He had been a participant of three wars. My grandfather on my father's side, Senior Lieutenant Mikhail Mishustin, went through more than one war and, fortunately, returned home. Even before the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, in 1939 he graduated from the Ordzhonikidze Military School of Frontier and Internal troops of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR named after S. M. Kirov. As one of the most responsible and prepared graduates, he was sent to the Soviet-Finnish war, where dexterity and proficiency in professional skills were needed. So Mikhail went to his first war. _x000D_ There was not only war in the air, but also hope for its speedy end and a peaceful life, there were families and a strong desire to win and return. A year earlier, my grandfather met my grandmother Olga, whom he married in early 1938. In fact, their birthday was on the same day, month and year, July 20. After the Soviet-Finnish war, my grandfather returned in June 1941, as it turned out later on a short-term vacation, because the Great Patriotic War had started… Leaving my grandmother his photo, which is dated June 27, 1941, he again went to defend his Homeland, now against the Nazis. This was his second war. _x000D_ Throughout the Great Patriotic War, Mikhail served in military reconnaissance on the front line, as part of the 696th Separate Communication Battalion of the 9th Tank Brigade, participated in many operations to liberate cities, fierce battles, crossing rivers and obstacles. His crew went through all the battles unscathed. But at the very end of the war, in May 1945, in Berlin, during the storming of the Reichstag, a shell hit my grandfather's tank and, bursting inside, wounded him in the neck, barely missing his spine. The rest of the crew were killed. _x000D_ By chance, my grandfather was rescued by the Marines and sent to the hospital. For courage and bravery repeatedly shown during combat missions to liberate the cities from the German invaders, the capture of Berlin and the storming of the Reichstag, that in spite of the hard combat situation and under the enemy’s fire heroically ensured the continuous operation of stations and vehicles, lighting, and radio communications command post of the Tank Corps with units and higher staffs, grandpa was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the order of the Patriotic War 2nd degrees, medals and letters of thanks. _x000D_ Mikhail celebrated Victory in the hospital. Immediately after his discharge, he was sent to serve in the NKVD (Security Service), where his third war started, while peace was already established in the Soviet Union. My grandfather caught Nazi spies and “non-descendants” on the territory of Europe and the USSR, declassified cunning schemes for transmitting information to the enemies of the Soviet Union. Thus, the military operations for my grandfather lasted for more than 10 years and ended only in 1949… _x000D_ Despite severe injuries, my grandfather had continued to fulfill his duty until 1954. He served in the Ministry of state security of the USSR as a Senior Operative Commissioner for the East Kazakhstan Region, worked with the Agency, tracked down and detained political criminals, spies and saboteurs, mostly German, and again often was away from his beloved wife. _x000D_ All these years, my grandparents were in different parts of the country, but they believed in a speedy end of the war and the long-awaited meeting. They were very fond of each other. Several times during the period of the Great Patriotic War my grandfather came home on leave to the grandmother. Their encounter was long-awaited and brief. After one of these short vacations, my uncle Anatoly was born, and after the second, my father Vladimir was born. _x000D_ It was very hard for my grandparents to go through a long separation, but they overcame everything and later worked together in the same school. My grandfather was a handicraft teacher, and my grandmother was a teacher of Russian Language and Literature.