Rank: Red Army Soldier _x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery _x000D_ Subdivision: 74th Guards Rifle Lower Dnieper Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnytsky Shchors Division. _x000D_ _x000D_ Thirteen years have passed since my father, Ivan Savelievich Svyatogor, died, a man of rare kindness, sincerity and great love of life, a veteran World War II, an eternal worker who lived a decent life and left only good and warm memories of himself. His fate was not easy, he had to go through a lot, but my father was always an example for others. _x000D_ Immediately after leaving the High School, he went to the front, fought in the 62nd Army under the command of General Chuikov, walked from Stalingrad to Berlin. _x000D_ It was very hard, sometimes they went hungry for several days, they fell off their feet from fatigue and fell asleep right on the cold ground. Fate kept his father, for all the years he was only shell-shocked, but the war left a mark on his heart for all his life, because very many comrades remained on the battlefield. The two brothers did not return from the war. _x000D_ After the end of the war, my father graduated from the pedagogical institute and devoted his whole life, almost 40 years, to teaching, heading the Peretinskaya School. He taught physics and mathematics at School. In addition, he did a lot of social work, was an excellent organizer, handyman and painted well. _x000D_ My father never sat idle: he built a new house, landscaped it, loved to be in the forest, fish with a rod, loved working with wood. It so happened that at the age of 45 he was left alone, his mother unexpectedly died, and the family had 5 children. _x000D_ Lord does not give trials that cannot be endured. With his second wife, Evdokia Andreevna, they raised and brought up all worthy people. At that time I was 4 years old, and, as the youngest, I got more love, care and attention. The oldest sister, Lyubov, lives in Transbaikalia in the Chita region, already retired, is engaged in housekeeping, brings up grandchildren. Valentina is in Ukraine, she is also a pensioner, but she leads an active lifestyle, works a lot, does not sit still. Sister Tamara and brother Alexander live in Bryansk, work, raise children, help raise grandchildren. _x000D_ We have a wonderful family, friendly and cheerful, we never fight, because there is simply no reason. Like fingers on one hand, we hold tightly to each other, and this is probably the great merit of our parents.