The Great Patriotic War

The photo shows two fighters standing Against the background of tall bushes. They shake hands. Pimenov A.K. is smiling, looking into the lens. On the back of the photo there is an inscription made by Pimenov: "I am in a cap. Pimenov on the Victory Day on the banks of the Elbe River. May 9, 1945"

Shulutov Pavel Mikhailovich, born in 1925. While participating in the Vienna Strategic Operation for the Liberation of Hungary on March 16, 1945, he was seriously wounded in the chest and in his right arm. Russian troops moved forward at a rapid pace, and the command considered him dead. “Killed in action” notice was sent home with an indication of the place of burial Mor, Hungary. On the second day, while combing the site of the battle, the horse of the "funeral" team found him alive...

Shulutov Pavel Mikhailovich, born in 1925. Airborne assault rifleman

Shulutov Pavel Mikhailovich. (26.12.1925) From January 1944 to March 1945 he served in the first airborne battalion, which is a part of the 16th Guards Airborne Division (later the 106th Guards Rifle Division of the 9th Guards Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front).

The photo shows Krivoshein Alexey Vasilyevich. He was born in 1925. Drafted in 1941 by the Kolmanskiy District Military Commissariat of the Altai Territory. He served in the 2nd Belorussian Front of the 10th Artillery Regiment. In 1944 he was wounded and treated in a hospital in Perm. He was awarded of the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, medals "For Courage", "For the Liberation of Warsaw", "For the capture of Berlin." Demobilized in 1949. After the war he worked in the Kolmansk general store. Then he moved to Ordzhonikidzevsky. Died in 2005.

Lieutenant. Far Eastern Front. Holder of the Order of the Red Star and Medal for Victory over Japan

Born in June 27, 1913. Place of birth: Mikhei village Sapozhkovsky district, Ryazan region. Drafted in Sapozhkovsky regional military commissariat, Ryazan region. Rank: Second Sergeant. Military unit: 77 Guards rifle regiment of the 26th Guard rifle division was a part of the 20th Army of the 8th Guard rifle corps, Western Front. Participated in Gorodishchenskaya operation in 4 - 23 August 1942. Participated in offensive operation of the 20th Army of the Western Front, part of the Rzhev-Sychevsk operation of 1942. The goal is to defeat the Zubtsov-Karmanovskaya enemy grouping and reach the line of the Vazuza and Gzhati rivers for a further Sychovka. Died on August 5-7, 1942 Burial place: mass grave of Military memorial complex No. 69-148 New-Ustinovo village.

Mikhailenko Ivan Alekseevich, went through the war in SMERSH, participated in special operations. No photographs in military uniform kept

Maslov Mitrofan Makarovich served the whole war in intelligence, war correspondent, wrote poetry for a military newspaper. He was awarded of medals "Combat Service", the Order of the Red Star. The photo was taken in 1944

Sakharova (Kondratyeva) Valentina Mitrofanovna was born in a repressed prosperous peasant family. She was brought up in an orphanage, where she was placed with her sister. Then they were sent to an orphanage in Siberia. Valentina served the whole war as a signalman at the headquarters of the Western Front, under the command of Marshals Rokossovsky and Zhukov The photo was taken on March 1942

Gorshenin Favstian Antonovich, railway troops. Missed in action.

Leonid Timofeevich Kondratyev, a signalman, missed in action in 1941. Was captured, escaped. The photo was taken in May 1941

Platoon Assistant Commander of the 1st company of the 39th battalion of the 4th RifleDivision, May 1941, Kutaisi, Georgian SSR: Leonid Kondratyev, Klimenko, Dmitriev (from left to right)

Editorial office of the newspaper "Defense of the Motherland", Blagoveshchensk, photo by A. Voloshenko

Born in 1909. Place of birth: Kurgan region, Kirovsky district, Malaya-Okunevo village. Medal "For Combat Service", two Orders of the Red Star, the Order of the Red Banner, "For Victory over Germany."