Title: Red Army man. Troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except marine aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD, Border Guard. Born July 2, 1921 in the village of Moiseevka, Krasnoturansky district of Krasnoyarsk Krai,. Graduated from 6th grade. He worked at a collective farm. In 1941, he was drafted into the Red Army Krasnoturansk District Military Committee and was sent to the 449th Rifle Division, which was being formed in Abakan. In July 1942, as part of the division, which received another number - 309, went to the front. His battle way he began as a signalman in the 842nd Artillery Regiment. In 1943 he was wounded, after the hospital he was sent to the reserve regiment in the town of Chkalov. Since February 1944, he fought in the 10th Guards Cavalry Regiment of the 3rd Guards Cavalry Division. On July 18, 1944, the Red Army soldier Zhorov was the first of the regiment to cross the Western Bug River. Near the settlement, he got into the enemy's trench and destroyed the machine gun, which interfered with the advance of our troops. On July 29, in the vicinity of the town of Sedlce, with a group of scouts, he hit a truckload of ammunition and several enemy soldiers and an officer. By order of the 3rd Guards Cavalry Division of August 9, 1944 the Red Army soldier Zhorov Andrei Andreevich was awarded the Order of Glory 3rd degree. January 21, 1945 near the town of Thorn, the Red Army soldier Zhorov, being in the search party, under enemy fire took out of the battlefield a killed comrade. On February 1, near the village of Vengrov, he shot down several enemy soldiers with an automatic rifle and took one as prisoner. He was wounded, but continued his combat mission. According to the order of the 1st Byelorussian Front on March 12, 1945, the Red Army soldier Zhorov was awarded the Order of Glory of the 2nd degree. On April 26, 1945, in the northeast of Fürstenwald, the Red Army soldier Zhorov, as part of the reconnaissance group, was the first to break into the enemy trench and put out of action a machine-gun point and several enemy soldiers with precision fire. In the battle for the village of Krylle, he suppressed 2 machine-gun points and exterminated 5 soldiers and 1 officer. In one of the next raids, the scouts found the concentration camp, attacked the guards, killing 18 opponents, and released more than one and a half thousand prisoners. The scout Zhorov finished the war on the Elbe River. In 1946, he was demobilized. By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on May 15, 1946, the Red Army soldier Zhorov was awarded the Order of Glory of the 1st degree for bravery and heroism shown in the battle with the German invaders in the Great Patriotic War. He became a full knight of the Order of Glory. He returned to his Homeland. He worked as a foreman of a field brigade. He was awarded the Order of Lenin for his high-performance work in the postwar period. Since 1958, he worked as a communications and radio communications installer at a communications hub. He was a member of the CPSU since 1969. He lived in the village of Krasnoturansk, Krasnoyarsk region. He died on March 8, 2004. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Great Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree, medals. In the village of Krasnoturansk, on the house where the veteran lived, a memorial plaque was opened.