The Great Patriotic War

Yuri Eremeev, 1943

Photo shows my father, Private of 144th Infantry Regiment of 49th Infantry Division of 2nd Guards Army , a participant in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Evdokia Pavlovna Drozdova, my grandmother, was born on 03/07/1926. During Great Patriotic War she lived with her parents and sisters in the village of Krysovshchina, in Kirov region. In 1941 she turned 15 years old. She worked along with adults in the collective farm, helping the front from the rear. She was awarded "Participant of Labor Front".

Galtsev Sergey Alexandrovich, my great-grandfather, was born on September 20, 1909. When Great Patriotic War began, my great-grandfather, along with millions of Soviet citizens, went to the front. After the war, he came back home. I am proud of my great-grandfather! A human lives in the memory of his descendants. Eternal glory to heroes!

Alexey Petrovich Anshakov, my great-grandfather, was born in 1912. When Great Patriotic War began, my great-grandfather, along with millions of Soviet citizens, went to the front. My great grandfather is MIA. He was one of many those who, at the cost of his life, saved the world for us. A human lives in the memory of his descendants. Eternal glory to heroes!

Cherepkova Olga Stepanovna, captain of the medical service, 1945, Leipzig

Shmatchenko Igor Grigorievich, brother of Ekaterina Grigorievna (photo taken 07/18/1941, veteran of Great Patriotic War.

Shibalov Evgeny Timofeevich, Sergeant, before leaving for front (portrait), 1942, Sverdlovsk.

Shibalov Evgeny Timofeevich with fellow soldiers at the celebration of Victory Day in Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, 1945, Vienna

Shurupov Dmitry Ivanovich (on photo: first left standing) with Andrei and Alexei, his friends, August 1945. Shurupov Dmitry Ivanovich was born in 1915 in Penza region. Took part in action from November 1942 to May 1945, in the fronts of Great Patriotic War. Awards: Medal For Military Merit, Medal For Capture Berlin, Medal For Liberation Of Warsaw, Medal For Victory Over Germany In Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.

Chubenko Alexandra Andreevna. War time photo. Story unknown

Khasanov I.B. (middle), May, 1945. East Prussia

Logvinov Andrey Borisovich was born on 10.10.1921 in the village of Rozhdestvenka, Timsky district, Kursk region. He is Veteran of Great Patriotic War, participant of Victory Day parades in Moscow. Having started his combat path in Ukraine (in June 1941), he finished in Berlin in May 1945 . He took part in the storm of the main residence of the enemy - Reichstag. He was awarded orders and medals, such as Order of Red Star, Order of Patriotic War of I and II class. He died on April 13, 2009. On the wall of the house on Sovetskaya Street, where A.B.Logvinov lived for many years, a "Memorial plaque" was installed in 2010. He was awarded title of "Honored Citizen of Pristensky District" in 2006.

Churilov Ivan Kuzmich was born in 1902, in the village of Gorodishche in Soviet district. He graduated from Timsk Pedagogical School. He was appointed to the village of Fitizh, Lgovskiy district, then transferred to the Breeding School, where he worked as a mathematics teacher and head teacher. He married Nina Kharitonovna Kozyrenko in 1936. He was drafted by Lgovskiy district military commission to Red Army in September 1941. Churilov, technician-lieutenant, served in Chemical Reconnaissance during entire war and was head of chemical laboratory. Ivan Kuzmich worked hard preparing divisional chemists, took part in training of freelance chemical instructors, observers and chemist-recons

My two grandfathers. My father's father, Vasily Abramovich Chuikov, born in Kursk region, made his way through entire war and returned with Victory. His family is big and strong and includes two sons and a daughter, seven grandchildren and many great-grandchildren…. My mother's father, Fesenko Emelyan Dmitrievich, born in Belgorod region, was chairman of a collective farm in the village of Kolomytsevo, Belgorod region before the war. His wife died of typhus before war began, he was drafted and never came back. MIA. Date of death and place of burial are unknown…