The Great Patriotic War

Michael Ivanovich Podosinov, GPW veteran Michael Ivanovich Podosinov, Guard Senior Lieutenant Medal "For the Capture of Konigsberg"|Order of the Patriotic War II degree|Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"|Medal "For the Victory over Japan"|Order of the Red Star

My great-grandfather, Ivan Savovich Yavtushenko, was born on 02/23/24 in Poltava.He went to the front on 03/26/1943, served as a corporal, senior telephone operator in the platoon of the Artillery Commander of the Second Ukrainian Front of the 41st Red Banner Infantry Division of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class. For his bravery, dedication, contempt for danger and perseverance in carrying out tasks in battles from the Oder, the Elbe to Berlin, he was awarded government awards - two Orders of the Red Star and the Order of Glory of the III degree, medals "For Courage", "For Military Merit", "For the Liberation of Budapest", "For the Liberation of Prague" and "For the capture of Berlin"

In the photo, Andrei Fedorovich Gryazev, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War in 1923. The village of Evanovo, Pestovsky district, Novgorod region

A group of Red Army soldiers at the edge of the forest.In the Center is bataichanin Kulba V.S. Poland.The 40s

At the walls of the Reichstag .1945.Berlin A group of fellow soldiers at the walls of the Reichstag. In the first row of vaticanis Shmelev F. E. Berlin , 1945

Pechenaya P. E. Snapshot of the great Patriotic war .Hungary.1945/

Rudyak Leonida Savvichna_x000D_ _x000D_ Military service: military medical staff. Rudyak Leonida Savvichna was born in 1922. When the war broke out, Leonida went to the military enlistment office and asked to be sent to the front, as she was working as a nurse and was liable for military service. After receiving a referral to Rostov-on-don, to a hospital, my grandmother saw with her own eyes what German shelling from planes and bombing were like, then she was slightly wounded, and lost several of her friends – young girls-nurses like her. Then she worked for a long time in a hospital in Astrakhan, where severely wounded soldiers were brought there. She had to work two shifts, and she didn't have enough food, clothes, and shoes. It was very difficult to be in a strange city in such conditions, far from the family. When the hospital moved closer to the front line, Leonida Savvichna had to live in dugouts in the woods near Stalingrad in the midst of a historic battle. She said that even at night it was light from the fire of exploding shells, and the roar was simply indescribable! During the war, Leonida Savvichna visited many cities. When her hospital came under the command of the Polish army, she even took part in the liberation of Poland from the Nazis, and received many orders and medals for her services in battle. According to Leonida's stories, she was very scared, she remembered that some images from the war times still stand before her eyes, as if everything was quite recent. This war left marks not only on her body, but also in her soul left a deep indelible mark. During this war, Leonida Savvichna met a beautiful young pilot Viktor Fomich, who later became her husband. They fell in love, but they had to fight in different cities, so they wrote letters to each other. Interestingly, when Viktor asked Leonida Savvichna what city she was in, and this was secret information, she answered something like this:"the First letter of the name of this city is the first letter of my sister's name, the second letter of the name of this city is the first letter of your mother's name... etc."

Rudenko Maria Dmitrievna_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Foreman. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Maria DMITRIEVNA RUDENKO was born on April 15, 1921 in Altai region, Znamensky district, village of the Donskoy. She lived in the village Lobanovo Danilovsky district of the Volgograd region. Member of the Komsomol since 1942 Called up to the red army in 1941. On the front since June 6, 1942, the Rank: Sergeant, then foreman of the medical service. Position: ward nurse of mobile field hospital No. 4185 in the 8th Guards Army. Awards: order of the Patriotic war II degree.(1985), medal "For defense of Stalingrad" (1943), medal "For military Merit" (25.06.1944 g), "For victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945" (1946), "Twenty years of Victory in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945", "Thirty years of Victory in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945", "Forty years of Victory in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945" "Fifty years of Victory in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945", "Sixty years of Victory in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945», "Seventy years of Victory in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945", " Fifty years Of the armed forces of the USSR "(1968)," Sixty years of The armed forces of the USSR "(1978)," Seventy years of The armed forces of the USSR " (1988), Zhukov medal. From the award document of 1943 for the medal "for the defense of Stalingrad": "... medical service Sergeant Rudenko Maria Dmitrievna participated in the battle of Stalingrad from June 1942 to 02.02.1943. In July 1942, she worked in the Kalach area in the reinforcement group at the Mobile field Hospital-80 during massive enemy air raids." From the award list of November 20, 1943 for the medal "for military merit": "... Comrade Rudenko, during the deployment of the hospital on the right Bank of the Dnieper the village of Voiskovaya, worked from 27.10.1943 to 20.11.1943 alone, permanently, without sleep or rest, provided full implementation of doctor's appointments, care and feeding of 500 seriously wounded. For his dedicated service to the wounded since June 1942, she has received a number of verbal commendations and letters of thanks from the wounded. Worthy of the government award: the medal "for military merit". Head of PPG No. 4185: Nikonov". Memoirs of a veteran in 1975: "In 1941, she graduated from medical school and was drafted into the red Army, in a military mobile field hospital, which was formed in the city of Stalingrad. Our hospital was attached to the 62nd guard’s army under the command of General V. I. Chuikov. As part of the army, we went all the way from Stalingrad to Berlin. Our army participated in the liberation of Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland. Already on the territory of Germany, when crossing the Oder river, there were heavy battles. Our hospital was deployed 18 kilometers from Berlin, and we received soldiers who were wounded directly during the storming of the Nazi capital. A few words about our front-line life. During the fighting, we, the medics, sometimes she did not sleep for days, as the wounded came in a continuous stream, and they needed our help. I was an operating nurse. During the war, tens of thousands of our wounded soldiers passed through our mobile field hospital. And each of them had to be taken, washed of blood and dirt, given medical care, performed surgery and sent to the rear for treatment. When there were small breaks from fighting, we studied small arms-a rifle, a machine gun, a submachine gun. To ensure that, if necessary, each nurse can protect wounded soldiers. We also knew how to handle grenades. Despite the military actions, the hospital organized amateur performances. We organized concerts for the wounded: we sang, danced, and read poetry, trying to cheer them up and raise their spirits. And all in order for them to recover faster and return to service." The last battle of the military nurse of the Stalingrad hospital ended on May 9, 1945 in Berlin. Today, a resident of the city of Volzhsky, a war veteran Maria Dmitrievna Rudenko, as she herself says, is a special day. Every year, on the eve of Victory Day, she comes to the monument to fallen soldiers in the civil and great Patriotic wars to lay flowers to those who fell for our Motherland. "It is my duty to honor the memory of the victims," she is convinced. "This is the duty of those who survived thanks to the millions of Soviet soldiers who died in battle." For nurse Rudenko, who spent the entire great Patriotic war as part of the Stalingrad field mobile hospital No. 4185, the battle for the return of front-line soldiers to service continued until the day of the great Victory, which she and the hospital met in Berlin, reports ia "Height 102". With her hospital, which was located in the village of Kuibyshev in the sredneakhtubinsky district, and this place, according to her, was determined by Marshal Georgy Zhukov himself, she went through the roads of war, saving the lives of thousands of Soviet soldiers. "The main thing was that every wounded soldier and commander knew that there was a "sister" who would never leave in trouble, " she says. She remembers how many tears she shed over those who could not be saved. Once the chief doctor of the hospital said to her: "Masha, you will not have enough tears to mourn everyone so much, feel sorry for yourself, the whole war is still ahead." And she was sorry. She drinks Valerian and goes back to the operating table. Surgeries, bandages, more surgeries. As soon as the last one was bandaged, it was time for the first one. The nurses didn't leave the hospital for days. Medals "for the defense of Stalingrad", "for military merit" - the most expensive for a veteran-likes to consider his favorite great-granddaughter Masha, great-granddaughter of Victory, who will soon be 5 years old. For the 94th anniversary of her great-grandmother, whom the girl calls a hero, she drew her portrait. "This is the most expensive gift today - such attention to me," says Maria Dmitrievna Rudenko. Volgograd. 2015. PS: 94-year-old war veteran Maria Dmitrievna Rudenko from Volzhsky-a sister from a field hospital-was brought to the military parade in Volgograd in a special car. At six in the morning, the veteran was already in full dress at the entrance, but on the way to the square of Fallen fighters, she visited Mamayev Kurgan, where her comrades are buried, and laid carnations on their graves. By the way, Maria Dmitrievna Rudenko received a personal invitation to attend the parade after a material about this heroic woman was published on the website of the news Agency "Height 102" before May 9. Before that, the war veteran was not invited to official events dedicated to the great Victory for more than 10 years.

Rakhmanov Minnegarif Iskhakovich_x000D_ _x000D_ My grandfather Rakhmanov Minnegarif Iskhakovich was born on July 3, 1925 in the village of Atabayevo, Laishevsky district, Tatar ASSR. When he was 15 years old, they left the village to recruit in the city of Astrakhan.In 1941, the war began. In 1942, my grandfather volunteered for the war, because at that time he was 17 years old, first he went through military training and in the fall of 1942 he went to the front. In 1943 he participated in the battle of Stalingrad, it was the first award, the medal of valor. In 1943 in December, during a tank battle his tank was hit, he received a shrapnel wound in the leg and in the arm, the fight was night and until he was found and taken to the hospital was that he had frostbitten feet, he was taken to the hospital and amputated his left leg, and right leg healed, but as a result of shrapnel wounds to his leg all the time was sick and needed additional surgery and treatment. He ended up in a Kazan hospital and was treated for two months. In the hospital, he was seen by a fellow villager, Minnegarif strictly warned that his parents would not find out about his injuries. In 1944, he was again in the Kazan hospital, old wounds made themselves felt. They wanted to amputate the second one. But the war again reminded of itself, the second leg, but the treatment gave results, the wounds healed. The story was repeated again, he again met with a fellow villager and this time his injuries were reported in his native village, to his parents. Mother Minnegalieva Karim apa rounds of all the hospitals of Kazan, has not yet found her son. Minnegarif said that in the village he would be a burden and he will not find a job, and wanted to live in the home for the disabled. His mother didn't want to hear about it and brought him home. As they say, houses and walls help. His health improved. He got married, completed accounting courses in Sabah, and started working on a collective farm as an accountant. The wounds were not intolerable, and the second leg had to be amputated. At this time, he already had three children and a life partner. He had to learn to walk in prosthetics. He was a strong man, and pain plagued all his life. He continued to work and worked for 40 years and raised four children. His wife's eldest son was from her first marriage, and his wife's first husband died at the front. He never divided children into his own and others' and treated his wife's son as his own. He never complained about his pain, learned to drive a car and left work like all people at 60. He supported his family in prosperity and raised decent children. Soon there were also long-awaited grandchildren. Minigrip didn't like to ask for help from the state. In recent years, he lived with his son Damir. My grandfather Rakhmanov Minnegarif Iskhakovich was born on July 3, 1925 in the village of Atabayevo, Laishevsky district, Tatar ASSR. When he was 15 years old, they left the village to recruit in the city of Astrakhan. In 1941, the war began. In 1942, my grandfather volunteered for the war, because at that time he was 17 years old, first he passed military training and, in the fall of 1942, he went to the front. In 1943, he participated in the battle of Stalingrad, where he received the first award, the medal for bravery." In December 1943, during a tank battle, his tank was hit, he received a shrapnel wound in the legs and arm, the battle was night and while he was found and taken to the medical unit, it turned out that he frostbitten his legs, he was transferred to the hospital and amputated his left leg, and the right leg healed, but as a result of shrapnel wounds, his leg was always sore and required additional operations and treatment. He ended up in a Kazan hospital and was treated for two months. In the hospital, he was seen by a fellow villager, Minnegarif strictly warned that his parents would not find out about his injuries. In 1944, he was again in the Kazan hospital, old wounds made themselves felt. They wanted to amputate the second leg, but the treatment gave results, the wounds healed. The story was repeated again, he again met with a fellow villager and this time his injuries were reported in his native village, to his parents. Mother Mineraria - Karim apa rounds of all the hospitals of Kazan, has not yet found her son. Minnegarif said that in the village he would be a burden and he will not find a job, and wanted to live in the home for the disabled. His mother didn't want to hear about it and brought him home. As they say, houses and walls help. His health improved. He got married, completed accounting courses at the SBAH, and started working as an accountant on a collective farm. The wounds were not intolerable, and the second leg had to be amputated. At this time, he already had three children and a life partner. IHe had to learn to walk in prosthetics. He was a strong man, and pain plagued all his life. He continued to work and worked for 40 years and raised four children. His wife's eldest son was from her first marriage, and his wife's first husband died at the front. He never divided children into his own and others' and treated his wife's son as his own. He never complained about his pain, learned to drive a car and left work like all people at 60. He supported his family in prosperity and raised decent children. Soon there were also long-awaited grandchildren. Minigrip didn't like to ask for help from the state. In recent years, he lived with his son Damir. Suffered two heart attacks and from the third heart exhausted by military wounds could not stand it he died at 75 years of a heart attack. A special place in his life is occupied by his tender feelings for his wife, who devoted her entire life to a legless invalid, she was 9 years older than Minnegarif and all her life loved, respected and cared for him. There was always understanding and incredible love between them. The memory of him as a participant in the great Patriotic war, as a strong-minded person is kept in the memory of his relatives and fellow villagers.

Ryzhkov Ilya Safonovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Sergeant. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 253rd rifle division (1st formation). He voluntarily went to the front in Chernyanka, enlisted in the 176th reserve infantry regiment. In 1942, they reached the Volga river in 14 days and nights through the Voronezh region and the don river. They disbanded and sent to study in Astrakhan as a gunner. November 1942-front near Stalingrad, February 1943-liberated Stalingrad, wounded in the left leg, hospital Uralsk. Then G. Chkalov, 13th training brigade, received the specialty of chemical instructor, was awarded the rank of Junior Sergeant. Further through Moscow, in the Kalinin region, he was enlisted in the 1st Ukrainian front, 253rd division, 292nd separate company of chemical protections. Front near Staraya Russa. From there, through Moscow to the Kursk-Oryol arc, did not have time for a day. Released the city of Lebedyn, and then the direction to the Dnieper. Near the Dnieper, Pereyaslav, we meet slowly going "Willis". The Lieutenant waves: “Make way!” They were carrying a wounded General of the army Vatutin. They crossed the Dnieper, after the direction of Kiev to Zhitomir. The division was transferred from the 1st Ukrainian front to the 1st Belorussian front. Through the city of Chernigov, Polotsk, Baranovichi, Minsk. Our division is sent to break through, where it is difficult for our front. And here we are again on the 1st Ukrainian front, the 3rd guard’s army. Direction to Lviv, Lutsk, Western bug river. Lviv-Sandomierz operation. Poland, the population joyfully greeted – "Liberators are coming!” The Vistula river, crossed it, took up the defense, ordered to liberate the city of Sandomierz. In front of the city in one village we make a halt, there is another part, I look-my father is sitting, he did not recognize me, did not see me for 4 years, we said “hello”, talked and dispersed. There is only one front, only my division, the 253rd, and his, the 316th. Behind Sandomierz, Glogau, on the left Bank of the Oder river, wounded in the left arm, and captured the enemy. Germany. The population was intimidated, everyone left. One woman treated us to cigarettes, a local, originally from Leningrad, and married there. In one village, a German made an air raid, I was wounded in the right leg. Hamburg hospital. Again, I got to my division, Guben repulsed the attack on Berlin. Berlin would have been taken earlier, but the delay is far to carry ammunition from the Urals and the railway is narrow there. Guns, tanks, and ammunition were delivered to the Oder river. Our 3rd Guards Army will go to the right of Berlin under the command of Marshal Konev, the other under the command of Rokossovsky will go to the left. They also brought floodlights. They surrounded Berlin. On the night of May 7, 1945, they shone searchlights and beat the city for two hours, the German surrendered. And hoisted the Soviet flag of Victory! Czechoslovakia, the Nazis fled there, we went to Dresden, it was already defeated. Then he liberated Prague. The Czechs are all shouting: "Zlata Prague is Free, the Russian soldiers have freed!” They bring us bouquets, cigarettes and treats. This ended the war. We are left in Czechoslovakia, Ceske Budejovice, I was a gunner, then the entire battery was transferred to Austria, to the Danube river. In April 1947, from Austria via Hungary, Romania, Bessarabia to Kharkiv and home to Belgorod. All the time on the front line, passed 75 cities and thousands of villages. He was wounded 3 times.

Razumov Stepan Seviryanovich_x000D_ Rank: Red army soldier. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 164th rifle division (1st formation). Stepan Seviryanovich Razumov, originally from the Vologda region, did not know when he joined the army in 1940 that the fascists would start a war in exactly one year. He was called up in Kalinin (now Tver) in May 1941 to the front line in the 164th rifle regiment. Stepan Severianovich recalled that in the fight then there was no thought about whether there will be someone alive tomorrow, it was too great hatred for the invaders. During the German offensive, comrade Razumov was given the task of detaining the advancing Germans for the organized withdrawal of our units. The platoon commander gave orders to comrade Razumov and another machine gunner to hold up the enemy company advancing on the defense of the Soviet platoon with two machine guns. For 4 hours, the soldiers held back the German company's offensive and destroyed up to 50 people of the Nazis. During this time, the Soviet units withdrew, after which the machine gunners received orders to withdraw to the next line of defense. In this unequal battle, Stepan Seviryanovich was seriously wounded in the leg, after which he was sent to the hospital, where he was treated for another six months - the bones on his ankle were crushed, and doctors fought to save his leg. He fought for only 3 months, and saw so much that he returned to the village as a gray-haired invalid of group 1-home, where he continued his work and work as an accountant on the collective farm "Katroma". And for his heroism and endurance, loyalty to the Motherland and fearlessness, Stepan Seviryanovich was awarded the Order of the red Star.

Rybnikov Vasily Ivanovich _x000D_ _x000D_ Vasily Ivanovich Rybnikov was born on September 3, 1926 in the village of Krutogoristaya in the Berezovsky selsoviet of the Yashkinsky district. He graduated from grade 4 in a rural school, and grades 5-6 studied in the Taiga. In the seventh grade, he studied for one quarter. It was 1941, the first year of the war, and the collective farm needed workers. Heavy was the lot of those who remained in the rear. In the spring, they plowed on horses, then entrusted Vasily Ivanovich to carry milk from farms to Berezovka. Then another job as a postman. He delivered Newspapers and letters to all the villages of the Berezovsky village Council. Vasily Ivanovich was drafted into the red Army on November 7, 1943. Until August 1944, with other red army soldiers, he studied all types of martial arts, they were trained for Junior commanders. On August 22, 50 of them, including Vasily Ivanovich, were taken to the bridgehead of military operations at the art. Isko in Poland, then March to the village of Raskow. Here was the rear of the 112-rifle division of the 13th army of the 1st Ukrainian front. In its composition, and began to fight Vasily Ivanovich. The war ended for Vasily Ivanovich on April 11, 1945, after a serious injury. Until October 25, he was treated in hospitals. And then continued to serve in the military ambulance train. Vasily Ivanovich Rybnikov was discharged on July 30, 1950. For the last four years, he served on Sakhalin. He guarded the hospital, harvested wood, was the senior clerk of the food and feed warehouse. In August 1950, he returned to the Taiga, completed a ten-year course at the school of working youth No. 3, and worked in the military enlistment office. And then in the winter he got a job at the Suranovsky forestry enterprise, and in the summer - in geological, geodetic and geophysical expeditions. He was awarded the medal "for bravery", the order of the great Patriotic war I degree.

Raschepkin Viktor Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Colonel. Branch of service: Artillery. Division: 36th guards rifle upper Dnieper red banner order of Suvorov and Kutuzov division. Viktor Ivanovich Raschepkin, born on September 09, 1924. Place of birth Grozny. Place of residence in Volgograd.Viktor Ivanovich shlyavkin, born on September 09, 1924. Place of birth Grozny. He participated in the great Patriotic war, performed international duty in various parts of the world, took part in the elimination of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, served and worked in various positions in the civil defense forces and civil organizations. In their honor, the stand "Our veterans" was made and placed in the foyer of the civil protection Committee of Volgograd. Meetings with veterans always evoke special feelings, pride for them and for our great country. Viktor Ivanovich Raschepkin is a man who lived a great life and left a great mark on the history of the city of Volgograd. Viktor Ivanovich's military life began in Grozny in 1942 after graduating from the machine-gun and mortar school. Battles for Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Austria ... 22 government awards decorated the chest of a retired Colonel. From 36 years of military service-24 years of service in civil defense. For more than ten years, he served in the headquarters of the GO of the Stalingrad (Volgograd) region. For five years, he headed civil defense courses in the Volgograd region. After graduation, he worked as a teacher at the Department at the Volgograd state agricultural Institute. Over the past twenty years, he has actively participated in propaganda events, was an active member of the Council of veterans of the Voroshilovsky district and the poetry lovers club. Collections of his poems cannot fail to arouse admiration: "Unconquered Stalingrad", "Memory of the fiery years", "life to live is not a field to cross", "home native". He was a dreamer and optimist, believed in the revival of Russia as a great and powerful country. "In the raging expanse of life, where rocks and reefs, and predators are dark, God Grant us to live without fear and grief, So that the turmoil would soon go out of life… Country was reborn, like a Phoenix, from the ashes, So that we all found a decent life” You can envy and strong family of Viktor Ivanovich. August 28, 2012 he, along with his wife Tamara Efimovna Rassheplenia (Iacovino) said its iron wedding. Love of 65 years "my faithful Friend, my love for you is immeasurable!" - read poems of his own composition by a veteran of the great Patriotic war Viktor Ivanovich Raschepkin. The lines are dedicated to his wife, Tamara Efimovna, with whom they went through life together for 65 years. On the eve Of the day of family, love and loyalty, Volgogradskaya Pravda visited the Pushkin family. In a cozy home nest with paintings and yellowed photos – not infirm old people, but happy people. Caring for each other pushed aside age-related ailments. "You can't live your life, you can't cross the field, you can't tell all 65 years of our life together in an hour," said the head of the family, a retired Colonel, and held out photos: "This is me and my Tomochka. What a beauty she is. Greatest happiness. We met in 1947, in Moldova, in the town of Reni. I was serving, and she came to visit her sister. I was not so afraid of bullets in the war as I was afraid of losing her when we were separated for a while by a business trip. But back – wait for me my Tomaska, although there are a lot of suitors was!" recalled Viktor. The couple said that they started their life together from scratch. "We huddled in a five – meter room, one plate for two from the dishes, one mattress from my dowry," Tamara Efimovna recalled. The greatest value in the family was an old icon of St. Nicholas, presented to the newlyweds. The Pushkin family did not have a lavish wedding either, but fate presented the faithful couple with many happy days. Both in Moldova and when they returned to Russia, they settled in Stalingrad. – We raised two sons, Valery and Igor. The first-born is no longer there, he died suddenly at the age of 55, but the memory of our Valery Is very kind and good, " Viktor Ivanovich said, closing his eyes. This is a family thing: you can't raise your hand to your wife, you can't play with the kids anymore, you can't communicate with the children. To be closer to each other, this is the secret of family happiness, - concludes the staunch front-line soldier. He put his arm affectionately around his wife's shoulders. The military tunic thrown on on the occasion of the arrival of journalists rang with orders to the beat of new poems by Viktor Ivanovich: "Life lived for pennies. The main commandment in a difficult life was not to sin. Hard work, intelligence, and honor led us through life. That's why we have everything. All the way to the feasts…” Lessons of courage published by pressa on Fri, 25.02.2011 16: 08 Published in * My height 102. On 22 February, on the eve of the defender of the Fatherland Day, in the city chess club "Ladya" students of the Patriotic squad "My height 102.0" met with a veteran of the great Patriotic war, a participant in the capture of field Marshal Paulus-Viktor Ivanovich Raschepkin. During a fascinating conversation, Viktor Ivanovich told students about his military path, about the war, and told about interesting cases at the front. Young people looked at military photos and trophies with great interest. Viktor Ivanovich throughout the meeting did not cease to surprise everyone with his poems. And in the end-performed a song on the harmonica of the great Patriotic war. As Viktor Ivanovich noted, " the world should not forget the horrors of war, the devastation, suffering and death of millions. This would be a crime against the fallen and living participants of the great Patriotic war and a crime against the future generation. We must remember the war, the heroism and courage of people who have passed the hard, long road of war. To fight for peace is the duty of everyone living on the planet Earth." According to Ilya DROBYAZKO, coordinator of the Patriotic project "My height 102.0", Chairman of the trade Union Committee of VSPU students, member of the Public Chamber of the Volgograd region, assistant to the Deputy of The state Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, " today we warmly thank the veterans of the great Patriotic war for their feat of arms for the Fatherland, for our peaceful present and peaceful future! We are proud of the military exploits of our grandfathers and great – grandfathers, we bow our heads before the courage and fortitude of veterans and participants of local wars, the consequences of which fatefully affected the residents of our country-Russia." It should be noted that Patriotic education of young people is one of the priority areas of activity at the Volgograd state pedagogical University. This is evidenced by both the Patriotic campaign "My height 102.0", which has been developing at the University since 2007 on the initiative of Ilyaz Bulatovich Muslimov, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the interregional coordination Council of the United Russia party in the southern Federal district, and the volunteer group "My height 102.0" created by the students. the material was prepared by the press service of the VSPU students ' trade Union Committee. Years of life of Viktor Ivanovich Raschepkin: 09.09.1924-16.09.2012 Tamara yefimovna Raschepkina (Zhukina) died in 2013.

Ramzaev Ivan Vasilyevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Corporal Type of troops: Artillery Division: 228th rifle Voznesenskaya red banner order of Suvorov division My grandfather, Ivan Vasilyevich Ramzaev, a native of the village of Tergala, Pokhvistnevsky district, Kuibyshev region, was born in a family of peasants, received a secondary special education in the specialty "Agronomist", a member of the CPSU, from 1937 to 1940 worked as an agronomist, senior agronomist of the Sorochinsky bases of the state transport Fund of the Chkalov region. From 1940 he served as a scout of the 410th art. regiment, from 1940 to 1942 as a scout of the 57th art. regiment, was in German captivity in Romania, from 1944 to 1945. He served as a scout, then as a computer of the 669th artillery order of Alexander Nevsky regiment of the 228th Voznesenskaya rifle division. From 1945 to 1946, he served as a computer scientist, then as a senior clerk of the 414-howitzer artillery regiment. In May 1945, he was awarded the medal "for military merit". From April 1946 to 1948, he worked as a senior agronomist of the Sorochinskaya SEM. base Heartford, since 1948 he was in charge of the laboratory, since 1950 he worked as an agronomist of a special farm, since 1953 he worked as an agronomist of the Novouran MTS of the Luxembourg region. Since 1954, he worked as the Chairman of the collective farm. Kirova, Luxemburg district, since 1955 - agronomist of the collective farm. Kalinin, then agronomist of the collective farm of Stalin of the Luxembourg district. He lived a decent and honest life as a scientist-agronomist, red army soldier, scout, gunner and computer scientist, leader, kind and loving husband, father of three children, a son and two daughters. A worthy example for grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Radka Pyotr Markovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: red army soldier. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 4th guards airborne Ovruch red banner of the order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky division. My grandfather, radish Pyotr Markovich, was drafted into the red army after the liberation of the village from the German invaders on October 30, 1943, I did not establish exact data, although I examined many documents that suggested that this happened around this period. He was called up by the Komarovsky RVC of the Chernihiv region of the Ukrainian SSR to the 4th guards airborne division, as this division liberated Chernihiv region from enemies as part of the 13th Army of the Central front. He began his combat service after being drafted into the 1st battalion, 15th airborne rifle regiment. During this period, the commander of the 15th VDGSP was guards Lieutenant Colonel Birenboim Yakov Abramovich, under whose leadership my grandfather and thousands of his colleagues liberated Ukraine, crossed the Dnieper river near the village of Domantovo, Chernobyl district of Kiev region, and fought fierce battles to expand the Dnieper bridgehead in the area of the village of Gubin and Dityatki. In these battles, the commander of the 15th VDGSP guards, Lieutenant Colonel Yakov Abramovich Birenboim, was seriously wounded and died of his wounds on October 06, 1943. For his feat, personal qualities, ability to manage the regiment in battle and expansion of the bridgehead on the river. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 17, 1943, he was awarded the Rank Hero of the Soviet Union. Posthumously. Awarded the order of Lenin, red banner, red Star, and medals. He was buried in Oster, Chernihiv region. A memorial plaque is installed in the Chernobyl Park in memory of the Hero. Later, the commander of the regiment was captain Pakhomov. Information about this is taken from the award lists of the regiment's personnel, which were signed by the guard’s captain Pakhomov for October 1943. In these battles, continued to fight and my grandfather - a red army soldier 15 VDHCP, courageously and bravely overcoming all the hardships of front-line life of the red army rifleman, like many of his thousands of colleagues and millions of Soviet soldiers and citizens carrying out their military and civil duty to protect their homeland, continuing to fight the enemy under their new commander of the regiment, which was assigned as Deputy commander of the 9th VDHCP. They became guards major Sidorok Nikolay Grigoryevich-born in 1903, a career officer with experience in combat operations, awarded the order of the red banner for the liberation of the city of Priluki. He was awarded the order of the red Star. For organizing the defense of the city of Ovruch, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. He was awarded the order of the red banner for skilful leadership of offensive battles and solid consolidation of the bridgehead on the Moldova river. For successful offensive battles North-West of the city of Iasi, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic War, 1st class. During the offensive battles in Transylvania and on the territory of Hungary, he was awarded the order of Suvorov, 3rd class, for his self-sacrifice, personal bravery and decisive command of the regiment. Mikhail Andreevich Goncharov-a participant in these battles, the author of the book "Blue infantry", described these events as follows: "... the Bridgehead behind the Dnieper has expanded significantly. On November 06, Kiev was liberated. Parts of the division, operating as part of the 13th Army, joined in new battles for the liberation of the right-Bank Ukraine, entered the wooded areas of the Zhytomyr region. Ahead stretched the vast southern woodlands. Here, in the partisan region, the detachments of General A. N. Saburov were active. The army command decided, in cooperation with partisan formations, to seize the city of Ovruch in the deep rear of the enemy, cut the railway and paralyze the enemy's actions on the approaches to the city of Zhytomyr. The partisan battle with the enemy garrison, numbering more than 8 thousand soldiers and officers, lasted for more than 20 hours. On the night of November 18-19, the city was taken." My grandfather Pyotr Markovich also took part in the battles to protect the city of Ovruch, contributing his efforts to the defeat of the enemy who occupied his native Ukraine with the steadfastness and courage of a red army soldier. In his book, Mikhail Andreevich also notes that:"... General A. N. Saburov in his book "Behind the front line", describing in great detail the events of those days and the partisan battles for the liberation of Ovruch, did not say a word about the important role in this operation of the troops of the 13th Army, and, in particular, the paratroopers of the 4th guards VDD." Further, he describes the division's combat operations conducted during the liberation of the city of Ovruch. The division's participation in the battle for the city of Ovruch is evidenced by the order of the Supreme Commander of November 19, 1943. It States: "In the battles for the capture of the city of Ovruch, the troops of Lieutenant-General Pukhov distinguished themselves. Major General Rumyantsev's 4th guard’s airborne division was particularly distinguished. To commemorate the success of the 4th guard’s airborne division, assign the name Ovruchevskaya." After these battles, the division, performing daily and combat tasks, is sent to repel the enemy's offensive attacks, rushing to the Dnieper. As described in his book, Mikhail A. Goncharov: "A particularly brutal battle took place in the area of the village of Lukashovka (Monastyrishchensky district, Cherkasy region). The enemy threw up to 150 tanks and 20 self-propelled guns at the division here. The main blow fell on the 15th guards’ regiment, which was commanded by N. G. Sidorok. But the guards held out. My grandfather Radish Pyotr Markovich also survived, continuing to liberate Ukraine from the enemy, enduring the hardships of front-line life together with his comrades, fighting in battles for villages, cities, liberating Ukraine, Moldova, crossing rivers, moving through fields, forests and swamps, enduring all weather conditions presented by nature. He took his last battle with his comrades, the paratroopers of the guards, on August 20, 1944, participating in the Iasi-Kishenev operation to liberate Romania, and died of wounds on August 21, 1944. Pyotr Markovich radish - born in 1910 Place of birth: Chernigiv region, Komorowski R-n, with. Furnaces. Called up to the red army (after the liberation of the village on September 13, 1943) - October 30, 1943. Komarovsky RVC, Chernihiv region. Guards red army Rifleman 15 VDGSP, 4th GVDD. He died of wounds on 21.08.1944 during the liberation of Romania, Iassi County, Romanesti village. During the Yassko-Kishenev operation (August 20-October 25), 1944, on August 20, 1944, 15 VDGSP, after an hour and a half of artillery training, went on the offensive North-West of the city of Iassi. The enemy's defense was built along the ridge of heights that dominated the terrain occupied by our troops, the regiment advanced on the Western slopes of the height of 150.0, where the enemy had a highly developed network of trenches, bunkers, barbed wire and minefields. The regiment by a roundabout maneuver in cooperation with 9 VDGSP defeated the enemy at an altitude of 150.0. Went to the Vakhlui River (Bahlui), forced it and secured a foothold on the dominant heights. In these battles, he was seriously wounded. He died of his wounds on August 21, 1944. He was buried 1.5 km away. South of the village of Romanesti. August 20-21, 1944 before the beginning of the offensive on the village of Romanesti, Hoisesti, Pausesti, and the enemy's firing points were successfully suppressed and the infantry successfully attacked the first line of defense. Leading the offensive against the enemy, the 1st battalion of the 15th VDGSP - the commander of the guard battalion, major Semyon Kanushkin, is fighting at the settlements of Romanesti, Hoisesti, Pausesti and occupies heights 143 and 150. (North-West of the city of Iasi, Romania). Deputy commander of the 15th VDGSP Hero of the Soviet Union Guards major Varin Alexey Mikhailovich, being in the battle formations of the battalions, by personal example (the first rose to the attack) raised the soldiers and commanders to attack to capture the heights, taking the enemy's defense lines, organized his further pursuit. During the battle on August 20, 21, 1944, the 1st battalion destroyed up to 1,000 Romanian soldiers and officers, and about 3,000 were captured." In a place with my grandfather in this division fought and fellow villagers: Bozhok Demyan Trofimovich-born in 1894 in the village of Pechi Borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Red army soldier, private 9 guards airborne rifle regiment 4 guards airborne division 65 HPPG. He died of wounds on 24.03.1944 during the liberation of the village of Korytnya, Monastyrishchensky district, Cherkasy region. Reburied in a mass grave in monastyrishche. Grishchenko Pyotr Stepanovich-born in 1904 in the village of borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Called 30.10.1943, Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district. Guards private-shooter of the 9th guards airborne rifle regiment of the 4th guard’s airborne division. Died 10.12.1943. Buried in the Eastern outskirts of the village of Vaskovichi, Korostensky district, Zhytomyr region. Grigory Grigoryevich Ilyenko-born in 1924, village of Pechi Borznyansky district, Chernihiv region. Place of call: Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district Guards Sergeant-clerk kaptenarmus 9 VDGSP, 4 guards airborne division. He was awarded the medal "for Bravery". He died 15.08.1943 Primary burial place Kursk region, Ponyrovskiy district, p. ponyri, Northern outskirts, 200 m from the railway booth, mass grave. Burial place Oryol region, Soskovsky district, Ryzhkovsky village, Ryzhkovo. Kostyuk Daniil Markovich - born in 1905 in the village of Pechi Borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Red army soldier, private of the 15th guards airborne rifle regiment of the 4th guard’s airborne division. Nikita Kostyuk Kondratovich - R. 1902 place of birth: Chernigiv region, Komorowski R-n, with. Furnaces. Komorowski called RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komorowski R-n. Red army guards-Rifleman of the 4th rifle company 9 VDGSP 4 guards airborne division. Awarded the medal "for Bravery". He was killed in battle on 19.01.1945. Primary place of burial: Czechoslovakia, village of Malinia. He was alive. In 1985, on the 40th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic War, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class. He died in 1976. Kruglik Ivan - 1916 R., place of birth: Chernigiv region, Komorowski R-n, with. Furnaces. Drafted in 1943, Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district. Guards private-Rifleman of the 3rd rifle battalion 9 VDGSP, 4th guards airborne division. He was awarded the medal "for Bravery". In 1985, on the 40th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic war, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic War, 1st class. Dmitry P. Lemeshchenko-born in 1914 in the village of Pechi Borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Called up in 1943 Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district. Last duty station: p / p 55268 " V " is the field mail number of 15 VDGSP, 4 guards airborne division. Red army guards. Manylenko Grigory Kuzmich-born in 1907, village of Pechi Borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Red army soldier, private of the 9th guards airborne rifle regiment, 4th guard’s airborne division. He died on 27.01.1944. Place of burial C. Ivakhny. Yakov Moiseevich manoylenko-born in 1899, place of birth: Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district, Pechny village. Place of call: Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district In the red army since 1943. Red army guardsman-a Rifleman of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 9th airborne guards rifle regiment of the 4th guard’s airborne division. Radish Yakov Nikolaevich-born in 1913, place of birth: Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district. Place of call: Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district In the red army since 1943. Guards Sergeant - commander of the 82 mm mortar calculation of the 3rd rifle battalion, 9th airborne guards rifle regiment, 4th guard’s airborne division. Awarded the medal "for Military Merit". Order of Glory, 3rd class, order of the red Star. Savchenko Prokop Markovich-born in 1898 in the village of Pechi Borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Red army soldier, private of the 15th guards airborne rifle regiment of the 4th guard’s airborne division. Went missing on 27.01.1944. Dmitry A. Sibir-born in 1896 in the village of Pechi Borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Red army soldier, private of the 9th guards airborne rifle regiment of the 4th guard’s airborne division. Died 23.03.1944 G. The burial place of p. G. T. Murovani Kurylivtsi. Khomich Makar Potapovich-born in 1903 in the village of Pechi, Komarovsky district of Chernihiv region. Called 30.10.1943, Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district. Red army soldier, Rifleman 9 VDGSP 4 guards airborne division. Died on 27.01.1944. Place of burial C. Ivakhny. Barkov Nikolay Kirillovich-guard captain, information instructor of the political Department of the 4th GVDD. Komsomol of the 9th EDCSP. Major General of the tank forces, a veteran of the division wrote:"... The 4th guards Ovruchevskaya red banner order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky airborne division passed a glorious path. It fought in the North-Western, Central, 1st and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. She took part in fierce battles near Staraya Russa and Ponyri. It crossed the Dnieper, southern bug, Dniester, Prut, Seret, Tissa and Gron. She liberated Priluki, Dashev, Ovruch, Khotin, Lipkany, Ploiesti, Focsany, Turda, Cluj, Miskolc, Bratislava, dozens of other cities and hundreds of localities, performing her international duty in Romania, Hungary and Czechoslovakia."