Voloshin Grigory Yefimovich_x000D_ _x000D_ My great-grandfather Voloshin Grigory Efimovich was born on May 20, 1926 in the city of Kotovsk, Odessa region of the Ukrainian SSR. At the beginning of the great Patriotic war, the Voloshin family was evacuated to the Stavropol territory. My great-grandfather graduated from high school there with honors. In 1943, my great-grandfather specifically assigned himself a year to volunteer for the army. First, he got into the training unit, successfully graduated, and was assigned to the infantry. My great-grandfather went to the front in March 1944. Place of recruitment: Alexandria-Obolensky RVC, Stavropol Krai, Alexandria-Obolensky district. Great-grandfather served as a private guard, scout 8 separate guards reconnaissance company 9 guards airborne Poltava red banner and the order of Suvorov division. He defended the Ukrainian front from August 1944. Great-grandfather rarely talked about the war. But I remembered some cases from my front-line life. At the beginning of his military career, great-grandfather served in the infantry. The food was poor during the war years, and the infantry even more. One day, great-grandfather went to the guard, and when he returned, his friends in the company said that they decided to leave the infantry together to join the reconnaissance company. The intelligence service said they were better fed. If the infantry troops were given only one pot of porridge, then in intelligence it was still a decent piece of fat and a small chocolate bar. At first, great-grandfather didn't notice much difference in nutrition. But three days later, he realized that fat and chocolate still give a significant increase in strength and endurance than empty porridge. Scouts needed much more strength than ordinary infantrymen, as they performed much more complex and dangerous tasks. So, great-grandfather by chance became a scout. Shortly before the end of the war, my great-grandfather was wounded. A shell fragment tore off the middle finger on his right hand. He went to the hospital. His intelligence team was sent on another mission, and, unfortunately, they all died… My great-grandfather met the victory in a hospital in Czechoslovakia. After the war, the authorities really wanted him to go to military school and continue his military career. But great-grandfather was tired of fighting and did not want to be a military man. Although until 1948, he still had to serve in various garrisons in Romania, Austria and Hungary. After returning home in 1948, my great-grandfather studied in absentia at the pedagogical Institute and received a degree as a history teacher. He started working in party structures. He died on April 30, 1996. List of awards: 08.02.1945 Order of Glory III degree 12.04.1945 Order of the red banner 09.05.1945 Medal "for the victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945" 1945 Medal for the liberation of Prague 06.04.1985 order of the Patriotic war I degree Here is how his exploits are described in award documents: January 18, 1945 guards private Voloshin G. E. acted with a group of scouts in an ambush behind enemy lines near the city of Rosenberg. Guards private Voloshin G. E. with two comrades stopped two light staff cars of the Germans and killed a non-commissioned officer in a battle with the resisting enemy. For bravery and bravery shown during the capture of cars, the guard private Voloshin G. E. was awarded the government award-the Order of Glory of the III degree. On January 17, 1945, acting on a special mission in the area of Busko-zdruy (Poland), the guards private Voloshin G. E. and the guards corporal lokhmatov G. V. under the command of the guard Lieutenant Artyukhov V. V. went to the rear of the enemy at 25-27 kilometers, brought valuable information about the enemy, which was developed a plan of action for the division. On February 2, 1945, near the town of Malec (Poland), my great-grandfather's platoon was surrounded. Acting platoon in conjunction with self-propelled guns, guard soldier Voloshin, G. E., first broke into the ranks of enemy infantry and melee destroying soldier after soldier until, while rushing for them self-propelled gun and the platoon broke through the encirclement and did not reach our 223-infantry regiment 18 division. During the breakout of the ring of encirclement of the guard, private Voloshin G. E. killed up to 30 enemy soldiers and officers. On February 4, 1945, while being observed at a station near the city of Malec (Poland), guards private Voloshin G. E. and guards private Kuchugura V. P. they were surrounded by a platoon of enemy infantry. Guard private Voloshin G. E. and guard private Kuchugura opened fire on the enemy, came out of the encirclement, killing more than 25 enemy soldiers. Personally, the guard private Voloshin G. E. killed more than fifteen enemy soldiers. My great – grandfather was awarded a government award-the Order of the red banner-for his courage and bravery in escaping from the encirclement.