Rank: Captain of the 1st rank. Branch of troops: the USSR Navy and the Naval Forces of the NKVD border troops. My grandfather Sofronov Yuri Mikhailovich, was born on November 26, 1912 in the village of Zolotye Priyski (Gold Mines) of the Perm Territory. Childhood and youth were spent in the Urals. He was drafted into the ranks of the USSR Armed Forces from the city of Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). After completing his command Courses in November 1936 and being awarded the rank of “Lieutenant”, he was sent to serve in the Amur Flotilla, then continued serving in the Pacific Fleet, where he met the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. The grandfather did not have to take a direct part in the hostilities, the authorities refused to numerous reports about his transfer to the Baltic or the North. However, he contributed to the victory over fascism. In 1941, the US Congress adopted the state program "Lend-Lease Law", according to which ammunition, various military equipment and ammunition were transferred to the allies in the anti-Hitler coalition. The safest route was the Pacific route. My grandfather Yuri Sofronov became a direct participant in this. He was directly involved in the formation of convoys, manning the crews of ships received under Lend-Lease for further dispatch by the Northern Sea Route to the Northern Fleet. In June 1942, the EON-18 Special Purpose Expedition was formed from the warships of the Pacific Fleet, the leader of "Baku", the destroyers "Reasonable", "Furious" and "Zealous" to replenish the surface forces of the Northern Fleet. To replenish the submarine forces of the Northern Fleet for relocation from the Pacific Fleet to the North, 6 submarines were prepared - "L-15", "L-16", "S-51", "S-54", "S-55", "S- 56 ". Two of them, "S-51" and "S-56", became Red Banners, and in 1945 "S-56" was awarded the title of the Guards. Fascist Germany was defeated, but in the east, near the borders of the USSR, a million-strong Kwantung army was concentrated, Japanese warships impeded navigation, it was necessary to finally end fascism. _x000D_ The General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces planned an offensive operation to defeat the Kwantung Army located in Manchuria, with the direct participation of the Pacific Fleet. To strengthen the naval grouping of forces, in the period from April to June 1945 of the year, it was necessary to accept and staff 250 ships transferred to the United States under Lend-Lease. _x000D_ For the transfer of the data of ships to the USSR in Alaska in the Cold Bay, a naval base was equipped. We worked for days, without sleep or rest, and the mission was completed on time. For exemplary fulfillment of State Defense Committee missions for manning, training crews, accepting ships from the United States and transferring them to the ports of the USSR, Sofronov, like a large group of personnel of the Pacific Fleet, who directly took part in this operation, was awarded 4 orders and 4 medals. After the end of the war, Comrade Sofronov continued to serve in the Caspian Flotilla and the Baltic Fleet. In 1964, he was transferred to the reserve from the post of Deputy Chief of the ammunition of mass destruction of the Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet. _x000D_ After the end of the service my grandfather, Yuri Sofronov returned to the city of Sverdlovsk, but after retiring, his active life did not end, he headed the DOSAAF Naval School, where he continued to train personnel for the Navy. Later, he took a direct part in the creation of the Sverdlovsk section of war veterans of the Soviet committee of war veterans._x000D_ As part of the initiative group of Ural veterans, a Hospital for War Veterans was built in Yekaterinburg, and a Memorial to the Ural soldiers was opened. Until the last days of his life, Yu. M. Sofronov took an active part in the fate of veterans, in the patriotic education of youth.