Rank: Major_x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops _x000D_ Subdivision: 209th motorized Division. _x000D_ After graduating from the Smolensk Military-Political School, with the rank of Junior Political Instructor, he was sent to Western Belarus as the Secretary of the newspaper of the 209th Motorized Rifle Division, where he was caught by the war. After August 1941 he was sent to the 64th Infantry Division, which was stationed in Smolensk before the war. For successful battles in the defense of Minsk and in the Yartsevo area, the divisions were awarded the title of 7th Guards. _x000D_ In June 1942, Stadnyuk I.F. was transferred to the newspaper "Courage" of the 27th Army, with which he went all the way to Victory. Until 1958 he served in the army, held various positions in the military press. Member of the USSR JV since 1954. Member of the board of the RSFSR JV (since 1965) and the USSR JV (since 1971). _x000D_ He was Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Ogonyok magazine in 1965-1972. In the 1980s, he was a member of the editorial board of the heroic-patriotic literary and artistic almanac "Podvig". He was the secretary of the Moscow Writers' Organization. _x000D_ Works written by IF Stadnyuk: novels "People are not angels", "War" (in 1983 the novel was awarded the State Prize of the USSR), "Moscow 41st", memoirs "Confessions of a Stalinist", the story "A Man Does Not Give Up", script of the film "Maxim Perepelitsa", the drama "Bitter Bread of Truth" (was in the repertoire of the Academic Theater of the Soviet Army), "Keys from Heaven". He passed away on April 29, 1994. _x000D_ Awards: twice the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Patriotic war of the 2nd degree, twice the Red Star, the Labor Red Banner, "Badge of Honor", the October Revolution, Lenin; medals: “For Capture of Budapest”,“For Capture of Vienna”,“For Defense of Moscow”,“For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”,“For Military Merit”.