Rank: Red Army soldier_x000D_ Branch of troops: Armored and mechanized troops. _x000D_ _x000D_ He served in the Red Army in military unit 9722, 130 tank Regiment of 210 motorized Division of 20th Mechanized Corps. On June 19, 1941, the Division was in the settlement Osipovichi. Since July 1, 1941, the mechanized corps has been fighting in the Pukhovichi region with the combat mission of defending the eastern bank of the Berezina River. On July 8, the new Commander of 13th Army, Lieutenant General Remezov, ordered 20th mechanized corps to firmly hold the line along the eastern bank of the Drut 'River on the front of Krasnaya Sloboda, Semukachi, Brody. _x000D_ At dawn on July 9, enemy tank units broke through in the sector of 20th Mechanized Corps, flowing around its flanks in the directions of Kuta and Ugalya. The corps Commander decided to destroy the enemy that had broken through with strong detachments. Fulfilling this order, the corps units pretty much beat the SS Regiment, defeated the motor-pontoon Battalion and the communications Battalion. Subsequently, 20th Mechanized Corps was withdrawn from thecombat and concentrated in the Starinka area for resupply. _x000D_ On July 23, some parts of the corps were deployed to support the defense of the eastern sector of the ring around Mogilev. On the morning of July 26, at a meeting of the Commanders of the units and formations surrounded in Mogilev, which was attended by the corps Commander, Vedeneev, the Commanders of the Parkhomenko and Obukhov Divisions, it was decided to break through the encirclement ring. The remnants of 20th Mechanized Corps were assigned to the advance guard of the breakthrough. _x000D_ On the evening of July 27, units of 20th and 61st corps moved along three routes in the general direction of Chausy, Mstislavl, Roslavl. Southwest of Chaus, the Germans blocked the way for the retreating columns. The fighting lasted for two days, in the units there was a shortage of ammunition. _x000D_ General Bakunin ordered to destroy all the remaining equipment, vehicles, disperse the horses and break out of the encirclement in small groups of 100-200 people. He was captured on July 27, 1941 in the region of Smolensk.