Zalyalov Iman Sagitdinovich (Sagdinovich - error in the metric of my mother) (error in metric data on the Internet - Sardinovich), born in 1925, native of the Autonomous Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic - Tatrespublika (now Tatarstan), Tukaevsky district, village Turnutash; Place of call - Voroshilovsky Military Commissariat, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Voroshilovsky district ;. Position - shooter (according to some documents - machine gunner); Front line: in the Red Army since July 1943 (enlisting), in the Patriotic War since November 1943, January 1944 - took part in the Crimean offensive operation, In the Crimean offensive operation of 1944, the 2nd Guards Rifle Taman Red Banner Order of Suvorov, a division named after MI Kalinin, fought as part of the Primorsky Army. In January-February 1944, the division liberated Kerch. Kerch became the arena of fierce battles between Soviet and German troops. The front line passed through Kerch four times, and on April 15, 1944, units of the division occupied Alushta. As a result of the liberation of Crimea, the threat to the southern wing of the Soviet-German front was removed, and the main naval base of the Black Sea Fleet - Sevastopol - was returned. Having recaptured Crimea, the Soviet Union regained full control over the Black Sea, which sharply shook the position of Germany in Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria.