Surnin Georgy Ivanovich Born on January 6, 1918 in the village of Voskresenovka, now the Skovorodinsky District of the Amur Region, in a peasant family. Russian. Graduated from 4th grade. He worked as a tractor driver on a collective farm. In 1938 he was drafted into the Red Army by the Skovorodinsky district military enlistment office. In the spring of 1941 he was demobilized and returned home. With the outbreak of war, he was again drafted into the army. Already in 1941, the family received the first death notice, but the soldier continued to fight. By the summer of 1943, he was the commander of the DShK machine gun(heavy machine gun of Degtyarev-Shpagin) crew of the 188th Argun Infantry Regiment of the 106th Transbaikal Infantry Division. In the battles on the Kursk Bulge, the crew of senior sergeant Surnin shot down 2 fighters and a bomber, for which the crew commander was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree. Later, as part of the regiment, he participated in the battles for the liberation of the left-bank Ukraine. When crossing the Dnieper River, he commanded a squad. On October 15, 1943, Sergeant Major Surnin was the first with his squad to cross the Dnieper River near the village of Loev (Gomel region of Belarus) and knocked the enemy out of the trench. On October 16, in the battle for the village of Loev, he replaced the out-of-order company commander. Skillful actions, together with other units, drove the Nazis from the occupied line and occupied Loev, more than 60 enemy soldiers and officers were destroyed. On October 17, a group of fighters under the command of Surnin repulsed a counterattack of the Nazis and moved forward. In this battle, Sergeant Major Surnin was seriously wounded, and the next death notice went home. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 30, 1943, for the successful crossing of the Dnieper River, the firm consolidation of the bridgehead on the western bank of the Dnieper River and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Sergeant Major Surnin Georgy Ivanovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal ... After the hospital was sent to another unit. At the beginning of 1944 he served as a foreman of a rifle company in the 963rd rifle regiment of the 274th rifle division. Participated in the battles for the liberation of Belarus, was awarded the medal "For Courage". He ended the war in Hungary. In 1945 he graduated from courses at the Gorky Tank School. Since 1946, junior lieutenant G.I. Surnin is in reserve. He returned to his homeland. He worked as the head of the team of the paramilitary security detachment of the Trans-Baikal Railway. Only in 1947 the front-line soldier was awarded high awards of the Motherland - the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. Member of the CPSU since 1965. He lived in the city of Skovorodino, Amur Region. Died on January 18, 1991. Buried at the cemetery of the city of Skovorodino