Artillery

Dolev Alexander Mikhailovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Our great-grandfather, grandfather and father Dolev Alexander Mikhailovich was born on June 23, 1923 in the village of TORGOVOE Talyzino in the Sechenovsky district of the Gorky region in the family of rural postman Dolev Mikhail Ivanovich and his wife - Doleva (Katkova) Anna Andreevna. There were three children in the family:Tatiana (military nurse), Alexander and Yuri when the Great Patriotic war began, Alexander was only 18 years old. He had a right hand injury and could not take direct part in the fighting, but in March 1942 he was called up by the Borsky RVC of the Gorky region, joined the red army as a cadet of the accelerated course of the Arzamas machine-gun and mortar school, which he successfully graduated in November 1942 with the rank of second Lieutenant of the red army. From November 1942 to August 1947, Alexander Mikhailovich served in the Moscow military district, in the remote Kirov forests, in the military anti-aircraft school as a platoon commander.Graduates of this school during the great Patriotic war were girls-anti-aircraft gunners-defenders of the sky . Just like all the people who remained in the rear, Alexander Mikhailovich lived and served under the harsh laws of wartime - every minute he was ready to repel any enemy attack, repeatedly transferred funds to the needs of the front and donated blood for wounded red army soldiers. None of our relatives will deny the fact that during the great Patriotic war, Alexander Mikhailovich played a huge role in the fate of his younger brother Yuri Mikhailovich, practically determining his fate as a future career artillery officer in the Soviet Army. Dolev Yuri Mikhailovich was the youngest son in the family and at the beginning of the war was still young to go to the front.He helped on the collective farm, herding horses and breaking them. In 1943. his older brother Alexander, who served in the Moscow region, took the sixteen-year-old Yura to the unit.Yuri remained there as the son of the regiment.A few months later, he was enrolled in the Tbilisi artillery school. He went to the front in April 1945. Yuri Mikhailovich connected his later life with artillery. After the end of the great Patriotic war, Alexander Dolev remained in service in the active army. At the end of 1946, Alexander Mikhailovich was awarded the Medal "for the Victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945" and awarded the next rank of Lieutenant in the Soviet Army. From August 1947 to February 1952, he served as an officer of the district military Commissariat on November 09, 1953, Dolev Alexander Mikhailovich was dismissed to the reserve. Alexander Mikhailovich finished his studies at the Gorky Construction technical school, which was interrupted by the war. On may 7, 1955, Alexander Mikhailovich married Doleva (Smirnova) Tamara Ivanovna. In 1956, they had a daughter, Marina. In the following years of his life, Alexander Dolev was an excellent specialist in his profession. For many years, he worked as the head of the design and estimate group in the Gorky territorial resort administration, as well as the chief project engineer at the Gorkovgiproselkhozstroy design Institute. Alexander Mikhailovich does not have as many military awards as real front-line soldiers, but the Motherland also noted his modest participation in those harsh and merciless years. Alexander Dolev died suddenly on April 20, 1986, at the age of 62 . Sokolov: (Doleva) Marina (daughter), Maxim (grandson), Ekaterina - 11 CL., Moscow (great-granddaughter).

Demin Ivan Kornilovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Sergeant Branch of the armed forces: coastal defense and air defense Artillery, coastal units, aviation of the red army AND Marine forces border guard of the NKVD Division: 4th anti-aircraft artillery of the lower Dniester order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky division great-Grandfather was called up in 1942. He fought in the 40th Guards division of the anti-aircraft battery. participant of the battle of Stalingrad, blocked the crossing of the Volga. He recalled that " ... from morning to evening and even at night, the Germans bombed the city on the Russian river. Soviet troops suffered heavy losses. Soon we were taken to the rear for replenishment, and then transferred to the don front. At Kletskaya station we were expected to have heavy fighting, but we also pretty battered the Germans and stood on the defensive. Did not retreat, stood to the death before the order to attack. And on November 19, 1942, our troops went on the offensive. The fire of our guns destroyed manpower and equipment in enemy defense positions. The encirclement of the German-fascist troops began. A radical change in the war has come. Already as part of the 3rd shock army, his regiment liberated the Donbass. The fighting was heavy, with heavy losses, and only 12 of our 76-man brigade remained. Do not forget the heavy fighting for Dmitrievka, the city of Shakhty. Everywhere could be seen traces of the atrocities of the Nazis. The shafts were filled to the top with the corpses of Soviet civilians. During the liberation of Zaporozhye, we were expected to fight hard. Our brigade liberated Nikolaev, Odessa, and Crimea. Participated in the encirclement of the Yassl-Kishenev group. He also liberated cities in European countries. At Warsaw, we broke through the deep-echeloned defense and crossed the German border. They suffered heavy losses. They buried their front-line comrades. Our beloved regimental commander, Lieutenant Colonel Sazonov, died here. I reached the Oder. We took the city of Kyustrin. The Germans, fleeing, did not even stop the military plant. The machines were working, but there were no people. He took part in the storming of Berlin, led street battles in Karlhost, knocked out the remnants of the Germans after the surrender of the Berlin garrison. German soldiers not wanting to surrender, hiding in warehouses and factories, hiding under the manholes of the sewers. On the night of may 7 to 8, we sheathed the guns. How much joy and shouts of "Hurrah!" were at the news of the capitulation of the fascists! I was lucky enough to be in the security of the building where the act of unconditional surrender was signed. That's how the war ended for me. And today I can't help remembering all the horrors of war. I will not forget those who were drowned by the Nazis on barges in Odessa, who were burned in the furnaces of the Polish Treblinka concentration camp. I remember the burned villages and cities and the moments that separated me from death, and my dead commander, and the tears of widows and children. I remember everything, and I want peace more than anything else, so that what our generation has experienced will never happen again.»

Dobatkin Valentin Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Second Lieutenant. Branch of service: Artillery. Colonel of justice V. I. Dobatkin, honored lawyer of Russia. Valentin Ivanovich Dobatkin was born on December 8, 1923 in the village of Betino in the Kasimovsky district of the Ryazan region in the family of the Director of a rural school. He finished the 10th grade in Moscow in 1941, from where he was called to the front soon after graduation. He first fought in the rank of private, was sent to Stalingrad. At the end of the battle of Stalingrad, commander of the 62nd army of the Stalingrad front V. I. Chuikov summoned Valentin Dobatkin and two other soldiers - the only ones left alive out of the thousands of men who were first recruited into their brigade - and said that he had no moral right to send them to the West to continue fighting, and that the best reward for them would be a referral to study at the guards mortar and artillery school. Valentin Dobatkin finished the war with the rank of second Lieutenant, was awarded numerous orders, medals and distinctions, including the medals "for military merit", "for the defense of Stalingrad", "for the victory over Germany", the order of the great Patriotic War of the 1st degree", the order of the red star. After the war, V. I. Dobatkin entered the Military Law Academy in Moscow, where he graduated with a gold medal and then served for many years in the military Prosecutor's office. Honored lawyer of Russia, Honorary worker of justice of Russia Colonel Valentin Ivanovich Dobatkin retired from the post of Moscow city military Prosecutor, head of the military Prosecutor's office of the Moscow garrison. The war hero died after a long illness - a consequence of the wounds of the battle of Stalingrad - on February 25, 2008. The memory of him is alive among his students, colleagues and relatives.

Domanov Vladimir Vasilyevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Sergeant. Branch of service: Artillery. Division: 238th rifle Karachevsky red banner order of Suvorov and Kutuzov division. Vladimir Vasilyevich was called up for war on August 25, 1942 by the Kurkinsky district military enlistment office in the 693rd Artillery regiment of the 238th red banner Order of Suvorov division, formed in the city of Arzamas as a radio operator. From September 1, 1942 to March 31, 1943, he participated in combat operations on the Kalinin front. From April 1, 1943 to October 20, 1943, he participated in the fighting of the Bryansk front, and from October 20, 1943 to April 24, 1944 in the first formation of the Belarusian front, and from April 24, 1944 in the second formation of the Belarusian front. In the battles with the German invaders in the winter of 1945, Vladimir Vasilyevich showed courage and ability to fight. March 26, 1945 with the destruction of the Danzig enemy, replacing the incapacitated telephone operator, in a severe artillery fire, eliminated six gusts lines of communication across the Dead Vistula, thereby ensuring seamless connection of the battery commander with the infantry and firing positions. For skilful fighting and courage, he was awarded the order of the Red star. In the battle for the city of Danzig on March 31, 1945, while in the infantry battle formations, under heavy enemy fire, he continuously kept in touch with firing positions. In this battle, he was wounded by a shell fragment, despite the wound, he continued to maintain radio contact, not leaving the battlefield until our infantry reached the Baltic sea. For excellent combat actions, he was awarded the Order of Glory, III degree. After the war ended, Vladimir Vasilyevich served in Germany for two years. He was also awarded the order of the Patriotic war II degree, medals for the capture of Konigsberg and for the victory over Germany, as well as other awards.

Danchenkov Fedor Semyonovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Colonel Fedor Semyonovich Danchenkov was born on November 6, 1914 in the village of Zhukovo, Orel province (now Dubrovsky district, Bryansk region). In addition to him, the family had three younger brothers. Ancestors Danchenkova was from the don Cossacks. In 1934, Fedor entered the Kiev artillery military school. After graduation, he was sent to serve in the small Ukrainian town of Fastov. There Lieutenant Danchenkov met a girl Tamara with the unusual surname Senator. She was Polish and became his lifelong friend. Fyodor Danchenkov received his baptism of fire in 1940 during the Soviet-Finnish war. For his courage and heroism, he was awarded the medal "for bravery". The Great Patriotic war began. Heavy bloody battles, huge losses, retreat… In September 1941, Fedor Danchenkov was surrounded. Dirty, overgrown, wounded in the thigh he arrived in German-occupied Dubrovka, where lived his cousin Michael Bravely. Gradually, Danchenkov began to create a partisan detachment, recruit cadres to fight in the deep underground, send his people to work in the local authorities created by the Nazis (village elders, district Council, police). In the spring of 1942, Danchenkov took his detachment to the Bocharovsky forest, to the base already established there by the commander of another partisan detachment, Nikolai Ustinovich Borodynkin. In April, the first Association of several small detachments took place in a large one, which took the name of the legendary civil war hero Chapaev. Captain F. S. Danchenkov became the commander of the Chapaev United partisan detachment. In October 1942, by order of the commander-in-Chief of the partisan movement K. E. Voroshilov, the partisan brigades of the Kletnyansky forest were created. Captain F. S. Danchenkov was appointed commander of the First Kletnyansky partisan brigade, and political Commissar I. K. Gaidukov became Commissar. By the fall of 1943, the brigade had already United more than 3 thousand partisans. Fedor Danchenkov's mother and younger brother, Mikhail, fought in the brigade. The partisan movement provided significant assistance to the red army in expelling the enemy. After the liberation of the Bryansk region, brigade commander Danchenkov with most of his forest Avengers went to the front and as part of the 324th upper Dnepr red banner rifle division of the 50th army and smashed the enemy to complete victory. After the war, F. S. Danchenkov served in the Group of Soviet troops in the GDR. Despite the workload, it maintained close liaison with the guerrillas-"dancetime" and was always ready to come to their aid. After retiring, Danchenkov lived in Kiev. Until recently, he was actively working on Patriotic education of young people. In his spare time, Fyodor Semyonovich liked to work and relax in the country. He died on May 8, 1989, just one day short of another great Victory Day. In Dubrovka, the memory of the legendary brigade commander F. S. Danchenkov and I. K. Gaidukov is revered. They were the first in the history of the village to be awarded the title of honorary citizens of Dubrovka. The monument, which was erected on a mass grave in the partisan capital - the village of Bochary, has a memorial plaque dedicated to the brigade commander. It is fortified in the place where the earth from his Kiev grave is buried. One of the streets of Dubrovka is named after brigade commander Danchenkov.

Dolgin Benjamin Grigorievich_x000D_ Rank: Red army soldier. Branch of military: Artillery. Division: 52nd rifle division (1st formation). On the OUTSKIRTS of MOSCOW Author - Dolgin Benjamin Grigoryevich (1916-2009), Diplomat, 1st Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee of the 1st class "My generation has experienced years of turbulent events, wars, revolutions, fundamental changes in the state structure, rapid development of science, culture, art. Those were the fighting, anxious and tragic years of our youth. Our 52nd rifle division entered the war in early September 1941 at the battle of Yelnya. Then the German troops were pushed back, 8 fascist divisions were defeated, and one of the first victories in this war was won, which later became known as the Yelninsky operation. It was part of a broad red Army operation that resulted in the failure of Hitler's "lightning war" plan in 1941. After the battle of Yelnya, they received orders to March on Smolensk. In a heated battle, the town passed from hand to hand and was almost completely destroyed. We were transferred to the city of Yartsevo, but in fierce battles the division was defeated, many of our soldiers were captured. They were selected from the environment in small groups. I happened to be a machine gunner. In the swampy forest, where my machine-gun crew was holding back the enemy's onslaught, we were hit by one of many mortar attacks. My partner was killed, and I was shell-shocked and lost consciousness. But, being physically healthy and strong, with athletic training, I soon recovered and began to move, and at this moment I came across the German machine gunners combing the forest. I heard (at school and technical school I studied German) as one of the machine gunners said: "He's breathing," and fired a round at my head. The helmet saved him from the first bullet, and the second one pierced the upper jaw, shot through the tongue and lower jaw. I lost consciousness again. I came to in the late afternoon. My face is covered in a pool of blood, my head is foggy, my right eye can't see anything. And my thoughts are moving: "I'm going to rot in the swamp here, we need to get out." I felt in my pocket for an individual package, somehow bandaged the right side of my face, put on my cap, and put my helmet in my duffel bag. Where to go? I went towards the glow of the battle. "So there are some of our people there." I entered a farmstead. On the street near the houses of women, children, old people, looking in the direction of the glow, waiting for the end of the fight. When they saw me with my head bandaged, wearing a cap and a raincoat, they realized that I was a red army soldier, wounded and looking for shelter. They did not dare to let them into the hut - and suddenly the Germans would come. One woman says: "There's a hayloft, there's already a wounded red army soldier there. Wait until morning, and then we'll see." And so, I did. His partner was agreeable. In the morning we hear Russian speech at the barn. Went out - and there are our signalmen. My friend asked: "How do I find a sanbat? » They say: "That's on our wires go."Through the edge of the forest they came to an open clearing overgrown with tall, thick grasses. It was about 70 meters to the opposite side. As soon as we stepped into the clearing, we were hit by heavy fire. Partner suggested: - come on their bellies. But I lost a lot of blood, I was shell-shocked, and I couldn't move around like a plastoon. Not thinking straight, I picked up the wire and went under the bullets. By a miracle, I got to the next edge of the forest, where our people were. Sanbat's truck was parked nearby. The soldiers who were helping to load the wounded noticed my raincoat-tent-my back was all torn and cut by bullets. But not a single bullet grazed the body. Among the soldiers helping to load the wounded, I saw a soldier Ilyichev from our company. He could not speak and wrote on a piece of paper: "I am Dolgin, and where is Volodya Koval? » Looking at my face, Ilyichev could not recognize me, but said that the battalion had suffered heavy losses and was recalled for replenishment. "Koval is right there. And you, brother, have probably already won back." A truck full of wounded men took us to the field hospital, which was set up in an ordinary shed. I was professionally bandaged and bandaged by the doctor. Then I was loaded back on the truck and sent to Vyazma, to the evacuation hospital. Lost consciousness on the way. I woke up on the surgeon's Desk. At this time, the Germans were bombing Vyazma, and the doctor decided to urgently send me to the rear on a U-2 plane along with a Colonel who was wounded in the spine. Since I could sit and the Colonel had to lie down, I was placed in a corner of the plane and we flew over the forest. Suddenly we were attacked by the Messerschmidt. But our pilot was experienced and did not let himself be shot down. Our "Duck" speed is only about 200 km, and the "Messer" - 450. Our pilot only swerves over the forest, and the diving fascist smears. So he used up his ammunition and flew away. A "Duck" quietly flew to Kalinin. So in the course of almost one day I escaped death three times…"

Dobronravov Vasily Vasilievich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Colonel Branch of military: artillery Division: 24th rifle Samara-Ulyanovsk berdichevskaya three times red banner of the order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Iron division My grandfather, Colonel Vasily Dobronravov, participated in the fighting of four wars: world war I, Civil, Finnish and great Patriotic 1941-1945.g. His first awards-the Order of Lenin, the Order of the red Star and the medal "XX years of the red Army"-he received before the second world war, which he met with the rank of Colonel, as Deputy division Chief for Artillery. This was the famous motorized rifle Samara-Ulyanovsk Berdichev Iron three times red banner orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky division, which was commanded by major General Galitsky. In June 1941, the division was in Belarus near Grodno and was one of the first to take on the enemy's attack. The soldiers and officers of the Iron fought with unparalleled bravery, but the division was surrounded, and at the military Council, the command decided to fight their way to their own, divided into three groups. The heavy weapons that my grandfather was responsible for were saved by two-thirds, and it was not cars that took them out and carried them on their shoulders, but people! These exciting episodes of the war days are beautifully described in the books of writers Belyaev (Never fade) and Polevoy (the Feat continues.). On the pages of these books, the chief of artillery, Colonel Dobronravov, is mentioned more than once. My grandfather went through the entire war, was both in the Caucasus and in Tehran, and after the war he was accepted for service in the General staff, but he asked to be sent to the troops. Not immediately, but the request was respected and at the end of the forties he was sent to Belarus, dear to his heart, as Deputy commander of the Belarusian military district for artillery. Remember, as a little girl came with her parents to visit her grandparents in Kolodishchi, where was located the landfill and grandpa's house, and how impossibly perfect, I saw my brave grandfather in a beautiful uniform! Thank you, dear, for these wonderful memories, for the clear sky above us, for our lives!!!

Dlugach Pavel Abramovich_x000D_ Rank: Lieutenant Branch of military: Artillery My uncle, Dlugach Pavel Abramovich, according to the OBD memorial went missing 06.1942 Dlugach Pavel Abramovich was born in Moscow in 1918; place of conscription: Moscow-1937, last place of service: 278 AP, Lieutenant, platoon commander of the 278th artillery regiment; member of the Komsomol; in the red army since 1937; missing 06.1942; source of information: TSAMO, information source Fund no.: 33, information source inventory no.: 11458, information source case no.: 503. Received information: 278 light artillery regiment 137 rifle division 2.7.41-31.8.41 Disbanded 278 howitzer artillery regiment 63 howitzer artillery brigade 22 artillery division 6.11.43-9.5.45 Field post station #0085 Name: 137 SD Subordination: formed by MP-41 in Gorky by 01.07.41 C 28.04.1942 participates in the unsuccessful assault on Mtsensk. During 1942, it held the defense in the same area. From the available information, it can be assumed that Dlugach Pavel Abramovich died during the storming of Mtsensk. I won't give you any deeper information. The last letter from the front of my uncle, Lieutenant Pavel Dlugach Abramovich: "July 18, 1941 Dear mother! I am writing to you in extremely difficult circumstances. Dozens of other commanders are writing next to me, and none of them knows if this letter will reach their relatives. This is the third day we are surrounded, surrounded by the Germans. 3 days ago, we could still retreat, but did not want to give the enemy an inch of our land. For three days, starting from July 15, the entire grove in which we are located is bombarded by aircraft, guns and mortars. As soon as you stick your finger out of the trench, the machine guns start scribbling. But still we hold firm. Twice the enemy tried to attack us with tanks and infantry, and twice the attacks were repulsed with losses to the enemy. The enemy lost 8 tanks, hit by our division, and 140 men of infantry. Of course, we also had losses, but the enemy gets what they deserve. Today we decided to send one scout out of the encirclement ring at night for help, and at the same time he will send our letters. If they don't capture it, then you'll get my letter. I feel good, though I was hit in the arm by a mine fragment, but very lightly, and a bullet in the chest, which is also not hard. Today is the last fight. Hundreds of my friends and subordinates, showing miracles of bravery, gave their lives for the Russian land, for the Motherland, for Stalin. The enemy is strong with technology – we are strong with the will to win. Our will will prevail. Let me be killed today in the last break from the encirclement – I know that the country will not forget me. Mother! Go to the Bauman district military Commissariat. There you should be given 300 rubles a month, every month. which will be deducted from my salary. Well, that's it. I hope I will. I kiss you, dad, Borya, Musya, Tasya, Vitya. Greetings to Mara, ..., relatives. With front-line greetings.Write back, for I know that we will break through to our own. My address is: the actions of the Red Army. [Pos]tal station No. 85, letter 3. The Dlugach P. A. July 19! I didn't have time to send the letter – they broke out of the environment!Twice wounded, but still in the ranks. I kiss everyone. Write. Pavlik".

Dolgich Ivan Petrovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Until 1940, he lived and studied on a collective farm, then, together with his mother and four brothers, he moved to Baku and got a job. From January 1941, he was assigned to the military enlistment office, where he studied military Affairs-weapons, tactics,and combat. On March 13, 1942, Ivan Petrovich volunteered for the red army. First of all, he was sent to the city of Ordzhonikidze in the airborne brigade, where he took the military oath and studied military Affairs for 12 – 14 hours. They were trained in parachuting, jump training, weapons training, combat tactics, and fire training. In may 1942, he was sent to the North Caucasus front, where he was enlisted as a gunner of the seventy-six millimeter field gun. From June 1942 to January 1943, he was on the defensive of the 32nd Guards red banner rifle division, the 80th Guards rifle regiment, and the seventy-six millimeter cannon division in the Kuban. On August 5, 1943, their regiment went on the offensive and conducted a deep-echeloned defense in the Kuban, liberating the Taman Peninsula and the city of Taman. Then he went along the Kerch Strait, moved to Kerch. On December 4, 1943, Ivan Petrovich was wounded in a fierce and bloody battle and transferred to the Taman Peninsula, where he underwent surgery. After the operation, he was sent to a hospital in Derbent, and then to Baku in a tank training regiment. In may, he graduated from the tank regimental school, after which he went to the second Ukrainian front, to Moldova and to the firing positions near Iasi. On August 20, 1944, at Iasi, he took part in a large – scale, well-prepared Iasi-Kishinev offensive, during which their regiment broke through the front, liberated Moldova and reached the Romanian border, liberating Sibiu, Ploiesti and Focsani. Ivan Petrovich recalls that in Romania they were greeted very cordially and warmly. Then the regiment reached Hungary, where on September 15, Ivan Petrovich was wounded for the second time – two armor-piercing shells hit the tank. After the operation, he was transferred to Luhansk, and then to Kislovodsk, where he lay from November to March. From the memoirs of Ivan Petrovich: "We're sleeping, we don't know anything... at about four in the morning... the nurse found a stick, banging on the door, it almost fell off its hinges. Open the door: - You why, you that?! – she goes: - Guys, the war is over!, - we, as I remember, were lying on the beds, all jumped on this sister, a few minutes were in this state… I can't even tell you." After the war, Ivan Petrovich was sent to Pyatigorsk in a tank training regiment to train as a driver.

Dunaev Nikolai Grigoryevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Was born in September 11, 1924 in the village Neverovo (Nevedrova) Korohodsky parish of Ivanovo-Voznesensk uyezd, Ivanovo-Voznesensky province, in a peasant family. When the boy was 11 years old, his father died, as the eldest of the children, Nikolai helped his mother raise two younger sisters and a brother. I managed to finish only 7 classes. In July 1940, he began working at a local collective farm. In August 1942, he was drafted into the Red Army by the Seredsky (now Furmanovsky) district military Commissariat and sent to study at the 1st Gorky tank school. On August 25, he was enlisted in the training regiment as a cadet of the 1st training mortar company of the 3rd separate reserve mortar battalion. Here, on September 20, he took the oath, and in October joined the Komsomol. In January 1943, after completing his studies with the rank of Junior Sergeant, he was sent to the North-Western front. The combat path began on January 10, 1943 as the commander of the 120-mm mortar calculation of the 528th rifle regiment of the 130th rifle division. His regiment at this time was fighting in Zaluska district of the Leningrad region. Soon the division was transformed into the 53rd guards for combat success. In further battles of the guards, Sergeant Dunaev continued to fight as the commander of the mortar company calculation of the 12th separate guards red banner battalion, awarded the "Excellent gunner" badge. In February 1943, the division participated in the liquidation of the Demyansk group of the enemy (awarded the order of the red banner), in March - in the old Russian operation of the North-Western front. In the area of Staraya Russa, it fought defensive battles until December 1943. In January 1944, the division is loaded into echelons and sent towards Leningrad, where it ends up on the day the blockade is lifted. The division is part of the Leningrad front. Here she led an offensive in the Pskov direction, on the "Panther line". For the difference in these battles of the guard, Sergeant Dunaev received the first military award-the medal "for bravery". From the order of the regiment commander about the award: "...for the fact that from July 12 to 14, 1944, in the battles in the area of height 99.6 near the village of Kalinkino, Pushkin district, he destroyed a German observation post with accurate mortar fire and suppressed the fire of the enemy's company mortar." From August 1944, the division fought in the 2nd and 3rd Baltic fronts. Participated in the Baltic strategic, Tartu and Riga offensive operations. For participation in the battles, the division was given the honorary name of Tartusskaya, the 159th rifle regiment (in which Dunaev fought) was awarded the order of the red banner. At the final stage of the war, parts of the division fought to eliminate the enemy's Kurland group (Latvia). For skilful command of the calculation in these battles of the guard, Sergeant Dunaev was awarded the order of Glory of the III degree. From the award list: "December 23, 1944 when breaking through the heavily fortified enemy defenses near the village of Petermuizha (Latvian SSR), his team participated in General artillery preparation, thanks to the skillful fire control, the calculation was destroyed: 3 enemy machine guns with their calculations, 1 company mortar, a direct hit in the German trench was disabled up to a platoon of German infantry, which thus ensured a breakthrough of defense and successful advance of the rifle units of the regiment." Victory day was celebrated on the outskirts of Liepaya (Latvia). After the war, he continued to serve in his division, which was re-formed into the 1st guards rifle Tartu red banner brigade and relocated to the city of Kovrov (Vladimir region). In 1946, he graduated from the evening Department of the school of party activists in the city of Kovrov. Demobilized in March 1947. I returned to my native village. His fellow villagers elected him Chairman of the collective farm. From 1957 to 1960, Dunaev studied at the Ivanovo Soviet party school, after which he entered the Correspondence Higher party school under the Central Committee of the CPSU in Gorky, from which he graduated in 1965. After the organization of the state farm "Dulyapinsky" in February 1960, he was appointed Manager of the 2nd Department. In April 1964, he was appointed Brigadier of complex brigade No. 4. In October 1964, he was elected Secretary of the party Committee of the state farm "Dulyapinsky". In 1969, he moved with his family to the village of Dulyapino. In December 1976, he was appointed acting Chairman of the Dulyapinsky village Council (approved on June 19, 1977). Will work in this position until September 1979, released due to retirement from singing on disability. Lived in the village of Dulyapino. He died on July 18, 1987. He was buried in the cemetery of posleka Dulyapino. Awarded the order of the Patriotic war I-th degree (11.03.1985), Glory III-th degree (18.01.1945), the medal "for bravery" (22.03.1944), jubilee medals.

Dubrov Gavriil Nikolaevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Gavriil Nikolaevich Dubrov in 1942, having received a certificate of secondary education, was called up by the Apanasenkovsky RVC in the Red Army and sent to the training regiment of Junior commanders. After taking the oath of office, with the rank of senior Sergeant, squad leader, as part of a marching company, he was sent to the 876th artillery regiment. He went through the battle path from the great Russian river Volga to Berlin. Gavriil Nikolaevich said that the battles at the front were difficult and bloody, but for him they were the most brutal on the Kursk bulge in July 1943 and the Berlin operation in April 1945. - On the Kursk bulge there was a deadly battle from sunrise to dark. Guns and mortars thundered. Everything was shaking from the roar of tanks and exploding shells and mines. There were hundreds of planes in the air, and everything was on fire. After heavy artillery and air training, field communications were disrupted, and it was necessary to restore it in hell, losing signalmen in open areas, under the bullets of enemy machine guns and mortars. On July 12, 1943, we launched a counteroffensive and liberated the city of Orel on August 5. Then there were bloody battles during the crossing of the Dnepr, the liberation of Kalinovichi, Bobruisk, Kovel, Lublin, the crossing of the bug river, the Vistula, the liberation of Warsaw and the storming of Berlin. In defeated Berlin, Gavriil Dubrov and his military friends signed on the walls of the Reichstag: "Stavropol residents, the victory is ours". Gavriil Nikolaevich Dubrovu had the honor to participate in the first post-war Victory Parade in Berlin in June 1945 in the area of the Reichstag and the Brandenburg gate. The parade was hosted by Marshal of the Soviet Union G. K. Zhukov, commander-in-Chief of the group of Soviet troops in Germany. Gavriil Dubov is also a participant in the Victory Parade in Moscow on red square in honor of the 55th anniversary of the great Victory over Germany.

Demyanenko Ivan Nikitovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Demyanenko Ivan Nikitovich – my great-grandfather, with whom I, unfortunately, have never been personally acquainted. However, my grandfather, Viktor Ivanovich Demyanenko, told me a lot about his father, including his exploits in the war. Ivan Demyanenko was born on September 12 (new style – 25), 1917 in the village of Alekseyevka (now-Bilmaksky district of Zaporozhye region of Ukraine) in the family of a peasant. In 1935, he graduated from the pedagogical technical school in Berdyansk, after which he worked as a teacher. In 1939, Ivan Nikitovich was called up to serve in the Workers 'and peasants' Red Army. In 1941, he graduated from the Moscow artillery school. Since the same year-on the fronts of the great Patriotic war. By October 1943, senior Lieutenant Ivan Demyanenko was commanding a battery of the 399th howitzer artillery regiment of the 2nd guard’s howitzer artillery brigade of the 1st guards artillery division of the 65th army of the Central front. Distinguished himself during the battle of the Dnepr. October 15, 1943 near the villages Krupeika and Shitzy Loyevsky district, Gomel region, Belarusian SSR in the part of the assault team Demyanenko was one of the first crossed the Dnepr and took an active part in the capture of the bridgehead. By correcting the artillery fire of his regiment, he helped to successfully repel counterattacks and hold the bridgehead. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 24, 1943 for "exemplary performance of command assignments at the front against the German invaders and displaying courage and heroism" Lieutenant Ivan Demyanenko was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the order of Lenin and medal "gold Star" No. 2315. After the end of the war, Demyanenko continued to serve in the Soviet Army. In 1958, he graduated from the Central artillery officer course. In 1960, with the rank of major, he was retired to the reserve. Lived and worked in Lviv. He died on November 23, 1978 and was buried at the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv. Honorary citizen of Ternopil. A bust of Demyanenko was installed in Alekseyevka. Awards and titles: - the title Hero of the Soviet Union.Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 24, 1943; - order of Lenin; - Gold Star Medal No. 2315; - Order Of The Red Star. Order of the commander of artillery of the 13th army No. 37 of September 8, 1944; - Order of the red Star. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Ukrainian front No. 80 / n of June 8, 1945; - Order of the red Star. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1955; - Medal "for the victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945". Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of may 9, 1945; USSR Medals.

Elimbayev Michail Fedorovich Rank: Lieutenant military Branch of military: Artillery Division: 27th rifle Gdynia red banner division" My soul will live as long as I am remembered...", - Mikhail Fedorovich Elembayev. Born Michael F. Alimbaev in November of 1912 in the village of Kandas-Whitey Novotor district. He was two years old when his father died in the first imperialist war. Mikhail Fedorovich had a difficult life. All the transformations took place before his eyes and with his direct participation. He graduated from the Yoshkar-Ola teachers ' Institute and taught mathematics. He witnessed the collectivization of agriculture, was on the front line of the great Patriotic war, and participated in the post-war restoration of the national economy. He returned from the war with the order of the Patriotic war II degree, the order of the Red star and medals. In peacetime, labor and anniversary awards were added to the combat awards. At the age of 70, he began to keep brief records of the main milestones of his difficult life. In them, he tells about his mother and the years of study, youth, work in schools in Novotoryalsky district, the elimination of illiteracy among the population and, of course, the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945. Fragments of memories ... to the North, to the army. I was drafted into the army at the end of 1940. He served on the farthest-North-Western border of our homeland on the Kola Peninsula, where the long polar night was replaced by the polar day. I first saw the edge of the sun on February 28, 1941. And in June, it was a full polar day. The sun was no longer sinking below the horizon at all. Our generation had a very strong Patriotic spirit. We loved our Homeland and were proud of improving the life of our people. Both in the ranks and in their spare time, they sang a lot of drill songs. And it sounded in the far side: If tomorrow is a war, if tomorrow is a campaign, If the dark force descends… As one person, the entire Soviet people will stand up for the Motherland. On alert. On June 22, our platoon with two machine guns was taken to the border to reinforce the 6th border post. Even though we were trained in combat skills, we weren't really prepared to face our enemies properly. Many even never fired live ammunition, did not know how to load and throw live grenades. I, too, have never fired my Maxim at a target before. A week later, a thick fog descended on the coast of the Barents sea. The Germans took advantage of this and surrounded us on three sides. And the fourth Patsanski Bay. For three days and three nights we fought, trying to get out of the encirclement. We lost a lot of fighters. The order came: "submerge the machine Guns and ammunition and swim out of the encirclement."We descended from the rocky shore and just managed to sink the machine guns, as the Germans opened heavy fire on us. We fired back for a while. And when the tide came in, when they were up to their necks in water, there was only one way out - to swim to the middle of the Bay, so that enemy bullets would not reach them. Canvas boots and a roll coat pulled down. I rolled onto my back and kicked them off. It was hard to swim. I rested in the water, lying on my back, and swam on. And so, for more than two kilometers, until it reached the coast of the Sredny Peninsula. Our Small Earth. From 33 soldiers of our platoon, only seven were left alive. In the unit, we were considered missing and my mother was sent a notification about it. On the other Bank we met other members of our thinned battalion. I was given a machine gun again. Our unit held the defense on the Sredny and Rybachy peninsulas. The Germans then tried to block the Northern fleet and the 14th Army from the Mainland, to occupy Murmansk. We prevented them from achieving this goal. Everyone knows about Malaya Zemlya on the black sea coast of Novorossiysk. And here was our Northern Small land, we defended it stoutly. We kept in touch with the outside world. We managed to defend Arkhangelsk and the approaches to Murmansk. Either a bullet in front or a bullet in the back! On the ridge of Musta-Tunturi, which separated the Kola and Sredny peninsulas, in August 41, the fascists dominated, constantly firing at us. And our command decided to take this height. All week there were fights for the hill. Once I was called to the headquarters and ordered to take seven soldiers with me, creep up under the ridge unnoticed and support the planned assault on the hill. Ten more fighters were waiting for us there. After consulting, we decided to go into a bayonet attack. But the Germans saw through our plan and drove us off the cliff with heavy fire. The second attack was also unsuccessful. I was called to the phone, the order was harsh: "Take the hill! Either a bullet in front or a bullet in the back!» No exit. We collected as many grenades as possible, took them from the dead soldiers, put them in their pockets, gas masks and grenade bags. Two light machine guns were placed on the flanks. They launched a grenade and machine-gun attack. We took the hill! We took a break, ate, and rested. But the Germans came to their senses and started firing at us again. Get a grenade, fascist… A German grenade hissed and spun around me. Out of fear, I grabbed it and threw it away. It exploded in the air. This moment was a turning point for me: I started throwing German grenades. For a while I ran, playing with death like a snowball. And when I looked around, there was no one in front or behind us. I noticed two pairs of boots behind a block of rock. Who, I think, managed to come running before me? I jumped up to them-and right into the mess of blood. Here lay our dead soldiers. I was immediately followed by a burst of machine-gun fire. Well, I guess I'm finished, too. I still had three grenades left. But how do you know where the enemy machine gunner is shooting from? Without getting up, he placed one corpse on top of the other and pushed it forward. The German noticed, gave a turn. The bullets ricochet off to the side. It became clear that the machine gunner was hiding in 18-20 meters behind a large stone. There I threw two grenades one after the other...a few seconds later our people started a mortar attack. Suddenly I felt as if I had been hit with a heavy crowbar – a large fragment of a mine hit my pelvic bone. While I was still conscious, I crawled behind a block of rock. I don't remember anything further…This happened on August 20, 1941. And two days later, in a thick fog, I was found by a medical instructor and, shifting to a raincoat tent, dragged under the hill. From there, they were transported on a stretcher to the regimental medical unit on the Rybachy Peninsula. Then there was the convalescent battalion. And again, in front! The music didn't last long. Testingthe direction. Here we were given fur coats, felt boots and warm underwear. After changing clothes right in the snow, we went to the combat guard. Our firing point was in a swamp. It was in three rolls and masked by the ground. It was very low, you couldn't even sit down. An embrasure was made for the machine gun. Machine-gun fire knocked down the trees in front, made a blockage and mined. We didn't have to wait long: the Germans went on a psychic attack – in full-length formation and with music and songs. At the beginning of the war, they often resorted to such intimidating actions. After taking a comfortable position, we have opened a dagger-flanking fire. More than 70 German soldiers were killed in this battle. Only then did the Germans stop their psychic attacks.There were successes in other battles, and they defended well in other areas. For the victories in these battles, our division was awarded the guards rank. Now I am a warrior guardsman. In the sights of Finnish snipers After the hospital, because of the second wound, I was sent to a Lieutenant's course. Then - the Karelian front, the REBOL direction. Appointed commander of a mortar platoon. Here we had to fight against the Finns.This front stretches from lake Ladoga to the White sea. In the summer, swamps and lakes created great difficulties, and in the winter, Finnish soldiers, standing on skis, flew at our rear garrisons. They were very good skiers, and they were excellent shooters. In the Finnish forests, we had to act as partisans: we blew up bridges, enemy warehouses, etc. The enemy was strong, efficient. Their air force was particularly dangerous. Northern Malaya Zemlya suffered many hardships and losses, being left without support from the Mainland. We had to starve, there was not enough ammunition, medicines...In spite of everything, the Soviet soldiers fought heroically for the Motherland, for the victory. But it was necessary to pass all five fatal years before it. Thank you, mother, I was never afraid of Death. I always kept the last bullet for myself. He returned home with the order of the Patriotic war II degree and the red star. My mother accompanied her three sons to the war, giving them a hunk of bread, which she asked them not to part with under any difficulties. It must have been her charm. Then I found out thatevery day she went out into the open field and prayed to God for us. Thank you, mother. All three returned from the war. However, the older brother Grigory is without an arm and I am with two wounds… ... Memories of the war Mikhail Fedorovich ended with the message that a year after the war, he and Marusya – Maria Fedorovna created a family. This was the beginning of a new, family, peaceful life...

Erdniev Pyurvya Muchkaevich He was born on October 15, 1921 in the Khutsyn-Tolga tract of IKI-Bukhusovskaya parish of Maloderbetovsky aimag of Kalmyk region in the family of a farmer-chiropractor. In 1940, he was consceipted to the red Army. He met the war as a cannoneer on the Western borders. He faced the first battle in July 1941 as a vehicle’s gunner of a 45-mm gun near the city of Berdichev in Ukraine. The calculation of the tool was ordered to destroy the enemy landing force by direct aim, which took an advantageous fire position on the water tower. The task was completed, but with heavy losses among our not yet shot young guys. In 1941, he received his first wound - in the head. After recovering in the hospital, he returned to the front line. In the autumn of 1941, his battery fired at the enemy, who occupied the right shore of the Dnepr, in the area of the island "Khortytsia". We also had to experience the difficult days of the red Army's retreat. After another treatment in the hospital, soldier of the red army P. M. Erdniev was sent to the courses of Junior Lieutenant-gunners, after the end of which he returned to the front and was appointed platoon commander of the Guards fighter-anti-tank artillery regiment. He participated in heavy fighting in East Prussia. He was seriously wounded in the offensive battles near the city of Goltap as part of the 3rd Belorussian front, and later in the hospital, his leg was amputated. The Victory day was celebrated in the hospital in Ivanovo. He was awarded many medals and two orders for his feats in the great Patriotic war: These are World war I and II degrees. After the war, he found his family and married Bula Badmaevna, with whom he has been lived for more than 50 years. They had two sons and three daughters. The sons became teachers, and the daughters became doctors. In 1945, Pyurvya Muchkaevich entered the Barnaul pedagogical Institute at the faculty of physics and mathematics, where he studied only with "excellent marks. In 1949, he worked as a teacher and head teacher of a seven-year school in the village of Nechupaevo in the Shipunsky district of the Altai territory. In 1959 Purva Mackevich defended his Ph. D. thesis: "Development of self-control skills in teaching mathematics" at the Academy of pedagogical Sciences in Moscow. From 1957 to 1964, P. M. Erdniev worked as a senior teacher and associate Professor at the Department of mathematics methodology of the Stavropol pedagogical Institute. And since 1964, head of the Department of algebra/geometry and methods at the Kalmyk pedagogical Institute, later Kalmyk state University. In 1973 Pyurvya Muchkaevich defends his doctoral thesis: "Problems of intensification of mathematics education" in Alma-ATA. On may 14, 2005, the Erdniev family won the "Family of Russia" award in the "Dynasty" category for continuity in scientific activity. Academician Erdniev is one of the most famous Russian teachers, the name of the famous scientist is known far beyond the country's borders. It is a true symbol of the nation, its pride and love. The list of well-deserved awards of the academician is long: order "Badge of Honor" - 1966, title "Honored scientist of the Kalmyk ASSR" - 1972, title "Honored worker of the RSFSR" - December 1981, member of the specialized Council for the defense of doctoral dissertations-1985-1990, full member Of the Academy of pedagogical Sciences of the USSR-1989. (currently, member of the Russian Academy of education, and is also an expert on mathematical education in the Russian Federation), the government of Kalmykia Republic has established a prize of academician Erdniev - 1992, the title of "Honorary citizen of Kazakhstan" - 1995 for achievements and years of diligent work by the decree of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin awarded the "Order of Friendship" - July 29, 2002

Romanov Fedor Vasilievich_x000D_ _x000D_ Romanov Fedor Vasilievich was born in the village Karlinskoye of Mainskiy district in the Ulyanovsk region. He told his family about his life during the war with tears in his eyes. In January 1944, the Kuzovatovskiy RVC of the Ulyanovsk region called him up for service, which took place in the first training rifle regiment of the 37th guards 842 artillery regiment, in / h 16424. Junior Sergeant, Fedor V. Rumasov, having passed a difficult path as part of the 8842-artilleryregiment of the 309th rifle division of the 1-st Ukrainian front, under the leadership of the great commanders-in-chief of the Soviet Army, General of the Army N. F. Vatutin, marshals of the Soviet Union G. K. Zhukov and I. S. Konev. taking part in such combat operations as "Korsun-Shevchenko offensive operation" (24 January 1944 - 17 February 1944), "the 2-nd blow (defeat) on right -bank of Ukraine" (1 Feb 1944 - 31 Mar 1944), "Proskurovo-Zhmerinskaya offensive operation" (4 March 1944 - 17 April 1944), "the Defeat of the Germans in Western Ukraine in July-August 1944" (1 July 1944 - 31 August 1944), "Lvov-Sandomierzkaya offensive operation (Operation 6-th shot)" (13 July 1944 - 30 Aug 1944), "the Fighting at the Sandomierzkaya bridgehead" (August 30, 1944 - January 12, 1945), "Sandomierzko-Silesian offensive (January offensive of the 1st Ukrainian front)" (January 12, 1945-January 28, 1945), "Lower Silesian offensive" (February 8, 1945 - February 28, 1945), "March offensive of the left wing of the 1st Ukrainian front (Oppelnskaya operation)" (March 15, 1945-March 31, 1945), "Berlin offensive" (April 16, 1945 - may 8, 1945), "Prague offensive" (may 6, 1945 - May 11, 1945), together with their colleagues broke through the enemy's defenses, inflicted heavy losses on the German and Romanian armies, defeated the Korsun-Shevchenkovskay and Nikopolskaya groups of the enemy, liberated the right-bank Ukraine, and also created conditions for the complete expulsion of the Germans from Ukraine and Belarus. The troops of the 1-st Ukrainian front completely cleared the Western Ukraine of the German-fascist invaders. They captured a powerful bridgehead on the Wisla river in the Sandomierzkaya region, created conditions for a further offensive into Poland and Czechoslovakia, allied to the Soviet troops, as a result of which the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and equipment. They defeated the enemy's Brodsky group of eight divisions, reached the Wisla river and, after crossing it, captured a bridgehead on the west Bank in the Sandomierzkaya area. Thanks to the persistent defensive battles with the enemy, which were going on the offensive by the forces of tank divisions with infantry, the front troops defeated more than one enemy division, completely cleared the southern part of Poland, reached the Oder river and transferred military operations to German territory. After that, the troops of the right wing of the front, breaking through the German defenses on the Oder river, advanced westward, encircling the garrisons of the cities of Glogau and Breslau, in April 1945 destroying the garrison of Glogau, and on may 7, 1945 agreed to the surrender of the garrison of Breslau. Also, the troops of the 1st Ukrainian front defeated the enemy in the Oppelnskiy salient. Thus, after defeating the enemy's Stettin group, the front troops ensured the offensive of the 1st Belorussian front's shock group on Berlin from the north and by May 6, 1945 reached the Stralsund, Wismar line, East of Schwerin, Grabow, and the Eastern Bank of the Elbe river to Wittenberge. Together with the troops of the 1-st Belorussian 1st Ukrainian front, defeated and destroyed the main forces of the 9th army and the 4th tank army of the enemy, and by may 2, 1945 captured the capital of Germany - the city of Berlin. With the capture of the city of Berlin and the defeat of the entire German army on May 8, 1945, Germany capitulated. The troops of the 1-st Ukrainian front liberated the capital of Czechoslovakia (the city of Prague) and, in cooperation with the troops of the 4th and 2-nd Ukrainian fronts, liberated the entire country from the German-fascist invaders, defeated and captured army group Center. As commander of arms of the 9th battery of Artillery Regiment Red 842, Romanov Fedor for a fight in the city of Breslau, destroyed the offices of enemy infantry, causing for his service to the Motherland in 1945, was awarded the medal "For Courage", Order of the Patriotic War 2-nd degree, "For Victory over Germany".