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Title: Red Army Soldier. Branch of troops: Artillery. _x000D_ The Great Patriotic War left its record in our family. I want to tell you about my great-grandfather, on the line of my mother, Nikolai Yakovlevich Sukhorukov. He was born in 1913 in the village of Dmitrovka, Voronezh Region. His parents, Yakov Nikolaevich Sukhorukov and Ekaterina Dmitrievna, raised five children. In 1939, my great-grandfather married Antonina Dmitrievna Sukhorukova (Myazina). In 1940 my grandfather Viktor Nikolaevich Sukhorukov was born. This is what my grandfather told my mother, my mother told me. _x000D_ “When the war started, I was 1 year old. By that time, my grandfather and his parents moved to the village of Makeevka near Donbas. Great-grandfather often traveled to the city and brought various gifts to his grandfather. Life ran smoothly, no one then thought that one day the peace would come to an end. My grandfather told me that this war burst into our lives like a storm, destroying everything, crippling millions of destinies. Many of our fellow villagers were called to the front. And in the very first year, our father was drafted into the army. The only memory left about my great-grandfather is his portrait ”. Mom showed me a portrait the size of an album sheet with my great-grandfather on it. I knew the life story of my great-grandfather for a long time, but I saw his portrait for the first time. From the portrait, the eyes of a man looked at me, whose whole life was continuous grief. He started a family, built a house, was a caring husband and father. It seemed to him that life was getting better, but the outbreak of war destroyed his plans and life.. _x000D_ My great-grandfather volunteered for the front. In 1941 he took part in the Crimean operation as part of the 64th Artillery Regiment, and then in the 112th Artillery Regiment. His military unit was located in Labinsk, Krasnodar Territory. On November 10, 1941, he was found in entrapment. In the area of the city of Stary Crimea, Nikolai Yakovlevich and another soldier were sent to reconnaissance. His comrade was killed, and Sukhorukov was taken prisoner. There he experienced all the hardships and torments of the concentration camp. The captured soldiers, hungry, exhausted by overwork, died every day. For any soldier, war is hard work associated with the risk of losing his life every second. The only thing that helps him maintain a healthy psyche and endure hardships is a weapon in the hands and shoulder of a friend. _x000D_ But what happens to a soldier when the enemy captures him? To physical suffering and imprisonment are added severe psychological pressure from the enemy, a conflict between a sense of duty and an elementary human desire to survive. _x000D_ The beginning of captivity was in a concentration camp in the city of Dzhankoy in the Crimea, then Bobruisk in Belarus from November 11, 1941 to February 16, 1942. On February 16, 1942, he was taken to Germany to the city of Hamburg as a prisoner of war. _x000D_ He was released by American forces. On 05/10/1945 he was sent by a group train to Grodno. From 1945 to 1946 he served in the city of Grodno in the commandant's office. In 1946, my great-grandfather returned home to the Krasnodar Territory. In 1947, the family moved to the Ilyinskaya stanitsa of the Grozny Region in Checheno-Ingushetia. And on December 28, 1960, Sukhorukov N.Ya. died of a malignant stomach tumor. Ekaterina Lyashova

Rank: Junior Seargeant, Hero of the Soviet Union_x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces _x000D_ Subdivision: Kalinin 48th Ropsha Ropsha Red Banner Division _x000D_ Sobyanin Gavriil Epifanovich was participant of the WWI and the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, Hero of the Soviet Union. Gavriil Epifanovich Sobyanin was born in the village of Shaitanovka, Cherdyn District, Perm Region. In 1914-1916 Gavriil Epifanovich took part in the First World War. In 1918, his family moved to the Berezovsky District for permanent residence. When the Great Patriotic War began, in August 1942 he volunteered for the front. He served as a sniper rifleman of the 301st Infantry Regiment of the 48th Ropsha Red Banner Division named after M.I. Kalinin of 2nd Baltic Front. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, medals "For Courage" and "For Military Merit." He passed away on December 23, 1944 in the combat for the stronghold of Garozas in the Libava District of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic. _x000D_ For courage and devotion to the oath on June 29, 1945, Sobyanin Gavriil Epifanovich was posthumously awarded the title of “Hero of the Soviet Union” with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. In September 2009, the archival department of the administration of the Berezovsky District invited the general educational institutions of the district to take part in the search and research action “Places of military glory of our fellow countrymen during the Great Patriotic War”, dedicated to 65th anniversary of Victory. The activists of the local club under the leadership of Lydia Volkova have found the burial place of the Hero of the Soviet Union Gabriel Epifanovich Sobyanin. It is located in Latvia in the village of Kursishi, Saldus Region, at the Kursishi brotherly military cemetery.

My grandfather, Staritsky Ernest Ivanovich, was born on July 21, 1923, died in January 2003, lived a long and interesting life after the war. The Great Patriotic War became the main event of his life for him. And over the years, the memories only became brighter and did not lose importance. At the age of 17, he volunteered for the front (he was not yet 18) and went through almost the entire war as part of 116th Motorized Rifle Brigade. In 1944 he was seriously wounded and discharged. He was awarded an officer rank (if I am not mistaken, Lieutenant). Great-grandfather and great-grandmother survived the war in besieged Leningrad. My grandfather had 2 older brothers, Anatoly and Askold. Two of them, including their grandfather, returned from the war alive. "There is nothing more terrible than war," and "The war was completely different ..." Ernest Ivanovich sometimes said. He did not like modern films about the war. Grandpa talked a lot about what the war was like, about the life of people at the front, about the combats near Gorodishche, near Orel, when almost the entire Regiment (10,000 people) perished during the night combat. He also talked about curious moments (yes, there were some). _x000D_ The plot is about a soldier who, with a sudden fascist raid, jumped into a pit with human sheet, fleeing a bombing. And then the fighters laughed when their colleague jumped out of the pit . _x000D_ My babushka, Staritskaya Antonina Mikhailovna, was a child during the war and spent years in the fascist occupation in Staraya Russa. She did not like to remember the war. She talked a little about how she lived in the occupied city, in the same house with the Nazis. They ate lingonberry in the forest not to starve, and her tongue had cracks for life. _x000D_ After the war, my grandfather became a French teacher and director of one of the French schools in St. Petersburg, had been a teacher with 40 years of experience, an active member of the Peace Committee. He dreamed that we would never see a war. In 1970-80, Staritsky Ernest Ivanovich worked a lot with one of the schools in Orel (if I am not mistaken, school No. 5), helping to create a museum dedicated to 116th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, to recreate the memory of the combats in those places.

Rank: Sergeant_x000D_ _x000D_ My grandfather Yakov volunteered for the war. In the very first month of his service, he got into fierce combats on Ukraine. The grandmother, his wife, received a notice that he was missing. Some time later, his friend, a colleague, with whom he volunteered and served his last days, returned and informed his wife that Yakov was seen wounded, not killed. My grandmother had received «killed in action” notice, and a little time later she was given a small message written from her husband: "Wounded, but alive, do not worry. Your Jacob." Neither the date nor the place where the news came from was specified. They only reported that the note was written by a wounded soldier from the evacuation hospital. _x000D_ They lived in Krasnodon. One of the neighbors reported that the grandmother was the wife of a Communist. Nazis, who had already occupied Krasnodon, were looking for the grandmother and promised to carve a red star on her back. The grandmother entrusted her five children to neighbors, asked them to come and check on their mother-in-law (from a neighboring village), and went to look for her husband. For several months, my grandmother went to the front-line hospitals, looking for her husband or at least some information about him. All searches yielded no results. When she returned to the children, two younger ones had starved. _x000D_ The war ended, years passed, and now my grandmother is gone. But until her last days she believed that grandfather was alive. She said: "Until I see his grave, he is alive!"

Vasiliy Sobakov joined the Red Army as a volunteer on October 2nd, 1941. As a private of the 2nd Maneuver Airborne Brigade, he was sent to the front in the area of Staraya Russa._x000D_ The Brigade, reinforced by the 54th Separate Ski Battalion, was to clear the area near the Knevitsy-Lychkovo railway from the enemy and hold it. It would allow this road to be used for supplying and maneuvering troops._x000D_ The operation began in February 1942. The paratroopers landed in the area of the Neviy Mokh swamp, in the rear of the Germans. It was assumed that the light equipment of the soldiers would provide maneuverability, stealth and surprise. Weapons - submachine guns, self-loading rifles, knives, grenades. The paratroopers had no heavy weapons at all. They had winter uniform, and felt boots on their feet. The only mean of transportation - skis._x000D_ The brigade tried to recapture the city of Valdai and Staraya Russa from the enemy, but due to poor supplies and weak organization of the operation, the brigade was unable to do this and retreated with heavy losses. The Germans quickly established the location of the Soviet soldiers and subjected the area of their concentration to bombing. As a result, the brigade suffered heavy losses, many paratroopers were taken prisoner._x000D_ The brigade was in dire need of ammunition and food, starvation began, and the sick and frostbitten appeared. The question was simply about the survival of people. It came to the point that soldiers dug out from under the snow horses that died in the fall of 41, and ate their meat._x000D_ On March 17, 1942, another artillery bombardment of the paratroopers' location killed about 100 of them. This was followed by an attack of paratroopers on the territory occupied by the enemy - a railway station and after a successful counterattack, the fascists defeated the Soviet brigade._x000D_ Soviet soldiers, being without food and uniforms, were not able to resist the enemy. Felt boots on the feet of soldiers in the daytime during the thaw were soaked, at night the temperature dropped to -25C. Of the total number of fighters, the number of frostbitten was 349. Many of them already had frostbites, leading to gangrene. Among them was V. Sobakov. He was evacuated to the hospital #2542 with frostbite on both feet on April 19, 1942._x000D_ After the amputation of the foot, he was pronounced unfit for military service and sent home. After returning, he graduated from the Saratov Trade School and worked first in the district consumer Union, and then as the Chairman of the District Planning Office.

Rank: Specialist._x000D_ Duty station: 167th Rifle Division (1st formation)._x000D_ My dad, Muhamediyar Sitdikov, was a participant of the Great Patriotic W of 1941-1945. He was born in the Kusinskiy District, the village of Petrushkino on July 6, 1913. My parents got married and lived in Sverdlovsk before the war. Then the war broke out. Dad, Mukhamediyar Sitdikov, volunteered for the front at the age of 28, with the rank of Specialist. Participated in combat operations on the territory of the Soviet Union. After the liberation of the USSR from Nazi troops, he fought for the liberation of European countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Poland. During the fighting, surrounded by German troops, he was driven along with his comrades into a swamp, where they stood in icy water. Soldiers were fighting defensive battles near Budapest, and my dad and a group of soldiers were captured. When they were liberated by the Soviet troops, they again went to liberate the territories from the fascist troops. They went forward for the Victory, knowing that they were expected home. During the bombing, he received a shrapnel wound to his heart. The removal of the fragment during the surgery was life threatening, so he passed with this fragment near the heart for the rest of his life. For an excellent service, for their bravery and courage, for exemplary performance of command assignments at the front, fighting with the German invaders and displaying valor and courage, he was awarded the Order of Glory 3rd degree, many medals and decorations, including Order of the Red Star. After the war, my father took my mother from the village, came to Kusa, built a house on the bank of the river AI and raised us, five children. After the war, he started his career in Kusa as a fireman in a Fire Department. Then he worked for a machine-building plant in a foundry. Therefore, he worked until the end of his days. As a result, he was paralyzed, and, after 8 months, he passed away with a shard in his heart on May 18, 1962. Daughter – Lena Sitdikova.

Rank: Sergeant_x000D_ Military branch: Land Forces, Air Force (except Naval Aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD troops, Border Guards_x000D_ Duty station: 1st Moscow Rifle Division_x000D_ Mairbek Totrov was born in 1919 in the village of Dzuarikau. Here he grew up, studied, and graduated from High School. When the war began, Mairbek was one of the first volunteers who went to defend their Homeland. For three long years of the war, he served in a construction battalion. Under German fire, he built airfields in Stavropol, Astrakhan, Rovno, Moscow and other cities, thus providing invaluable assistance to the red Army Air Forces._x000D_ In 1944, the 360th Rifle Division was formed in Moscow, with 1,700 volunteers. From here, the division was transferred to Belarus. Mairbek Totrov was assigned to divisional intelligence along with Ukrainian Sergey Berezin and Siberian Zverkov._x000D_ Once, during a hand-to-hand battle, the Germans decided to take Totrov alive, but he desperately broke through to the Bank of the Dvina and threw himself into the river. The Germans fired at him for a long time, but Mairbek managed to swim to the other side. For this battle he was awarded the Order of the Red Star, by the regiment commander Kruglov._x000D_ On August 16, 1944, Mairbek was seriously wounded in the fierce battles for Latvia. He was hospitalized for 4 months, but the doctors failed to save his hand, his right arm was amputated below the elbow. Victory day caught Mairbek Totrova in the military hospital of the city of Ordzhonikidze._x000D_ In peacetime, Mairbek worked at various facilities: as a Manager of a farm, barns, and caretaker at the Krasny Gorets collective farm. Then he worked for more than 14 years for the hunting inspection of the RSFSR. Mairbek loved his native village very much. For better or worse, he always stayed with his fellow villagers. Together with his wife Aza Sokayeva, he raised four children.

Olga Stepchenkova was born on June 11, 1923 in the Urals city of Alapaevsk. From the age of 18, she worked as an assistant accountant on a collective farm. In 1942, she received a summons to the front. But the Chairman of the collective farm did not let her go. In 1943, a second summons came, and Olga voluntarily went to the front._x000D_ All conscripts from Alapaevsk were brought by freight train to Leningrad. There, a young girl Olya became a minesweeper. The first time she was doing all the work that had accumulated in the city. Later, on assignment, she went closer to the shores of the Gulf of Finland and was engaged in bomb clearance there. It was a very dangerous business, and the Chief of the unit forbade doing it manually._x000D_ Olga together with other girls had to sort out the destroyed houses, any buildings. One of the important tasks was to destroy the documents of the destroyed enterprises._x000D_ After the end of the war in 1945, she returned to her native Alapaevsk with awards. She started to work there as a senior accountant. Here Olga met her future husband. He was also a military man, three years older than Olga. After living together for 20 years, they had to move because of their husband's health condition_x000D_ They moved to the village Chernoerkovskoye in Kuban Region to their relatives. Later, they bought an apartment in Slavyansk-on-Kuban with their earned money and moved there. By that time, Olga's husband was already retired, and she still worked for three years as a chief accountant_x000D_ From the "Book of Memory" collected by students of the Lyceum #4 in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, as part of the "Blue handkerchief", "My countrymen – heroes of the Russian Land" campaigns for the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory.

Rank: Junior Political Officer._x000D_ Malgin Peter Prokhorovich was born in 1912 in the village of Coccorino Solikamsk District, Molotov Region. He joined the Red Army in 1939. He went to the front as a volunteer on 02.07.1941. Last duty station is 86th Suvorov Division 330. He was mentioned in the lists of irretrievable losses and missing persons of 86th Suvorov Division. _x000D_ This list covers the period from 27 to 30 September 1942. Under No. 19 Malgin Peter Prokhorovich. Military rank: Junior Political Officer. Position and specialty: Political Officer of 330th Company. He went missing on 29.09.1942 near the village of Arbuzovo in Vsevolozhsky District of the Leningrad Region. Death notice No. 62/23 was sent to his wife Alexandra in the city of Solikamsk on the address: Street Truda, 55. _x000D_ “Order of the Main Directorate for the formation and manning of the Red Army troops No. 01305 / dated December 18, 1942. The following political personnel who were missing in action in the battles against the German-fascist troops are excluded from the lists of the Red Army. Molotov Regional Military Commissariat, 28. Political Leader of the 330th Rifle Regiment Company of the 86th Rifle Division. Member of the Communist Party.” _x000D_ This order was signed by the Deputy Head of the Main Staffing Directorate of the Red Army, Major General Belyakov. _x000D_ From the memoirs of his cousin Lydia Malgina: _x000D_ “I remember what a good man, Malgin Peter Prokhorovich, the son of my aunt Anna, had been towards people and family. He was a participant in the events in Mongolia at Halkin Gol and for his bravery was awarded the Order of the Red Star, which he received from the hands of Mikhail Kalinin in Moscow. There was a large photo of him sitting near Kalinin in a group of awardees. _x000D_ By this time, his family was living in the city of Solikamsk in their own house across the Usolka river. Aunt Anna Andreyevna also moved in with them. The hut was not large, and in addition to them (and there were six of them), my cousin and my wife and I, and the sister of Pyotr wife, Tatiana, lived here, ten in all. And everyone was comfortable in this small house, although at night they were all placed more on the floor, since there was nowhere to put a bed. The soul of this large group was Pyotr, a cheerful, sociable person. _x000D_ He went to the front as a volunteer, and there was a report about him in the newspaper ”Solikamsky Rabochy", as about a very experienced and respected front-line Communist, the pride of the military unit. He served in the North-Western direction of the front in the Anti-Aircraft Division. _x000D_ He was missed in action, leaving a wife with three young children and a mother. His wife died of tuberculosis, and before that she married again, gave birth to a girl, and now the old mother of Pyotr was left alone with four children in the hard post-war period. They offered to send her children to an orphanage, but she did not give up anyone, raised all her own grandchildren, and did not offend the fourth girl, who was later taken away by her father. _x000D_ All of Anna's grandchildren were educated and became true people, just like their father, mother and grandmother were." The letter sent from the command of the military unit where Malgin Pyotr Prokhorovich fought is our family pride. _x000D_ “The command of our Anti-Aircraft Division, operating in the North-Western direction of the front, sends you combat bolshevik greetings. In this letter we want to tell you how your former worker, now a Red Army fighter, Communist, Senior Sergeant Comrade Malgin is fighting the German-fascist degenerates. Pyotr earned the love and respect of all his personnel from the very first days of joining the Division. A wonderful Junior Commander, a sensitive sympathetic comrade, a fearless front-line soldier, he showed truly miracles of bravery and courage in battles with the fascist thugs. Comrade's Department. Malgina is the best in the division. Pyotr brought up and educates his subordinates in the spirit of high military discipline, instilling in them excellent fighting qualities: courage, military ingenuity, and most importantly, ignorance of fear in combat. For successfully completing the missions of the command, for high military discipline and courage, comrade Malgin had already received several commendations before the formation. Peter Malgin is our pride. We are appealing to you, workers, employees, engineering and technical employees of the plant. The enemy is wounded, but it is still combat-ready. Many of you may have to join the ranks of brave fighters. Your mission is to be ready for this. Working in the rear, fulfilling honorary orders of the front, never forget to study military service. Written by comrade Burba, a Division Commander of Rakitin Commissioner of the division and Burlachenko, Secretary of the Communist Party Bureau.” This is an article from the newspaper "Solikamsky Rabochy" for January 1, 1942.

Magomayev Magomet Muslimovich

Roman Prokofievich Davydkin_x000D_ _x000D_ Roman Prokofievich Davydkin 14.10.1906-11.11.1980 early Sunday morning on June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany attacked our country, my great-grandfather was 35 years old at that time. He enlisted in the red Army and went to the front as a private. My great-grandfather was a miner of the engineering and mining company of the 37th mechanical brigade. On the site "MEMORY of the PEOPLE" we found materials on his military path, as well as award lists with the exploits of Roman's great-grandfather. I would like to tell you about them briefly: 1.) the First feat: "on the night of September 20, 1943, under enemy fire, comrade Davydkin worked with an axe to build a bridge over the river. Thanks to the dedicated work of comrade Davydkin, the tanks were transported across the river on time, which did not allow the enemy to gain a foothold on the opposite Bank. Worthy of the government award of the medal "for bravery!" 2.) SECOND FEAT: "on DECEMBER 18, 1943, RISKING his LIFE, he SET a MINEFIELD 250 METERS FROM the ENEMY. During the German attack on this field, a T4 tank and two armored personnel carriers with infantry were blown up. The enemy's attack was thwarted! On the combat account of comrade Davydkin there are 45 personally defused enemy mines. Worthy of the government award of the order of the Red Star. 3.) the THIRD FEAT: "on August 7, 1944, under heavy enemy fire, I removed 13 surprise mines in the forest, which made it possible for a column of our vehicles to get out of the fire. At the same time, comrade Davydkin was seriously injured, but continued to work (clear mines) until he cleared the road. It was in this combat operation that the great-great-grandfather lost his leg (torn off from a mine at the knee). Worthy of the government award Of the order of Glory of the 3rd degree. Was awarded the medal "For courage!» After the Victory in the great Patriotic war on may 9, 1945, great-grandfather returned home. He was given a car from the state "Zaporozhets" with special equipment and he (despite the fact that he did not have one leg) drove it! He had three children: sons Ivan and Nikolai and a daughter Anna (this is my grandmother, who is now 83 years old (30.10.1936) and lives in the city of Korolev). My great-grandfather died in 1980. I didn't find him alive. But when I go to the village in the summer, I visit the cemetery where he is buried. Roman Prokofievich Davydkin-a Participant in the fighting of the great Patriotic war. In 1943, he participated in the battle of R. Dnipro in the Dnepropetrovsk offensive operation. In battle, he lost a leg (miner) and was sent home To the Ryazan region. Rank-private red army soldier, corporal. He was awarded the Order for the victory over Nazi Germany, the Order of the red Star and the medals "for Bravery". Eternal memory!

Druchin Anisim Gavrilovich_x000D_ _x000D_ At an early age, Anisim Gavrilovich was orphaned, and for a long time lived and was brought up by his older brothers and sisters. Later, he graduated from railway courses and became an instructor of the political Department of the Chisinau railway in the city of Balti. He was accepted into the Communist party of the Soviet Union. Anisim Gavrilovich belonged to the commanding officers of the red army, with the position of political officer of the company. In June 1941, their hometown of Balti was attacked by enemy planes. It was decided to evacuate residents. Anisim Gavrilovich put his family (wife, daughter and son) in the train and they went towards Stalingrad, and he remained in the militia to protect his native city. At that time, Anisim Gavrilovich was the Deputy head of the Balti railway station for political Affairs. After being evacuated to Kazakhstan with his family, Anisim Gavrilovich worked as a Deputy head of the political Department at the Dzhambul station. When the first opportunity came, after handing over the reservation, he went to the front as a volunteer. This happened at the end of 1942. As a volunteer, he was enlisted in a detachment that was formed to throw into the enemy's rear and create partisan detachments there. After six months of training, he and the others found themselves behind enemy lines, in the lelchitsky district of the Polesie region. During the war, he served as a Commissar Of the first detachment of the Moldovan partisan unit. With the fraternal help of Belarusian and Ukrainian partisans, a detachment was formed named after Kotovsky-commander-Kozhukhar M. A., Commissar-A. G. Druchin. Anisim Gavrilovich kept in touch with the local population, conducted explanatory conversations, passed material for leaflets. Under his leadership, partisan Newspapers and leaflets were published (more than 50 thousand leaflets were distributed by the detachments Of the first Moldavian unit), and he actively participated in the battles with the fascist punishers. Under his leadership, 40 enemy echelons were derailed. For active participation in the battles for the liberation of the Motherland, Anisim Gavrilovich Druchin was awarded the Medal "partisan of the Patriotic war" of the 1st degree and the order of the red banner. During the war, Anisim Gavrilovich suffered several concussions. Once, during an artillery barrage, the horse threw him out of the saddle and dragged him along. Another time, when they were bombed, the bomb exploded very close, so that it was covered with sand. The third concussion he received when crossing the river. After these events, he developed severe headaches. Doctors said that he had a brain tumor and offered trepanation of the skull, but did not have time to perform the operation. On may 30, 1945, Anisim Gavrilovich died. But the memory of him remains alive in our hearts. This was a real Commissar, honest, principled, cheerful and sincere, who always took care of his fighters!

Rogozin Oleg Konstantinovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Born on October 31, 1929 in Moscow. Father - aeronautical engineer, associate Professor MAI Konstantin Rogozin (during the war were sent to Leningrad the chief engineer on the restoration of the battleship "Marat" in German air RAID ran aground, but continued despite the attacks of the Nazis to cover the approaches to the besieged city of their main gauges). Mother-hereditary Smolensk noblewoman Natalia Borisovna Mitkevich-Zholtok. Rogozin in 1943, at the age of 14, ran away to the front and was accepted for military service as a cabin boy in the 9th detachment of the special purpose underwater work Expedition (9th EPRON detachment) The Dnieper flotilla. Participated in the operation to liberate the city of Smolensk in 1943. His unit was engaged in lifting and clearing the Dnieper forvator from the flooded during its crossing of the river of military equipment and mine clearance. Due to a serious infectious disease, he was sent to a hospital in Moscow, and then returned to his family. Here is what Oleg Konstantinovich remembered about it: "There, in Smolensk, I felt the "smell of war", its devastating and merciless consequences and realized that only military force and the great spirit of patriotism of the entire people can resist its horrors and destruction. It is these truths of human existence that the Great Patriotic war taught our generation." After discharge from the hospital, from 1943 to 1947, he worked as a mechanic at the plant No. 339 of the people's Commissariat of aviation industry. Combining work with study, he graduated from the evening school of working youth. In 1947, he got a job as a mechanic for precision instruments At the Institute of automation under the all-Union Council of scientific and engineering societies in the Department headed by G. N. Babkin, the future Chief designer of the Lavochkin design Bureau. At the same time, the world-famous S. p. Korolev, V. N. Chelomey, and S. A. Lebedev worked at the Institute. After graduating from the Third Moscow Aero club, he entered the first Orenburg Chkalov military aviation school. There, cadet pilot Oleg Rogozin meets his future wife, Tamara. They lived happily together for 53 years. At the O. K. school Rogozin qualified as a military ground-attack pilot and, as a sign of encouragement for excellent results, was left at the School as an instructor pilot. In 1954, he entered the Zhukovsky Air force engineering Academy. After graduating with honors in 1959, he was appointed a military representative to the plant No. 500 of the USSR Ministry of aviation Industry (now the Moscow machine-building enterprise named after V. V. Chernyshev, UEC). Since 1961-military representative, senior military representative in the Tushino engine-building Bureau "Soyuz". In 1971, Oleg Konstantinovich was appointed Deputy head of the Department of experimental construction and serial orders of the Central office of the air force of the Ministry of defense of the USSR. Military representatives supervised the development and production of aircraft samples, as well as various components of aircraft, including the su-24, MiG-23M, Il-76, su-27, MiG-29, MiG-31, Tu-160, an-124, su-25, Ka-25. In 1974, O. K. Rogozin was appointed first Deputy head Of the Department of experimental construction and serial orders of the Air force, responsible for organizing new developments in aviation technology and monitoring the progress of their implementation. From 1975 to 1982, he was the head of this Department. From 1982 to 1990, he headed the Department of advanced research and weapons programs of the armament Service of the USSR Ministry of defense. First Deputy chief of armament of the USSR Ministry of defense, Chairman of the Interdepartmental scientific coordination Council under The state Commission of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on military-industrial issues (MIC USSR). A prominent organizer of the Soviet Union's military industry, and a developer of modern weapons theory. After serving in the armed forces of the USSR for more than 40 years, after retiring in 1990, doctor of technical Sciences, Professor, retired Lieutenant General O. K. Rogozin joined the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (Russia) as a leading researcher. He devoted his scientific works to the theory of deterring external aggression, preserving the scientific and technical Foundation for the future revival of the Russian military-industrial complex. Winner of the state prize of the USSR, holder of the orders of Lenin, the October revolution, and the red banner of Labor. He died after a serious illness on March 24, 2010. In the Orenburg cadet school, located in the building of the former flight school, a training class is named after military pilot Oleg Konstantinovich Rogozin.

Rassokhin Ivan Lazarevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red Army soldier. _x000D_ Type of troops: Armored and mechanized Troops. _x000D_ Division: the 1-st Panzer Red Banner Division. Ivan Lazarevich Rassokhin was born on may 20, 1922 in the village of Shuravino in the Shatrovskiy district of the Kurgan region in a large family (8 brothers and sisters). In 1935, he came to the village of Sagra in the Verkhe-Pyshminsky district of the Sverdlovsk region. Here he remained for permanent residence, hanging out with his nieces and younger sister. In order to take a tractor driver's course, he went to his native village to get a birth certificate, but the documents were lost after the death of his parents. I had to restore them, and in order to be older and go to study as a tractor driver, my grandfather deliberately added an extra year to his age, because they took courses from the age of 14, and he was only 13.From this point on, the grandfather's date of birth is may 20, 1922, not 1923. After completing the course, my grandfather worked as a tractor driver in the timber industry until 1941. When the war began, he, like many residents of the country, did not stay away, but was eager to go to the front (he was only 18 years old at that time). The assigned year also helped him here, after training as a tank driver and radio operator, he fought as part of the 1-st guards tank brigade. The brigade was transferred to the most severe battles. In one of the battles at the river crossing, my grandfather's tank was hit and almost completely submerged in water. The entire crew of the tank was killed, but the grandfather was still alive! Although he was badly injured and shell-shocked. On the second day after the battle, it was accidentally discovered by passing Russian troops. My grandfather was taken to the hospital, after treatment, he could no longer control the tank and was sent to train as a gunner of the “Katyusha” anti-aircraft multiple-launch rocket launcher.

Repkin Akim Vasilyevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Senior sergeant. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. In every city and village of our country, former veterans live. And although they are becoming fewer and fewer every year, but those who survived, keep the memory of the departed sacred. The memory of them lives on in the people. I want to tell you about our fellow countryman, hero of the Soviet Union, Akim Vasilyevich Repkin. Akim Vasilyevich Repkin was born on September 20, 1914 in the village of Harkeevka in the Starooskolsky district in the family of a poor peasant. He graduated from elementary school. He started his working life very early. At the age of thirteen, his father sent him to work for kulak. At the age of sixteen, Komsomol member Akim Repkin worked at a mine in the Donbass. Here, in 1936, he was drafted into the army. From 1936 to 1939, he served in the Red Army in the far East. After demobilization, he remained to live and work in the city of Blagoveshchensk. When the war began, he asked to go to the front as a volunteer. The regiment in which Akim Vasilyevich was enlisted was arriving at the South-Western front, near Kharkiv. Here in October 1941, the baptism of fire took place. 1942. German-fascist hordes are rushing to the Volga. The battle of Stalingrad, a fierce, harsh, and persistent battle unprecedented in the history of war, began. The battalion in which Repkin served was assigned the task of crossing the don river, breaking through the enemy's defenses in the direction of the city of Serafimovich. Prepared carefully. They tied up a raft from improvised materials, loaded weapons and ammunition on it. And at nightfall, at a signal, they threw themselves into the water. "Go ahead, guys!" - the squad leader hurried his men. The cannonade did not abate. At first, the indiscriminate firing of the enemy became more focused. The soldiers stormed the German fortifications. The enemy's defense line was breached, and the task was completed. Then there was the gum, which was also forced. After Kursk and Orel again water barrier-the Dnieper. The Nazis were firing heavily. The sappers took shelter in the coastal Bush. No violent counterattack, no heavy fire of the enemy could not prevent the crossing. For two days, pontoons were transporting people, equipment, ammunition, and medicines without sleep or rest. And when the sounds of battle rolled away far beyond the Dnieper, the sappers began to build a floating pontoon bridge, which soon crossed the army. The offensive continued. And Akim Vasilyevich attached to his tunic the medal "for bravery", received for the courage shown during the crossing of the Dnieper. In the spring of 1944, the order of the Red Star was added to the military awards. This is for crossing the Prut river. In the second half of January 1945, the 49th separate motorized pontoon bridge battalion under the leadership of Colonel Borodin reached the Oder near the city of Steinau. Intelligence reported that the only surviving bridge in the area was mined. In the evening, the Deputy commander of the fourth tank army, major General Poluektov, drove up to the group of pontoons. Opening the car door, he called senior Lieutenant Krupnikov to his side. "Tankers need a bridge. Are there any specialists in mine clearance? " - " we will find it, comrade General!" The execution of combat missions by the battalion commander has placed on Repkina. The Junior Sergeant put the platoon on the car and headed for the bridge. The soldiers were forced to spread out, dashing and crawling forward for two kilometers due to heavy mortar fire. When the bridge was two hundred meters away, Repkin left the soldiers in place, and he and private Akhmetov, Komsomol Famankhin crawled to the road, then ditched to the bridge. At a convenient moment they removed the sentries. A green rocket shot up into the gray sky: the way is clear! On the same day late in the evening the battalion was alerted and was ordered to secure the crossing of troops over the Oder near the town Cabin. Junior Sergeant Repkin's squad was the first to reach the river. The landing party was already at the shore. After 10 minutes, the first pontoon, loaded to the limit of the infantry, sailed off the shore. Repkin was driving the pontoon. The rapid current and floating ice floes made it difficult to move. There were the booming shots of guns and mortars, machine-gun bursts, and the unbearable screeching of bombs. Shells split the ice floes. Skilfully maneuvering between the bursts of shells and mines, between the ice floes, Repkin resolutely led his pontoon to the Western shore. And when the landing party, having caught on a piece of land, entered the battle, Akim Vasilyevich sent his pontoon after another group of fighters. And again, the shells burst, again the shrapnel. For two days, Akim Repkin's Department worked under continuous fire without rest or sleep. It transported 2 infantry battalions, 10 guns, 3 tanks, and many other weapons and ammunition across the Oder, which ensured the capture and consolidation of a bridgehead on the left Bank of the river. On April 10, 1945, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Akim Vasilievich Repkin was awarded the Rank Hero of the Soviet Union for successfully crossing the Oder and for his heroism and courage. At the same time, he joined the CPSU(b). The war ended for Repkin on April 28, 1945. While participating in the assault on Berlin, he was seriously wounded. He learned about the victory in the hospital. After the war, Akim Vasilyevich was demobilized. Lived in Carscom district of the Chita region, then moved to his native village Kharchevka of Volodymyrovsky village Council. In the early 60s, Akim Vasilyevich worked as the head of a dairy farm in the village of Vladimirovka. At the same time, he was given an apartment in the city of Stary Oskol, where he moved the whole family. But Akim Vasilyevich never forgot his small homeland. He constantly came and met with young people, industry leaders and ordinary residents of the village. At the invitation of the pioneers of the Vladimirskaya secondary school, Akim Vasilievich repeatedly visited the school and talked with the children. The Museum of the Vladimirskaya secondary school contains photos of A.V. Repkin and a note written by Him on February 5, 1972. When once again Akim Vasilyevich was invited to a meeting with students, he wrote that he was glad to be invited and that he would definitely fulfill the request of the students. But, unfortunately, the shattered health did not allow this meeting to take place. In the late 80's, on May 11, 1989, Akim Vasilyevich died. The Motherland has not forgotten the hero's feat. In honor of Akim Vasilyevich named one of the streets of Stary Oskol, his bust installed in alle Heroes. His memory will be passed down from century to century. And we will be proud that we had a chance to live on the same land together with our famous countryman – Repkin Akim Vasilyevich.