Full name: Parygin Ivan Alexandrovich last NAME: Parygin first NAME: Ivan PATRONYMIC: Alexandrovich CITY: village of Mulino in the Alexandrovo-Zavodsky district of the TRANS-Baikal territory DATE of BIRTH: 13.04.1913 DATE of DEATH: 19.11.1977 HISTORY: Born on April 13, 1913 in the village of Mulino, now Alexandrovo-Zavodsky district of the TRANS-Baikal territory in the family of a political prisoner. Russian. Primary education. He worked as a miner and locksmith in a tin mine. He served in the red Army in 1935-1937. He served as the commander of the sapper Department in the 37th rifle division in the city of Georgievsk, Stavropol territory. Re-enlisted in the army in July 1941. He graduated from the courses of Junior lieutenants of the TRANS-Baikal front in Chita. On the front of the great Patriotic war since February 1942. He was the commander of a sapper platoon, company. He fought on the Bryansk, Central, Belorussian, 1st and 4th Ukrainian fronts. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1942. He was wounded four times in combat. Participated: - in the battles in the direction of the city of Bolkhov and defense in the area of the city of Novosil, Oryol region – in 1942; - in the liberation of the station of ponyri, in a defensive battle the battle of Kursk in the area of Olkhovatka and Ponyri in the Oryol operation, in the Chernigov-Pripyat operation, including the crossing of the Dnieper, in the fighting in Belarusian Polesie – in 1943; in Kalinkovichi-Mozyr operation, in the fighting West of the city of Lutsk, Lvov-Sandomierz operation, and the battles on the Sandomierz bridgehead in 1944; in jasło-Gorlizki and Moravian Ostrava operations, including the liberation of the Polish and Slovak Carpathians, the cities of Nowy Sacz, Zilina, Prerov – in 1945. The commander of the sapper platoon of the 196th separate sapper battalion of the 81st rifle division, Junior Lieutenant Parygin, collected and repaired 40 boats with his platoon during the crossing of the Dnieper near the village of glushets (South of the village of Loev in the Gomel region), transferring 2 rifle battalions to the right Bank from October 1 to October 4, 1943. At the same time, I personally made 8 flights, transferring 55 fighters to the right Bank. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 15, 1944 for exemplary performance of fighting tasks of command at the front struggle with German-fascist invaders and displaying courage and heroism of Lieutenant Parigino Ivan Alexandrovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the order of Lenin and medal "gold Star". After the war, he served as a commander of a sapper company in the Central group of troops (CGV) and in the Kharkiv military district (khvo). Since 1948, Lieutenant I. A. Parygin - in the reserve. He lived in the town of Chervonopartizansk in the Sverdlovsk region of Voroshilovgrad (now Luhansk) region of the Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine). He worked as a military instructor in high school, Chairman of the city Executive Committee, mining engineer at the mine in Chervonopartizansk. He died on November 19, 1977. He was buried in Chervonopartizansk.