BACKGROUND: Title: Senior Lieutenant. Troops: Army, Air Force (except marine aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD troops, Border Guard Newspaper "The Star of Pre-Irtyshye" August 23, 1965 ... The master of the workshop of the engineering plant Zhumadil Zhukubaev was called to the City Executive Committee. For the feat committed during the Great Patriotic War was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Defense. ...1942 the city on the Volga ...the positions of the 93rd rifle regiment redrawn the fields of the village Dubky and aimed at the famous tractor plant. Regiment commander Colonel Oleynikov summoned a soldier Zhukubaev and instructed him to get the "tongue" whatever it takes. For three days, scouts did not let go of the enemy's trenches. It was impossible to move in secret, the body wafted, and a wounded comrade moaned next to him with his teeth clenched. At the end, by the shots, the defense system was approximately located and the object of attack was selected. At night, a bold raid was made. The fascists came to their senses only when the scouts threw two bound occupants and a trophy machine gun into their trenches. -Congratulations to sergeant Zhukubaev with his award - a medal "For bravery" Valuable information was given by the "tongues". We will save many lives during the offensive. After Stalingrad, there was the Kursk Bulge. Near Belgorod, the Germans took a desperate step to take revenge on the Volga. They threw 300 tigers and panthers at our positions near Kazachy Log farm. Shards of shells on the ground were lying like sawdust," Zhumadil shows on the floor of the workshop. The losses were huge. Few of the commanders survived. Zhumadil will never forget, the last minutes of life of the commander of the machine gun platoon Loginov, who jumped on the tiger and continuously buttstocked on the armor in rage. When there was no longer any strength left, several men with grenades threw themselves under tanks. But there were many, many tanks. And the platoon began to retreat. Something terrible shouted then sergeant Zhukubaev, hit someone, threatened to shoot, but still kept the fighters from panic escape. Tanks passed through the trenches in which the soldiers took refuge. And when the German infantry approached, it was suddenly met with the powerful fire of the positions seemed to be erased into powder. Sergeant Zhukubaev, who replaced the killed officer, led the platoon on the offensive. And he led it all the way to the Dnieper. They forced the Dnieper on their improvised boats under continuous enemy fire. They kept the bridgehead on the right bank for seven days. For this battle, Lieutenant Zhukubaev was introduced to the Order of the Red Banner. But the award did not reach him. He was already in hospital. The award found him in Pavlodar 20 years later..... The Guards Regiment began the assault of Berlin. And here, as at the beginning of the combat way he had to go again to the reconnaissance. In one of the central sectors of the fascist capital, the advance of our troops encountered a serious defense. They had to take with assault not only every house, but also a floor and an apartment. The regimental commander learned that the headquarters of the 165th German Armored Division was located at the corner of Adolf Avenue and Spetselstrasse. Lieutenant Zhukubaev, who led the defense of this sector, went there to get the 'tongue'. They snuck into the house invisibly, through back passages and sewers. Six sentries were taken out. On the third floor, there was an oak door. The first lieutenant broke the door. It was dark. But suddenly, a bright light cut the darkness. Zhumadil slammed the door in lightning speed, but it was already too late. Fascists wounded him three times. He wasn't out of the game, and didn't even feel the terrible pain that would deprive him of sleep for many weeks later in the hospital. The "tongues" were taken. The gaping eyesocket of Lieutenant Khomenko was bandaged with an individual package by an orderly Khomenko of Kharkiv. Now, it is hard to imagine that, mortally wounded, he was taking a group of scouts out of the German defense center for over a day. During these uninterrupted battles, his combat ordinancer was killed by a mine. Here are some facts from Zhukubaev's characteristics: in winter, one had to go to the steppe to work on the construction of a pioneer camp. There were no volunteers. At that time, master Zhukubaev was the first to go up, and just as it was on the frontline, he led his whole crew with his example... Not many months later, the kids had a new pioneer camp.... It happened that one of the workers started drinking. They kept silent until he started to come to work tipsy...The work was treated with cold indifference...Master Zhukubaev intervened, did not allow to fire the person...what he talked to him about was improper to ask. But the peace was restored, and the enterprise kept a qualified good specialist.....