Faces of war

Anna G. Belykh Anna Grigorievna Belykh (1897-1988) was born in 1897 in the village of Olesheni, Zakharovsky village council, Kotelnichsky district, in a peasant family. In 1929 she joined the "Kolos" collective farm. A year later she was elected a chairman. The collective farm under her leadership received high yields of grain and flax, took part in the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (VSHV). Then Anna Grigorievna headed the enlarged collective farm "Zavety Ilyicha". She was the oldest collective farm chairman in the region. She did a lot of social work. She was elected as a delegate of the II, III regional gathering of advanced collective farmers - the best workers of the Gorky Region (1933; 1934); a deputy of the Kirov Regional Council (1947);a deputy of the USSR Supreme Soviet of the 3rd convocation from the Kotelnichsky district (1950). She was awarded the medal “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1950).

Stoilov Ivan Kuzmich (1882 –1973) was born in the village of Istobensk, Orichevsky district, Kirov region. He graduated from college and from 1922 worked in a dairy cooperative, then headed the Istobensky breeding ground. After the formation of the district in 1929, he worked as a zootechnician (livestock specialist) of the district livestock association, and since 1933, for six years, he was a manager of the “Leninskaya Iskra” collective farm. Then he worked again in the state breeding ground. 10 years before going on a well-deserved rest, he worked at the collective farm "Istobensky". Ivan Kuzmich led a large research and practical work on crossing cattle breeds and breeding new best types. As a result of crossing the Dutch black-and-white breed with local Russian, Ivan Kuzmich bred the Istoben cattle breed - the Istobenka. That work began before the war and lasted for 29 years. In 1943 "Istobenskaya breed" was the best, the leader of our country and gained fame not only in USSR, but also in other countries. The champions of the breed were the cow Fara with a milk yield of 8366 kilograms per year and a fat content of 4.98% and her son Ajax. This breed won prizes at the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy in Moscow 7 times. Ivan Kuzmich was awarded the Orders of the Red Banner of Labour and the “Badge of Honour”, medals “For Labour Valour”, “For Valiant Labour during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”, medals of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition.

Pupkova Zoya Vladimirovna She was born in the village of Shchetkino, Pizhansky district, Kirov region. She graduated from the 4th grade of the Pizhansk secondary school. Until the age of 17 she worked on a collective farm. From the age of 17 she worked as a postman and sorter at the post office. There were not enough workers, they had to work regardless of time. They left for work early and worked without days off and holidays. Mail was carried on horses from the cities of Sovetsk and Yaransk, in large trunks and leather bags. Zoya Vladimirovna worked at the post office for many years and in 1975 she retired. She was awarded the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" and anniversary medals.

Solonitsyna Olga Vasilievna She was born in 1918 in the village of Semendur, Pizhansky district, Kirov region. In 1938 she received her secondary pedagogical education in the town of Slobodskoy, Kirov region. During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 Olga Vasilievna worked in the village of Semendur at the milk receiving point. All milk processing was done manually. She had to work around the clock. In 1947 she was awarded the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." After the war she worked as a teacher.

Mamaeva Taisya Aleksandrovna was born in 1925 in the village of Okuni, Sunsky area of the Kirov region. In June 2020, Taisya Alexandrovna will turn 95 years old. During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 Taisya Aleksandrovn worked at the Vyatka-Polyansky military plant. After the war, Taisya Aleksandrovna worked on a collective farm for all the remaining years until her retirement, and raised her daughter. Taisya Aleksandrovna was awarded the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." Currently she lives in the village Suna of the Zuevsky district of the Kirov region.

Krapivina Anastasia Andreevna. Krapivina Anastasia Andreevna was born on December 18,1927 in the village Sofyino. There were four kids in the family. The most difficult memory of the war is when they received funerals for their dead relatives. She lost her father. During the war Anastasia Andreevna worked on a tractor, also from time to time she was a handywoman and was sent to dig trenches in the Tula region together with her friends. Latee she returned to the collective farm. She remembers that on Victory Day, on May 9, 1945, a brigadier came to the field and said that the war was over. Victory! They were given one day off, the first one in a very long period. After the war, she again worked as a tractor driver, manualed the seeders, worked at a mill, was a handywoman. She never got married, now she lives alone.

Agapova Anastasia Filippovna. Agapova Anastasia Filippovna was born in the village Gavrilovka the 1st in 1924. She grew up without a father. Their uncles helped them with their mother. All three went to the front when the war began: Zaikov Arseny Yegorovich, Zaikov Nikita Yegorovich, Zaikov Alexey Yegorovich. All three were missing. During the war, Anastasia Filippovna worked at the "Glavtabak" plant. Together with her fellows she went to dig trenches in Morshansk. It was very difficult because there were not enough shovels, it was very cold in winter and autumn. Mutual help and support saved them all in difficult times. They endured all the difficulties, they were young and believed that all this would come to an end. They understood, it was not easy at the front, they did not lose faith in victory. " Four years of war dragged on for a long time, but May 1945 finally came. When people learned about the Victory, everyone was very happy, poured out into the street, hugged each other, kissed and cried at the same time. The widows of the dead cried especially. Everyone began to wait for those who stayed alive " Since 1955, Anastasia Filippovna worked as a school technician until she was 70 years old. All children called her "beloved aunty Nastya".

Safronov Mikhail Stepanovich was born on December 28, 1930 in the village of Polyakovo. The family had two more daughters. He studied at the Polyakovskaya school, but finished only 2 classes when the war began. His father went to the front and Misha had to go to the collective farm to work. He took on any job, so there was no time to get bored. The boy shepherded horses, carried hay and firewood. Summer was usually the hardest time to harrow and plough the field, he almost had to live in the field. From morning to late evening they had much of work, and did it together with friends. Then, in general, people were more friendly, helped in everything. There was something to do for teenagers. There was no other way. After all, it was impossible to put everything on the shoulders of women, so they worked, saving their mothers. There was no need to beg anyone, they just knew they had to. But even so, he talks about his childhood like a happy time. Although it was “barefoot”, complete mutual understanding reigned between kids, they even managed to have fun. Two more uncles from the family fought at the front: Uncle Petya and Uncle Ivan. At the end of the war, both father and uncles returned home. After the war, Mikhail Stepanovich worked in his native collective farm as a groom, a shepherd, a watchman. He is a very hard-working and respectable person. He lives with his wife Raisa Andreevna, who is also worker in the rear. They have a son and two daughters.

Safronova (Alekseeva) Raisa Andreevna. Safronova (Alekseeva) Raisa Andreevna was born on April 7, 1928 in the village of Sinyavka. Her family also had a sister and 4 brothers. She studied at the Sinyavskaya school. Before the war, she managed to finish 4 classes. The Great Patriotic War began. Father and three brothers went to the front. Two older brothers: Peter and Ivan died. Father and brother Alexei returned home. Sister Masha was sent to the Urals to work at a factory. In wartime, Raisa Andreevna, like all children, worked on a collective farm. Teenagers worked 12 hours a day or more. Despite hunger and cold and such a hard life in general, people tried to celebrate the holidays. Raisa Andreevna recalls: “A holiday was held when all the bread was harvested and the threshing was over. We sang songs, danced, played different games. Both children and old people had fun. There were no drunks, everyone was sober. Most often, we were invited to different houses as no one had a lot of food. " After the war, Raisa Andreevna married. They had four children in their family. She worked as a handy woman on the collective farm until her retirement. Now lives with her husband Mikhail Stepanovich Safronov in the village of Polyakovo.

Krasnova Tatyana Efimovna Krasnova Tatyana Efimovna was born on November 6, 1923 in the village 1-Peresypkino. She turned 17 when the Great Patriotic War began. As soon as the war began, together with friends she was sent to dig trenches near Morshansk, later was sent to Moscow, from there was sent to the Urals, where she worked at a logging factory. Arriving home, she worked on a collective farm in sowing, harvesting from early morning till late night. All of them worked very hard, because they wanted the war to end sooner and all relatives, friends and acquaintances to return home. When the war ended, she married a participant in the Great Patriotic War Nikolai Alekseevich Krasnov, who went through the entire war and returned to his homeland. They lived together for 58 years. In the post-war years, she worked as a milk collector on a collective farm, also in seasonal work. Lives lonely.

Born on October 1, 1922 in the city of Uvarovo, she began her career in September 1939 and was appointed as a teacher of German language at the Lebyazhievsk school of the Uvarovsky district, where she worked until March 1944. From March 1944 to February 1960, she worked as the second and then as the first secretary of the Komsomol Labour Committee, held the positions of assistant secretary of the Labour Committee, propagandist, instructor of the Communist Party. In April 1960 she was elected a chairman of the workers' committee of the "Uvarovsky" state farm, where she worked until November 1970. Then she worked as the head of the reading room of the Uvarov city library, the inspector of the personnel department of the Autocolumn No. 1804. After retiring to a well-deserved rest in October 1977, Anna Efimovna continued to be socially active as a member of the “Union of Pensioners of Russia LLC”, conducting a great patriotic educational work among the youngsters of the city. Anna Efimovna was instructed to take part in the creation of Uvarovo Book of Memory. During the war years, she acquired 2 lottery tickets, won 10 thousand roubles and gave this money to the creation of the column "Tambov collective farmer". She dreamt of bringing Victory closer! In 2010 A.E.Borisova supported the initiative to raise funds for the reconstruction of the memorial to the fallen soldiers in the city of Uvarovo. She was not indifferent to what was happening in our city: in which conditions veterans lived, how the issues of improving medical services were being resolved, the state of patriotic education of young people and much more. Considering the long-term and fruitful socially significant activity for the benefit of the city Borisova Anna Efimovna was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of the city of Uvarovo" by the decision of the City Council of People's Deputies on October 12, 2000 (the title was awarded by the decision of the Uvarovsky City Council of 10/12/2000 # 381)

Zemskikh Nina Vasilievna was born on November 29, 1928 in the Staroyuryevsky district in a large family. When the war began, Nina Vasilievna studied at school. Father and elder sister went to the front from the first days of the war. Younger children up to the age of seven helped the collective farm to collect spikelets in the field, and some older ones weeded rye. They sowed makhorka on the collective farm. Nina Vasilievna and five other girls organized a brigade and worked in the makhorka fields all summer. The norm for each teenager was 0.5 hectares, they worked from early morning until late night, and in the evening they still managed to help their mother around the house, cultivated their own garden. The collective farm provided bread for the workdays earned, but the portions were very small. After graduating from school, she wanted to continue her studies at college, but for family reasons, she did not enter the college immediately. She lived in a hostel, slept on mattresses filled with grass or straw. In the post-war period she worked and studied. She graduated from the Pedagogical Institute and worked at school. She was awarded with jubilee medals and certificates of honour.

Kroshchenko Ivan Ilyich was born in July 1930 in the Ukrainian city of Akhtyrka, Sumy region, in a large family. The father worked at the factory, the mother was a housewife. Ivan was 11 years old when the war began. Already on August 23, 1941, that part of Ukraine where the Kroshchenko family lived was occupied by the Germans. After the liberation in August 1943, life in the city improved. The school continued classes interrupted during the occupation; it was possible to walk around the city and go to the forest without a fear. After graduating from the mechanization technical school in Akhtyrka in 1949, the new specialist with a mechanic diploma left for distribution to Moldova, but returned home a year later. He worked at the Kharkov plant. Labour roads brought him to the Tambov region in 1953,the Pichaevsky district. He worked as a senior mechanic for labour-intensive processes at MTS, later as a chief engineer. After graduating from the Michurinsk Fruit and Vegetable Institute, he worked at engineering position in the state farm "Rudkovsky" for some time. In the early 1970s, I. Kroshchenko was transferred to the collective farm "Collectivist" in the Nikiforovsky district, where he worked for almost ten years. The last time before his retirement, Ivan Ilyich worked as deputy manager for trade in the Nikiforovskaya agricultural machinery association. For conscientious work Ivan Ilyich was awarded medals: "For Labour Distinction", "For Valiant Labour", numerous certificates of honour.

Komsomol seminar The picture was taken in the Hungarian city of Miskolc. Now it is kept in the personal file of the participant of the Great Patriotic -War Mirchenko (Kobernik) Lyubov Ivanovna. The ranks and surnames are written in neat handwriting on the back of the photo: Major Baytsev, Senior Lieutenant Molchanov, Maksimova, Kobernik, Fedorova, Lane, Sukhanov, Galushkina, Drobkov, Gaidukov, Mironova, Vorobiev, Maslova, Romanova. The author of the photo captured the seminar of the Komsomol agents of the 82nd Separate Anti-aircraft Artillery Division of the Air Defense, where Corporal Lyubov Mirchenko served as an instrument operator from April 1942 to August 1945

Alexey Andreevich Snytko Alexey Andreevich Snytko. The photo dated to the post-war years, when he had already returned from the front and lived with his family. Alexey Andreevich went through the whole war from August 1941 to September 1945. Much has happened to him during the war. He received the Order of War of 2nd class, was wounded.