Rogov Vladimir Grigoryevich_x000D_ _x000D_ He was born on July 1, 1918 in the village of Izbishche, Zemlyanskiy district (currently. Semilukskiy) in Voronezh region. In 1937, he graduated from the Zemlyansk Pedagogical College with a degree “The teacher of elementary school”. In 1938, he was called up for military service and sent to study at the military artillery school of communications in Ashkhabad, where he studied from September 1938, and graduated in July 1940 with the rank of Lieutenant. In the same summer of 1940, after a short vacation, he left for military service in a part of the destination. He took part in combat operations in the period from October 1941 to October 1943 as part of the 830th Rifle regiment and the 99th Guards artillery regiment of the 47th Rifle division, from January 1941 to January 1942 as a Deputy company commander. Participated in the defense of Moscow in 1941-1942 From the stories of V. G. Rogov about the defense of Moscow: "It was a very difficult time. Our military unit was surrounded near Moscow. Cracking frosts, although they played into the hands of the Soviet troops, but made life difficult for them. It was not only cold, but also hungry. Those products that were dropped to Soviet soldiers from planes were often blown away by the wind to the location of German units. I had to eat the meat of dead horses. They cooked it at night, because during the day the Germans opened fire on every smoke they saw. Some of them were surrounded for two months. They left the encirclement through a narrow corridor that was shot through by the Germans. "for participating in the Heroic Defense of Moscow, V. Rogov was awarded the medal "For the Defense of Moscow", which was awarded to him only in 1970. During the liberation of Kiev, the regiment in which V. G. Rogov fought operated in the Kiev direction. "Part of the crossing of the Dnieper, provided communication, preparing for the liberation of Kiev, - said Rogov V. G.-it Was in the winter, the crossing was bombed by the Nazis. The ice turned to crumbs; ice floes reared up in the way of Soviet soldiers. After the crossing, the remaining soldiers and commanders lay in the snow for two hours, waiting for the command to attack. And surprisingly, none of the soldiers and officers fell ill after this crossing." During this crossing, Rogov V. G. drowned in the Dnieper planchette (officer's bag), which included awards received by this time and award documents. At the end of 1943, Rogov V. G. was wounded, and from January 1944 to June 1944 he was treated in the reserve of the 3-d Ukrainian front. Soviet troops were moving West, liberating Soviet land and foreign countries from the Nazi invaders. Rogov V. G. took part in the storming and capture of Budapest, and was awarded the medal "for the capture of Budapest". The words from his favorite song "the Enemies burned down their native hut":".... and on his chest shone a medal for the city of Budapest", always took them to heart, it is clear that everything experienced in the war seemed to pass through the heart at this moment. Another song was very much loved and revered by him - "Cranes", and always while listening to these songs, tears appeared in his eyes. The victory was met by captain Rogov V. G. in Prague, but the war in Czechoslovakia did not end on may 9, and the unit in which he fought with the unfinished fascists on the territory of Czechoslovakia. Then their military unit was sent to Austria, where in June 1945 the military camp of the Soviet troops "Kaufholz" was formed near the city of Alensteig. For participation in the second world war Rogov V. G. he was awarded along with all the medal "for the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" in August 1946, Rogov V. G. was discharged from the military unit No. 1349 of the anti-Aircraft artillery regiment. In the post-war years, Rogov V. G. worked in rural schools of the Semilukskiy district as a primary school teacher, head teacher, and then the Director. In 1960, he graduated from the Voronezh Pedagogical Institute with a degree “German language Teacher” and worked at the school of s. Izbishche Semilukskiy district, and then in the village of Kurbatovo Nizhnedevitskiy district as a German language teacher.