Makhonin Pavel Ermolaevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Pavel Ermolaevich Makhonin was born in 1915, in the village of Tekino, Sampur district, Tambov region. He was drafted to the front on December 19, 1941 as a Lieutenant, platoon leader in 44th Infantry Regiment of 42nd Infantry Division. He fought on the Western Front, took part in the Spas-Demensk offensive operation. He was wounded twice. _x000D_ After being wounded on March 20, 1943, he served in 208th Reserve Rifle Regiment of 3rd Belorussian Front, as commander of a rifle platoon and rifle company in a training battalion. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star, medals "For the capture of Konigsberg" and "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." _x000D_ After the end of the war, he continued to serve in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Awarded with the Medal for Military Merit (in 1955). Transferred to the reserve in 1955, with the rank of captain. _x000D_ Lines from the award list (on the presentation of Senior Lieutenant Pavel Yermolaevich Makhonin for the award of the Order of the Red Star: _x000D_ "Comrade Makhonin, participating in battles against the Nazi invaders on May 15, 1942, received a combat mission to conduct reconnaissance in the enemy's area west of Yukhnovo - khutor Krasny Comrade Makhonin with a group of recons swam across the Ressa River and took a fight with the enemy, in which 4 Soviet soldiers were wounded. He took the wounded from the battlefield and ferried back to his side. On March 16, 1943, while performing a mission, he discovered enemy reconnaissance of 4 people. He managed to kill three, and captured the wounded non-commissioned officer and took him to the division headquarters._x000D_ On March 20, 1943, east of Spas-Demensk - the village of Luky, during the enemy attack, he was seriously wounded by a shrapnel and despite to be wounded, he continued combat, which lasted 6 hours and only with a secondary bullet wound was evacuated to the hospital. Lieutenant Makhonin worked in the and the commander of a rifle platoon from 08.21.1943 in a training battalion, released 130 sergeants. The platoon commanded by Comrade Makhonin occupied the first place in the battalion for combat training and political training throughout the entire period. Not a single cadet sergeant had a poor academic record. Paternally takes care of the material support of the platoon. As the best commander-educator, he was appointed commander of a rifle company, trained 260 soldiers from the newly mobilized into the Red Army. When training replenishment, he gave all his strength and energy in order to give the active units of the front replenishment, able to operate in modern combat conditions. Comrade Makhonin received a state award, the Order of the Red Star.