Heroes of the Soviet Union

Rank: Red Army. _x000D_ Smaglyuk Dmitry Silovich walked along the roads of war from the first to the last day. He was born in 1915 into a peasant family in the village of Blagoveshchenka, Kurdai district, Dzhambul Region, Kazakhstan. In 1930 he joined the kolkhoz named after Budyonny, and from that time he began his labor activity. After graduating from the courses of tractor drivers in 1930, he began to engage in the most peaceful business to grow grains. But the war broke out, and Dmitry Silovich went to the front. _x000D_ On December 18, 1942, the chauffeur of the combat vehicle of the 2nd battery of the 228th Separate Guards Mortar Division, the Red Army Soldier Smaglyuk Dmitry Silovich, was awarded the medal "For Military Merit" for his courage and dedication in the fight against the German invaders. _x000D_ For participation in the offensive operation of Soviet units from 2 to 5 January 1944 in the direction Novosokolskoye (from the Staraya Russa Region to the Nevel Region) Smaglyuk Dmitry Silovich was awarded the Order of the Red Star. _x000D_ After the end of the war, Dmitry Silovich returned to his native Kazakhstan, where he continued his labor heroic path. In 1947, the tractor Brigade under the leadership of Dmitry Smaglyuk fulfilled the plan by 150%, saving 2.5 tons of fuel. In the same year, the Brigade worked on an area of 189 hectares, on which 22.2 centners of grain were collected from each hectare. For this valiant work, he was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor in 1948. _x000D_ In 2010, by the decision of the rural district of the village of Kainar (Blagoveshchensk), one of the streets of the village was named in honor of Dmitry Silovich Smaglyuk.

Rank: Major, Hero of the Soviet Union _x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except for naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops _x000D_ Subdivision: 100th Infantry Division of the Order of Lenin. _x000D_ Egemkul Tasanbaevich Tasanbayev was born on February 23, 1917 in a peasant family in the village of Kazygurt, South Kazakhstan Region ... From December 1941 to January 1947 he participated in the Great Patriotic War and hostilities on the Far Eastern Front. From July to December 1941 he passed training at the Tashkent Military Tank School and was sent to Almaty, where, along with other officers, he took up the formation of the 100th Separate Infantry Brigades. _x000D_ In 1942, while holding the position of assistant to the Political Department for the Komsomol of the 100th Separate Rifle Brigade of the 39th army of the Kalinin Front, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star with the rank of Captain. He started the war on the distant outskirts of Moscow, near the ancient Russian city of Western Rzhev. _x000D_ On November 25, 1942, in the area of the Molodoy Tut River of Western Rzhev, fierce battles were fought with the fascist invaders. The Germans stubbornly resisted, trying to repel the offensive of the Soviet troops. The 100th Rifle Brigade, together with other units, repulsed the attacks of the fascists. And in 5 days they liberated 13 villages with the regional center Young Tut. _x000D_ In one of the combats in the village of Bochkovo, the Nazis counterattacked, the units put up stubborn resistance. German snipers hunted the officers, trying to incapacitate them. Here Tasanbaev Egemkul was overtaken by a sniper bullet, hitting a pistol hidden under his clothes. Ricocheting, it only slightly injured her arm. As a result of two wounds, he lost a lot of blood and was in serious condition. The surgeon of the medical and sanitary unit Nigmatulin provided him with medical assistance. To support the weakened body, doctors decided on a blood transfusion. _x000D_ Later, Tasanbaev Yegemkul learned that his fellow soldiers, two officers and Manshuk Mametova, whom he, being a Political Instructor, presented with a party card before the battle, had become his donors. Then the future Hero of the Soviet Union performed his first effort. Egemkul Tasanbaev with his fighting friends finished off the powerful Kurland group of fascists in the Baltic states. The war for Egemkul Tasanbayev ended in the Far East. _x000D_ After the surrender of Japan, he got into an Artillery Brigade and was demobilized from the army only in 1947 with the rank of Major. He was awarded the Order of Lenin (08.06.1957), three Orders of the Red Banner of Labor (01.03.1965, 10.12.1973, 22.02.1982), the Order of the October Revolution (27.08.1971), the Order of the Red Star (03.12.1942. ), Order of the Patriotic War 1 degree (03/11/1985), medals "For Victory over Germany in WWII 1941-1945", "For Victory over Japan", "For Valiant Labor", "For Courage", "In commemoration of 100 anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin ". He passed away on August 18, 2006 at the age of 89.

Rank: Senior Lieutenant, Pilot, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union_x000D_ _x000D_ Senior Lieutenant Vasily Vasilyevich Siroshtan, was one of the fighter pilots of the 512th Fighter Aviation Regiment. Warriors who gave their lives for the bright future of our Motherland will forever remain in the memory of the people. Vasily Siroshtan was born in 1918 in the village Malye Khutora (Small Farmsteads) of Vinnitsa Region in a large and friendly working class family. Before serving in the army, he graduated from the School of factory training (FZU), worked as a mechanic at an auto repair plant. At the front he had been since June 22, 1941. _x000D_ In a small letter at the beginning of the war, he wrote home that he had received a fighter and was eager to meet the enemy as soon as possible. He was married. His wife was called, like his mother, Anna. He had two daughters, Zina, born in 1938 and Valya, born in 1940. Co-workers said about Siroshtan that he had the soul of a poet. True, he did not write poetry, but he loved it very much and knew many poems, especially by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko. In the village of Malye Khutora in Vinnytsia, where he was born, they appreciated a good word and a sincere folk song. There Vasily first heard Svetlov's "Grenada", which amazed the teenager. He knew it by heart and often read: "We rode at a pace, we raced in battles and held the song" Yablochko" in our teeth. Ah, this song is still kept by young grass of steppe malachite. " _x000D_ Vasily Siroshtan, being a Squadron Commander, knew how to organize work on the ground so that it would be easier to defeat the enemy in the air. He had excellent organizational skills and skillfully combined them with combat work, showing daily concern for his subordinates. For the entire period of work on the front of the Patriotic War, Siroshtan showed himself to be a fearless and decisive pilot, skillfully applying all military cunning in air combat. He flew 421 sorties. He flew I-16, Lagg-3 and Yak-1. He participated in 97 air battles, as a result of which he personally shot down 8 enemy aircraft and 6 in a group. He conducted 17 assault sorties along enemy columns and airfields (Poltava, Kharkov, Chuguev, Rogan), while personally lighting 2 enemy aircraft on the ground, destroyed or damaged 2 tanks, 14 vehicles with troops and cargo, 3 anti-aircraft guns, scattered or destroyed up to companies of enemy soldiers. He had made 103 sorties to escort attack aircraft, 22 to cover his troops and crossings, 58 Reconnaissance missions, of which 4 were special missions from the front command. He was a distinguished Soviet ace after two rams of enemy fighters. _x000D_ On September 1, 1941, the flight Commander, Lieutenant Siroshtan, flew to the I-16 to escort SB bombers heading to bomb a river crossing in the Kremenchug Region. Suddenly, a group of Me-109 appeared from behind the clouds. An air battle ensued. During the battle, Siroshtan came under fire from one Messerschmitt. The machine gun fire damaged the tail of his aircraft. Then he rushed down and cut off the Me-109 plane with the wing of his plane. Tumbling, he went to the ground on August 1, 1942, near Novoalekseevka, shot down another Me-109 enemy plane with a ramming strike and again remained alive. _x000D_ Siroshtan continuously taught young pilots how to fight the enemy and emerge victorious from the battle. The air battle was skillful and competent. With his fearlessness, courage and military exploits, he always inspired the entire personnel of the Regiment to destroy the fascist vultures. _x000D_ On 08/24/1942, heading the shock group for escorting attack aircraft, Art. Lieutenant Vasily Vasilievich. Siroshtan together with the young pilot led by Sergeant Nikolai V. Milovanov in the Davydovka area near Stalingrad entered into an unequal air battle with 12 enemy ME-109 aircraft. Covering the young pilot, the Commander bravely repelled the frantic attacks of German fighters. The air battle lasted about an hour, and even after the death of Nikolai Milovanov, the fearless falcon, without leaving the battlefield, continued to fight himself until an enemy bullet hit him in the head. “On this day, Vasily Siroshtan and the young pilot Nikolai Milovanov did not return to their airfield. At the head of the group, the Squadron Commander accompanied the Soviet Il-aircrafts.“Twelve Messerschmitts appeared,”he said on the radio at the command depot. The receiver caught the command: “I will take over the fight, the rest follow the course of the attack aircraft.”Then the abrupt: "Kolya, four to the left ..." "Attack, cover." "Like this". And again: "Closer to me ...", "Beat! ..", "Well done, Nikolai ..."_x000D_ For the courage and heroism shown in the battles with the Nazi invaders, the command of the 512th Fighter Aviation Regiment V.V. Siroshtan was twice presented to the highest state award with the title “Hero of the Soviet Union” (in 1941 and 1942). He was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner and the Order of the Patriotic War of the first degree (posthumously).

Mikhail Soloviev (1923-1944), Hero of the Soviet Union. Born in the village of Klyuchiki of Cherkassy uyezd (now Volsky district).

Rank: Junior Lieutenant. Branch of troops: Ground Forces. The Great Patriotic War found Viktor Savin in the city of Berdichevo, Zhytomyr Region, where he served in active army since April 1941. A Separate Motorized Pontoon-bridge Battalion, in which pontooner Viktor Stepanovich Savin fought, was front-line subordination, and it was transferred from one front to another. The Battalion had to cross the rivers Seversky Donets, Vorskla, Dnieper, Dniester, Prut, Western Dvina, Vistula, Oder, Spree, etc. to direct and build, maintain ferry crossings under enemy fire. In the autumn and winter of 1942-1943. V.S. Savin worked on the Volga crossing as part of the 64th Army of the Stalingrad Front. He transported a huge amount of military supplies, equipment and soldiers who held the defenses south of Stalingrad. _x000D_ In the summer of 1943, as part of the 7th Guards Army (formerly 64th) V.S. Savin took part in the battles at the Kursk Bulge. When the offensive began, the Battalion had to cross the Seversky Donets and Vorskla rivers. Soviet troops steadily approached the Dnieper. On the night of September 28-29, 1943, the Battalion Commander received an order to begin a landing crossing across the Dnieper. The area of the crossing was near the village of Saloshino, Poltava Region. On a dark night, the paratroopers began to cross. The dispatched subunits captured a foot strong on the western bank of the Dnieper: 8 km in front width and 6 km in depth. This piece of land was shot through by the enemy. _x000D_ On the morning of September 29, the Nazis unleashed fire of all types of ammunition on the destruction of our soldiers who had occupied a foot strong on the right bank. There was nowhere to retreat, during the daytime the river could not be crossed due to the actions of the enemy's aviation and artillery, and until the evening without reinforcements it could not hold out. A hard situation arose. The warriors who were on the given foot strong were bleeding to death and suffered fierce losses. The order of the command was at any cost to transfer equipment and manpower to the foot strong and pick up the wounded in the daytime. But all attempts were unsuccessful, two ferries were sunk. Dusk soon fell. _x000D_ In the most hard conditions, under continuous enemy fire, V.S. Savin and his comrades made 16 voyages to the right bank of the Dnieper, ferrying manpower and equipment. On the seventeenth flight of V. S. Savin loaded 4 Anti-tank guns with crews into the landing pontoon. Already near the coast, the pontoon was damaged and began to sink. V. S. Savin jumped into the water and pulled the pontoon to the shore. When the guns were unloaded, he poured water, plugged the holes with his tunic and swam to the left bank again. _x000D_ By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Viktor Stepanovich Savin, among others, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for crossing the Dnieper and firmly consolidating the foot strong on the western bank of the Dnieper. After the Dnieper V. S. Savin, together with his Battalion, reached Berlin.

Title: Junior Seargeant, Hero of the Soviet Union_x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces_x000D_ Subdivision: Panfilov 8th Guards Rifle Rezhitskaya Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division _x000D_ Junior Sergeant Pyotr Dmitrievich Stemasov is the first Hero of the Soviet Union of the 316th Rifle Division. The Commander of the Radio Department of the 289th anti-tank Artillery Regiment of the 316th Rifle Division, Junior Sergeant Pyotr Stemasov in the battles near Moscow, provided radio communication of the battery with firing positions on October 25, 1941, replaced the out-of-order gunner and, together with the artillerymen, knocked out nine enemy tanks ... _x000D_ In the sector of the 1073rd Regiment of 316 Suvorov Division, the Nazi units broke through the defenses and made their way to join the tankers in Ostashevo. All the guns were already on alert. At two in the morning on October 25, the entire personnel of the 289th Regiment was raised to their feet. For half a day, the Spas-Ryukhov anti-tank area was grinding the fascist tanks. _x000D_ The fifth battery of Senior Lieutenant Belyakov, which discovered the enemy earlier than others, knocked out 11 tanks, Kapatsin's battery seventeen and the remaining batteries eighteen tanks. The battlefield was covered with smoke. Visibility has deteriorated. At the Kapatsyn battery, one gun was silent in the midst of hostilities. Kapatsyn sene Junior Seargeant Stemasov to clarify a combat situation. The gun carriage was covered with ground, and only the tractor driver Chobotov and the gunner Nerov survived. _x000D_ Stemasov, Chobotov and Neronov quickly dug up the gun carriage. The panorama was broken on the gun and the gunner ran to the spare. But the tanks were approaching, and they had to aim through the barrel. _x000D_ The first shot to test was fired at a haystack. The second time Stemasov aimed at the approaching tank, together with Chobotov, he again loaded the gun. A shot followed, “the tank shuddered, stopped and burst into flames.” _x000D_ Neronov returned with a spare panorama, the gun became fully operational. In a short time, the three of them knocked out seven tanks, but did not notice how a large group of enemy tanks from the side entered the rear. But even at these critical moments, Stemasov and his comrades were not at a loss. _x000D_ By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 9, 1941, for the exemplary fulfillment of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German enemy invaders, and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Junior Sergeant Peter Dmitrievich Stemasov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and a medal " Golden Star". In 1945 he graduated from 2nd year of the Military Academy named after F.E.Dzerzhinsky, in 1948 from the Higher Officer Artillery School, and in 1954 from the courses for officers. _x000D_ Since 1960, Major P.D.Stemasov had been in reserve. He lived in the city of Vitebsk. Before leaving for a well-deserved retirement, he worked at a factory of electrical measuring instruments. Retired Colonel P.D. Stemasov passed away on November 18, 2000. Buried in Vitebsk. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War of 1st degree, the Red Star, "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" of the 3rd degree, and medals. _x000D_ In the city of Vitebsk, a memorial plaque is installed on the house where the Hero lived.

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.

Rank: Senior Lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union_x000D_ _x000D_ Ivan Sedov was born on December 11, 1913 on the Shurupovsky farm (now the Frolovsky district of the Volgograd region). After finishing four years of school, he worked at a machine-tractor station. In 1937-1939 he served in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, graduated from the courses of Junior military technicians. _x000D_ In August 1941, Sedov was recruited into the army and sent to the front of the Great Patriotic War. From 23 to 24 November 1942, he was Commander of the tank of 310th Tank Battalion of 109th Tank Brigade. Lieutenant Sedov, with his crew took part in three attacks in the area of the Vertyachy farm. Skillfully maneuvering on the combatfield, adjusting to the terrain, he went ahead of the group of tanks and by radio he adjusted the fire of the remaining tanks on the combatfield, being in the tank for more than 20 hours. By the end of the day on November 24, 1942, he reached the milestone, which is half a kilometer north-west of Vertyachiy. In three attacks, 7 guns, 5 machine guns, 2 bunkers, 90 soldiers and officers were destroyed. _x000D_ By order of the Don Front troops of November 16, 1942, on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Lieutenant Ivan Viktorovich Sedov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the Command on the front against the German invaders and for the valor and courage shown at the same time. Senior Lieutenant Ivan Viktorovich Sedov, by order of 6th Guards Cavalry Corps of 08/06/1944 No. 021 / N, was awarded the Order of the First Degree of Patriotic War. _x000D_ From the award list, the following is known about the feat: _x000D_ «...in a combat with the German invaders on July 26, 1944, while performing a combat mission to capture the village of P-Gora, withdrawing tanks, he showed courage and heroism. Performing the function of a tank Commander at the same time, Sedov suppressed, bursting into the village, 4 enemy medium-caliber guns, 1 anti-aircraft gun, one passenger car, up to 30 carts with horses, and also destroyed up to 40 Nazis.When he took possession of the village of P-Gora, Comrade Sedov, despite the fact that no one helped him, kept the whole day S-Mountain in his hands, despite repeated enemy counterattacks Sedov for his skillful leadership of the tank, which inflicted heavy losses on the enemy: defeated the enemy's train, destroyed 12 guns and over 100 Hitlerites.»_x000D_ By October 1944, Senior Lieutenant Ivan Sedov commanded a company 250- 1st Tank Regiment, 13th Guards Cavalry Division, 6th Guards Cavalry Corps, 2nd Ukrainian Front. Distinguished during the liberation of Hungary. 24 October In 1944, Sedov's company, during the combat for the Hungarian city of Nagkallo, took acombat with 20 enemy tanks, knocking out 6 of them and forcing the rest to withdraw. In that combat, Sedov died. _x000D_ He was buried in a square in the Hungarian city of Balkani. From the response to a request from the Frolovsky military registration and enlistment office to the Hungarian Red Cross, it is known that after the war, the remains of Soviet soldiers buried in the village of Balkan were reburied at the Soviet military cemetery in the city of Nyiregyhaza. _x000D_ By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 28, 1945, Senior Lieutenant Ivan Sedov was posthumously awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He was also awarded the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner and the Patriotic War of 1st degree.

Rank: Senior Lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union_x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery _x000D_ _x000D_ Kudaibergen Suraganov was born on May 25, 1921 in the village of Suluagash (now - Kachirsky district of Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan). After graduating from the Pavlodar pedagogical school, he worked as a teacher. In 1940, Suraganov was called up to serve in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. In 1941, he graduated from the courses for Junior Leiutenants. Since 1942 he had been on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. By April 1945, Senior Lieutenant Kudaibergen Suraganov commanded the battery control platoon of 142nd Cannon Artillery Brigade of t33rd Army of 1st Belorussian Front. He distinguished himself during the Capture of Berlin. _x000D_ On April 16-23, 1945, Suraganov's platoon successfully adjusted the fire of its battery at German firing points, which helped the infantry break through to the Oder-Spree canal. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946, Senior Lieutenant Kudaibergen Suraganov was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the medal "Golden Star "number 9074. _x000D_ He was also awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of 1st degree and two Orders of the Red Star, a number of medals. In March 1947, Suraganov was transferred to the reserve. He lived in Alma-Ata. After graduating from the Kazakh Pedagogical Institute, he remained to teach there. He was Candidate of Science (Engineering). He died on February 14, 2008, was buried in Alma-Ata.

Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko is a Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1940), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1940, 1965), Chevalier of the Order "Victory" (1945), People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR (May 1940 - July 1941), member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1938-1940), member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (1939-1952), member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (1938-1940), deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR of 1st convocation (1938-1947), Candidate member of the Communist Central Committee (1952-1970). _x000D_ He was considered the most competent Commander and military theorist at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War and was the Chairman of the Headquarters of the High Command in Moscow from June 23 to July 19, 1941. _x000D_ He was born on February 6 (18), 1895 in the village of Orman, Akkerman district, Bessarabian province (now Furmanovka, Kiliya district, Odessa region of Ukraine), in the family of a peasant Konstantin Gavrilovich Timoshenko (died in 1925). He is Ukrainian by nationality. He worked as a farm laborer. He graduated from a rural school. In December 1914 he was drafted into the army. In 1915 he graduated from the Regimental machine gun school and received the rank of Sergeant-Major. He participated in the First World War, was a machine gunner in 4th Cavalry Division on the Southwestern and Western Fronts. He was awarded for valor with St. George's Crosses of three degrees. He was arrested after hitting an officer and put on trial. He ended the war with the rank of ensign. _x000D_ He had been to the Red Army since 1918. He commanded a platoon since April 1918, a squadron since June 1918. In August 1918 he was the head of a Cavalry Regiment, he took part in the defense of the city of Tsaritsyn, where he met Joseph Stalin. _x000D_ Since November 1918 he was the Commander of a Cavalry Brigade, (since June 1919 he was in the corps of S.M.Budyonny). Member of the Communist Party since 1919. From November 1919 to August 1920 he is a Commander of 6th Cavalry Division, from August 1920 to October 1921 he was a Commander of 4thCavalry Division of 1st Cavalry Army. He was wounded five times, but did not leave the formation. _x000D_ For military exploits during the Civil War, he was awarded three Orders of the Red Banner and an Honorary Revolutionary Weapon. He received revolutionary weapons in November 1920 for combats on the Polish front, in particular, for withdrawing 1st Cavalry Army from the encirclement in Belarus. He graduated from the Higher Military Academic Courses in 1922 and 1927, and the courses for the one-man Commanders at the N.G. Tolmachev Military-Political Academy in 1930. He commanded 3rd and 6th cavalry corps. Since August 1933 he was a Deputy Commander of the Belorussian Military District, since September 1935 he was appointed to the Kiev Military District. From June 1937 he was Commander of the North Caucasian Military Districts, and from September 1937 worked in Kharkov Military Districts. On February 8, 1939, he was appointed Commander of the Kiev military district with the assignment of the military rank of Army Commander of 1st rank. _x000D_ During the Polish campaign of the Red Army in 1939, from September 17 to October 2, he commanded the Ukrainian Front, which was established on September 11, 1939. Successfully completed a combat mission to capture the city of Lvov. In the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940, from January 7, 1940, he commanded the North-Western Front, whose troops carried out a breakthrough of the "Mannerheim Line". After the previous failure of this operation by the People's Commissar of Defense Kliment Voroshilov, who was removed from the post of Commander on the same January 7, Tymoshenko immediately set specific operational missions and their solution. As a result, from February 1940, when the preparation was completed, the assault on the line began and its breakthrough, the city of Vyborg was taken. Thanks to the successful command of Timoshenko, on March 13, 1940, the USSR signed peace with Finland on its own terms. _x000D_ The title of Hero of the Soviet Union (No. 241) with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal to Army Commander 1st Rank Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko was awarded on March 21, 1940 for "exemplary performance of command combat missions and displayed courage and heroism." On May 7, 1940 he was appointed to the post of People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR with the assignment of the highest military rank, Marshal of the Soviet Union. June 28 - July 2, after the occupation of Bessarabia by the troops of the Southern Front (Commander G.K. Zhukov) during the operation against Romania, in 1940, Tymoshenko for the first time since 1914 visited his small homeland, the village of Orman (now Furmanovka) in the Ukrainian Bessarabia, from where he was still a young man and went to the front of the First World War. In his native Furmanovka, the marshal received an enthusiastic welcome from fellow villagers. He had to speak at an impromptu meeting directly from the peasant cart. Tymoshenko spent the rest of the day and all night in contact with numerous relatives. _x000D_ In 1940-1941 Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko was People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR (replaced KE Voroshilov in this post). At the post of the People's Commissar of Defense, he carried out a lot of work to improve the combat training of troops, their reorganization, technical re-equipment, training new personnel (required due to a significant increase in the size of the army), which was not fully completed due to the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Under his leadership, the combat experience of using the Armed Forces gained in the Soviet-Finnish war was generalized and began to be introduced into the practice of training troops and staffs. Decisions were made to form mechanized corps, replace outdated tank and artillery fleets, aviation equipment, mobilize resources, improve the organization and coherence in the work of headquarters, strengthen military discipline, and improve the combat training of troops. Immediately after the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, on June 23, 1941, he was appointed Chairman of the Headquarters of the High Command. _x000D_ On July 2, 1941, in connection with the catastrophic development of events in the central sector of the Soviet-German front, Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko was appointed Commander of the Western Front. On July 10, 1941, he simultaneously headed the High Command of the Western Direction Forces (remained Commander-in-chief until the abolition of the High Command on September 10, 1941). During the combat for Kiev, on September 13, 1941, S. K. Timoshenko was appointed Commander-in-chief of the troops of the South-West direction. On September 30, 1941, Timoshenko headed the reconstituted Southwestern Front, which defended on the southern flank of the Soviet-German front. At the end of November 1941, Timoshenko commanded the Soviet counteroffensive near Rostov-on-Don. On November 28, the city was taken, which was one of the first victories of the Red Army in 1941. In May 1942, Timoshenko led the Kharkov operation, as a result of which a large group of the Red Army suffered a crushing defeat. As a result of the encirclement near Kharkov, more than 200 thousand soldiers and officers of the Red Army were taken prisoner, which was one of the reasons for the future difficult situation near Stalingrad and in the Caucasus. Tymoshenko himself survived and escaped captivity. In July 1942, Timoshenko was appointed Commander of the Stalingrad Front. Since October 1942 he commanded the troops of the North-Western Front. In this position, he conducted two offensive operations during the implementation of the "Polar Star" plan, the Demyansk offensive and the Old Russian operation. _x000D_ On March 13, Marshal Tymoshenko was removed from his post as Commander of the North-Western Front. From March 1943 until the end of the war, he was a representative of the Supreme Command Headquarters and coordinated the actions of a number of fronts, took part in the development and conduct of certain operations. During the operation to withdraw Romania from the war, as an ally of Germany and taking control of the Romanian oil (Yassko-Chisinau), Tymoshenko was the coordinator of the actions of 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian fronts. The Soviet offensive in Bessarabia and Romania began on August 20, 1944, and four days later the operational encirclement of the Kishinev group of Germans and Romanians was completed. On the night of August 24, 1944, when the pro-German government of Ion Antonescu was overthrown in Bucharest, Romania ceased to be an ally of Germany. _x000D_ After the liberation of Chisinau on August 25, Semyon Konstantinovich telegraphed to JV Stalin: “The first main combat mission you set for 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian fronts has been completed. The German-Romanian troops were defeated, their remnants flee in disarray across the Siret River. The main German Chisinau group is surrounded and destroyed. Observing the skillful leadership of troops on a large scale by Malinovsky and Tolbukhin, I consider it my duty to ask ... for the assignment of the military rank "Marshal of the Soviet Union" to Army Generals Malinovsky and Tolbukhin. " Soon this request from Tymoshenko was granted. _x000D_ At the same time, Tymoshenko visited his native village for the first time since the summer of 1940. Later, S. K. Timoshenko coordinated the actions of the fronts in Hungary and Austria. On the night of September 16, 1944, he received an order from the Supreme Command Headquarters to begin coordinating the actions of 2nd and 4th Ukrainian fronts during the combats for southern Hungary and, later, to the capture of the Hungarian capital Budapest. From July 1941 to February 1945 he was a member of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command. On June 4, 1945, the Commander received the highest award in the Great Patriotic War, the Order of Victory for the planning of combat operations and coordination of front operations. _x000D_ After the war he commanded the troops of Baranovichi (from March 1946 - Belarusian), from June 1946 - South Ural, from March 1949 - Belarusian military districts. Since April 1960 he had been in the Group of Inspectors General of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (b) in 1939-1952, candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1952-1970. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of several convocations. Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1938-1940. In 1962-1970 he was Chairman of the Soviet Committee of War Veterans. He refused to write his memoirs, stating that no one would publish the truth, and that there was someone to lie to without him. _x000D_ On February 18, 1965, in the year of the twentieth anniversary of the Victory over the German Nazism of the Soviet peoples, by the decree of the Supreme Presidium of the USSR S.K. Timoshenko was awarded the second Golden Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union (No. 46), on the day of his 70th birthday: before the Motherland and the Armed Forces of the USSR ". Died 31March 1970. He was buried on April 3 on Red Square in the Kremlin Wall. _x000D_ Awards of the Russian Empire: St. George Cross, 4th degree; No. 38346. Corporal of the 304th Infantry Novgorod-Seversky Regiment Semyon Timoshenko. Awarded in recognition of the merits of the lower ranks of the garrison of the Osovets fortress, who distinguished themselves during the bombing from 13th to 16.09.1914. 16 and 28 Art. 67 of the St. George Statute. St. George cross, 3rd degree; St. George cross, 2nd degree. _x000D_ USSR awards: Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (03/21/1940, 02/18/1965). Order "Victory" (No. 11, 4.06.1945), five Orders of Lenin (22.02.1938, 21.03.1940, 21.02.1945, 18.02.1965, 18.02.1970), Order of the October Revolution (22.02.1968), five Orders of the Red Banner (25.07 .1920, 05/11/1921, 02/22/1930, 11/3/1944, 11/6/1947), three orders of Suvorov 1st degree (10/9/1943, 09/12/1944, 04/27/1945), an honorary revolutionary weapon, a personal checker with the Order of the Red Banner ( 11/28/1920), honorary checker with a gold image of the State Emblem of the USSR (02/22/1968), _x000D_ Medal "For Defense of Leningrad", Medal "For Defense of Stalingrad", Medal "For Defense of Kiev", Medal "For Defense of the Caucasus", Medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. " (1945) Jubilee medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945." (1965) medal “For the victory over Japan” (1945) medal “For Capture of Budapest” medal “For Capture of Vienna” medal “For Liberation of Belgrade”; jubilee medal "XX years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army" (22.02. 1938) jubilee medal "30 years of the Soviet Army and Navy" (1948) jubilee medal "40 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1958) jubilee medal "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1968) medal "In Commemoration of 800th Anniversary of Moscow" (1947) Medal "In Commemoration of 250th Anniversary of Leningrad" _x000D_ Foreign awards: Order of Tudor Vladimirescu 1st degree (SRR) Order of the White Lion "For Victory" (Czechoslovakia) Gold Order of the Partisan Stars (SFRY) medal "30 years of Khalkhin-Golskaya Victory" (Mongolian People's Republic) Memory: A bronze bust was installed at home - in the village of Furmanovka, Odessa region. In 2017, a monument was unveiled on the territory of the Military Academy of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops and Engineering Troops named after Marshal of the Soviet Union S.K. Timoshenko in Kostroma. _x000D_ A memorial plaque on the headquarters of the Belarusian Military District and streets in St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Kiev, Izmail, Minsk, Rostov-on-Don. _x000D_ Marshal Timoshenko Street in Moscow: Memorial plaques were installed on houses No. 4 and No. 40. _x000D_ At present, the board has been installed at house number 46. The anti-submarine ship was named after him. According to a report on the official website of the Colombian Air Force, FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri uses the pseudonym Timochenko in honor of Tymoshenko. In the USSR and Kyrgyzstan, postage stamps dedicated to Tymoshenko were issued.

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.

Rank: Sergeant, Hero of the Soviet Union_x000D_ Division: 161st Infantry Division (1st Formation). _x000D_ _x000D_ Nikolay Turchenko was born on June 15, 1921 in the village of Kholmogorovka (now - Shagan Kerbulak district of Almaty region of Kazakhstan). After finishing six years of school he worked as a tractor driver. In 1940, Turchenko was called up to serve in the Red Army. Since July 1942 he had been on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. In combats he was seriously wounded. _x000D_ By September 1943, Senior Sergeant Nikolai Turchenko commanded a squad of 565th Rifle Regiment of 161st Rifle Division of 40th army of the Voronezh front. He distinguished himself during the combat for the Dnieper. _x000D_ As part of a reconnaissance group, Turchenko made his way into the village of Rymarovka, Gadyach district, Poltava region, Ukrainian SSR, personally capturing the "tongue", a German prisoner, and destroying 3 German soldiers. When the Soviet units reached the Dnieper, Turchenko was one of the first to cross it in the area of the village of Lukovitsa, Kanevsky district, Cherkasy region of the Ukrainian SSR, conducted reconnaissance of the German defense and took an active part in the combats to seize and hold the foothold. _x000D_ By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 23, 1943, for “courage and heroism shown during the liberation of Ukraine and the crossing of the Dnieper”, Senior Sergeant Nikolai Turchenko was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal numbered 2024. _x000D_ After the end of the war, Turchenko was demobilized. He lived and worked first in Ulyanovsk, then in Mineralnye Vody. He died on September 25, 1972, and was buried in the city cemetery of Mineralnye Vody.

Rank: Red Army Soldier._x000D_ Branch of service: Artillery._x000D_ Duty station: 222nd Smolensk-Brandenburg Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Division._x000D_ Born on October 7, 1922 in the village of Bolshaya Vocharma, Kosolapovskaya volost, Sernurskiy Canton (now Mari-Tureksky District) in a peasant family._x000D_ His father Roman - an active supporter of the Soviet government, the first Chairman of the Greater — Vocharminsky Village Council, one of the organizers and the first accountant of the collective farm "Saska" ("Fruit") - died in 1930 due to complications from a wound received in the First world war. The family had five children, Sergey was the eldest. Sergei went to the first class of More-Vecherinki primary school in 1930. Later he studied in Bolshoy-Royalskiyl 7-year School, where he was among the best students. He was instructed to make after classes a wall Newspapers, posters, signs. After finishing school, he entered the Marie-Belomorskiy Pedagogical College. In addition to studying, here he was also engaged in public Affairs: he joined the Komsomol, participated in sports competitions and received sports badges Ready for Work and Defense, Ready for Sanitary defense, Air and Chemical Defense, Voroshilovskiy Shooter_x000D_ S. Suvorov was drafted into the army on August 12, 1941. On July 12, 1942, a platoon of the 774th Rifle Regiment conducted a reconnaissance battle of the front edge of the enemy's defense near the village of Agafino (Khopilovo?). The soldiers, led by the platoon commander, Second Lieutenant Shandrikov, Political Officer Lapshin, overcame two lines of wire barriers and entered the battle. A group of submachine gunners, which included Suvorov, pursuing the retreating enemy, broke forward and was cut off from their unit by a barrage of mortar fire. The group leader and other soldiers were killed. Suvorov left alone and wounded, led an unequal battle all day until the evening. During the first two hours, repelling the onslaught of the enemy, he destroyed 10 German soldiers and wounded many. The enemy opened heavy mortar and machine-gun fire on the Soviet soldier's position. Then, believing him dead, they went forward, but were again met with sub-machine gun fire. It was only at night that the paramedics pulled him out from under enemy fire. 22 corpses of German soldiers laid near the trench, and there were seven wounds on the body of a soviet soldier._x000D_ In fourth day, on July 17, Red Army soldier Suvorov died from wounds in the hospital of the 391st Separate Medical Sanitary Battalion of the 222nd Rifle Division. The primary burial place was the Musino cemetery. Subsequently, he was reburied in the village of Iznoski, Iznoskovskiy District of Kaluga Region in a mass grave, where a Park is now laid out and a monument to the hero stands._x000D_ By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 31, 1943, for courage and heroism shown in the battles with the Nazi invaders, the Red Army soldier Sergey Suvorov was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin (posthumously).

Peter Masherov - veteran of the Great Patriotic War _x000D_ Born on January 31 [February 13], 1918 in the village of Shirki, Sennensky District, Mogilev Region, in a poor peasant family of Masherov Miron and Darya with many children. Peter graduated from Gribovskiy Elementary School with a certificate of honor. In 1934 in the village of Dvorishche, Rossonskiy District, he graduated from secondary school. After graduation from the Vitebsk Pedagogical School. In 1939, he graduated from the faculty of physics and mathematics of the S. M. Kirov Vitebsk Pedagogical Institute._x000D_ From the first days of the Great Patriotic War, he volunteered to the Red Army, was a member of a fighter battalion. In August 1941, he was surrounded and captured near Nevel, but managed to escape. A few days later, he reached Rosson, where his mother stayed._x000D_ In August 1941, he created and headed the Komsomol youth underground resistance in Rosson. From December 1941 to March 1942, he worked as an accountant for the Rosson collective farm and as a schoolteacher. At the same time, he was engaged in organizing the Komsomol underground resistance and partisan movement in the Rossonskiy District._x000D_ From April 1942 - commander of the N. Shchors Partisan Detachment, which operated in the Rossonskiy, Drissenskiy, Osveyskiy Districts of Belarus and on the territory of neighboring regions of Russia and Latvia. In the first days, the detachment gathered men who agreed to fight in the surrounding villages, pretending to arrest them , so they hoped to avoid punishment for their relatives. In the first battle, Masherov was wounded, and for some time he hid in the Rosson, in the apartment of a former student, despite the objections of other partisans. From July 1942 — candidate, from the summer of 1943 - member of the CPSU (b). He was wounded twice._x000D_ The first organizer of the partisan movement in the Rossonskiy District of the Vitebsk Region, which later grew into a nationwide uprising and created a huge partisan region of 10 thousand square kilometers, completely throwing off the German yoke and restoring Soviet power. In 1944, he was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union._x000D_ Peter Masherov died on October 4, 1980 in a car accident.

Born on September 10, 1925 in the village of Ust-Menza, now Krasnochikoyskiy District of the Trans-Baikal territory in the family of an office workers. Russian. Member of the CPSU (b)/CPSU since 1945. In 1933, he moved with his parents to the city of Verkhneudinsk (since 1934 - Ulan-Ude). Here, in 1943, he graduated from the 8th grade of school #2._x000D_ He was drafted into the Red Army in January 1943 and after a short service in Irkutsk was enrolled in the Trans-Baikal Military Infantry School. In May 1944, after completing an accelerated course of training, he left for the front._x000D_ In June 1944, he enlisted in the 176th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 59th Guards Rifle Division and was appointed commander of a machine-gun platoon. Two months later, in August 1944, the division, which was being reorganized, left for the front and took up defense along the banks of the Dniester River. As a member of the guard division, Lieutenant Moskalev participated in the Iassyi-Kishinev operation, liberated Bendery, Belgorod-Dniester, and crossed the Danube River._x000D_ The commander of a machine-gun platoon of the 176th Guards Rifle Regiment (59th Guards Rifle Division, 46th Army, 2nd Ukrainian Front), Komsomol member Guards Lieutenant Georgiy Moskalev distinguished himself on December 4, 1944 when crossing the Danube River near the city of Erci (Hungary). Guards Lieutenant Moskalev with his machine-gunners crossed on the vanguard boat. The platoon's fire forced the enemy to retreat with heavy losses. Having occupied a small bridgehead, the soldiers firmly hold it, ensuring the crossing of the regiment's units. In the battle to hold and expand the bridgehead, he took command of the company, replacing the fallen commander. On the night of December 7, a company under his command captured the dominant height, and at dawn, pursuing the retreating enemy, cut the Budapest-Szekesfehervar road._x000D_ In one of the battles on the outskirts of the capital of Austria, Vienna, he was seriously wounded. In a hospital in Budapest, he learned about the high award._x000D_ By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945, for Exemplary performance of combat tasks of the command at the front in the fight against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown, Guards Lieutenant Georgiy Moskalev was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal._x000D_ After the Victory, he continued to serve in the army, on the territory of the Odessa Region. Since 1946, Captain G. Moskalev was the reserve._x000D_ After demobilization, he entered the Irkutsk Art School, and in 1951 became a student of the painting Department of the V. Surikov Moscow Art Institute. However, he could not graduate from the faculty for health reasons. He completed his studies in the workshop of B. Dekhtyarev._x000D_ Since 1957, he lived in the capital of Buryatia - Ulan-Ude. Became a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. The main subject of his works was the Great Patriotic War. G. Moskalev was the author of the paintings "Battle for the Danube", "Breakthrough", "Dawn", "One on one" and others. In 1975, he received the title of People's Artist of the Buryat ASSR. He was a laureate of the State Prize of the Buryat ASSR in the field of literature and art._x000D_ He died on March 3, 2011.