Rank: Senior Lieutenant. Branch of troops: Artillery. Subdivision: 47th Infantry Nevelskaya Orders of Lenin and Suvorov Division. Panteley Lukyanovich was born on August 10, 1921 in the village of Novy Yegorlyk, Salsky District. After finishing the 7th grade, he worked in a kolkhoz, and in the fall of 1940 he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army in the 546th corps Artillery Regiment. On June 22, 1941, at about 4 am, Germany attacked the Soviet Union without declaring war. From the first days of the war, my grandfather with the 546th corps Artillery Regiment held back the German offensive near the town of Zhlobin, where on July 6, 1941 in a fierce combat he was wounded and fell behind his unit. After treatment in hospital, he got to the military depot near the town of New Belitsa and was sent to the 137th Rifle Regiment. _x000D_ During the general offensive of our troops in December 1941, early 1942, Panteley Lukyanovich was on the Western Front. After the liberation of the city of Kozelsk, their military unit of the 47th Guards Division of the 137th Guards Rifle Regiment was transferred to the Southern Front in the areas of Station. Morozovka, Northern Donets, and then to the Mius river. Beginning in February 1943, from the Sea of Azov to the headwaters of the Mius River, the Nazis strengthened a powerful defensive line called “Mius Front”, accumulated manpower and equipment. _x000D_ As my great-grandfather told me, the Tomb of Saur, marked on the front maps as the Height 277.9 was of particular importance. It bound the entire defense of the Germans. On August 18, 1943, the troops of the Southern Front started an assault on the Mius Front. For almost two weeks, the fighting did not subside, and only on August 31 the height fell. _x000D_ On October 14, 1943, the troops began to prepare for the crossing of the Dnieper. The group headed by the Guards Senior Lieutenant Senchenko Panteley was chosen to remove the German Guards of the bridge across the river. The mission was completed. On November 26-29, 1943, our troops crossed the Dnieper River near Zaporozhye. For the successful implementation of this operation, over 40 soldiers were awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union. My grandfather was awarded the Order of the Red Star (No. 143970). _x000D_ During this operation, my great-grandfather was seriously wounded and was sent to a hospital in the city of Saratov, where he remained until April 25, 1944. After recovery, he returned to his unit, which was transferred to the 1st Belorussian Front. _x000D_ One of the largest operations of the Great Patriotic War was Belarusian Offensive called "Bagration" began on June 23, 1944. The 1st Belorussian Front, where my grandfather fought stormed Hitler's "eastern shaft" in Polesie. During the general offensive in the area of the city of Kovel on July 19, 1944, my great-grandfather, Senchenko Panteley Lukyanovich, Guards Senior Lieutenant of the 47th Guards Rifle Division of the 137th Guards Regiment, was seriously wounded and concussed. Нe had treatment at the hospital №2040 in the city of Kislovodsk. This was the end of the war for him. Senchenko Panteley Lukyanovich was a disabled of the 1st group, had awards: Order of the Red Star, Two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, Medal “For Victory over Germany”, jubilee medals.