Air force

Rank: Starshina _x000D_ Branch of troops: Aviation_x000D_ _x000D_ He had served from June 1941in the Uman defensive operation, retreated through Kharkov to Stalingrad. He served Il-2 aircraft, in a Mobile Aviation Shop. He ended the war in Konigsberg. He was awarded 13 medals and two orders. _x000D_ Here are some episodes that my grandfather told after the war: _x000D_ Before the war, he graduated from the School of Aviation specialists in Irkutsk. He faced the war in a military unit in the Ukraine near the city of Uman. The first strikes by the Germans were directed at our aircrafts and airfields. As a result, most of the aircrafts did not have time to take off, as the runways were broken. He and his comrade managed to carry out and keep the unit's banner. _x000D_ A certain number of fighters (mostly local Ukrainians) fled to the huts, and the remaining fighters (mostly sergeants and privates, originally from Russia) began to independently retreat to the east. The Germans moved along the roads, on tanks and motorcycles, while ours retreated on foot along the roads, through the forest and fields. The Germans did not specifically hunt for individual groups of fighters. As a result, they managed to retreat to their units. So, the military unit was not disbanded. There was a story when they were retreating across a large river, (when he was in the Kiev Forces). Our troops mined the bridge to blow it up before the Germans arrived. _x000D_ But when the German units appeared, the bridge could not be blown up, since wires were broken and cut. He repaired and connected it with his teeth, twisted the wires when the fire had already begun. As a result, the bridge was blown up in front of the Germans. He was awarded for this incident. But nevertheless, the Germans managed to cross this river rather quickly in other places. Ours again began to retreat east to their own troops. _x000D_ The other time, my grandfather miraculously survived, when he adjusted the fire on the observation tower at the airfield and watched the approach of German aircrafts. One of the bombs hit near the observation tower, and it began to fall down smoothly. He fell a great height, but fortunately did not hurt himself. _x000D_ After the Battle of Stalingrad, (where he served at an airfield on the other side of the front line), the front line began to move west. My grandfather often put forward rational proposals to improve aircraft equipment, installed bombs and rockets on Il-2 attack aircraft and other aircraft. If several aircrafts fired simultaneously with rockets, then the effect was like a shot from a small MLRS, but much more accurate (so it was convenient to aim from above) and the Nazis had a hard time. But my grandfather, nevertheless, always wanted to be a pilot. It is not known what fate he would have had if he had been a pilot, because pilots often were killed and burned. _x000D_ Once he and a friend detained an enemy saboteur. It turned out to be the son of a "kulak" who was inserting rags into aircraft engines. It is unknown how many of them did not return to the base because of this saboteur. _x000D_ He ended the war in Konigsberg. He talked about the fierce battles, and mentioned that some Germans fanatics tried to chain themselves to the walls so as not to retreat. The assault on Konigsberg was actively supported by our Aviation. Nevertheless, the war was finished, and our soldiers got valuable trophies from the Germans. _x000D_ My grandfather always considered the first months of the war to be the hardest. Many archives or other documents describing the courage of our soldiers have not survived about the heroes' efforts. After the war he got married and had four children. After the war he lived in Moscow, and then in the village of Novoelnya, Belarus.

Rank: Colonel _x000D_ Branch of troops: Aviation_x000D_ Division: 3rd Fighter Aviation Division _x000D_ Vasily Iosifovich Stalin commanded the 32nd Guards Fighter Division (02/16/1943 - 05/26/1943); 3rd Guards Fighter Division (06/02/1944 - 02/1945); 286th Guards Fighter Division of the 16th VA Air Regiment (02/25/1945 - 07/18/1946); 1st Guards Fighter Division of the16th Air Regiment (07.1946-07.1947); Air Force Moscow Military District (1948-1952). _x000D_ Military ranks: in 1942 he was awarded the rank of Colonel, in 1946—Major General of aviation, in 1949—Lieutenant General of Aviation. _x000D_ He was born on 03.24.1920 in the family of the professional revolutionary Stalin I.V. (Dzhugashvili I.V.). From 1921 to 1938 he lived with his parents and studied. In 1938, after graduating from the 9th grade of Secondary School, he entered the Kachin Red Banner Military Pilot School, which he graduated from in 1940 and was appointed a pilot in the 16th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 24thGuards Fighter Division, in which he served until September 1940. In September 1940, he entered the command faculty of the Air Force Academy, where he studied until December 1940. In January 1941 he was sent to the Lipetsk Aviation Advanced Training Courses for Squadron Commanders, which he graduated in May 1941. _x000D_ In June 1941 he was appointed to the position of an Instructor-Pilot of the Air Force Directorate. In this position he served until September 1941, after which until January 1943 he served as Chief of the Inspection of the Air Force. _x000D_ In January 1943, he was appointed Commander of the 32nd Guards Fighter Division where he served until December 1943. In January 1944, he was appointed Commander of the 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Bryansk Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division, and from February 1945 he was appointed Commander of the 286 1st Fighter Aviation Nizhyn Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division. _x000D_ During the Second World War, he flew 26 sorties, personally shot down 2 enemy Focke-Wulf-190 aircraft in battle. During his stay on the fronts of the Patriotic War, he had no injuries or contusions. He was not captured and surrounded. He had been a member of the Communist Party since 1940. _x000D_ Wife: Burdonskaya Galina Aleksandrovna, children: son Alexander and daughter Nadezhda._x000D_ Since 1946, the Commander of the 1st Guards Air Corps, awarded the rank of Major General. Since 1947, Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Moscow District, awarded the rank of Lieutenant General. From 1948 to 1952, Commander of the Air Force of the Moscow Military District. From 1952, he was a student at the Academy of the General Staff. _x000D_ After the death of his father, Stalin I.V., he was persecuted by Khrushchev. In April 1953, he was arrested and was under investigation until September 1955. On September 2, 1955, by the Military Collegiate of the Supreme Court of the USSR, Vasily Iosifovich was sentenced to 8 years in prison, he had served his sentence in full in the Vladimir prison. On April 28, 1961, he was released from prison in connection with serving his sentence. After his release, he lived in the city of Kazan. _x000D_ He passed away on March 19, 1962. He was buried at the Arsk cemetery in Kazan without giving military honors. In 1999, the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office dropped all charges against Vasily Iosifovich by the Military Collegiate of the Supreme Court in September 1955. He was reburied at the Troekurovo cemetery in Moscow in 2002.

Rank: Major General of Aviation _x000D_ Branch of troops: Aviation _x000D_ Ivan Karpovich Starostenkov (01/29/1900 - 08/07/1975) is a Soviet military leader, Major General of Aviation. _x000D_ The biography of Ivan Karpovich starts at the beginning of the 20th century, he was born in the small village of Vydritsa, Mstislavsky district, Mogilev province. Coming from a simple peasant family, his father Starostenkov Karp Kireevich, mother Glafira Yakovlevna. In June 1919, he was drafted by the Khislavichsky Commissariat of the Smolensk Region into the ranks of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. During the Civil War, he fought on the Eastern Front, a Red Army Soldier of a stage company of the 49th stage Battalion, and in December 1920 he was appointed assistant platoon Commander of the 46th Rifle Regiment. In May 1921, he was appointed Commander of an administrative platoon of a training and personnel sapper company stationed in Mtsensk. From December of the same year, he consistently studied at the Military Railway School, from December 1922 he was at the Yegoryevsk Theoretical Aviation School, from March 1924 he was at the 2nd Borisoglebsk Military Pilot School, and from June 1926 he was at the Shooting and Bombing School, stationed in Serpukhov. _x000D_ After graduation in February 1929, he was appointed to the position of a Junior Pilot of the 16th Reconnaissance Air Squadron, in October was transferred to the position of Flight Commander of the 15th fighter Air Squadron, in February 1933 occupied to the position of detachment Commander of the 7th cruising Air Squadron, and in February 1937 he was the Commander of the 1st Fighter Squadron. In June 1938, Starostenkov was appointed Commander of the 6th Fighter Squadron of Special Aviation, in June 1939—as Commander of the 36th Aviation Regiment (36th Aviation Division), and in January 1941—as Commander of 27 1st Fighter Aviation Division (Transcaucasian Military District). _x000D_ With the outbreak of the war, Starostenkov was in his former position. The Division under his command covered the facilities of Baku and the oil-bearing area within the boundaries of the 3rd Air Defense Corps. With the transformation of the Division into the 8th Air Defense Corps by July, Starostenkov was appointed Commander of the 66th Fighter Aviation Division on July 9, which in August was included in the Southern Front. In November 1941, he was appointed Commander of the 144th Air Defense Fighter Aviation Division, formed in Rasskazovo, after graduation from which, by November 20, the management and part of the division were relocated to the Saratov Air Center, where they were included in the Saratov-Balashov Air Defense Divisional District. _x000D_ The division performed the combat missions of air defense of industrial facilities in Saratov and Balashov, railway bridges across the Volga at Saratov and through Khoper at Balashov, railway junctions and sections of the railway within the boundaries of the divisional air defense area, and also escorted especially important aircraft. _x000D_ In March 1943, Starostenkov was appointed Commander of the 148th Air Defense Fighter Aviation Division, which, as part of the Cherepovets-Vologda Air Defense Divisional Area, defended the cities and railway junctions of Cherepovets, Vologda, Kadui, Babaevo and Efimovskaya, and the Bolshoy Dvor railway stations from air attacks. , Lezha, Nyandoma and Gryazovets and objects of railway communications, and since May 1943, after opening the Sheksna and Sukhona rivers, as well as channels for navigation, additional combat missions of the Division were to cover ships in the water section Myaksa - Cherepovets - Sheksna - Kirillov - Kubenskoe Lake - Sokol - Shuiskoe - Selische - Totma. In July 1943, the Division was included in the Air Force of the Western Front of the Air Defense. In August 1943, Colonel Starostenkov Ivan Karpovich was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, the award list says: “Disciplined, demanding of himself and his subordinates, a Commander with organizational skills. _x000D_ On October 10, 1942, during an enemy air attack on the city of Grozny, being the duty officer at the command depot, he promptly raised fighters to repel a raid and skillfully directed the attack of fighters on enemy aircraft, as a result of which there were 22 enemy aircraft in air battles. In November of the same year, the Division's Command was redeployed to Kursk, where it was included in the 9th Voronezh Fighter Air Defense Corps, after which the Division performed the combat missions of air cover for the railway junctions of Bakhmach, Konotop, Belopole, Lgov, Kursk, Voronezh and Liski. railway bridges across the Don in the Liski Region. _x000D_ In July 1944, Starostenkov was appointed Commander of the 8th Air Defense Fighter Aviation Corps, which was part of the Air Force of the Transcaucasian Air Defense Front and performed air defense missions within the borders of the Baku Air Defense Army. In the combat characteristics, it was noted: “... flies on all modern aircraft, both domestic and foreign brands. The flying technique is good. He understands quickly combat situations and makes the right decisions. Under the command of I. K. Starostenkov building for 1943-44 received and overtaken more than 1000 aircraft of foreign brands, which were also ferried from Iran to the USSR for the units of the Red Army Air Defense Agency. _x000D_ In August 1944 he was awarded the second Order of the Red Banner. After the end of the war, Starostenkov continued to command the corps, which was transformed into the Baku Air Defense Aviation Corps. In March 1950, he was appointed head of the combat training Department of higher educational institutions of the Air Force of the South Ural Military District, and in February 1952, he was appointed Deputy head of the Flight Service and Air Law Directorate of the Air Force General Staff. Major General Ivan Karpovich Starostenkov in June 1953 went into the reserve. He passed away on August 7, 1975 in Moscow. Awards: Order of Lenin; Four Orders of the Red Banner; medals.

Branch of troops: Aviation. _x000D_ _x000D_ My grandfather Victor Alexandrovich Sidorochev, born in 1922, always dreamed of being a pilot, studied well at school, went in for sports, played musical instruments domra and balalaika. He was very tall (over 180 cm) and for this they did not want to take him to the flight school, as they were afraid that he would not fit into the aircraft. However, the desire and persistence of his grandfather helped him to enter the flight school on June 9, 1941, as he studied well. And on June 22, 1941, the war began. I know that my grandfather was a radio operator in 6th Guards Long-range Aviation Division, consisting of the 17th Guards Long-range Air Regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A.E. Matrosov. He was armed with Il-4 aircraft. The regiment began its combat activities from the Monino airfield on 05/27/43, making its first sortie to bomb the Mogilev railway junction. This was followed by successful combat missions of the regiment to bombard enemy manpower and equipment at railway junctions and airfields in the area of cities: Mogilev, Vitebsk, Kiev, Orel, Belgorod, Bryansk, Pskov, Orsha, Unecha, Smolensk, Bobruisk, Roslavl, Nizhin, Bakhmach, Kremenchug, Poltava, Ponyri and others. _x000D_ Since the beginning of July 1943, the Regiment of 6 GAP DD received a combat mission to act in the interests of the troops of the fronts located on the northern and southern faces of the Kursk Bulge. At Kursk, the Regiment made 263 flights, dropping 383 tons of bombs on the enemy. _x000D_ After the combat of Kursk, operating from the "jump" airfields during a short summer night, the Regiment's crews made 2-3 flights to defeat the Nazi troops in the area of the cities of Smolensk and Roslavl. _x000D_ Being on a combat mission on 08.24.1943, my grandfather with all his crew did not return, they were shot down by German invaders in the Diminichsky district of the Kaluga region, where the entire crew V.M. Deulin, V.A. is buried in a mass grave in the village of Vysokoe.

Rank: Sergeant _x000D_ Branch of troops: Aviation _x000D_ Division: 17th Long-Range Aviation Division _x000D_ _x000D_ In the fall and winter in 1941, Sophia worked in the trenches beyond the city of Gorky. She walked in bast shoes, was freezing. They felled the forest. At the end of March she came home and in May, where got a job in workshop No. 2 at a factory. She was making wads for guns. She worked for twelve hours at the machine equipment. After work, I was sent to build a club. They dragged the sand. A beautiful club was built. _x000D_ She had worked for eight months and volunteered for the front. April 30 saw off. May 1 was in Gorky. They summoned the Komsomol district committee and began campaigning for the front. She was thinking, I am alone, there will be nobody to cry over me, my fatehr has another family. Although Sonya had aт exemption from active duty, she was taken at first to the naval fleet to berth No. 3. _x000D_ The captain came from Moscow, made a selection for the courses. We received a ration and, not knowing where, went in the direction of Moscow. He brought us to the Zvenigorod district to the Dubrovsky Estate. There were four stone houses. Two women battalions were formed to study to be cooks and junior commanders. Sonya ended up in 1st Battalion. The girls pitched tents on both sides of the alley in the Dubrovsky estate. The house was burned down. She studied for six months: combat, chemical preparation, shooting, quite good grades. _x000D_ She had passed the exams and was given given the rank Sergeant (three stripes). _x000D_ They sent her to the front through Moscow, and there was a salute. Sonya received food ration for five days. She was appointed to 17th Air Force. _x000D_ The Red Army had already driven the Germans to Ukraine. In the train to Kramatorsk when she came under bombing in the town of Valuyki. 4 pilots were traveling with them. It turned out they were going to the same army. The pilots said: «Jump, some into the forest, some under the bridge.»_x000D_ Sonya got under the car ... _x000D_ She spent the night in the woods in the woman’s hut. This woman could not wake them up and the next bombing slept like dead. The windows were broken, they heard nothing. They were not allowed to Kupinsk. They stopped the train and bombed again. The entire train burned down. Two carriages of soldiers were bombed, the heads and hands were found around. _x000D_ Only then Sonya got scared. She didn't know what to say or do. The pilots took them to the Commander. In the evening she continued with a different team. _x000D_ She had finally reached the 17th Air Force. We gave the papaers and were waiting. It was August. Then they were called in and distributed them to military units. I had mail number 64392-RAO-385. _x000D_ She arrived at 50 km from Kramatorsk to the Battalion headquarters. Sonya was left in the Battalion 10 km from the Headquarters. She left with the soldiers from the food base. Captain Ignatenko was at the headquarters. He appointed Sonya to the autocompany. The starshina gave a day of rest. She bathed in the river, washed, dried laundary on the branches of the trees. _x000D_ Suddenly, the starshina said: "They are taking you away from us. Beyond the river there is a separate unit, an airfield construction company." _x000D_ At tha time, Alexey Ivanovich Sharygin was leavng the headquarters. He came up and asked: "Are you coming to our company?" "Yes, to you." "Are you a Komsomol member?" "Yes, I am a Komsomol member." "Come to our headquarters and register." _x000D_ Later he became her husband. She served as a gunsmith, refueling aircraft machine guns. In 1945 she was demobilized.

Rank: Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union _x000D_ Branch of troops: Aviation _x000D_ SubDivision: 6th Guards Assault Aviation Zaporizhzhya twice Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division _x000D_ _x000D_ Viktor Ivanovich Sidorin was born on January 25, 1919 in Samara. In 1937 Sidorin Viktor Ivanovich, according to a special set, was sent to the Chkalov (Orenburg) Aviation School of Pilots, which he graduated in 1941. After completing the courses at the Lipetsk Aviation Center, he was appointed as the Flight Commander. _x000D_ Since April 1943 he had been participating in hostilities on the Southwest, 3rd and 1st Ukrainian fronts as part of 109th Assault Aviation Regiment of 6th guards Assault Aviation Zaporozhye Division. _x000D_ Sidorin Viktor Ivanovich from 1941 to 1943 had been a Flight Commander training attack pilots. _x000D_ Since April 1943 he had been a participant in hostilities on the South-Western, 3rd and 1st Ukrainian fronts as part of 109th Assault Aviation Regiment of 6th Guards Assault Aviation Division as a flight Commander , deputy squadron Commander, Commander of 1st air squadron of the Regiment. He participated in the combats of the Kursk-Belgorod operation, in liberation of the cities of Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Sandomir, Lvov, Warsaw, Prague, the capture of Berlin. _x000D_ During the Great Patriotic War, he flew 120 flights on the Il-2 aircraft, out of 105 flights he was the leader of a group of 4, 6, 8, 12 and 18 aircrafts. The last flight flew on May 8, 1945 to liberate Prague from the German invaders. Under the leadership of Viktor Ivanovich Sidorin, his squadron flew 555 combat missions. _x000D_ For personal bravery, courage and heroism shown in combat missions and command of an air squadron, Viktor Sidorin was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner, two Orders of the Red Star, two Orders of the Patriotic War of the second degree, the Order of the Patriotic War of the first degree, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, medals "For Military Merit"," For Capture of Berlin "," For Liberation of Prague "," For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945»._x000D_ In 1945, shortly before the end of the Great Patriotic War, Sidorin Viktor Ivanovich, was nominated for the title "Hero of the Soviet Union" by Major Yashanov, Commander of 109th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment._x000D_ Sidorin Viktor Ivanovich participated in the Victory Parade on Red Square on June 24, 1945.

History:_x000D_ Fotiy Morozov (1919-1984) - Ace pilot, Colonel of the Soviet Army, participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943)._x000D_ Fotiy Morozov was born on December 27, 1919 in the village of Sukhaya Orcha (now Rzhevsky District, Tver Region). Since 1925, together with his family, he lived in Moscow, where he graduated from eight classes of school and the school of factory apprenticeship, after which he worked as a fitter at a factory. In parallel with his work, he was engaged in an Air Club. In 1938, Morozov was called up to serve in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. In 1940, he graduated from the Borisoglebsk Military Aviation School of Pilots. Since June 1941 - on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War._x000D_ By July 1943, Guards First Lieutenant Fotiy Morozov was Deputy squadron commander of the 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 6th Guards Fighter Air Division of the 8th Air Army of the Southern Front. By that time, he had made 432 sorties, participated in 52 air battles, shot down 9 enemy aircraft personally and 5 more in a group._x000D_ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 28 September 1943 for "Exemplary performance of command assignments at the front against the German invaders and displaying courage and heroism" Guard Lieutenant Fotiy Morozov was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin and medal Gold Star #1139._x000D_ He was wounded seven times in combat, flew 857 sorties during the war, and conducted about 100 air battles, personally shot down 16 enemy aircraft and 5 in a group. In November 1944, he was demoted to the rank of private for committing a criminal offense, but was later restored to the rank._x000D_ After the end of the war, he continued to serve in the Soviet Army. In 1965, with the rank of Colonel, he was dismissed to the reserve. Lived and worked in Leningrad. He died on January 8, 1984, and was buried in the cemetery of the victims of January 9 in St. Petersburg._x000D_ He was awarded two Orders of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star and a number of medals.

History:_x000D_ Dmitry Mikhailov (November 7, 1919 - December 5, 2018) - drilling foreman of the drilling office #1 of the Tuymazaburneft Trust. Hero of Socialist Labor. Participant of the Great Patriotic War. Honored worker of the oil and gas industry of the RSFSR (1980), Honored oilman of the Bashkir ASSR (1965), Honorary oilman of the USSR (1969)._x000D_ Born on November 7, 1919 in the village of Sharan, Belebeyevskiy District, Ufa Region (now Sharanskiy District of the Republic of Bashkortostan), in a large family. He received a secondary education. In 1938, while still a schoolboy, Dmitry Mikhailov decided to link his life with the oil industry and began working as a Stoker's assistant for drillers._x000D_ He started his career in 1940 as a statistician of the chisel shop, and then worked as a driller in the drilling office of the Tuymazaburneft Trust._x000D_ In 1941, he was drafted into the Red Army. Dmitry Mikhailov was enrolled as a cadet of the Chelyabinsk Aviation School, but due to the difficult situation, the Junior courses of this educational institution were sent to the front. "Baptism of fire" received in the battles for the defense of Moscow as the commander of an anti-tank gun. On the Leningrad Front, he commanded an artillery battery control platoon. In February 1943, near Leningrad, he was seriously wounded. After recovering in 1944, he was sent to the aviation school of navigators with accelerated graduation. After graduating from school, he was a Navigator of a bomber, and received a second wound._x000D_ At the end of the war, Dmitry Mikhailov was sent to the aviation school of civil aviation pilots. After its successful completion, he flew as a co-pilot on a transport plane at Vnukovo airport._x000D_ In 1946, he returned to the Bashkir ASSR. Changed aircraft for the drilling of wells._x000D_ Since 1946, he worked as a driller at offices #1 and #2 of the Tuymazaburneft Trust. In 1948-1951 - drilling foreman of the drilling office #1 of the Tuimazaburneft Trust, in 1951 - drilling foreman, head of exploration of the Sovkitneft Joint-Stock Company in the People's Republic of China. In 1954-1955-drilling master of the drilling office #1 of the Tuimazaburneft Trust, in 1955-1957 - consultant on deep drilling in China. Since 1957 - adviser on turbine drilling in France, drilling master of the drilling office #1 of the Tuymazaburneft Trust._x000D_ An energetic organizer and innovator of production, D. Mikhailov actively introduced new progressive methods of work, forced drilling modes with turbo drills and electric drills, drilling of small and reduced diameter wells using water as a washing liquid._x000D_ In 1959, the crew led by D. Mikhailov was awarded the title "Brigade of Communist Labor"._x000D_ In 1961, Dmitry Mikhailov and his comrades reached the highest penetration in Bashkiria - 25,128 meters, in 1962 - the highest penetration in the USSR - 40,371 meters, with a penetration rate of 5,041 meters per Stanko-month and an annual savings of 364 thousand rubles._x000D_ In 1963, his team drilled 40,716 meters, retaining the all-Union record for penetration per team, and reached the highest speed — 7,075 meters per machine per month. The annual savings amounted to 462 thousand rubles. Such high rates of drilling have not been achieved by any team before, not only in Bashkiria, but also in other regions of the Soviet Union._x000D_ On October 9, 1963, the drilling team led by Dmitry Mikhailov was the first among Bashkiria's oil workers to complete a seven-year task (1959-1965) and drill 36,865 meters, or 24 oil wells, above the plan. Over the years of the seven-year plan, the team has achieved a 2-fold increase in sinking and a 1.2-fold reduction in the cost of a meter of sinking._x000D_ In 1965, his team showed the highest drilling speed in the Ural-Volga region — 13,037 meters per machine per month._x000D_ In accordance with the decision of the state Committee of the oil industry under the state plan of the USSR, in order to comprehensively study the deep structure of the earth's crust in the Volga-Ural oil and gas region and obtain data on the material composition and structure of the crystalline basement rocks, drilling of ultra-deep well #2000 was started at the Tuymazinskoye field. The drilling of this well was conducted by Dmitry Mikhailov's team, which by March 15, 1966 had drilled to a depth of 3,984 meters — the first time crystal rocks were opened with a capacity of more than 2,100 meters._x000D_ The team's best practices were widely disseminated and implemented by the trust's other drilling teams. The trust completed the seven-year plan for rock penetration ahead of schedule by October 25, and the drilling office #1, where its team worked, by July 17, 1965._x000D_ Dmitry Mikhailov was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 23, 1966 for outstanding achievements in fulfilling the tasks of the seven-year plan for oil production and achieving high technical and economic indicators._x000D_ In 1966, he was appointed Director of the drilling office #5 of the Tuymazaburneft Ttrust. In 1970-1974 - Chief of the Yanaulskiy District drilling Department, in 1976-1983 — Deputy Cheif of the Ufa Drilling Department of the Bashneft Production Association._x000D_ In 1966-1971, he was a candidate member of the CPSU Central Committee. He was a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of the sixth convocation (1963-1967)._x000D_ In 1983, Dmitry Mikhailov retired. Personal pensioner of the USSR and the Russian Federation, on a well-deserved rest, continued to engage in public work._x000D_ He died on December 5, 2018, at the age of 99. He was buried in the city of Ufa.

Rank: Captain_x000D_ Branch of Service: Air Force_x000D_ Ivan Seredin was born in 1919 in the village of Zinaidino, Rakityansky District, Kursk Region. His family was poor, and his father died very young. Ivan always aspired to knowledge and at the end of the 8th grade, he built a wooden suitcase for himself and went to study. He graduated from the Kharkov Flight School and became a pilot. As he finished school, the war started and he was immediately taken away. He was in the Red Army from 1940._x000D_ This is the feat for which he received the Order of the Red Star! In the fight against the German-fascist invaders, Lieutenant Ivan Seredin had been participating since August 1944 on the section of the 2nd Belorussian Front. During this period of time, he proved himself in combat work as a disciplined and courageous pilot. During his stay in the regiment, he made 35 sorties to escort attack aircraft IL-2, of which: 13 with a bomb load with simultaneous attack of enemy personnel and equipment. Bomb and assault attacks destroyed and disabled: 3 trucks, 5 carts with cargo, one artillery battery and up to 30 enemy soldiers and officers. All completed 35 sorties were sent to escort the IL-2 attack aircraft. During the entire period of combat work, he did not have a single case of loss of attack aircraft from enemy fighters. As a wingman, the pilot ensured the victory of the leader at the right moment. Feeling responsible for saving the life of his commander, he always noticed the enemy in time and repelled his attacks, for example: when accompanied by attack aircraft IL-2 four LA-5, which included the wingman Second Lieutenant Seredin suddenly were attacked by 6 FV-190, Second Lieutenant Seredin, seeing that two FV-190 attacked the leading LA-5 fighters, quickly reacting to what was happening, repelled the attack, thereby saving the leader and himself engaged in battle with one FV-190, as a result of an air battle the FV-190 was hit. For this feat, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. During the period of fierce battles with German fascism, when a wounded animal crawls away to its lair, the Second Lieutenant gave all his strength and knowledge to inflict the greatest losses to the enemy in manpower and equipment. He never was in captivity or encirclement. He was also awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree. Retired with the rank of a Captain. Ivan Seredin ended the war in Germany._x000D_ After the war, my great-grandfather lived with his family in Belgorod. He died in the late 80's, and was buried in Belgorod at the Yachnevo cemetery, together with his wife Alexandra. For our family, Ivan Seredin will always be a Hero!

Sergiyenko, Nikolai Fedotovich_x000D_ _x000D_ The stories about my great-grandfather Nikolay Fedotovich Sergiyenko I learned from my relatives, who carefully preserve memory of him. My mother keeps a manuscript of memories that my great-grandfather gave her for safekeeping at the end of his life. He dreamed that this manuscript would one day become a book… _x000D_ In 1940, after graduating from the Aviation club, my great-grandfather Nikolai was sent to study at the Kachin military aviation school of fighter pilots on a crash course. On July 10, 1941, by order of evacuation to Central Asia, cadet Nikolai Sergienko, together with his pilot-instructor, were in training "spark"on the way to their destination. He writes as follows: "in the area of the Sinyavka Station (near the city of Rostov-on-Don) we had to refuel. And then we were attacked, unarmed, by two Messers: a machine-gun burst went through the front cabin, where my instructor was. He was fatally shot in the head. I took over the controls and put the plane on an emergency landing. I landed the plane on a ploughed field, across ploughed furrows. The plane was violently shaken, and then it turned over. I lost consciousness from my injuries and came to myself in a Tbilisi hospital..." _x000D_ At that time, my great-grandfather was only 19 years old... After being discharged from the hospital, Nikolai returns to aviation again. At first, he flew on the PO-2, transporting the seriously wounded from the medical unit to hospitals. After some time, Nikolai was allowed to sit at the controls of a combat fighter I-16. From this moment on, he began his combat sorties to protect the coast from Sochi to Gelendzhik. Day after day, he entered into fierce air battles with the enemy, losing his comrades. Twice he had to leave the plane damaged in battle and jump with a parachute into the Black sea. He was rescued by border guards cruising on fast ships near the sea coast. _x000D_ _x000D_ Here is another of the episodes. My great grandfather writes: "My plane was severely damaged, the engine stopped working, and I had to plan in the Lazarev area. There was a low height, and I was not able to jump with a parachute, and I had to land in the mountains in woods and received severe injuries. A shepherd came to my rescue. He pulled me, unconscious, out of the wrecked plane and gave me first aid. When I regained consciousness, the shepherd's son took me to the Lazarev field hospital on an ass." _x000D_ _x000D_ In one of the air battles in the sky over Krasnodar, his best friend, wing-man Alexander Matchenko, was fatally wounded. His plane was shot down by a Messer. My great-grandfather was severely wounded by a shell fragment in this battle that exploded next to his cab. He remembers: "With great difficulty, losing consciousness, I went to an emergency landing in a field near Goryachy Klyuch. Our ground troops were there." _x000D_ After recovering, despite the conclusion of the medical Commission of the hospital that he was unfit for flight service, great-grandfather again returned to his avia unit on the Taman Peninsula. The Sivoiet assault on the Kerch Strait was being prepared. _x000D_ _x000D_ "At the end of November 1943, the offensive of all units of our troops began, we, the pilots, had destroyed the enemy's firing points with our machine-gun fire. The city of Kerch was liberated.»_x000D_ In the battles for the liberation of Zhytomyr, my great-grandfather was seriously wounded, again. After recovering, once again hiding the doctors ban on continuing flight service, he returns to his unit and sits at the controls of a combat fighter. "With my military friends, I liberated Western Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland."

Morgunov Vasily Fedorovich_x000D_ Rank: Sergeant _x000D_ Branch of Troops: Aviation _x000D_ _x000D_ "I was taken into active service in 1940 and served in the city of Bobruisk in 180th Air Battalion, at an Air Repair Base. On the night of June 22, the Germans invaded our land without declaring war and began to bomb our airfield. We still did not know what had happened and only in the morning the terrible news spread around the battalion: the war began. On the same day, weapons were given to us, and military everyday life began. Our pilots prevented the rapid advance of the enemy deep into the country. This was and our merit, the mechanics who treated the wounded aircraft. On June 27, an order came to retreat. On that day, I and nine soldiers were on guard at the division headquarters. We were given the following order: after the regiment retreated to burn documents and catch up later. We carried out the orders. _x000D_ Walking along the roads of Belorussia, we reluctantly left city after city. The retreat ended near Kirsanov. At this time we served the night bombers. _x000D_ After the victory at Stalingrad, there, by the way, my brother Ivan Morgunov fought in the infantry. _x000D_ We began to advance westward with long combats. Our regiment took part in the Battle of the Kursk Bulge, where our pilots showed heroism and courage. But many comrades in arms did not return from their missions. We vowed to take revenge on the enemy to the last drop of blood for those who would not see the end of the war. _x000D_ One incident comes to mind. At night, on alarm, the regiment took off. The pilots flew to bomb the ammunition and fuel depot discovered by the reconnaissance. When half of the bombs were dropped, Junkers and Messerschmitts appeared in the sky. The fighters entered into an unequal battle with the enemy, defending our bombers. They returned at dawn. The wounded cars and pilots caused pain in the heart. Many pilots died in this battle a heroic death. There was not a single car that did not have holes. And then again the order: in an hour again on the combat flight. Now it depended on us, the mechanics, whether the planes would be able to take off in time. We did it. For this I was awarded the medal "For Courage". _x000D_ So we were moving west with tough combats. Finally, we came on the outskirts of Brest. From here the Nazis attacked our country, hoping to conquer it in a month. But the war has been going on for three years, we were approaching Germany and everywhere we felt warm feelings of liberated local people. _x000D_ The combat for Brest was very hard. There were six to eight flights a day, but a few days later we were in Brest! We were standing on the border of our country. But we went further, liberating Polish cities on our way from the fascist yoke. With tough combat we marched across Poland. The population greeted us as liberators with joy and tears in their eyes. They thanked us for their release. _x000D_ When we were standing on the outskirts of Warsaw, one incident happened: our airfield was located in a grove, the planes were on alert, it was lunch time. My friend Alexei Shevchenko and I, having lunch, went to explore a new place. We left a grove near the village. There was no one in the streets, but we heard strange sounds. Listening, we made out the hum of engines. Alexey said: "What could be there?" We headed towards the village. But suddenly 6 tanks and two vehicles jumped out of the village at full speed. How did they get here? After all, the front is 15 kilometers from here. We rushed back and reported to the regiment commander. The regiment commander Colonel Khlebnikov gave the order and the planes began to rise from the airfield, and we took up defensive positions. The battle lasted 2 hours. It turned out that the remnants of the German regiment were making their way out of the encirclement and accidentally ran into us. _x000D_ After 3 days, the attack began on Warsaw. The fighting was hard. Our regiment commander, Khlebnikov, perished in these combats. _x000D_ Then there was Germany. The same Germany that gave birth to Schiller, Goethe and Hitler, the same Germany along which the Red Army troops marched with a victorious step. The enemy defended himself, hoping for some kind of weapon with which the German army would go on the offensive. But the soldiers understood that this was an illusion. Selected SS units fought brutally. They were thugs, brutalized and lost their human appearance. Our regiment was one of the first to storm Berlin. I was awarded a certificate of honor and a medal "For Capture of Berlin". In Berlin, my military road ended. I was demobilized and went home to rebuild the agriculture destroyed by the war. "

Mikhailichenko Ivan Kharlampievich

Osadchiev Alexander Dmitrievich_x000D_ Osadchiev Alexander Dmitrievich, born in 1919, 1944 - Senior Lieutenant, deputy squadron commander of the 43rd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 278th Fighter Aviation Division of the 8th Air Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front. Hero of the Soviet Union (1946).

Shakhov Ignat Ivanovich

Iuskevich Aleksei Iosafatovich