Faces of war

Mukinyan Vladimir Illarionovich Mukinyan Vladimir Illarionovich, 1941-1942 - Lieutenant Colonel, Chief of Artillery of the 345th Rifle Division of Independent Coastal Army.

Naumets Andrey Vladimirovich Naumets Andrey Vladimirovich, born in 1921, 1941-1942 - Red Navy, cadet of the Improvement Courses of the Training Squad of Diving. CM. Kirov.

Almost all boys are attracted by military uniforms. Pavel was no exception, in 1940 he entered the Kemerovo military school, which he graduated on July 22, 1941. By order of the People's Commissar of Defense, cadet Zubchenko was awarded the military rank of lieutenant and platoon commander. After which he was sent to the Volga Military District of the city of Kazan, and in September he already took part in the battles on the Bryansk front. In February 1942, by order of the Front Commander, Lieutenant Zubchenko was recalled to intelligence courses in the city of Yelets, Oryol Region, after which he was sent to the 269th division of the 3rd army of the Bryansk Front as the commander of a separate reconnaissance company with the rank of senior lieutenant. He stayed in the reconnaissance company until May 24, 1942. By order of the chief of artillery, he was transferred to the post of chief of staff of a mortar division. On the Oryol-Kursk Bulge, on July 3, 1943, Senior Lieutenant Zubchenko was seriously wounded by shrapnel in the chest and leg and was sent to a hospital in the city of Ivanovo. After being cured, he was sent to the Central Front as a battery commander in a separate guards 35th mortar brigade, already in the rank of captain. Pavel Zubchenko by that time was only 25 years old, but he had already seen and experienced a lot, he already had military and life experience. The captain knew the value of human life, he understood that at any minute, even a second, it could end. He was respected and loved. Pavel was a real Siberian - strong, healthy, hardy, savvy, courageous, balanced, he was not afraid of difficulties. Moreover, the soldiers, having found out that their commander had played the accordion before the war, got him an accordion somewhere. Pavel mastered this musical instrument in a short time. In moments of calm and relaxation, he played the accordion and sang along with the soldiers "In the forest at the front", "Katyusha", "Ogonyok" and other songs of the wartime. He could easily go into a circle with a fiery dance. The soul of the Siberian did not become stale either. This is evidenced by the following fact. It was 1944. The Soviet army fought fierce battles for every meter of its native land. By this time, Crimea and Ukraine were liberated. The liberation of Belarus began. The Nazis committed atrocities - they killed, burned everything in their path. Once, during a lull, a boy of 12-13 years old was brought to Captain Zubchenko. With tears in his eyes, he said that the Germans had already set fire to the village, not far from the location of the battery, and now they are driving all the women and children into the barn in order to burn them alive. Kostik, that was the name of the boy, managed to hide. Zubchenko reported the situation to the regiment commander, after which it was decided to immediately attack the Nazis. When the battery approached the village, women could be heard screaming in horror, children were crying. The attack was so fierce that the Germans were forced to retreat hastily, and fortunately did not have time to set fire to the shed. And again screams, tears, but already tears of joy. Everyone thanked our soldiers. And Kostya again approached Captain Zubchenko, it turned out that the boy's father had died, the mother had been shot by the Germans a few days ago. The boy did not know what to do, where to go, there were no relatives in the village, and the village itself, too. The captain took the boy with him. In the battery, the first thing they did was fed, shod, dressed, and at the opportunity Zubchenko sent Kostyk to his parents, who already lived in Sorokino. The boy lived here for several years. He helped with the housework, because only women remained in the family. For saving children and women, Pavel Terentyevich Zubchenko received a commendation from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union Stalin. Guard Captain Zubchenko walked the front roads together with his comrades all the way to Berlin. Pavel Terentyevich was demobilized in 1947. He worked as a military commander in one of the Moscow universities, got married, returned to his native land. On December 14, 1990, the heart of Captain Zubchenko's guard stopped.

Rank: Sergeant. Division: 26th Rifle Zlatoust, twice Red Banner Division.

went to fight on July 1, 1941, went through the Battle of Stalingrad, was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the medal "For the Defense of Moscow". Major rank. Together with the battalion commander, we did a great job of educating the personnel and preparing them for military operations for the Motherland, against the enemy. With the arrival of the battalion to the combat line of the eastern bank of the Volga River in the area of ​​Lotoshanka, Tomilino, Vinnovka, northeast of Stalingrad. The personnel of the battalion performed the assigned task in an exemplary manner and destroyed 11 heavily fortified firing points with manpower in their defense sector from October 20 to December 10, 1942, and suppressed the fire of 86 enemy firing points and had almost no losses on their side. From December 10, 1942 to January 10, 1943, the battalion made a 150 km crossing with a crossing over the Volga River, having all the weapons in its hands. Almost in the absence of transport, he occupied and firmly defended an exceptionally important line within the fortified area, encircling the enemy group at Stalingrad in the vicinity of the farm Sklyarov, Breslavsky, Stary Rogachik. The personnel of the battalion, despite the extremely difficult conditions (cold, lack of fuel, transport, lack of dugouts and dugouts) honorably fulfilled the task assigned to him by the command of the fortified area. He destroyed 3 guns, 18 machine-gun points, 7 dugouts, 2 observation posts, 5 vehicles, 2 mortars, destroyed and scattered to the enemy infantry battalion. During the general offensive to destroy the surrounded group of enemy troops at Stalingrad.

Born into the family of an employee. Greek. After graduating from an incomplete secondary school and 2 courses of the Tsalka Pedagogical College in his native village, he worked as a teacher in a rural school. He graduated from the correspondence department of the financial technical school in the capital of Georgia - the city of Tbilisi. In the Red Army in 1936-1939. After leaving the reserve, from 1939 to 1941 he worked as the director of the Kursavsky orphanage in the village of Krasnoyarskoye, Kursavsky district, Stavropol Territory, where his family moved in 1938. He was again drafted into the Red Army in 1941. In the same year he graduated from the courses "Shot". Member of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. In 1942, the rifle battalion commanded by F. A. Zubalov, on the outskirts of Stalingrad in an unequal and bloody battle, took possession of the Figurnaya height that dominated the area and an important strategically important settlement on the right bank of the Don River - Novaya Kalitva (Voronezh region) , providing a breakthrough for the Soviet troops. The commander of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 184th Guards Rifle Regiment (62nd Guards Rifle Division, 37th Army, Steppe Front) of the Guard, Captain Feofilakt Zubalov, distinguished himself in the battle for the Dnieper. On September 28, 1943, F.A.Zubalov, at the head of the battalion entrusted to him, was the first to cross to the right bank of the Dnieper River and secured the seizure of the dominant heights in the area of ​​the village of Mishurin Rog of the Verkhnedneprovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine. Within four days, the battalion of the guard of Captain Zubalov repulsed more than fifteen counterattacks by Hitler's infantry, supported by the SS Panzer Division "Dead Head", destroying 15 tanks and 6 enemy vehicles. The line was held. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 20, 1943, for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism of the guards shown at the same time, Captain Zubalov Feofilakt Andreevich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal ". In 1944, F. A. Zubalov graduated from the accelerated course of the M. V. Frunze Military Academy. After the war, Major F.A. Zubalov was in reserve. He graduated from the All-Union School for the Training of State Farm Directors, and in 1951 - the Pedagogical Institute in the city of Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Territory. He worked in various administrative and economic positions in Kabardino-Balkaria, Georgia. He also worked as director of the Essentuksky fattening state farm in the Stavropol Territory. Buried in the cemetery of the city of Essentuki. An obelisk is installed on the grave.

Zykov Grigory Mikhailovich was born in 1909. A native of the Likhovidovsky farm in the village of Veshenskaya, Rostov region. Grigory Mikhailovich was a prose writer, one of the oldest members of the literary association "Martin". At one time he graduated from the second stage school in the village of Veshenskaya, then the philological faculty of the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute in 1938. He taught Russian language and literature in the Veshensky District, the Kuibyshev Suvorov School, schools No. 8 and No. 9 of Zlatoust, and at the Zlatoust Pedagogical School (since 1940). During the war years, Grigory Mikhailovich published his first stories on the pages of Bolshevik Slovo (Zlatoust), Red Fighter (Sverdlovsk), To Defense of the Motherland (Ussuriisk). He wrote over a hundred stories and essays, sketches, which were published in the newspapers of the Don, Siberia, the Far East and the Urals, in the army press. She is the author of methodological articles - in the journal "Russian language at school", in the textbook "Modern Russian language". Grigory Mikhailovich - participant of the Great Patriotic War, awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, nine medals. A small addition - Grigory Mikhailovich, was personally acquainted with the family of the Soviet writer Sholokhov. He studied in a literary circle, which was led by Sholokhov himself. He named his son Alexander in honor of one of his brothers, who died in the war young, not having time to create his own family.

Andrei Vasilievich Zarubin went to the front at the age of seventeen in 1943. He took part in the battles during the liberation of Hungary. He served in the 135th tank brigade as a mechanic - driver of the T-34-85 tank. 01/27/1945 burned down in a tank in the area of ​​the Pettend manor's yard south-west of Budapest. The offensive of the 23rd Panzer Corps began at 10:00 on 27 January. At first, the 135th Panzer Brigade achieved the greatest success, breaking into the Pettend courtyards at 11:00. However, the Germans did not tolerate the capture of the key stronghold, at the base of their wedge driven into the Soviet defense, and fiercely counterattacked. The biggest nuisance for Soviet tank crews in Pettend was the "Royal Tigers". The 509th heavy tank battalion was withdrawn to Shergeliesh for recovery and rest. The news of the Soviet counteroffensive forced 3 tanks to be thrown into battle, later the battalion commander's car joined them. Infantry support was provided by the Norwegians from the "Norge". The slow "Tigers" rarely kept up on the battlefield in the first hours of repelling counter-attacks, but they were still found near the edge of the tank wedge. On the contrary, the 151st Infantry Division, which was supposed to advance on Pettend together with the 135th Brigade, did not approach in time and remained in the area of ​​Kayaso st. Peter. During a two-hour heavy battle, the 135th Tank Brigade lost a significant part of its combat vehicles and was forced to retreat to its original positions. This is one of the few confirmed episodes of the effective use of the Royal Tigers in battle. Crews of four. German heavy tanks, 41 Soviet tanks were destroyed. According to the list of irrecoverable losses, the 135th brigade lost 27 T-34 tanks burned out at Pettend on January 27. This is the only information that we managed to find out about those events that took place in that distant 1945.

Zubikov Nikolai Grigorievich beat the Nazis, fought with Japan. He went to the front as a very young guy. He fought honestly, was brave and courageous, as evidenced by his awards. Nikolai Grigorievich did not really like to remember the war. These were hard memories. The first days of the war were especially hard and terrible. The young guys were terribly afraid of bombing. They huddled in a heap and shouted, calling for mom for help. There were so many dead that it seemed that there were no longer any living. All around the dead, the wounded, and the Nazis beat and beat. It is impossible to get used to this horror. But there were few traitors. Russian people are strong and it is difficult to break their will. It is terrible to imagine how many people who were expected at home died. It is especially a pity, Nikolai Grigorievich recalled, that the boys were still beardless. They would have to live and live, create families, raise children, but they were left to lie in the damp earth. In between battles, soldiers wrote letters to their relatives, remembering their home and cursing the war. It's scary when a letter comes to a soldier, and he is no longer alive. Every day they were afraid that they would kill, but no one wanted to die. The soldiers fought bravely, because they wanted to knock out the fascists from our land as soon as possible, return home and live peacefully ... The soldiers did not survive, they could not bear it: it was cold, at times, and hungry ... It was especially hard in autumn when it rained and frosty. Sometimes it went cold and wet for several days. But they tried to support each other: share tobacco, crackers, make a joke. The soldier reached victory and for a long time could not believe that he was alive, that there was no more war. After the war, my grandfather worked in Krivoshchekovo, and soon met his love - Maria Fyodorovna. He said that it was love at first sight and for life. Red-faced, with a long luxurious braid - how not to fall in love! They started a family, raised three children. They lived together, had fun, and were always at work. They had awards for valiant work.

Vasily Zyulkovsky was born on January 14, 1913 in the village of Topaly (now the Kotovsky district of the Odessa region of Ukraine). In 1936-1938 he served in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, graduated from a military school. In 1940, Zyulkovsky was re-drafted into the army .. He took part in battles on the South, South-West, North Caucasian, Donskoy, 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian fronts. Participated in the defense of Odessa, the battle for the Caucasus, the Battle of Stalingrad, the liberation of the Ukrainian and Moldavian SSR, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Austria. During the war, he was wounded 8 times, 3 of which were severe. By November 1944, Guard Captain Vasily Zyulkovsky served in the 341st Separate Sapper Battalion of the 233rd Infantry Division. Distinguished himself during the crossing of the Danube [1]. On the night of 5-6 November 1944, Zyulkovsky, at the head of a group of fighters under enemy fire, crossed the Danube near the city of Vatina. Zyulkovsky's group successfully conducted reconnaissance and captured a bridgehead on the opposite bank, knocking the enemy out of the trench he occupied. After the approach of the advanced units of the division, Zyulkovsky returned to command and reported the results of reconnaissance, thanks to which he was able to make the right decision about the crossing. At one of the nearby quays, Zyulkovsky's group found 7 barges, 3 boats and 45 boats. Thanks to this, it was able to ferry 2 rifle regiments, 1 anti-tank battalion and 1 mortar regiment. When the battalion commander died on November 12 and a divisional engineer was seriously wounded, Zyulkovsky replaced both of them, ensuring the successful crossing of the 75th Rifle Corps units. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on March 24, 1945, Captain Vasily Zyulkovsky was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the presentation of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal numbered 5453. In 1946 Zyulkovsky was transferred to the reserve. He lived in Sochi, then in Kotovsk and Balashov, worked in the catering systems of these cities. Died July 9, 1966

Born on 11/10/1920 in the village. Bolshoy Bugodak of the Verkhneuralsky district of the Chelyabinsk region. My grandfather was drafted to the front on May 20, 1942 at the age of 22. He served in the 116th Guards Separate Signal Battalion as a line supervisor, where he was awarded on 08.21.1943 - "Order of the Patriotic War, II degree." The feat that he accomplished, I accidentally found in old clippings of army papers: “The brave and brave fighter Zakharov, even during the Corps' spontaneous operations, repeatedly restored communications under enemy fire. On August 4, 1943, at 6:30 pm, the enemy with heavy artillery fire at the edge of the forest, south-west of Avdeevka, Smolensk region, damaged the communication line in several places. Comrade Zakharov was the first to run out to correct the line, without waiting for the ceasefire. While correcting the line, he fell under the bombing of enemy aircraft and was wounded in the head by shrapnel. Overcoming the pain and not paying attention to the flowing blood, he continued to restore communication in his area. Only then did he accept first aid, but refused to evacuate to the hospital, and began to watch the phone. This provided a stable connection. " After this feat, my grandfather went to the hospital. From the hospital he was assigned to the 517th Infantry of the Order of Alexander Nevsky. Regiment of the 116th Red Banner Infantry Division. The gunner of a tank machine gun of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, was awarded the medal "For valour" on 18.02.1945. For the fact that he was in the battle near the village of Gabalyne, the Priekule region of the Latvian SSR, quickly moved forward with a machine gun, he destroyed 4 German soldiers and an enemy light machine gun with machine-gun fire. My grandfather told me that he fought next to the battalion in which A. Matrosov served, and when Matrosov accomplished his feat (he rushed to the bunker and closed the embrasure with his body), Matrosov's battalion broke through, and the battalion where my grandfather fought was surrounded by three We were without food or water for days, and when they broke out of the encirclement, one of the colleagues ate bread and died of volvulus. Of course, this is very scary, and therefore my grandfather did not like to talk about the war. My grandfather met the victory in Latvia. On October 29, 1945 he returned home to his native village.

In the war from June 22, 1941, at the age of nineteen he went to the front, went through the whole war, and another year after the war he was the commandant of a city in western Ukraine. Skill, courage and courage are his qualities manifested in battles. He fought on the North-Western Front and by personal example inspired the fighters to feats, personally destroyed up to 10 German soldiers and a firing point in one battle. March 12, 1945 with a strong onslaught of the enemy in the area of ​​st. Ziychiuyfalu, being on the defensive with his platoon on the open flank, showed steadfastness and endurance, delaying the retreating infantry, forced it to dig in in its battle formations and take part in repelling the enemy who was entering the flank. Thanks to the skillful organization of fire and endurance, the enemy was thrown back with losses. The order of the command was carried out, the threatening situation was eliminated. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star. And in the period from 04/04/45 to 04/07/45. organized the correct defense of the platoon, in spite of the unfavorable terrain, completed the combat mission and organized the interaction of fire when repelling enemy attacks. He himself was personally directly in the main formations of the platoon, thereby ensuring the repulsion of the enemy's counter-attack. Despite the injury, in the difficult time of the battle he did not leave the battlefield, but continued to fight until the enemy withdrew to his positions. Platoon Zykov L.K. was always ahead, destroying a large number of German soldiers and firing points. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree on April 15, 1945.

Zalyalov Iman Sagitdinovich (Sagdinovich - error in the metric of my mother) (error in metric data on the Internet - Sardinovich), born in 1925, native of the Autonomous Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic - Tatrespublika (now Tatarstan), Tukaevsky district, village Turnutash; Place of call - Voroshilovsky Military Commissariat, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Voroshilovsky district ;. Position - shooter (according to some documents - machine gunner); Front line: in the Red Army since July 1943 (enlisting), in the Patriotic War since November 1943, January 1944 - took part in the Crimean offensive operation, In the Crimean offensive operation of 1944, the 2nd Guards Rifle Taman Red Banner Order of Suvorov, a division named after MI Kalinin, fought as part of the Primorsky Army. In January-February 1944, the division liberated Kerch. Kerch became the arena of fierce battles between Soviet and German troops. The front line passed through Kerch four times, and on April 15, 1944, units of the division occupied Alushta. As a result of the liberation of Crimea, the threat to the southern wing of the Soviet-German front was removed, and the main naval base of the Black Sea Fleet - Sevastopol - was returned. Having recaptured Crimea, the Soviet Union regained full control over the Black Sea, which sharply shook the position of Germany in Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria.

Rank: Major. Type of troops: Engineering troops. Place of birth Penza region, city of Kuznetsk. Year of birth 1908. Mother-Zemlyanskaya Agafya Vasilievna. Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA 12/24/1943 - 12/24/1943 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA 06/19/1944 - 06/19/1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA 06/19/1944 - 06/30/1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA01.07.1944 - 05.07.19446th strike. Defeat of the Germans in Western Ukraine. July-August 1944 07/01/1944 - 08/31/1944 The page of the combat operation Lvov-Sandomierz offensive operation. 13.7-30.8.44 (Operation of the 6th strike) 07/13/1944 - 08/30/1944 Combat operations in the composition: 1 Guards. TA16.07.1944 - 16.07.1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA 07/17/1944 - 07/17/1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA18.07.1944 - 18.07.1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA 07/19/1944 - 07/19/1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA20.07.1944 - 20.07.1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA21.07.1944 - 21.07.1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA22.07.1944 - 22.07.1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA 07/25/1944 - 07/25/1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA 07/26/1944 - 07/26/1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA 07/27/1944 - 07/27/1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA 07/29/1944 - 07/29/1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA03.08.1944 - 03.08.1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA12.08.1944 - 15.08.1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA 08/16/1944 - 08/18/1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA19.08.1944 - 21.08.1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA01.09.1944 - 05.09.1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards TA30.11.1944 - 30.11.1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 GuardsTA01.12.1944 - 01.12.1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards TA01.12.1944 - 22.12.1944 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards Tacrical Aviation 12/23/1944 - 12/31/1944 The defeat of the Germans in Poland. January-February 1945 01/01/1945 - 02/28/1945 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards. TA02.01.1945 - 08.01.1945 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards TA13.01.1945 - 01.13.1945 Combat operations consisting of: 1 Guards TA13.01.1945 - 01.17.1945 Vistula-Oder offensive operation. 14.1-3.2.45g. 01/14/1945 - 02/03/1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA18.01.1945 - 18.01.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA19.01.1945 - 19.01.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA20.01.1945 - 20.01.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA21.01.1945 - 21.01.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA22.01.1945 - 22.01.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards TA24.01.1945 - 24.01.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards TA 25.01.1945 - 25.01.1945 Order of the Red Banner 01/27/1945 - 01/28/1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA 28.01.1945 - 28.01.1945. Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA30.01.1945 - 30.01.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA01.02.1945 - 01.02.1945. Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA03.02.1945 - 03.02.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA06.02.1945 - 10.02.1945 East Pomeranian offensive operation. 10.2-31.3.45g. 02/10/1945 - 03/31/1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA15.02.1945 - 15.02.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA 02/18/1945 - 02/18/1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA 02/28/1945 - 02/28/1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA01.03.1945 - 01.03.1945. Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA03.03.1945 - 03.03.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA04.03.1945 - 04.03.1945. Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA08.03.1945 - 08.03.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA09.03.1945 - 09.03.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA10.03.1945 - 10.03.1945. Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA13.03.1945 - 13.03.1945. Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA15.03.1945 - 15.03.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA30.03.1945 - 30.03.1945. Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA02.04.1945 - 02.04.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA05.04.1945 - 05.04.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA 11.04.1945 - 14.04.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA 16.04.1945 - 16.04.1945. Berlin offensive operation. 16.4-8.5.45 16.04.1945 - 08.05.1945 Combat operations in the composition: 1 Guards. TA 18.04.1945 - 18.04.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA 19.04.1945 - 19.04.1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards. TA 04/19/1945 - 04/22/1945 Fighting in the composition: 1 Guards TA01.05.1945 - 06.05.1945

Great-grandfather, Zaitsev Vasily Grigorievich, was born into a peasant family. During the Great Patriotic War, he was a sniper of the 1047th Infantry Regiment of the 284th Infantry Division of the 62nd Army of the Stalingrad Front, junior lieutenant. Already in the first battles with the enemy, Zaitsev showed himself to be an outstanding shooter. As a reward, along with the medal "For Courage" he received a sniper rifle. By that time, from a simple "three-line" Zaitsev had killed 32 Nazis. Soon they started talking about him in the regiment, division, army. Zaitsev combined all the qualities inherent in a sniper - visual acuity, sensitive hearing, endurance, composure, endurance, military cunning. He knew how to choose the best positions, to mask them; usually hid from the Nazis where they could not even imagine a Soviet sniper. The renowned sniper beat the enemy mercilessly. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 22, 1943, Junior Lieutenant Vasily Grigorievich Zaitsev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal for courage and military valor shown in battles with the Nazi invaders. Throughout the war, V.G. Zaitsev served in the army, in the ranks of which he began his military career, headed the school. Died on December 15, 1991. He was buried in Kiev, at the Lukyanovskoye military cemetery, although his last wish was to be buried in the Stalingrad land, which he defended. On January 31, 2006, the ashes of Vasily Grigorievich Zaitsev were transported to the hero city of Volgograd, and solemnly reburied at Mamayev Kurgan. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, and medals. By the decision of the Volgograd City Council of People's Deputies of May 7, 1980, he was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of the Hero City of Volgograd" for special services shown in the defense of the city and the defeat of the Nazi troop