Faces of war

ANTONOV ALEXEY NIKOLAEVIC Grandpa Lesha was born in the Leningrad region (Sertolovo). At the beginning of the war, he and his parents came near Pskov, The village Sheveli. The Germans approached Pskov from the southwest (The Cross area), on the afternoon of July 8, 1941. The Germans took over Pskov by the evening of July 9. Beginning in 1942, the activities of the serf regime were accompanied by a mass hijacking of the population for hard labor and slavery in Germany. The entire population of the region was passed through special commissions. A document with a note about job suitability was issued on his hands, with the caption "Left until a special order." On a special order, the commandant gave a reallocation of the parish and the village. At the same time, the Germans were not considered either with the marital status or with the interests of the person - separated husband and wife, mother with children. They hijacked people to an unknown place and did not allow to have postal correspondence. To escape from slavery, residents of Pskov and Pskov region had to hide in forests, in crypts of cemeteries, in trenches, basements, pits, in any secluded places. The Germans organized the hunt for people, using specially trained dogs. When they were found hiding, they were severely beaten and killed more often on the spot. On suspicion that at least one person had escaped from the hijacking, the whole village was burned to the ground. To characterize the extent of the hijacking into slavery, it is enough to refer to the fact that when Pskov was liberated by the Red Army in the city there were only 115 inhabitants. According to established data, the lists drawn up by the local councils, as well as the number of returnees for repatriation, the commission found that during the period of the temporary occupation of the region, between 100 and 150,000 people were taken into German slavery." As for my grandfather ANTONOV ALEXEY NIKOLAEVIC (1928-1995), it was so. When the Germans came to their village of Sheveli (Palkin direction), my grandfather was only 13 years old. He hid in the woods, but the Nazis found him and stole him to a concentration camp in Belgium. Thank God my grandfather survived, and in 1944 he was released. But what he had to go through, even scary to imagine. He hid in the woods, but the Nazis found him and stole him to a concentration camp in Belgium. Thank God my grandfather survived, and in 1944 he was released. But what he had to go through, even scary to imagine. Fort Breendonck .There are things that are scary to talk about and think about. There are carefully guarded walls, entwined with barbed wire, and smooth roads leading under the round arch, and behind it - a dark tunnel, from which there is no way out. Similar concentration camps were located throughout Europe in the mid-20th century. So was the Belgian fort Breendonk. Today it is a huge national monument to the victims of the Nazi regime. The fortress was built in the early 20th century to protect Belgium's most important port. The closed building, surrounded by a moat with water, was located 20 kilometers from Antwerp and was to serve as the second line of fortifications in case of war. The chance to do his job presented itself quickly: in 1914, German troops attacked the country. Antwerp interested them not as much as Brussels, however, seeing the active resistance of the Belgians, they entered the battle at the walls of the fort. Strengthening successfully coped with the onslaught, but the line of defense broke in a completely different place - under Lear. Thus, bypassing Breendonk, Antwerp was conquered. During World War II, Belgium was once again occupied by German troops. This time the fort could not resist, because it was not ready for tank attacks. But its infrastructure turned out to be very suitable for the creation of a prison camp in 1940. Mostly here were placed prisoners of war and enemies of Hitler's regime. The Jews did not stay here, they were quickly transferred to the Polish Auschwitz. In the territory of the concentration camp went without gas chambers, but there were gallows. However, hunger and daily torture also did not leave people any chance to survive. Historians have estimated that 3,500 people visited Breendonka, about 400 of them were killed. In 1944, the fort was liberated from the Germans. The commandant of the former concentration camp was executed by the unrepentant, and the fortification was used as a prison for those who switched to the side of the enemy. It was called Breendonk II. Today, perhaps the most terrible museum in Belgium is opened on this place. Inside there are cells, barracks - all that was still under the Nazis. All but the people whose memory remained only on the walls of the former concentration camp in the form of engraved names. Address: Brandstraat 57, 2830 Willebroek, Belgium

Military biography of Major, Commissioner Khecho Vartanovich Airapetov Khecho Vartanovich Airapetov was born on January 21, 1906 in the village of Khndzoresk, Gorisinsky District, Armenian SSR, into the family of an oil worker. On June 28, 1941, at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Khecho Vartanovich, despite the presence of armor, volunteered for the Moscow people's militia. He was assigned to a separate sapper battalion of the 139th rifle division of the Kirovsky region as a political instructor. In September 1941, being the commissar of the 7th separate communications battalion of the 43rd army, he took a direct part in the bloody battles, in the defeat of the Germans near Moscow on the Maloyaroslavetsky, Medynsky, Yukhnovsky and Yelninsky directions. In 1942 he was seriously wounded and was being treated in the city of Podolsk. After leaving the hospital as a disabled person of the Patriotic War, he continued to serve until the end of the war. Comrade Airapetov Khecho Vartanovich was sent to political work on the Transcaucasian Front, where he was elected a member of the front party commission - deputy secretary of the party commission of the political department of the rear of the Transcaucasian Front and the Tbilisi District. As a commissar of the head food warehouse of the People’s Commissariat No. 205, in difficult off-road conditions, on donkeys, he took part in providing food and fodder for the front troops on the passes of the Transcaucasian mountains. In 1944 Airapetov Kh.V. received from Comrade Stalin I.V. two thanks for the uninterrupted provision of food and fodder to the troops of the Transcaucasian Front. From the chief of the rear of the Red Army, General A.V. Khrulev received a personalized watch and gratitude. At the end of the war in 1946, after demobilization, comrade Airapetov was appointed first deputy, acting head of the Glavkhladoprom of the USSR Ministry of Myasomolprom. Having done a great job of guiding the restoration of destroyed refrigerators and the construction of new ones. In connection with the reorganization of the Ministry, H.V. Airapetov was appointed in January 1955 as the director of the refrigeration plant No. 3, and then in 1959, by way of strengthening, the director of the refrigeration plant No. 7, where he worked for about 20 years. He died on February 24, 1985. Awarded with government awards: 1943 - Medal "For Military Merit" 1944 - Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus" 1944 - Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree 1944 - Medal "For the Defense of Moscow" 1945 - Medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941 –1945 " 1947 - Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree 1948 - "In memory of the 800th anniversary of Moscow" 1966 - Order of the Red Banner of Labor 1976 - "Honored Worker of Trade of the RSFSR" (awarded the title) 19 - Medal "For Valiant Labor" 1978 - Sign "60 years of the Soviet army ". For many years of fruitful work, he was awarded the Certificate of Merit of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR. World War II veteran, labor veteran. Personal pensioner of federal significance.

HISTORY: My grandfather Akimov Sergei Nikolaevich was born in the village of Russkaya Tsilna of the Bogdashkinsky (Tsilninsky) district of the Ulyanovsk region in 1905. On June 22, 1941, the war entered the life of the Akimov family. Akimov S.N. I went to war at the age of 36, my grandmother and six children remained in the rear. In the ranks of the Red Army from July 7, 1941, he served as a corporal, as a line supervisor of the 852nd separate cable-pole company (signalman) in the 1st Guards Tank Army. He participated in the battles on the Kursk Bulge, in the liberation of Ukraine, in particular, in the combat operation "6th strike" - the defeat of the Germans in Western Ukraine (July-August 1944), the Lvov-Sandomierz offensive, the defeat of the Germans in Poland (January- February 1945). He liberated Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, participated in the East Pomeranian offensive operation (February-March 1945), in the Berlin offensive operation (04/16/1945 - 05/08/1945), took part in the capture of Berlin, Quote from the award list: "Brief specific statement of a military feat: on March 3, 1945 corporal Akimov S.N., working as a line supervisor, in a difficult combat situation in the area of ​​the village. Klandstadt (Germany) (1st Belorussian Front), went to eliminate damage to the communication line going to Observation Point 11 GTK. After removing the damage, corporal Akimov S.N. was suddenly fired at by a group of enemy machine gunners, despising the mortal danger, Lance corporal Akimov S.N. on his bellies got to the second damaged section of the communication line and repaired the damage. Lance corporal Akimov S.N. provided uninterrupted wire communication with Observation Point 11 GTK. For courage, courage, resourcefulness I present corporal Akimov S.N. to the Government award with the Order of the Red Star ... ". He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the second degree, medals "For Courage", "For Military Merit", "For the Liberation of Warsaw", "For the Capture of Berlin", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", as well as commemorative medals ... In addition, Akimov S.N. Gratitude was announced by the Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov; The commander of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Guard, Colonel-General of Tank Forces M. Katukov, noted his heroic participation in the historical battles to capture Berlin. He returned home on 08/13/1945, worked as an accountant on a collective farm. Died on 02/26/1992.

The stingy lines of the Military ID inform us that my grandfather's military service began in May 1937 with a call to active service. Alagulov Alexey Vasilievich took part in the Finnish War. In December 1940 he was demobilized. But the peaceful life was not long. In 1941, the Great Patriotic War began and already on June 23, 1941, the grandfather became the defender of the Fatherland. In the "Public electronic bank of documents" The feat of the people in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. " we found information about the awards and exploits of his grandfather, who fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War until its very end, and from April 1943 was in active military service in the Directorate of the 6th Guards Army. Senior sergeant A.V. Alagulov the badge "Guard" was awarded on the basis of the Directive of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command on April 17, 1943. Having carefully studied the documents, we realized that the driver's professional skills were useful to him in the war. The characteristic of Aleksey Vasilyevich Alagulov reads: “Comrade Alagulov since September 1944 has been the head of the evacuation and transport department. He proved himself to be a disciplined, conscientious commander. The vehicle fleet is always kept in good condition. Resourceful, technically literate. Gives everything to ensure the uninterrupted evacuation of the wounded and the delivery of food for the wounded. For military deeds committed from 09/01/1944 to 02/17/1945. grandfather was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". I celebrated Victory Day on May 10, 1945 in Latvia, in the city of Rezekne. In the battles for the liberation of this city in those days, about two and a half thousand people died. But my grandfather returned home only in November 1945 after demobilization. The Motherland did not forget its Soldier. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, grandfather was repeatedly awarded with jubilee medals on the occasion of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. On November 27, 1982, my grandfather's heart stopped beating. He was only 67 years old. All his awards and documents related to him are carefully kept in our family. In the family album there are photographs in which he is still quite young.

Rank: Junior military technician. Type of troops: Signal troops. She was born in the Ulyanovsk region, Bazarno-Syzgan district, Bazarno-Syzgan village. Member of the CPSU since 1948. Education - secondary. The main civilian profession is a typist. Rank: Junior military technician. Type of troops: Signal troops. She was born in the Ulyanovsk region, Bazarno-Syzgan district, Bazarno-Syzgan village. Member of the CPSU since 1948. Education - secondary. The main civilian profession is a typist. The draft commission at the Bazarno-Syzgan district military commissariat of the Ulyanovsk region was called up to the unit in July 1942. In 1945, on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 25.09.45, she was demobilized to the reserve. She took the oath of office on October 2, 1942 at the 58th district school of junior aviation specialists. Was awarded the rank of junior sergeant.

CITY: the village of Maryevka, Tambov region DATE OF BIRTH: 12/22/1913 DATE OF DEATH: 03/01/2004 HISTORY: Title: Red Army soldier Type of troops: Military medical personnel .My grandfather - Nikolai Stepanovich Androsov - Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, Honorary Citizen of the Hero City of Murmansk is the title was awarded by the decision of the City Council in 1998. His work was awarded the Orders of Lenin, the October Revolution, the Second Degree of the Patriotic War and many medals. Nikolai Stepanovich Androsov was born on December 22, 1913 in the village of Maryevka, forty kilometers from the city of Tambov. His parents had nine children: two girls and seven boys. In addition, the family also brought up a nephew, Peter, whose parents died when he was six years old. His grandmother Marfa Ivanovna taught Kolya to read and write. She was not a relative of the Androsovs. The grandmother was brought from Tambov to save her from hunger during the Civil War. She made ink out of soot, and wrote with bird feathers. Nikolai graduated from four classes in Maryevka, and finished seven years in the village of Bolshaya Talinka. Then the family moved to Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, to uncle Mikhail Vasilyevich. Then he studied at the Factory and workshop educaion, work at the plant, where Nikolai Androsov had an industrial leg injury. After recovery - again work at the factory and study at the workers' faculty, at the medical department. After the workers' faculty in 1935 he entered the Donetsk Medical Institute, which he graduated in 1940. And in 1940, the young doctor Nikolai Androsov was called up for military service as an ordinary doctor of urgent service. His motorized rifle regiment was stationed in a forest near Libava (near Riga). Changes in the measured soldier's life began on June 19, 1941. On the territory of Lithuania they learned about the beginning of the war. Nikolai Stepanovich at that time was appointed acting head of the regiment's medical service. July 25 saw the first battle with the Germans. Their unit was deeply wedged into the enemy line. There was a threat of encirclement. Early the next morning, they were forced to retreat to new positions. This maneuver did not change the situation for the better. The battle continued until darkness. With its offensive, by order of the regiment commander, all the survivors went on the attack to break through the encirclement. After that, the survivors wandered through the forest in search of the living and some military unit. There were five of them, one wounded in the leg. He was carried on a makeshift stretcher. By the morning, the exhausted fighters made a halt at the edge of the forest to rest during the day, and after dark, move again to the east. Nikolai Androsov woke up from the command “Stand up” and saw the directional barrels of machine guns of the Lithuanian police, and then there was a meeting with the Nazis already as a prisoner. The Red Army soldier Androsov, a prisoner with personal number 11089, went through the horror and death of the fascist camps in Siauliai, Vilnius, Kolvariya, Furstenberg. Androsov tried to escape from one camp, and as a result - a cell in the Vilnius prison, then an officer's penalty camp, and then the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Words cannot convey what I have seen there. If the prisoner was guilty of something, he was placed on a special machine, fixed and hit with a big stick on the buttocks and upper thighs from the full swing. He shouted in an inhuman voice throughout the camp. In October 1943, a group of prisoners of war, which included Nikolai Androsov, was taken to the Lamsdorf concentration camp (Upper Silesia). After a while they were transferred to the penalty block. Knowledgeable people explained: if a prisoner is taken out of the penalty block, then they make a note "dropped out." Late in the evening of December 10, 1943, a train with servicemen, including Androsov, arrived at the Auschwitz station. Six kilometers from the station, as they later learned, there was a large concentration camp. They were lined up in a column. They were ordered to take each other's arms, and the prisoners were driven along the slippery road. All were lightly dressed and shod with wooden stocks. It was very cold outside. Tired people fell. They were beaten with rifle butts. Whoever could get up and walk again. Then German guards with dogs appeared. The dogs tore at their clothes, bit the weakened people, and became angry at the smell of human blood. The camp lights appeared. Everyone was taken to a building with a tall chimney. The exhausted people breathed a sigh of relief. But the door to the building was closed. It was deep night in the yard. The guards knocked for a long time. Finally the door opened, and a German minister in a sleepy voice asked what was the matter. The guards answered: "Take the Russian partisans." The owner of the building demanded "paper" ("papier"). They answered him: “What’s your“ paper ”? It's night now. Tomorrow morning we will give you“ paper. ”So they argued for a long time. But the German still did not accept the group into the“ bathhouse. ”The angry guards drove the prisoners of war further. Then, when they settled in, they found out that due to the lack of "papyr" on that fateful night they were not admitted to the crematorium. Here in the camp Nikolai met Ivan Filippov. Both of them became members of the underground resistance group.They helped the weaker ones with a piece of bread, procured medicines for the sick, informed about the events at the front. The main activity of the initiative group was the organization of escapes. Dozens of prisoners of war managed to escape from the tenacious thorny paws of Auschwitz thanks to an underground group. "The Walking Death" was the name of the SS doctor Klauberg in the camp. He selected 400-500 healthy women and conducted his vile experiments on them. The "test subjects" were injected with phenol, poisons, and induced artificial gas gangrene. Nikolai and Ivan did not escape such experiments. On them, Klauberg decided to test the new anesthesia. The doctors (Androsov and Filippov) were tied to beds, and the SS man gave them intravenous anesthesia. This experiment cost Filippov a lot; he lost his right eye. It was hard and painful for Nikolai Stepanovich, a man of the most humane profession on earth, to remember the fascist atrocities. But how could you forget the four million people who died in Auschwitz? April 30, 1945 became the second birthday of Nikolai Androsov. On that day, a column of 25 thousand prisoners followed from the Auschwitz concentration camp and suddenly was left without protection. All prisoners immediately fled in all directions. A group of 7 people, which included Androsov and Filippov, after several hours of walking, made a halt in the forest in the late evening. And then on the first of May we met a column of Americans who threw chocolate and cigarettes to former prisoners. Nikolai and his comrades spent the night with a lonely German woman, changed into the civilian clothes of her son, and celebrated Victory Day in this village. After an appropriate check in October, Nikolai Stepanovich arrived home by train. And in November 1945, for health reasons, he was demobilized. In the winter of 1946, N.S. Androsov arrived in Murmansk, and since then, until he retired in April 1996, he practiced as a surgeon in the Murmansk regional hospital. Then there were two surgical departments in the Murmansk regional hospital. One of them provided planned, the other - emergency surgical care. Nikolay Androsov worked in the second department as a resident physician. This department was headed by a talented surgeon Pyotr Bayandin. And he, Androsov, was not always smart when he came here, to the regional hospital. Then, in 1946, he was 33 years old. For a surgeon, this is a lot. Pyotr Andreevich said: "You are two years old. If you do not master it, it means you do not have to do surgery. For now, forget about Sundays." And he forgot. And generally forgot about the rest. He read textbooks on surgery and operations . Operated and read special magazines. In two years he did as much as another could not have done in six. But wherever he was, no matter what he did, the accursed memory helpfully slipped gloomy pictures ... The haggard faces of his friends ... Dirty bunks ... A machine gun pointed at the prisoner. A wire rose in my memory ... The endless wire of the concentration camps. A scream was ready to break from Androsov's lips at that moment. Nikolai Stepanovich opened his eyes - he was sitting in the staff room, around the doctors. He relived the dark days of captivity again and again. I had to force myself to forget those dark days. And he could not overpower himself. It often seemed to him that doctors were suspicious of him. It seemed to him that he clearly read in their eyes: "Oh, you were in captivity? Well, well ... we know those who were in captivity ..." And how many forces were carried away by all sorts of "checks." "Vigilant" people called him up and started cunning, degrading questions of human dignity. I was never sure that he would return home from these inquiries. He really wanted to become a surgeon, such as Pyotr Andreevich Bayandin, and studied, studied. The memory of the hard days of captivity gradually faded. Friends helped. Androsov worked with the same tension. And he got his way. Became a surgeon. A real surgeon! Pyotr Andreevich Bayandin was not mistaken in his student, he considered him a good surgeon. And yet it was very difficult for the young residents to work with their head Androsov. After all, he almost never praised them. But he very often called them "bums". On the day of his 50th birthday, doctors presented Nikolai Stepanovich with a watch with a joking inscription: “To the dear chef from“ idlers. ”In the internship, they often talked about novelties in medicine, the latest monographs by scientists. He generalized it. And so that other surgeons could successfully cope with serious diseases, Nikolai Stepanovich passed on his experience and practice in 17 printed works published in the "Bulletin of surgery" named after II Grekov, medical journals of the country "Surgery". " Surgery named after II Pirogov ". All his studies are of great practical and scientific value. Nikolai Stepanovich Androsov is a doctor with vast experience in the diagnosis and treatment of surgical diseases, who owned the operational technique of large cavity surgery and intrathoracic operations. He had a broad outlook and erudition. , both in his specialty and in a number of related ones: traumatology, oncology, urology, anesthesiology.Fully ensured the performance of the volume of operations in the department in accordance with the modern level of highly qualified clinics. He showed non-standard thinking in the supervision of patients. Over the years of work, Nikolai Stepanovich has constantly developed a unified approach and continuity in the treatment of patients, returning them to active labor activity. For 50 years of his active surgical activity, Nikolai Stepanovich Androsov performed about 13 thousand operations, returned people to health, the ability to live and work. Nikolai Stepanovich always knew that in order to become a good surgeon, you must have one quality - to love your patients. Don't be sorry. And love. Nikolay Androsov grew rapidly as a practicing surgeon. Subscribed and read special journals on surgery and medicine. More than once he traveled to Moscow and Leningrad, got acquainted with the work of the country's leading surgical companies. He loved his job. By the end of the vacation, he began to miss the hospital. It happened that, having arrived from vacation, I went straight from the station to the department for an hour. Just say hello to the doctors. But the patient entered, and he stayed for a long time until he found out what happened to the patient. Androsov was strict, very strict. His blue eyes, always friendly, suddenly turned cold, angry. I did not tolerate sloppiness. I asked my residents for every, even the smallest, oversight so that I wanted to fall through the ground. And it began to seem - no, you will never be a good doctor. And Androsov, as if out of spite, at this time starts a conversation about how to have an operation - half the battle. Handicraft is even less than half the battle. The main thing is to leave the patient. And there are no trifles here. Because of the little things, you can lose the patient. Nikolai Stepanovich knew how to notice dark days in the life of young residents, as if he overheard their sad thoughts, heavy doubts. He will come up, speak and, as if by the way, drop: - Do not be upset that I am reprimanding you. It would be worse if he was silent. I am reprimanding, it means I believe in you, so I know that you will become a surgeon. Possessing vast experience in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, the broadest outlook and erudition, Nikolai Stepanovich brought up a whole galaxy of talented specialists, generously passed on his knowledge and unique skills to them. Today, his students work independently, manage surgical departments both in our region and beyond. Androsov Nikolay Stepanovich - surgeon of the highest category. Has the title "Honored Doctor of the RSFSR", "Excellence in Health Care". For many years of impeccable work, he was awarded many government awards. Has 7 medals and 3 orders, including in 1971 he was awarded the Order of Lenin. In 1981 he was entered in the Book of Honor of the Murmansk region. Nikolai Stepanovich Androsov died in March 2004. But he will forever remain in the memory of many people. In the memory of his disciples, now outstanding surgeons, in the memory of those whom he helped, the relatives of those whom he saved ... In our memory - his children and grandchildren. We all loved grandpa very much.

CITY: Geli village DATE OF BIRTH: 01/12/1925 DATE OF DEATH: - HISTORY: Title: Sergeant. Type of troops: Artillery. Subdivision: 1st Guards Artillery Glukhovskaya Order of Lenin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky breakthrough division of the RGK. Many decades have passed since the end of the Second World War on May 9. We are modern youth, we cannot even imagine all of its horrors. And this is good. We are very lucky to live in peacetime, to have many opportunities in life. We know about the war from the stories of old people and from history books. And for millions of people, these terrible events were a reality. The war brought a lot of grief. Probably, every family has lost loved ones, many of them do not even have a grave. Young guys died in terrible battles without trying life properly. Children of the war years could not even think of beautiful toys. They couldn't even go to school normally. Many of them were left orphans. And cripples returned from the war, not only with wounds on their bodies, but also with pain in their souls. My great-grandfather Asadulaev Magomed Asadulaevich, was born in 1925 on January 23. In 1943 he volunteered for the front. Their division entered Berlin first. He has the Order of Courage, a medal for the capture of Berlin, for courage, the Order of the Patriotic War, a medal in memory of the war, etc. During the war, he received a shrapnel wound in the head. I would like to see him and ask him about many things, but alas, I could not ... Therefore, May 9 - Victory Day - is a holiday both bright and sad at the same time. On the one hand, our army won a victory, liberated our country. But all this at a very high price - millions of lives, rivers of tears and many crippled destinies. To thank the veterans - living and deceased - for their feat on Victory Day is the smallest thing we can do. We must remember those thanks to whom we now live in the world. This will help us learn a bitter lesson.

CITY: s. Abai, Gornoaltaiskaya oblast DATE OF BIRTH: 05/13/1911 DATE OF DEATH: - HISTORY: Title: Lieutenant. Our grandfather and great-grandfather, Lieutenant of the Red Army Boris Semyonovich Astafyev, was born on May 13, 1911 in the village of Abai, Gorno-Altai Autonomous Region, into a large family with 8 children (6 sons and 2 daughters). He died on November 20, 1976 in the city of Frunze (Kyrgyzstan). Our grandfather came to the North-Western Front in 1942 after the Shot course in the Volga Military District. Throughout the war, he was the commander of a machine-gun platoon, company. Unfortunately, the entries in the military card are not clear: numbers and dates, the names of places and settlements are not. Our grandfather took Konigsberg in 1945. After that, he was sent to serve in the Far East in the 39th Army of the Primorsky Military District, where he served as a deployer. The war with Japan was not easy either. Our grandfather had several severe injuries. For about 9 months in 1943 he was in hospital No. 3696 with severe wounds to the head and lower limbs. There were also lighter wounds later. Of the awards preserved in the family: 2 Orders of the Red Star, a medal for the capture of Konigsberg, a medal for a victory over Germany, a medal for a victory over Japan. He suffered many military hardships. In winter, he took the soldier out of the encirclement, froze in the trench. He starved with the soldiers, buried comrades killed by the Nazis. He passed all the tests, like most of the Red Army soldiers. The Astafiev family gave 5 sons to fight the Nazis. Senior - Matvey before the war perished in the camps of the GULAG, Alexander and Fyodor died from the German fascists, Grigory returned from the front very sick and soon died. Our grandfather Borya and his younger brother Nikita Semenovich, having won a worthy victory, crossed the 60-year line of life. This is the story of one Russian front-line soldier, defender of the Motherland, and whom we often remember, love and are proud of.

CITY: s. Kruglik Ivnyanskiy district, Belgorod region DATE OF BIRTH: 01.01.1922 DATE OF DEATH: - HISTORY: Title: Major, 51st Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front, 267th Sivash Infantry Division. He liberated Stalingrad, Crimea, fought in Latvia, Poland and, having already become a major, stormed Berlin. Rank: Major of the 51st Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front, 267th Sivash Infantry Division. He liberated Stalingrad, Crimea, fought in Latvia, Poland and, having already become a major, stormed Berlin. From the "Order to the troops of the 51st Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front of May 17, 1944 No. 97 | n" Comrade Afonin, during the fighting during the breakthrough of the heavily fortified strip of the Germans, in the Sivash area, on the Crimean bridgehead, working as a commander of a mortar company, showed exceptional energy and organizational skills in the placement of fire weapons and mortar fire. In the decisive battles near the village of Karanki, as a result of well-thought-out and predetermined goals, the company of comrade. Afonina with mortar fire destroyed 9 machine-gun emplacements of the enemy, leading camouflage fire. In one day, she destroyed up to 50 German soldiers and officers. During the offensive battle, quickly changing firing positions, organized fire did not give the retreating enemy the opportunity to concentrate. By its actions, the mortar company ensured the planned forward movement of the battalion's infantry. Comrade Afonin acted boldly and decisively in battle (from the archive). From the "Order to the troops of the 51st Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front dated 20.05.1944 No. 38 \ n": "During the breakthrough of the long-term defense of the Germans on the approaches to Sevastopol, Sapun-Gora was in the battle formations of the company and skillfully commanded it. our offensive with mortar fire destroyed 11 enemy firing points, which contributed to the advancement of our infantry forward, destroyed 124 German soldiers and officers. During the enemy counterattack, Comrade Afonin firmly held his lines and with mortar fire destroyed the Sevastopol group of 400 Hitlerites.Personally from his weapon Comrade Afonin destroyed 19 Germans (from the archive). Afonin Georgy Polikarpovich for the feats accomplished during the war, repeatedly received thanks from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union, Comrade Stalin: 1) Order of May 10, 1944 - for the storming of the bases on the Black Sea - the city of Sevastopol; 2) Order of April 11, 1944 - for excellent military operations in breaking through the defense rotivnik on the southern coast of the Sivash; 3) Order of July 22, 1944 - for excellent military operations in the capture of the city and a large communications center of Panevezys; 4) Order of July 27, 1944 - for military operations during the capture of the city of Shauliai. On November 15, 1945, by Order No. 01178 of October 29, 1945 with the rank of major, my great-grandfather was transferred to the reserve. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, by a decree of December 24, 1966, awarded Georgy Polikarpovich Afonin the high title of "Honored Doctor of the RSFSR" for his services in the field of public health.

CITY: Sverdlovsk region, Sysertsky district DATE OF BIRTH: 12/20/1918 DATE OF DEATH: - HISTORY: I want to tell you about my grandfather, Vasily Petrovich Arkhipov. Vasily Petrovich was born in the Sysert district of the Sverdlovsk region. He joined the army in 1938, was drafted into the Navy and served in the Far East. In June 1941 he was demobilized and was waiting for the train, which gathered all the demobilized and was supposed to take them from the Far East. And on June 22, the Great Patriotic War began. On the morning of June 23, all the demobilized were gathered near the train and announced the beginning of the war. They were told that they have every right to go home and wait for the call there. But you can immediately volunteer for the front. "Who agrees, step forward!" Every single one volunteered. With the same echelon, they were immediately taken to the landing division near Moscow. They were taught to jump with a parachute, my grandfather had 14 jumps, taught to navigate the terrain. We were also engaged in the protection of bridges near Moscow. My grandfather said that there were cases when his squad detained the cars of saboteurs filled with explosives sent to blow up one of the bridges. Then Vasily Petrovich became the commander of the machine-gun section, was a machine-gunner. He drove the fascists all the way to Budapest, where he was wounded. He was wounded by shrapnel from a grenade, and he went to the hospital. Vasily Petrovich was a senior sergeant. He returned home in 1945 after serving 7 years. During the years of service he was awarded two medals "For Military Merit", two medals "For Courage", a medal "For the capture of Budapest", has the Order of the Patriotic War. He lived a long life, got married, raised two children. After the war and until the end of his days he lived in Yekaterinburg. Despite the difficult path he traveled, he always remained a highly moral person. He never expressed himself rudely, quit smoking, although at that time the front-line soldiers smoked all over the place, I never saw him drunk. Victory Day will forever remain the main holiday in his life. I remember how we always congratulated him, and he put on his awards. Even in solemn family photographs, which were specially taken in photo salons, he was always with his orders and medals.

Rank: Lieutenant Type of Troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops Sodnom Banzaraktsayevich was born in the village of Tsagatui, Dzhida region of the Republic of Buryatia. From 1935 to 1938 was a member of the Komsomol, worked as a secretary of the Komsomol organization of the collective farm, and since March 1940 - a member of the Communist Party. He served in active military service from the fall of 1938 to the fall of 1940 as a private in the 115 Trans-Baikal Cavalry Regiment of the 8th Cavalry Division in the 1st Red Banner Cavalry Division. In July 1941, he was mobilized and sent to study at the Military Komsomol School in the city of Irkutsk, graduated in December 1941 and received the rank of junior political instructor. In January 1941, with a marching echelon, he arrived at the 3rd Guards Cavalry Division of General L.M. Dovator and appointed military commissar of the mortar battery of the 9th Guards Cavalry Regiment. It was a multinational unit, people of 10 nationalities fought in it: Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Buryats, Kirghiz, Uzbeks, Cossacks, Tatars, Ossetians, Circassians. The battery was commanded by the Ossetians Nikolai Friev. At first, he was very suspicious of Sodny Banzaraktsayevich - career soldiers, as a rule, disliked political workers. However, the new military commissar was distinguished by an energetic and fearless character, and was a true patriot. He went with the soldiers on the hunt for "cuckoos" (German snipers), pulled the telephone cable together with the signalmen, during the battle corrected the firing of the mortar battery, pulled out the wounded from the battlefield, i.e. The "staff rat" did not behave in any way and therefore the battalion commander quickly changed his attitude towards him. The last battle Sodnom Banzaraktsayevich took on March 18, 1943 near the village of Moritsky, Sumy region. Fascist infantry and 28 tanks attacked the 9th Guards Cavalry Regiment. The commander of the mortar platoon, Pukhov, was seriously wounded and the military commissar pulled him from the battlefield and took command. In this battle, Khanjapov was first wounded in the leg, but continued to lead the battle. The second injury, already severe (concussion and loss of the left arm). From the battlefield he was carried unconscious. After being wounded he was treated in hospitals in the city of Kursk and the city of Omsk. After the war, Sodnom Banzaraktsayevich never forgot his fellow soldiers. He was actively engaged in the search for fellow soldiers, the search for unknown heroes, the return of their memory to relatives, countrymen through newspaper magazine publications, wrote books. He is the author of the books "Saber campaign", "My fellow soldiers", "Cavalrymen in battles for the Motherland. Khanjapov also wrote about the heroes of Khalkin-Gol, the heroes of the Red Army who were unreasonably repressed. He wrote a lot and was admitted to the Union of Journalists of the USSR. Khanjapov Sodnom Banzaraktsayevich was awarded the Medals "For the Defense of Moscow", "For Courage", the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of the Red Star. He died on December 6, 1991, having lived 73 years, like his country, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In his native village Tsagatui, Dzhida district of the Republic of Buryatia, a street is named after him.

Rank: Corporal Khodyrev Ivan Savelievich. Born in 1891 in military service. In 1914, a private of the 5th Infantry Regiment. Lance-corporal of the scout team. Promoted to senior non-commissioned officer. Feldwebel of the 7th company. Decorated with St. George's crosses: 4 art. No. 847586 - For courage and bravery in battle on September 3, 1915 (Order of the XI Army Corps No. 382 dated November 8, 1915) 3 Art. No. 75939 - In battle on March 21, 1915 near the village Krzhivotule-Stary, timely informed about the enemy's offensive, despite the impending danger. (Order of XXX Army Corps No. 254 of October 23, 1915) 2st. 1 st. №9928 - During the battles from 9 to 16 October 1915 near the village of Komarovo, being in the midst of a hurricane of artillery fire, fearlessly maintained a telephone connection. When the house, in which the telephone exchange was located, was set on fire by a shell, despite the fact that the flames engulfed the entire building at once, he was not taken aback and saved all the property, quickly restoring work on all lines. (Order of the 40th Army Corps No. 56 of December 16, 1915) Order: Glory 3 Art. (1944) From November 1918 to May 1920 in the Red Army. Since October 1941, a corporal orderly, a porter of the 412th separate medical battalion of the 330th rifle division.

Arefiev Mikhail Evgenievich was born in 1914 in the village of Livenka. Before the war he worked as a procurer in the village of Vorobievka, Voronezh Region. Was drafted into the Red Army in 1941 on August 15. Rank: Sergeant. He fought in the 72nd rifle regiment. For preparation and training in military affairs, Mikhail Evgenievich was sent to the city of Ikorets, Voronezh region, to the 72nd rifle regiment. After heavy bombing of this area, they are transferred to the Saratov region, the city of Pugachev. In the city of Pugachev, an army field base was formed, which was then transferred to the defense of Stalingrad. After the defeat of the Nazis in Stalingrad, the army base was replenished with recruits and equipment and sent to the Kursk Bulge, where they were unloaded at St. Oskolom. The 20th field army base took part in the liberation of the city of Belgorod, in the liberation of Prokhorovka, the Rzhava station, and other cities and villages. Then, deploying a broad offensive along the entire front, our troops began to rapidly move forward, liberating Poltava, Lvov, and moved into Poland. In Germany, Rosenberg was liberated as part of the 1st Ukrainian Front, Dresden. Part of them was sent from Dresden to liberate Prague. Here the war ended for Mikhail Evgenievich. On December 2, 1945, he was demobilized from the Red Army to the rank of sergeant. After mobilization, Mikhail Evgenievich returned to his native village of Livenka, where he worked from 1947 to 1976 at the Livenskaya pharmacy. Mikhail Evgenievich is a labor veteran and a disabled veteran of the Great Patriotic War.

CITY: Dedevnya Revda, Yalutorovsky district, Tyumen region DATE OF BIRTH: 04/03/1919 DATE OF DEATH: 04/17/1989 HISTORY: Title: Corporal Type of troops: Artillery Division: 136th rifle division (1st formation) My grandfather - Aliev Shiriazdan Safarovich was born in 1919 in the village of Revda, Yalutorovsky district, Tyumen region. Place of service: 1190 pap RGK 1 PribF; 136 apabr 1 appr. In his documents there are mistakes everywhere , in the name, in the surname. HERE IS DATA ABOUT HIM ON THE SITE "IN MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE" Aleev Shiryazdan Safarovich Private .1919 Tyumen region, Yalutorovskiy district, Revda village. Consolidated card index List of awards 09/18/1943 Medal "For Military Merit" Aleev Sharyazdan Safarovich. Order of the Red Star Corporal. 1919, Place of service: 136 apabr. Rewarding Aleev Sharistan Safarovich. Medal "For Military Merit" Red Army soldier -1919, Place of service: 1190 Popes of the RGK 1 Baltic Front. Rewarding Aleev Shiryasdan Safarovich Corporal - 1919 Tyumen region, Yalutorovskiy district, Revda village. Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945." Sergeant, Combat path of Shiriazdan Safarovich Aliyev In April 1939, my grandfather was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet army. He served in the 17th artillery regiment, did not manage to demobilize when the Great Patriotic War began. According to the stories of his grandfather, his military life began in the Smolensk region. He fought in the 1190 cannon artillery regiment as a tractor-mechanic, and from July 1944 until the end of the war as part of the 136 artillery regiment as part of the 1st Baltic Front. According to the stories of his grandfather, at the beginning he had a tractor on wood fuel, he got a diesel one only in 1943. It is about the wood-fired tractor, I think, that the order on awarding the grandfather with the medal "For Military Merit" is discussed: Despite the fact that the tractor that Aliyev drives has completed its due date, but thanks to the caring and skillful attitude to the entrusted equipment, ensured the uninterrupted operation of the tractor, thereby ensuring the fulfillment of the assigned combat mission "- regiment commander lieutenant colonel Gurov, chief of staff lieutenant colonel Baklanov". Here are the lines from the order on rewarding the grandfather, which characterize him as a courageous, executive, stubborn person in achieving his goal and, of course, as a good specialist: “... Working as a tractor driver during the Patriotic War, on his tractor, he covered more than 3,500 km, delivering a gun and ammunition to the indicated areas, in a timely manner, without an accident and on time "Only from 2 to 5 January 1945. He made a 100 km march and delivered a gun to the areas of firing positions in a timely manner without delays. From 18 to 26 January 1945, he made a 250 km march and also in a timely manner. and safely delivered the cannon to the concentration areas. "For his persistent work as a tractor driver, ensuring the timely fulfillment of a combat order to move the battery, to award a government award with the Order of the Red Star" - the commander of the 6th battery, Captain Loskutov, division commander Major Demidov. The path covered in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 ", in which the author's drawings and signatures. Grandfather was thanked by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union for his participation in the battles near Velikie Luki. Then the regiment moved in the Kursk direction. The soldiers liberated the Latvian SSR, its capital Riga. After the liberation of the city of Riga, the 136th Red Banner Riga Artillery Regiment was formed, as part of which my grandfather liberated Poland, the troops entered Poland, liberated its capital, Warsaw (awarded the medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"). The grandfather reached Berlin. Grandfather was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree, for military services near Berlin. The medals "For military services", "For the capture of Berlin", "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", "For courage".

CITY: Tula region Teploe-Ogarevsky district, Volchya Dubrava DATE OF BIRTH: 01/01/1917 DATE OF DEATH: 01/24/1945 HISTORY: Title: Red Army soldier Type of troops: Ground forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops. On August 27, 1941, he volunteered for the front. Konstantin Yakovlevich served as a minder of the 103rd separate Red Banner pontoon-bridge battalion. German troops on the Mius River created a heavily fortified defensive line, the so-called "Mius-Front", which they held from February to August 1943. On August 17, 1943, in the area of ​​the Kuibyshevsky farm on the Mius River, during the construction of a ford crossing, acting as part of a pontoon department for laying the road, Konstantin Yakovlevich showed himself to be a staunch and courageous warrior. Despite the strongest enemy mortar fire, Konstantin Yakovlevich showed an excellent example of work at the site of his work. the crossing for the passage of heavy tanks was completed ahead of schedule for 3 hours, which contributed to the fastest advance of our tanks to break through the enemy's defenses. For skillful and well-coordinated actions, Konstantin Yakovlevich was awarded the medal "For Courage". November 1944. When the battalion was carrying out a combat mission to ferry troops across the Tisza River in the Tashkoni region, from November 7 to 17, Konstantin Yakovlevich towed a ferry carrying carts with his boat. He made 30 trips a day, in only 3 days of operation of the ferry, he transferred 620 carts and 5116 infantrymen to the right bank of the river. During the entire operation of the crossing, his boat did not have a single stop. Perfectly coping with the crossing of military cargo, Konstantin Yakovlevich fully ensured the fulfillment of the task assigned to the battalion. For which he was awarded a government award - the Order of the Red Banner. December 1944. On the night of December 4-5, the battalion was tasked with setting up a ferry crossing in the Erchi area. Immediately after the landing, Konstantin and his boat were assigned to tow the ferry. To support the first echelon, it was necessary to immediately ferry artillery. despite the strongest enemy fire, Konstantin Yakovlevich made 7 flights in 4 hours. He had to work at night and under enemy fire, overcoming all difficulties, he continued to ferry equipment to the right bank. For courage and heroism, Konstantin Yakovlevich Agafonov was awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd degree. Konstantin died on January 24, 1945 when a boat was blown up by a mine on the Danube River, he was buried in the village of Chepel, 4 km away south of Budapest (Hungary).