Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except for naval Aviation), Coastal Service, NKVD troops, Border Troops. _x000D_ Military card NP No. 1796368. _x000D_ _x000D_ He graduated only from 4 classes. Main civilian specialty was a driver and a turner. He was married to Taskina Efrosinya Timofeevna. Не was drafted up by the commission at the Poimsky district of the Penza region as fit for service on January 10, 1943. Alexey began his military career on the Gomel land. _x000D_ From the story of Alexei Sergeevich:_x000D_ “ I was called to the front on January 10, 1943 and immediately sent to the city of Inza, Ulyanovsk region, where I spent six months in training. Then I was transferred to the Gomel front. I remember that the main offensives began to liberate this city, and we had to cross the Dnieper. We had to swim across the river under the fiercest enemy fire on any object held on the water. Shells exploded all around, shredding rafts and boats, along with people. The bullets whistled so hard that the ears were blocked. But hatred for the enemy was caused by what we saw on the other bank of the Dnieper. These were completely destroyed villages and farms. _x000D_ When we entered them, we saw burnt houses, residents were hanged from trees. The Germans did not spare either the elderly or the children. And we took revenge for this: for every child killed, for every inch of land that they desecrated. We did everything to make our land burn under the feet of the fascists. The fighting was fierce. We had to recapture every house, every street from the enemy. The Germans resisted, but still, our troops were able to break through the enemy's defenses at the cost of huge losses. Many of my comrades were killed then. Here our narrator fell silent. Pain reflected in his eyes, as if he had heard the volleys of guns and the groans of wounded men again. “What happened next?” – we quietly asked him. _x000D_ We went to the west, on June 29 we had already liberated Bobruisk. Then we took 22 thousand Germans prisoners. You should have seen the eyes of people when they were led through the streets of the city! They were ready to throw themselves at them. They had something to take revenge on. _x000D_ In January 1944, I was wounded and received a concussion. However, after treatment I returned to the front again. Then Warsaw and Deitzig followed. I took part in the liberation of Bart and the Baltic Sea. I celebrated Victory Day in Grunberg. I also visited the conquered Berlin.” _x000D_ After the war, he served there for another five years. He was the commander of the chauffeur department, delivered mail. Then in 1950 he was demobilized. Returning home, he worked for 10 years in a kolkhoz, and for 12 years as a blacksmith. Нe war retired шт 1975.