The Great Patriotic War

Rodin Vasily Petrovich_x000D_ Rank: Colonel. Type of troops: Armored and mechanized troops. When the Great Patriotic war began, my father, Vasily Petrovich, was 18 years old. He had already graduated from the Orenburg tank school and was at the front with the first shot. What my child's head remembers – he fought on the Leningrad front, then – on the 1st Belorussian. Awarded two orders of the red banner, two orders of Lenin, had a lot of medals and certificates. Three times I burned in a tank, all my life I carried a piece of shrapnel in my lungs, my legs and hands also had shrapnel. He was shell-shocked, but devoted his whole life to the army. He graduated from the war with the rank of Colonel, and later studied at the military Academy. I remember from the stories of this episode: "They sent a replenishment, not tankers, but loaders, and they are 14-15 years old, and weigh forty kilograms, only three can lift a shell. I cry, swear, and pray to God that they are alive, and I fatten them. They are 14-15, and I am 20, who went through this terrible war. And I looked at these starving people as if they were children, but what difference does it make… But I have experience behind me, and therefore I am alive." I went through the whole war, didn't smoke a cigarette, didn't drink 100 grams, and didn't do it all. But the doctors darned him better for his rations…I never spoke about fear in battle, but I think this Communist was not iron-clad, because tanks, like infantry, are always ahead, there is something to be afraid of. I remember that I mentioned the Oder river, so I must have reached Germany. My father was a strong man. And I know how my parents met and how they broke up. Apparently, he loved my mother very much. I was already an adult when he said to her: "at least Take me to die next to you." And to me: "Well, why don't you say something, tell her to come back!" Yes, life is strange for someone else. But I saw my father's love for my mother, and I don't think I saw my mother's love for my father. And who will sort them two out. This strong man, a warrior, probably could not cope with this little obstinate woman. He lost this fight. Recorded from the words of her daughter, Lyudmila Vasilyevna Ryzhikova, born in 1976

Razgon Artem Porfiryevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Razgon Artem Porfiryevich, born in 1902, in Vinnytsia region, Bershadsky district, Pyatkovka village (formerly Pyatkovo village of Tulchinsky district of Podolsk province), Ukrainian. He was drafted into the Red Army by the Tulchinsky RVC. In the Red Army from April 12, 1924, service: - 68 p. regiment, red army soldier, - October 1, 1925-Tiflis military and political school, cadet, - September 1, 1927-Vladikavkaz infantry school, cadet – - September 2, 1928-153 p. regiment, platoon commander. By order of the NKO of the USSR of February 28, 1939 to the commander of the 138 squadron of the sapper company 51 p. division KOVO art. Lieutenant RAZGON Artem Porfiryevich was awarded the next military rank of captain. By order of the NKO of the USSR on November 21, 1940, the commander of the 138 division of the sapper battalion of the Tiraspol fortified area, captain Artem Porfiryevich, was appointed commander of the 8 division of engineer battalion. From the notice YUM-3461. "Your husband captain Razgon Artem Porfiryevich, a native of Vinnytsia region, Bershadsky district, Pyatkovka village in the battle for the Socialist Homeland, loyal to the military oath, showed heroism and courage, while performing his duties, drowned in the Dniester river. This notice is a document for initiating a petition for a pension" Signed by the Commander of the military unit 3159 art. Lieutenant Khmelevsky. Extract from the service and combat characteristics of the 101 separate sapper battalion: "on July 11, 1941, at 19: 00, the battalion commander, captain Razgon, gave the order to set up a ferry to ferry units from Rezina to Rybnitsa. While laying the cable across the river Dniester boat with a team of sappers and a battalion commander ran into the remains of the bridge, broke through and sank. Saving the lives of soldiers, heroically drowned at the battle post captain Razgon" extract from the book of orders for part 3159: ORDER No. 166 July 12, 1941 §2 July 11, 1941 at 21.00 when pointing the ferry after the bombing, transferring the cable from the right Bank of the Dniester river to the left drowned commander 101 captain Razgon and red army soldier Novoselsky Tr. n. Exclude from all types of allowances and lists of the unit. Signed the order of the Acting battalion commander, Lieutenant Khmelevsky on the day of the death of captain Razgon Artem Porfiryevich, was the commander of the 101 separate sapper battalion of the 30 Irkutsk mountain rifle division.

Rybalkin Ivan Mikhailovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red army Type of troops: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast service, NKVD troops, border guard Unit: 150th rifle Idritsko-Berlin order of Kutuzov division. When the war began, my grandfather Ivan was 14 years old, he was the eldest son among 7 children. His father, Mikhail Gerasimovich Rybalkin, went to the front in September 1941, and in August 1942 news came that he was missing. On January 2, 1944, my grandfather, having added his age, went to the front (he was then 17 years old). But for 20 September 1944, consisting of 756 infantry regiment and 150 infantry order of Kutuzov of II degree Idritsky division 79 infantry corps 3 Shock army of the First Belorussian front, was awarded the Medal "For courage" for... "being the liaison between the company commander under a heavy rifle and machine gun fire of the enemy quickly and accurately transmit orders and decrees, was seriously wounded." After that, he was awarded the Order of Glory of the III degree for the fact that..." the first of his company rose to the attack, and breaking into the enemy's trench killed 6 and captured 7 German invaders. About his feat and the exploits of his fellow soldiers are written in the books of V. M. Shatilov "Banner over the Reichstag", "flag Bearers storm the Reichstag", N. A. Slavin "the Story of the scouts of the 150th Idritsko-Berlin division, 175th separate reconnaissance company." Awarded: USSR Medal "for bravery" - order 756 SP No. 277 of 12.10.1944 USSR medal "for military merit" - order 756SP No. 02/4 of 14.01.1945 Gorden "Glory of the III degree" - order for the 150th division of 04.06.1945 Medal of the USSR "for the Victory over Nazi Germany" and many others.... Ivan liked to carpenter, work in the garden, play the balalaika, sing folk songs, - my grandmother Masha told me - he never told her about the war, said that it was not a girl's business... After the war, my great-grandfather had 4 children, including my father. Ivan Mikhailovich died from the fact that the fragment that remained in him from the war reached the heart… He was then 61 years old...

Ragozin Anatoly Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Sergeant Branch of the army: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast service, NKVD troops, border guard Unit: 119th rifle division (1st formation) Anatoly Ivanovich was taken to the front at 17 years old. As a cadet, he got into the military unit of the 119 Western rifle division, where he immediately showed his best side and soon became the commander of the rifle division of the 77th guards rifle regiment. And after quite some time, he was seriously injured. But this is the war, there was no time for a long treatment, and not yet fully recovered, in 1944 he was forced to go to the front again, where he was appointed commander of the 237th guards rifle platoon, but he was again wounded… After the second wound, my grandfather returned to the battlefield as an assistant commander of a rifle platoon of the 237th guards rifle division. But soon received a third wound and in 1945 he was mobilized with the rank of Sergeant. My grandfather went as far as Dresden. He walked through Belarus, Poland, and part of Germany. He fought on a real battlefield. He was an ordinary infantryman who did not hide in the "back rooms of the higher ranks” and never looked for an opportunity to avoid the front, he went to the battlefield, defending his country with his chest and leading an entire rifle regiment! He did not hide from the enemy, sending very young boys, like cannon fodder, to die for their country... he was one of these boys... was a real soldier... one of thousands of the same, thanks to which the country got its victory! A. I. Ragozin returned from the war with many wounds, but alive. He married and raised five children and many grandchildren. He became a good accountant, who was approached by many in the area where they lived, and he fully took place in his life, as if these war years had never happened. He managed to live to old age with his beloved wife and go to another world surrounded by relatives and friends in a very old age. We remember... We are proud!

Razinkov Evsey Yakovlevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Captain military Branch: aviation Division: 47th mixed aviation division Razinkov Evsey Yakovlevich was born on June 10, 1903 in the army since 1925. He began his service as a Kremlin cadet. At the call of the Komsomol, he graduated from the Kachin school of pilots. He served in the fighter aviation. During the years of repression, at the General meeting of the unit, the only one stood up for his commander, who was accused of treason, and helped his family. He was demoted for this. The commander was later rehabilitated. At Bobruisk, due to the German breakthrough, the aviation regiment left the airfield, and captain Razinkov was instructed to evacuate the documents and the flag of the regiment by car. In the forest, they were caught in a huge traffic jam of retreating troops and equipment. The traffic jam was created by the NKVD troops, who blocked the road with a truck that allegedly broke down with a secret archive. A chain surrounded the car and no one was allowed in. There were many officers there, but only my grandfather was not afraid to speak out against the NKVD, unite the soldiers and destroy the cordon. There was dirt in the broken car. They were German saboteurs. Razinkov E. Y. saved the banner of the regiment and the troops were not surrounded. As commander of squadron 236, IAP fought near Moscow. Personally, he shot down three German planes, made 84 sorties. He conducted front-line tests of the YAK1 aircraft. Awarded the Order of the red banner. He was killed in an air battle on January 17, 1942. The grave was found in 2012 in the village of Safonikha, Ruzsky district, Moscow region. A monument was erected by the search party "Nadezhda" in the city of Ruza.

Rakov Stepan Nikolaevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Lieutenant-colonel. Type of troops: Armored and mechanized troops. Stepan Rakov was born on August 18, 1926 in the village of Dubrava in the Kotovskaya rural administration of the Ardatovsky district, located 14 km Northwest of the Ardatov river. The locality was classified as unpromising and has now been removed from the administrative register. Dubrava is connected by dirt country roads in the North-West with the village of Yuzhilin (3 km), in the East with the village of Izmailovka (6 km), in the South-East with the village of Novola (5 km). In the area of the village originates R. Melava. The village is surrounded by deciduous forests. The settlement was founded presumably after 1917, during a campaign to organize agricultural communes. In 1925, the Dubrava commune consisted of 92 inhabitants. She was part of Cavallasca rural parish Council Ardatov, Arzamas district. Stepan Nikolaevich was born in a large family of a paramedic Nikolay Sepanovich Rakov and a peasant woman Evdokia Pavlovna Shmeleva. He had three brothers: the elder Alexey, the middle Ivan, the younger Mikhail and 2 sisters Nyura (Anna) and Varvara (16.12.1933). On January 2, 1944, as a 17-year-old boy, Stepan joined the red army as a tank driver. In April 1944 the 1514th light self-propelled artillery regiment was created on the basis of the 1514th fighter-anti-tank artillery regiment. Stepan Rakov also got into it. And at home, his girlfriend Lida (my grandmother Lydia Vasilyevna) was waiting for him. From the award lists it is known that from 16.12.1944 he participated in the battles as part of the III-th Belorussian front, and from 15.02.1945 as part of the I-th Baltic front. Stepan Nikolaevich said little about the war. Every time he was asked about it, tears came to his eyes, his speech faltered, and he refused to remember it - he had seen too many deaths. From his stories, it is known that during the war, he operated a SU-76 self-propelled artillery unit and a T-34 tank. From order 12/n of 20.04.1945 on awarding the Order of the red Star of the 1st degree, it follows that Stepan Rakov was slightly wounded on 21.01.1945. And at the beginning of February 45, he received his first Order of the red Star, " working as a gun commander (gunner) in offensive battles in the area of the village of Hussenen (East Prussia). On 12.02.1945 he destroyed 3 machine-gun points, 2 mortars, 22 carts with military cargo and up to 70 German soldiers and officers of the enemy. On March 5, 1945, Junior Sergeant S. N. Rakov, the gun commander (Adjuster) of the SU-76, was awarded the medal "for Bravery". From the order: "When repelling an enemy counterattack near the village of Kaitsenblik, direct fire from his gun destroyed 7 machine-gun points and up to 35 enemy soldiers and officers." Presumably, the battle for which Stepan Rakov was awarded the medal "for Bravery" took place on February 15-20, 1945 in the suburbs of Konigsberg. By decree of the Presidium of the USSR armed forces of 19.02.1945, the 1514th light self-propelled artillery regiment was awarded the order of Kutuzov III degree for exemplary performance of command tasks in battles with the German invaders, for the capture of the cities of Tilsit, gross, Skaisgirren, Aulovenen, Gillen, Kuakemen and for showing valor and courage. Later, on April 20, 1945, Stepan Rakov was awarded the second award of the Order of the red Star. From premium sheet Order 012/n 28th Separate Guards Tank Brigade Liozno known that "in the battles for the Soviet Motherland during the breakthrough of defense in the area Registan 6.04.1945 and subsequent battles, ARL of Leiderer, and repelling enemy counterattacks from the station Saaranen, fire his machine gun he killed up to 10 soldiers and officers. As part of the crew, he destroyed 2 guns, a machine gun, 3 bunkers and up to 15 soldiers and officers. This time Stepan Rakov's fighting vehicle was a T-34 tank. Stepan Nikolaevich told that when taking Konigsberg on one of the narrow streets of the suburb, his crew was blown up by an enemy gun and caught fire. He was able to get out of the tank, and the rest of the crew were killed. Stepan received a shrapnel wound in the neck and numerous burns, and was taken to a military hospital in a shell-shocked state. That's how my grandfather, like thousands of our other soldiers, fought heroically for Victory. Thank you to my Grandfather for Winning! Subsequently, Stepan Nikolaevich very much regretted that his injury did not allow him to reach Berlin in 1945. Stepan Nikolaevich decided to devote himself to military service and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He died in 1995 at the age of 70.

Romanov George Vasilievich _x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Sergeant branch of service: Artillery. Unit: 27th artillery Ruzicka. Order of Suvorov division. Georgy V. Romanov was born on April 17, 1917 (the date of birth is indicated in the passport on November 25, 1917) in the village of Byurgany in the Buinsky district of the Tatar ASSR. At the age of 3, he lost his mother, grew up with a stepmother who replaced his mother. On July 20, 1931, the entire Romanov family, along with their children, were sent to the Chelyabinsk region to build the city of Magnitogorsk by the sentence of the Buinsky RIK (kulak). According to the Ministry of internal affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan, Georgy Romanov was rehabilitated on December 24, 1992. I started working at the age of 13. He dug ditches, then trained as a Mason-refractor, worked on the construction of a metallurgical plant, attended evening school, graduated from the school of masters, worked in housing construction. On May 04, 1941, he was drafted into the red army. Place of call: Magnitogorsk GVK, Chelyabinsk region, Magnitogorsk. Served as senior evaluator 589-th light artillery regiment 78th light artillery brigade of the 27th Reiichi artillery division breakthrough 10-th guards army of the 2nd Baltic front. He went through the entire war, was awarded the Medal "for bravery "(record number 23686062), the Medal "for military merit" (record number 26426787), the order of the Patriotic war II degree (award document number: 89, date of award document: 06.04.1985; records: 1519347999). "Due to a severe wound (September 24, 1942) and concussion (May 08, 1942), according to the Commission's conclusion, he was unfit for combat service, but despite this he was in a combat unit at his personal request" (from the "Award list" of Sergeant G. V. Romanov, who presented him to the Order of the Red star). In the 50s, he graduated from Magnitogorsk construction College. All his work is connected with the trust "Magnetostroy": he worked as a foreman, foreman, head of the site until his retirement, work experience in the trust for 40 years. In 1946, he married Kuzmina Praskovya Ivanovna, born on December 21, 1916, a native of the village of Byurgany in the Buinsky district of the Tatar ASSR. Praskovya Ivanovna from the age of 14 worked on the construction of Magnitogorsk, where she was sent along with her parents, brother and four young sisters. Praskovya Ivanovna's father died, and her mother was left alone with six children. They lived in dugouts and barracks. Since the children were still young, Praskovya Ivanovna's mother could not work and the only breadwinner in the family was 14-year-old Praskovya. During the great Patriotic war, she worked for the needs of the front. She has the Rank of home front Worker. Awarded the medal of motherhood, medals for Victory. After the war, she worked in housing construction as a plasterer-painter. The marriage gave birth to six children: son Alexander born in 1947, died in 7 months, daughter, Larisa, born in 1949, daughter Lyudmila born in 1950, son Eugene born in 1952, daughter of Love — born in 1953, daughter of Margaret - 1958.Until the end of the life of George Vasilyevich was his faithful and devoted companion. Date of death: Romanov Georgy Vasilyevich 04 August 1998, Romanova Praskovya Ivanovna 04 July 2005.

Ryabov Pavel Aleksandrovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red Army soldier. Pavel Ryabov is the father of my grandmother Sazonova (nee Ryabova) Raisa Pavlovna, that is, my great-grandfather. Unfortunately, there is too little information about him in our family. Pavel Alexandrovich, born in 1900, was married to Varvara Ivanovna Ryabova, and had two daughters: Claudia and Raisa. Like his wife, Pavel Ryabov worked at the plant (there is no information about the name of the plant and the position held). According to my grandmother's recollections, the family was considered well-off, since each daughter had her own personal nanny. Spouses Ryabova lived in city Vysokovsk, Moscow region. Also, according to my grandmother's memoirs, it is known that the family survived the short-term occupation of the city of Vysokovsk and the Klinsky district in 1941. However, for reasons I don't understand, my grandmother can't remember whether her own father was present during these circumstances. It is possible that he was a partisan for some time together with other men of his hometown. On January 10, 1942, Pavel Ryabov was drafted into the red army as an ordinary Rifleman. In the same year, in March, according to archival records, the book of Memory and post-war report number 53563 from 20.06.1946, he went missing. The family assumes that he, along with the train sent to the front, came under fire, as a result of which he died, but this information is based solely on family rumors. Unfortunately, our family does not have any information about his burial place and participation in major battles. Nevertheless, we remember this man as a dear participant of the great Patriotic war.

Ryzhkov Anfinogen Aleksandrovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Sergeant. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 8th rifle Yampol red banner order of Suvorov division. Ryzhkov Anfinogen Alexandrovich, 1913-1997. He fought as a member of the 8th Rifle Yampol red banner order of Suvorov second class division, formed in 1941 in the East Kazakhstan region. My grandfather graduated from the war with the rank of Sergeant and has several awards: the medal "for BRAVERY" from August 2, 1944, the medal" for MILITARY MERIT " from May 12, 1945, and the order of the Patriotic war II degree. Extracts from archival documents ORDER 62 to the red BANNER ARTILLERY REGIMENT OF the 8th RIFLE division of the I-th UKRAINIAN FRONT on August 2, 1944 No. 08/N on BEHALF of the PRESIDIUM of the SUPREME SOVIET of the USSR I AWARD the MEDAL "for BRAVERY" to the number of the gun battery 8, Sergeant RYZHKOV Anfinogen Aleksandrovich for showing up in offensive battles since July 25, 1944 courage and bravery, bringing the speed of work to automatism under enemy fire, which ensured successful shooting. The gun suppressed the fire of the enemy's 150 mm battery, destroyed the bunker AND destroyed 2 machine guns. ORDER NO. 05 / N 62 to the Carpathian red Banner artillery regiment of the 8th rifle division of The 4th UKRAINIAN FRONT on May 12, 1945, on BEHALF of the PRESIDIUM of the SUPREME SOVIET, I AWARD the medal "for MILITARY MERIT" to the number of the gun battery 8, Sergeant RYZHKOV Anfinrogen Alexandrovich, for working quickly and accurately at his gun in the offensive battles of 1945, and achieving automatism. In the battles, he proved to be bold and energetic. Repulsing the enemy's counterattack tov. Ryzhkov under the enemy's fire even more increased energy.

Rukhlov Gregory Akindinovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Grigory Akindinovich Rukhlov was born in 1903 in the village of Kolbinskaya in a peasant family. His parents taught him to work on the land from childhood. In his 20s, my great-grandfather served in the Navy. After returning to his homeland, he married a Dvinitsa girl, Alekandra. There were seven children in their family, but only three girls survived: Zina, Faina and Dina. Gregory Akindinova worked first as a lumberjack, then work on the farm. For good work, he was awarded a vacation ticket to the Crimea. This was in 1939. The year 1941 came, marking the beginning of a severe test for the entire Soviet people. We learned about the beginning of the war from radio messages. The family then lived in a forest station, but Grigory Akindinovich decided to move to the village of Putkovo Dvinitsky village Council. Faina Grigorievna recalled: "Those years are hard to forget. In the first days of the war, everyone hoped that everything would end soon. The parents continued to work on the collective farm, and the children went to school. But every day more and more bad news came from the front, more and more men went to war. I remember well the day when my father came from the meeting and said that tomorrow he was leaving for the military enlistment office. That night, he stayed up for a long time, repairing everything, realizing how difficult it would be for his wife and daughters. The next day, my mother and I went to see him off on a horse. We reached the river Dvinitsa, and then said goodbye. My mother was still crying, and my father was walking, looking back and waving at us. I still see this parting in my dreams." Grigory Akindinovich went to the front in November 1942, and in March of the forty-third, the wife of Alexander Savelyevna received a notification that her husband was missing. He was a participant in the battle of Stalingrad. His brother, who was discharged from the wound, brought the latest “hello” of Gregory Akindinova. He said that very few people were left alive in that battle. The family never found out where their soldier was buried.

Remizov Ivan Nikolaevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Senior Sergeant Branch of the army: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast guard, NKVD troops, border troops. Remizov Ivan Nikolaevich was born on July 3, 1904. Place of birth: Glebovka village, Tyukalinsky district, Omsk region. Before the beginning of the great Patriotic war, he worked on a collective farm as a tractor driver on a crawler tractor CHTZ. Tractor drivers were needed in the rear, so Ivan Nikolaevich was not called to the front immediately, but only on January 13, 1942. Extract from the archive: Remizov Ivan Nikolaevich was called up to the Red Army from 13.01.1942. Place of call: RVC Tyukalinsk, Omsk region, Tyukalinsk district. Military rank: Senior Sergeant. Ivan Nikolaevich fought in the 73rd rifle company of the combined arms 59 army, which was formed in the Siberian military district. 59 army in 1941 was part of the Volkhov front, in mid-February it was transferred to the Leningrad front, and in December 1944 the army was included in the 1st Ukrainian front. He was first a marksman, and then served in intelligence. He was wounded three times, but after treatment in hospitals, he returned to the front again. Together with fellow soldiers took Berlin. He was awarded many medals, including "for the defense of Leningrad". He was awarded a Stalin gift, which he was very proud of. Ivan Nikolaevich returned from the front at the end of September 1945. Until his retirement, he worked as a blacksmith on a state farm in the Tyukalinsky district, and was awarded the medal "for the development of virgin and fallow lands". Ivan Nikolaevich died in March 1984 at the age of 79. Remizov Ivan Nikolaevich's name is listed in the book "Soldiers of Victory", there are his archival documents on the websites of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Feat of the People in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945" and " Memory of the People."

Rodionova (Slavorosova) Anna Nikolaevna_x000D_ _x000D_ She was born in 1902 in Vologda in a family of middle-class citizens. The eldest daughter in a family with 5 girls and 1 boy. She met her husband Alexander Filippovich Rodionov when she was a nurse in the 6th Army, which was advancing to Arkhangelsk. She became the wife of an officer, sharing a nomadic lifestyle with him. Since 1932, the family lived in Pskov. At the time of the war, they were in winter apartments in the city and were going to spend the summer in Belostok to visit her husband (after graduation, their eldest daughter Tamara). 2 weeks after the start of the war, the Germans occupied Pskov and began repressive measures against the families of the command staff, who were caught and shot, imprisoned and driven to the West. Anna Nikolaevna did not escape this fate and in 1942 was taken by the Germans to prison. Daughter Tamara was sent to a concentration camp in Gdansk, and Anna Nikolaevna herself, with her daughter Vera, 7 years old, and her infant daughter Nadezhda, was taken to the Baltic States to the town of Yampels, where she was forced to work with her children. At the end of March 1945, they were released from captivity by the Red Army. They returned to peaceful life in Pskov, where the house was destroyed, there was no housing and they were sheltered by the monks of the Cathedral on the territory of the Pskov monastery. Anna Nikolaevna was looking for her husband with all her might. After the war, she met a family friend, and he said to her: - Anya, give up all hope. It was all over on June 22, 1941. This was another blow to her. After going through all the torments of captivity, it was necessary to raise the rescued children and learn to live again. She never got married again, and she gave all of herself to her daughters. Rodionova Marina, granddaughter.

Repkin Akim Vasilyevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Senior sergeant. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. In every city and village of our country, former veterans live. And although they are becoming fewer and fewer every year, but those who survived, keep the memory of the departed sacred. The memory of them lives on in the people. I want to tell you about our fellow countryman, hero of the Soviet Union, Akim Vasilyevich Repkin. Akim Vasilyevich Repkin was born on September 20, 1914 in the village of Harkeevka in the Starooskolsky district in the family of a poor peasant. He graduated from elementary school. He started his working life very early. At the age of thirteen, his father sent him to work for kulak. At the age of sixteen, Komsomol member Akim Repkin worked at a mine in the Donbass. Here, in 1936, he was drafted into the army. From 1936 to 1939, he served in the Red Army in the far East. After demobilization, he remained to live and work in the city of Blagoveshchensk. When the war began, he asked to go to the front as a volunteer. The regiment in which Akim Vasilyevich was enlisted was arriving at the South-Western front, near Kharkiv. Here in October 1941, the baptism of fire took place. 1942. German-fascist hordes are rushing to the Volga. The battle of Stalingrad, a fierce, harsh, and persistent battle unprecedented in the history of war, began. The battalion in which Repkin served was assigned the task of crossing the don river, breaking through the enemy's defenses in the direction of the city of Serafimovich. Prepared carefully. They tied up a raft from improvised materials, loaded weapons and ammunition on it. And at nightfall, at a signal, they threw themselves into the water. "Go ahead, guys!" - the squad leader hurried his men. The cannonade did not abate. At first, the indiscriminate firing of the enemy became more focused. The soldiers stormed the German fortifications. The enemy's defense line was breached, and the task was completed. Then there was the gum, which was also forced. After Kursk and Orel again water barrier-the Dnieper. The Nazis were firing heavily. The sappers took shelter in the coastal Bush. No violent counterattack, no heavy fire of the enemy could not prevent the crossing. For two days, pontoons were transporting people, equipment, ammunition, and medicines without sleep or rest. And when the sounds of battle rolled away far beyond the Dnieper, the sappers began to build a floating pontoon bridge, which soon crossed the army. The offensive continued. And Akim Vasilyevich attached to his tunic the medal "for bravery", received for the courage shown during the crossing of the Dnieper. In the spring of 1944, the order of the Red Star was added to the military awards. This is for crossing the Prut river. In the second half of January 1945, the 49th separate motorized pontoon bridge battalion under the leadership of Colonel Borodin reached the Oder near the city of Steinau. Intelligence reported that the only surviving bridge in the area was mined. In the evening, the Deputy commander of the fourth tank army, major General Poluektov, drove up to the group of pontoons. Opening the car door, he called senior Lieutenant Krupnikov to his side. "Tankers need a bridge. Are there any specialists in mine clearance? " - " we will find it, comrade General!" The execution of combat missions by the battalion commander has placed on Repkina. The Junior Sergeant put the platoon on the car and headed for the bridge. The soldiers were forced to spread out, dashing and crawling forward for two kilometers due to heavy mortar fire. When the bridge was two hundred meters away, Repkin left the soldiers in place, and he and private Akhmetov, Komsomol Famankhin crawled to the road, then ditched to the bridge. At a convenient moment they removed the sentries. A green rocket shot up into the gray sky: the way is clear! On the same day late in the evening the battalion was alerted and was ordered to secure the crossing of troops over the Oder near the town Cabin. Junior Sergeant Repkin's squad was the first to reach the river. The landing party was already at the shore. After 10 minutes, the first pontoon, loaded to the limit of the infantry, sailed off the shore. Repkin was driving the pontoon. The rapid current and floating ice floes made it difficult to move. There were the booming shots of guns and mortars, machine-gun bursts, and the unbearable screeching of bombs. Shells split the ice floes. Skilfully maneuvering between the bursts of shells and mines, between the ice floes, Repkin resolutely led his pontoon to the Western shore. And when the landing party, having caught on a piece of land, entered the battle, Akim Vasilyevich sent his pontoon after another group of fighters. And again, the shells burst, again the shrapnel. For two days, Akim Repkin's Department worked under continuous fire without rest or sleep. It transported 2 infantry battalions, 10 guns, 3 tanks, and many other weapons and ammunition across the Oder, which ensured the capture and consolidation of a bridgehead on the left Bank of the river. On April 10, 1945, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Akim Vasilievich Repkin was awarded the Rank Hero of the Soviet Union for successfully crossing the Oder and for his heroism and courage. At the same time, he joined the CPSU(b). The war ended for Repkin on April 28, 1945. While participating in the assault on Berlin, he was seriously wounded. He learned about the victory in the hospital. After the war, Akim Vasilyevich was demobilized. Lived in Carscom district of the Chita region, then moved to his native village Kharchevka of Volodymyrovsky village Council. In the early 60s, Akim Vasilyevich worked as the head of a dairy farm in the village of Vladimirovka. At the same time, he was given an apartment in the city of Stary Oskol, where he moved the whole family. But Akim Vasilyevich never forgot his small homeland. He constantly came and met with young people, industry leaders and ordinary residents of the village. At the invitation of the pioneers of the Vladimirskaya secondary school, Akim Vasilievich repeatedly visited the school and talked with the children. The Museum of the Vladimirskaya secondary school contains photos of A.V. Repkin and a note written by Him on February 5, 1972. When once again Akim Vasilyevich was invited to a meeting with students, he wrote that he was glad to be invited and that he would definitely fulfill the request of the students. But, unfortunately, the shattered health did not allow this meeting to take place. In the late 80's, on May 11, 1989, Akim Vasilyevich died. The Motherland has not forgotten the hero's feat. In honor of Akim Vasilyevich named one of the streets of Stary Oskol, his bust installed in alle Heroes. His memory will be passed down from century to century. And we will be proud that we had a chance to live on the same land together with our famous countryman – Repkin Akim Vasilyevich.

Ryabova Elena Ivanovna_x000D_ _x000D_ Unfortunately, we don't have any front-line photos of my mother. But my mother told us, her children, a lot about front-line life. And it was sad and painful to listen to how much they had to endure and experience in those difficult years. Before she entered the communications school, she and her family (her mother's father had already died) - her sisters and mother-lived in Voronezh, and when the Nazis bombed Voronezh, she and her classmates dug trenches and dropped incendiary bombs from the roofs of houses. She had to see with her own eyes how a German pilot with stars on the sides of the plane bombed a children's sanatorium. She had already been evacuated to the military communications school. The courses were short-term and she got into the signal regiment 92 of Marshal Chuikov's army. She worked on a Morse machine, transmitting and receiving ciphers. It was hard to lose your friends and fellow soldiers. During the bombings, we had to crawl to find broken wires to restore communication. Fortunately, my mother didn't have any injuries other than a concussion. The shrapnel will break the top of the boot, the bullets will break through the radio. It so happened that my mother developed "chicken blindness" and she almost did not see anything at dusk. So, she was sent to the field kitchen to help the cook deliver food to the trenches in field thermos bottles, of course, they were heavy, and my mother had to carry them behind her back. One day she got to the trench, and in the thermos flasks except for the scanty grounds there was nothing, because the thermos flasks were pierced by bullets, and my mother did not have a single wound. With her regiment, my mother reached Konigsberg, from where she was demobilized.

Rakhmatullin Sabirzhan Shakirovich_x000D_ _x000D_ My grandfather Rakhmatullin Sabirzhan Shakirovich was born on January 09, 1926 in the village of Novaya Kulatka, Starokulatkinsky district, Ulyanovsk region. My grandfather was drafted into the army in the fall of 1943 and entered the 21st air training Regiment as a cadet, where he trained until May 1944. Later he was sent to the 51st separate air ambulance company v/h 12815 (2nd Ukrainian front), where he served until September 1945. He took part in the liberation of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, and also participated in the capture of Konigsberg. He was discharged from the army in June 1950. His battle path is indicated by his awards. So, for exemplary performance of combat tasks at the front in the fight against the German invaders, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic War of II degree, the medal for the capture of Konigsberg, the medal for military merit, the Zhukov medal and jubilee awards. My grandfather was awarded the medal "for the capture of Konigsberg" for his direct participation in the heroic assault and capture of the fortress city of Konigsberg in the period January 23-April 10, 1945. After the end of the war, my grandfather returned to his native village, where he worked as a driver. For conscientious and long-term work, my grandfather was awarded the "veteran of labor" medal. On the days of the great Victory day, grandfather tells us about the historical events of the great Patriotic war, remembers his commanders and colleagues, and tearfully wishes that we did not know what war is. About his participation in military operations (the Baltic operation) in the liberation of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia and the capture of Konigsberg (the East Prussian operation) remembers reluctantly and does not talk about the war times experienced, just says that in our life there was no war, and you do not know what war is!