Samorukova Antonina Kirillovna (worker in the rear) was born on July 21, 1927 in the Perelyubsky district of the Saratov region, the village of Grachev Kust. She graduated from school, entered the Saratov Medical College, but the war began. At fourteen, she had to combine her studies with work in a hospital. “I looked after the wounded, fed them, helped to dress them. Tired after a sleepless night in the hospital, often hungry, I went to lessons. When the war ended, it became a little easier, although I still had to starve ”- the veteran tells about her life. After graduating from medical college, she was sent to her native village, where she led active social work and worked as the head of a medical centre until retirement. Antonina Kirillovna, despite the difficult life is still cheerful and happy. She was awarded the medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."