BACKGROUND: Victor Ivanovich was born on November 7, 1924 in Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg region. Until he was 17 years old, he lived in this city, graduated from 8th grade and entered the Feldsher-Midwifery Technical School, where he studied for only 2 years, as on July 1, 1942, he was drafted into the army. He served in the Division Intelligence, 53rd Guards Division, 4th Shock Army. Soon, he and his entire division were sent to the town of Tikhvin, where they smashed the enemy's echelons, thus initiating the liberation of the Leningrad blockade. In March 1943, Viktor Ivanovich went to the city of Staraya Rusa, where he was later sent for a special operation in the enemy's rear. For 28 days Viktor Ivanovich together with the department of 12 people was moving in the enemy rear until they were spotted by German soldiers. For two days they were walking away from the chase, and in the end they not only broke away from the Germans, but even managed to confuse them. After this mission, all the members of the department were awarded the Order of the Red Banner, it was the first order of Viktor Ivanovich, which soon numbered as many as five: 2 Orders of Glory, Red Star, Order of the Great Patriotic War, as well as the Medal of Bravery! Unfortunately, Viktor Ivanovich was wounded on March 13, 1943. He stayed in hospital for 3 months. And it was not the only wound, later he was concussed, after which Viktor Ivanovich was sent to the reserve 204th regiment in the Lithuanian SSR. After the liberation of East Prussia, he was transferred there in the estate Groskazgen to clean up the crops. Having worked on the estate for a while, Viktor Ivanovich and his 4 other friends were convicted of looting, removed all the orders from each of them and ordered to be shot in two days. But in fact, these guys were not guilty of anything, they were convicted by a German woman from the neighboring estate, and later everything fell into place, except for one thing - the orders were not returned to anyone. Viktor Ivanovich returned to his hometown, got a job as a coppersmith at a mechanical plant, worked there for 6 months until he met an old friend, who got him a new job at the Ministry of Material Reserves – a petrol storage, a driver. In 1976 Viktor Ivanovich was sent to Kalmykia on the case of building state farms, within 2 years he had to build 5 state farms. And in July 1979, Viktor Ivanovich retired. He returned to Slavyansk-on-Kuban. From the "Book of Memory", collected by students of MBOU Lyceum № 4. Slavyansk-on-Kuban, in the framework of "Blue Handkerchief," "My countrymen - the heroes of the Russian Land" to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory.