FULL NAME: SURNAME: Pogorelov NAME: Vasily PATRONYMIC: Antonovich CITY: Uspenskoye village, Krasnodar territory date of BIRTH: 14.07.1924 DATE of DEATH: - HISTORY: Rank: Corporal Type of troops: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast service, NKVD troops, border guard unit: 317th rifle Budapest red banner division Born on July 14, 1924 in the village of Assumption of the Krasnodar territory. As a 17-year-old boy, having told the military enlistment office that he was already 18 years old, Vasily Antonovich Pogorelov went straight from the orphanage to defend his homeland from the Nazi invaders. CORPORAL, radio operator of the 56th army of the North Caucasus front, 2nd Ukrainian front, 317 red banner Budapest rifle division, TRANS-Baikal front. As part of the 56th army of the North Caucasus front, he fought in the Kuban. Repulsing the attempt of the Nazis to break into the Caucasus, the army troops went on the offensive, liberating the cities and villages of Kuban, broke through the heavily fortified "Blue line" of the enemy in Taman and drove out the fascists, ending the two-year battle for the Caucasus and starting to liberate the Northern part of the Crimea. Since 1943-liberation fighting in the 2nd Ukrainian front, 317 red banner Budapest rifle division. At the end of 1944, he was seriously wounded and met the long-awaited Victory in a hospital in Tomsk. In August 1945-again to defend the Motherland! As part of the TRANS-Baikal front, radio operator corporal Vasily Antonovich Pogorelov participates in the glorious military operations of the troops to defeat the Japanese militarists in the far East. VASILY POGORELOV was awarded the following government awards: 1. Medal "for bravery". Extract from the award document (Order No. 16 / n of 29.04.1943): "For the fact that in the battles of 13.04.1943 for the farm Svistelnikov, Krasnodar territory being on the front line and despite the fact that mines and shells of the enemy were exploding near it, he corrected telephone gusts, thanks to his selfless work, the division was able to conduct destructive fire on the enemy. " 2. Order of the red Star. Extract from the award document (Order No. 12 / n of 30.04.1944): "Comrade. Pogorelov is an object of admiration for his comrades in arms, his name is known far beyond the unit. In the last offensive battles when crossing the Vug river, he was in the first ranks of the infantry crossed to the right side of the river and under heavy fire from enemy artillery and mortars came into contact with the firing positions. Soon the enemy was hit by accurate fire from our gunners. The main firing points of the enemy were suppressed in a timely manner, and our infantry moved victoriously through the water line. A bridgehead on the right Bank of the Vug river was created. Since the breakthrough of the Germans at Anushole he was on TNG (advanced offensive positions), and described the case of a crossing is only one episode of his combat practice." 3. Medal "For defense of Caucasus". Awarded for participation in the heroic defense of the Caucasus. 4. Order of the Patriotic war I degree. Awarded for bravery and courage shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders (Order No. 182 of 06.11.1985). 5. Medal " for the Victory over Germany in the great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.»