Oladyshev Ivan Aleksandrovich (veteran of the Great Patriotic War) was born on March 5, 1927 in the village of Nikolskoye, Volsky district. After leaving school, he learned to be a tractor driver. At the beginning of the war, he worked on a collective farm, at that time he was fifteen years old. In 1944, he was drafted into the army. He served in the NKVD troops, accompanied the prisoners. At the end of 1946, Ivan Alexandrovich was demobilized for health reasons and returned to his native village. He worked as a tractor driver on the “Rassvet” collective farm, then was an operator on a farm. Ivan married in 1947, three sons were born in the family. In 1986, he took a well-deserved rest, but continued to lead an active lifestyle: he planted a vegetable garden, raised horses. When he became a widow and began to fail his health, he decided to move permanently to the Balakovo orphanage. Here Ivan Alexandrovich found his soul mate - Klimova Valentina Pavlovna. On November 26, 2016, the couple registered their marriage. Now the veteran is full of optimism and love of life. He was awarded the medal "For Victory over Germany", jubilee medals.