BACKGROUND: Between January 30, 1942 and June 9, 1945, Staff Sergeant Aleksei Vasilyevich Zyabrev, as a senior cook, took part in the battles and passed a long and glorious way from Venev (Tula region) to Pardubice (Czech Republic). Staff Sergeant Zyabrev A. V., working in The Ferret Scout Car Squadron as a senior chef from the first days showed himself as a disciplined, knowledgeable chef. He always prepared a delicious and hearty lunch in exceptional conditions. The enemy's artillery repeatedly fired at the location of the company, but the kitchen knew its business, Zyabrev cooked lunch without disrupting the daily feeding schedule. For his courage, bravery and endurance during the Great Patriotic War, Staff Sergeant Zyabrv Alexei Vasilyevich was awarded the Medal of Courage and the Medal of Merit. During the final stages of the Great Patriotic War, the division took an active part in the Vistula-Oder offensive, during which it liberated Krakow and Auschwitz, fought at the Oder bridgehead, stormed the fortress city of Ratibor, and then entered the territory of Czechoslovakia: part of Hitler's troops still did not put down their weapons. The way it happened is well known to our friends and enemies. On the Czechoslovak land, the soldiers and commanders of the 322nd Infantry Division beat the enemy mercilessly. Having fulfilled their noble mission with valor and glory, they rescued Czechs and Slovaks from fascist captivity. All who served in the 322nd Zhytomyr Red Banner Division, Order of Suvorov Rifle Division, will never forget how they were saying goodbye to their regimental banners. Carried through the fiery battles from the Volga to the Vltava, they embodied the military honor and combat traditions of the unit, symbolized the inviolable loyalty of soldiers to the party and the people. How many times soldiers and officers went in attacks under these banners! How many times looked up to them in a formation during holidays and victorious celebrations! The proud call "For our Soviet Homeland!" written on scarlet banners gave people faith in the triumph of the holy and righteous cause. That is why the Soviet warriors' shoulders trembled when they knelt down for the last time in front of their regiment's banner and kissed the edge of its canvas. That is why many of its officers and soldiers could not resist tears, saying goodbye forever to what was becoming history...