The Great Patriotic War

Sozyriko Tomaev's youth ended early enough. As a young guy, he went to war. Having received serious injuries in the first two years of hostilities, he, nevertheless, barely recovered, rushed back to the front. In 1942, being a machine gunner of the 41st Squad of the Reconnaissance Battalion of the 4th Rifle Division, during the battles in the M-Belozerka-Tumashevka area of the Zaporozhye Region, Tomaev shot down an enemy aircraft with fierce machine gun fire. For his accomplished efforts, Sozyriko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. _x000D_ And in the summer of 1943, he was sent to the disposal of the Leningrad Headquarters of the partisan movement. Now he had to test his strength by participating in a partisan war. Arriving at the 6th Partisan Brigade, Tomaev was assigned to command a platoon of the 4th Company. The partisans operating in the Pskov Region became a powerful threatening force for the invaders. Sudden, bold raids haunted the Nazis. The population strongly supported them. Some villages were actually under their complete control. When a native of the village of Nart, Ardon Region of our republic, began his service in the Brigade, the partisans settled in the village of Zelensk. He was instructed to organize the defense of this village. _x000D_ Under his leadership, the partisans dug trenches, zigzag passages, and equipped bunkers. The village was surrounded by a solid defensive ring. In mid-August, the Germans sent large forces against them. On August 17, a large detachment of the Nazis began to attack the village, six to seven times larger than the partisan forces. But the defenders of the village boldly accepted the combat and not only withstood it, but also thoroughly battered the fascists. _x000D_ Having stumbled upon such stubborn and organized resistance, the Nazis retreated from the village and themselves went on the defensive. So the first baptism of fire of Sozyriko in the partisan war passed successfully. _x000D_ Soon, Tomaev was instructed to mine the railway between Serebryanka and Plyussa stations. Along this line, the invaders delivered ammunition and manpower to the front, and exported stolen goods to Germany. The worthy son of Ossetia went on a mission with the partisans Spiridonov and Ermolaev. Leaving them in ambush, he proceeded to mine the railroad tracks. The road was heavily guarded. From time to time the Germans fired machine-gun fire through the forest. Choosing the moment when the sentries moved away from the canvas, Tomaev quickly set mines and began to wait. Finally, the train formation appeared. Moments later, a violent explosion shook the air. Flame and black smoke engulfed a steam locomotive and carriages with exploding ammunition ... A week later, Tomaev's platoon dismantled a section of the road between Plyussa and Krasnye Strugi stations. As a result, the Plyussky railway junction was permanently out of order. Later, the command of the 6th Partisan Brigade decided to liquidate a large German garrison in the village of Lyubochary. Having made a hard night crossing through forests and swamps, the partisans unexpectedly attacked the fascist garrison and destroyed it. In this combat, Sozyriko showed himself as a brave and skillful warrior. His friends in the detachment more than once recalled how skillfully he threw grenades into the windows of houses where the Germans were hiding. The partisans mowed down the surviving invaders in bursts. _x000D_ In September 1943, comrade Tomaev was instructed to carry out a new sabotage on the railway. People from other platoons were selected at his disposal. Tomaev carefully thought out the operation, conducted preliminary reconnaissance patrol. It was decided to make explosions north of the Mshinskaya station. According to the plan, the partisans approached the station from the northeast and occupied the approaches to it, standing two or three meters apart. Having stretched out a chain for a long distance, they began to mine the road. At this time, the Nazis who discovered the partisans opened fire. But the partisans staunchly defended themselves. Sozyriko jerked to the enemy bunker and threw grenades at it. The partisans killed all the guards. Tomaev went on his next combat mission alone. _x000D_ In the afternoon, he made his way onto the railway between the stations of Luta and Tolmachevo. Neatly disguised in the forest, he watched the movement of trains. After waiting for darkness, he planted mines, and again hid in the forest. A couple of hours later, the enemy train took off into the air._x000D_ _x000D_ In October, the Nazis, frightened by the incessant sabotage, pulled together large forces to guard the road. The partisans were instructed to attack the Mshinskaya station and clear it of the invaders. It was a hard and dangerous operation. The Company set out for its execution at night. We walked through the forest, through a hard-to-pass swamp, knee-deep in water. They approached the station quietly and opened machine-gun fire on command. The partisans broke through to the station and inflicted fierce losses on the Nazis. But the resistance of the enemies was stubborn. Many people's avengers fell in the combat, the Company Commander was also mortally wounded, as a result of which the command passed to Sozyriko Tomaev. And soon the partisans made a bold raid at the Plyussa station, inflicting an unexpected blow on the Nazis and forcing them to retreat. The carriages of the trains headed towards the besieged Leningrad flew downhill. In the same operation, Sozyriko Tomaev was wounded again, but continued to fight and lead the combat. _x000D_ Sozyriko Mikhailovich Tomaev participated in the operations of the 6th Partisan Brigade until March 1944, when, after the disbandment of partisan detachments, he was again sent to the Soviet Army. Until the very end of the Great Patriotic War, he was at the front. _x000D_ And having demobilized, he returned to his native Ossetia. He returned with several orders and 14 medals. Already at home, he learned with sadness and pain that his younger brother Zanchora, who is still considered missing, had not returned from the battlefield. In peacetime, as well as in wartime, Sozyriko Mikhailovich remained a modest and hardworking person. For many years he worked in forestry in the Kurtatinsky gorge. He was always in the midst of public life. _x000D_ He was elected a Deputy of the Fiagdon village council. Later, the award of the Labor Veteran was added to his military awards. The former partisan was versatile in any job. In the late 60s, he built a wonderful house with his own hands in the village of Khidikus, in which he lived with his family, wife Zinaida and daughter Tamara. _x000D_ By the way, I would like to say a few words about Zinaida Tomaeva (Kretova). Arriving in Ossetia from the Kalinin Region, she learned the Ossetian language in a short time, and throughout her life she observed all local customs. She was especially good at making traditional Ossetian dishes. Zinaida Fyodorovna highly appreciated the name of the Tomaevs, and they, in turn, loved her. _x000D_ The last years of his busy life, Sozyriko Tomaev spent in his native village of Nart. He had many plans and ideas, but the severe wounds received on the battlefields did not pass without leaving a trace. In 1988 he passed away, but I want to believe that the lives of such people do not pass just like that. I would like to believe that they are alive, as long as they are, at least, remembered.

Branch of troops: Aviation. Claudia Timofeevna Serova graduated with honors from the Saratov Pedagogical School in June 1941. She knew how to shoot well, and when the Great Patriotic War started, at the age of 19 she volunteered for the front. She got into the troops called "VNOS" (air observation, warning, and communications). They were located almost on the front line in the forests, where by ear, by the sound of flying aircraft, they had to recognize their types and transmit them to anti-aircraft gunners via communication, and they, in turn, with the help of guns, shot down enemy aircraft. _x000D_ Claudia fought in different territories of the Soviet Union: she was in Belarus, Russia, and Western Ukraine. More than once she came under enemy fire. But the first time they bombed the echelon in which they were traveling to the front, she recalled that it was very scary. Everything was on fire around, no one knew where to run and where to hide. At that moment, it was necessary first of all to overcome fear, then to help the wounded, and after the bombing, move on to the front line, and she did it. _x000D_ Claudia was appointed Platoon Commander, under her command there were the same young girls, like herself, who had hardships, but they endured these trials with honor, defending their homeland of its civilians, old people and children from the enemy invaders. For military merits, Claudia received awards. _x000D_ At the end of the war, she returned to her peaceful profession in Primary School as a Teacher, got married, gave birth to 3 daughters. On July 15, 1989, Claudia Timofeevna passed away, but she remained in the memory of her family (7 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren).

Branch of troops: the USSR Navy and the Naval Forces of the NKVD border troops. Ivan Romanovich Tikhonov (born in 1911) was drafted into the army in April 1942. He fought for the liberation of the north: the city of Petrozavodsk, the Soviet Arctic, and Karelia. For the liberation of Petrozavodsk and excellent military operations, he was awarded a commendation from the Marshal of the Soviet Union Comrade Stalin. (Order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of 24.06.44). _x000D_ He fought on the Karelian front, was awarded the medal “For Courage”. In the award list there is an entry: “Senior sailor Tikhonov, during a bypass maneuver through the Finnish-Norwegian territory to the rear of the enemy, showed himself to be a hardy, brave and courageous communication technician. On a particularly hard march through the mountainous terrain, he carried the equipment of both his own and a lagging comrade. Under fierce enemy mortar fire at night, he eliminated 4 damaged communication lines and ensured the continuity of its work.” He was also awarded medals “For the Defense of the Soviet Arctic” and “For Victory over Germany”, the Order of the Red Star and the Order of Glory, 3rd degree. He had the rank of sailor of Red Navy, Guards Sergeant. From June 25, 1945 to August 1946, he served as a Senior Telephone Operator of the 72nd Naval Brigade, which took part in the battles in the Far East._x000D_ Ivan Romanovich returned home in August 1946. Together with his wife Pelageya Trofimovna, they raised four sons and one daughter. The family lived in a house built by his hands, he knew all the secrets of carpentry and joinery. And once he even built a house of adobe bricks (a mixture of clay and straw), planted a large garden. He remained a simple and kind man until the end of his life. But he and his wife did not like to remember the war, this time was too hard and terrible.

Rank: Red Army. Branch of troops: Ground Forces. Division: 378th Infantry Novgorod Red Banner Division. Stepan Alekseevich Tkachenko, born in 1902, was called up for military service on 09/07/1941. During the Great Patriotic War, he fought in the 1258th Regiment, 378th Rifle Novgorod Red Banner Division, as part of the 59th army of the Volkhov front. He was wounded on January 6, 1942 in a combat during an offensive in the front of Vodosye near Lake Bezymyannoe, 2 km north of Zavizha (Novgorod Region). He was undergoing treatment at the military hospital No. 1256 for the seriously wounded from March 19, 1942 to May 15, 1942. On May 16, 1942, he was discharged from the ranks of the Red Army for health reasons. The day before the injury, by the order for the Division dated 01/05/1942, the regiments had military missions: the 1254th Rifle Regiment by 21.00 to reach the area of mark 19.8 in readiness to advance on the Vodosye crossing; the 1258th Rifle Regiment by 20.00 reach the Bezymyannoe Lake area, 2 km north of Zavizha, in readiness to advance in the front of Vodosye; the 1256th Rifle Regiment by 21.00 5.1.1942 to reach the area of Lake Glubokoe (7238), in readiness to act because of the right flank of 1254th Rifle Regiment; The 45th Ski Battalion by 21.00 concentrate in the area of mark 19.0 in readiness to secure the right flank of the Division. The direction is to Lezno, Sovkhoz (7230) and further along the river Rovan; the 163rd Tank Battalion will concentrate the forest west of Gachevo by 22.00, ready to act in the front of Lake Glubokoe, mark 19.1, the Vodosye railway junction. From 18.00 on 5.1.1942, the command post moved 1 km south of Lake Berezovsky. According to available data, the enemy defended the railway line by units: the 65th, 167th, 215th and 126th infantry divisions, having strong points of Lezno, Vodosye. _x000D_ Day of injury: On the morning of January 6, 1942, the Division went on the offensive to complete the mission. The offensive was prepared in a hurry, without sufficient preparation and material support, there was no information about the enemy. The infantry was forced to attack enemy strongholds without the bulk of the Artillery. But despite this, the soldiers went into combat boldly and decisively, while suffering fierce losses. The lack of communications made it hard to control the troops. The horse train was extremely depleted and was not able to provide transport to the units. The offensive ended unsuccessfully, but despite this it was repeated twice. 378th Infantry Novgorod Red Banner Division, was part of the 59th Army of the Volkhov Front. The Division fought 1254th, 1256th, 1258th Rifle regiments was in the active army from December 18, 1941 to March 13, 1945. It was disbanded on March 13, 1945, in connection with which the personnel and regalia were transferred to the 90th Guards Suvorov Division.

Rank: Junior Lieutenant. Branch of troops: Ground Forces. The Great Patriotic War found Viktor Savin in the city of Berdichevo, Zhytomyr Region, where he served in active army since April 1941. A Separate Motorized Pontoon-bridge Battalion, in which pontooner Viktor Stepanovich Savin fought, was front-line subordination, and it was transferred from one front to another. The Battalion had to cross the rivers Seversky Donets, Vorskla, Dnieper, Dniester, Prut, Western Dvina, Vistula, Oder, Spree, etc. to direct and build, maintain ferry crossings under enemy fire. In the autumn and winter of 1942-1943. V.S. Savin worked on the Volga crossing as part of the 64th Army of the Stalingrad Front. He transported a huge amount of military supplies, equipment and soldiers who held the defenses south of Stalingrad. _x000D_ In the summer of 1943, as part of the 7th Guards Army (formerly 64th) V.S. Savin took part in the battles at the Kursk Bulge. When the offensive began, the Battalion had to cross the Seversky Donets and Vorskla rivers. Soviet troops steadily approached the Dnieper. On the night of September 28-29, 1943, the Battalion Commander received an order to begin a landing crossing across the Dnieper. The area of the crossing was near the village of Saloshino, Poltava Region. On a dark night, the paratroopers began to cross. The dispatched subunits captured a foot strong on the western bank of the Dnieper: 8 km in front width and 6 km in depth. This piece of land was shot through by the enemy. _x000D_ On the morning of September 29, the Nazis unleashed fire of all types of ammunition on the destruction of our soldiers who had occupied a foot strong on the right bank. There was nowhere to retreat, during the daytime the river could not be crossed due to the actions of the enemy's aviation and artillery, and until the evening without reinforcements it could not hold out. A hard situation arose. The warriors who were on the given foot strong were bleeding to death and suffered fierce losses. The order of the command was at any cost to transfer equipment and manpower to the foot strong and pick up the wounded in the daytime. But all attempts were unsuccessful, two ferries were sunk. Dusk soon fell. _x000D_ In the most hard conditions, under continuous enemy fire, V.S. Savin and his comrades made 16 voyages to the right bank of the Dnieper, ferrying manpower and equipment. On the seventeenth flight of V. S. Savin loaded 4 Anti-tank guns with crews into the landing pontoon. Already near the coast, the pontoon was damaged and began to sink. V. S. Savin jumped into the water and pulled the pontoon to the shore. When the guns were unloaded, he poured water, plugged the holes with his tunic and swam to the left bank again. _x000D_ By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Viktor Stepanovich Savin, among others, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for crossing the Dnieper and firmly consolidating the foot strong on the western bank of the Dnieper. After the Dnieper V. S. Savin, together with his Battalion, reached Berlin.

Rank: Red Army Soldier Branch of troops: Ground Forces. Subdivision: 344th Infantry Roslavl Red Banner Division. My grandfather Ivan Fedorovich Sudenkov (__.__. 1909 - 08.08.1944) was born in v. Vydritsa, Khislavichsky District, Smolensk Region (formerly Mstislavsky District, Mogilev province). In May 1933, he married my grandmother Starostenkova, Alexandra Karpovna. According to her stories before marriage, they knew little of each other, but they lived happily. In February 1935, my mother Galina was born. They worked in a kolkhoz, grandfather built a house, and carried logs for future housing out of the forest. In the village he was known as a merry fellow and a joker. In July 1941, the territory of the Smolensk Region was occupied by German troops, grandfather had to hide from the Germans and policemen. _x000D_ In September 1943, the Khislavichsky District was liberated, together with his fellow villagers, the Khislavichsky Comissariat drafted a Red Army Soldier of the 1156 Rifle Regiment of the 344th Rifle Division. He was fighting with his brother Danil (died of wounds in February 1944), grandmother's brother Kirill Karpovich Starostenkov. _x000D_ One of the first formations of the Mogilev front, the 344th Division entered the Belorussian land. On September 28, 1943, the Division, acting in conjunction with the 196 Tank Brigade, liberated the city of Mstislavl, Mogilev Region of the BSSR. In the Mstislavl Region, the units moved westward and on September 30 cut the Orsha-Krichev railway in the area of the village of Shiroki. In the Goretsky District, on October 1, 1943, the Division liberated the village of Ryasno (the former regional center of the Mogilev Region) and reached the Pronya river south of the city of Dribin, Mogilev Region, where it was stopped. Then, passing 70 km to the north, the Division took the line east of the village of Lenino for joint hostilities with the first Polish Division named after Tadeusz Kosciuszko. After two weeks of fighting, the Polish Division on October 14, 1943 went into reserve, and the 344 Roslavl Division on October 14, 1943 took up defensive positions at the border of the villages of Lenino-Boevo, Goretsky District, Mogilev Region. _x000D_ Grandmother Alexandra Karpovna found out that her grandfather was in the town of Gorki, she dried the biscuits and with other residents of the village of Vydritsa went to visit her husband. Grandfather told her that in the first days of the draft it was hard, there was not enough uniforms and ammunition, but by the beginning of winter they gave out a warm uniform, felt boots. “Now I will definitely come back,” he said to his wife. During the end of 1943 and until the spring of 1944, as part of the 113th Infantry Corps of the 49th Army of the Western Front, the Division fought unsuccessful battles in the Orsha front. In the Byelorussian operation, the Division advances in the second echelon as part of the 62nd Rifle corps of the 33rd Army of the 2nd Byelorussian Front until mid-July 1944, then takes part in the Kaunas operation, on July 17, 1944, forces the Neman near the village of Balberiskis (near Prienai, Lithuania), developing the offensive on 08/02/1944, as part of the 62nd Rifle Corps of the 33rd Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front, participates in the liberation of the city of Vilkaviskis (Lithuania). 08/08/1944 grandfather died of wounds, was buried in the village of Balchun (primary burial). _x000D_ I found such information on the website https://pamyat-naroda.ru/ (Name list No. 20 of irrecoverable losses of sergeants and privates of the 344 Roslavl Infantry Division 07/27/1943 to 08/09/1943 https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/memorial-chelovek_donesenie54886043/). Studying the materials of the sites Memory of the People, Memorial, I did not find my grandfather's full namesakes, so I hope that his final burial will be at the memorial cemetery in Lithuania, Kamayiai village. (Source http://db.militaryheritage.eu/)

She was born in Moscow on the Arbat, in the famous maternity Grauerman hospital. From 1916 to 1917 she lived in Moscow on Prechistenka street. In 1918, she and her parents moved to Odessa. Father died in 1918, mother in 1919. After the death of her parents, her relatives transported her back to Moscow, where since 1920 she was brought up in a colony named after I. Lunacharsky, from 1927 until finishing school in 1931 she was brought up in the orphanage number 11 FONO ("Pioneer"), in Khlebny lane in Moscow. From 1931 to 1935 she studied at the Technical School at the Dynamo plant at the full-time department. _x000D_ During the Great Patriotic War, she manufactured shells and rotary mechanisms for tanks. All her life (from 1935 to 1974) she worked at the Dynamo plant named after V.I. CM. Kirov, first as a designer, since 1950 as a Head of the standardization and normalization bureau, and since 1960 as a Head of the Chief designer's bureau. In October 1941, together with the plant, she was evacuated beyond the Urals to the city of Chelyabinsk, where she manufactured shells and rotary mechanisms for tanks. In 1943 she returned to Moscow. _x000D_ In peacetime, together with colleagues from the design bureau, she developed electric motors for metro cars and electric locomotives. She was married to Siluanov Boris Vasilyevich on July 6, 1941, who voluntarily joined the people's militia. On September 30, 1941, the 9th Kirov Division of the people's militia took an advanced position near the village of Leonovo in the Yelnya Region. From 1 to 3 October, fierce battles were fought, but the Division was surrounded by the enemy. The encirclement continued until mid-October 1941. Siluanov Boris Vasilievich went missing in October 1941.

Rank: Lieutenant Unit: 18th Guards Rifle Insterburgskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division. He worked as an agronomist in the regional center, was a member of the Komsomol, so he was immediately sent to the front as part of the 133rd Rifle Division (521 Rifle Regiment) and was appointed Platoon Commander. _x000D_ On June 25, 1941, the Division had already been on its way to the front. On July 7, the soldiers were already disembarking in the area of ​​the city of Vyazma, Smolensk Region. At this time, the Smolensk defensive battle unfolded, during which German troops for the first time after the Second World War were forced not only to suspend the offensive, but also to retreat, leaving cities and towns. From February 20, 1942 to February 9, 1943, the unit fought fierce defensive battles with a length of 15 kilometers on the Sukovsky line, nicknamed "Little Sevastopol". For the high skill, courage shown by the personnel in battles with the invader, by order of the Commander-in-Chief dated March 17, 1943, the 133rd Infantry Division was transformed into the 18th Guards Infantry Division. In the area of ​​the villages of Novo-Sukovka and Sukovka, the Division stood for a long time, almost a year, so the postal service was well established here. Apparently, this is where he wrote his last letter: “... we cannot survive in such a meat grinder, so let our children live at least”. _x000D_ On February 1 0, 1943, the Division surrendered its defense sector and became part of the 16th Army for an offensive in the Bukan-Zhizdra front. The Division did not fulfill the assigned mission. After 12 days of bloody combats, having wedged into the enemy's defenses to a depth of 4 kilometers, it was detained by the enemy and went on the defensive, after which it was withdrawn to the reserve. But Solovyov Gury was no longer alive. He died on March 4 in battles for the village of Bukan near the town of Lyudinov, Kaluga Region.

Rank: Senior Sergeant. Branch of troops: Armored and Mechanized troops. Subdivision: 1st Armored Moscow Proletarian Order of Lenin Red Banner Division. He was a disabled of the III group, participant of the Great Patriotic War, a member of the Communist Party since September 1944. He was drafted into the Soviet army on February 8, 1943 in the city of Penza and demobilized in November 1946. He was in the army from September 1943 to October 1944. He served as a Mortarman, Reconnaissance officer in the 1st Mortar Battery, 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion, 1st Separate Guards Kalinkovic Motorized Rifle Brigade, 1st Don Tank Corps in Bryansk and 1st om the Belorussian fronts, with the rank of Guards Senior Sergeant. He was seriously wounded and shell-shocked. He took part in the liberation of the cities of Rechitsa, Kalinovichi. He took part in military operation “Bagration”: breaking through the enemy's defenses covering the Bobruisk area and in the liberation of the cities of Osinovichi, Bobruisk, Minsk, and Slonim. _x000D_ For excellent military operations, he received Commendations of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Comrade Stalin. He was also awarded medals: "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", "25 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR". He worked at the VEM plant in the city of Penza, was awarded the medals “For Labor Distinction”, “For Valiant Labor in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V.I. Lenin”, “Veteran of Labor”. In 1971 he received the title of an honorary veteran of the plant's labor. At the VEM plant he worked from July 1947 to November 28, 1983 as a dispatcher, foreman, shop manager, Deputy Director for social life, and Senior engineer. For health reasons, he resigned. On the job he graduated from the Penza Engineering College in 1954, the Penza factory VTUZ in 1977.

Rank: Starshina. Branch of troops: Ground Forces. Subdivision: 372nd Infantry Novgorod Red Banner Division. RUSSIAN SOLDIER OF THE POLISH ARMY. Pyotr Mikhailovich Tyustin was born on July 12, 1925 in the village of Kekur, Irbit District, Sverdlovsk Region. Once my grandfather Pyotr Mikhailovich talked about his memories, about that height near the village of Shainovo, where he lost his fellow countryman, a friend from a sniper School and a front-line Comrade Nikolai Pystin. He bandaged the wounded Nikolai himself, ordered him to go to the rear. But they started bombing the heights, and Nikolai remained forever near the Belarusian village. _x000D_ In 1941, right after the start of the war, Peter, like most teenagers, was offered to go to the Vocational Workers School. He graduated from it and became an electrician, was sent to work at the plant. In the fall of 1942, ahead of schedule, at the age of 17, he was called to the military registration and enlistment office and sent to a Sniper School: there was one in Kamyshlov. In March 1944, as part of the newly formed 372nd Division, Pyotr Mikhailovich went to the Leningrad Front. But “another order sounds,” and the train is urgently unloaded, the Division makes a 400-kilometer march to the Belorussian front. _x000D_ Here, in between battles, P. M. Tustin received combat missions as a sniper. Soon after the loss of a friend, in one of the combats he was concussed. After three days spent in the hospital of Sanitary Battalion, my hearing was restored, and I went into combat again. During the capture of Kovel, he was severely wounded in the leg. The hospital where they were treated came under bombardment. _x000D_ But apparently fate was to survive ... He survived, recovered and was sent to Poland, to a mixed Regiment of the Polish Army. Together with the Poles, he liberated Poland not only from the Germans, but also from numerous bandit formations trying to strengthen the fascist regime in the country. For brave and skillful military operations on the territory of Poland, the command of the Polish Army awarded Pyotr Mikhailovich with two bronze crosses and three medals: “For Warsaw”, “Kraiowa Rada Narodowa”, “Odre-Nyse-Baltyk”. The grandfather also has national awards: medals "For Courage", "For Military Merit", "For Victory over Germany", the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. After the liberation of Poland, he became Deputy commandant of the city of Pruszkow. Here he celebrated Victory! The war is over. _x000D_ But the paths of many soldiers, including grandfather, lay not yet home, but further to the West. Petra was waiting for the School of Junior Aviation specialists in one of the air units stationed in Germany. Here he was promoted to the Starshina of the Regiment, then the Starshina of the School. _x000D_ He began his civil life only in 1950. There was a factory and family, not a minute free. They raised three daughters with my wife (my grandmother). And now the grandchildren have grown up, and the great-grandchildren are growing up! Pyotr Mikhailovich did not have years in vain in his life. A loyal defender of the Motherland, an advanced worker, a reliable and loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather... My grandfather Pyotr Mikhailovich Tyustin lived to be 85 years old, he died on October 18, 2010. We remember! We are proud!

Rank: Corporal Branch: Ground Forces. Subdivision: 330th Infantry Mogilev Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division. Telkov Vasily Danilovich was a man of great strength and courage. Vasily Danilovich was born in 1909 on the Alexandriysky sovkhoz, Uzlovsky District, Moscow (later Tula) Region. Information about his childhood and youth has not been preserved, it is only known that he was a candidate for the Communist Party. With the attack on the Soviet Union of Nazi Germany, the great-grandfather on September 19, 1941 was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. Vasily Danilovich ended up serving in the 1109 Rifle Regiment of the 330 Rifle Division formed in the Tula Region. As part of this Division, the great-grandfather liberated the city of Mikhailov and Stalinogorsk (now the city of Novomoskovsk, Tula Region), as well as the territory of the Kaluga Region. In 1943, as part of the 10th Army, the Division fought the enemy on the Western Front. It was during this period that my great-grandfather accomplished his first efforts. From the award list No. 034 / N on personnel: 08/10/1943 in a combat for the village of Bolshakh, Kirovsky District, Smolensk Region, the Red Army Soldier of the 6th Company Telkov Vasily Danilovich in hand-to-hand combat destroyed 9 Nazis, carried out a wounded machine gunner and an enemy fierce machine gun from the battlefield. _x000D_ For this efforts, my great-grandfather received the medal "For Courage". In the continuous battles of 1942-43, my great-grandfather was wounded three times. Later, at the beginning of 1944, my great-grandfather was awarded the military rank Corporal with the transfer to the Headquarters Company of the 324th Separate communications Battalion for the position of Telegraphist Morse. _x000D_ On September 3, 1944, the great-grandfather was on a mission from the Commander to transport communications property across the Vistula River (Poland) to an observation post. Despite the fact that the boat was pierced by a fragment of an enemy shell, thanks to the dedication of the great-grandfather, the communications property was delivered unharmed and on time. For the exemplary performance of this combat mission, Vasily Danilovich was awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Rank: Senior Sergeant Branch of troops: Ground Forces. Subdivision: 338th Infantry Neman Red Banner Division. My grandfather's name was Ivan Vasilievich Sibirev. He was born in 1921 in the village of Zhukovo, Brodokalmaksky District, Chelyabinsk Region. Grandfather was drafted into the army in September 1940. He fought with the rank of Sergeant. On June 22, 1941, when the war started, his troops were in the area of the city of Brest. My grandfather began his combat path as part of the 173 Air-Fighter Battalion, then he was the Commander of the machine-gun crew of the 1136 Rifle Regiment of the 338 Rifle Division of the 33rd army of the Western Front. He fought with the rank of Sergeant, and in 1942 he was awarded the rank of Senior Sergeant. Grandfather took part in battles near the cities of Kaluga, Minsk, Mogilev, Roslavl, Baranovichi, Belgorod, Orel, Przemysl, etc. He was wounded three times. The most severe head wound was in March 1943 during the liberation of the city of Yelnya. Then he was awarded the Medal for Military Merit. He had awards "For Courage", the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, a medal "For the Defense of Moscow". _x000D_ All his life my grandfather lived with a shell fragment in his head. Grandfather died on January 24, 1997. Unfortunately, he did not like to talk about the war and we know little about his combat path. Two of his siblings, Aleksey and Alexander, were killed in the war. I am proud of my grandfather and I consider him a true hero! Thanks to my grandfather and all the participants of the Great Patriotic War for the Victory, for the peaceful sky overhead! We will never forget him!

Rank: Junior Sergeant Subdivision: 23rd Guards Rifle Dnovsko-Berlin Red Banner Division. He was called to the front in January 1942. Аt first, we fought first on the North-Western Front. In June 1942 he was wounded during an offensive near the town of Staraya Russa. After that he was the gunner of the mortar of the 82nd Company of the Mortar Guards. In the battles in the Poddor'e Region, aimed fire from a mortar on 18.05.1944 he destroyed 2 enemy firing points. 24.05.1944 received a severe wound in the left forearm during the offensive. He was considered dead, and the death notice was sent to his relatives that: _x000D_ Seminsky M.I., Junior Sergeant, 1922. birth, killed in action on May 24, 1943. He was buried in the village of Borulino. But he survived, and was awarded the medal "For Courage" for his efforts. After his recovery, he was a fitter-assembler of motors of the 247th Separate Repair and Restoration Battalion. Working as a locksmith, he proved himself to be a good, exemplary and exemplary master of his craft. He devoted all his skill, strength and ability to his work, engine repair. There was no failure in his work. He fulfilled the production norms by 175%, despite the enormous fatigue. _x000D_ On 30.06.1945 by the order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the SSR for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and for the valor and courage shown at the same time, he was awarded the second medal "For Courage". After the war, Mikhail Ivanovich lived in the city of Alapaevsk. He worked in the police, Head of the Criminal Department. On February 21, 1987 he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree.

Titenko, Vasily Mikhailovich

Sorokin, Nikolay Stepanovich_x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery. He was born in the village of Tolsky Maidan on December 20, 1923. Before the war he studied at the Tolskoy Maidan Secondary School and worked in a kolkhoz. In the fall of 1941, he was sent to build fortifications near the city of Gorky, being the schoolboy of the last 10th grade. Upon arrival home, he was called up for military service and sent to the city of Kostroma to the 3rd Leningrad Artillery School. From February to August 1, 1942 he was a cadet, then a Junior Sergeant. From August to October 1942, he was a Sergeant and Commander of a Reconnaissance Department in 3 batteries of a Separate Artillery Division of the 92nd Rifle Brigade of the 62nd Army in the city of Stalingrad. He took part in the defense of Stalingrad. Once he and a group of soldiers defended a house in Stalingrad, which was destroyed during the combat and captured by German troops. _x000D_ And Nikolai Stepanovich was covered with the rubble and was left unconscious. Just two days later, the Russians recaptured this house and heard groans coming from under the rubble. They removed the wounded soldier and sent him to the hospital. _x000D_ After this combat, a death notice came to the village. It was declared that Sorokin N.S. was killed in action on October 16, 1942 during the defense of Stalingrad and was buried in Volgograd. (Such an entry is in the Book of Memory.) After leaving the hospital, from April 28, 1943 to July 6, 1946, he served in the 29th Cavalry Regiment. Then he was sent to Turkmenistan in the 27th Frontier Detachment to the Iranian border, where he served for three years. He was demobilized on March 31, 1949. _x000D_ During his service he was awarded with certificates of honor and medals. After demobilization, he studied and worked at the School until 1977. For health reasons, he moved to work in a kolkhoz as Chief Power Engineer. Nikolai Sorokin passed away and was buried in the Tolsky Maidan.