Ivanov Evgeny Nilovich - Hero of the Soviet Union, squadron commander of the 999th assault aviation regiment of the 277th assault aviation division of the 13th air army of the Leningrad Front, captain. Born on February 26, 1921 in the village of Lysva in the Perm district of the Perm province (now the city of Lysva in the Perm region), in a working class family. He graduated from Lysvenskaya school № 1. After school in 1936 he entered the flight school, but did not go through age. In 1939 he graduated with honors from the Perm Medical Assistant and Obstetric School and completed a training course at the local flying club. In December 1939 he was drafted into the Red Army. In 1940 he graduated from the Perm Military Pilot School and was assigned to the combat unit with the rank of junior lieutenant. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since May 1943. He fought as part of the 999th Assault Aviation Regiment on the Leningrad Front. He took part in the battles for the liberation of the Baltic States, fought in East Prussia. He went from an ordinary pilot to a navigator of the regiment. In one of the sorties in the summer of 1943, he was wounded, held out the downed Il-2 to his territory and landed. He woke up in the hospital and only after 4 months he returned to the regiment. In February 1944 he became squadron commander. Member of the CPSU since 1944. The squadron commander of the 999th assault aviation regiment, Captain Ivanov, from July 18, 1943 to September 22, 1944, flew 119 sorties, of which 102 were for ground attack and 17 for reconnaissance of the enemy. Destroyed and damaged about 150 field and anti-aircraft artillery guns, 59 cars, 14 steam locomotives, 18 railway cars, 5 aircraft, 14 bunkers, 5 heavy artillery guns that fired at Leningrad. Ivanov's squadron only from February 1 to September 22, 1944, flew 615 sorties to attack enemy troops and facilities. Presenting Captain Ivanov for the highest award in September 1944, the regiment commander wrote: “Ivanov's skillful assault actions are widely known to the troops of the Leningrad Front, whose offensive operations he perfectly covered from the air. They are also known to the inhabitants of the city of Leningrad, whose lives he saved in the harsh days of the blockade. " By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 23, 1945, Captain Ivanov Yevgeny Nilovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the exemplary performance of command assignments and for the courage and heroism shown in battles with the Nazi invaders of the guard. The hero did not have time to receive the well-deserved reward. On March 19, 1945, in the area of ​​the city of Wormditt (now the city of Orneta in Poland), the navigator of the regiment, Captain Ivanov, rammed, directing the burning plane to the enemy's mortar battery. Three days later, the city was occupied by Soviet troops. The remains of the Hero of the Soviet Union Yevgeny Ivanov and the gunner-radio operator Korolev were buried on the outskirts of the city of Vormditt (Ornet). Later he was reburied in the Polish town of Braniewo (Elblonska Street, Grave No. 9) in the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, four Orders of the Red Banner, the Orders of Suvorov III degree, the Patriotic War I and II degrees, the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad".