Tsybulin Stepan Petrovich, Captain, commander of the rifle battalion of the 124th Separate Rifle Brigade of the Stalingrad Front was born in 1913. A native of Maisky village, Kabardino-Balkaria. In the Red Army he served as a soldier since 1933. Since June 1941 he served as a battalion commander in rifle divisions. He was twice wounded and shell-shocked. In the August battles of 1942, the Tsybulin battalion was tasked to imitate reconnaissance in force and take the settlement, which was defended by superior enemy forces.