The Great Patriotic War

The photo shows the Red Army soldier Pyotr Ippolitovich Sidorenko. Missed in action in 1942.

Kongarov Nikolay Nikiforovich was born in 1927. Drafted in 1943 by the Shirinsky District Military Commissariat. He fought in the Voronezh, 1st Ukrainian Front of the 309th Rifle Division, 959th Rifle Regiment, squad leader. In 1943 he was wounded. He was awarded of the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, the medal "For Courage", "For Victory over Germany." Demobilized in 1945. He worked as a tractor driver at the Chulym state farm. Lived in the village of Monastyrevo. Died in 2005.

In the foreground is a man in a white t-shirt and dark pants. In the background, a group of people (servicemen). One of them is sitting on a chair, playing the accordion. The picture shows I. Nezdolgiy and N. Zemtsov - participants of the Great Patriotic War during a respite perform a circus act, Germany, Altlimritz. On the reverse side of the image is a handwritten text (blue paste) with the inscription: "Respite. Germany, Altimit (before Berlin), Guards soldier I. Nesdolgiy juggling plate. Helps him on the tower – Guards soldier Nikolai Zemtsov (now he lives in Tula). Soldiers are happy to watch this circus act (47 GV. s/d), April 1945."

This photo was given to the Museum by veterans of the 47th Guards Rifle Division, who liberated Gukovo from the occupation

The picture depicts a city street, along which soldiers are moving on horse carts, and residents with armbands are walking. The building is partially destroyed and white canvases are visible from the Windows. At the bottom of the image is an inscription: "Berlin may 4, 1945" The photo was given to the Museum by veterans of the 47th Guards Rifle Division, who liberated Gukovo from the occupation

Abazov Khazhbekir Suleimanovich, born in 1914, Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR, Chegem -1. Missed in action in March 1943. 1123 Rifle Regiment 3rd battalion 32 platoon

Abazov Nanu Suleimanovich, born in 1919, Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR, Chegem -1. Drafted from Dagestan in 1941. He served in 345 Rifle division, 1165 Rifle Regiment 1st company 3rd battalion. He died in July 1942 while defending Sevastopol.

Soviet officers at the Reichstag Building in Berlin. May 25, 1945

The partisan detachment named after the Rostov Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks before going into the raid from. Port Caton. February 1942

The 43rd Regiment on parade in Novocherkassk. 1945

Armored train "For the Motherland!" (commander M.F. Chechelnitsky). 1941 Built in the city of Novorossiysk.

Rybalchenko Semen Vasilievich (1908-1944) Private First Class. He worked as a driver and combine operator at the Komissarovsky state farm. In March 1944, in the battles for Moldova, when breaking through the enemy's defenses, he was the first to break into the enemy's strongholds, dragging the fighters with him. In street battles and in repelling counterattacks, he destroyed up to 20 and captured 10 Nazis, destroyed 2 machine-gun points. He died in battle on April 7, 1944, was buried in a mass grave in Todireshty village, Ungheni region of Moldova.

Fak Fedor Kuzmich (1913-1974) Second lieutenant. Born in Dubovsky hamlet. By January 1942, he participates in 204 flights (101 of them at night), destroyed 39 tanks, 97 vehicles, several enemy depots, and a large number of enemy manpower with bomb strikes. He died in 1974 in Putivl, Sumskiy region.

Potapov Mikhail Feofanovich (1921-1943), battery commander of an anti-tank artillery regiment, captain. Born in Baklanovskaya station. Participated in the defense of Stalingrad and the liberation of the Kursk region. On July 6, 1943, Captain Potapov's battery knocked out 18 tanks, including 7 "tigers", destroyed up to 150 Nazi soldiers and officers. On July 8, 1943 he died in a battle near the Ponyri station (Kursk region).

My grandfather Tarasov Alexander Vasilievich, First lieutenant. Finished the Great Patriotic War in Warsaw