My grandfather to all grandfathers grandfather! My grandfather is a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. Vasily Ivanovich Vadyasov was born on December 19, 1924, in the village of Vasilyevka, formerly part of the Bolkhovskaya volost of the Kurmyshsky uyezd of the Siberian province, now the Sechenovsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region. Just turned seventeen, the war began, the most terrible of all the stories of the country. Motto: "Everything for the front! Everything for victory!” found a warm response in the soul of the young man. In August 1942, it was time to take up arms in defence of the Motherland. Drafted into the active army. Brought to the Kremlin, where the formation of units going to the front. In November 1942, he was sent to the Volkhov front, which was commanded by General Meretskov. The troops of the front were preparing to conduct an operation to break the blockade of Leningrad. On January 12, 1943, the troops of the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts went on the offensive. Because of six days of persistent bloody fighting, the blockade of the city was broken. In those battles, Vasily Vadyasov was wounded in the arm. Having broken the siege of Leningrad, the Volkhov front units continued to develop the offensive in the Western and South-Western directions. In one of the battles in February 1944, Vasily Vadyasov was wounded a second time. This time in the leg. He was sent to a hospital in Leningrad, the wound was severe and he was sent to the evacuation hospital in the city of Cherepovets, Vologda region. After five months of treatment, the medical Commission found him unfit for military service, and he was sent to the local military enlistment office. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on December 22, 1942, the medal "for the defence of Leningrad" was established.in 1947, Vasily Vadyasov started a family, marrying a fellow villager Nadezhda (After whom I was named) who was awarded the medal "for valiant labour in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945. After the war, Vasily worked flawlessly. In the 60s and 70s, he became a famous master in the area for growing second bread-potatoes. He was awarded the gold medal of the VDNH of the USSR for obtaining high yields. Vasily Ivanovich Vadyasov died on 21 November 2011.