Order of the Red Banner

Rodin Vasily Petrovich_x000D_ Rank: Colonel. Type of troops: Armored and mechanized troops. When the Great Patriotic war began, my father, Vasily Petrovich, was 18 years old. He had already graduated from the Orenburg tank school and was at the front with the first shot. What my child's head remembers – he fought on the Leningrad front, then – on the 1st Belorussian. Awarded two orders of the red banner, two orders of Lenin, had a lot of medals and certificates. Three times I burned in a tank, all my life I carried a piece of shrapnel in my lungs, my legs and hands also had shrapnel. He was shell-shocked, but devoted his whole life to the army. He graduated from the war with the rank of Colonel, and later studied at the military Academy. I remember from the stories of this episode: "They sent a replenishment, not tankers, but loaders, and they are 14-15 years old, and weigh forty kilograms, only three can lift a shell. I cry, swear, and pray to God that they are alive, and I fatten them. They are 14-15, and I am 20, who went through this terrible war. And I looked at these starving people as if they were children, but what difference does it make… But I have experience behind me, and therefore I am alive." I went through the whole war, didn't smoke a cigarette, didn't drink 100 grams, and didn't do it all. But the doctors darned him better for his rations…I never spoke about fear in battle, but I think this Communist was not iron-clad, because tanks, like infantry, are always ahead, there is something to be afraid of. I remember that I mentioned the Oder river, so I must have reached Germany. My father was a strong man. And I know how my parents met and how they broke up. Apparently, he loved my mother very much. I was already an adult when he said to her: "at least Take me to die next to you." And to me: "Well, why don't you say something, tell her to come back!" Yes, life is strange for someone else. But I saw my father's love for my mother, and I don't think I saw my mother's love for my father. And who will sort them two out. This strong man, a warrior, probably could not cope with this little obstinate woman. He lost this fight. Recorded from the words of her daughter, Lyudmila Vasilyevna Ryzhikova, born in 1976

Razinkov Evsey Yakovlevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Captain military Branch: aviation Division: 47th mixed aviation division Razinkov Evsey Yakovlevich was born on June 10, 1903 in the army since 1925. He began his service as a Kremlin cadet. At the call of the Komsomol, he graduated from the Kachin school of pilots. He served in the fighter aviation. During the years of repression, at the General meeting of the unit, the only one stood up for his commander, who was accused of treason, and helped his family. He was demoted for this. The commander was later rehabilitated. At Bobruisk, due to the German breakthrough, the aviation regiment left the airfield, and captain Razinkov was instructed to evacuate the documents and the flag of the regiment by car. In the forest, they were caught in a huge traffic jam of retreating troops and equipment. The traffic jam was created by the NKVD troops, who blocked the road with a truck that allegedly broke down with a secret archive. A chain surrounded the car and no one was allowed in. There were many officers there, but only my grandfather was not afraid to speak out against the NKVD, unite the soldiers and destroy the cordon. There was dirt in the broken car. They were German saboteurs. Razinkov E. Y. saved the banner of the regiment and the troops were not surrounded. As commander of squadron 236, IAP fought near Moscow. Personally, he shot down three German planes, made 84 sorties. He conducted front-line tests of the YAK1 aircraft. Awarded the Order of the red banner. He was killed in an air battle on January 17, 1942. The grave was found in 2012 in the village of Safonikha, Ruzsky district, Moscow region. A monument was erected by the search party "Nadezhda" in the city of Ruza.

Vasev Georgy Osipovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Vasev Georgy Osipovich (13.11.1900-28.06.1993). Born into a peasant family of the poor man in the village Kalinovskoj resurrection SEL Shenkursky district of Arkhangelsk region. After graduating from elementary four-grade school in 1912, he began working for hire in agriculture and timber rafting. Upon reaching the age of 16, he decided to go to Arkhangelsk, where he began working as a simple worker in the military port of Bakaritsa in the city of Arkhangelsk in 1917. However, for various reasons, in March he again leaves for his homeland, where he works on rafting and in agriculture. At the beginning of the Civil war and during the occupation of the North by interventionists and white guards in September 1918, Georgy Osipovich joined the partisans. Freed Ust ' -Vaga, Dvinskoy Bereznik, from interventionists and white guards. Then there was the Petrograd front, fought as part of the 156th rifle regiment against the army of Yudenich. Defending Petrograd, they drove the enemy all the way to Estonia. Then he fought against the white poles on the Polish front. He ended the Civil war by participating in the liquidation of the Kronstadt mutiny as part of the 499th Lefortovo rifle regiment, and was wounded. For participation in the Civil war, he was awarded the order of the red banner of Battle. After the end of the Civil war in 1922, G. O. Vasev arrived in Arkhangelsk. With the help of the Council of Shenkursk partisans, where he was advised to get a job in the region of Fish, he gets a job as a loader. V. D. Nekrasov, a former partisan of the Civil war, and a little later F. B. Gashev, then headed the fish Region. Worked In Vasev worked on fish processing, but in 1924 he was nominated by the General meeting of workers and employees for economic work, supervised the unloading of wagons, loading coal and salt on fishing trawlers and sending cargo from Arkhangelsk to Murmansk. All the time G. Vasev is engaged in self-education. In 1925, on Lenin's call, he applied to the CPSU(b). From 1929 to 1937, he worked in Sevrybsnab as the head of basic warehouses. The supply of ships then took place at Bakaritsa, where there was a base with coal and salt, where everything was delivered by rail. The work was seasonal, during the navigation period, and in the winter the trawlers got up to suck, the workers went home to the nearest villages and towns. The Navy had its own net-making workshop where women worked from Nenoksa and Patrakeeva. Andrey Yakovlevich Maklakov, the future famous tradesman and Hero of the social labor of the Murmansk tralflot, headed the network. First, they knitted spare parts from hemp, then from Smolny hemp, which is more resistant to wear. And on the ships, using spare parts made on the shore, they collected trawls. When the ships started working year-round, all supplies were sent to the winter from Arkhangelsk to the port of Alexandrovsk (now Polar) by rail. In 1936, Georgy Osipovich was sent to study in Moscow for courses at the political Department of the people's Commissariat of the fishing industry of the USSR. After completing the course, the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) approves G. Vasev as the first assistant captain and sends him to the Arkhangelsk trawl fleet, where he first steps on the deck of a fishing ship. In trawl fleet fishing vessels worked he himself was then called, as it was then called the first mate. He worked and organized the Stakhanov movement in the Navy until December 1940, when the pompolite Institute was liquidated. From January 1941, G. O. Vasev was the Deputy chief of the Sevrybsnab. In September 1941, a man who went through the Civil war and raised the economy destroyed after it, became a Commissar of the red army, a tank division of the 3rd tank army. Georgy Osipovich participated in the battles near the city of Mtsensk, surrounded by the Stalingrad group of Paulus and the battle of Kursk-Oryol. Near the village of Prokhorovka, he was wounded in a tank battle and was hospitalized in Kupinsk. After concussion and injury, he was sent to the political Department of the 57th army of the 3rd Ukrainian front as a Deputy commander of a non-combat unit. During the years of the great Patriotic war, G. O. Vasev was awarded the orders of the red Star, world war I and II degrees. For participation in the defeat of the German-fascist troops on the Kursk bulge, he was awarded the medal "for military merit" and a personal watch. And two and a half decades later, another award found him – the order of the red banner of Battle. Georgy Osipovich was discharged in March 1946. Since April 1946, the Lomonosov district Committee directs him as the head of the fish shop Department, and then as the Manager of the Department of the Archtorg of the Lomonosov district. In 1950, the city Committee of the CPSU sends Georgy Osipovich Vasev to the Arkhangelsk trawl fleet, where he works as the first assistant captain of the fishing vessel RT-88 "Pechorets". The captain was Alexander Fyodorovich Pyatkov. The crew on the ship was stable, friendly, and the fame of the ship's work thundered throughout the Northern fishing basin. Many worthy sailors passed through the hands of these two commanders and became good fishermen, specialists in the fishing industry. After many years, the sailors working on the ships of the fleet, remembered their commanders who gave them a start in life. The last vessel of G. O. Vasev in the Archtralflot was the RT-90 Monchegorsk trawler. In 1960, G. O. Vasev went on a well-deserved rest. Georgy Osipovich is a pensioner of Union significance. Draws up a pension, but continues to actively engage in public Affairs. He was a member of the Commission of the Lomonosov district Committee of the CPSU for the consideration of personal cases and admission to the party, carried out assignments of the district Committee, the city Committee of the CPSU, patronized difficult teenagers, participated in the Patriotic education of young people. Numerous meetings are held in labor collectives, schools, and colleges, where G. Vasev talks about his life. He is active in the Council of veterans of the Arkhangelsk trawl fleet. Even at the age of 88, he continued his social work. Georgy Osipovich Vasev lived a long and fruitful life. His work and military exploits are marked by state awards of the country, memorable gifts, badges and titles. The certificates of honor stored In the Museum of labor and military glory of the Arkhangelsk trawl fleet speak for themselves. Then letters from the Central Committee of the CPSU, Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the USSR Council of Ministers, party Committee, party Committee, district party Committee, the Ministry of fisheries and other organizations and agencies for their active position in life, a huge fruitful work of a veteran of two wars and labor G. O. Vasev throughout a long life.

Visloguzov Nikolay Prokofievich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Military technician of the 1st rank Type of troops: Technical troops (XV, zhdv, AB, RTV, DV, topographic) In 1937, he was called up for active service in the army. The time was harsh and turbulent – I had to fight with bandit Bandera in Western Ukraine and Belarus, and he took part in the Finnish war. In 1940, he was discharged, returned home, and worked at the railway station. And then came a terrible day for my people-June 22, 1941. War… In August 1941, my great-grandfather went to the front. He was a gunsmith, repairing weapons damaged in battle on the front line. Of course, he took part in the fighting. How can you be on the front line without it? He had a chance to fight on the Kursk bulge, and took part in the famous battle of Kursk. My great-grandfather also took part in the battle of Stalingrad. When he thought about it, he cried because many of his comrades had died there… My great-grandfather finished his military career in Prague, where on may 11, 1945, he learned about the German surrender and the signing of a peace Treaty. In the fall of 1945, he returned home with the rank of senior Sergeant, the position of senior weapons master. My great-grandfather has five orders: three orders of the Patriotic war, the order of the red Star, the order of the red banner of Battle; three medals – "for bravery", "for military merit", "for the capture of Prague". After the war, he worked at the Mineralnye Vody station as a locksmith. My great-grandfather has many certificates of innovation proposals, certificates of Honor, he was awarded a personal watch, a medal "for valiant labor", and the title"Veteran of labor". I am very proud of my great-grandfather.

Vesenev Mikhail Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Major military Branch: Soviet Navy and Naval forces border troops of the NKVD Mikhail Ivanovich Vesenev was born in 1919 in the village of Loknya, Mikhailovsky district. Here he went to school. In 1937, the best students from all over the Soviet Union who knew physics and mathematics very well were selected for naval aviation military schools. For excellent academic success, the leadership of the pedagogical school recommended Mikhail Vesenev for further training at the Yeisk military school of naval pilots. Mikhail Ivanovich, like other cadets, learned all the subtleties of flight skills directly at the controls of the aircraft. Mikhail Vesenev graduated from the school in 1938 and was immediately sent to train in the combat aviation units of the black sea fleet air force. Mikhail Ivanovich's battle path began on the Black sea. Together with his 119th squadron, Mikhail Ivanovich defended the bases and coast of the black sea fleet, protected his communications, and carried out airstrikes on the coastal objects of the Nazis. From the award documents, I learned that Mikhail Ivanovich Vesenev participated in the defense of Odessa in 1941, Sevastopol (in 1941-1942), and smashed the enemy in other parts of the front. He was injured. Mikhail Ivanovich took part not only in combat, but also in rescue operations, searching the sea for wounded sailors from ships destroyed by the Nazis. Mikhail Ivanovich Vesenev was twice awarded the Order of the red banner and the medal for Bravery for his repeatedly shown courage. The fighting on the Black sea lasted until may 1944, and therefore the naval base of the black sea fleet was extremely necessary hydroaviation. And soon Mikhail Ivanovich received a task-to deliver seaplanes from America to the USSR! Mikhail Ivanovich Osenev made a heroic flight across the Arctic ocean, over and over again, repeating the route of the legendary pilot Valery Chkalov! Navigator Vesenev covered a distance of over a hundred miles and twice closed the ring around the globe! Mikhail Ivanovich Vesenev was awarded the order of the Patriotic war of the first Degree and the third order of the red banner for multiple operations to fly across the Arctic ocean and train novice navigators.The war ended. Mikhail Ivanovich continued to serve the Fatherland, teaching navigation to cadets of the naval aviation school.

Vasilevsky Leonid Dmitrievich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: major General. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 183rd rifle Kharkiv order of Lenin red banner order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky division. Vasilevsky, Leonid Dmitrievich. major General. Military unit 183 SD. Name of the award . Hero of the Soviet Union (order of Lenin and gold star medal). Number of the historical information Fund 33. Inventory and information number 686046. Case number and information 183. TSAMO Archive. Order of the division From: 30.06.1945. Published by: Presidium of the USSR armed forces. Archive: TSAMO. entry no.: 46755603. LEONID Vasilevsky (06.03.1901)-Soviet military commander, major General (13.09.1944). Russian, member of the CPSU (b) since 1921. Born in the village. Bars of the Rzhevsky district of the Kalinin region. Graduated from 7 classes of Junior high school. In the red army from March 1920 on the mobilization of the Rzhev RVC-a private of the 9th reserve rifle regiment (Kineshma, Kalinin region). In June 1920, he was a cadet of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk infantry courses. structure's. He participated in the Civil war, the liberation campaign in Western Ukraine, and the Soviet-Finnish war. In the great Patriotic war from June 27, 1941. In may 1942, he was appointed assistant head of the control Group of Marshal of the Soviet Union K. E. Voroshilov. From November 1942 to may 1943, he attended the Voroshilov Higher military Academy. In June 1943, he was appointed chief of staff of the 183rd rifle division of the Voronezh front. Since July 25, 1943, Leonid Dmitrievich-commander of the 183rd rifle division, at the head of which he reached Victory. EXTRACT FROM THE AWARD DOCUMENTS: Leonid VASILEVSKY, COLONEL, COMMANDER OF the 183rd RIFLE DIVISION is PRESENTED to the ORDER of the RED BANNER. VASILEVSKY, in the fierce defensive battles from 6 to 14 July 43, managed to organize and direct the divisions of the division headquarters and the lower staffs to fulfill the tasks of the high command. Thanks to flexible operational management of divisions of the division headquarters and lower headquarters-the division completed the task-the enemy was suspended in the division section. VASILEVSKY in the difficult critical moments of the defensive battle, risking his own life was directly in the division units on the front line in the battle lines of the units and fulfilling the will of the commander led the combat operations of the division units, all the shortcomings in the division units were eliminated on the move. Thanks to the skilful operational management of the division's combat operations, the division's units caused great damage to the enemy's manpower and equipment. As a result of persistent defensive fighting, the division destroyed about 4,000 soldiers and officers, shot down and burned 94 tanks, 15 machine guns, 6 cannons, 3 armored vehicles, 21 trucks,and 4 planes. For skilful operational leadership of the combat operations of the division units, for the unity of the division headquarters and lower headquarters, for showing personal bravery in the combat operations of comrade. VASILEVSKY is worthy of being awarded the order of the RED BANNER by the GOVERNMENT. AWARDED THE ORDER OF THE PATRIOTIC WAR OF THE 1ST DEGREE. EXTRACT FROM THE AWARD DOCUMENTS: Tov. VASILEVSKY is presented for the award of the order of the RED BANNER. Commanding a division, he proved to be a brave and determined commander; often being in battle formations, he personally led the battle of units. Skilfully organized the interaction of the branches of the armed forces, as a result of which the division from 24 to 29 December 1943 fought for more than 80 km and liberated dozens of settlements, destroying 620 enemy soldiers and officers, 8 tanks and capturing 32 prisoners. AWARDED THE ORDER OF THE RED BANNER. FROM the MEMOIRS of the ARMY COMMANDER MOSKALENKO K. S. On January 24, 1944, the Germans again went on the offensive from the line of Konstantinovka, Vakhnovka against the 183rd rifle division of the 38th army. The enemy was advancing with two infantry and two tank divisions, supported by an artillery division. By the end of the day, he managed to break into the division's defense 7 km along the front and 5-6 km deep. The enemy attacked in a South-easterly direction, in the rear of the 17th guards rifle corps. Three German Panzer divisions were advancing towards this enemy group in the 40th army zone, in the North-West direction, on Lukashevka. The enemy command sought to cut off the Uman salient. EXTRACT FROM THE AWARD DOCUMENTS: Tov. VASILEVSKY IS PRESENTED TO THE ORDER OF "BOGDAN KHMELNITSKY 2 DEGREES» The enemy, entrenched on the border of the GNILA-LIPA river, tried to delay our advancing units on the city of PEREMYSHLYANY, thereby isolating the tank units of the red Army that had captured the city of PEREMYSHLYANY the day before. The 183rd rifle division under the command of Colonel VASILEVSKY, having crossed the GNILA-LIPA river and bypassed from the North, was the first to join the tank forces that captured the city of PRZEMYSLANY and completely cleared it of the enemy. After capturing the city of PERPYMYSHLYANY, the division was ordered to go on a forced March to the DAVYDOV-MYLYATYCHE area – to shoot down the enemy from the fortified line and connect with the tank units fighting in the city of LVIV. The division entered the battle from the move, broke through the German defense line and advanced with persistent fighting, and on July 26, 1944, broke into the southern outskirts of the city of LVIV. Working together with tanks, the division cleared the city of LVIV from the enemy and without delay, moved forward with the battles in the direction of the city of PRZEMYSL. Being in the vanguard of the corps, the division first crossed the SAN river and crossed the state border, fighting to expand the bridgehead on the left Bank of the SAN river. Colonel VASILEVSKY boldly and correctly, making a decision to fight, provided accurate and complete fulfillment of the division's combat tasks. With his bravery and courage, he inspired soldiers and officers to perform feats for the glory of the Motherland. Under his leadership, the division captured hundreds of localities and the city of LVIV. During the offensive, the division inflicted heavy losses on the enemy in manpower and equipment. During this time, more than 2,500 enemy soldiers and officers, 1,127 rifles and submachine guns, 11 tanks, 3 armored vehicles, etc. were destroyed. Captured from the enemy: captured soldiers and officers-330, machine guns-29, mortars-12, guns-3, tanks-2, shells-more than 6000 and more. AWARDED THE ORDER OF BOGDAN KHMELNITSKY, 2ND CLASS. EXTRACT FROM THE AWARD DOCUMENTS: MAJOR GENERAL VASILEVSKY is presented to the order of SUVOROV 2 DEGREES. When breaking through a heavily fortified enemy line in the area of the city of YASLO from January 15, 1945 to January 23, 1945, tov. VASILEVSKY, skillfully combining the interaction of all branches of the armed forces, boldly and correctly making a decision to fight, ensured the breakthrough of the enemy's defensive line. January 16, 1945 received a combat mission to capture the city of YASLO, strongly-fortified node of German resistance, fulfilling the order of the division rapid attack captured the city, completely clearing it from the enemy. Successfully advancing in front of the division on the second day of the battle captured the crossing on the DUNAVETS river, in the area of 500 meters West of the village. FILIPOVCE, thereby ensuring the further advance of the units and the capture of a strongly fortified enemy defense point M. CHHUV, which created a springboard for the offensive of the corps units. For 8 days of fighting, the division fought for up to 150 km, capturing the city of YASLO, m. CHHUV, BECH and many other localities. During the offensive from January 15 to January 23, 1945, the division destroyed more than 2,000 enemy soldiers and officers. 60 guns, 2 tanks, 6 armored personnel carriers, 4 self-propelled guns, 10 mortars, 80 machine guns, 25 cars, 2 locomotives, 80 wagons, 102 horses, 13 warehouses with property and ammunition were hit and burned. PRESENTED TO THE ORDER OF SUVOROV 2 DEGREES. AWARDED THE ORDER OF THE RED BANNER. In June 1945, the Military Council of the 4th Ukrainian front petitioned STALIN to confer the title "HERO of the SOVIET UNION"on major General VASILEVSKY, among many distinguished front commanders for successfully organizing operations and fighting to defeat German troops. Previously awarded orders: three red banner, Kutuzov II degree, Bogdan Khmelnitsky II degree, world war I degree, many medals. IN March 1942, a red army soldier, Fedor Ilyich DUBROVIN, after being wounded, treated, and assigned to a reserve regiment, was sent for further service to the 183rd rifle division, 623rd artillery regiment, which held the defense northeast of RZHEV, as part of the 29th army. (He served with this regiment in the 1st division, in the 1st and 3rd batteries, in the management platoon until the end of the war as a telephone operator-senior intelligence officer). There is a section in its history: "As it was in the war - in the memories of veterans who fought alongside their father." It contains excerpts from books and memoirs.

Vertushenko Alexander Fedorovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red army soldier. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 301st Stalin's rifle division of the order of Suvorov. Alexander Fedorovich Versalink (1912-1953) was born in S. Ermakovka Odessa region. He lived and worked in Tiraspol before the war, and then from 1946 to 1953. On the fronts of the great Patriotic war since April 1944. From April 4, 1944 before winning the may day, were shot 1050 infantry regiment, 301 Stalin order of Suvorov, 2-stepeni division of the 9th red banner corps under command of General I. P. Rosly. During the Odessa offensive and the Iasi-Kishinev operations of 1944, the regiment was part of the 57th army of General N. A. Hagen, which liberated the settlements of Transnistria, and then Moldova. During the Iasi-Kishinev operation, the 1050th regiment, in which A. F. Vershutenko served, entered the battle on August 22 and by 9 o'clock captured the locality of Tanatyr. By the end of August 23, the 301st division reached the Zolotyanka-Kashkalia line. Parts of the 301st division were sent to the Prut river, but orders were received to turn the division in a South-easterly direction, to reach the heights: 250.0 South-West of S.Baziens and 214,0 North-West of the village of Albin and close the ring of encirclement of the Gura-galbensky enemy group. The enemy could not be released from the ring. At an altitude of 250,0, fire and hand-to-hand combat raged. In this battle participated and Alexander Fedorovich Versalink. For this fight, he was awarded the order of Glory, 3rd class. From the award list follows: "In the battle on the night of 26.04.1944 for the mastery of the height of 250,0 near the village of Albina, Kotovsky district of the Moldavian ASSR (so in the award list-N. D.) with a group of fighters broke into the enemy's location and personally destroyed 11 German soldiers. 26.08.1944 in the area of Albina took part in the reflection of 11 counterattacks numerically superior enemy. During the battle, he destroyed three more German soldiers. Worthy of being awarded the order of Glory of the third degree. The order of Glory of the 3rd degree No. 67093 was awarded to A. F. Vershutenko in September 1944. After the liberation of Kishinev, the 5th Shock army was withdrawn from the 3rd Ukrainian front to the reserve of the Supreme command Headquarters. 301 division was transferred to this army. On August 29, the division began its March to the Vesely Kut station, where it was to embark in railway trains. After the review conducted by the commander of the 5th Shock army, Lieutenant General N. E. Berzarin, on September 7, 1944, the echelons with troops and equipment moved to Belarus. In mid-October, the division changed into winter uniforms and relocated to a new area of concentration – to the Vistula. Alexander Fedorovich Versatel had the opportunity to participate in Warszawa-Poznanski and Vistula-Oder operations. For fighting on the bridgehead Marushevska Alexander Fedorovich was awarded the order. From the award list: "In the battle for the height of 139.5 near the village of Vratseshev on 15.01.1945, when repelling the numerical counterattacks of the enemy's infantry and tanks, comrade. Vershutenko at a critical moment, when the enemy tank was going to his unit moved forward and a hand-held anti-tank grenade hit the enemy tank, which forced the other two enemy tanks to turn back. In this battle, he personally destroyed 7 German soldiers. Worthy of being awarded the order of Glory of the second degree." But the command of the 5th shock army appreciated this feat with a higher reward. Alexander Fedorovich was awarded the order of the red banner of Battle (No. 386388). In the future A. F. Versalink took part in the Berlin operation. He participated in the battles on the famous Seelow heights and in Karlshorst (this is where the act of surrender of Nazi Germany will be signed). The 1050th rifle regiment, in which A. F. Vershutenko served, participated in the capture of the buildings of the Gestapo and the Ministry of aviation. The regiment in heavy fighting captured the fascist lair-the Imperial Chancellery. A. F. Vershutenko returned from the war only in 1946. He began to live and work in Tiraspol. Was elected to Kolpakovskogo rural Council (now the district "Oktyabrskaya"). In 1953, he died at the age of 41 from illnesses and injuries. He was buried in a cemetery near Likhoradka Tiraspol. After the expansion of the city, the cemetery was closed. In its place there was a sports school stadium. The veteran's ashes were not moved and rest under the concrete slabs of the stadium. It remains only a memory.... P.S.: the Biography of Alexander Vershutenko is presented by the grandson of the red banner, - Dymchenko Nikolay Viktorovich.

Raisa Nikolaevna Vetkalova_x000D_ _x000D_ Type of troops: military medical personnel. Raisa Nikolaevna Vetkalova was born on October 20, 1922. She studied at Elista secondary school number 2, and successfully finished 10 classes. _x000D_ _x000D_ Valentina Efremovna Kabakova, a former school friend of Raya, recalls: “In my memory Raya remained the same as it was during the years of our joint study. True, she studied a class older than me, there was no special friendship between us. But there was mutual sympathy. We often met before class, sometimes returned home from school together. And talked a lot, a lot, shared their impressions. Raya spoke more, and I listened. She was very sociable, cheerful, lively. And she was noticeably different from her classmates before. And now before my eyes her braid! Do you know what kind of braid she had? Long, thick ... Now you rarely see such! I remember that she will split her braid, loose it at the ends and casually throw it behind her back. And she walks, smiles. We, the younger ones, considered her very beautiful, even a little jealous of her. No, we were just in love with her ... ", – says Valentina Efremovna thoughtfully. _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Raya studied well. Easy somehow. She was a very capable girl, greedy for everything in life. But she especially loved music, worked hard on it, played well the guitar and mandolin. Later she led the school music group. Her wards have repeatedly been honored to perform with a concert on Elista radio. Already, being the Senior pioneer leader of her school, Raya was carried away by foreign languages and, above all, German. She dreamed of becoming a teacher, but her knowledge of the language was useful to her for another ... _x000D_ _x000D_ The war began. Among the first fourteen female volunteers, Vetkalova went to the frontline. However, in Rostov, where the young elist women arrived, the doctors, during the next medical examination, seeing this short, fragile girl, thought that she would not stand the hardships of frontline life, and suggested that she return home. Raya, in despair, did not know what to do. Comrades helped out. In a short time, the girls became so friends that they did not think of parting for Raya, they stood up, as they say, a mountain and so ardently, persistently asked for their friend that the commanders retreated, agreed with their arguments. Raya was assigned to the unit. A few months later, this document appeared in her personal file: “From the presentation for the award of Vetkalova Raisa Nikolaevna. _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ March 2, 1942. The fearless daughter of the Soviet people, the loyal defender of the socialist Motherland, working as a female guard, was in battles all the time. In the battles from the city of Barvenkovo to the settlement of Mirnaya Dolina in the Aleksandrovsky District of the Stalin Region, I bandaged 156 wounded soldiers and commanders. Itself personally withdrew 43 wounded soldiers, including 32 people with rifles and 11 commanders. In the battles for the settlement of Sofiyivka, Bliznetsovsky district, Kharkov region, she was among the first to enter the settlement, repeatedly crawled to the wounded, at the same time dragging a box of cartridges with her to replenish the front line with ammunition. For the courage, valor and fearlessness shown in this battle, R.N. Vetkalova worthy of a government award. The command of the regiment petitions the command of the division for the submission of the female officer Vetkalova Raisa Nikolaevna to The Red Star Order. Commander of the 1157th Infantry Regiment Major Kaltygin, Commissar of the 1157th Infantry Regiment, Senior political instructor Samoilenko. Soon the first military order shone on the chest of a brave girl. Rai's mother received several letters of thanks from the command. This is what the unit commander wrote: “Dear Anna Andreevna! Don't worry about your daughter. She is a brave person, she does everything so decisively and quickly that no enemy bullet will catch up with her. Our soldiers called Raya the fearless." _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Vetkalova was not only a volunteer sanitary worker, she went on reconnaissance more than once. That's where her knowledge of German came in handy. Disguised as a village boy or a refugee girl, she penetrated the location of enemy troops and, returning, reported valuable information to the command. And in one of these raids, Raya captured a Hitlerite officer. For courage and courage, she is awarded with the second award, the Order of the Red Banner. In 1944, in the battles for the liberation of Poland, Raya was wounded and sent to the hospital. Then a forty-day vacation home. This path was difficult, joyless along the land ravaged by the Nazis, but liberated. Raya traveled for twelve days to the beloved Kalmyk steppes. Anna Andreevna, swallowing bitter tears, told me: "Our Raichka has arrived from the frontline. We looked at her with pride. She matured, it seemed, she became different, unfamiliar. And the military uniform sat on her so well! As I remember now: a brand new tunic, skirt, boots. And on the chest of the order. That was only limping. The leg did not heal after the injury. It didn’t heal for a long time. I saw that my daughter was suffering, but I didn’t hear a single complaint from her. Then I found that the shard had not been removed. that after that it would be very bad with the leg ... So the leg with the splinter slowly healed. And Raya trained it. Every day – exercises, walking, running ... _x000D_ _x000D_ I adapted the old brothers bicycle, drove it with might and main. I stayed at home for half a month and – again to the frontline. I never saw Raichka again. "The girl returned to the front line and again began to take part in the battles. She fought the enemy fiercely, sparing no effort. Soon she presented herself for the third government award. But she did not have time to receive it. _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Raisa Nikolaevna Vetkalova died on October 16, 1944, before she was four days old until she was twenty-two. In a letter to Anna Andreevna Vetkalova, the soldiers of the 1157th Infantry Regiment told about the death of the young heroine. There was a fierce battle. Crawling from wounded to wounded, she provided first aid, bandaging wounds. The enemy bullet overtook the fearless spring. Her comrades took her out of the battlefield, took her to the medical battalion. But because of the great loss of blood, Raya died. They buried her in a place near the city of Krakow. At school No. 2 in Elista, where Raya Vetkalova studied and worked, a stand dedicated to the brave volunteer sanitary worker.

Vasiliev Sergey Nikolaevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Senior Sergeant. Type of troops: armoured and mechanized troops. Unit: 11th Panzer division. The war found Vasiliev Sergey Nikolaevich in the tool shop of the Podolsk mechanical plant, where he worked as a thread grinder. But not immediately after mobilization, he got to the front. In November 1941, he was assigned to a training unit. After completing it, he became a tank driver and received the rank of Sergeant. The young tankman received his first baptism of fire in June 1942 near Voronezh. Then the German-fascist hordes were rushing to Stalingrad. In many tank battles participated with his combat 34, a mechanic driver Sergey Vasiliev. But perhaps the most stressful days of his combat life were during the battle of Kursk. Everyone was extremely happy that they had stood on the Volga, held off the enemy's onslaught in the steppe expanses of the Oryol region, and then drove them west. In the battle for the city of Orel, the fearless tankman was seriously wounded. The doctors said that he would no longer have to drive a combat vehicle. However, Senior Sergeant Sergey Vasiliev did not leave his combat vehicles; he remained in the ranks and became a technician. He was doctoring wrecked cars right on the front line. What was needed here, were his experienced working hands, soldier's wit and courage. In 1944, the unit in which S. N. Vasiliev served crossed the river Vistula. Here the veteran soldier received his first award - the medal "For military merit". Then the battles for the liberation of Poland, entry into enemy territory. During this time, the technician of field repair shops, Senior Sergeant Sergey Vasiliev, together with his front-line comrades, restored hundreds of combat vehicles. In January 1945, the Military Council of the First Belorussian front awarded him the order of the Red Star on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for the rapid commissioning and high-quality repair of tanks on the front line. A soldier from Podolsk also had the opportunity to participate in the battle for Berlin. Here he received another wound but again remained in the ranks. An experienced soldier-repairman worked in those days literally without getting a wink of sleep, ensuring that as many of our tanks as possible remained fully operational. His hard military work was highly appreciated by the command and at the walls of the defeated Berlin; he received his third military award - the Order of Glory3rd rank. In November 1945, the soldier-worker finally took off the soldier's greatcoat from his shoulders. However, the rest was short-lived. A month later, he came to his native factory, to his tool shop, where in 1966, for his success in fulfilling the tasks of the seven-year plan; Sergey Nikolaevich Vasiliev was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

Vashchekin Evgeny Gavrilovich_x000D_ _x000D_ A brief, specific statement of a personal combat feat or merit: Vashchekin Evgeny Gavrilovich in the Patriotic war from its first days. In September 1941, in the battle for Smolensk, he was seriously wounded. In the 24th Eupatoria guards rifle Red Banner division SB. 3 SD / since November 1941. With the division as the head of the fourth Department, he went a long way in battle. In the battles on the Volkhov front, in heavy defensive battles, in swampy areas, timely informed the command of the presence and loss of personnel. In difficult conditions of the battle, he established a record of the personnel of the units after they left the encirclement. Repeatedly during the battle, was present in the battle lines specifying the presence of personnel and losses. In the heavy offensive battles of 1942 in the Sinyavino area of the Volkhov front, Yevgeny Vashchekin, under enemy fire, collected personnel records and promptly informed the command and higher headquarters, which contributed to the success of the battle. He paid a lot of attention and care to putting combat units together. During the formation of the division in 1942, Yevgeny Gavrilovich Vashchekin did not rest for three days, being engaged in putting units of the division together, with the result that the division successfully completed its combat mission in the battles of Stalingrad. In offensive battles from Stalingrad to the Dnieper and in the Crimea, in difficult combat conditions, regardless of all the hardships of combat life, he always processed personnel records in a timely manner and informed the higher headquarters. During the preparation for the summer battles of 1943, Yevgeny Vashchekin went to the army and front hospitals to collect the recovered soldiers of the division of the 9th company. Currently, despite the poor state of health, which was lost in the Patriotic war, overcoming all the pain, every day he takes care of putting military units together, and especially rifle companies. All warriors love their caring boss. He responds sensitively to requests from families of fallen servicemen. In the battles for the liberation of Lithuania and on the territory of East Prussia, Vashchekin Yevgeny Gavrilovich showed exceptional care in completing the combat formations of units. In the battles for the conquest of. Konigsberg and the final defeat of the Germans on the Zemland Peninsula, being directly in the units, under enemy fire, Vashchekin Eugene Gavrilovich systematically replenished the rifle companies and kept them always in numbers capable of performing combat tasks. Gratitude for the timely provision of data to the command, on the combat and numerical strength, for the care taken to complete the combat orders of the units, which ensured that the command completed the combat tasks that led to major combat successes of the division in capturing the city of Konigsberg. Rank: GV. major in the red army since 03.1933 Place of conscription: Yalta RVC, Crimean ASSR, Yalta district duty Station: 24 SD 2 GV. And the date of the feat: 01.09.1941-30.09.1941, 01.09.1942-30.09.1942, 01.06.1943-31.08.1943 Rank: Guards Major in the Red Army since 03.1933 Place of call: Yalta Regional Military Commissariat (RMC), Crimean ASSR, Yaltinsky District. Place of service: 24 rifle division of guards 43A3 of Belorussian Front.Date of the feat: 19.07.1941, 08.08.1941 Order of the Patriotic war second grade. Rank: captain, in the Red Army since 1933. Place of service: 111 rifle division 59, Volkhov Front Medal "for military merit". Year of birth: 28.12.1903 Lieutenant Colonel, in the Red Army since __. _ _ .1933. Place of birth: Crimean region, Yalta. List of awards: 1. 22.05.1942 medal "For military merit" 2. 03.11.1944 Order of the Red Star 3. 03.11.1944 medal "For military merit" 4. 25.04.1945 Order of the Patriotic War 2nd grade 5. 06.11.1947 Order of the Red Star 6. 20.04.1953 Order of the Red Banner 7. 22.12.1942 Medal "For the defence of Leningrad" 8. 22.12.1942 medal "For the defence of Stalingrad" 9. 09.05.1945 Medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" 10. 09.06.1945 Medal "For the conquest of Konigsberg" date of Award document: 06.04.1985 Order of the Patriotic War of the first grade title: Major of the Gurads Medal "For military merit"._x000D_ .

Voloshin Grigory Yefimovich_x000D_ _x000D_ My great-grandfather Voloshin Grigory Efimovich was born on May 20, 1926 in the city of Kotovsk, Odessa region of the Ukrainian SSR. At the beginning of the great Patriotic war, the Voloshin family was evacuated to the Stavropol territory. My great-grandfather graduated from high school there with honors. In 1943, my great-grandfather specifically assigned himself a year to volunteer for the army. First, he got into the training unit, successfully graduated, and was assigned to the infantry. My great-grandfather went to the front in March 1944. Place of recruitment: Alexandria-Obolensky RVC, Stavropol Krai, Alexandria-Obolensky district. Great-grandfather served as a private guard, scout 8 separate guards reconnaissance company 9 guards airborne Poltava red banner and the order of Suvorov division. He defended the Ukrainian front from August 1944. Great-grandfather rarely talked about the war. But I remembered some cases from my front-line life. At the beginning of his military career, great-grandfather served in the infantry. The food was poor during the war years, and the infantry even more. One day, great-grandfather went to the guard, and when he returned, his friends in the company said that they decided to leave the infantry together to join the reconnaissance company. The intelligence service said they were better fed. If the infantry troops were given only one pot of porridge, then in intelligence it was still a decent piece of fat and a small chocolate bar. At first, great-grandfather didn't notice much difference in nutrition. But three days later, he realized that fat and chocolate still give a significant increase in strength and endurance than empty porridge. Scouts needed much more strength than ordinary infantrymen, as they performed much more complex and dangerous tasks. So, great-grandfather by chance became a scout. Shortly before the end of the war, my great-grandfather was wounded. A shell fragment tore off the middle finger on his right hand. He went to the hospital. His intelligence team was sent on another mission, and, unfortunately, they all died… My great-grandfather met the victory in a hospital in Czechoslovakia. After the war, the authorities really wanted him to go to military school and continue his military career. But great-grandfather was tired of fighting and did not want to be a military man. Although until 1948, he still had to serve in various garrisons in Romania, Austria and Hungary. After returning home in 1948, my great-grandfather studied in absentia at the pedagogical Institute and received a degree as a history teacher. He started working in party structures. He died on April 30, 1996. List of awards: 08.02.1945 Order of Glory III degree 12.04.1945 Order of the red banner 09.05.1945 Medal "for the victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945" 1945 Medal for the liberation of Prague 06.04.1985 order of the Patriotic war I degree Here is how his exploits are described in award documents: January 18, 1945 guards private Voloshin G. E. acted with a group of scouts in an ambush behind enemy lines near the city of Rosenberg. Guards private Voloshin G. E. with two comrades stopped two light staff cars of the Germans and killed a non-commissioned officer in a battle with the resisting enemy. For bravery and bravery shown during the capture of cars, the guard private Voloshin G. E. was awarded the government award-the Order of Glory of the III degree. On January 17, 1945, acting on a special mission in the area of Busko-zdruy (Poland), the guards private Voloshin G. E. and the guards corporal lokhmatov G. V. under the command of the guard Lieutenant Artyukhov V. V. went to the rear of the enemy at 25-27 kilometers, brought valuable information about the enemy, which was developed a plan of action for the division. On February 2, 1945, near the town of Malec (Poland), my great-grandfather's platoon was surrounded. Acting platoon in conjunction with self-propelled guns, guard soldier Voloshin, G. E., first broke into the ranks of enemy infantry and melee destroying soldier after soldier until, while rushing for them self-propelled gun and the platoon broke through the encirclement and did not reach our 223-infantry regiment 18 division. During the breakout of the ring of encirclement of the guard, private Voloshin G. E. killed up to 30 enemy soldiers and officers. On February 4, 1945, while being observed at a station near the city of Malec (Poland), guards private Voloshin G. E. and guards private Kuchugura V. P. they were surrounded by a platoon of enemy infantry. Guard private Voloshin G. E. and guard private Kuchugura opened fire on the enemy, came out of the encirclement, killing more than 25 enemy soldiers. Personally, the guard private Voloshin G. E. killed more than fifteen enemy soldiers. My great – grandfather was awarded a government award-the Order of the red banner-for his courage and bravery in escaping from the encirclement.

Vorobyov Alexander Vasilievich_x000D_ _x000D_ Alexander Vorobyov was born on December 10, 1923 in the village of Utekhovo, Krasnokholmsky uyezd, Tver province (now Krasnokholmsky district, Tver region), to a peasant family. His mother, Olga Vorobyova, sent 4 sons and her husband to the front. The eldest son, Viktor Vorobyov, after graduating from military school, went missing in the first days of the war, his husband Vasily Ivanovich died of wounds in the hospital, the others returned from the front alive. Alexander Vorobyov graduated from the seven-year school in Utekhov in 1938. From 1938 to 1940, he worked as a letter carrier for the Utekhovsky post office. From 1940 to 1941, he worked as a clerk in Utekhovskaya Junior high school. In September 1941, he was called up to serve in the army. From October 1941 to March 1943, he was assistant platoon commander of the 20th reserve artillery regiment. From March 1943 to September 1943, he fought on the Western front and was a squad leader in the 4th motorized rifle brigade of the 2nd guards tank corps. On August 1, 1943, he was seriously wounded in the leg and right side in the battle of Yelnya. From September 1943 to March 1944, he was treated in a military hospital in the city of Nizhneudinsk. He was demobilized due to wounds in March 1944. He was awarded the medal "for the victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945" in 1945, and the medal "for bravery"in 1946. He returned home, from 1944 to 1954 he worked as a military instructor and physical education teacher-first at the school in the village of Utekhovo, later at the school in the village of Khabotskoe. Graduated from Torzhok pedagogical school in absentia. In 1954, he was transferred to the Krasnokholm district party Committee. From 1958 to 1962, he studied at the Higher party school in Moscow. From 1962 to 1967, he worked as Deputy Chairman of the Krasnokholm district Executive Committee, and then as second Secretary of the Krasnokholm district party Committee. In connection with the formation of a new Molokovsky district from part of the Krasnokholm district in December 1966, he was elected Chairman of the Molokovsky district Executive Committee of the Kalinin region, where he worked in this position from 1967 to 1978. For many years of conscientious work was awarded the birthplace of Alexander Vasilyevich: - medal " for "labor valor" in 1971; - order of the red banner of Labor in 1973. In 1985, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Victory, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic war, first class. He was also awarded five jubilee medals. Alexander Vorobyov was an honest, hardworking, fair and demanding Manager, always trying to help people. He left a good memory of himself. He died on March 25, 1992. ------------------------------------------------------------- "There is no family in Russia where the hero is not remembered. And the eyes of young soldiers from photos of withered look."... The words of this familiar song are: Agranovich and R. Khozak from the movie "Officers" are also related to our family. We also have our own hero – our father and husband Alexander Vorobyov. And on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the victory in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945, I want to pay tribute to the memory and tell you about the life of a very strong, honest, hardworking person. It couldn't have been any other way. After all, my father was born in an ordinary peasant family, in the village of Utekhovo in the Krasnokholmsky district of the Kalinin region. Like all village boys, he went to school and did not shy away from any peasant labor – after all, the family had 4 brothers and a sister. And when trouble came on June 22, 1941. Like all his peers, fathers and grandfathers – in September 1941, he was drafted into the army. Mother (Vorobyova Olga Ivanovna) sent 4 sons and her husband to the front. The village was deserted, as were thousands of other villages across the country. Viktor Vorobyov, the eldest son, has just received a diploma of excellent graduation from the Borisoglebsky military school. The young Lieutenant was going to come after graduating from the military College on vacation in his native Orehovo. He didn't have to… Viktor Vasilyevich went missing in the first days of the war near Lomzha (now the territory of Poland), his father Vasily Ivanovich died of wounds in a hospital in June 1944, the rest returned from the front alive. Dad didn't like to talk about the war. But sometimes he shared his memories. From October 1941 to March 1943, he was assistant platoon commander of the 20th reserve artillery regiment. He told me how one day he accidentally met his fellow villager – which he was very happy about. From March 1943, he was the division commander of the 4th motorized rifle brigade of the 2nd guards tank corps on the Western front. On August 31, 1943, he was seriously wounded in the legs and right side, and was concussed in the battle of Yelnya. From September to March 1943, he was treated at the military hospital No. 297 in Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk region. I want to tell you about the battles near Yelnya in particular. The fighting there was heavy. After all, Yelnya had to be liberated twice – in September 1941 and in August 1943. To develop success, on the afternoon of August 30, 1943, the 2nd guards Tatsinsky tank corps under the command of major General A. S. burdeyny was introduced into the breakthrough zone. It has repeatedly proved its ability to solve any tasks set by the leadership. The Rank "Tatsinsky" corps received for the successful conduct of a combat operation in the final stage of the battle of Stalingrad. In 5 days of fighting, the tankers broke into the enemy's rear to a depth of over 60-80 km, destroyed the supply base and the most important airfield with hundreds of aircraft, cut a number of enemy communications with Stalingrad and captured the Tatsinskaya station, after which they managed to break out of the "encirclement networks" in which the Germans tried to catch the daring tank corps. Before the battle of Yelnya, the 3rd brigades of the 2nd tank corps were awarded the honorary Rank of guards and awarded the guards banners. The guards did not fail this time either – in less than 6 hours, having covered more than 20 kilometers, the advanced units of the Tatsin brigade, together with the 10th guard’s army, reached Yelnya. On August 31, Moscow saluted the liberators of Yelnya with 124 volleys of guns. After being wounded in 1943, my father was commissioned, was disabled, and for some time walked with a stick. Almost immediately started working as a physical education teacher and military instructor at school, entered the Torzhok pedagogical school in absentia. Later, he graduated full-time from the four-year Higher party school in Moscow and devoted his entire life to working for the good of man. Father has many awards: the medals "for the victory over Germany" (1945), " for bravery "(1945), " for labor valor "(1971), the order of the red banner of Labor (1973), the medal" Veteran of labor " (1988), as well as four commemorative medals for Victory in the great Patriotic war (1966, 1975, 1985 and 1995), two commemorative medals Of the armed Forces of the USSR (1968 and 1988) and the order of the Patriotic war I degree (1985).

Vakarin Izot Antonovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Vakarin Izot Antonovich was born on September 14, 1911 in the village of Peski, now Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky district of the Chita region in a peasant family. After finishing primary school, he worked in his village. In 1932 – 1933, he served in the Red Army. In the active army - since January 1942. He fought on the Kalinin, 1st Baltic, Western, and 3rd Belorussian fronts. Four times wounded, three of them seriously. As part of the 22nd army, he participated in the Rzhev-Vyazma strategic offensive operation (January 8-April 20, 1942), as part of the 39th army – in the 2nd Rzhev-Sychevsky strategic offensive operation "Mars" (November 25 – December 20, 1942). In the autumn of 1943, during the Soviet offensive in the Smolensk region (Smolensk strategic operation), the German command took all measures to keep Smolensk as a strategically important stronghold. Units of the 43rd army were assigned the task of crossing the Kasplya river and capturing the city of Demidov during the Dukhovshchinsky-Demidov operation. After hard fighting, the 262nd rifle division made its way to Demidov. On September 21, 1943, I. A. Vakarin's company stormed into the city in pursuit of the enemy. By evening, it had gained a foothold on the Western edge of the city. At night, the Germans attacked the company's positions with superior forces, reaching its trenches. In a hand-to-hand fight, the company commander destroyed 9 fascists with grenades and machine gun fire. In total, in this battle, the company destroyed up to 60 Nazis, holding their positions. On September 22, the city of Demidov was completely cleared of the enemy. The offensive continued, the company was fierce fighting for the liberation of the villages Setence, Hogan, Subaki, Sapci, Rudnyansky district of Smolensk region. In the battle of October 3, 1943 for the village of Saptsy, I. A. Vakarin and his men made a bold maneuver, occupied the village and held it for a day, repelling five enemy counterattacks. He was seriously wounded in the spine, but continued to manage the fight. The company repulsed all enemy counterattacks and completed its combat mission. For these battles, I. A. Vakarin was awarded the order of the red banner and presented for the Rank of Hero of the Soviet Union. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 4, 1944 for exemplary performance of fighting tasks of command at the front struggle with German invaders and displaying courage and heroism Vakarin Izot Antonovich awarded the Rank of Hero of the Soviet Union and the order of Lenin and medal "gold Star". By order of the commander of the 3rd Belorussian front, I. A. Vakarin, who distinguished himself in the battles on the territory of Lithuania on the approaches to East Prussia, was awarded the rank of guard major. On September 21, 1945, he died of wounds received in these battles.

Vedeneev Nikolay Denisovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Nikolay Denisovich Vedeneev-commander of the 9th guards’ tank Uman red banner order of Suvorov corps of the 2nd guards tank army. Guards Lieutenant General of the tank forces. In August 1915, he was called up for military service in the Russian Imperial army. In 1917, he fought on the South-Western front of the First world war as a platoon non-commissioned officer. In 1917, he joined the CPSU(b) and became a red guard. Member of the Civil war. After the Civil war, he served in command positions in the Red Army. In 1928, he graduated from the Frunze Military Academy of the red army. From the first days of the great Patriotic war, Vedeneev served at the front as part of the 13th army of the Western front. At Bobruisk, the corps was surrounded and split into parts. Vedeneev takes command of his group and takes it to his own for 2 months. In October 1941, he was appointed senior lecturer, and in June 1942 – head of the command faculty of the Military Academy of mechanization and motorization of the red army named after I. V. Stalin. He remained in this position until 1944. In April 1944, Vedeneyev was appointed Deputy commander of the 8th Guards tank corps in the 2nd tank army on the 1st Belorussian front. In this position, he joined in the operation "Bagration" on the liberation of Belarus. In August 1944, Vedeneyev became commander of the 3rd tank corps of the same army. For the success achieved on November 20, 1944, the corps became the 9th guards tank corps. On January 12, 1945, a new offensive began, called the Vistula-Oder operation. The 9th guards tank corps was put into action on the second day. In three weeks, up to 500 kilometers were covered with battles. In February 1945, the corps reached the Oder river and captured a very important bridgehead on the West Bank near the city of Kustrin. In this operation, General Vedeneyev's tankers destroyed 74 tanks, 348 guns, 34 aircraft and 3316 soldiers and officers, and captured 2907 prisoners. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 06.04.1945, for exemplary performance of combat tasks of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders. Vedeneyev was awarded the Rank Hero of the Soviet Union with the order of Lenin and the gold Star medal (No. 5768). On April 23, breaking the enemy's resistance, the corps broke into the capital of Nazi Germany, Berlin. After the war, N. D. Vedeneev continued to serve in the armed Forces of the USSR. Died 16.11.1964. He was buried at Vvedenskoye cemetery. He was awarded three orders of Lenin, the order of the red banner, Kutuzov I degree, Suvorov II degree, medals, a foreign order and a medal. Honorary citizen of the city Suraj (Poland).

Full name: Konstantin Ivanovich Pishchikov last NAME: Pishchikov FIRST name: Konstantin PATRONYMIC: Ivanovich CITY: Goncharnaya Sloboda, Sudzha, Kursk region DATE of BIRTH: 13.09.1906 DATE of DEATH: - HISTORY: Rank: Captain military Branch: aviation Division: 10th mixed aviation division Pishchikov Konstantin Ivanovich, born September 13 (August 31) 1906. in the village of Goncharovka, Sudzhansky district (uyezd) Kursk region (province). On 18 August 1941. the plane on which the Navigator-gunner was art. Lieutenant Pishchikov Konstantin Ivanovich did not return from another combat mission. This fact was notified in submission No. 00511 of 23.08.1941. with a List of personnel who died in the fight against German fascism for the period from 10.08.41 to 22.08.41, sent by the Deputy commander of the KBF air force, major General of aviation Rozhkov, to the Assistant Chief of the Navy air force for personnel, major General of aviation Tsirulev (16). But already on October 02, 1941. in the accompanying note No. 0547 to the List of personnel of the KBF air force units who died, did not return from combat missions, and were missing as of 02.10.1941. there is a record of changes to the previously submitted lists for pilots who returned to the unit, including Pishchikov K. I. Konstantin continued to participate in combat operations as a Navigator of the 73rd bomber regiment of the 10th mixed aviation brigade of the Baltic fleet air force.During the first 16 sorties, the crew of Konstantin Ivanovich sank a destroyer, damaged patrol ships (TFR) and gunboats (KL) of the enemy, for which, in 1942, K. I. Pishchikov was presented by the commander of the air group to be awarded the Order of the Red banner. The award order was signed by the commander of the KBF on 03.06.1943. Total for the period from June 1941 to January 1943. Konstantin Pischikov made 90 sorties, led his unit to bombard enemy ships and ports in the Gulf of Finland and lake Ladoga, causing significant damage to the enemy, and had several promotions from the commander of the KBF and the air force. K. I. Pishchikov, who in January 1943 took a direct part in coordinating the actions of the KBF air force units in the operation to break the siege of Leningrad. the air force command sent for service in the Operational Department of the air force headquarters of the KBF to the position of operational duty officer. While in this position, Konstantin Ivanovich actively helped The commander of the KBF air force in the combat management of air force units that were smashing the Nazi invaders. In the conditions of the blockade and artillery attacks on Leningrad, K. I. Pishchikov, keeping calm and self-control, clearly transmitted the combat orders of the air force commander. By linking the interaction of units in ongoing operations, he contributed to effective damage to the enemy on land and at sea. Operations duty officers working at a temporary management (SPM) air force commander during the capture of the Islands of the Vyborg archipelago, despite the artillery fire of the enemy, he was on KP, clearly conveying the orders of the commander of the air force and controlling their implementation, contributed to the successful execution of combat tasks of aviation and assault (11).In 1943. operational duty officer of the Operational Department of the air force headquarters KBF captain Konstantin Pishchikov was awarded the medal " for the defense of Leningrad "(7), and in 1944. - Order of the Patriotic war, 1st class (10). In 1944. for long-term and impeccable service for more than 16 years, Pishchikov K. I. was awarded the order of the Red star. Award list for Pishchikov K. I. Order of the Red banner. Act of awarding medals "for the defense of Leningrad" of the personnel of the operational Department of the air force headquarters of the KBF. Award list for Pishchikova K. I. order of the Patriotic war 1 art Award list for Pishchikov K. I. Order of the Red star.