Stavropol Region, Kochubeevsky District, village of Belomechetskaya_x000D_ 08.15.1926 - 12.28.2019_x000D_ After the Nazi occupation, until March 1944, he worked at the Belomechetskaya Motor-tractor station, Voroshilov collective. He worked on a tractor and harvester._x000D_ He was drafted into the Red Army in March 1944. He studied at the sniper school in Maykop for five months. Together with a group of snipers of the 1st Belorussian Front he was sent to the Vistula River bridgehead in Poland in August 1944._x000D_ Participated in the battles within the 8th Guards Army, commanded by V. Chuikov, in the 82nd Zaporozhye Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Division, 244th Guards Rifle Regiment, after the capture of Berlin, it was awarded the title "Berlinskiy"._x000D_ These military formations became famous during the battle of Stalingrad. Vasily fought in these famous troops. He had a chance to go through the battle path in their composition from the Vistula River (Poland) to Berlin. Participated in the German defense breakthrough on the Vistula bridgehead, South of Warsaw, in the liberation of Warsaw, the capture of Poznań and the Poznań fortress, where there were particularly fierce battles._x000D_ They smashed the Germans on their territory in Kustria, the Oder bridgehead, and the Seelow Heights on the approach to Berlin. He participated in the crossing of the Oder and Schiree Rivers, and in the assault on Berlin. In the battle for the Reichstag, he was seriously wounded on April 27, 1945._x000D_ He participated in combat operations first as a sniper in a rifle company. Then he volunteered for the battalion intelligence service. He was a commander of intelligence. He had to participate in the capture of informers, in combat reconnaissance and other intelligence activities._x000D_ He was wounded and treated in a hospital in Berlin. After recovery, he continued to serve in the Group of Soviet Occupation Troops in Germany in his regiment until November 1950. He served altogeher about seven years._x000D_ He was awarded medals for participation in military operations: For the Liberation of Warsaw, For the Capture of Berlin, For the Victory over Germany, Orders of Glory of the 3rd and 2nd degree, Patriotic War 1st degree._x000D_ In recent years, he has been engaged in veteran activities. For 25 years, he was the Chairman of the veterans' organization. The Museum was established in November 1989, on his initiative, and he remained its Director until June 2001.