Alexey Zonov was born on 16.10.1925 in the village of Petropavlovsk in the Alnash District of the Udmurt ASSR. Mother - Evdokia Zonova. Father - Zonov Ivan. Education – 9 classes_x000D_ He was drafted into the Soviet army on February 3, 1943._x000D_ He was a cadet at the 2nd Moscow Machine Gun School from February 1943 to June 1943._x000D_ From June 1943 to April 1944, the 10th Guards Airborne Brigade, Rifleman._x000D_ From April 1944 to May 1944 – 301st Guards Rifle Regiment, Rifleman._x000D_ From June 1944 to September 1944 - evacuation hospital. Severe shrapnel wound in the right hand on 21.06.1944. 4th and 5th fingers were missing. As a result of the injury, he was recognized as a disabled person of group 3 for life._x000D_ He graduated from the courses at the Alnash RKSH in April 1948, worked as an accountant for the collective farm._x000D_ Awards: _x000D_ 21.08.1960 - Miner's Glory Badge of the 3rd degree._x000D_ 22.02.1966 - anniversary medal 20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945._x000D_ 15.10.1969 - jubilee medal 50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR._x000D_ 06.04.1970 - For Valiant Labor in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the birth of V. Lenin._x000D_ 27.04.1971 - medal For Labor Valor._x000D_ 24.11.1976 - anniversary medal 30 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945._x000D_ 19.07.1976 - medal For Bravery_x000D_ 01.11.1978 - medal 60 years of the Armed Forces._x000D_ 26.01.1981 - medal Veteran of Labour._x000D_ 30.04.1985 - Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945._x000D_ 11.03. 1985 - Order of the Great Patriotic War, 1st degree._x000D_ He was a Deputy of the Karpinsky City Council of workers' deputies of the 10th convocation of 1965. Alexey lived in the city of Volchansk after the war. He worked as the Chairman of the Mining Committee of the Volchansky Coal Mine, then as a safety engineer._x000D_ He died in 1987.