Komzalov Gennady Ivanovich (worker in the rear) was born on September 8, 1932 in the Ulyanovsk state farm, Rtishchevsky district, Saratov region. The family was large: besides him, three more children were raised. By the beginning of the war, Gennady Ivanovich was not even nine years old. But the hardships fell on the shoulders of the teenager, same with adults’ fate. There were few men left in the village, most of them went to the front, so half-starved women and children had to work in the fields. He worked on a state farm on a harvester. Like everyone, he lived with the hope of Victory, and his relatives’ return. “The war took my father away from me. He died at the front”-the veteran recalls with tears. After the war, Gennady Ivanovich, after finishing eight classes of school, entered the technical school, received the profession of a machine operator. He served in the ranks of the Soviet army. In 1954, he married, the couple raised a son and daughter. In 1991, Gennady Ivanovich was widowed. Prior to retirement, Gennady Komzalov worked as a driver. The veteran was awarded the medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"