Artillery

Valinurov Hamit Mullagalievich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red army soldier Type of troops: Artillery My grandfather Valinurov Hamit Mullagalievich (my mother's father). Born on 09.01.1915 in the village of Karachevo, Mishkinsky district. On December 5, 1938, I married my grandmother, Amina Kalimullina. Later they had 9 children. Grandfather was called up for the war as an artilleryman on November 17, 1942 in the 536th anti-tank fighter regiment. He was injured. But the War went through to the end. After the great Patriotic War, their echelon was sent by train to the Japanese war. Demobilized on July 1, 1946. Awarded Orders: Order of the red Star, order of the Patriotic war 2 degrees. Awarded the medals "For military merit", "For defense of Stalingrad", "For victory over Germany" "For victory over Japan", "For capture of Koenigsberg", "For valiant labor", "Veteran of labor", "20 years of Victory in great Patriotic war", "25 years of Victory in great Patriotic war", "30 years of Victory in great Patriotic war", "40 years of Victory in great Patriotic war", "50 years of the USSR Armed Forces", "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR". His wife Valinurova (Kalimullina) Amina Kalimullinovna (my mother's mother) was born on September 15, 1918 in the village of Karachevo, Mishkinsky district. Awarded with medals: "Medal of motherhood 1 class" a "Medal of motherhood 2 degrees", "Maternal glory 3 degrees", "50 years of Victory in great Patriotic war", "For valiant labor in great Patriotic war". The grandfather died on October 19, 1992, among his children, wife, and grandchildren. My grandmother died on August 19, 2002. By that time there were 4 great-grandchildren. We are very proud of them.

Vakhtin Timofey Nikolaevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: red army soldier. Branch of service: artillery. Division: 16th artillery Kirovograd red banner order of Suvorov breakthrough division. Vakhtin Timofey Nikolaevich-grandfather (on the father) of my maternal grandfather. He was born in the TRANS-Urals in 1893, in the village of Polovinnoye, Polovinsky district, Kurgan region, in the family of a well-to-do peasant. This village, incidentally, is the birthplace of the TRANS Gatchina who had moved there from Arkhangelsk...Namesakes there-exactly half, if not more. He was called up for war in 1914. He was captured, returned, was dispossessed after the revolution, worked as a blacksmith. On March 27, 1938, he was arrested. Tried by the Troika of the NKVD in the Chelyabinsk region on November 5, 1938, on charges of counter-revolutionary activities, as a German spy... Article execution: article 58 points 2, 9, 11. Sentenced: to 3 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property in favor of the state. Released before the war. In 1942, he was mobilized to the front. Being an age-old grandfather who passed the PMV, German captivity and camps, he enjoyed authority among young fighters, although he served as a private...He told how he fed his colleagues a fallen horse when there were food shortages on the front line - they could not overcome their disgust for carrion... But war is war... Yes, when Timofey Vakhtin was fighting at the front, his wife-Olimpiada - was also in the camp, on charges that she dug up a bucket of potatoes in her garden in order to feed my grandfather (the law on three spikelets). So, a German translator was killed at the front... The commander was informed that Vakhtin had once questioned a captured Fritz...so Timofey Vakhtin also became a translator, participating in interrogations of prisoners and languages. In gratitude for this, the commander of the unit petitioned for the release of his wife from the camp... Of the military awards, my great-great-grandfather had only one: the medal "for bravery" from 27.02.1945, received for personal courage in the battles for the city of Budapest. The feat consisted in the fact that being a loader of a mortar under enemy fire destroyed two enemy machine guns... I think that there were more exploits, but the reputation of the anti-Soviet, I think, played a role in the fact that the medal was one... The wife from the camp, thanks to the request of the commander, was released early and even given a house from the collective farm (not the one that was taken, of course, but still)... My grandfather was rehabilitated on August 17, 1989 by the Uralvo military Prosecutor's office. His son, Anton Timofeyevich, also fought, was wounded, and died early. My grandfather, born in 1932, a home front worker - during the great Patriotic war, he also worked for the front as a child.

Vereshchagin Ivan Mikhailovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Military branch: Artillery Occupied Odessa on the eve of liberation. A group of boys aged 14-15 are looking forward to the arrival of our units. And here is the long-awaited day: Soviet troops under the roar of guns enter Odessa... Vanya Vereshchagin did not remember his mother, his father was killed in the fighting near Kharkiv, and his younger brother was raised by his father's sister. And he decides to go to the front. Requests to enlist him as a volunteer in the army are refused everywhere. But he does not deviate from his intention, his hatred for the fascists and love for the Motherland are too great, and, finally, he achieves enrollment in a separate machine-gun and artillery battalion. On June 6, 1944, Ivan Vereshchagin received his first baptism of fire in Moldavia near Iasi. So began his military biography. He serves as a signalman. The unit in which Ivan Mikhailovich Vereshchagin served (106 SK 500 opab 159 UR 4 Ukrf), fought in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Germany. One point: in the front-line documents, he was born in 1930. In the post-war passport, the date of birth was 1929. I remember him saying that he added his age after the war in order to reach adulthood faster, but it is impossible to say exactly where this age difference came from now. "Having been demobilized in 1952, senior reserve Sergeant Ivan Vereshchagin goes on a Komsomol ticket to restore the mines of Donbass destroyed by the Nazis. The country needed coal. Everyone worked regardless of time, and here Ivan needed front-line training. And in 1959 - again on the road. Ivan Mikhailovich goes to the construction of a large chemical plant in Krasnoyarsk, then to the Orenburg region, where he works for three years on the construction of a Nickel-cobalt plant as a crawler crane driver. The end of 1969. The cry rang out across the country: "All - for the construction of KAMAZ, the greatest construction of the ninth five-year plan!" In December, Ivan Mikhailovich was going on vacation, and the Builder's heart pulled him to Naberezhnye Chelny to see what KAMAZ Is. I came, looked, and stayed in Chelny. I didn't want to be on the sidelines of such a great cause. At first, he worked in Spetsstroy, and since mid-1970 In the Department of construction mechanization as a crane driver DEK-25. A high sense of duty and responsibility for the assigned task, great effort and experience distinguished Ivan Mikhailovich in his work. At the Engine plant, he drilled the first wells for drilling piles. At the car Assembly plant, he worked until the complete delivery of the case. For his good work, he was awarded the title of "Drummer of Communist labor" and "Drummer of the ninth five-year plan". He received dozens of certificates and commendations for conscientious work." From an article in the newspaper "Banner of communism" may 14, 1975, Wednesday. - No. 75 (2478). - P. 2.

Varlakov Pyotr Pavlovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Sergeant. Branch of service: Artillery. Varlakov Pyotr Pavlovich, was born on December 26, 1921 in the village of Vilkino (Kurgan region). Drafted into the Red Army 2.06.1941 Kirov RVC of the Kirov district of the Chelyabinsk (now Kurgan) region. He held the military rank of Sergeant, served as an artilleryman, chemical engineer 3/65 Light Artillery Narva red banner orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov 2nd degree brigade, and later Deputy. Gun commander of the 1st battery of the 1263 Army anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the red banner RGC. He took part in the Patriotic war on the following fronts: from 9.09.1941. on 25.09.1941, the Leningrad Front, where near Staraya Russa on 25.09.1941, was seriously wounded, then was in the hospital for treatment. From 6.06.1942 - the South-Western Front, the Stalingrad Front (awarded the medal "for the defense of Stalingrad"), the don Front, the Central Front, the First and 2nd Belorussian Fronts. My grandfather was twice awarded the medal "for Bravery", and this medal was most appreciated by ordinary soldiers who participated in the second world war! Here are brief, concrete statements of my grandfather's personal combat feat, according to the award lists and front-line orders: "Sergeant Varlakov, working as a Deputy commander of the gun, proved to be a brave and courageous warrior. On the front of the Patriotic war since 1941. In the summer offensive battles of 7.08.1944, performing a combat task for air defense, guided crossing over the river. Vistula in the area of the village of Lucine (Poland), when the protected object and OP were under continuous art. with the enemy's mortar fire, the gun crew of Sergeant Varlakov bravely repelled enemy air raids, as a result of which one enemy aircraft was shot down – Junkers-87. Total on the account of recalculation where the Deputy. commander of the gun tov. Varlakov is listed as 3 downed enemy aircraft. Sergeant Varlakov took an active part in the ground defense of the stationary radio station of Nauen, at the time of defense, he skillfully led the personnel, dragging the entire staff of the orud to combat exploits. calculation's. For the courage and bravery shown in the fight against the German invaders, I present to the Government award of the order of the Red Star.""In the battle for the city of Berlin on April 28, 1945, as a gunner, rolled out the gun on direct fire and opened fire on the enemy's submachine gunners. On the same day was put out of action the gun commander. Tov. Varlakov took command of the gun. Under heavy enemy fire, he rolled the gun over the bridge to the West Bank of the canal and continued to fire. As a result, he destroyed 2 enemy machine guns and 4 faustnikovs, which ensured the advance of our infantry. For his courage and resourcefulness in battle, he is worthy of the Government award medal "for Bravery" ..." my Grandfather ended the war in Germany in 1946. He returned Home to his wife, with whom he had 6 children, honestly worked as a combine harvester on the Mayak collective farm in the Yurgamysh district of the Kurgan region, and was a front-runner. He died early, on November 19, 1967, of a heart attack - affected by the wound and military trials. Remember! Proud!

Vakula Viktor Semyonovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Title: Sergeant Branch of the army: Artillery Division: 28th artillery division breakthrough In the 1365 th anti-aircraft artillery regiment, he fought for three years-until the victorious 1945. With the rank of senior Sergeant, he commanded the radio division of the regiment's control platoon. Was awarded the order "red Star", medals "For military merit", "For the capture of Warsaw", "For capture of Berlin", "For victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945". Dream about the sea were not forgotten. In 1950, he graduated from the Leningrad higher marine engineering school (lvimu) and received a diploma as a shipmaster engineer. And became an ice Navigator, and then a captain in the Murmansk shipping company.As a Junior Navigator to first mate Viktor Semenovich went on the icebreaker "Sibiryakov" and "Krasin". Captain became on the icebreaker "Captain Voronin". In 1968, having distinguished himself with courage and professionalism, he was appointed captain-mentor of the icebreaker fleet. The order " Badge of Honor "and the badge" Honorary polar Explorer " is the best characteristic of a sailor who led caravans of ships on the Arctic routes. The civilian Navy is not very generous with rewards."Captain Sorokin" under the command of Vakula distinguished himself in February-March 1978. This modern Finnish-built vessel delivered more than 72 thousand tons of cargo to Tyumen oilmen in Yamal for the first time in winter conditions. In April, on the Yenisei, the same icebreaker provided ice wiring for the Pavel Ponomarev and Navarin diesel-electric ships in the most difficult conditions. On their Board, cargo that is extremely necessary for the Norilsk metallurgical plant arrived in the port of Dudinka.The entire local population came to the rally on this occasion. The event was worth it: "Captain Sorokin" marked the beginning of year-round navigation in the Western Arctic! And its captain Vakula was awarded the highest government award — the order of Lenin. In 1981. Viktor Semyonovich was gone. The body of the honored captain was buried in St. Petersburg. But his name did not go into oblivion. July 29, 1983 it appeared on Board the ship, built by the German shipbuilders "Warnow-shipyard" in Rostock. On the first flight, during the call to Murmansk, the crew of the Captain Vakula met with Viktor Semyonovich's wife and son. Captain Semyon Liberov assured them that the ship will be worthy of the memory of their native man-the conqueror of the Arctic seas. Vakula Vs is a friend of my grandfather Nazarenko Ivan Semyonovich, also a war veteran.

Volchkov Dmitry Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Branch of service: Artillery. Division: 56th guards rifle Smolensk red banner division. My grandfather, Dmitry Ivanovich Volchkov, was a surprisingly kind, modest and peaceful person, he lived a long and honest life. We, the grandchildren, he never told about the war, we only knew from my grandmother that my grandfather was wounded at the front, and she herself had a hard time alone with small children, especially when the Nazis entered the village, burned houses, took residents prisoner... And in peacetime, Dmitry Ivanovich worked as an accountant for the state Bank of Moscow. Rudni, at the same time was an absolute silverless man, very much loved his young wife Anastasia, children Lilya and Misha. The war was a real shock for the family, as well as for the entire nation. In 1943, at the age of 47, my grandfather was called up to the front, fought in the 258th guards rifle regiment of the 56th guards rifle division, was wounded, was awarded the medal for military merit and the order of the Patriotic war II degree. After the victory, he returned home to his native village, and in 1947. the youngest daughter Valya was born - my mother. After the war, my grandfather worked as an accountant at the Grankinsky peat technical school, but his salary was not enough for anything. To feed themselves, they kept a cow, chickens, and planted a vegetable garden. I remember my grandfather was able to weave very comfortable and strong baskets from willow vines, all the neighbors went to him for baskets, or to beat off the scythe, or fix something. His hands were Golden. And he was also a book lover, he could not see well in his old age, but he did not part with the book. That's how I remember it... Grandfather lived for 90 years, when he was seen off, a lot of relatives, neighbors and residents of other villages gathered, so everyone loved and respected him. Eternal memory!

Voitov Mikhail Kononovich_x000D_ Rank: Sergeant Branch of the army: Artillery Division: 311th Dvina red banner rifle division of the order of Suvorov. Mikhail Kononovich Voitov was born in 1907 in the village of Fursin, Kursk province (now Belgorod region, Novooskolsky district) in a large peasant family. He was called up to the front on 02.07.1941. After a short course, the fighter was sent, as part of the same recruits as he was, near Smolensk (Yartsevo), to contain the fascist troops that broke through. He was wounded in the leg in the battle. He was taken to a hospital near Moscow, then to Novosibirsk. He was treated for a little more than 6 months. After recovery, as part of a marching company, he was sent to the Volkhov front. There, he was assigned to the 855th artillery regiment, which joined the 311th rifle division. With this regiment and division passed the entire war. Its main battle route: liberated Novgorod, Libau (Latvia), Stettin (Poland), Warsaw (Poland), Germany (Altkonstrinchen, Eberswalde, hammer, Liebenwalde, Falkental, Hermendorf, Alt-Ruppin, Krenzlin, Neustadt, Studenitz, Glezen, Kvitzebel). In the town of Kvitzebel on the Elbe river, (may 3, 1945) there was a meeting of the advanced units of the 311th division with the Americans. Michael Kononovich was a direct participant in this historic event. This ended the fighting of the division. He received his first medal "for bravery" on the Volkhov front for the fact that".... in the battle in the Korbusel area from July 22 to July 30, 1943, under heavy artillery and mortar fire of the enemy, he corrected 30-40 communication gusts per day, which ensured uninterrupted communication of the observation post with firing positions. In this battle, he was shell-shocked, but refused to leave the battlefield, although he had permission to do so... " this is indicated in the award document. Then there was a second medal "for bravery" for fighting in the area of Uskibye-Lonna also on the Volkhov front. My father received the order of Glory, 3rd class, for providing communication across the Oder river. He died at the age of 87.

Verkhovykh Pavel Mikhailovich_x000D_ Rank: Junior Sergeant. _x000D_ Branch of service: Artillery._x000D_ Unit: 1st guards rifle division. _x000D_ _x000D_ Pavel Mikhailovich Verkhovykh was born on January 16, 1927 in village Gerbil of the Galkinsky district of the Kurgan region. For some time he was brought up in the Galkin orphanage, where he graduated from four classes of school, and then remained without this shelter – so as a boy for the time being and wandered between courtyards. _x000D_ Then he left, or rather, escaped from starvation to Magnitogorsk, where a woman sheltered him. He worked at the Magnitogorsk collective farm "Kharkiv", helped the hostess around the house, and she took care of him as if he were her son. However, hunger plagued here, and so Pashka decided to go to the front, adding an extra year and thinking that it was better to die in battle than to perish from hunger. _x000D_ He was thin and small: the hunger of his military childhood had affected him. He had four brothers and four sisters, but no one saw him off, he did not write to anyone, because after the death of his mother, fate scattered everyone to different orphanages. Pavel got to the 1st Belorussian front. _x000D_ From November 1943 to may 1944, he joined the military unit "36 reserve artillery regiment". From may 1944 to February 1946, he was a machine gunner in the "137 guards rifle regiment". Senior comrades took patronage over a very young soldier, protected him, and taught him military skills._x000D_ Pavel Mikhailovich went all the way to Berlin, through Poland. He had no serious injuries. He described more than one circle around the Reichstag, but he did not leave a memorial record on it: he was illiterate, and there was no "empty" space on the building – everything was covered with writing. I believe that my great-grandfather was a hero, because he was a direct participant in the historical events of our country. He finished his service 5 years after the end of the war. He served in Germany in the 62nd mechanical regiment as a driver of a wheeled armored personnel carrier from February 1946 to April 1949, then in military unit No. 52806 as a squad leader from April 1949 to November 1950.

Voevodskiy Peter Gerasimovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Lieutenant Colonel branch of service: Artillery commander Peter gerasimovitch was drafted into the Red Army from Moscow in 1939, served in the Western Ukraine. At dawn on June 22, 1941, their artillery unit stationed near the city of Rivne was bombed by German aircraft. The troops retreated, firing hard and occasionally getting surrounded. But they kept their howitzer until it was fully released near Kiev. My father hurt his back and it hurt him for the rest of his life. Then forces for the defense of the city were hastily formed near Kiev. For almost two months, my father, voivodsky P. G., participated in these battles and only in September 1945, by the decision of the commander-in-Chief, the city was abandoned. My father came from near Kiev in a group of troops led by General I. H. Bogramyan, for whom my father had a great respect all his life. Later, the Pope was awarded the medal "for the defense of Kiev". After the relocation, my father took part in many military operations, one of the most terrible, according to his memories, was the Oryol – Kursk operation, in which more than a million people took part on both sides. He clearly remembered how the ground trembled under his feet. For participation in those and subsequent battles, he was awarded the order of the red Star and the order of the Patriotic war of the second degree. At the end of the Great Patriotic War, voivodsky P. G. took part in the East Prussian operation in 1945. For many years, he recalled the high fortress walls of Konigsberg, the desperate resistance of the fascists, how hard it was to go into battle and how terrible it was to die in the last days of the war. In 1945 my father provincial Peter Gerasimovich, was awarded the order of the great Patriotic War of the first degree, medals for a capture of Konigsberg, and "For victory over Germany in the great Patriotic War of 1941-1945". After the war dad continued to serve in the armed forces, has been awarded several national awards and in 1961 he retired. In 1962, he returned to Moscow.

Stepan Stepanovich Velma_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Senior Lieutenant Type of Troops: Artillery._x000D_ _x000D_ My father, Stepan Stepanovich Velma, graduated from the Kharkov Chemical-Technological College of the People's Commissariat of the Defense Industry of the USSR as a technician-technologist-pyrotechnician in 1939. He was drafted into the army in July 1941 with the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. He was a Technician-Lieutenant of the military acceptance at plant number 12 of the USSR People's Commissariat of Ammunition at the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command._x000D_ _x000D_ The plant manufactured the “Katyushas” and other advanced weapons. The plant tested the equipment and immediately sent it to the defense of Moscow and other frontlines. Stepan Stepanovich was proud of the medals "For the Defense of Moscow" and "For Victory over Germany"._x000D_ _x000D_ He was sent to Germany in 1946 at the Nordhausen Institute in Bleicherod and Sommerd to study German V-2 missiles. Nordhausen is a Soviet institute established in February 1946 to study German V-2 missiles in the city of Nordhausen (Germany). The Nordhausen included three factories for assembling V-2 missiles, the Rabe Institute, the Montania plant, which was engaged in the manufacture of engines for the V-2, and a bench base in Leesthen, where fire tests were carried out, as well as a plant in Sonderhausen, which assembled control system equipment._x000D_ _x000D_ Director – L.M. Gaidukov, Chief Engineer – S.P. Korolyov. V.P. Glushko headed the department for the study of V-2 engines. The institute worked until 1947. In 1949 Stepan Stepanovich Velma was dismissed from the ranks of the Soviet Army due to illness.

Vadyukhin Pyotr Yakovlevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Title: Senior Sergeant military Branch: Artillery Ivan Porfiryevich Vorobyov was born in a peasant family in d. Maksimava Shuya district of the Vladimir province (now the village does not exist). In 1931, he graduated from six classes. In 1932, he joined the collective farm "Borets". Called up for service in the army on November 17, 1937. While on duty, he participated in the physical culture parade on red square in 1940. I remembered how during the preparation for the parade, participants were heavily fed carrots, forced to sunbathe so that their skin had a healthy tanned appearance. In May 1941, he was discharged from the service. And in June 1941, he was mobilized due to the beginning of the war. He served in the great Patriotic war as an assistant platoon commander in the 524th heavy gun artillery regiment (until January 1942), then as a platoon commander (until 1946) in the 37th guards gun artillery regiment. At the end of the great Patriotic war, he was transferred to continue his service in the Far East but did not participate in combat operations. Retired on May 13, 1946. In the military ticket, the post-war entry "Rank-guard senior Sergeant". He ended the war in Vienna. He remembered how impressed he was by the city's architecture; how Russian soldiers, trapped in wine cellars with large barrels, shot at the barrels with a machine gun and caught the trickles of splashing wine with their mouths. Awarded the order of the Red Star, medals "for bravery" (1944), "for the defence of Moscow" (1946), "for the capture of Vienna" (1946), "for the victory over Germany" (1946), jubilee medals.

Vorobyov Ivan Porfiryevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Title: Senior Sergeant military Branch: Artillery Ivan porfiryevich Vorobyov was born in a peasant family in d. Maksimava Shuya district of the Vladimir province (now the village does not exist). In 1931, he graduated from 6 classes. In 1932, he joined the collective farm "Borets". Called up for service in the army on November 17, 1937. While on duty, he participated in the physical culture parade on red square in 1940. I remembered how during the preparation for the parade, participants were heavily fed carrots, forced to sunbathe so that their skin had a healthy tanned appearance. In may 1941, he was discharged from the service. And in June 1941, he was mobilized due to the beginning of the war. He served in the great Patriotic war as an assistant platoon commander in the 524th heavy gun artillery regiment (until January 1942), then as a platoon commander ( until 1946) in the 37th guards gun artillery regiment. At the end of the great Patriotic war, he was transferred to continue his service in the far East, but did not participate in combat operations. Retired on may 13, 1946. In the military ticket, the post-war entry "Rank-guard senior Sergeant". He ended the war in Vienna. He remembered how impressed he was by the city's architecture; how Russian soldiers, trapped in wine cellars with large barrels, shot at the barrels with a machine gun and caught the trickles of splashing wine with their mouths. Awarded the order of the red Star, medals "for bravery" (1944), "for the defense of Moscow" (1946), "for the capture of Vienna" (1946), "for the victory over Germany" (1946), jubilee medals.

Vlasov Nikolai Dmitrievich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Junior Sergeant. Branch of service: artillery. Division: 64th rifle division (1st formation). Junior Sergeant of Guards Nikolai Dmitrievich Vlasov, born in 1924, a native of the Chuvash ASSR, Shemurshinsky district, called up by The Shemurshinsky Regional Military Commissariat in August 1942, demobilized in 1947. He fought as part of the 134 guards artillery regiment, 64 guards rifle division of the Leningrad front as an artillery gunner. The following battle rewards are added to the account card: 1. Medal "for bravery" № 333940, TSAMO, f-33, f.a-686044, i-18254712, feat 22.07.1943-28.07.1943, 31.07.1943. Duty station: 134 GV. AP 64 GV. SD Lenf. Date of the feat: 22.07.1943-28.07.1943, 31.07.1943. Place of the feat: USSR, Leningrad, the Neva river near the 8th hydroelectric station Arbuzovo. Rank: Red Army guard. Operation Iskra (1943) (liberation of Leningrad). Rewarding of the gunner of the 6th battery – guard of the Red Army, VLASOV Nikolay Dmitriyevich, because he, in battle fromm 22 till 28.07.1943 year in the area of hydro electric power station Arbuzovo, thanks to the precise aiming of his weapon, destroyed 5 Bunkers, 3 observation posts and 3 machine-gun nests of the enemy. 31.07.1943 year when conducting artillery fire on the enemy, the latter began to conduct counter-battery fire on the strong point of our battery. Comrade VLASOV, risking his life, continued to shoot from his gun, without reducing the pace and accuracy of shooting. 2. Medal "for bravery" # 2400511, TSAMO, f-33, o-686196, z-25431669, feat 22.10.1944-24.10.1944 Place of service: 134 GV. AP 64 GV. SD Lenf. Date of the feat: 22.10.1944-24.10.1944. Location feat: Estonia, Finland, Moonsund archipelago, the Peninsula of sõrve. Title: red army soldier Unomzund operation (1944) (liberation of Estonia). Awarding of the signalman of the 6th battery-guard of the red army Nikolai Dmitrievich VLASOV, For the fact that he was in the battles with the German occupiers in the area of the p/o SYRVE from 22 to 24.10.1944 three times corrected the telephone communication between the NP battery commander and the OP under heavy mortar and artillery fire by the enemy, communication in his area worked smoothly.On the Syrve Peninsula, the following units of German troops were defeated: the 23rd, 218th and 215th infantry divisions, the 531st and 532nd coastal defense artillery divisions, the 583rd security battalion, and others. The enemy lost up to 7 thousand people killed and about 700 prisoners. The KBF sank or damaged about 100 enemy vessels. Hanila Vald laenemaa, Estonia Latitude 58°32 ' 36 "N (58.543402) Longitude 23°38' 10 "E (23.635996) 3. Medal "for the defense of Leningrad", TSAMO, f-424, o-10247, Z-1537220736. 4. Order of the Patriotic War second grade, No. 86.

Andrey Dmitrievich Vodolazov_x000D_ _x000D_ Title: Sergeant Branch of the army: Artillery. This was an old soldier Vodolazov. There are events over which time has no control, and the further back the years go, the clearer their greatness becomes. Such events include the Great Patriotic war. When you look back at the historical path of the country, get acquainted with the fate of our people, make sure that the predictions about the fate of Russia are true – it is immortal. Any other state would not have withstood a tenth of the trials that our compatriots have befallen. What is the secret of life force? The strength of any state is in its citizens, in their ability and desire to protect their native land, to work honestly and creatively. The fate of a country and a citizen are inseparable. These are words about the older generation of my family – my great-grandfather. Andrey Dmitrievich Vodolazov – my great-grandfather, was born on September 3, 1916. His childhood was difficult, as he grew up without parents. His father died in the Civil war, and his mother died when he was 11 years old. He had to live on a farm, where he worked as a feeder: he fed the cattle, and in the summer, he worked as a shepherd. Everyone felt sorry for the early orphan, people helped in any way they could. In 1936, the Peskov district military enlistment office called him up to the Black sea Navy, where he served for 5 years on a cargo boat “Wolf”. The war found Andrey Dmitrievich in the city of Stalingrad, where he left his native village and worked at a factory. Under the law on labour service, he was assigned to his factory, which produced weapons for the front. When the enemy began to approach Stalingrad, he had to take up arms. Andrey Dmitrievich fought shoulder to shoulder with the Stalingrad militia, soldiers and sailors for every inch of Stalingrad land. With great joy, he learned about the Red Army's transition to the offensive and finished off the fascists in the city. After the end of the battle of Stalingrad, Andrey Dmitrievich was sent to train as an anti-aircraft gunner. In the early spring of 1943, he was appointed a commander of the 292 separate anti-aircraft artillery division. Andrey Dmitrievich had to go through the pitch-black heat of the battle of Kursk. The Central front under the command of K. K. Rokossovsky took the heaviest blow of the enemy's tank columns. In the same days, there were fierce battles for air supremacy between the Soviet and German aircraft. The task of the division was to provide maximum assistance to aviation by destroying enemy bombers and fighters. And all this in the conditions of ground combat, when it seemed that the earth was splitting from the explosions, and everything was burning around. For every soldier, the war does not pass without a trace; it leaves a wound in every heart. Here, in 1943, Andrey Dmitrievich received a severe concussion and spent a long time in the hospital. On discharge, he went back to the front, where he was appointed senior commander of the 293 separate anti-aircraft artillery division. So, in January 1945, the fighting for the liberation of Poland began. Expelling the Nazis from Warsaw, Krakow, freeing dozens of Polish cities, the first Belorussian front moved to Berlin, Andrei Dmitrievich remembers razed cities, miserable, poor Polish villages and joy in the eyes of people waiting for their liberators. Andrey Dmitrievich - a participant of the assault of Berlin. For two weeks, there were bloody battles in the city, but even here, the anti-aircraft gunners had enough work. The enemy threw the last remnants of their aircraft at the attacking troops and found death from the accurate fire of anti-aircraft gunners. For military services during the great Patriotic war, Andrey Dmitrievich was awarded medals: for participation in the battles for Rostov-on-Don 20.10.1941, the defence of the Volga on May 9, 1943, Warsaw January 1945, Berlin April 1945, the medal for the defence of Stalingrad, for the liberation of Warsaw, for the conquest of Berlin, for the victory over Germany. Returning from the front to his native village, a soldier who had been missing the land was happy to join the collective farm life. For many years, Andrey Dmitrievich worked as a tractor driver, then in animal husbandry and always conscientiously performed his duties. It was difficult for Andrey Dmitrievich and his wife Alexandra Yakovlevna: hard work on the collective farm and household, raising five children. In the evenings, neighbours gathered on benches near the house under the branches. Andrey Dmitrievich took out an old accordion, and long Ukrainian songs and fervent ditties poured over the village. The laughter continued until late at night. Happy is a man if he has managed to preserve the youth of his soul until old age. This is the role that the war played in my family's history. How many people died, how many children were orphaned, how many mothers lost their sons, and how many wives lost their husbands. How many destinies were destroyed by the war, how many hearts were torn apart. It hurts to think about it, but you can't stop thinking about it!

Vtornikov Ivan Fyodorovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Ivan Fyodorovich Vtornikov was born on May 21, 1923, in Alma-Ata in a peasant family. He finished eight grades of secondary school, after which he began working as a Turner. In 1942, he was drafted into the Red Army. On the front line, he was in April 1944. He fought on the first Belorussian front with the 375 anti-tank division of the 312 rifle division. The gunner performed his first feat while breaking through enemy defences southwest of Kovel, about three months after arriving in the unit. The 375th anti-tank division of the 312 rifle division supported the advance of its infantry. Although the gunners fired frequently, there were enough shells to reliably suppress the enemy's fire system. Suddenly, the German artillery bracketed the clearing, on the edge of which was hidden ammunition depot. The mushrooms are bursting closer and closer. Everyone who was nearby rushed to save the warehouse. With a huge risk to their lives, Ivan Fedorovich and other gunners moved their dangerous cargo to the shelter in a matter of minutes. Returning to the firing position, Ivan Vtornikov looked at the panorama. On the head of the Nazis, one after another, shells fell. The enemy's two heavy machine guns were silenced by their bursts. Two or three days later, the crew destroyed up to twenty invaders and blew up two wagons that delivered shells to the enemy battery. And on July 21, Ivan Fyodorovich and his friends helped the infantry hold Dorogusk station in their hands, repelling several counter-attacks by the Nazis. The commander, Major General Moiseevsky, by the Order of the Red Star, noted the exploits of the young gunner division. The award order was signed on August 14, and the next day the gunner distinguished himself again. On August 15, at the moment of artillery preparation, Junior Sergeant Vtornikov smashed an anti-aircraft gun and a hand machine gun of the enemy. In the afternoon, when the Nazis launched a counterattack west of the village of Oblyasy, his team met the danger bravely and helped the infantry hold the line with their fire. In the evening, when the enemy counterattack was repeated, Vtornikov was wounded but continued to fight. The gunners had to use their personal weapons. The Junior Sergeant destroyed six Hitlerites. On August 18, the division commander awarded our compatriot with the Order of Glory third grade. Soon the division's party organization accepted the brave gunner into the party. In January the forty-fifth, the division participated in the attack on the Radom direction. The Germans tried to organize resistance, but our troops crossed the Pilica, irresistibly moved forward. The gunners, who accompanied the infantry with fire and wheels, paved the road. Only by villages Jedlnia and Nova Volya Sergeant Vtornikiv destroyed three machine-gun emplacements and up to forty Nazis by direct fire. The division's artillery commander, Colonel Bordun, pinned the order of Glory second grade on Ivan Fyodorovich's chest on behalf of the commander. In late January and early February, fierce battles broke out for the major industrial and cultural centre of Poland, the city of Poznan. The Germans turned the city into a major hub of resistance, and all suburban villages and villages into strongholds. Our command had to urgently recruit assault groups. The squad of the Sergeant Vtornikov was included in one of them. During the battle for the outskirts of Poznań, Junikowo, the gunners showed great courage and bravery. A pillbox blocked the path of our infantry. Ivan Fyodorovich, with his own squad, rolled out the gun on direct fire and opened fire on the embrasures. The Nazis were snapped. Machine guns came into action, and the fight lasted two hours. The enemy managed to disable one by one almost all the soldiers of the squad. Finally, there was only Vtornikov left at the gun. Doing the job for everyone, he continued to fire and destroyed four machine guns covering the approaches to the pillbox. Then, with the help of other weapons, the pillbox was finished. The next day, Ivan Fedorovich was appointed gun commander, and in a combat situation began training a new squad. On February 2nd, he was among the first to cross the Warta river with a new calculation under heavy enemy fire. No sooner had the gunners equipped the firing position, as up to a company of fascists went on a counterattack. The gunner was immediately disabled. Sergeant Vtornikov took his place and helped the Riflemen repel three enemy counterattacks. In this battle, Vtornikov’s gun destroyed two guns, five machine guns, inflicted great damage on the enemy in manpower. On February 7, Vtornikov's gun crew took part in the assault on Fort Rauch. At close range, they silenced two casemates. Being shell-shocked, the Sergeant continued to fire. In total, in the battle for Poznań, Vtornikov, by the fire of his gun destroyed and suppressed four guns, seventeen machine guns, three observation posts of the enemy. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. On April 16, 1945, the historic Berlin operation began. On this day, when breaking through the enemy's defences South of the city of Lebus, the commander of the gun, senior Sergeant Vtornikov, with his squad rolled the gun into the neutral zone and destroyed three machine guns and two faustnikovs who were holding up our infantry. Then the soldiers eliminated two observation points. The next day, when a group of Hitlerites managed to filter their way through the infantry battle lines and get to the positions of the gunners, Vtornikov and his battle friends met them with machine-gun fire and grenades. For the courage and bravery shown in the battle of Berlin, senior Sergeant Vtornikov was awarded the order of Glory, first class.