Rank: Red Army soldier _x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces_x000D_ Subdivision: 413th Infantry Brest Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division _x000D_ During the Great Patriotic War, my Father had been a communication technician. He never said anything about the war. Apparently the memories were hard. But my father told me one story, which I remember and consider it heroic: _x000D_ “The communication line with the command was cut off. As far as I remember from the story, there were two attempts to connect the lines, but they were unsuccessful. The soldiers were killed. My father shocked and seriously wounded. He received a shrapnel wound in his right forearm with a fracture of the radius. The connection was restored.” _x000D_ Vladimir Maksimovich Soloviev was called up for active military service on August 3, 1941 and sent to the war. He participated in battles, military campaigns of the 1320th Infantry Regiment as a telephone operator for cable lines from July 1942 to March 1943. _x000D_ One of the key roles was assigned to the 50th Army, including 413 Rifle Division, in the defeat of the opposing enemy group in the area of height called Zaitseva Gora. Storming of Zaitseva Gora is one of the most tragic combats of the Great Patriotic War. People call Zaitseva Gora "the Height of Death." _x000D_ At the combat for Zaitseva GoraV.M. Soloviev was seriously wounded on March _x000D_ 14, 1943. Until August 20, 1943, he was undergoing treatment at evacuation hospital number 1244 in Leninsk-Kuznetsk, Kemerovo Region. He was recognized as fit for non-combatant service due to limitation of the right elbow joint and was transferred to the reserve. _x000D_ In January 1945 he was again drafted into the army as a telephone operator in the 641st Infantry Regiment, which continued on its way in Poland. After the successful East Pomeranian operation in March 1945, 165th Infantry Division was withdrawn to rest, and the 70th Army to the reserve. V.M. Soloviev was enlisted in other troops and continued his combat path in the battles for Konigsberg. _x000D_ V.M. Soloviev had participated in combats as part of the 997th Königsberg Infantry Order of Kutuzov the 3rd degree Regiment as a shooter in the rank of private since April 1945. He was wounded in the right thigh in East Prussia. Victory Day Soloviev V.M. I celebrated at the hospital. _x000D_ After treatment in a mobile field hospital p / p 40309 (704), after Victory Day, he continued to serve in the 997th Infantry Regiment of the 263rd Division of the 43rd Army in East Germany. In October 1945 he was demobilized into the reserve. _x000D_ Dad lived a good life after the war. All his long life he worked for prosperity of this country. Нe raised 8 children, aal of them are worthy members of our society. He left behind a large offspring of 19 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.