Kryuchkova Maria Pavlovna (worker in the rear) was born on April 25, 1926 in the Arkadak region. No one likes to talk about war, it was a time of hardships and great difficulties. Like many wartime teenagers, Maria Pavlovna worked in the fields. “These were difficult years. All young people were involved in the field work. Our family had no exception. My mother and I worked in a field where we knitted sheaves of wheat. In winter, we took care of the horses. We gave all our strength, realizing that it is much more difficult for those at the front. We forged Victory in the rear and did everything that we could, never were dejected. We knew that the Soviet Union would win”-recalls Maria Pavlovna. When Maria Pavlovna was in the tenth grade, the war ended. Later she entered the Balashov Pedagogical Institute. For 30 years of her happy life, she worked in a rural school. She taught Russian, German and drawing.