The Great Patriotic War

Rank: General of the Army, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union_x000D_ Pliev Issa Aleksandrovich is a Soviet military leader, General of the army, Commander of the North Caucasian Military District, 1958-1968 Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic,_x000D_ Issa Pliev was born on November 12 (25), 1903 in the village of Old Batako of the Tersk Region, now the Right-Bank Region of the Republic of North Ossetia, into a large family of a poor peasant Alexander Pliev. He had been to the army since March 1922. He served as a Red Army soldier in a special detachment under the special department of the Separate Caucasian Army. In June 1923 he was transferred to the reserve. In August he was again drafted into the army and sent to the Leningrad Cavalry School, from which he graduated in 1926. From October 1940 he studied at the Military Academy of the General Staff, which he graduated ahead of schedule in June 1941. _x000D_ At the beginning of World War II, the Commander of the 50th Separate Cavalry Division, which participated in the combat of Smolensk and the defense of Moscow as part of the Western Front, twice raided the rear of the German Army Group Center in the Smolensk Region and in the Moscow Region. _x000D_ In September 1941, Pliev was promoted to the rank of Major General, and the division was soon reorganized into the 3rd Guards Cavalry. _x000D_ Since December 1941 he had been a Commander of 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps, which, as part of the 16th and 20th armies of the Western Front, took part in the defeat of the Nazi troops near Moscow. Since April 1942, he was the Commander of 5th Cavalry Corps, which, as part of the troops of the Southern Front in May-June, fought heavy defensive battles south of the city of Izium in Ukraine. _x000D_ Since July 1942 he had been the Commander of the 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps, which fought in the Stalingrad, Don and Southwestern Fronts. Participated in the combat of Stalingrad. In February - May 1943 he was an Acting Deputy Commander of 5th Guards Tank Army on the Voronezh Front, since May 1943 - Acting Deputy Commander of the Steppe Military District (since July 1943 - Steppe Front). He participated in the combat of Kursk and the liberation of the Left-Bank Ukraine. _x000D_ In October 1943 he was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General. In November 1943—November 1944 he had been Commander of 4th Guards Cavalry Corps, part of the Mechanized Cavalry group of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, and Issa Pliev was appointed its Commander. _x000D_ He had been a participant of the Soviet-Japanese War of 1945. He commanded a Mechanized Cavalry group of the Trans-Baikal Front during the Khingano-Mukden offensive operation. For skilful leadership of units and personal courage and heroism shown in battles, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 8, 1945, he was awarded the second Gold Star medal. Soviet decorations: 6 Orders of Lenin, October Revolution, 3 Orders of the Red Banner, 2 Orders of Suvorov 1st class, Order of Kutuzov 1st class; _x000D_ Foreign decorations: Mongolian People's Republic—3 Orders of Sukhe-Bator, Red Banner, Polar Star; Poland—Renaissance of Poland 4th century, Virtuti Militari 5th century, USA—Legion of honor 2nd century, Czechoslovakia—Red Banner He had been a Candidate to the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1961-1966. The monument and the bronze bust are installed in Vladikavkaz, the monument is in his native village. A square and a street in Vladikavkaz, streets in the cities of Nazran, Beslan and Novoshakhtinsk (Rostov Region), the village of Pashkovsky (within the boundaries of Krasnodar) and many settlements of Ingushetia and North Ossetia, a side street in Rostov-on-Don bear his name.

Branch of troops: Ground forces_x000D_ Petrov Prokopiy Eremeevich was drafted to war in 20th of June 1942. Four soldiers left their Yakut kolkhoz that day to the war, and only our grandfather returned. The rest also had a hard time during the wartime, people were starving. His father-in-law, wife and four children accompanied him to the war, and when he returned, he found his three orphans in a house of a stranger. _x000D_ He did not like to talk about the war. Our father remembered only a few cases told to him by his grandfather. Here is one of them: _x000D_ During the attack, Procopius was wounded and remained on the battlefield. Night was approaching, it was already dark. And in this darkness the Germans began wandering across the field and look for alive soldiers, finishing them off. Grandfather prepared the last bullet for himself. And then a whisper was heard at night: “Is somebody alive here?” The grandfather shouted: “I am here, comrade!” _x000D_ It was a big Russian orderly. He crawled to my grandfather, put him on his shoulders and ran zigzags across the field. The Germans fired after them, and they could see the bullets flying in the dark. But still, not a single bullet hit them, and the grandfather was saved. _x000D_ My grandfather fought in the army of Rokossovsky, in the infantry, reached Konigsberg, where he was seriously wounded. His military unit went further west, participated in the capture of Berlin. After the capture of Berlin, the front-line friends came for him to the hospital and took him to Berlin. This is how a Yakut from a small taiga settlement visited the capital of occupied Germany. _x000D_ My grandfather said that there were five front-line friends: a Tatar (he was the Senior in rank), a Russian, a Yakut, a Tajik and someone else. Unfortunately, many details have already been forgotten. When, after defeating Germany, they arrived in Moscow, they were told that their unit was being sent to the Japanese front. _x000D_ So my grandfather returned home only in the fall of 1945. My grandfather had several medals:“For Courage”, “For Military Merit”, “For Capture of Konigsberg”, “For Victory over Germany”, “For Victory over Japan”, but they were all lost. We have found some information about his awards on the Internet. My poor grandfather passed away in 1958 without seeing a single grandchild.

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel_x000D_ Branch of troops: troops of the NKVD and NKGB (except for the border). _x000D_ In November 1943 he was drafted into the Red Army. He took the military oath on December 12, 1943. He was sent to the Vinnitsa Military Infantry School on 09.11.1943 to 26.04.1947, based in the city of Suzdal, Vladimir Region. In 1946 he graduated from it and became a Commander of Mortar Platoon. During the war he had been cadet, therefore, despite participation in hostilities, he was not considered a front-line soldier. During period 04.1946 - 11.1951 he had served in the NKVD troops to destroy Bandera formations in Western Ukraine. He served in the city of Ostrog, Slavuta, Alexandria, Rivne Region. _x000D_ In 1949 he met his future wife, MISHCHENKO Antonina Grigorievna. In July 1951, daughter Irina was born. In November 1951, he was transferred to the Moscow Region in the city of Elektrostal in military unit 3270, which was responsible for the protection of the nuclear plant (then PO boxes No. 3 and No. 12) and the Comintern radio station. He was the Commander of the autorot until May 1962. He graduated from high school in 1958, and in 1966 from military-automobile courses at the Ryazan military school. In 1962 he was appointed Head of the Regiment's car service. In 1969 he was promoted to Major and became Deputy Regiment Commander for logistics. In the same year he passed refresher courses. The rank of Lieutenant Colonel was awarded in July 1975. _x000D_ He was released on 10/12/1977. Until the last day he worked as a civil defense inspector at the consumer services plant. He passed away on March 15, 1988 from a heart attack._x000D_ Awards: 1954—Medal for Military Merit. 1958—jubilee medal "40 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR". 1959—Medal "For impeccable service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs". 1965—Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", 1966—Medal for Military Merit. 1968—jubilee medal "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR". 1970—the jubilee medal "For military valor in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin", 1975—Jubilee Medal "30 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", 1977—Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR". 1978—jubilee medal "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR". 1987—the jubilee medal “40 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.” 1980—Medal "Veteran of Labor".

My great-grandfather Nikolai Filippovich Pogrebnoy fought. Everyone in our family remembers and loves him, his photograph stands in the most prominent place at his grandmother's house. Great-grandfather was a wonderful person, he worked in kolkhoz, his profession is very noble, he was a beekeeper. By the time the war began, my great-grandfather was 32 years old, and he already had two young sons. But, despite this, he was the first from the village to volunteer for the war. _x000D_ In the midst of the war, my grandfather got a bullet right in the heart, but he survived! And an ordinary tin spoon saved his life. There was a fierce firefight near Lublin and one of the bullets flew right into the great-grandfather's heart, but was rebuffed by a tin spoon, which always lay in his breast pocket. Only the dent remained on the spoon, and the great-grandfather miraculously survived. _x000D_ On the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in the section "Feat of the People", I found records of the feat of my great-grandfather in the battles near Lublin. He, a private guard, during the offensive of the fascist battalion captured 12 German prisoners and was awarded Order of the Red Star. My great-grandfather reached Berlin and was personally present at presentation of the Soviet flag over the Reichstag. _x000D_ Great-grandfather was awarded high awards: "Order of the Red Star", Medal "For Courage", Medal "For Military Merit", Medal "For Capture of Konigsberg", Medal "For Capture of Berlin." _x000D_ After the end of the war, my great-grandfather returned to his village, to his family. He also worked as a beekeeper in kolkhoz, he had three more daughters, and they and my great-grandmother raised five worthy children, one of whom is my beloved grandmother. The war did not at all harden my great-grandfather’s heart. Grandmother says that he was a great soul, very kind and sympathetic. They always turned to him for help and he never refused anyone. He enjoyed great respect among his colleagues, they called him exclusively by name and patronymic. At home he was just a beloved and good husband "Nikolochka" and the best "dad" in the world. _x000D_ My great-grandfather passed away at the age of 72. When he was buried, his awards were carried on a red satin pillow in front of the procession, and the pioneers threw live tulips in front of him all the way from home to the cemetery. Together with my grandfather, they buried the very spoon that saved his life in the war, it was grandfather's “testament”. _x000D_ Now there is a Museum of Military Glory in the Yagotynsky District, where all the military awards of my great-grandfather are presented, which his children passed on as a heritage for generations, and the guide of this museum tells about my great-grandfather, a hero of the Great Patriotic War. The memory of my great-grandfather lives on in the hearts of our entire family, and the story about him is passed down from generation to generation.

Branch of Troops: Ground Forces_x000D_ Division: 15 Guards Rifle Company Kharkov-Prague Order of Lenin Twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division _x000D_ He was a Department Commander; Assistant Commander of the platoon of machine gunners of the 10th Separate Motorized Reconnaissance Company of the Reconnaissance Department of the Headquarters of the 2nd Ukrainian front, Sergeant. He was born in a Ukrainian peasant family. He had been a Member of the all-Union Communist party (Bolsheviks) of the Soviet Union since 1945. _x000D_ At the age of five, he became an orphan. In 1937, he graduated from five classes of rural schools, then seven years in the city of Belebey. He received a Turner Qualification in the School of Agricultural Mechanization in the village of Davlekanovo. Since March 1942, he had worked as a specialist in the Belebeyevskaya machine-tractor station. He was drafted into the Red Army on September 5, 1942 by the Belebeyevsky District Military Commissariat of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and sent to the Riga Infantry School (working in evacuation in the city of Sterlitamak). _x000D_ In December 1942, he joined the active army, where he became a member of the 44th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 15th Guards Rifle Division. On August 12, 1943, he was wounded in the battle for the city of Kharkov. _x000D_ At the hospital, he was presented with his first award-the medal “For Courage”. After healing, he becomes an Army Recon. The Commander of the platoon of sub machine 10 Separate Motorized Reconnaissance Company of the Reconnaissance Department of the Headquarters of the 2nd Ukrainian front, Sergeant Gregory Poddenezhny in the Reconnaissance Group November 11, 1943, entered the rear of the enemy near the village of Tarasivka Pology District of Zaporozhye Region of Ukraine, struck down three enemy soldiers, brought valuable reconnaissance data. _x000D_ On January 7, 1944, as part of a group of recons near the city of Kirovograd (Ukraine), Sergeant Poddenezhny G. M. collected and transmitted data on the progress of tanks and enemy manpower. Covering the retreat of recons, the fearless warrior personally destroyed several Hitlerite sub-machine guns. For the courage and bravery shown in the battles, on October 31, 1944, Sergeant Poddenezhny Grigory was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree (No. 130281). _x000D_ Assistant Commander of the platoon of sub machine gunners of the 10th Separate Motorized Reconnaissance Company of the Reconnaissance Department of the Headquarters of the 2nd Ukrainian front, Sergeant Poddenezhny G. M. on August 30, 1944, at the Head of the squad, penetrated into the enemy's rear in the area of the Romanian city of Targu-Frumos. recons destroyed up to ten Hitlerite infantrymen, took the “prisoner tongue” and delivered to Headquarters valuable reconnaissance data on the enemy's defense system. For his bravery displayed in combat, on November 28, 1944, Grigory Poddenezhny was awarded the Order of Glory of the 2nd degree (No. 6981). _x000D_ Sergeant Gregory Poddenezhny at the Head of a group of recons on the night of December 18, 1944, went to the rear of the enemy, crossed the Inpel river near the Hungarian settlement of Nadberensonyi. Once detected, the fighters engaged in a combat with superior enemy forces, and destroyed about ten enemy soldiers. _x000D_ By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of April 28, 1945 for exemplary performance of combat missions of command in the battles against the Nazi invaders Sergeant Poddenezhny Grigory was awarded the Order of Glory 1 degree (No. 131), becoming a full cavalier of the Order of Glory. _x000D_ Having fought from the Seversky Donets to Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Austria, Starshina Poddenezhny G. M., after completing the defeat of Hitler's Germany, participated in the battles in the far East against the Japanese militarists as an armored car Commander. After the war, G. M. Poddenezhny studied at the Leningrad Political School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, then served in the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Since 1952, he served in the Soviet Army as a Deputy Commander of a Company for Political Affairs. Since October 1966, Captain Poddenezhny G. M. in the reserve, and then retired. He lived in the capital of Bashkortostan, in the city of Ufa. He worked as the Head of the paramilitary Security Detachment (VOHR) in the Association "Himprom". He was buried in Ufa at the Northern (Timashevsky) cemetery. He was awarded orders of the Patriotic war of the 1st degree, Glory of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd degrees, medals. On May 4, 2005 a memorial plaque was installed in the Kalininsky District of Ufa, on the facade of the house where the full cavalier of the Order of Glory G. M. Poddenezhny lived.

Pankratov Alexander Grigorievich was born on February 16, 1914 in the village of Kurilovka, Novouzensky District, in the family of a pharmacist. He was the only child in the family. Alexander graduated from the Kurilovka 7-year Middle School, where he assembled the first radio receiver being in the 7th grade. Later he graduated from the Novouzensk Pedagogical College, which was located in the former building of a Boarding School. From 1933 to 1936 he served in the army, then worked at the Kurilov Machine-Tractor Station, and in 1938 he entered the Kuibyshev (Samara) Higher Political Aviation School. _x000D_ He went through the whole War, participated in the capture of Konigsberg, was wounded and contused. He was a brave man: more than once he had crossed the front line to get a “prisoner tongue”, flew to the partisan detachments, and was piloting an aircraft. _x000D_ After the war he served in Riga, then in Uralsk and in the Kazakh SSR. In Kazakhstan, he took part in the development and guarding of virgin lands, transportation and storage of grain and equipment. In 1959 he went into the reserve with the rank of Major of State Security. After retiring, in 1959, together with his family, he moved closer to his native place, to the city of Novouzensk, where he began working in Secondary School No. 8 as an auto business instructor and entered the Saratov Pedagogical Institute (by correspondence), which he graduated at 54. While working at School, he led some vocational circles: aircraft modeling, shooting, and rocketry. The members of the circles regularly became winners and prize-winners of various competitions, both at school and regional level. Often he used to have air gun shooting lessons at his place. He attached the targets to his felt boots, and the guys shot at the targets from an air gun, so the felt boots were covered in small holes. _x000D_ Alexander often met with young people and told them about the efforts of his friends at the front, about front-line life, brotherhood, and friendship. He talked about what a man should be as a defender of his Motherland, his family. He took his sons to the places of the battles in which he participated, and to Riga, to a meeting with his front-line friend, the Latvian Lujans Janis. _x000D_ Pankratov A.G. was a versatile person: he drew well, knew how to play various musical instruments, from balalaika to piano, was well versed in literature, politics and economics, was an excellent lecturer in international affairs and propagandist, knew how to arrange holidays for his children, was a good friend and a great father. But the consequences of combat wounds and contusions led to a serious illness. Alexander passed away on 02/05/1971 at the age of 57.

Rank: Chief_x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery_x000D_ Division: 129th Infantry Division (1st Formation). _x000D_ My father began his military career in 1943 in the 381st Reserve Rifle Regiment as a cadet, then he fought in the 129 Mortar Regiment as the Sergeant Major of the 120 mm mortar battery. Throughout the war he went as a Mortarman, spoke very little about the hardships of the war and about wounds. I didn't like to discuss this war period of his life. But I know that he was shell-shocked, but continued to fight for the Motherland and my family. Our great-grandfather Poturaev Ignat Ivanovich fought in the First World War in the 41st Seleginsky Regiment. To defend this country from the enemies was in the blood of men of our kind. After the liberation of this country, he liberated Europe from the Nazis, but he had not reached the Berlin ... _x000D_ There were very strong battles in the Czech Republic and he ended the Second World War near Prague. After defeating Germany, he was transferred to fight in Japan. He recalled that after the Nazis, Japanese soldiers seemed like just children ... After the victory over Japan, he had served in the Armed Forces until 1947. Then he returned to a peaceful life and left to work at the manganese ore mines in the town of Ordzhonikidze, then worked as a driver of fierce dump trucks at the Mining and Processing Plant (MPP). He has many labor awards and is a Veteran of Labor. He did not watch films about the war, he did not like that. After 10 minutes, he usually said: "It is not true, it was not at all like that ..." and left. He was very fond of the songs "At Nameless Height" and "Cranes" performed by the Soviet singer Mark Bernes. Dad was very fond of mom and us, two daughters and our older brother. It was always very safe and warm with him. His disarming childish smile was with him until his last day! For us, he is the best dad in the world! Dad died on an early sunny morning on June 5, 1993 after a short illness ... Eternal glory and memory to dad and all the veterans, the winners in this terrible war! From the memoirs of Vasily Ignatievich Poturayev: "In the fall of 1944, there were fierce combats and terrible losses. A very young soldier from Moscow, just a boy, was sent to his battery ... He brought shells and was hit by a shrapnel. Dad dragged him into the trench, but he died. Dad remembered his hands, they were very beautiful and thin. He studied at the conservatory before the war. Dad talked about him so excitedly, very clearly remembered him. There were many lethalities to follow, but the death of this boy was left in his memory. _x000D_ My father’s hands were very strong and reliable! Dad fought with the husband of his sister Lena Mikhail Kravchenko, they went through the whole war together and both returned home. After the war he came to his brother-soldier Ivan Ivanovich Bout, where he met our mother Stadnik Maria Mironovna and they had a good marriage for 39 years!

Rank: Red Army Soldier. Branch of troops: Artillery. Popovetsky Ivan Nikitovich was born on November 19, 1919 in the Ukrainian village of Maidan-Golenishchevsky, Volkovinets District, Kamenets-Podolsk Region (now Letychivsky District, Khmelnitsky Region). Before the war, my great-grandfather worked as a blacksmith. He was drafted into the Red Army on October 15, 1939. His great-grandfather began his combat path in November 1939 in the 358th Mountain-Rifle Regiment of the 126th Rifle Division. On June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War started, which found Ivan Nikitovich in the army. From the first days of her, he participated in battles. The 60th Rifle Division, in which the great-grandfather served, was transferred from the Southern Front in July 1941 to help the 12th Army, which was encircled by fascist troops in the area of the city of Vinnitsa. There were fierce defensive battles with superior enemy forces. In one of these battles near the town of Brailov, Vinnitsa Region, on July 19, 1941, Vanya's great-grandfather was wounded by a shrapnel in the face and chest. He underwent treatment in an evacuation hospital in the Urals of the Chebarkul District of the Chelyabinsk Region. Upon recovery, in the fall of 1941 he was sent to the active army in his regiment. From autumn 1941 to summer 1944 Ivan Nikitovich served in the 4th corps howitzer Artillery Regiment as a gun and mortar master. The Rifle Division, in which the great-grandfather served, which was first part of the Western Front, liberated Smolensk, Vyazma, Vitebsk, Mogilev from the invaders, participated in the Polesie operation, which was part of the Dnieper-Carpathian strategic operation. As part of the 2nd Belorussian Front in June-August 1944, the great-grandfather's Regiment took part in one of the largest strategic offensive operations "Bagration", which helped defeat the Nazi army "Center" in the area of the city of Minsk. _x000D_ In one of these battles near the city of Minsk on July 6, 1944, Vanya's great-grandfather was very seriously wounded by several shrapnel in the stomach and chest. One of the wounds was through. The first operation took place in a front-line hospital, then there was a long evacuation with hospitals to the rear. He had blood poisoning, his stomach was swollen. His condition was so serious that the doctors did not hope that he would survive. In the photo that great-grandfather Vanya sent to his family then, there were the following words: "Look, relatives, at the dead print and remember about a living soul." Only on September 10, almost 2 months later, my great-grandfather was taken to one of the Moscow hospitals, where he was undergoing treatment until the end of September 1944. After being wounded, it was not possible to return to his former unit: the front was moving westward, driving the Nazis away from this country. Ivan Nikitovich was first sent to the 306th Reserve Regiment as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, and then to the 229th Mobile Tractor Repair Base, in which he served until the end of the war. For participation in the Minsk operation, my great-grandfather was awarded the medal "For Courage" in February 1945. The 2nd Belorussian Front continued its combat path, liberating city after city. Ivan Nikitovich took part in battles in Western Belarus, East Prussia and Poland. _x000D_ The 1945 winter offensive began. The front troops reached the Vistula River, then moved to the Baltic Sea coast, liberated the northern regions of Poland. In April 1945, the troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front crossed the Oder River and reached the German port city of Stettin, the Stettin-Rostock operation began (April 20-May 5), part of the Berlin offensive, in which my great-grandfather Vanya also participated. In this German city (which, according to the Potsdam conference in 1945, became Polish Szczecin), the Victory of Ivan Nikitovich Popovetsky, my great-grandfather, was found. 229 Mobile Tractor Repair Base went with the troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front until Victory. And after the war, it was necessary to restore the cities for a peaceful life. Great-grandfather Vanya remained in Germany until the autumn of 1946 in his unit, helping the German people to improve their lives. In February 1946, the great-grandfather of the ball was awarded the medal "For Victory over Germany", and in March 1946 he was awarded the title of "Corporal". On August 15, 1946, Ivan Nikitovich was transferred to the reserve. _x000D_ Great-grandfather Vanya came from the war in the fall of 1946. After the war, Ivan Nikitovich worked in his native kolkhoz, for many years he was a foreman of construction brigades. For his work, great-grandfather Vanya was nominated for awards: medals "For Valiant Labor", "Veteran of Labor" and others. In 1985 my great-grandfather was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. My great-grandfather, Popovetsky Ivan Nikitovich, died in 1994 at the age of 75.

Rank: Major. Branch of the service: Ground Forces. Subdivision: 138th Infantry Carpathian Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division. Born December 4, 1919 in st. Krasnogorsk, Ust-Dzhegutinsky District, Stavropol Territory in a peasant family. In August 1939 he was called up for active military service in the ranks of the Red Banner Baltic Navy in Leningrad. He had successfully passed the entrance exams in the same 1939 and was enrolled as a cadet at the Engels Naval Political School in Leningrad. In May 1940 he was admitted to the Communist Party. _x000D_ On the first day of the war, the Junior Political Instructor was released from the school ahead of schedule and sent to the active army on the island of Koivisto in the Gulf of Finland. He was appointed Political Instructor of the Machine-gun Company of the 51st Separate Marine Battalion of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet. In November 1941, the Battalion was transferred to the city of Oranienbaum, where it was included in the 527th Infantry Regiment of the 48th Kalinin Rifle Division in a Separate Primorsky Army. In this Division, he served as Commander of a Machine-gun Company, Military Commissar of a Battalion, Deputy Battalion Commander for combat units. _x000D_ So he ended up near sieged Leningrad at the Oranienbaum foot strong. He stayed in the blockade until May 1943. In October 1943 he was awarded the military rank "Major". In January 1944 he completed the shooting course with honors and was sent to the personnel department of the 2nd Ukrainian Front and was appointed Deputy Commander of the 344th Rifle Regiment for the combat unit of the 138th Rifle Division. When entering the Carpathians, the 138th Rifle Division was transferred to the 18th Army of the 4th Ukrainian Fleet. He was wounded twice during an offensive in the Carpathians. In March 1945, by order of the Commander of the 18th Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front, he was appointed Commander of the 768th Rifle Regiment of the 138th Rifle Division. In this position he served until the day the Division was disbanded. He participated in the liberation of Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Poland.

DATE OF BIRTH: 10/17/1917 DATE OF DEATH: 09/28/1981 HISTORY: Title: Junior Lieutenant. Branch of troops: Ground Forces. Subdivision:13th Guards Rifle Poltava Order of Lenin Twice Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division Biography. Yakov Pavlov was born in the village of Malaya Krestovaya, now the Valdai District of the Novgorod Region, graduated from Elementary School, worked in agriculture. In 1938 he was drafted into the Red Army. He faced the war in combat units in the Kovel Region, as part of the troops of the South-Western Front. In 1942, Pavlov was sent to the 42nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 13th Guards Division of General A.I. Rodimtsev. He took part in defensive combats on the outskirts of Stalingrad. In July-August 1942, Senior Sergeant Ya. F. Pavlov’s military unit was reorganized in Kamyshin, where he was appointed a machine-gun platoon commander of the 7th Company. In September 1942 he participated in the battles for Stalingrad on reconnaissance missions. _x000D_ In the evening of September 27, 1942, Pavlov received a combat mission from the Company Commander, Lieutenant Naumov, to reconnoiter the situation in a four-story building overlooking the central square of Stalingrad, “the 9th January Squre” This house occupied an important tactical position. He and three soldiers (Chernogolov, Glushchenko and Aleksandrov) knocked the Germans out of the house and completely captured it. Soon, the group received reinforcements, ammunition and telephone communications. Together with the platoon of Lieutenant I. Afanasyev, the number of defenders increased to 24 people. _x000D_ It was not immediately possible to evacuate civilians hiding in the basements of the house. The Nazis constantly attacked the building with artillery fire and aerial bombs. But Afanasyev avoided fierce losses and for almost two months did not allow the enemy to break through to the Volga. On November 19, 1942, the troops of the Stalingrad Front launched a counteroffensive “Operation Uranus”. On November 25, during the attack, Pavlov was wounded in the leg, lay in the hospital, then was the gunner and the Commander of the reconnaissance department in the Artillery units of the 3rd Ukrainian and 2nd Belorussian fronts, in which he reached Stettin. He was awarded two Orders of the Red Star and many medals. On June 17, 1945, Junior Lieutenant Yakov Pavlov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (medal No. 6775). Pavlov was demobilized from the ranks of the Soviet Army in August 1946. After demobilization, he worked in the city of Valdai, Novgorod Region, was the First Secretary of the District committee, graduated from the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Three times he was elected a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR from the Novgorod Region. After the war, he was also awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution. He repeatedly came to Stalingrad (now Volgograd), met with the inhabitants of the city who survived the war and restored it from the ruins. In 1980, Ya. F. Pavlov was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of the Hero City of Volgograd." In Great Novgorod, at his boarding School named after him for orphans and children left without parental care, there is a Pavlov Museum (Derevyanitsy microdistrict, Beregovaya street, house 44). Pavlov was buried in the Alley of Heroes of the Western Cemetery of Veliky Novgorod. Viktor Mavrinsky, a pupil of the Kolos radio club named after Hero of the Soviet Union Yakov Pavlov, wrote, “In September 1942 in Stalingrad street combats were especially fierce in the city center, on the sector of the 13th Guards Division of A. I. Rodimtsev. _x000D_ By the evening of September 25, the situation sharply deteriorated, most of the buildings adjacent to the January 9 square were in the hands of the enemy. But one house at number 61 was in doubt. The Guards Sergeant Yakov Pavlov and his comrades Aleksandrov, Chernogolov and Shapovalov were sent to reconnoiter this building. Julius Chepurin, a front line correspondent for the 62nd Army, described all subsequent events in the essay ”Pavlov's House". “If we manage to catch on to it and turn the house into a strong stronghold, then we can keep the area under control. As it turned out, there were civilians in the house: women, children, as well as wounded soldiers of the 13th Guards Division, led by Medical Orderly Kalinin. But a large group of German machine gunners were already approaching the building. The combat for the house had started. Pavlov sent Medical Orderly Kalinin to the Regiment Headquarters at the expense of help, and he came led by a Guards Lieutenant Ivan Afanasyev, a communist who was appointed Chief of the garrison. And at the Headquarters of the Regiment, Colonel Elin waited all night for reports from Pavlov's house, as he ”If we manage to catch on to it and turn the house into a strong stronghold, then we can keep the area under control. _x000D_ As it turned out, there were civilians in the house: women, children, as well as wounded soldiers of the 13th Guards Division, led by Medical Orderly Kalinin. But a large group of German machine gunners were already approaching the building. The combat for the house had started. Pavlov sent Medical Orderly Kalinin to the Regiment Headquarters at the expense of help, and he came led by a Guards Lieutenant Ivan Afanasyev, a communist who was appointed Chief of the garrison. And at the Headquarters of the Regiment, Colonel Elin waited all night for reports from Pavlov's house, as he named it, not suspecting that under this name he would go down in history and become known to the whole world. Lieutenant Afanasyev knew that a modest soldier Pavlov was the soul of the defense. The fact that Pavlov was the first to break into this house and was able to defend with his fighters on the first night surrounded the personality of Yakov Pavlov with such a bright aura of soldier's glory, which turned out to be stronger than the provisions of the Infantry Fighting Regulations. That is why, the communist Ivan Afanasyev, organizing the defense of the house, tactfully stepped into the shadows, assigning the first role in this combat operation to the Guards Sergeant Yakov Pavlov.” The enemy's attacks intensified and when hand grenades were used, a miracle happened: the Katyusha Regiment fired a volley at the congregations of fascists around Pavlov's house. The newspaper “Pravda” for November 19, 1942 told for the first time about the hero-fighters of the 13th Guards Division in “Pavlov's House”. A few days before the end of the defense of the famous fortress house, the wounded Lieutenant Afanasyev was transported to the hospital. Нe was distinguished later. The command was taken over by Sergeant Yakov Pavlov, who remained in history forever. Yakov Pavlov, being wounded, did not leave the house until the very end of his defense. The defense of the house continued for 58 days and nights. Yakov himself learned about the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in April 1945. Guards Lieutenant Ivan Filippovich Afanasyev was awarded the Order of Lenin, his memoirs formed the basis of the book "House of Soldiers' Glory". The daughter of the legendary General A. I. Rodimtsev, Natalya Matyukhina met with two defenders of the Pavlov's House, whose names are carved on the wall of the house: Ilya Voronov (machine gunner) and Kamaljan Turgunov. Yakov Fedotovich Pavlov himself repeatedly visited the hero-city of Volgograd. _x000D_ The Kolos radio club (headed by Valery Vasilyevich Poltavets) bears Pavlov’s name, it had brought up many athletes. It was Yakov Pavlov who in 1980 gave the idea of a search to Valery Poltavets: to find on the air radio operators and participants in the Battle of Stalingrad, which grew into an International Search Radio Expedition, called the Victory Memorial. The Pavlov's House, the House of Soldiers' Glory stands as an unbending monument to the courage of Soviet soldiers. The defeat of the main forces of the German armies at Stalingrad predetermined the defeat of Nazi Germany and became a turning point in the Second World War. Here, at the walls of Stalingrad, the fate of our Fatherland, the freedom and independence of our Motherland was determined. _x000D_ Around this common four-story Stalingrad building “Pavlov's House” are still circulating stories. _x000D_ For example, there is a legend that Pavlov did not pass away in 1981, but took monastic vows and became Archimandrite Kirill. In fact, the hero is buried in his native Novgorod. And the aforementioned elder Kirill, according to the panorama museum, had also the common Russian last name Pavlov in the world. And he was also a Hero of the Soviet Union. Only he was awarded this title not for Stalingrad, but for the battles on the Sandomierz foot strong. There were true grounds for confusion. Both were sergeants during the battle on the Volga, both ended the war as Junior Lieutenants. _x000D_ At the end of September, the first replenishment, almost a thousand fighters, had arrived in Rodimtsev's Division. It became easier for the guardsmen, and on the initiative of the Stalingrad city committee of the Komsomol, a volunteer detachment of about five hundred soldiers was formed, who were to replenish the ranks of the 13th Division. They were boys of seventeen-eighteen years old. _x000D_ Fierce battles unfolded for the mill, the State Bank building, the Railway Worker's House and other buildings. For battles in the city, the Division needed a strong point. The attention of General Rodimtsev was attracted by a small four-story house, facing the square of the Ninth of January. This square has long become the epicenter of the struggle between the two warring parties. The buildings surrounding it served as powerful strongholds, real pillboxes. And now, when the division had moved to active defense, the fight for the city center has turned into a fight for every house. Sergeant Pavlov received an order to conduct Reconnaissance of this house. Pavlov with three fighters managed to gain a foothold in this building and took up defense. _x000D_ Civilians were hiding in the basement of the building. Each of the recons received a combat position, but more than one, the defense had to be held from three sides. Pavlov's fighters fought off attack after attack for two days, and then a replenishment led by Lieutenant Afanasyev came. For defense, ammunition was needed, wounded appeared, a regular communication with the regiment was needed. The guardsmen began to dig the communication route to the mill, the residents of the house helped them. Five days later, the passage along which one could walk to the mill in full growth was ready. By this time, telephone communication was established from the Battalion Headquarters. In the basement, beds were installed for the rest of the soldiers and commanders, everything was provided for a long and successful defense. The house kept all the adjacent streets under fire from its machine guns, from where the Nazis tried to counterattack. Moreover, there was a mill nearby, where the division's observation post was located. _x000D_ One night General Rodimtsev came to Pavlov's house to support the guardsmen. Of course, they knew that the divisional Commander was not a timid dozen, he was not hiding in the dugouts, but to come straight to the front line was a very big risk. And they immediately added that the general is fair, and if someone lies, do not expect mercy. He won’t scream, he won’t stomp his feet and, he won’t frighten with a tribunal or execution. But if you are guilty, he will punish severely, without further ado. Rodimtsev believed in victory, his soldiers fought heroically near Kharkov, Kremenchug, on the Kursk Bulge. On the Sandomierz foot strong beyond the Vistula, the Nazis threw seven divisions against Rodimtsev's corps, including four tank divisions. The guardsmen drove the enemy to the Oder. Then there were bloody battles in Germany itself. On the Elbe, the guards linked-up with the Americans. Then Rodimtsev led his divisions to help those fighting in Prague. General Rodimtsev walked more than eight thousand kilometers along the roads of the war. _x000D_ A documentary was shot about Ya.F. Pavlov: Yakov Pavlov is a Sergeant of the Rodimtsev Division (biography and photo): For what they gave the Hero of the Soviet Union (Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal) to Ya.F. Pavlov.

Yakov Aleksandrovich's maternal grandfather has an unusual and tragic fate. Shortly before the attack of Nazi Germany on the Soviet Union, Yakov served in the army in Belarus. As part of a military unit, young untrained fighters were sent to exercises near the city of Brest. At that moment, when the fascist troops were already marching along the country roads of Belarus, the fighters, armed only with training rifles, remained unaware of the true situation. The meeting with the fascists was a real blow for them. Splitting into small groups, the soldiers began a disorderly retreat, unable to conduct at least some kind of defense. Many died without firing a single shot, since there were no ammunition. Yakov was seriously wounded by shrapnel from a shell burst, but he was still lucky: he and a group of comrades were able to hide in the woods. They walked at night, occasionally going into the villages, trying to get hold of at least some food. _x000D_ There was a legend in our family: in one village they were captured by local policemen. One of the women begged her fellow villager not to hand over the young boy to the Nazis, who was very weak. She gave the policeman expensive antique earrings, and he agreed to leave the dying man in her hut. The woman left Yakov in her house, and, having got stronger, he went to the partisans. _x000D_ And here is what Viktor Viktorovich Pashkin, the grandson of the eldest son of Yakov Aleksandrovich, told: “Yakov Aleksandrovich was friends with Nikolai Tsygankov. They were in the same partisan detachment, which was located in the forests near the city of Orsha. Nikolai was from the village of Ledeshnya (Dribinsky District, Mogilev Region) When they came to the village of Ledeshnya in December 1941 for a visit (there were no Germans and policemen in the village), Yakov Aleksandrovich met Nadezhda Vasilyevna Sulimova, my grandmother. In the spring, when the snow melted, he and Nikolai went to the detachment in the forest. My father Viktor Yakovlevich was born in October 1942. In the winter of 1942-43 my father was baptized in Christianity, the godfather was Nikolai Tsygankov, who was killed very soon. _x000D_ In 1944, Nikolai's son was born to Nikolai Tsygankov. We know that Nikolai Nikolaevich used to live in the city Vitebsk, we did not maintain a relationship.” For almost the entire war, Yakov fought in a partisan detachment, and when this territory was liberated, he was demobilized by injury. After demobilization, Yakov Aleksandrovich came to the town of Malmyzh in the Kirov Region, married my grandmother Tamara Sergeevna and worked as a boat Captain at the Sosnovsky Shipyard (his grandson, my brother Kostya, followed in his footsteps and became a Captain). Yakov Alexandrovich left us early: severe wounds received in battles shortened his life. Still, he managed to raise four children and saw the first granddaughter. A bitter feeling does not leave our family: our grandfather and great-grandfather fought in good faith for the Motherland, was seriously wounded, and was awarded medals and orders. But after the end of the war, the fact that he was surrounded, almost in captivity, played against him: all his awards were taken away. A few years later, he was honored as a veteran, awarded with anniversary medals, but the military awards had never been returned.

Rank: Senior Lieutenant Alexey Kirillovich was born on March 17, 1922 in the village of Podzharovka, Iznoskovsky District. The family had seven children: four girls and three boys. The youngest in the family was Vasily Kirillovich, born in 1941. Unfortunately, one of the girls died in her youth due to illness. Alexey Kirillovich finished 10 classes in 1940. In the same year he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. He became a cadet in a Regimental School at the 8th Armored Regiment. In 1941 he became the Senior turret gunner of the 327th Armored Regiment. In November 1942, he was appointed squad Commander of the 251st Army Engineering Battalion. _x000D_ Since December 1942 he went to the war and in the same year became a member of the Komsomol. In December of the same year, he was wounded. In January 1943, he was appointed squad leader of the 5th Separate Engineering. As a cadet in 1944 he was sent to the Zhdanov Military School to Kostroma. In October, he was appointed Commander of a department of the Leningrad Military Engineering School. In December, in the rank of Junior Lieutenant, he was appointed Commander of an Engineering Platoon of the 6th Guards Motorized Engineering Battalion, 5th Guards Separate Engineering. In the battles to destroy the Zemland Group of Forces, he skillfully led a platoon while escorting the tanks of the 2nd tank Battalion of the 213th Tank Brigade in combat, preventing the destruction of equipment in the enemy's minefields. The platoon took a direct part in the combat, capturing 52 German soldiers. Alexey Kirillovich personally destroyed three German soldiers and captured five. The Commander of the Battalion of the Guards, Major Viktor Vasilyevich Yesin, was presented on April 19, 1945 to the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, was awarded the Order of the Red Star. This is what Petukhov wrote about Alexei Kirillovich Petukhov in the award on the sheet, the Commander of the Battalion of the Guards, Major Viktor Vasilyevich Yesin: _x000D_ “The platoon of Junior Lieutenant Petukhov was in combat with the tanks of the 2nd Battalion of the 213th Tank Brigade. Thanks to skillful actions, personal example and the correct alignment of forces in combat on the part of Junior Lieutenant Petukhov, his platoon coped well with the engineering support of the advancing tanks. Not a single tank was blown up on the aisles made by the platoon of Junior Lieutenant Petukhov in the enemy's minefields. On the route of movement of tanks in different areas, a platoon of Junior Lieutenant Petukhov removed 120 Anti-tank mines. Moving ahead of the tanks, the platoon of Junior Lieutenant Petukhov took a direct part in the combat for the settlements of Plautvenen, Lengniten. In Lengniten alone 52 people were taken prisoner by a platoon. Personally, Comrade Petukhov took five German soldiers prisoner and shot three on the spot. Skillfully controlling the platoon, Comrade Petukhov did not stop the advance of the tanks for a minute, which contributed to the success of offensive operations to defeat the Zemland group of enemy forces. Worthy of submission to the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. After the end of the war, Alexei Kirillovich was promoted to Lieutenant on May 31, 1945. In January 1946 he was appointed platoon Commander of the 2nd Battalion of the military Construction Brigade of the UOS SV. On July 5, 1946, he was dismissed according to Art. 43, A . From February 28, 1948, he worked in the security department at Sergeant police positions for the protection of public order of the executive committee of the Moscow City Council. _x000D_ On July 13, 1964, he was transferred to the reserve for health reasons. November 15, 1971 A. K. Petukhov was awarded the rank of Senior Lieutenant. Alexei Kirillovich and Alexandra Ivanovna Petukhovs had three children: Tamara Alekseevna (1949), Lyubov Alekseevna (1953) and Yuri Alekseevich (1956). Now each of them has their own children and grandchildren. One of the grandchildren was named after their brave grandfather, Alexey. In November 1987, Alexey Kirillovich died, and in April 2009, his wife, Alexandra Ivanovna, died. Now the descendants of A.K. Petukhov live in the Moscow Region.

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel. Branch of the service: Ground Forces Unit: 3rd Moscow Communist Rifle Division. _x000D_ The hardships of the First World War fell to his shoulders. Straight from the imperialist trenches, he went to the Civilian war in Russia. There he was a common soldier, a Comissar, and a unit Commander. When he was demobilized from the Red Army, he held various leading economic positions. The Great Patriotic War found him in the position of Chief of the Central Board of one of the USSR people's commissariats. In October 1941, Pshenichny had the opportunity to be evacuated with the People's Commissariat. However, hearing about the call of the Moscow Bolsheviks' activists to defend the capital, he decided that his place was there, in the folk combat formation of people who fought with the Nazis, and voluntarily joined the Communist Battalion. During the formation of the 3rd Moscow Communist Division, he agreed to become the assistant Chief of Staff of the Regiment, then became the Commander of the 1st Battalion of the Regiment. _x000D_ In January 1942 Pshenichny P. M. appointed Commander of the 664th Infantry Regiment, assessing his endurance, cold-blooded prudence and management, efficiency and, courage. His subordinates loved him very much. Pshenichny was one of those commanders who were always and everywhere at the forefront, in the midst of the soldiers. For example, reconnaissance group was organized to capture a "prisoner tongue" for interrogation, Pshenichny would come to the recons, talks with each of them, personally checks the plan of the operation, makes adjustments, together with the recons for several days studies the terrain, approaches to the enemy's trenches, etc. There is a fierce combat, people can not to torn off their head above the ground, Pshenichny suddenly appears and raises the fighters to attack. There were legends about the courage and say-devil actions of Pyotr. They said that he was bewitched by an enemy bullet. _x000D_ His comrades joked: “The skeletal old woman wielding a scythe is scared of Communist Comrade Pshenichny. And besides her, who dares to touch him?” Pshenichny, commanding regiment, led people into combats, raised them in attacks, and only once he was wounded in the arm. What a source of strength had he, even then, an elderly man, who able to lift up his wounded, bloody hand and lead the fighters forward? Anyone who saw this remembers to this day. The Order of Lenin marked his extraordinary feat. The Regiment Commander died on August 16, 1942 from a stray mine fragment after a a fierce combat. Someone claims that it was a sniper's bullet. Pyotr died a hero's death. The service of a commander is a daily burning at work, an everyday efforts. Every day and hour he bears an enormous responsibility before the people, before all those whom he leads into combat, before his own conscience. Many warm memories were left about the Commander, Pshenichny P.M. by his comrades in arms.

Rank: Lieutenant. Subdivision: 46th Rifle Division (2nd formation). Military ID: series L, N 35197, Infantry, VUS 1, Lieutenant, reserve, 3rd grade, Communist party since , party card N 4972502. Service: March 1941 - March 1942: Head of the Quaternary service, evacuation unit N 3044, Yaroslavl; March 1942 - November 1942: Private Separate Sapper Battalion of the 53rd Army; November 1942 - March 1943: cadet of the Military-Political School in Ivanovo, certificate series ХН-000001, No. 78202, awarded the rank of Lieutenant; March 1943 - October 1943 in the reserve of Gorky; October 1943 - January 1944 - Platoon Commander of the 698th Infantry Regiment of the 46th Infantry Division; November 1944 - October 1945: Head of the Quaternary maintenance unit, 321st Escort Regiment of the NKVD. Participation in the Great Patriotic War with Germany: March 1942 - November 1942: private, 11th Separate Engineer Battalion of the 53rd Army of the North-Western Front; October 1943 - April 1944: Platoon Commander, 698th Infantry Regiment, 46th Infantry Division, 2nd Baltic Front. On 10/10/1945 he was released with the rank of Lieutenant. Injuries: Pustoshka, Pskov Region: severe wound from a firearm in his right arm on January 9, 1944. Information about the wound: "In the battles for the Soviet Motherland, Lieutenant of the 698th Rifle Regiment Comrade Ivan Davydovich Penkin was seriously wounded on January 18, 1944. Diagnosis: a through bullet wound of the right elbow joint and damage to the radius. Command unit 23841, Major of Medical Services, Lokshin. _x000D_ He was treated from 18.04.1944 to 27.05.1944. On 07/25/1944 a severe blind injury by a grenade fragment to the right hand with damage to the third finger and right elbow joint, No. 3044. Wound certificate: “In the battles for the Soviet Motherland, Lieutenant of the 469th Rifle Regiment Comrade Penkin Ivan Davydovich was on July 25, 1944. seriously wounded: a grenade fragment of the right hand with damage to the third finger and the right elbow joint. Head of the evacuation hospital 3044. Nekrasovskoye village. He was undergoing treatment from August 6, 1944 to August 29, 1944 ”.

Branch of troops: Technical troops. Subdivision: 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division. In 1941 he graduated from the 9th grade of a Secondary School in the city of Evpatoria, he wanted to go to the front, they did not take it because of his age. His father, Isaac Podolsky, sent his son and wife out of the city, while he himself stayed with the plant. Until the last days he was engaged in the evacuation of equipment and documents, he did not have time to leave, he was shot by the Germans. Vadim, (that was the name of his comrades at School, and then they called him all his life), having left with his mother to evacuate to the Urals, entered a Military School there, received the rank of Lieutenant and went to the front. In the battles for Poland, he was seriously wounded, was in the hospital for a long time, almost lost a leg, was discharged and sent as a military Commander to School, where he met his future wife. In 1947 he was again recognized as fit for military service and drafted into the army. He served in the Railway Troops. He traveled with his large family (wife, mother and 5 children) across the entire Soviet Union (Dnepropetrovsk, Irtysh-Ob, Siberia, Ural, Transbaikalia, BAM). He served honestly, respected soldiers and officers, he was always loved and respected by those around him, was a political worker, always in the spotlight. Having begun his service in wartime as a Lieutenant, he was demobilized from the army as a Colonel, then worked at a School as a Military Commander. He loved children, actively participated in the social life of the school and the city. And everyone loved and respected him. I must say that his whole family was like that, in all military towns where they happened to live, people always came to us for advice, consolation, asking for help, with various questions. Mom, Podolskaya Anna Maksimovna, worked all her life at school in elementary grades, fiddled with her children all the time, and not only in class. All her children were good, she did not say a bad word about any of them. And even in retirement, she taught children to read and count, wherever she was, in the yard, on the train, on the beach ... She also was handy with a needle, and at one time was an instructor in cutting and sewing circle. Our grandmother, father's mother, Podolskaya Dina Zinovievna, did not officially work anywhere, but she also always took care of children, she sang well, cooked great, and loved to treat and share culinary recipes with neighbors. It was always fun in our house, there were a lot of guests, dad played the guitar, sang, danced, and played various games.