Durakov Arkady Anatolyevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Senior Sergeant Branch of military: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast service, NKVD troops, border guard Division: 9th guards rifle red banner division Arkady A. Durakov at the age of 28 was called up by the Irbit RVC of the Sverdlovsk region on 27.07.1941 in the red army. He was trained at the Riga military school, which was evacuated to the Sverdlovsk region. Took part in the parade on November 07, 1941. On the Central front from 27.11.1941 to 17.01.1942 Senior Sergeant A. A. Durakov being on the Central front as part of the 28th rifle brigade as a cadet, performing the task of the command in an offensive battle to capture the village of "katyushki" in the Moscow region, he was lightly wounded on 04.12.1941. During the transfer of the machine-gun squad through the village through the gardens, the cadet dragged a machine gun and disks and fell behind the squad leader. When he climbed over the next fence, he was seen by a German who came out of the house at that moment, who, without thinking twice, fired at him from a machine gun in a short burst, almost without aiming, because he was in a hurry to escape. This haste saved Arkady, who was slightly wounded in the right thigh. From 04.12.1942 to 26.12.1941 he was treated in the evacuation hospital. The hospital Commission recognized him as fit for military service and sent him to a military unit for further service. Participating in battles of 9 guards rifle division of the Central front, performing a combat mission command intelligence emplacements of the enemy, the commander of machine-gun branch of the separate reconnaissance Sergeant of Fools A. A. was seriously wounded in both legs 17.01.1942 g., the foot of the left leg torn off at once. He was treated in the evacuation hospital No. 1868 until 12.05.1942, where part of the left leg up to the knee was amputated. The Commission found him unfit for further service. He was presented to the Order of the red star on August 17, 1950, which was replaced by the order of glory of the 3rd degree on February 21, 1951, which was also replaced by the medal "for bravery".