Born in 1917, Russian, senior lieutenant. In the Red Army since November 20, 1938. He fought from the 1st to the last day of the Great Patriotic War, then from August to September 1945 in the Soviet-Japanese War. Participated in battles from June 22, 1941 in the 41st Fortified area area commander of a machine-gun company, fought fierce battles surrounded by the enemy and withdrew from the encirclement of his subordinate fighters along with the banner of the unit. From July 1941 to 02/04/1942 he fought in the 673rd Rifle Regiment - the commander of the 6th Rifle Company. He was wounded twice, lightly on 11/01/1941 and very seriously during the offensive on the outskirts of the city of Rzhev on 02/04/1942. After treatment in the evacuation hospital No. 358, due to a severe leg injury, from May 1942 he continued to serve as an adjutant of the movement battalion of the 20th railway regiment of the 50th operational railway. brigades of the 2nd Ukrainian Front. As part of the 20th railway. The regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Front fought as far as Romania. He carried out the assignments of the command, during the operation of the Romanian railways he showed good organizational skills and courage to ensure operational transportation. From August to September 1945, during the Soviet-Japanese War, he participated in the liberation of the city of Harbin in Manchuria from the Japanese invaders. For the exemplary performance of the command assignments on the fronts of the Patriotic War and for the heroism and wounds received in battles for the Motherland, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree (Front order number: 51 / n From: 04/03/1945 Issued: VS 2 of the Ukrainian Front Archive: TsAMO Fund: 33 Description: 690306 Storage unit: 1273 record number 41961498) and numerous medals, including: "For the defense of Moscow", "For the victory over Germany", "For the capture of Budapest", "For the victory over Japan" and others ... Demobilized in 1947 in the city of Chaybolsan, Mongolia, where at that time he supervised the restoration of the railway. Tsaplin Ivan Pavlovich was married to Tsaplina (Shchukina) Angelina Dmitrievna, with whom he served in the 20th railway regiment of the 50th operational railway. e. brigades of the 2nd Ukrainian Front from 1942 to 1945. In 1947, their eldest daughter Alina was born, in 1949 their son Mikhail was born and in 1954 their youngest daughter Tatiana was born - that's me. Dad was an invalid of the Second World War, he worked as the head of the Pavlovo station on the Neva, Tosnensky district, Leningrad region, where he died in 1971.