never forget to study military service. Written by comrade Burba, a Division Commander of Rakitin Commissioner of the division and Burlachenko, Secretary of the Communist Party Bureau.” This is an article from the newspaper "Solikamsky Rabochy" for January 1, 1942.