Rank: Major _x000D_ Branch of troops: Technical troops (KhV, ZhDV, AV, RTV, DV, topographic) _x000D_ _x000D_ My grandfather, Sergeev Pavel Alexandrovich, was born in the village Owino near Tikhvin in 1912. He was a career officer in the Red Army since 1934. Participated in the Civil War in 1939-1940 in the fight against the White Finns on the Karelian Isthmus. In the Great Patriotic War from June 1941 he was in the rank of major. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he served as the Deputy Military Commandant of the railway section and station Leningrad-Varshavsky Oktyabrskaya railway._x000D_ From June to September he took part in combat operations for the defense on the northern, western and south-western approaches to Leningrad, organized the transportation of military equipment, troops and cargo by rail. From September 1941 he provided evacuation from Leningrad. Further, the combat path passed with the Leningrad and 3rd Baltic fronts. _x000D_ He took part in the defensive operation in Estonia, in the offensive operations at Tikhvin, Sinyavino and Mgoi. Participated in the defeat of the Nazis near Novgorod and Leningrad, in breaking the blockade in January-February 1944. In the Krasnosel'sko-Ropsha, Pskov offensive operations, the defeat of the Finnish troops in Karelia and the German troops in the Baltic. _x000D_ He was awarded the Order of the Red Star for skillful and correct decisions during the coordination of the actions of the military commandants of the Dno and Pskov stations, the Pskov junction, which, despite the colossal congestion of the tracks, ensured the timely passage of the priority trains necessary for offensive operations of the troops. _x000D_ It is also known for certain that he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, the medals For Military Merit and For the Defense of Leningrad. In the post-war years, Pavel Alexandrovich continued to serve in the army with the rank of Colonel.