Faces of war

Title: Red Army man. Troops: Artillery. Kisurin Peter Andreevich was born in 1903 (village Gubino). Peter Andreevich was born in 1903 in the village of Gubino, Shigon district, Kuibyshev region in a large peasant family: sister Matrona was born in 1896 and five brothers (together with his father): Andrei (1905), Nikolai (1910), Ivan (1917) and Boris (1920). All brothers were participants of the Great Patriotic War, two of them were killed: their father and Boris. According to Pelageya Kuzminichna Kisurina (born in 1908), P.A. Kisurin had incomplete secondary education (8 or 9 grades). In the 20s, he worked as a timekeeper, then as a standard-bearer in the track service of the Syzran branch of the Kuibyshevskaya railway. In 1931 at the invitation of a family friend he moved with his family to Kuznetsk, where he was soon provided with housing (railway barrack). He worked as a railroad foreman. Before the war, he worked for about two years as an authorized logging station attendant. According to his wife, P. A. Kisurin systematically read newspapers and led a sober life (neither drinking nor smoking), but his health was not great. He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the front. Unfortunately, she never found out where her husband died. Until May 1946, P.K. Kisurina was waiting for her husband, she did not receive any allowance for children, because his fate was unknown. She did not marry until the end of her life, she died in 1991. Unfortunately, the letters from the front were not preserved, and the war photo was absent at all. On February 2, 1942 Peter Andreyevich Kisurin was drafted to the Western front. 10th Army. 2nd Belorussian Front. 49th Army. 385th rifle division, Krichevskaya Red Banner of the Order of Suvorov, second degree, 1266th rifle regiment. Rifleman of the anti-tank rifle company. 28.09.1942 - Medal "For bravery" № 1266 21.09.1943 - Hospital 24.10.1943 – he was discharged 28.12.1943 - Hospital. No note of his return. Order 1266SP385SD 28.09.1943 No 036/12 on behalf of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet "Medal for Courage". People's settlement of Mokroe, Smolensk region 16-17 09. 1943. With his personal example of inspiration, led the soldiers to the attack, killing two German soldiers. Last duty station was 1266 rifle regiment, 385 rifle division. In the summer of 1944 the family received a notice of death. Up to this date, he is listed as missing. He was supposedly killed in September 1944 in Poland, near the town of Augustow, and buried in the village Ostrołęka. According to the memories of the grandfather and brothers in one of the letters, that were not preserved, his father wrote about the battles of Stalingrad. But there is no exact information about his combat path.

Euphretor. Division: 13th Guards Rifle Division of the Poltava Order of Lenin twice Red Banner Division of the Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov. Korzh Grigory Vasilyevich, was born on May 3, 1923 in Paryshkov village of Baryshevsky district of Kiev region. When on June 21, 1941 in Paryshkov village there was a graduation party (Korzh Grigory was among the graduates), the capital of Ukraine was already bombed by fascists. Having received their matriculation certificates, boys and girls walked around the village, sang songs, dreamed of the future... And in the morning, all boys born in 1923-1924 received subpoenas from the military committee. Korzh Grigory was enlisted in the 13th Guards Division under the command of A.I. Rodimtsev and participated in the Battle of Stalingrad, liberated Mamaev Mound. For his participation in the Battle of Stalingrad Guards euphretor Korzh G.V. was awarded the medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad" and a thanking letter signed by Stalin. He reached Poland with the glorious division. In 1944 Korzh G.V. was sent to Chkalovskoye twice Red Banner anti-aircraft artillery school named after S.Ordzhonikidze. In 1946, he was demobilized and settled in the village Saraktash Chkalovsky (now Orenburg) region. For more than 25 years he worked in Saraktash Regional Department of Internal Affairs as the Senior Operative Officer of OBCC. He retired in the rank of police major. Korzh G.V. died in 1984. The front-line poet S. Gudzenko very accurately said about my great-grandfather’s generation in his poem: ... It is our destiny, it is with her we fought and sang, rose to the attack and tore bridges over the Bug. There is no need to feel sorry for us: we would not feel sorry for anybody. We are clean before our Russia, as before God.

Title: Major. Troops: Army, Air Force (except marine aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD, Border Guard. Division: 32nd Cavalry Smolensk Red Banner Order Suvorov Division. Peter Safronovich Krysyuk was born on April 30, 1912 in the town of Chernyakhov, Volyn province in the family of the hero of the First Patriotic War Georgievskogo cavalier Safron Krysyuk. In 1934, P.S. Krysyuk was called up to serve in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army of Chernyakhiv RVC of Zhytomyr region of the Ukrainian SSR. From that moment on, his life was inseparably connected with the cavalry. He participated in battles near Lake Hasan (Japan) 29.07-11.08.1938, near Khalkhin-Gol River (Japan) 20-31.08.1939, in the Polish campaign of the Red Army 17-29.09.1939, in the Soviet-Finnish War 30.11.1939-12.03.1940 and in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. In December 1940, the Directorate of the Cavalry Army Group, where the grandfather served as a staff officer, was renamed the Directorate of the 26th Army. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the 26th Army was included in the South-Western Front of the 1st formation, took part in the border battle, conducted heavy defensive battles on Vinnitsa direction, east of Proskurov, then on the section south of Kiev - Zolotonosh. During the Kiev strategic defensive operation, from July 7 to September 26, the troops of the 26th Army made several counterstrikes against the Nazi 1st tank group and delayed the advance of the enemy's 6th Army units south of Kiev. That allowed many of the city's industrial enterprises and some civilians to be evacuated. In addition to the 26th Army, the Kiev group of troops defending Kiev included the 5th and 37th Armies and units of the 21st and 38th Armies. All of them ended up in the Kiev melting pot. On September 16, 1941, the 26th Army under the command of Lieutenant-General F.Y.Kostenko was surrounded. The commander of the South-Western Front, Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel General M.P. Kirponos, the front's commander and members of the Front's Military Council were killed. The commander of the 5th Army, Major-General of the Tank Troops M.I.Potapov, was taken as prisoner. Experiencing an acute shortage of ammunition, the 26th Army spent eleven days fighting with superior enemy forces in full surroundings. On September 18, my grandfather, having reconnoitered the situation in the enemy camp, gave the command valuable information ensuring that the Red Army's military units would leave for a sheltered location. On September 28, my grandfather was assigned to the Military Committee of the 36th Cavalry Regiment of the 47th Cavalry Division. On the same day, Krysyuk Peter Safronovich led the regiment into battle near Kuzelin and the village of Yakhna, Fastivsky district, Kiev region. And he took all the parts of the 36th Cavalry Regiment out of the encirclement. The personnel of the 47th Cavalry Division who left the encirclement went to replenish the 32nd Cavalry Division. On November 20, 1941 my grandfather Krysyuk Peter Safronovich was presented with the Order of the Red Banner. From November 10, 1941 till the most victorious day on May 9, 1945 my grandfather walked the war roads with the 32nd Cavalry Division. On October 3, 1942, Krysyuk Peter Safronovich Commander 27 of the 32nd Cavalry Division of the Smolensk Red Banner Cavalry Order of Suvorov Division of the 3rd Guards Cavalry Order of Lenin of the Red Banner Corps (32 gv.kd 3 gv.kk) received the rank of Captain. The division did not know any defeats, for which it was transformed into the Guards Division. By order of the All-Union State Control Committee of 25.09.1943 for the liberation of the cities of Smolensk and Roslavl, distinguished in the battles of 32nd Cavalry Division was named Smolenskaya. By the Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces of 25.07.1944 for the liberation of the cities of Lida and Grodno, for their valor and courage, 32 cavalry division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. By the Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces from 05.04.1945 for the liberation of the cities of Hejnice and Tukhol, for their valor and courage, the 32nd Guards Smolensk Red Banner Cavalry Division was awarded the Order of Suvorov II degree. The commander of the 32nd Guards cavalry division - colonel Ivan Prokofievich Kalyuzhny, commander of the 3rd Guards cavalry corps - major-general Nikolay Sergeevich Oslikovsky. (Many years later, he became a consultant at Mosfilm Studio. In the credits for the films "War and Peace", "The Quiet Don", "Running", "Elusive Avengers" there is an inscription - Lieutenant General N.S.Oslikovsky, a consultant). The Directive of the Higher Administrative District Rates No. 220143 of 14.07.1944 the 3rd Cavalry Corps was transferred from the 3rd Belorussian Front to the 2nd Belorussian Front under the command of Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky. With these outstanding commanders, my grandfather Krysyuk Peter Safronovich went through the entire Great Patriotic War, participated in the battles for Kiev, for Stalingrad, for Donbass, for Smolensk, on the Kursk Bulge, for the liberation of Belarus and Poland, in the Berlin offensive. He was wounded 4 times, but returned to the front line again. Major Krysyuk Pyotr Safronovich was awarded two Red Star Orders, the Order of Combat Red Banner, medals 'For Combat Merits', 'For Stalingrad Defense', 'For Capture of Koenigsberg', 'For Victory over Germany' and others. My grandfather died in 1977. He was buried in Karaganda region in Kazakhstan. I am glad that I managed to have at least a little talk with my grandfather. I remember him and I am proud of him. I wish very much that growing up descendants would be interested in the exploits of grandfathers- great-grandfathers, learned the history of their fates, learned lessons, and always remember what the generation, that is disappearing in eternity, had to go through. People! Take care of the PEACE!

Yakov Davidson Poedinok. We were friends with Sasha Kobzenkov almost from the first day of my stay in the squad. He helped me to develop films, and only one thing upset the boy - there was nowhere to print the cards. Sasha was a liaison, and the guerrillas spoke about him with respect: "This one will not let you down! I photographed Kobzenkov often. But only one photo survived! It was taken in March 1943. Kobzenkov just returned from a mission - under the fire of the enemy delivered a message to the headquarters. Right at the headquarters hut, I photographed him, "So they gave me a turn from the gate," - said Sasha Kobzenkov, not having fun, returning from the Glinsky detachment. It was a shame for him. Didn't he deserve a different attitude to himself? Either he was tired or upset and stopped watching the road, but Sasha got lost. He did not understand it at once: in the forest all trees are similar and all ravines are deep. But when Sasha found himself twice in the place of the burnt down forester's hut, he realized that his business was bad. The day went closer to the evening, there was a cold autumn rain, and rare yellow leaves with a sad rustle flew down from the branches. There was nowhere to hide, there weren’t even crumbs of bread in the shoulder bag... And the day began so promisingly. In the Glinsky squad, Sasha almost immediately ran into his father. Bearded, wearing a hat with earflaps, which hid almost half of his face, his father seemed to Sasha as some stranger. But as soon as he saw his son, the wrinkles smoothed out and a joyful smile illuminated his face.- Sashka, son, - quietly pronounced his father and held him to himself.- Son...he repeated with a trembling voice.- I, father, - said Sasha respectfully, although his eyes were on a wet spot. But he did not allow himself to cry, because he was a partisan liaison. – It’s so goo that you came. Tomorrow you would not have caought me here, we’re going to the railway," my father said. But suddenly, as if remembering something, he asked in surprise: - Wait, wait, how did you find yourself in the squad? Because contact persons are not allowed to leave the villages. - I brought you an urgent report. The Germans and Magyars were caught up with - horror. Uncle Ivan said that we should inform you. - Really? - My father thoughtfully noted and added: - Go, report to the commander.- Batya, I want to stay in the squad. Fedka-policeman started coming over too often to the house. He is sniffing out where you are. It seems he’s guessing that you did not go to any Vladimir-Volynsky to earn money ... - Perhaps, you're right, son, you should stay, - agreed my father. He did it so easily, without resistance, that the boy's heart was beating joyfully. But the commander of the Glinsk squad, having listened to the report and having thanked Sasha, refused to leave the boy: - No, Yegorych, and don't ask, - he put an end to the conversation, when the father supported his son, - You see, the Germans piled up from four sides. I can't take on my conscience such a thing... that children die under bullets. The fights are going to be fierce. Do not judge me, Yegorych, strictly. I respect your son, the real man is becoming of him, but I can't take him... - But he is under the suspicion of the local policeman... - We will have a special conversation with the policeman. And let Sasha move to the neighboring village, far away ... Sasha walked all night. He tried to have a rest, but he got cold quickly in the cold rain. He realized that his rescue was in motion. He remembered various pleasant prewar stories. Sasha especially liked hikes, which were conducted by a military officer from Osoaviachima. He learned to camouflage and orientate himself in the area. Went to ambushes and sentries, in short, grasped the military wisdom. It was interesting ... But anyway, no matter how cheerful he was, the fatigue took its toll. Having caught his foot on the root, he fell down and bruised his knee. Sasha was completely exhausted when he was picked up by the partisans. Sasha knew the commander of the machine-gun company Ilya Mikhailovich Avksentiev well - he had been to their house more than once, he was a friend of his father. - Rest, then you will tell about everything, - gently, but authoritatively ordered Avksentiev, when Sasha wanted to tell about his misfortunes. When Kobzenkov woke up, it was noon. Awksentiev was sitting at the table and wroting something," I look at you, Sashok, - said Avksentiev, - and think: why don’t you stay in the squad? You probably won't get to batya now - the Krauts are chasing them...Sashok instantly lost the desire to tell about what happened to him in the Glinsky squad.- That's what I wanted to ask you, Comrade Commander, - Kobzenkov said solidly, hardly holding back his joy.- Get ready, let's talk to Popuprepko. As Nikolai Nikitich decides, so it will be! Popudrepko, deputy commander of the partisan unit of Chernihiv region, Hero of the Soviet Union, met the boy friendly. He asked about his family, about his father - he knew him from pre-war times. - Where do you think to determine the boy? - He asked Avksentiev.- Second number to Ivan Krasavin, to the machine gun.- Good idea! - praised Popudrepko. Sasha came out of the dugout and therefore did not hear Nikolai Nikitich say to company commander: - You need to take care of such guys... take care of... Keep away from bullets for nothing! - Clearly, Comrade Popudrenko. Krasavin is an experienced soldier. Sasha Kobzenkov, not feeling the ground under his feet from joy, rushed to look for his friend Volodya Kaznacheev. If to tell the truth, Sasha has long been jealous of his comrade. Volodya was only six months older, and already fought for a long time.- You'd better ask to join us, - said Kaznacheev.- Partisan is the same soldier, - cut off Sasha.- The order of the commander is the law.- True, - agreed Kaznacheev.- Gunners also have a responsible job ... Don't worry, we will go to the "railway" together. Machine gunners always come with us. When the echelon jumps on a mine, especially if it is with the live force of the enemy, my case ends. The task of the machine-gunners is to make sure that no fascist gets out alive! Sasha quickly became friends with Vanya Krasavin, a young, cheerful Red Army soldier. He liked the boy, who wanted to understand every detail with his own mind, and tried to make everything with his own hands. Sasha was ready to tinker with a machine gun from morning till late at night, and even sleep with it in his arms. Seeing such devotion, Krasavin willingly passed on the combat experience to his second number. He taught how to determine the correction to the wind, how to hit the heap, and how to lay a bullet "fan" - to cover a large area. They never parted: they even slept in a dugout nearby. One day, they were lifted in the middle of the night. It was so frosty in the yard that it took their breath away. Partisans were gathering at the commander's dugout. When the order was given, everything became clear. The messenger warned the guerrillas that the Germans and the police in two columns were heading for the forest, and tomorrow they were going to attack the camp. The detachment's command decided to organize ambushes on the far approaches to the camp. It was necessary to meet the Hitlerites with machine gun fire and cause them as much damage as possible... Partisan rider confidently ruled the horses. The sleigh, where Sasha Kobzenkov and Krasavin were layng, covered with a coat, were moving in the middle of the column. The snow squeaked as a lullaby under the skids. Krasavin fell asleep quickly. Sasha lay with open eyes and looked at the distant furry stars. He was looking forward to the battle, wanted to take revenge on his mother, who was sent to the concentration camp. Finally, they stopped. The full moon shone brightly. It was visible as if in the afternoon. Quiet orders could be heard. Ivan went to Avksentyev to get an order. Sasha did not lose time: he pulled the machine gun off the sledge on the snow, took off Krasavin’s bag, checked the carbine… They equipped the position on a hillside, which was enveloped in a wide arc by a road coming out of the forest. The old curved pine, half-turned out of the ground by the storm, securely covered the position. The rest of the guerrillas lay in the spruce to the left of the road. It took a long time to wait. Everyone froze, and Sasha was about to ask Krasavin for permission to run and get some warmth when the muffled sounds of car engines were heard from afar. An anxious magpie flew by, followed by a flock of crows. A roundnose truck "fiat" was seen on the road. It was swaying on the bumps, dangerously heeled, and therefore the driver kept at low speed - twenty to thirty kilometers per hour. Behind the truck there was a 'passenger trap,' painted white, and then sleigh full of soldiers stretched out. The second "fiat" dragged a short-bore gun. The column bent out like a snake. Krasavin took to gently bring the sight to the head car. Sasha quickly ran his fingers over the machine-gun belt. When the signal shot was fired, Krasavin pressed the trigger, and "Maxim" began to catch fire, throwing dozens of bullets. Apparently, the driver of the car was killed immediately, because the "fiat" pulled off the road and rolled straight through the field land, throwing snow fountains out from under the wheels. Soldiers jumped out of the car covered with a tarp, but Krasavin hit without a miss. When the car finally stopped drowning in the deep snow, two or three gunners jumped out of the car and rushed to escape. Krasavin carried the fire to the tail of the column and immediately scattered the Nazis, riding in a sleigh. Caught by surprise, the punishers fired indiscriminately. The gunners managed to deploy the cannon, but the shells exploded far into the forest. Krasavin laid down the servants in a short queue and the cannon became silent. - Order in the tank units, - said Krasavin his favorite proverb, satisfied. – They won’t dare to show up soon. But he made a mistake. Furious at the unexpected attack and losses, the punishers almost immediately rushed into the attack. They fired automatic weapons on the move. The fire was unattended, but so dense that the wounded appeared among the guerrillas. Even the pine tree, under which the machine gunners had settled, seemed to moan pitifully from the bullets that were soaked into it. Krasavin was firing by short bursts, sparingly. But the ammunition was rapidly melting. - Ammunition is running out! - warned Sasha.- Damn it! - clicking on the jacket, but not hearing a shot, shouted Krasavin. His hands grabbed the empty belts and immediately threw them aside. - Run to the forest, Sashok! There should be bullets there. Look on the other sleigh! Two heavy boxes with belts seemed to Sasha as light as fluff. When he jumped out of the ravine, he realized with a fallen heart: the Hitlerites shoot more. It is their automatic rifles beat so sharply. Sasha was running along the field land, not looking at the road. - Come on, Sashok, come on, my dear you! - shouted, seeing him, Krasavin. In the blink of an eye, he reloaded the machine gun. The fascists had just risen to the attack. "Maxim" spoke in the hands of Krasavin, and Sasha barely had time to serve the belt. Black figures fell into the snow here and there and did not rise anymore. Soon the Germans stopped the attack and rolled back. The guerrillas took a break and stepped back - the task was completed. Stalled horses abruptly rushed from their places. Far behind, where the partisan ambush had just fought with the chasteners, the mines ruptured loudly... This fight of Alexander Kobzenkov was marked with the first award - the Medal 'For Courage'. The German garrison in Skrygalov resisted persistently. However, the partisans managed to defeat the main post. But the battle dragged on near the stone building, which was turned into a long-term defensive point by the Nazis. The semi-basement room was occupied by a department of chasteners. They had machine guns and automatic rifles, they fired heavily, not sparing bullets. The most annoying to the guerrillas was the machine-gunner. He didn’t let them pick their heads uo off the ground. – These won’t run – said Krasavin with a sigh, having stopped a meaningless waste of their poor ammunition. - They have one chance to survive - to resist our onslaught. They know that they will never be forgiven for their atrocities, - Ah, if only I had a cannon here! - said Sasha dreamily. The stone building stretched out on the hill, and the approaches to it were cleared in advance. The Germans controlled the situation. Of course, they could have waited for the night, crawled closer and thrown grenades at the embrasures. But the day was just beginning. In a couple of hours, for sure, the support would come to the fascists, and then the partisans would be at a disadvantage. The factor of surprise was lost, the guerrillas were forced to lie down one and a half meters from the stronghold and stop senseless bombardment. - Now it's time to leave! – was offered by Krasavin: "Did we smash the main post? We did! Did you blow up the communication node? We did! Did the Chief-traitor take the deserved punishment? He did! What else do we need? - And these will come out and start again with even more cruelty to deal with the old people and children. Now “ is the time"! - Alexander Rasokhin intervened in the conversation. Rasokhin was a sniper who flew to the partisans from the Big Land. He was famous for his imperturbability and good eye. Usually, Rasokhin hunted the officers when they were lifting the soldiers to attack. He used to hit them without a miss. But here he was also powerless. The embrasure, where the gunner was firing from, was securely covered.-Instead of arguing, guys, you better think about what you can do, - Avksentiev interrupted the discussion.- If the machine gun was pulled out to a comfortable position, - started Krasavin. – Not possible. Here, the German shot every inch. I wouldn't take a step... - Though I would go at least to that hut, - Krasavin didn’t stop, annoyed by an unforeseen hitch that threatened to break the guerrilla plans. A peasant house covered with straw rose within eighty meters of the building. When the guerrillas had just launched an attack, there were several policemen, who were quickly destroyed by machine gunners. But the guerrillas failed to use the house. Of the three people sent there with a hand machine gun, two were killed, and the third crawled into the house, but so far has not shown any signs of life. – Forget about it – said Avksentiev sharply – We’ve tried already. While the conversation was going on, Rasokhin was carefully examining the area through the sight of a sniper rifle. He was slowly "feeling" with his eye every bump, every bush.- Listen, Sashok, - he said, turning to Kobzenkov.- Will you come with me? - I will! - Sashok immediately agreed, not knowing where the paratrooper was calling him. - What are you up to, Rasokhin? - the company commander asked. – You can’t really get into the hut with a machine gun - the paratrooper began to quickly explain the plan. - With a rifle - you can. You'll cover us with fire, and we'll crawl... - Why do you need the guy? He has nothing to climb under the bullets for! - Avksentiev strongly objected. - This idea is not good, even if you sneak into the house. The moment you get out - the German will make a sieve out of you.- I need Sashok to distract the gunner's attention, - Rasokhin continued calmly.- He will lift his hat from the second window on a stick and move it. The machine-gunner will be distracted, and here I will enter into business.- Hm, - the company hesitated.- How are you, Sashok, ready to go? - Certainly! They crawled to the hut, and the platoon opened frequent fire. The Germans did not notice that in the hut, just opposite the machine gun embrasure, appeared two people. The floor of the room, overlooking the dot with two windows, was dotted with shards of window glass and pieces of plaster. Partisan moaned under the wall. Rasokhin quickly dragged him to another room and tied his wounds. Then he went behind the cloth screen that had been broken through in several places and began to examine the situation. Sasha silently watched his actions. The sniper squatted and carefully got close to Sasha. – It looks bad. It was not as simple as I had imagined.- Why? - I will not have time to shoot once, as I will be killed. The windows are very close, practically in one queue, taking into account dispersion, will cover both your hat and me... There is, of course, a way out... The risk, however, is great ... - What? - You can go up to full height behind the screen and shoot from the depth of the room ... But I need a support for the rifle... I need your shoulder, Sashok... - So what is the stop? – Kobzenkov was surprised. - For what if... ...in short, the muzzle of the machine gun is pointed at your chest. Maybe the German feels that someone appeared in the hut, or maybe it's different, but only behind the house fascists are looking around carefully... They snuck into the room, and Sasha rose to full height behind an old cloth screen. Rasokhin clicked the shutter and straightened himself out too. Sasha stood up facing the embrasure. Through the gaps he saw the muzzle of the machine gun and a light smoke above it. He knew that should the Germans catch the movement in the hut, and the gun queque will kill him and Rasokhin. "Hold still, don't move," Rasokhin ordered, resting a rifle on Sasha’s shoulder. The shot stunned Sasha, and the rifle hit him in the head painfully. The second shot seemed to sound simultaneously. Sasha saw the machine gun muzzle hinged up. A loud partisan "hooray!" was heard. The disbanded fascists were thrown with grenades... Many years passed since then. The former guerrillas went different places, meetings became rare. But once Kobzenkov took a vacation and went not to the south - to the Black Sea, but to the north - to Chernigov and Bryansk forests. He drove by car from village to village and did not recognize familiar places, no matter how much he looked at them. New houses, new streets, new people. Only the monuments of the fallen reminded of the past, of the losses and of Sashka's fighting youth.

Title: Junior sergeant. Troops: Army, Air Force (except maritime aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD, Border Guard. Order of Glory on his chest, party ticket he keeps even now. In 1942 he joined the Komsomol, and in 1943 Anatoly Krestilnikov, a 17-year-old boy, went to the front. Today, a former war veteran and pensioner lives on Danilov land, to which he devoted his life. Modesty, honesty and responsiveness have always distinguished this man. Since October 1944, together with his fellow countrymen I.I.Goryanov and V.I.Ternov, he served in the 2nd Baltic Front. Right up to the Victory the young commander of "Katyusha" smashed the enemy. Cold, famine, dampness and all the hardships of wartime experienced the young fighters: the character was hardened, the will was formed. Somewhere "near" fought his father, who went to the front, despite the reservation. During the war, they never had to meet. With pain in his heart, his son took the news that his father was missing. Knowing where his father's combat units (marsh tops) were held, Anatoly always believed that he died in battle with honor, as befits a Russian soldier ... With the end of the war, service in the army continued until 1950, here he became a candidate, and joined the Communist Party in 1953. It was solemn and memorable forever. He returned to his native land with the Order of Glory. Many girls with good envy followed a handsome young man with their glances, but he chose his only Lida. A precious vessel of love, his devotion he carried through all their live together, he was always a caring husband... Working in the police is not easy, and sometimes dangerous, but for his wife and daughter Anatoliy Pavlovich always found time and paid all possible attention. Soon he was transferred from an ordinary policeman to the precinct, which meant that there was more trouble, anxiety and responsibility for the fates of his fellow countrymen, and for the order of his station. When his superiors offered to transfer him to another place with a promotion, Krestilnikov refused, and there were reasons for this. But, as they say, orders are not discussed. He became the head of a livestock farm. A veteran does not like to remember difficulties, because it was harder for dairymaids, calves and cattlemen, but he is always near in grief and in joy. He did not sleep, as well as his subordinates, during the nights of the mass calving, together built new buildings and cowsheds, prepared feed ... In 1970, fellow villagers showed Anatoly Pavlovich great trust – he was elected the chairman of the Loboikovsky Village Council. Together with the honorary position, new worries and difficulties were laid on his shoulders. Dozens of human problems had to be solved every day. The leader was always in full view, he had no weekends or holidays, and he helped the villagers as much as he could. Now, being on a well-deserved rest, the veteran of war and labor often remembers the harsh winters, snow drifts, delivery of patients to the district hospital, and collective farm business. Everything remains in his memory. But the main thing is that people talk about Anatoly Pavlovich Krestilnikov with gratitude and kindness.

My dad, Korneiko Leonid Matveyevich, was born on August 10, 1918 in Ukraine. Because of his difficult family situation, he graduated only from 3rd grade. In 1939, he was drafted into the army. He got into the border troops of the 42nd Infantry Division, which was created at the beginning of the Civil War and participated in the battles for Perekop. Reconstituted in 1939, the division took part in the Finnish campaign in the fighting west of Petrozavodsk. Rank: Petty Officer. Before the Great Patriotic War, the division was stationed on the western border, in Brest. At that time, the border was very restless. There were often conflicts with the Banderais, who had violated the border. Dad always warmly remembered his fourlegged friend, Hindu. The Shepherd helped guard the border. Among other frontline formations, the division took the first strike of the fascist troops. Dad said: "It was Saturday. Bath day. We watched the film until late. Suddenly there was a rumble. We thought it was a thunderstorm, and when we ran out, we saw that the monument, standing on the square in front of the barracks, was broken by a shell. From April 1942 to March 1943, the division was defending the Ressa River. For taking the city of Smolensk, the division was given the honorary name Smolenskaya. On May 4, Parkhim was captured, where division units met with allied forces. For the soldiers of the 42nd Smolensk Rifle Division the Great Patriotic War ended that day. "My father's “Katyusha” took part in the Victory Parade on Red Square, but my father was hospitalized in Czechoslovakia. After the hospital he was sent to the eastern border, participated in the battles in Manchuria, liberated Sakhalin Island.

From a young age Alexander learned about hunger, orphanhood, persecution. He was brought up in a family of distant relatives as a farmhand. When the Great Patriotic War broke out, a lot of people went to the front, everyone wanted to help their country. Alexander did not stand aside. Not thinking about all the burden of the future, he took a junior officer course. He got to the front. In 1942, he received an exit wound to his lungs. He got to the hospital. Having been a little delayed, Alexander found himself at one of the main battles of the Great Patriotic War at Kursk Bulge. This battle was one of the most important stages on the way to the Soviet Union's victory over fascist Germany. The battle lasted less than two months. During that time, on a relatively small territory, a huge mass of troops clashed fiercely, using the most modern military equipment of the time. The battle on both sides involved more than 4 million people, over 69,000 guns and mortars, more than 13,000 tanks and self-propelled guns, and up to 12,000 combat aircrafts. On the Wehrmacht side, more than 100 divisions were involved, which accounted for more than 43 percent of the divisions on the Soviet-German front. From the Kursk Bulge, Alexander Yakovlevich reached Berlin. There he welcomed the long-awaited Victory. He was demobilized in 1946 with the rank of Captain. His life was not easy. The country had to be restored after the war. All forces were thrown into work. In 1947, Alexander Yakovlevich got a family. His wife was a girl from a simple family. Alexander fell in love with her for her kindness and mercy. So they formed a strong alliance. Moving up the career ladder, Alexander from 1951 to 1955 worked as director of Masloprom (Primorsky Masloprom Melekessky district, now Dmitrovgrad). All his life he was devoted to work and his family. He ended his life as a deeply old man, but the trace of war left a huge imprint on his heart and soul. His feat is immortal and will always live in our hearts.

Chronicle of life and activity of N.P. Krasavchenko: Nikolay Prokofievich Krasavchenko (1916 - 1993) - organizer of partisan movement. - December 19, 1916 - was born in the family of an elementary school teacher in the village of Fastovetskaya, Tikhoretsky district, Krasnodar Territory. - September 1923 - May 1930. - Graduated from 8th grade in Fastovetskaya high school. - September 1931 - May 1933, studied at the Tikhoretsky Teachers' Training College.. - June 1933 - August 1934 - secretary, then editor of a multi-edition newspaper of the political department of Fastovetskaya MTS of Krasnodar region. - September - December 1934 - according to the Komsomol voucher sent to study at the Communist University of Social Sciences (KUPON), in January 1935 disbanded. - January 1935 - 1939. - Student of the History Department of the Moscow Institute of History, Philosophy, and Literature (MIFLI). He graduated with honors. - February - October 1939 - Deputy Head of the Student Youth Department of the Moscow City Committee of Komsomol.. - October 1939-May 1940 - Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Moscow City Komsomol Committee. - In May 1940, he was elected Secretary of the Komsomol Moscow City Committee for Propaganda. In this career position, he was caught up in the Great Patriotic War. - May 1940 - January 1943 - Secretary of the Moscow City Komsomol Committee. - In July 1941, he was among the 12 secretaries of the Komsomol county and the RK Komsomol who were sent by the Commissioner of the State Defense Committee for the construction of defensive lines on the far outskirts of Moscow to the Smolensk region and was appointed Commissioner of the Vyazmensky fortification, which stretched from Bryansk to Rzhev. As a result of the October offensive of the Germans, and then their breakthrough of the front, Nikolai Prokofievich, along with others, found himself in the rear of the Germans, where he repeatedly participated in the battles, was the organizer of guerrilla groups in the areas of the Moscow region, for which he was awarded the medal "Partisan of the Great Patriotic War, I class". - August 1941 - October 1942, he was the head of the Soviet student delegation to the International Student Assembly in the United States and was elected vice-president of the Executive Committee of the International Union of Students. Having left his entourage, he continued to work as a secretary of the Moscow Komsomol State Leninist Congress and as a commissioner of the Komsomol State Committee on the close approaches to Moscow, and made a significant contribution to the mobilization of youth and Komsomol members of the capital for the crushing defeat of the Germans near Moscow. - In August 1942, Krasavchenko N. P. was appointed head of the delegation of student youth of the USSR, that took part in the First International Anti-Fascist Assembly of Students in Washington, DC, designed to unite the efforts of young people to combat fascism. - In November 1942, the delegation was authorized to represent the Soviet youth at the International Anti-Fascist Youth Conference in London. Many months of successful activity of the Soviet delegation outside our homeland, a detailed report on its work to the Central Committee of the Party in early 1943 made changes in the official position of N. P. Krasavchenko. - November 1942 - January 1943 – he was the head of the Soviet Youth Delegation at the International Anti-Fascist Youth Conference in London. He was elected Vice Chairman of the International Council of Anti-Fascist Youth. In the USA and England the delegation met with F.D. Roosevelt, W. Churchill, S. de Gaulle and other statesmen and more than two hundred times spoke at mass rallies, on the radio, at press conferences calling for immediate opening of the Second Front. - January 1943 - December 1949, he was elected First Secretary of the Moscow Regional and City Committee (MKI MGK) of the Komsomol, a member of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, became a member of the Bureau of the MGK and the IOCCP(b) and worked in this position until early 1950. He was awarded: - in February 1944, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor in 1944; - in July 1944, by the Order of the Head of the Belarusian Headquarters of the Partisan Movement, he was awarded the medal of the Patriotic War of the First Degree. - In 1947-1948, he was awarded two "Lenin orders", and in July 1944, he was awarded the Medal "For Moscow defense". - May 1945 - awarded with the medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War". - June 1945 - December 1949 - member of Plenum and candidate to the bureau of Moscow Regional Committee of All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (b). - June - July 7, 1946 – he was the head of the delegation of Soviet youth in Italy. - July 13, 1946 - he was awarded the medal "War for Liberation" (Guerra di liberazione) by Italian Military Ministry. - September 1947 - By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR he was awarded the Order of Lenin. From 1947 to 1951 – he was the deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Moscow City Council of Workers' Deputies, Moscow Regional Council of Workers' Deputies. October 1948 - By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was awarded the Order of Lenin. - December 1949 - March 1950 - Order of Lenin. - He was relieved of his job (formally, he was listed "in the reserve of the CPSU City Committee", as indicated in his questionnaires). - May 1950 - at the height of the "Moscow case", he was expelled from the CPSU members of the Party Control Commission. - June 1950 - November 1953 – he was a postgraduate student of the History Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University at the Department of History of the USSR, research director - Professor P.A. Zayonchkovsky. - August 1953 - the decision to expel him from the CPSU was cancelled,he was transferred to the CPSU candidates for a year, in October 1954 he was again admitted to the CPSU. Later, this record of a break in part-time employment was abolished. - December 1953 - September 1961, he was a junior researcher, assistant, senior lecturer, assistant professor of the Department of History of the USSR during the period of capitalism at the Faculty of History of Moscow State University. - February, 1954 – he defended his PhD thesis on "Economic situation and struggle of textile workers of Vladimir province in 1880-1894. - September 1961 - September 1964. – he was the Head of the Marxism-Leninism Department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). - September 1964 - July 1969, he was the Head of the Department of Marxism-Leninism at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography. - September 1964 - July 1969, he was the Head of the Department of History of the CPSU of the Moscow Aviation Technological Institute (MATI). - July 1969 - February 1970. – he was the Rector of the Pedagogical Institute, Acting Rector of Kalmykia State University. - February 1970 - December 1976. – he was the Rector of Kalmyk State University (Elista, Kalmyk ASSR). - 1970 – he was awarded the medal "For Valorous Work". - 1971 - 1975 – he was the Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. - 1971-1978 – he was a Member of the Plenum of the Kalmykia Regional Committee of the CPSU. - 1971 – he was awarded by a sign "For excellent successes in the higher school", a medal "For labor difference". - 1972 – he was awarded the Certificate of Honor of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. - 1976 - Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) awarded him the academic title of professor. - March, 1976 - by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. - December 8, 1976 - by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Kalmyk ASSR, for services in the development of higher education and science in the republic, he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Scientist of Kalmyk ASSR. - December 1976 – he was withdrawn by Rosminvuz to Moscow. - December 1976 – till the end of 1986 – he was the Rector of the Moscow State Historical and Archival Institute. During his work in the Historical and Archival Institute: he was a member of the Presidium of the Scientific and Technical Council on the History of the USSR Ministry of Higher Education, a member of the Council of People's Universities of the RSFSR, a member of the Scientific Council Head of the USSR Council of Ministers, a member of the editorial board of the journal "Soviet Archives", Vice-President of the USSR-Columbia Society. - In 1981, he was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. - In 1985, he was awarded the medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War". - 1987-1988 – he was a professor-consultant at the Department of History of the USSR of the Historical and Archival Institute. - May 24, 1993 - after a serious short illness he died in Moscow. He was buried at Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.

Troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except marine aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD troops, Border Guard My grandfather, Alexander Mikhailovich Kalinchev is a veteran of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. He was born on November 28, 1923, in the village of Lopotok, Cheplyginsky district, Ryazan region. The family had 8 children (5 sisters and 3 brothers). In early childhood, he learned from his grandfather how to make very beautiful boots, carve wood and make furniture with his own hands. After finishing school, he learned to be a chauffeur. In 1939, he was drafted into the Red Army and sent to serve in the Far East in the city of Bikin. He served in the 88th regiment of the 226th Rifle Reconnaissance Battalion of the First Red Banner of the Far East Army. Since my grandfather was a chauffeur, he was entrusted with a special machine on which were installed location, radar and reconnaissance devices, including teletype and radio. This car was serviced by 4 radio operators, each was responsible for a specific installation. In June 1941, the grandfather was to be demobilized, but since there was no specialist to replace him, he was asked to stay until a replacement was found and he agreed. And when the Great Patriotic War began, their regiment was moved to the border with China, because Japan, which fought on the side of Nazi Germany, landed its troops in the Far East (Mongolia, China). With his regiment grandfather liberated China from the Japanese invaders, participated in a major battle near the city of Mudazian. Before the offensive, their war machine was sent with a reconnaissance purpose - to find out the number and location of enemy troops. When they completed the task, they were ordered to return. And when they were going to their unit, they were chased by a Japanese pilot, who began to fire a machine gun at the car, because most likely he ran out of shells. To get away from the pursuit and to keep the crew and equipment, our grandfather chose this tactic: at first, he was going at a high speed, and then he was sharply braking and the plane could not adjust to the car and fired past it. And when the pilot ran out of ammunition, he went to the next round and flew in the direction of the car to scare our soldiers, the soldiers did not get confused and opened fire from submachine guns and rifles at the plane. The plane was flying very low, so the bullets hit the fuel tank and the plane exploded. But while the crew tried to escape from the pursuit, they did not see how they ran off the road and got into the swamp, the car with the front wheels stuck in a bog. It was decided to dismantle the equipment and the soldiers took off everything they could and carried it to the unit. And the grandfather was responsible for the car and could not leave it, he had to destroy the machine if the Japanese tried to capture it. For 3 days, he guarded the car and cut the reeds and tree branches to get the car out of the swamp. And he succeeded, he was able to lift the machine and slip everything he had prepared under the wheels, and the machine drove out of the swamp. When he arrived at the location of his unit, they were not waiting for him there because they thought that he had died along with those people who went to his aid and died under the bombing of Japanese planes. For the fact that Grandpa was able to save the machine, he was awarded the Order of World War I degree. After this incident, our grandfather became, among his colleagues, a talisman. When the group went on a difficult and dangerous task, they always asked that Alexander Kalinchev was driving the car. It was as if he was guarded by an invisible force and only he knew what kind of force it was - leaving to serve, his mother secretly gave him a cross, as if she had guarded him - for the whole war, Grandfather was not injured and everyone who was with him in the car, remained safe and sound, getting out of the battle or the most terrible bombings. 1945 - Victory, he welcomed on September 2 in the Chinese city of Handekend. Their regiment returned to the city of Bikin. He already dreamed of returning home, but one day he was summoned by the commander and asked to stay in the service as an experienced installer, he agreed and served for another 2 years. He was demobilized in 1947. He was awarded the Medal of Courage and the Medal for Victory over Japan. He returned to the town of Elektrastal, Moscow region, where his family lived by then. And he was immediately taken to a secret military plant. Working at this factory, he met his future wife - Praskovia Feodorovna, who worked in the security of the plant. Soon they got married and had 4 sons and 1 daughter - my mother, Lyudmila Alexandrovna. My grandfather worked at the plant till 1955 and quit for health reasons. With his large family, following the recommendation of doctors, he moved to a village called Elinarkhovo. He worked at the collective farm as a driver and my grandmother was a milkmaid. In this village he lived until 2013. There was a fire in December, the house burned down completely, my grandfather was very worried, because he lost not only his belongings and furniture, but also the battle awards won by such hard work. Now, my grandfather lives in Shakhovskaya settlement, Moscow region. After the fire, he was given a one-room apartment. And on May 9, 2015, our grandfather was invited to the Celebration Parade in Moscow. Our family is proud of our grandfather and we want to wish him health, to say thank you very much for the Victory!!!

Title: Lieutenant GB Rank: Military and political personnel I want to tell about my great-grandfather Krylov Konstantin Pavlovich. I know about him from the words of my grandmother Krylova Nadezhda Konstantinovna. I don't know much about my great-grandfather. Konstantin Pavlovich Krylov was born on December 25, 1919 in Baku. His family by origin was a worker and peasant. There were three children in his family. He received a seven-year education at school. In 1939, his great grandfather began his military service as a Red Army soldier. In 1940 he was transferred to service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and in 1942 was sent to Saratov for a six-month reconnaissance course in the Saratov Frontier School. After completing the course in 1943, he was hired to work in SMERSH (short for "Death to Spies!") - the name of a number of mutually independent counterintelligence organizations in the Soviet Union during World War II. He served as the head of the garrison and deputy chief of the outpost. During the war, by the nature of his service, he was in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Yugoslavia. In 1946, he was discharged from service due to health reasons. In the Voronezh Military Hospital, where he was being treated, he met his future wife and they went to live in the city of Grozny. My great-grandfather became a turner and began working at the Grozny factory. For many years, his military past was classified. During perestroika, he was recognized as a participant and veteran of the Great Patriotic War. My great-grandfather said almost nothing about his service, so I know little about him.

Division: 89th Rifle Division (1st formation) My grandfather, Kamenskikh Anatoly Ivanovich , was born in Sarapula, Udmurtia ASSR. In 1944, being a 17-year-old boy decided to go to the front, at the station took a passing train, but in Saratov region town of Balashov was removed from the train. He told us: "I was asked, where I was going" I said that I want to get to the front, I will fight. I was a tall guy, when they asked me what year of birth I was, I said that 1924, and actually 1927, thus added to my age. They believed me, I had no documents on me. That is how I got to the front, to the marching company of the 267th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 89th Guards Division of the First Belarusian Front. The commander of the corps was Bersarin, who later became the commandant of Berlin. Thus, we reached the city of Frankfurt-on-Oder in Germany with battles. In early February 1945, at night we forced the river Oder, there was ice, but the water was already up to the knee. Having crossed, we started the fight, we had to take the bridgehead to get a foothold, but we were pinned down with machine gun fire, we couldn't move on. Then, the platoon commander announced the general structure, and set the task of eliminating machine-gun points, he asked: "Any volunteers? Who will go?". Me and two other comrades went forward. We were given anti-tank grenades and were ordered to dispense each of us to a machine-gun point. And I was given a rocket launcher and instructed to give a signal with a series of red rockets after the destruction of the firing points. We started to follow the commander's order. When the firing points were blown up, I gave the signal with the flare gunner and the offensive began. For this feat I was presented for awarding the title of Hero of Soviet Union. But on February 04, 1945, in street battles, I received shrapnel wounds in both hands. The fighters and I fought from a residential house, a grenade flew into the window of the house, began to spin on the floor, my comrades got confused..., I grabbed it and threw it out of the window, but the explosion hit me and I was badly injured. After the battle, I was placed in the field hospital where I was operated on urgently; I lost three fingers on both hands. I passed 4 stages of evacuation and was admitted for treatment in the evacuation hospital №1408 only on 22.03.1945. I met the first day of Victory in the hospital. He was assigned to the 2nd disability group. In 1990-92, we, children and grandchildren, appealed to Sarapulskiy Gorvoenkomat, as well as to the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, with a request to find documents on the awarding of our grandfather to the title of Hero. The answer was that such documents existed, and they were signed by all the commanders, including the corps commander. We can only speculate why they were not given a move, maybe due to injury and departure from the unit, as well as confusion with the years of his birth in the turmoil of war the documents were simply lost. It's a shame that our grandfather did not receive his reward during his life.

Ilya Komarov was born on August 2, 1912 in the Republic of Buryatia, Zaigraevsky district in the village of Novaya Bryan. In 1935, he was conscripted into the army by the Khorinsky Military Committee. In December 1943, the battles for liberation of the district center of Taraskino took place. The tank, in which Komarov was, rushed into battle, destroying the enemy with fire and caterpillars, opening the way for a rifle company. A high railway embankment appeared in front. A fascist barrel was rising towards the tank. They could not shoot each other - the barrels were facing the sky. The radio shooter handed over the command to destroy the tank with a battering ram. In such cases, there was no time to think about it. To go on the frontal ram meant death. And how he wanted to get out of the battle as the winner, alevi and well!. Mechanic-driver Komarov hit the Nazi "Tiger" with the back of the fighting vehicle. The Tiger turned over. Embraced by flames, the enemy tank collapsed. The infantry's path was open. When Taraskino was freed, his comrades rocked him long and noisily. The battering ram was appreciated - the warrior's chest was decorated with the Order of the Red Star. In this battle, he got a contusion. He stayed in hospital for three months. After his recovery, he was sent to a distribution center, and from there to his company at the most important objects in the city. During his time in Leningrad, he managed to see and experience a lot. It was a terrible time. Leningrad was cut off from large land: there was no light, no water, no fuel, there was not enough food. Soldiers saw how people starved to death. The soldiers were provided with food from the air. Food was thrown off the planes, called "crop duster". Ilya Ippatyevich Komarov had many big and small awards: "For bravery", "For combat services", "For the defense of Leningrad", "Order of the Patriotic War" and other awards marked his military work. Ilya Komarov welcomed Victory Day in Leningrad. It was a great joy. Everyone congratulated each other, hugged and cried. They received a Narcomov ration, set a festive table, played music. It was a holiday with tears in the eyes. Ilya Ippatievich served in the army for another year and a half, only in December 1946 he came home. That ram on the fascist "Tiger" was the last battle, when not only his life hung by a thread, but also many soldiers and infantrymen, who rose to the attack after the "thirty-four", led by Komarov. Ilya Ippatievich died on February 17, 2004.

Fyodor Andreyevich Kolyuka was born in 1913 in Uspenke village of Buryn district, Sumy region. In 1932, after graduating from high school, he entered the Teacher Training College of the city Makeevka. In 1935, after graduating from the technical school, he was drafted into the Soviet Army. He served in the armored unit of the Kiev Military District as a sergeant (tank commander) until 1938. From 1938 to 1940 he was a cadet of the Orlov Armored School (Moscow Military District). From February 1940 to July 1942, he was a platoon commander of the cadets' platoon of the Oryol Armoured Personnel School (Moscow Military District). Fyodor Andreyevich began to take direct part in the battles in July 1942, at the North Caucasus Front, as Deputy Commander of the company of the tank brigade command. That brigade was attached to Cavalry Corps #17, which consisted of the Don and Kuban Cossacks under the command of Major General Kirichenko, a Civil War veteran. From Kolyuk's memoirs: "On July 29, the Germans began pushing back the 42nd Cavalry Regiment. Tanks and a motorized rifle battalion were introduced to support the regiment. The appearance of the tanks made a stunning impression on the Germans. With considerable losses, they began to withdraw in the riot. The German command hurriedly drew up a fresh force and the fighting resumed. It was a serious test of courage and combat skills for the brigade's personnel. And the brigade convincingly proved its excellent fighting ability. At the end of the day, the enemy pulled up the new units, performing a detour maneuver west of us (Biryuchoi station). He (the enemy) fell on our left flank at the area of the 30th Infantry Division and squeezed them out. The threat was created to surround all our units defending on the left flank. At this extremely acute moment, the commander of the tank company, Senior Lieutenant Goncharuk made a skilled tactical maneuver. He and his company promptly attacked the enemy's convoy, consisting of 2 infantry battalions and a division of mechanized anti-tank artillery. The strike was so fierce and formidable, and brought such devastation into the enemy's ranks that the Germans, despite their considerable numerical superiority, turned to more careful action. The daring attack of Goncharuk's tanks confused the plans of the Germans, their intention to make a detour and capture the village of Staro-Minska in order to disrupt the systematic deployment of our 17th Cavalry Corps, and thus put our units in a desperate situation. However, the Germans, wishing to seize the Kalinovka, accelerated the advance before our units arrived there. Then, Lieutenant Klimov attacked them and forced them to stop. He skillfully maneuvered under the fire of anti-tank guns, several of them were shot and more than one dozen Hitlerites were crushed with caterpillars. My grandfather was awarded medals for participation in the battles and for courage and bravery shown in the performance of military duty - "For the Defence of the Caucasus", "For Merit in Action", "For the Victory over Germany", orders - "Red Star", "Red Banner", "Patriotic War". In one of the battles, Fyodor Andreyevich's tank was directly hit by an enemy shell. At the end of his treatment, he continued to serve as commander of the company of cadets and senior teacher of firing training at the Orlov Tank School. From 1956 Kolyuk F.A. served as the commander of the tank battalion in the Belarusian Military District and in 1960 was dismissed to the reserve in the rank of Major. Over many years of impeccable service Fyodor Andreyevich brought up many officers, including Colonel-General - D.A. Volkogonov, Major-General Yu and many others.

My father, Pavel Aleksandrovich Zamyatin, volunteered for the front in 1941, having assigned himself a year to be taken to the military recruitment office. He was in time for the battle near Moscow, where he took part in raids on the close rear of the Germans as part of subversive units. In one of the battles, he was seriously wounded in the leg and was taken to hospital. He was presented to the Medal "For the Defense of Moscow" and, after recovery, was sent to a tank school. But he did not finish it - the battle for Stalingrad began and the cadets took part in the battles. They fought in the Separate Training Battalion of the 36 Guard Riffle Division (Colonel Denisenko) of the Stalingrad Front. For heroism in battles (personally pulled out of the battlefield 12 fighters and 3 commanders, destroyed 1 enemy sniper) Guards cadet was presented to the medal "For Courage," but the unit commander sent him in the presentation of the Order of the Red Star, which he received in November 1942, as well as the title of Jr. Lieutenant of Tank Forces and assignment to the 2nd Guards Tank Division (Major-General Filippov), 2nd Guards Tank Division. Mechanized Corps (General Sviridov). With this corps of 4 Guard Tank Army (Lieutenant General Lelyushenko), he fought for the liberation of Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia. The battle way was also marked with the orders of the "Battle Red Banner", "Patriotic War" of the 1st degree, medals: "For bravery", "For combat services", "For the defense of Stalingrad", "For the capture of Budapest", "For the capture of Vienna", "For the liberation of Prague", "For the victory over Germany”. During the war he received 3 heavy and 2 light wounds. He finished the war on May 12, 1945 in Prague, the last liberated city of Europe during World War II. Already in peacetime, he participated in the first exercises to overcome the radioactive terrain and underwater tank driving. He received an increased share of radiation. He was awarded the second Order of the Red Star, medals: "30-40-50-60 years to the Armed Forces of the USSR", "20-30-40 years of Victory over Germany", "For 20 years of impeccable service". He finished his service in the Armed Forces of the USSR in 1964 due to health reasons in the rank of Major - and the post of Chief of chemical service of the unit.

He was born in a peasant family. Tatar. Graduated from 4th grade. He worked as a foreman at the collective farm "Kyzyl-Bulyak" in Dyurtyulinsky district. In 1936-38, he did active military service in the Red Army and was an artillery commander. Upon his return to his native village, he was elected chairman of the Kyzyl-Bulyak collective farm. In August 1941, Dyurtyulinsky District Military Committee of Bashkir ASSR again recruited him into the Red Army. In battles of the Great Patriotic War since August 1941 he fought at the Kalinin, Steppe, 1st and 4th Ukrainian Fronts. In 623rd Artillery Regiment, in the ranks of which he fought from Moscow to Prague, was considered a master of precision artillery fire. He was a member of the CPSU since 1942. Gun commander of the 3rd Battery of the 623rd Artillery Regiment (183rd Infantry Division, 38th Army, 1st Ukrainian Front), sergeant Z.Z. Zaripov on March 19-20, 1944, in the battles for the city of Vinnitsa - the regional center of Vinnitsa region of Ukraine, commanding the gun crew, hit seven enemy fire points and a large number of soldiers. For courage and bravery shown in the battles, on April 29, 1944 sergeant Zaripov Zinur Zaripovich was awarded the Order of Glory 3rd degree (№ 41845). On July 25-27, 1944, in the battles for the ancient Ukrainian city of Lviv - the regional center of the Lviv region, sergeant Zinur Zaripovich suppressed five enemy guns, two mortars, four jets, smashed eight observation points, and destroyed a lot of enemy life. For courage and bravery shown in battles, on October 21, 1944 sergeant Zaripov Zinur Zaripovich was awarded the Order of Glory of the 2nd degree (№ 9796). On February 12-13, 1945, sergeant Zaripov Z.Z., commander of the gun of the 3rd Battery of the 623rd Artillery Regiment (183rd Rifle Division, 38th Army, 4th Ukrainian Front), in the battles near the Polish town of Strumen, when repulsing the enemy's tanks and infantry counterattack, disabled the enemy guns. Commander of the crew, for three days, he held back the onslaught of the enemy, killing more than twenty fascist soldiers and officers. By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on June 29, 1945, sergeant Zaripov Zinur Zaripovich was awarded the Order of Glory of the 1st degree (№ 1744) for exemplary performance of command tasks in battles with the Nazi invaders, becoming a full knight of the Order of Glory. In 1945 Sergeant Zaripov Z.Z. was demobilized. He returned to his native places. He worked in the collective farm "Kyzyl-Bulyak", Durutulinsky rayon: chairman of the collective farm, deputy chairman, head of the farm. He died on July 11, 1995. He was buried in Ismayilovo village of Durtyulinsky rayon, Bashkiria. He was awarded with Orders of Patriotic War of the 1st degree, Glory of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree, medals. In March 1942, the Red Army man, DUBROVIN FEDOR ILLYCH, after being wounded, treated and a reserve regiment was sent for further service in 183 Rifle Division, 623 artillery regiment, which held the defense of northeast Rzhev, in the 29th Army. (He walked with this regiment in the 1st division, in the 1st and 3rd batteries, in the control platoon until the end of the war in the position of: telephone operator - senior scout).