Rank: Major_x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery. _x000D_ Tok Vladimir Karlovich was born in St. Petersburg in 1905 into a working class family. In 1928 he married Valentina Ivanovna Golubeva, had four children. In 1934 he graduated from the Leningrad Industrial Institute, and by 1941 he became a Senior engineer in the new engine design group at the Research Diesel Institute. _x000D_ At the beginning of the war, he volunteered for the Leningrad army of the people's militia, received the title of Military Engineer of the 3rd rank, was enlisted in the 277th Separate Machine-gun and Artillery Battalion. He was responsible for the operation and repair of the Battalion's vehicles. In August-September 1941, the Battalion took up defensive positions on the Strelna - Ropsha highway near the village of Razbegayevo, where it fought fierce battles with the advancing enemy. In mid-September, under the onslaught of the enemy, the Battalion retreated to the Oranienbaum foot strong, where it occupied a new line of defense. _x000D_ At the beginning of 1942, Vladimir Karlovich was recalled from the front and sent to Moscow. At first he served in the repair and maintenance service of the Main Armored Directorate of the Red Army, then in the Main Artillery Directorate of the Red Army. _x000D_ Vladimir Karlovich was awarded the Order of the Red Star, medals "For Defense of Leningrad" and "For Victory over Germany." _x000D_ He was demobilized in 1948. At the beginning of the war, his wife and four children were in Leningrad, from where they were evacuated in the summer of 1942 along the Road of Life, having survived the most terrible months of the blockade in the besieged city. His wife and youngest son passed away, and after the war, Vladimir Karlovich raised three children alone. He worked at various enterprises in Leningrad, passed away in 1977.