Rank: Petty officer of the 2 class. Military branch: the Soviet Navy and Naval forces of the NKVD border troops. Krasikov Nikolai Alexandrovich, guard foreman of the second degree, has gone through the entire war on the guards’ cruiser "RED CAUCASUS "(served as a machinist in the engine room). On April 22, 1939, by the Vozhegodsky District Military Enlistment Office of the Vologda region he was called up for active service in the BLACK SEA FLEET. On December 15, 1939 he was enlisted in the list of personnel of the guards’ cruiser "Red Caucasus". On it, he met the beginning of the war, went (or sailed, to be precise,) through the entire war and only on December 8, 1946 was demobilized. For almost eight long years, his family did not see their son, worrying about him, and looking forward to his return. He participated in many military operations. He liberated Kerch, Sevastopol, Novorossiysk, Feodosia, and Odessa. Participated in naval battles in the defense of the Caucasus. In one of these operations, he was injured and concussed, and had to learn to walk and speak anew. And after the hospital, he went back to the ship and back to battle! But the bullet lodged in the humerus of his left arm would bother him for many years to come. Only 4 years before his death - he died in September 1986 - the surgeon removed this enemy bullet. He did not like to talk to his relatives about the terrible days of the war, but he was often invited to school to host Memory Lessons, where students listened with great interest to his stories about these years. In sea battles, their cruiser, "RED CAUCASUS", repeatedly received serious damage from the attacks of enemy aircraft and enemy artillery. But the base was quickly repaired – and was back - advancing on the enemy! The most memorable battle for him - was the descent in Feodosia on the night of December 29, 1941. According to his memory of it, an icy wind was blowing, water waves were rolling on the decks, visibility was getting worse by the minute, the ship was beginning to prepare for artillery. Soon the command to open fire on the Feodosian port, which was occupied by the enemy, was given. The sea air shuddered, and flames leaped from the RED CAUCASUS's gun muzzles. At this moment, another ship, the RED CRIMEA, was also striking the port. The first waves of paratroopers broke the organized resistance of the enemy directly at the docks. When they were approaching Feodosia, the wind increased, changed direction - this made it difficult to moor, soon the ship "Red Caucasus" began to drift in the direction of the minefield, arranged by the enemy very close to the pier, where the ship was headed. That was the moment when the engine room sailors had to work through blood, sweat, and tears. Commands from the bridge poured in - one after the other - and above them was a wall of fire... the battle was getting worse. With great difficulty, the cruiser managed to moor, and when the light of the missiles showed the enemy that the "Red Caucasus" was in front of them, a huge number of enemy firing points entered the battle. And then, an explosion! The sailors that survived the explosion put out the fire, which burst out on the signal bridge. The German tanks that approached the shore opened fire, and then they were hit by shells of the main caliber raining from the ship and literally destroying Hitler’s tanks, the ammunition depot was blown up as well. The Germans suffered enormous damage. But not the cruiser "Red Caucasus" was not left without losses, either. The ship itself received a lot of damage. But still, under a wall of fire, at the cost of human lives, the unstoppable paratroopers were able to land ashore. And when the sailors of the engine room heard the command " Full speed ahead!", the cruiser was once again brought to sea. For the unprecedented boldness of the operation he received awards. There were many similar operations. Sometimes one had to wonder how it was possible to pass such trying tests of the war and remain such a kind soul. This is still said by everyone who once knew Nikolai Alexandrovich. He loved life very much, loved us: his wife Alevtina Alekseyevna, his four daughters, doted on his grandchildren! Dad's total work experience on railway transport was 48 years. He worked as a locomotive driver, and a depot attendant. VOZHEGA (during retirement worked as a stoker of a locomotive-heated railway houses). While he was working, for a long time he was an unreleased chairman of the Trade Union Committee of the Depot station Vozhega.