The Great Patriotic War

Shamraev Fyodor Zakharovich. Berlin, 1945

Great-grandfather returned from the war a disabled person of group I. Vladimir Akimovich was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, the Medals "For Battle Merit", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War", "For Valiant Labor" and five jubilee medals.

2nd Kletnya Partisan Brigade was created in October 1942 from scattered detachments of Bryansk and Smolensk partisans (Commander A. N. Galyuga, Commissar P. V. Lebedev). The brigade consisted of four battalions and numbered more than a thousand people, actively interacted with the Command of the 43rd Army and the recon department of the Reserve Front. Since March 1943 the 2nd Kletnya Brigade was commanded by T. M. Korotchenko.

Soviet military units on the way to the town of Rossosh, Voronezh region, liberated from the Nazi invaders

Chernov Fyodor Afanasievich during the Great Patriotic War. Photo was given to the library by his granddaughter Oksana Kostyuk

Pilot. Senior Lieutenant. Native of Krasnaya Pustyn village, Sergach District. Fought in the Baltics."

Senior Sergeant. In Red Army since 1936. Participant of the Great Patriotic War since September 1942. Member of All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks. Had three wounds. Awarded the Medal "For Courage", the Order of Glory 3d class

Soviet Army units on the way to the city of Rossosh, Voronezh Region, liberated from the German-fascist forces during the Great Patriotic War

Major. Participated in the Battles of Khalkhin Gol from spring to autumn 1939 on the territory of Mongolia against the Japanese aggressors. Then he fought as part of the tank brigade on the Hills of Manchuria where our Army under the command of Marshal Zhukov defeated the Japanese in August 1945. He was awarded two Orders of the Red Star."

Yurov Sergey Mikhailovich (1921-1979). Born in Kozhino village, Sergach District. Graduated from the anti-aircraft school in Gorky city (Nizhny Novgorod). In 1941 he was 20 years old. He rose from Lieutenant to Major General of Artillery. He died at the age of 58 in Kharkov where he taught at the Military Academy.

Shevkun Ekaterina Anisimovna with her husband Lukyan Yakovlevich. Shevkun (Volkova) Ekaterina Anisimovna (1921-2007). She was born and lived until June 1941 in Slantsy town, Leningrad Region, on the border with Finland. In the first days of the war she was evacuated with her mother and one-year-old son to the home front. Her first husband, a military pilot, perished in the first days of the war in air battles (but as it turned out after the war the information was incorrect due to confusion, he survived and found her after the war when she was already in her second marriage). She was sent to Chufarovo village, Sergach District. Home Front Worker. Decorated with numerous awards.

Tsepelev Valentin Andreevich, Lieutenant. Served in ground forces. Participated in the liberation of Leningrad

Born in 1907, Kupay village. Drafted into the Army in 1941, Kirovo. Private soldier, artillery tractor (gun transporter) driver. Participated in battles near Leningrad in the 6th Battery of the 101606th Regiment. In 1943 he was wounded in the bombing. Awarded the Medals "For Courage", "For Victory over Germany"

Born 17.05.1925, Kupay village. Drafted into the Army 13.02.1943, Kirovo. Rifleman, 13th reserve. At the end of 1944 he was enlisted in the 113th Guards Rifle Regiment, in a recon platoon. He was wounded in the right thigh 25.01.1945. Since April 1945 - boat motorman (boat mechanic), 142nd River Emergency Rescue Squad (in Berlin). Since January 1947 - Petty Officer (Starshina) 2nd class, boat motorman, Leningrad Ship-Lifting Detachment. Since April 1950 - Petty Officer (Starshina) 1st class, Keeper, 1st Expeditionary Ship-Lifting Detachment. Transferred to the reserve in April 1954. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, the Medals "For Capture of Berlin", "For Victory over Germany", two medals "For Battle Merit", etc.

He got to the front in 1942 and was a scout during the war. He crossed the Dnieper. Was wounded and shell-shocked. Reached Berlin and left an autograph on the Reichstag walls. Awarded Orders and Medals.