Heroes of the Soviet Union

Dzusov Ibrahim Magomedovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: major General of aviation. Military branch: aviation. Unit: 16th aviation division. Ibragim Magometovich Dzusov-Soviet military leader, military pilot, major General of the Soviet Army, participant of the great Patriotic war, Hero of the Soviet Union. Ibragim Dzusov was born on March 3 (new style - 16), 1905 in the village of Zamankul (now-the right Bank district of North Ossetia) in a peasant family. He graduated from Junior high school, then entered the Communist University of the workers of the East named after I. V. Stalin in Moscow. In March 1924, Dzusov was called up to serve in the Workers 'and peasants' Red Army. In 1927, he graduated from the North Caucasus cavalry school of mountain nationalities. From October 1927, he served in the air force. In 1929, he graduated from the 3rd Orenburg military school of pilots and observer pilots. He served in various flight positions in the Ukrainian and Transcaucasian military districts. In 1941, he graduated from the Zhukovsky air Force Academy. Since January 1942, he served on the fronts of the great Patriotic war. He took part in the battles on the Crimean, North Caucasus, southern, 4th Ukrainian, 1st Belorussian fronts. He commanded the 100th guards fighter air regiment, the 9th guards fighter air division, which under his command became the guards; and from may 1944 , the 6th fighter air corps of the 16th air army. By may 1945 the pilots of his body in aerial combat shot down a total of 832 enemy aircraft. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of may 29, 1945 for "exemplary performance of command assignments in the fighting with the German invaders and displaying courage and heroism" guards major General of aviation Ibrahim Jusov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the order of Lenin and medal "gold Star" No. 4917. After the end of the war, Dzusov continued to serve in the Soviet Army. In 1948, he graduated from the Voroshilov Higher military Academy. He served in the gsvg, then from October 1951 was the head of the Krasnoyarsk civil air fleet Department. In may 1955, Dzusov retired. He lived in the city of Ordzhonikidze (now-Vladikavkaz), was on administrative and economic work. In 1965, he retired and was engaged in public activities. He died on October 28, 1980, and was buried in the Pantheon of the Ossetian Church in Vladikavkaz. He was awarded three orders of Lenin, three orders of the red banner, two orders of Suvorov 2nd class, a number of medals, and the Polish order of the Cross of Grunwald. Streets in Vladikavkaz and Zamankul, as well as a secondary school, are named after Dzusov.

Dmitriev Boris Mikhailovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Boris Dmitriev - commander of the sabotage group of the 211st partisan detachment named after K. K. Rokossovsky in the temporarily occupied territory of the Mogilev region of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic.Born on June 11, 1924 in Moscow in the family of an employee. Russian. In 1941, he graduated from the 9th grade of the school. Participant of the great Patriotic war. In 1942, he graduated from the special school of demolition miners, after which in July 1942 he was sent to the partisan group Of G. N. Borozny (from January 1943-the 211st partisan detachment named after K. K. Rokossovsky), which operated in the Osipovichi district of the Mogilev region temporarily occupied by the German-fascist troops of the territory of the Belarusian SSR.Komsomol member Boris Dmitriev was the commander of the sabotage group. He personally participated in the bombing of eighteen enemy echelons, which resulted in the destruction of one thousand two hundred and sixty Hitlerites, eight tanks, thirty-two cars, eleven guns, one hundred and fifty-four tons of fuel.Boris Dmitriev trained fourteen partisan bombers. The sabotage groups that he led blew up one thousand four hundred railway tracks, eleven railway and thirty-two highway bridges, twenty-two cars and three enemy tanks.Brave 19-year-old partisan bomber B. M. Dmitriev died a brave death in battle on February 23, 1944 in the village of Kamenichi, Osipovichi district, Mogilev region. He was buried in the town of Osipovichi in the Mogilev region of Belarus. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated August 15, 1944 for exemplary performance of fighting tasks of command at the front struggle with German-fascist invaders and displaying courage and heroism Dmitriev Boris was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Awarded the order of Lenin, the medal "partisan of the Patriotic war" of the 1st degree. The street and school No. 1 in the city of Osipovichi are named after the Hero."In may 1941, Boris Dmitriev, a student of the 243rd Moscow school, graduated from the ninth grade. He studied well, but success was not easy for him. He was distinguished by perseverance, hard work, and self-discipline. Teachers noted Dmitriev's directness, honesty, and integrity in large and small matters. Such character traits are usually attractive. It was no accident that Boris was always surrounded by friends, loved, and listened to. Concentration and childhood were strangely combined in this young man: an independent study of Marx's capital And games of "Cossack robbers" with yard boys, an elaborate system of self-education and a touching love for animals…And yet, who would have thought then that in a year Boris, who just turns 18, will become the commander of the partisan demolition squad; participating in combat operations, will die before four months before his 20th birthday, and will be posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Boris did not have time to see "adult" life peaceful. Those incomplete 3 years that he lived in the war were difficult and dangerous. They made his name and deeds immortal. Just like hundreds of other Komsomol members, his peers, he besieged the Komsomol district Committee in the first days of the war, begging and even demanding to send it to fight the enemy. Soon he became a cadet in a special school. The days of study passed quickly. Boris has mastered the specialty of demolition. Now he had the work for which he had been striving and preparing, which was fraught with many unknown and dangerous things - fighting behind enemy lines. In the hot June days of 1942 Dmitriev with a group of friends crossed the front line, and in August, when we left behind about 600 miles, was a guerrilla commando group G. N. Borozna, acting on the territory of Osipovichi district of Mogilev region (later, the group has increased 211 guerrilla group. K. K. Rokossovsky). When a certain combat experience was accumulated, he began to train students himself. In the combat characteristics of Boris, signed by the commander of the Osipovichi military task force (VOG), Hero of the Soviet Union N. F. Korolev, it is noted that he trained 14 bombers. Many of them later became mine-demolition instructors or commanders of demolition groups. The same characteristic marks other achievements of B. Dmitriev: "Led 4 operations to destroy the enemy's railway guard. Participated in 7 ambushes and 3 open battles."In the summer of 1943, during one of the operations to destroy the enemy garrison in the Osipovichi district, Boris was in the assault group. At the signal of the green rocket, the partisans rose to the attack, but suddenly an enemy machine gun began to fire from a camouflaged bunker. The partisans pressed themselves to the ground. An unexpected delay could disrupt the operation. And suddenly a small figure detached itself from the ranks of the partisans and quickly crawled forward. It was Boris Dmitriev. Risking his life, he crawled to the bunker and threw grenades at it. The machine gun immediately stopped, and then Boris, who had risen to his full height, drew his comrades into the attack. For this battle, he was awarded the Medal "partisan of the Patriotic war" I degree. In his spare moments, Boris always made something, perfected partisan subversive means, invented intricate mines - "surprises". Once the punishers surrounded the partisan camp and the command decided to leave it, break out of the ring. Then Boris at the last minute so skillfully mined all the approaches to the camp and some dugouts that the Nazis did not suspect anything until they ran into the mines. The lines of the award list succinctly record the military Affairs of B. Dmitriev: "I personally destroyed 10 trains (8 locomotives, and 87 cars with enemy manpower and equipment), 11 cars, 1 tankette and 1 gun, 2 bridges on the railway and 11 highway bridges. As part of the group, he participated in the bombing of 7 echelons and in ambush battles...". Veterans of the Osipovichi VOG often recall the daring operation that Boris carried out on the Osipovichi - Tatarka railway line. In the afternoon, literally under the noses of the Nazis, he mined a railway bridge. As a result of the explosion, an enemy train derailed, in which about 200 officers were sent to the front. As the days passed... Boris often thought about his father fighting at the front, about his mother and sister Katyusha, who had remained in distant Moscow. In March 1943, his family received a message from him. Boris wrote: "Don't worry about me. I'm healthy and I feel good... I have many, many comrades-in-arms, and their ranks are increasing. I have already been on many combat operations... The partisans know that the Red Army is moving forward. It will soon liberate Belarus, and then we will see each other. In the meantime, we need to expel the fascists...". they did not have to See each other... Boris fought fearlessly in the Belarusian forests for almost a whole year. It was a time when, anticipating an approaching catastrophe, the occupiers intensified their repression of the civilian population and punitive actions against the partisans. February 23, 1944 the Nazis with large forces suddenly attacked the Outpost of the 211st detachment in the village of Kamenichi, Osipovichi district. The enemy battalion was opposed by 12 partisans, including B. Dmitriev. After sending a messenger to headquarters, they decided to hold out until the last possible moment. The partisan forces were gradually melting away. After the death of the group commander, the wounded Boris took command. As best he could, he encouraged his comrades with the hope that help would soon come. Unfortunately, she came too late. 11 partisans fell to the death of the brave. Comrades of the young Muscovite buried with honors on the Belarusian land. In the post-war years, a reburial took place, and now he rests in a mass grave in Osipovichi. In this city, a street and a school are named after him. Six months after that battle, Boris Mikhailovich Dmitriev was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously. Hero of the Soviet Union B. Dmitriev remained in the memory of his military friends, and the Belarusian land remembers him, for which he did not hesitate to give his life." Author I. VORONKOVA Yu. - Minsk: "Polymya", 1990 (Belarusian state Museum of the history of the great Patriotic war). Links: www.narodsopr.ucoz.ru www.molodgurd.ru [ http://www.molodgurd.ru ] www.warheroes.ru [ http://www.warheroes.ru ] www.smena-onlain.ru.

Deinega Alexei Tikhonovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Alexei Tikhonovich Deynega was born on March 15 (March 2, old style), 1914 in the village of Motrino, Kremenchug district, Poltava province of the Russian Empire (now Kobelyaksky district, Poltava region of Ukraine) in a peasant family. Ukrainian. At the end of seven classes of rural school, he worked on the collective farm "Red partisan", then in the Motrin village Council. In 1936-1938, he served in the military. After demobilization, Junior commander A. T. Deynega returned to his native village. Before the war, he worked as a Secretary of the Motrin village Council. In the ranks of the Workers 'and Peasants' red Army Deynega was called up on August 14, 1943 by the Kishenkovsky district military Commissariat of the Poltava region of the Ukrainian SSR. In battles with the German-fascist invaders, Junior Sergeant A. T. Deynega from August 1943 as part of a separate motorized reconnaissance company of the 43rd engineer-sapper brigade of the 27th army of the Voronezh front (from October 20, 1943-the 1st Ukrainian front). Participated In the battle of the Dnepr on the Bukrinsky bridgehead, in the Kiev offensive operation and in the Kiev defensive operation, liberated the right-Bank Ukraine, participating in the Zhytomyr-Berdichev operation, then as part of the 2nd Ukrainian front in the Uman-Botoshansky operation, crossed the southern bug, Dniester, Prut and Siret rivers. Went from Junior Sergeant to senior Sergeant. Alexei Tikhonovich and his men repeatedly performed tasks of the command for reconnaissance and sabotage work in the deep rear of the enemy, the capture of "languages". So, during the Iasi-Kishinev operation, a group of scouts under the command of senior Sergeant A. T. Deynegi passed through the deep rear of the enemy for about 200 kilometers, collecting data on water barriers, enemy defenses, its engineering communications and troop concentrations. The intelligence obtained by A. T. Deinegi's groups also contributed to the successful actions of the 27th army during the Debrecen and Budapest operations. In February 1945, Alexei Tikhonovich participated in the capture of the city of Budapest. During the liquidation of the enemy group surrounded in the city with four soldiers of his Department, Alexei Tikhonovich repelled an attempt to break through the Germans in his area, destroying about 120 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht, and another 342 German and Hungarian soldiers surrendered. In total, during their participation in combat operations, reconnaissance and sabotage groups under the command of A. T. Deinegi blew up 11 bridges in the enemy's rear, 9 German warehouses, destroyed 4 enemy headquarters, and took 11 "languages", including four officers. Alexei Tikhonovich ended the war as part of the 3rd Ukrainian front on may 10, 1945 on the Mur river in Austria during the Vienna offensive. On June 29, 1945, senior Sergeant Alexei Tikhonovich Deinega was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. After demobilization in 1945, Alexei Tikhonovich settled in the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk, Dnipropetrovsk region of the Ukrainian SSR. He worked as a Deputy Chairman of the Dneprodzerzhinsk district Executive Committee. From 1947 to 1968, he managed the city's consumer service plant. Alexei Tikhonovich died on September 20, 1988. He was buried in the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk.

Danilchenko Victor Ivanovich_x000D_ Danilchenko Viktor Ivanovich (1922 -1944), in 1944 - Guards Lieutenant, commander of a machine gun platoon of the 319th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 128th Guards Mountain Rifle Division of Independent Coastal Army. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945, posthumously).

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

Romanenkov Nikolay Titovich_x000D_ Nikolai Titovich was born in a poor peasant family in the village of Yushenko in the Mushkovichskiy village Council of the Yartsevsky district in April 1919. His father went to Siberia in search of earnings and worked as a carpenter in construction. Nikolai graduated from primary school and immediately began working to help adults. He runs the village cattle. In 1935, Romanenkov moved to his father in Irkutsk. After completing the course of gas welders, he works at a factory. In the evenings, he studies at the school of working youth. A good production worker and an active Komsomol member. Nikolay Romanenkov is elected as a trade Union worker of the shop. In 1938, he entered the evening technical school, but failed to graduate. Romanenkov was drafted into the Navy. When the Great Patriotic war began, he served in the far East. He was elected Komsomol of the division. Soon he was sent to study at the Moscow red banner military and political school named after V. I. Lenin. Since April 1944, N. T. Romanenkov has been fighting the invaders on the 1st Belorussian front. The rifle regiment, of which captain Romanenkov was a Komsomol member, was preparing to break through the enemy defenses North of Warsaw. Heavy fighting was coming. Along the entire front line, the Nazis built a powerful system of fortifications and concentrated a lot of their troops and equipment in this area. The Komsomol organization of the regiment was actively preparing for the offensive. At rallies and meetings, Komsomol members swore that they would be the first to attack. An example for them was the Komsomol Nikolai Romanenkov. The brave officer was seen in all units of the unit. He talked to young soldiers, taught them how to cross the river, eliminate resistance points, and repel enemy counterattacks. Romanenkov spent less than a year at the front, but constantly being in the most important areas, he managed to accumulate a wealth of combat experience. The Komsomol members trusted their leader and loved him. The offensive of the 1st Belorussian front began on January 14, 1945 with a powerful artillery strike on the enemy's fortifications. Under cover of gunfire, the forward battalion of the regiment moved across the Vistula. In the first chain of fighters was Nikolai Titovich. Under a hurricane of fire, on the thin ice broken by shells, our soldiers crossed the river. Surviving after artillery training machine-gun points of the Nazis forced the infantry to lie down with heavy fire. There was no shelter for the soldiers on the bare Bank, and the frozen ground did not yield to shovels. The battalion suffered heavy losses. It was necessary to rush forward to get out of the fire and destroy the enemy's firing points. The first to attack rose Komsomol Romanenkov. He took the soldiers with him and broke into the enemy trenches. In hand-to-hand combat, Hitler's machine-gunners were destroyed, and the infantry, without stopping, again went on the attack. Without allowing the enemy to recover, the battalion broke into the village of Dzekanovsk, turned by the enemy into a node of resistance, and immediately captured it. No sooner had the soldiers prepared for defense, as the enemy counterattacks began. Twelve self-propelled guns and several units of submachine gunners attacked the battalion, which had been thinned out in the battle. The first onslaught of the enemy was repulsed with great losses for him, but the Nazis continuously arrived reinforcements and immediately entered the battle. Several times machine gunners broke into our trenches, but the soldiers destroyed them. The battle raged all day. Sometimes critical moments were created, but each time, inspired by their Komsomol, the fighters threw the enemy back. The battalion obeyed the order. He held the bridgehead until the crossing of the main forces of the regiment. Breaking the resistance of the enemy, sweeping away the barriers of the invaders, the Soviet troops rapidly moved to the West. And again, captain Romanenkov in the advanced units of the regiment. During the offensive, the best of the young soldiers joined the Komsomol, and the best of the Komsomol members joined the Communist party. The Communists and Komsomol members were the first in the fighting. Only for fifteen days of fighting 126 Komsomol members of the regiment were presented to government awards, and three were awarded the highest title of Hero of the Soviet Union in our country. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on February 27, 1945, captain Nikolai Titovich Romanenkov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Nikolai Romanenkov dreamed of studying to be an engineer. But this dream did not come true. Twelve days before the end of the war, on April 26, 1945, he died. A brave officer died a brave death on the battlefield. He is buried in the military cemetery in Poznan town. In the city of Svirsk, a street is named after Nikolai Titovich Romanenkov. In Irkutsk, there is a Museum of the Aviation plant keeps his tunic. There is also a monument there, and a memorial plaque on the factory building. A street in Irkutsk is named after him.

Redchenkov Petr Stepanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Title: Lieutenant Colonel military Branch: aviation Division: 136th assault aviation lower Dniester order of Suvorov division My grandfather, Petr Stepanovich Redchenkov, was born on January 28, 1905 in the village of Cherentsovka, Kamenskiy district, Penza region. In 1927-1929-on active service in the troops of the OGPU of the USSR, a red army soldier. After leaving the reserve, he graduated from the faculty of labor at the Moscow power engineering Institute. In 1931, he was called up for the second time by the Andreevskiy district military Commissariat of Rostov-on-don and sent to the air force for special recruitment. He graduated from the Luhansk military school of pilots in 1933 and in the same year took short courses at the Osoaviakhimas Central school of pilot instructors in Tushino, Moscow region. In 1933, he was again dismissed to the reserve and sent to work in Novosibirsk as an instructor pilot in the newly created Novosibirsk Aero club. He trained hundreds of pilots, many of whom became famous during the great Patriotic war (seven graduates of the Novosibirsk Aero club became Heroes of the Soviet Union). During the great Patriotic war, he was drafted into the Red Army for the third time in 1942 By the Hippodromsky district military enlistment office in Novosibirsk. Initially, he was sent as a teacher to the Stalingrad military aviation school, but in August of the same year, 1942, he was sent to the active army. On the fronts of the great Patriotic war, he was originally a pilot of the communications squadron on the Voronezh front, flying the Po-2 aircraft. From December 1942, Deputy squadron commander in the 998th night bomber aviation regiment, from April 1943 - in the 715th night bomber aviation regiment, distinguished himself during the battle of Kursk. He made 420 successful sorties on the Po-2. In the summer of 1944, he was transferred to the 989th assault aviation regiment, was also appointed Deputy commander of the aviation squadron, and soon became its commander. He especially distinguished himself in the winter battles of 1944-1945 on the territory of Hungary. So, supporting the breakthrough from the encirclement of one of our cavalry corps, made several sorties a day, in inclement weather and rapidly changing combat conditions, accurately bringing his squadron to the target and successfully clearing the way for the cavalrymen to break through from the air. For this operation, the front commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union F. I. Tolbukhin, personally awarded p. S. Redchenkov the order of Alexander Nevskiy. The commander of the assault aviation squadron of the 989th assault aviation regiment of the 136th assault aviation division of the 10th assault aviation corps of the 17th air army of the 3rd Ukrainian front, major Petr Stepanovich Redchenkov, by February 1945, had made 495 sorties (including 75 on an Il-2 attack aircraft), knocked out 20 tanks, 50 cars, 12 enemy anti-aircraft guns, and destroyed 10 enemy aircraft at airfields. For exemplary performance of command assignments at the front against the German invaders and displaying courage and heroism, by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from June 29, 1945, major Radchenkove Petr Stepanovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star". In early 1945, he was appointed Deputy commander of the regiment for air rifle service. By Victory Day, major Petr Redchenkov had flown 513 sorties, including 93 in an Il-2 attack aircraft. In 1945, he graduated from the Higher aviation school. He continued to serve in the Soviet Army, from 1946 - in the DOSAAF system of the USSR. From 1951 to 1953, he was the head of the Novosibirsk Aero club, where he worked for 7 years before the war. Since 1956, Lieutenant Colonel P. S. Redchenkov-in reserve. Lived in Novosibirsk. He died on February 22, 1960. A bust of the Hero is installed on Victory square in Kamenka, Penza region. In Novosibirsk, the name of Pyotr Stepanovich Redchenkov is immortalized on the Alley of Heroes at the monument of Glory.

Romanov Yakov Alexandrovich_x000D_ Romanov Yakov Aleksandrovich (1925-1944), in 1944 - common soldier, rifleman from the 70th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 24th Guards Rifle Division of the 2nd Guards Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945, posthumously).

Vasily Vasilievich Reshetnikov_x000D_ _x000D_ Vasily Vasilyevich Reshetnikov (born December 23, 1919, Yekaterinoslav) – Soviet military pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943), Commander of Long-Range Aviation (1969-1980), Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Air Force, Retired Aviation Colonel-General, Honored Military Pilot of the USSR (1965 ). _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Vasily Vasilyevich Reshetnikov was born on December 23, 1919 in the city of Yekaterinoslav (Dnepro-Petrovsk). From a family of hereditary artists and icon painters (his uncle, the artist F.P. Reshetnikov, is best known). He graduated from the seven-year school number 13, then studied at the workers' faculty. In 1936, at the call "Komsomolets – on the plane!" was sent to the Red Army. Graduated from the Voroshilovgrad Military Aviation School named after the Proletariat of Donbass in 1938. He served in long-range aviation. Since 1941 – in the 751st separate night long-range bomber regiment of Major Tikhonov, designed to strike at targets in the enemy's deep rear. He flew on an IL-4 bomber (DB-3F). Member of the CPSU since 1942. At the end of May 1942, he took part in the bombing of the Hitlerite command post in Angerburg. Participated in the bombing of Berlin on the night of September 10, 1942. Then he took part in the Battle of Stalingrad. _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ On July 27, 1943, Guard Captain, Squadron Commander of the 19th Guards Long-Range Aviation Regiment of the 8th Guards Long-Range Bomber Aviation Division of the 2nd Guards Long-Range Bomber Aviation Corps Vasily Vasilyevich Reshetnikov was awarded with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet July 27, 1943, medal "Gold Star" No. 1055). _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Reshetnikov's plane was shot down twice. The first time was in February 1942, near the front line, when he bombed the Balbasovo airfield near Orsha. Second, it took more than a week to get out of the enemy's rear. In 1943 he participated in the liberation of his hometown from German invaders. The last, 307th in a row, sortie on April 16, 1945. He ended the war as deputy regiment commander. Immediately after the war, he was sent to study and in 1946 he graduated from the accelerated course of the Air Force Academy in Monino. In the summer of 1946, he returned to his 19th Guards Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment and was appointed its commander (replaced A. Shaposhnikov as regiment commander, who in the early years of the war helped him master the skill of night flights). _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ He commanded the regiment for 8 years. In 1954, at his own request and with the support of the Commander of Long-Range Aviation, Chief Marshal of Aviation A. A. Novikov, he became a student of the Higher Military Academy named after K. E. Voroshilov. He graduated from the academy in 1956 and was appointed to the position of division commander. In the spring of 1959, together with General V. T. Taranov, he set a new unofficial world record for the flight range along a closed curve – 17,150 kilometers, surpassing the American record by 2,700 kilometers. Then he spent 20 hours at the helm. From 1968 – First Deputy Commander, and from January 20, 1969 to 1980 – Commander of Long-Range Aviation. In these posts, he headed several state armament commissions. From 1981 to 1986 – Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Air Force. The last time a pilot took to the skies was in 2003, when he was 83 years old – at the Monino air show, he flew an American B-25 bomber, which was brought in from Austria by an Austrian pilot. _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Currently he is a pensioner, living in the urban-type settlement of Monino (Moscow region). For more than 30 years he actively participated in the Council of Veterans of Long-Range Aviation, for 10 years he was the chairman of this Council, then he is its honorary chairman. Author of several books of memoirs. Today (May 2020) V.V. Reshetnikov is the last of the living Heroes of the Soviet Union who fought on the IL-4. Awards and services: Hero of the Soviet Union (1943, medal "Golden Star" No. 1055); Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV grade (12.22.1999); Order of Honor (04.12.2010); three Orders of Lenin (12.31.1942, 07.27.1943, 02.22.1955); Order of the October Revolution (01.08.1980); three Orders of the Red Banner (04.28.1944, 12.30.1956, 02.22.1968); Order of Alexander Nevsky (04.06.1945); Order of the Patriotic War, 1st grade (03.11.1985); two Orders of the Red Star (03.29.1942, 11.19.1951); Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III grade (04.30.1975); various medals of Russia and the USSR; the honorary title "Honored Military Pilot of the USSR" (08.19.1965); Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation for significant contribution to the development of the Air Force (12.17.2012) – for the organization and management of the construction and development of the Air Force in the relevant command positions. One of the strategic bombers of the Russian Air Force "Tu-160" is named after Vasily Vasilyevich Reshetnikov.

He was born in 1911 in the village of Sasovo, Tambov province. He graduated from the faculty of workers and worked in the mines of the city of Donskoy (Tula region). He studied in Moscow since 1933, and then worked in the “NKVD”. He was sent to Odessa in July 1941, where he headed the reconnaissance and sabotage work. He was taken prisoner by the Nazis in February 1942. He was shot after cruel torture on July 12, 1942. He was posthumously awarded with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on November 5, 1944. In the name of V.A. Molodtsov named the street, the House of Culture and the central stadium in the city of Donskoy. One of the streets of Odessa is also named after the hero.

Radka Pyotr Markovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: red army soldier. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 4th guards airborne Ovruch red banner of the order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky division. My grandfather, radish Pyotr Markovich, was drafted into the red army after the liberation of the village from the German invaders on October 30, 1943, I did not establish exact data, although I examined many documents that suggested that this happened around this period. He was called up by the Komarovsky RVC of the Chernihiv region of the Ukrainian SSR to the 4th guards airborne division, as this division liberated Chernihiv region from enemies as part of the 13th Army of the Central front. He began his combat service after being drafted into the 1st battalion, 15th airborne rifle regiment. During this period, the commander of the 15th VDGSP was guards Lieutenant Colonel Birenboim Yakov Abramovich, under whose leadership my grandfather and thousands of his colleagues liberated Ukraine, crossed the Dnieper river near the village of Domantovo, Chernobyl district of Kiev region, and fought fierce battles to expand the Dnieper bridgehead in the area of the village of Gubin and Dityatki. In these battles, the commander of the 15th VDGSP guards, Lieutenant Colonel Yakov Abramovich Birenboim, was seriously wounded and died of his wounds on October 06, 1943. For his feat, personal qualities, ability to manage the regiment in battle and expansion of the bridgehead on the river. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 17, 1943, he was awarded the Rank Hero of the Soviet Union. Posthumously. Awarded the order of Lenin, red banner, red Star, and medals. He was buried in Oster, Chernihiv region. A memorial plaque is installed in the Chernobyl Park in memory of the Hero. Later, the commander of the regiment was captain Pakhomov. Information about this is taken from the award lists of the regiment's personnel, which were signed by the guard’s captain Pakhomov for October 1943. In these battles, continued to fight and my grandfather - a red army soldier 15 VDHCP, courageously and bravely overcoming all the hardships of front-line life of the red army rifleman, like many of his thousands of colleagues and millions of Soviet soldiers and citizens carrying out their military and civil duty to protect their homeland, continuing to fight the enemy under their new commander of the regiment, which was assigned as Deputy commander of the 9th VDHCP. They became guards major Sidorok Nikolay Grigoryevich-born in 1903, a career officer with experience in combat operations, awarded the order of the red banner for the liberation of the city of Priluki. He was awarded the order of the red Star. For organizing the defense of the city of Ovruch, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. He was awarded the order of the red banner for skilful leadership of offensive battles and solid consolidation of the bridgehead on the Moldova river. For successful offensive battles North-West of the city of Iasi, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic War, 1st class. During the offensive battles in Transylvania and on the territory of Hungary, he was awarded the order of Suvorov, 3rd class, for his self-sacrifice, personal bravery and decisive command of the regiment. Mikhail Andreevich Goncharov-a participant in these battles, the author of the book "Blue infantry", described these events as follows: "... the Bridgehead behind the Dnieper has expanded significantly. On November 06, Kiev was liberated. Parts of the division, operating as part of the 13th Army, joined in new battles for the liberation of the right-Bank Ukraine, entered the wooded areas of the Zhytomyr region. Ahead stretched the vast southern woodlands. Here, in the partisan region, the detachments of General A. N. Saburov were active. The army command decided, in cooperation with partisan formations, to seize the city of Ovruch in the deep rear of the enemy, cut the railway and paralyze the enemy's actions on the approaches to the city of Zhytomyr. The partisan battle with the enemy garrison, numbering more than 8 thousand soldiers and officers, lasted for more than 20 hours. On the night of November 18-19, the city was taken." My grandfather Pyotr Markovich also took part in the battles to protect the city of Ovruch, contributing his efforts to the defeat of the enemy who occupied his native Ukraine with the steadfastness and courage of a red army soldier. In his book, Mikhail Andreevich also notes that:"... General A. N. Saburov in his book "Behind the front line", describing in great detail the events of those days and the partisan battles for the liberation of Ovruch, did not say a word about the important role in this operation of the troops of the 13th Army, and, in particular, the paratroopers of the 4th guards VDD." Further, he describes the division's combat operations conducted during the liberation of the city of Ovruch. The division's participation in the battle for the city of Ovruch is evidenced by the order of the Supreme Commander of November 19, 1943. It States: "In the battles for the capture of the city of Ovruch, the troops of Lieutenant-General Pukhov distinguished themselves. Major General Rumyantsev's 4th guard’s airborne division was particularly distinguished. To commemorate the success of the 4th guard’s airborne division, assign the name Ovruchevskaya." After these battles, the division, performing daily and combat tasks, is sent to repel the enemy's offensive attacks, rushing to the Dnieper. As described in his book, Mikhail A. Goncharov: "A particularly brutal battle took place in the area of the village of Lukashovka (Monastyrishchensky district, Cherkasy region). The enemy threw up to 150 tanks and 20 self-propelled guns at the division here. The main blow fell on the 15th guards’ regiment, which was commanded by N. G. Sidorok. But the guards held out. My grandfather Radish Pyotr Markovich also survived, continuing to liberate Ukraine from the enemy, enduring the hardships of front-line life together with his comrades, fighting in battles for villages, cities, liberating Ukraine, Moldova, crossing rivers, moving through fields, forests and swamps, enduring all weather conditions presented by nature. He took his last battle with his comrades, the paratroopers of the guards, on August 20, 1944, participating in the Iasi-Kishenev operation to liberate Romania, and died of wounds on August 21, 1944. Pyotr Markovich radish - born in 1910 Place of birth: Chernigiv region, Komorowski R-n, with. Furnaces. Called up to the red army (after the liberation of the village on September 13, 1943) - October 30, 1943. Komarovsky RVC, Chernihiv region. Guards red army Rifleman 15 VDGSP, 4th GVDD. He died of wounds on 21.08.1944 during the liberation of Romania, Iassi County, Romanesti village. During the Yassko-Kishenev operation (August 20-October 25), 1944, on August 20, 1944, 15 VDGSP, after an hour and a half of artillery training, went on the offensive North-West of the city of Iassi. The enemy's defense was built along the ridge of heights that dominated the terrain occupied by our troops, the regiment advanced on the Western slopes of the height of 150.0, where the enemy had a highly developed network of trenches, bunkers, barbed wire and minefields. The regiment by a roundabout maneuver in cooperation with 9 VDGSP defeated the enemy at an altitude of 150.0. Went to the Vakhlui River (Bahlui), forced it and secured a foothold on the dominant heights. In these battles, he was seriously wounded. He died of his wounds on August 21, 1944. He was buried 1.5 km away. South of the village of Romanesti. August 20-21, 1944 before the beginning of the offensive on the village of Romanesti, Hoisesti, Pausesti, and the enemy's firing points were successfully suppressed and the infantry successfully attacked the first line of defense. Leading the offensive against the enemy, the 1st battalion of the 15th VDGSP - the commander of the guard battalion, major Semyon Kanushkin, is fighting at the settlements of Romanesti, Hoisesti, Pausesti and occupies heights 143 and 150. (North-West of the city of Iasi, Romania). Deputy commander of the 15th VDGSP Hero of the Soviet Union Guards major Varin Alexey Mikhailovich, being in the battle formations of the battalions, by personal example (the first rose to the attack) raised the soldiers and commanders to attack to capture the heights, taking the enemy's defense lines, organized his further pursuit. During the battle on August 20, 21, 1944, the 1st battalion destroyed up to 1,000 Romanian soldiers and officers, and about 3,000 were captured." In a place with my grandfather in this division fought and fellow villagers: Bozhok Demyan Trofimovich-born in 1894 in the village of Pechi Borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Red army soldier, private 9 guards airborne rifle regiment 4 guards airborne division 65 HPPG. He died of wounds on 24.03.1944 during the liberation of the village of Korytnya, Monastyrishchensky district, Cherkasy region. Reburied in a mass grave in monastyrishche. Grishchenko Pyotr Stepanovich-born in 1904 in the village of borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Called 30.10.1943, Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district. Guards private-shooter of the 9th guards airborne rifle regiment of the 4th guard’s airborne division. Died 10.12.1943. Buried in the Eastern outskirts of the village of Vaskovichi, Korostensky district, Zhytomyr region. Grigory Grigoryevich Ilyenko-born in 1924, village of Pechi Borznyansky district, Chernihiv region. Place of call: Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district Guards Sergeant-clerk kaptenarmus 9 VDGSP, 4 guards airborne division. He was awarded the medal "for Bravery". He died 15.08.1943 Primary burial place Kursk region, Ponyrovskiy district, p. ponyri, Northern outskirts, 200 m from the railway booth, mass grave. Burial place Oryol region, Soskovsky district, Ryzhkovsky village, Ryzhkovo. Kostyuk Daniil Markovich - born in 1905 in the village of Pechi Borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Red army soldier, private of the 15th guards airborne rifle regiment of the 4th guard’s airborne division. Nikita Kostyuk Kondratovich - R. 1902 place of birth: Chernigiv region, Komorowski R-n, with. Furnaces. Komorowski called RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komorowski R-n. Red army guards-Rifleman of the 4th rifle company 9 VDGSP 4 guards airborne division. Awarded the medal "for Bravery". He was killed in battle on 19.01.1945. Primary place of burial: Czechoslovakia, village of Malinia. He was alive. In 1985, on the 40th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic War, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class. He died in 1976. Kruglik Ivan - 1916 R., place of birth: Chernigiv region, Komorowski R-n, with. Furnaces. Drafted in 1943, Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district. Guards private-Rifleman of the 3rd rifle battalion 9 VDGSP, 4th guards airborne division. He was awarded the medal "for Bravery". In 1985, on the 40th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic war, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic War, 1st class. Dmitry P. Lemeshchenko-born in 1914 in the village of Pechi Borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Called up in 1943 Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district. Last duty station: p / p 55268 " V " is the field mail number of 15 VDGSP, 4 guards airborne division. Red army guards. Manylenko Grigory Kuzmich-born in 1907, village of Pechi Borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Red army soldier, private of the 9th guards airborne rifle regiment, 4th guard’s airborne division. He died on 27.01.1944. Place of burial C. Ivakhny. Yakov Moiseevich manoylenko-born in 1899, place of birth: Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district, Pechny village. Place of call: Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district In the red army since 1943. Red army guardsman-a Rifleman of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 9th airborne guards rifle regiment of the 4th guard’s airborne division. Radish Yakov Nikolaevich-born in 1913, place of birth: Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district. Place of call: Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district In the red army since 1943. Guards Sergeant - commander of the 82 mm mortar calculation of the 3rd rifle battalion, 9th airborne guards rifle regiment, 4th guard’s airborne division. Awarded the medal "for Military Merit". Order of Glory, 3rd class, order of the red Star. Savchenko Prokop Markovich-born in 1898 in the village of Pechi Borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Red army soldier, private of the 15th guards airborne rifle regiment of the 4th guard’s airborne division. Went missing on 27.01.1944. Dmitry A. Sibir-born in 1896 in the village of Pechi Borznyansky district of Chernihiv region. Red army soldier, private of the 9th guards airborne rifle regiment of the 4th guard’s airborne division. Died 23.03.1944 G. The burial place of p. G. T. Murovani Kurylivtsi. Khomich Makar Potapovich-born in 1903 in the village of Pechi, Komarovsky district of Chernihiv region. Called 30.10.1943, Komarovsky RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Chernihiv region, Komarovsky district. Red army soldier, Rifleman 9 VDGSP 4 guards airborne division. Died on 27.01.1944. Place of burial C. Ivakhny. Barkov Nikolay Kirillovich-guard captain, information instructor of the political Department of the 4th GVDD. Komsomol of the 9th EDCSP. Major General of the tank forces, a veteran of the division wrote:"... The 4th guards Ovruchevskaya red banner order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky airborne division passed a glorious path. It fought in the North-Western, Central, 1st and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. She took part in fierce battles near Staraya Russa and Ponyri. It crossed the Dnieper, southern bug, Dniester, Prut, Seret, Tissa and Gron. She liberated Priluki, Dashev, Ovruch, Khotin, Lipkany, Ploiesti, Focsany, Turda, Cluj, Miskolc, Bratislava, dozens of other cities and hundreds of localities, performing her international duty in Romania, Hungary and Czechoslovakia."

Ryzhov Vasily Kuzmich _x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red army soldier. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 383rd Feodosiya-Brandenburg red banner division of the order of Suvorov. Vasily Ryzhov was born on May 16, 1924 in the village of Kavkazskaya (now-Kavkazsky district of Krasnodar Krai). After finishing seven grades of school, he worked on a collective farm. In 1943, Ryzhov was called up to serve in the Workers' and peasants' Red Army. Since the same year-on the fronts of the great Patriotic war. By December 1943, red army soldier Vasily Ryzhov was a sapper of the 684th separate sapper battalion of the 383rd rifle division of the Primorsky army. He participated in the battles in the Kuban, Taman and Kerch peninsulas. He fought bravely and courageously, for which he was awarded a number of military awards. He distinguished himself during the Kerch-Eltigen operation. On the night of December 3 to 4, 1943, Ryzhov participated in battles near the localities of aji-Mushkai and Balganak on the Kerch Peninsula. Operating in the barrage group of the 696th rifle regiment, Ryzhov came under fire from machine guns and company mortars of the enemy. The area was open, constantly illuminated by rockets. Ryzhov did not flinch in this dangerous situation, he stubbornly crawled to the wire fence of the Nazis, having a charge of explosives weighing 10 kilograms. That's the goal. Ryzhov waited for the moment when the missiles went out, and laid a charge in the slingshot barrier. He lit the incendiary pipe and crawled away. An explosion rang out, creating a 12-meter-wide passageway. Then he crawled to the trench, where there were several Nazi machine-gunners, and threw grenades at them, then returned to his unit. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on May 16, 1944, red army soldier Vasily Ryzhov was awarded the high Rank of Hero of the Soviet Union with the order of Lenin and the gold Star medal. In 1947, Ryzhov was discharged with the rank of petty officer. He lived in the village of Oktyabrsky, Seversky district, Krasnodar territory, and worked in mechanical workshops. He died on November 2, 1980. He was also awarded the order of the Patriotic war, 2nd class, and a number of medals. A street in Kavkazskaya is named after Ryzhov.

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.

Vanin Nikolai Andreevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Nikolai Andreevich Vanin (1907-24.05.1946) Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Andreevich Vanin was drafted into the ranks of the Workers 'and peasants' red Army by the Kusinsky district military Commissariat of the Chelyabinsk region on August 19, 1941. In battles with the German-fascist invaders since September 1941. He fought on the Western front. On October 27, 1941, private N. A. Vanin was severely concussed in the battle of Mtsensk. Be taken prisoner. On the second attempt, he escaped with a group of red army soldiers. After checking in the NKVD camp, Nikolai Andreevich was sent to the school of Junior commanders, mastered the military profession of an artillery gunner. In the spring of 1943, Junior Sergeant N. A. Vanin was sent as a gunner to the 696th fighter-anti-tank artillery regiment of the Reserve of the Supreme high command, attached to the 5th army of the Western front. In the summer of 1943, he took part in the Smolensk operation. In the battle for the village of Lekarevo Dorogobuzhskaya district of Smolensk region 11 Aug 1943 in repelling enemy counterattacks, supported by 3 self-propelled artillery installations, thanks to the skillful actions of the gunner Vanina calculation tools destroyed 1 SAU and up to 20 soldiers and officers of Wehrmacht. In the autumn of 1943, Nikolai Andreevich participated in the Orsha operation. By the end of 1943, he was promoted to Sergeant and was appointed commander of the 5th battery's artillery gun. The team under the command of Sergeant Vanin distinguished itself in the winter of 1944. During the Vitebsk operation in the battle for the dominant height near the Belarusian village of Hora (Chashkinsky district of the Vitebsk region) under the cover of darkness, Sergeant Vanin rolled out his gun on direct fire. When the offensive began on the morning of February 9, 1944, Vanin's gun destroyed a machine-gun point and two mortars, ensuring the success of the infantry in the battle to capture the height. For distinction in the Vitebsk operation, Nikolai Andreevich was awarded the medal "for bravery" and soon promoted to senior Sergeant. On April 24, 1944, the Western front was transformed into the 3rd Belorussian front and began preparations for the Belorussian strategic offensive operation. Operation Bagration, in which the 3rd Belorussian front conducted the Vitebsk-Orsha, Minsk, Vilnius, and Kaunas operations, began on June 23, 1944. During the offensive front on 16 July 1944 696-th army anti-tank artillery regiment 1029-m rifle regiment 371 infantry division reached the river Neman near the village of Darsuniskis kaisiadoriu district of the Lithuanian SSR (now the municipality of kaišiadorys Kaunas uyezd of the Lithuanian Republic). However, the place of crossing was shot through by German machine gunners. Having rolled out the gun on direct fire, senior Sergeant N. A. Vanin destroyed 2 machine guns and 3 light machine guns of the enemy, thanks to which the rifle units crossed the river and captured a bridgehead on the West Bank. Developing the offensive, during the Kaunas operation, units of the 5th army of the 3rd Belorussian front, repelling several enemy tank attacks, reached the state border with East Prussia on August 29, 1944. During the period of offensive operations from 7 to 16 August, the gun of senior Sergeant N. A. Vanin destroyed 7 German tanks. On March 24, 1945, senior Sergeant Nikolai Andreevich Vanin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for his exemplary performance of the command's combat tasks at the front of the fight against the German invaders and for his bravery and heroism. In November 1944, Nikolai Andreevich participated in the Gumbinnen-Goldap operation. During the 1945 campaign, senior Sergeant N. A. Vanin took part in the Insterburg-Konigsberg front operation, the assault on Konigsberg and the elimination of the enemy's zemland group as part of the East Prussian operation. In April 1945, units of the 5th army were withdrawn from the Soviet-German front and transferred to the far East, where they began preparing for war with Japan as part of the Primorye group of forces. In August — September 1945, Nikolai Andreevich participated in the Harbin-Girin offensive operation of the 1st far Eastern front. After the defeat of the Kwantung army, Sergeant N. A. Vanin was discharged and returned to Kusa. Awards: Medal "Gold Star" (24.03.1945) The Order Of Lenin (24.03.1945) Order of the Patriotic war, 2nd class (30.08.1943) Order of Glory, 3rd class (08.08.1944) Order of the red Star (21.07.1945) Medal " for bravery "(07.08.1944) Medal "for the capture of Konigsberg "Medal" for the victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945 "Medal" for the victory over Japan»

Pyotr Borisovich Vikhrev_x000D_ _x000D_ Pyotr Vikhrev was born on March 11, 1909 in the village of Shelek (now Enbekshikazakh district of Almaty region of Kazakhstan) in a peasant family. Russian. After graduating from school, he was on the Komsomol and party work. In July 1941, he was called up to the 316th rifle division under the command of I. V. Panfilov. Military Commissar of the 6th rifle company of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 1075th rifle regiment, political Commissar Pyotr Vikhrev, especially distinguished himself during the battle of Moscow. On November 16, 1941, near the village of Petelino in the Volokolamsk district of the Moscow region, a brave political officer and a group of soldiers destroyed five enemy tanks. Left alone, political Commissar Vikhrev P. B. fought to the last bullet. In the view of Peter Vikhreva the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, his feat was described as follows: ...14 Oct 1941 in the village Bulycheva the instructor Vikhrev with his company repelled a German attack, destroying a company of infantry and one enemy tank. In the morning of the next day, the Germans again attacked the positions of the 6th company with tanks and infantry, but after losing three tanks, they were forced to withdraw. In a difficult situation, being surrounded, the unit fought for two days with superior enemy forces until the ammunition was completely used up. Then, under the leadership of the political officer, the company managed to break through the enemy ring and connect with the regiment. November 16, 6 Ms. led a heavy battle at d. Petelino. The Germans were constantly attacking. Vikhrev at this time was in one of the rifle divisions, inspiring the personal example of the soldiers who were next to him. Together with the officer, there were only fifteen people who destroyed up to a platoon of enemy submachine gunners and five tanks. Then, when there were two survivors - a political officer and a red army soldier, two more tanks caught fire from well-aimed grenade throws. Soon the Whirlwind had to fight a deadly battle alone. He fired back as long as there were bullets. Surrounded on all sides by enemies, the last bullet, so as not to be captured, saved for himself… He was buried in the village of Zhdanovo in the Volokolamsk district of the Moscow region. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from March 31, 1943 for exemplary performance of fighting tasks of command at the front struggle with German-fascist invaders and displaying courage and heroism of the instructor Varavu Peter Borisovich was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.