HISTORY: My mother, Valentina Mikhailovna Kolesnikova (Bolshakova) was born on November 25, 1926 at the Nizhne-Baskinsk station in the Shamarsky district of the Sverdlovsk region. In those years, my mother's father worked as a foreman on the railway and they had to constantly change their place of residence. Therefore, almost all children were born at different stations. In the family of my mother's parents there were seven children, she was the sixth. As my mother said, it was also difficult to live because there was no permanent place of residence. However, despite the difficulties, she finished school (7 classes), and in 1943, at the age of 17, she was admitted to the factory №825 in the workshop №7 by a wrapper. It was the TTK plant. I met victory in the Great Patriotic War at the plant. On this day (in her words) all loudspeakers were turned on, sirens, locomotive horns, etc. were buzzing. People were crying with joy. There was some misunderstanding of the situation. And it was a victory. A peaceful life began. And in 1948 my mother met my father and got married. In 1950, his son Anatoly was born, and then in 1952 - Victor, in 1954 - Nadezhda, in 1955 - Vera, in 1958 - Galina, in 1962 - Mikhail, in 1964 - Marina. In total, there were seven of us in the family just like our mother's parents - seven. While the children were growing up, my mother did not work anywhere, she was engaged in education. And when we grew up, I went to work again. The first award given to my mother was the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." July 10, 1946. Then commemorative medals for the 40th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, for the 50th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, for the 60th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. And she also had awards for the birth of us, seven children. She was awarded the "Medal of Motherhood" on 02.07.1959, the second "Medal of Motherhood" from 23.10.1963 and the Order of Maternal Glory, III degree from 23.12.1965. Dad and Mom gave us all a good upbringing and education. We have different types of professions in our family. And we are proud of our parents and our large and very friendly family. Our mother passed away on August 13, 2009, at the age of 83. (From the memoirs of her daughter, Vera Ivanovna Chesnokova).