Order of the Red Star

Rank: Senior Lieutenant. Type of troops: aviation. Division: 213rd night bomber aviation Vitebsk Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division. Before the Great Patriotic War, Dmitry Sergeevich Gavrilov worked as a mechanic, then went to study and successfully graduated from the flight school. In the army since June 22, 1941. 24th Guards Bomber Aviation Yukhnovsky Order of Kutuzov Regiment. He fought on the Northern, then Volkhov fronts. He flew in the daytime and at night. He carried out especially difficult reconnaissance and bombing missions, transported seriously wounded soldiers and commanders. Often he carried out combat missions in the most difficult meteorological conditions, with limited visibility and at low altitude. He performed over 1000 sorties, of which more than 500 combat missions. In the flight service, he showed examples of perseverance, dedication and contempt for death, in order to achieve an early victory over the enemy. For the exemplary performance of complex combat missions, for the courage,valor and fearlessness shown at the same time, he was awarded government awards. Once, performing an important mission on an ambulance plane, taking out seriously wounded soldiers, he was attacked by two enemy fighters. The plane was badly damaged, and the pilot was seriously wounded in the leg. Despite the serious injury and damage to the aircraft, Gavrilov D.S. skillfully brought the plane out of the fire, planted it in the forest and saved the lives of the wounded. After the Great Patriotic War, Gavrilov D.S. moved to civil aviation. Passed training in helicopter piloting. He worked as a commander of a helicopter detachment. He worked with oilmen from Tyumen and Urengoy. Finished flying service at 60. Then he continued to teach young cadets an honorable and responsible flying business.

Rank: Lieutenant. Type of troops: Artillery. Unit: 51st Rifle Vitebsk Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division Nikolai Gnedov was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army in 1938 by the Volosovsky Military Commissariat of the Leningrad Region. He was sent to the regimental school of the 85th anti-aircraft artillery regiment. Upon its completion, from 1939 to 1942, he served first in the named regiment, then in the 408th separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion of the Trans-Baikal Military District as the commander of an artillery gun. In June - September 1939 he took part in battles in the area of the Khalkhin-Gol River. In 1942 he took an accelerated course of study at the military-political school in Irkutsk. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War he fought since January 1943 as part of the 257th mortar regiment of the 22nd artillery division on the North-Western Front as deputy battery commander for political affairs, since April 1944 as part of the 154th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 51st Infantry Division 6- 1st Guards Army as commander of a mortar platoon, then a mortar company. In July 1944, Lieutenant Gnedov was awarded the Order of the Red Star for bravery in offensive battles. He received the second Order of the Red Star for his participation in the battles for the city of Polotsk. In November 1944, he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky for his participation in breaking through the defense line in the area of the Venta River (Lithuania), for skillful command of a mortar platoon and personal courage. Nikolai Petrovich received another Order of the Red Star in December 1944 for bravery and courage in battles on the territory of Latvia. In 1946, Nikolai Petrovich Gnedov was demobilized. He lived in the town of Opochka, Pskov region, worked in the district committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, then took part in the movement of thirty thousand people and headed the collective farm "Red Order". He started a family with a girl who also returned from the fronts of the Great Patriotic War - Anna Tyuneva. Together they lived in peace and harmony for 17 years until the death of Nikolai Petrovich. I am their daughter, I was 5 years old when my father passed away. Mom carefully kept the memory of him. But I didn’t have a chance to hear my father’s front-line stories. My older brother tried to question him, but my father always made fun of him. People who knew Nikolai Petrovich remember him as a very kind, attentive person, who could be approached with any problem. He never refused to help anyone, even in his own time.

The combat path of my grandfather, senior sergeant Buyantuev Tsyren-Dondok Doksonovich (Republic of Buryatia, Selenginsky district, village Noekhon). 236 soldiers left Noekhon for the war, 127 of them did not return from the front: some died, some went missing. The names of 127 dead soldiers are included in the "Book of Memory". In the village there is a monument to the soldiers-fellow villagers. It contains a list of all those who did not return from the front. The war did not bypass our family - the Buyantuyev family. According to the stories of my dad and close relatives, I know that my grandfather, Buyantuev Tsyren-Dondok Doksonovich, fought at the front. I know my grandfather only from memories, since he died long before my birth. My grandfather was born in the village of Noekhon in the Selenginsky region in 1913 into a family of peasants. My grandfather did not like to remember the war, but thanks to my dad, Bimba Tsyrendondopovich Buyantuev, I learned the battle path that he went through. Grandfather fought to Berlin. He fought in the ranks of the famous 62nd Guards Cavalry Regiment of the 18th Guards Division of the 7th Cavalry Corps of General Konstantinov. Already in the first battles, he showed himself to be a brave, resourceful soldier, for this he was appointed commander of the crew of a heavy machine gun. Senior Sergeant Tsyren-Dondok Doksonovich received his first award - the Medal for Military Merit in the summer of 1942 in the battles for the town of Sukhinichi. From the memoirs of my grandfather, which are kept in the museum of the Noekhon secondary school: “Having successfully overcome the Desna, the regiment began to deploy on the right bank of the river. The Germans tried several times to knock us out of this bridgehead. A platoon under my command repulsed several Nazi attacks during the afternoon, but did not surrender the height. " For the courage shown in this battle, the Order of the Red Star shone on my grandfather's chest. The fearless platoon commander took part in many battles and more than once showed valor and courage. In the battles for the Dnieper he was wounded. Having recovered after being wounded, he liberated the cities of Chernigov and Mozyr in Belarus as part of his 18th Guards Division. In the fall of 1943, the troops of the Central Front (renamed into Belorussian in October 1943) approached the Dnieper. On November 26, after continuous fighting, our troops liberated Gomel. The time for the release of Mozyr was approaching. An operation was developed that went down in the history of the Great Patriotic War as the Kalinkovichi-Mozyr operation. Five days were given to prepare the operation. In the conditions of wooded and swampy terrain and off-road , communications acquired particular importance. The Hitlerite command took all measures to strengthen its group. It attached exceptional importance to the Kalinkovichi railway and highway junctions, the regional center of Mozyr. The defense was held by 9 infantry and 2 tank divisions, 3 divisions of assault guns, a cavalry regiment and other units. Long-term defensive structures, pillboxes, trench lines were built, the area was heavily mined. The battle for Mozyr reached the highest tension on January 13th. The enemy continued to counterattack. Mozyr was completely released by 6 a.m. In the battles for Mozyr, significant losses were inflicted mainly on the enemy's 86 infantry divisions, 1,500 soldiers and officers were killed. 710 sq. kilometers, more than 80 settlements are occupied. In the battles for the liberation of Mozyr, the troops suffered heavy losses. Also, my grandfather, together with his division, liberated the city of Chernigov. For 40 days of the offensive, Soviet troops completely expelled the fascist invaders from Poland and launched hostilities on the territory of Nazi Germany. The 7th Cavalry Corps of General Konstantinov, in which my brave grandfather fought, also participated in the Berlin offensive. The glorious military path of our fellow countryman ends in Berlin. For the courage and heroism shown during the Great Patriotic War, my grandfather is awarded two military medals "For the capture of Berlin", "For the liberation of Warsaw", the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. Having returned home with victory, he gives all his strength and knowledge to his native collective farm. He works in various areas of collective farm production - construction, as a shepherd on a brood flock, as a foreman of a tractor brigade, as a deputy chairman of a collective farm. Together with my grandmother Tsyrema Dondopovna, they raised six wonderful children. For his great organizational skills, the people elected him in 1968 as the chairman of the Noekhon Somon Council. He worked in this position without fail until retirement. For long-term, fruitful work in collective farm construction, he is awarded a state award - the Order of the Badge of Honor. He has not been among us for a long time, but the memory of him as a fearless warrior, a person infinitely loving his land, a wonderful leader always lives in the hearts of relatives and fellow countrymen. In the history of mankind, there are events over which time has no power. The Great Patriotic War should never be erased from the memory of our people, no matter how much time has passed after its end. It is everyone's duty to cherish the memory of those who did not return from the war, to pay tribute and gratitude to those who are with us.During the war he took part in many military operations: • liberated the cities: Sukhinichi, Chernigov, Mozyr in Belarus; • participated in the battles for Desna, Dnieper; • participated in the Kalinkovichi-Mozyr operation; • He ended the war when he reached Berlin. For military operations he was awarded: • Order of the Red Star; • Order of the Patriotic War II degree; • Medal "For Military Merit"; • medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War in 1941 - 1945"; • medal "For the capture of Berlin"; • Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw". He was also awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor and has anniversary medals. I imagine him young, handsome and cheerful, although I know that the soldiers were exhausted, tortured by the war. But they instilled confidence in everyone: the mother was consoled, the wife was encouraged with an affectionate word, the children were instructed to learn and help their relatives. Gradually, the image of my grandfather Buyantuev Tsyren-Dondok Doksonovich, a loving son, brother, father, courageous defender of the Fatherland, liberator of Europe from the German invaders, appears. Let the memory of those who selflessly loved their Motherland, who bequeathed to us faith in Russia, will remain with us. I am proud of my grandfather. I think that today he would be proud and happy, and happily celebrated the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Butsev Fedor Semenovich Butsev Fyodor Semenovich. The Belovsky RVK of the Smolensk Region was drafted into the Red Army on October 27, 1939, a Red Army soldier of the 148th Light Artillery Regiment in the North Caucasian Military District, since January 1941 - a cadet of the Odessa Military Aviation School of Pilots. The beginning of the war on June 22, 1941 was met by a cadet of the Odessa Military Aviation Pilot School. In August 1941, the aviation school was relocated to Stalingrad, and in November to Frunze. In the fall of 1942, for health reasons, he was discharged from flight work. He wrote a report and asked the command to send to the front in the active army. But in November 1942, as part of a large group of former cadets from the flight school, he was sent to the Frunze Military Infantry School as a cadet in a rifle battalion. Commander of a squadron of anti-tank rifles of the 444th Rifle Regiment of the 108th Rifle Division with the rank of senior sergeant, since March 1943 he participated in defensive and offensive battles in the area of ​​the Zhizdra River in the Kaluga Region, and in the summer of 1943 - in battles on the Kursk Bulge on Bolkhov direction, north of the city of Orel (Western and Bryansk fronts). In August 1943, he was appointed Komsomol organizer of the 444th Infantry Regiment, in October he was awarded the military rank of junior lieutenant. In January 1944 he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. He was also awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. In March 1945, as a Komsomol organizer of the regiment with the rank of captain, he took part in the battles for the liberation of Danzig and the liberation of Poland (1st and 2nd Belorussian fronts), was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree. In 1950 he graduated from the Higher Military Pedagogical Institute named after M.I. Kalinin. He served in the Armed Forces of the USSR in the Siberian and Leningrad Military District. Period from 1962 to 1976 - lecturer, and then senior lecturer at the Department of the Military Academy of Communications. Candidate of Historical Sciences (1972), Associate Professor (1973). Dismissed by age from the ranks of the Armed Forces of the USSR on August 3, 1976 with the rank of colonel. He was awarded two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, three Orders of the Red Star and many medals, including: "For Military Merit", "For the Defense of Odessa", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. . "," For the liberation of Warsaw "; three medals of foreign states (Poland, Mongolia and Belarus).

In June 1940 he was drafted into the army, a Red Army soldier of the 268th Infantry Regiment. He fought on the Leningrad front. From March 1943 to March 1944 he was a cadet of the courses of junior lieutenants on the Leningrad Front, upon graduation he received the rank of junior lieutenant. From March 1944 to April 1944 he was commander of the 743 rifle regiment of the 131st rifle division. In April 1944 he was wounded and was being recovered in hospital No. 1539 until July 1944. From July to October 1944, he was in the reserve of the 9th archive officer regiment. From October to November he commanded a rifle platoon of the 256th rifle division of the 934th rifle regiment, in November Nikolai Semyonovich was wounded a second time, and he was undergoing treatment in hospital No. 1146 until December 1944. After the hospital was in reserve 421 officer regiment (December 1944 - January 1945) January - April 1945 - commander of the 934th rifle regiment of the 256th rifle division. From April to August 1945 - the commander of a rifle regiment of the 7th Guards Rifle Division. August - September 1945 - student at the advanced training courses for officers. From September to November 1945 - was in reserve. Discharged to the reserve on November 13, 1945 with the rank of guard lieutenant. Has awards: Order of the Great Patriotic War, 2nd degree (1945), Order of the Red Star (1944). Medals “For Courage” (1942), “For the Defense of Leningrad”, “For Victory over Germany” (dated May 9, 1945). After the war, he worked as chairman of the Krasnaya Derevnya collective farm in the Zherdevsky district. Nikolai Semenovich had 10 children.

Alexei Ivanovich Semenkov (March 29, 1915 - October 16, 2000) - Soviet military leader, Lieutenant General of the USSR Air Force, participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Russian Federation (1998). Born on March 29, 1915 in the village of Tesaly, Gorodok district, Vitebsk province (now the village of Gurki, Mekhovsky district, Vitebsk region, Republic of Belarus). In 1929 he graduated from seven classes of school, soon moved to Leningrad. After graduating from the workers' school, he worked at the Krasny Oktyabr plant. He began his studies at the aviation school of the Civil Air Fleet of the USSR in Tambov, graduated in 1936. He stayed at the school as an instructor pilot. In 1938 he became the commander of a ship (Moscow Directorate of the Civil Air Fleet of the USSR), was a member of the crews of ambulance and passenger aircraft. Member of the Soviet-Finnish war. He served in the air ambulance aviation, showed courage, was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. In the Red Army since 1941, a participant in the Great Patriotic War from the first days. He became a member of the Moscow Special Purpose Group of the Civil Air Fleet. In September 1941, he became deputy squadron commander of a special squadron for supplying besieged Leningrad. By the end of the year, he made about 120 flights to the besieged city. Lieutenant Semyonkov did an excellent job with the tasks - during the work of the group, he delivered 81 tons of cargo to Leningrad and removed about 650 people from it. As of January 16, 1942, Alexei Ivanovich Semenkov flew 223 sorties, 12 sorties for airborne drops. On May 25, 1942, the head of the GUGVF, Lieutenant-General Astakhov, Senior Lieutenant Semenkov was presented for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. He was a squadron and regiment commander. Participated in the operation to force the Dnieper, the Battle of the Kursk Bulge. In total, during the entire war, he made more than 500 sorties. On the night of May 9, 1945, Alexei Ivanovich Semenkov was instructed to deliver to Moscow a Soviet copy of the Act of Germany's unconditional surrender. After Victory - again in the Civil Air Fleet of the USSR, he was appointed commander of a separate air group of international air communications, then held other positions. In 1953 he became the head of one of the departments of the Civil Air Fleet of the USSR, later became the head of the State Aviation Inspectorate. In 1957, he was the first in the USSR to fly a transatlantic flight from Moscow to New York on a Tu-104 aircraft. Since 1970 - First Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation. In 1975 he retired with the rank of lieutenant general. He lived in Moscow, worked in one of the Moscow military registration and enlistment offices. By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 83 of January 26, 1998, Alexei Ivanovich Semenkov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for his courage and heroism in the struggle against the Nazi invaders in the Great Patriotic War. He died on November 16, 2000 in Moscow. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery. Awards and honorary titles: Hero of the Russian Federation (January 26, 1998) Gold Star Medal Two Orders of Lenin Order of the October Revolution.

"I am Tkachuk Alexey Isakovich, was born on February 14, 1921 in the family of a middle peasant, in the village of Norinsk, Ovruch district, Zhytomyr region of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1928 I entered the Norinsk secondary school, which I graduated from in 1938 - and went to work in Zhelonsk incomplete secondary school of the Ovruch district of the Zhytomyr region, where he worked until 1939. In 1939 he graduated from the advanced training courses for teachers and was appointed a teacher at the Skrebelich primary school of the Ovruch district of the Zhytomyr region, where he worked before being drafted into the Red Army. On September 18, 1939 he was drafted into the Red Army and on October 22, 1939, he arrived in the 504th Howitzer Artillery Regiment of the 102nd Infantry Division of the Siberian Military District, in the city of Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, where he was enrolled as a cadet in the regimental school of this regiment.In October 1940, he graduated from the regimental school with the rank of junior sergeant and was appointed for the position of commander of the radio unit of the 7th battery of the 3rd division of the 510th howitzer artillery regiment. In July 1941, as part of the regiment, he was sent to the Western Front, then to the Kalinin Front. The 510th Howitzer Artillery Regiment was transferred to the Reserve of the High Command, where it remained until October 1942. In the fall of 1942, by order of the Military Council of the 29th Army, the 510th Howitzer Artillery Regiment began to replace the material part worn out in battles. Since January 1, 1943, by order of the People's Commissariat of Defense, the regiment has been part of the 1st Howitzer Brigade of the 3rd Artillery Division of the Reserve of the High Command, where, as a radio unit commander, he participated in battles on the Western Front until August 3, 1943. On August 3, 1943, he was seriously wounded and sent to evacuation hospital No. 1236 at the Luza station of the Kirov region, where he lay until December 1943. In December, he was discharged from the hospital and sent to the 36th reserve artillery regiment of the 2nd reserve rifle division, at the Chebarkul station of the Chelyabinsk region, where he worked as a senior radiotelephone master of the regiment until March 1944. In March 1944, he was sent to the Frunze Gorky Red Banner Political School, which he graduated in February 1945. On February 2, 1944, he was awarded the rank of junior lieutenant. From February to May 1945 he was in the reserve regiment of political personnel in the city of Gorky. In May 1945 he was sent to the 1st Belorussian Front, where he was in the reserve of the political administration of the 1st Belorussian Front until June 1945. In June 1945, he was appointed to the post of Komsomol organizer of the 930th separate anti-aircraft artillery division of the 35th Guards Rifle Division of the 4th Guards Corps of the 8th Guards Army, where he worked until November 1945. In November 1945, due to the reduction of the liberated Komsomol agents, he was appointed to the post of Komsomol organizer of the 40th Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment of the 377th Guards Artillery Brigade of the 4th Guards Rifle Corps of the 7th Guards Army of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany, where he worked until June 1946. In June, due to the disbanding of the unit, he was appointed head of the library of the 399th Guards Artillery Brigade of the 82nd Guards Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Army of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, where he worked in this position until April 1947. Due to the fact that the unit was disbanded, in April 1947, he was appointed head of the library of the 128th Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment of the 57th Guards Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Army of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. In 1947, he completed a one-month course for library directors at the Political Directorate of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. In the 128th Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment he worked until December 1949 - and in December 1949 he was transferred to the Leningrad Military District and was appointed head of the club of the 335th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment of the 5th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade. The rank of lieutenant was awarded in March 1950. He was in the Komsomol from 1934 to 1943. In May 1943 he became a member of the All-Union Communist party (b). "PS This autobiography was written by him. After the Great Patriotic War, he held leading positions. He finished service in 1956, in the city of Pavlovsk, Leningrad region, with the rank of senior lieutenant. Was dismissed from Army Forces for health reasons, died on October 25, 2005. Buried in the village of Norinsk, Ovruch district, Zhytomyr region, Ukraine, he was a modest, honest, principled and respected person, never enjoyed any privileges.

In the village of Novikovo, Staro-Yuryevsky district, Tambov region, son Ivan was born in a large family of middle peasant Tikhomirov Ignat Vasilyevich and Anisia Ilyinichna on May 30, 1912. Ivan Tikhomirov was an active person, striving for knowledge. In 1931. in his village he graduated from the School of Peasant Youth (school of peasant youth), joined the Komsomol (All-Union Lenin Communist Youth Union) and honestly served the working people all his life. He continued his education at the industrial pedagogical technical school in the city of Losinoostrovsk, Moscow region, after graduating from which he worked as a mathematics teacher in the village of Borovok, Novo-Derevensky district, Ryazan region. In August 1936 he married, soon children were born - Galya and Volodya (in 1938 and 1940). The young family moved to the Moscow region, Ivan worked as the head of the Krasno-Pahorskiy RONO (regional department of public education), his wife studied at the Moscow IFLI (Institute of History, Philosophy and Literature). The world was already restless, a military threat was brewing. In 1940 he was sent to study at the Military-Political School named after Frunze of the Moscow Military District, in the city of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). In April 1941. assignment - to the Northwestern Military District. Military rank - junior political instructor. From the first day of the war until December 1944 Ivan Tikhomirov was in the army. In September 1941 junior political instructor Ivan Tikhomirov was sent to the North-Western Front in the 163rd Infantry Division, appointed commissar of the 1st battery, then deputy commissar of the 1st division, then - party organizer of the 365th artillery regiment. After the war, he corresponded with fellow soldiers, received invitations from the Council of Veterans of the 163 divisions, traveled to Moscow for meetings, brought group photographs of comrades in arms, returned rejuvenated and enlightened. And he was very fond of humming "March of the Gunners". Ivan Ignatievich did not talk about the war, he avoided memories. For many years after the war, he shouted at night: “Forward! For the Motherland! " Rare front-line photographs with his comrades in arms have been preserved. On one of them there is an officer on the breastwork of a trench, on the back there is an inscription: “To the fighting friend Tikhomyrych. Looking at the photo, remember the "fun" days of our "peaceful" life. I hope that after the end of the war we will find an opportunity and conditions for a meeting so that we can remember the past days with a good glass. February 6, 1944 from. Kluki, Kiev region. Signature (illegible) ". In May 1944. Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet, presented awards to military officers. Major Tikhomirov was awarded the Order of the Red Star. Tikhomirov I.I. in the column "Government and other awards" there are: 1. Medal "For Military Merit". For military distinction 2. Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. For military distinction. 3. Order of the Red Star. For military distinctions. 4. Order of the Red Star. For military distinctions. 5. Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945." 6. Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy" 7. Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" 8. Medal "20 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941 -1945" 9. Medal "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" In the spring of 1944. after being awarded the order, he received a short vacation, visited his family and gave life to his daughter. His wife wrote to the front: "Vanya, I'm pregnant!" And he replied: “So many people have died! Give birth, Sashko, maybe this is our happiness! " And so it happened - daughter Tatyana was born in February 1945, Ivan was already recalled from the front to study, he was never even wounded. Fate ... To children, Ivan Ignatievich told that once during a bombing, nurse Masha pushed him into a trench, covered him with her body, saved him, and she herself was seriously wounded. He could not find her after the war, and bequeathed to his children to remember about Masha. At the beginning of 1945. Major Tikhomirov became a cadet at the military academy. When the school year ended, he brought his family to Moscow. They did not give a residence permit, which means there are no ration cards either. We lived in the office of some kind boss. The cadet rations were divided into five. Hope for the best. But one day the wife saw a rat on her youngest daughter, who was sleeping for lack of another place in a galvanized trough. The family is more expensive, he filed a report on expulsion from the academy. Transferred to the Saratov military school as a teacher, moved with the whole family. He simultaneously began to study, graduated in 1946 artillery faculty of the Higher All-Army Military-Political Courses in Moscow. My wife worked in the library of the Saratov School. The family was not assembled for long, Ivan received a new assignment - three years of service in East Germany as part of a group of Soviet troops. Without family. And again my wife waited ... In the spring of 1950. already in the rank of lieutenant colonel I.I. Tikhomirov was sent to serve in the north, in the city of Arkhangelsk. This time he is traveling with his family. The work was connected with frequent business trips, traveling, in the room there was always a "emergency case" at the ready in case of an alarm or an emergency call. They lived in a two-story barrack for 18 officer families, a common long corridor, a common kitchen with a huge wood-burning stove. We lived openly and amicably. All went through wars,men- at the front, women - at the rear. Neighbor aunt Dasha survived the Leningrad blockade. In the spring of 1958. there was a sharp reduction in the size of the Army, many front-line soldiers resigned, including Ivan Ignatievich. The military service ended, a new stage of life began. The wives returned to their homeland in the Novo-Derevensky district of the Ryazan region. The new academic year 1958 began at the Al.-Nevskaya secondary school: Ivan was a military teacher, his wife was a teacher of home economics, and later - of history. It was difficult after the city in the village without light, with a kerosene lamp, but gradually we got used to it. They built their own house, rejoiced in the garden and flower garden, friends appeared, they were well received at school. Tikhomirov I.I., a communist with 20 years of experience, began to conduct active public work, was repeatedly awarded with certificates of honor of the district party committee as a propagandist and agitator, he was respected in the team for responsibility, honesty, adherence to principles and exactingness, - the military tempering affected. The war has undermined health. Ivan Ignatievich Tikhomirov died on May 17, 1970. Memories of the daughter of Tatyana.

From our family, three people participated in the war,among them: my grandfather was tortured to death in a concentration camp in the Krasnodar Territory, my uncle was drafted in 1940, he served in the city of Lodz. Part of it was located three kilometers from the border and in the first minutes of the war, he died for his homeland. And the third participant in this war was my dad. He returned from the war as a disabled person of the second group. Father was drafted into the army when Pyatigorsk was liberated. From here the hard soldier's path began. He took part in the liberation of Ukraine, Poland, East Prussia. By profession, he was a regimental sapper. This case was in Poland. The command gave the assignment, to take "tongue" before the general offensive of our troops. All types of army reconnaissance began, as they say, the hunt for "tongue". Here is a group in which dad took part went on reconnaissance and for a long time could not take the language "Moving towards the enemy's defenses, they cleared the minefield, where they caught their dawn. They went about 200 meters away from the enemy front line, and found a German house during the retreat. it was already on the eighth day when they managed to take "the tongue" with a fight. For this feat, my dad was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree. After the general offensive, our troops overcame the enemy defenses, liberated Poland and began to advance towards East Prussia. Moving forward, our troops however, had losses. Prussia was already a fascist territory. Our soldiers fought fiercely for every meter of this land. The Germans were strongly defended here, as they felt that they would end. Liberating the territory from the enemy, the troops crossed the Oder River, and having captured the city of Ollau, our troops successfully advanced forward. After walking two hundred kilometers from this city, on February 15, 1945, my dad was seriously wounded. He lost his leg while clearing a minefield. They cleared this field for further advance of our troops forward. On this day, my dad at the age of nineteen remained disabled for the rest of his life. Due to this serious injury, he was treated in hospitals for 27 months. During the period of his battle, he received government awards. 1. Order of the Patriotic War of the first and second degree. 2.Medal "For Victory over Germany" 3.Medal "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" 4.Medal "20 years of Victory" 5.Medal "25 years of Victory" 6.Medal "For Valorous Labor" 7.Order of Glory, second and third degree 8. Order of the Red Star and many more medals. I am writing on behalf of my father: I, as a defender of my Motherland, wish the young generation a peaceful and happy life, so that there would be no horrors of war on their way of life. I wish all the young generation to live merrily and joyfully under the clear sky of the Motherland.

Suleimanov Haris Suleimanovich was born on September 15, 1919 in the village of Starye Chelny, Spassky district of Kazan province (now Alkeevsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan). Member of the Great Patriotic War. Drafted into the Red Army on October 10, 1941 by the Alkeevsky RVK of the Tatar ASSR. He fought since March 1942 on the Volkhov, Voronezh, Steppe, 2nd Belorussian and 3rd Belorussian fronts. Senior lieutenant, Komsomol organizer of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 973rd rifle regiment of the 270th rifle division. A quote from the award list of July 12, 1943 about awarding Senior Lieutenant Suleimanov with the medal "For Courage": "In the battle on July 12, 1943, showing courage and resilience, at a critical moment in the battle raised a platoon, shouting" For the Motherland! For Stalin! " led him into the attack and was the first to break into the defensive lines of the Nazis, ensuring the advance of the company. He himself was seriously wounded. " After treatment in the hospital, senior lieutenant Haris Suleimanov becomes a Komsomol organizer of the 1207th self-propelled artillery Tannenberg regiment of the 10th Dnieper Order of the Suvorov Tank Corps in the 5th Guards Tank Army. A quote from the award list of March 23, 1945 on awarding Senior Lieutenant Suleimanov with the Order of the Red Star: "During the period of battles in East Prussia, he accepted 12 fighters as members of the Komsomol and 12 Komsomol members - candidates for members of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks. February 5, 1945, where he inspired the soldiers by personal example, destroying 3 Nazis. " Member of the Soviet-Japanese War, fought in the 1207th Tannenberg Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment of the 10th Tank Dnieper Order of the Suvorov Corps on the 1st Far Eastern Front. A quote from the award list dated September 30, 1945 about awarding Senior Lieutenant Suleimanov with the Order of the Patriotic War II degree: "During the battles of the regiment against Japanese samurai in the Far East, from August 9, 1945, set up Komsomol fighters for their vanguard role in defeating the enemy. For the period of combat march prepared and admitted to the Komsomol 10 advanced fighters. " Awarded with medals "For Courage" (1943), "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." (1945) and "For Victory over Japan" (1945), the Orders of the Red Star (1945) and the Order of the Patriotic War II degree (1945). In 1985, in honor of the 40th anniversary of Victory, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree. He died on April 16, 1987, at the age of 68.

Telitsyn Vasily Papovich, born December 13, 1909, a native of the Sunsky district. 06/23/1941 (on the second day of the war) was drafted into the Red Army with a car (he worked as a driver in the RaiPO(Disrtict Consumer Society). He fought in the Leningrad area near the city of Narva. Then, on the Volkhov front, he took part in the crossing of Lake Ladoga. He performed the tasks of covering the immediate approaches to Leningrad and preventing its capture by the enemy. On April 2, 1942, he was seriously wounded and contused. From the field hospital by plane from the encirclement transferred to the rear hospital. After long-term treatment, he was sent to serve in Riga, where he celebrated Victory Day over Nazi Germany (by chance that day in Riga he met his brother Mikhail, also a front-line soldier). Then he was transferred to Mongolia, where he participated in battles as part of the troops of the Trans-Baikal Front. He celebrated the Victory Day over Japan in Mukden (China). He returned home in December 1945. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Medal for Military Merit, the Order of the Patriotic War, and numerous medals. From the speech of V.P. Telitsyn. at a rally in the village of Suna in honor of the Victory over Nazi Germany (70s): “I was taken into the army on the second day of the war, along with a car. At that time, I worked as a driver in the Sunsky regional consumer union. Among others, I was sent to the Leningrad direction near the city of Narva. I had to experience the bitterness of retreat (left Tikhvin, Volkhov). They retreated along the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga. They retreated with battles, defended themselves. However, the fascists at that time were stronger than us. In 1942 we were transferred to the rear to replenish personnel and receive new equipment. After formation, our unit was sent to the Volkhov front in the Second Shock Army, commanded by the traitor to the Motherland, General Vlasov. We, rank-and-file soldiers, as well as officers, did not know about this betrayal. They fought heroically and bravely with the Nazis. The second shock was surrounded by German fascist troops. The ring was broken several times, but the Germans surrounded us again. We suffered heavy losses, but many Germans were killed. We were short of ammunition and food. We were given the task to break through the encirclement and deliver cartridges, shells and food to the encircled. Under constant mortar fire and bombing, we still managed to break through in several vehicles. We were loaded with the necessary load, and we drove back. But the ring had already closed again. There were swamps all around, the only road we drove along was constantly bombarded. We got into a zone of massive fire. It was April 2, 1942. I was wounded in the right arm and leg, and I was concussed. I lost consciousness, then came to my senses. Mines exploded all around. I managed to start the car and took it out of the firing zone. The whole car was pierced by shrapnel, but the engine was unharmed. The rest of the vehicles also managed to break through and the necessary cargo was delivered to our military unit. It was a very difficult time for our Second Shock Army. The encirclement ring was shrinking every day. I was placed in a field hospital (surrounded) at the Rogavka station (registration in the fields: Novgorod region, 140 km from St. Petersburg, hospital No. 2538). He lay there for 30 days, as there was no way to transport them across the front line from the encirclement. All the same, the plane landed and we, seriously wounded, were taken to the rear hospital. After a long treatment, I was sent to another military unit. He met the victory over fascist Germany in Riga. On this day, I accidentally met my brother, also a participant in the Great Patriotic War. Soon our unit was sent to Russia, and from there to Mongolia. I took part in battles to defend Leningrad, Estonia and in battles as part of the Trans-Baikal Front. Celebrated the Victory Day over Germany in Riga. Victory Day over Japan was celebrated in China, in the city of Mukden. He was demobilized in December 1945. Allow me, dear war veterans, all participants of the meeting, to congratulate you on the Victory Day, to wish you good health, success in your affairs and eternal peace time.

Nikolai Ivanovich Soldatov was born on March 4, 1923 in the village of Torbeevo of the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. His father, Ivan Soldatov, arrived in the Chibyu settlement of the Komi ASSR in 1930 as part of the 2nd geological exploration expedition of the UGPU. And in 1935 Kolya came to the North with his mother, in the same year Kolya entered the 3rd grade of secondary school №1. He managed to finish only 7 classes. In 1939, Nikolai Soldatov joined a refinery operator as an assistant. In his spare time, Nikolai studied in the drama club at the plant, but the role of Tishka in the play "We are not strangers" by AN Ostrovsky did not have time to play - the war broke out. Nikolai was drafted into the army on May 2, 1942. First - the school of junior command personnel in Vologda, then in September of the same 42nd - the Volkhov front, platoon commander. NI Soldatov recalled: “My first baptism of fire was when the blockade of Leningrad was broken on January 12-18, 1943. Through the roar and rumble of exploding shells and mines, we heard from the radio horn the song “Get up, this is a huge country!”, And this gave us strength. The Germans could not withstand our onslaught, and the blockade was broken. In these battles I was seriously wounded ... ”During the entire war Nikolai was wounded 4 times. The second wound was during the liberation of Pskov in July 1944, when he crossed the Velikaya River as part of the 1st shock army of the 326 rifle division of the 1101 rifle regiment; the third wound - in the battles for the liberation of Estonia in the fall of 1944 (3rd Baltic Front). The last wound was during the storming of Konigsberg in the spring of 1945. Nikolai met the Victory Day in the hospital №414 in the city of Sverdlovsk. In October 1945 he was discharged from the military register and returned to Ukhta. After graduating from the accelerated cooperative technical school in the city of Sverdlovsk, he worked at the Ukhtkombinat, from 1958-1978. - in the Ukhtazhilstroy trust, since 1978 - was retired. Nikolai Ivanovich was a frequent visitor to his native school № 1, a participant in meetings of veterans, an active member of the society of front-line friends. On February 16, 2004, the heart of Nikolai Ivanovich Soldatov stopped beating. But the memory of this wonderful man, patriot of the Fatherland, will never fade away.

My grandfather, Davyd Moiseevich Soloviev, was born on 19.08.1920. in Kiev. On Sunday 22 June 1941 they began to bomb Kiev, during this bombing not only my parents were killed, but almost all of my grandfather's relatives. As a volunteer in the first proletarian artillery regiment, he signed up on 07/15/1941. In Autumn of 1941 Private soldier Davyd Solovyov, a horse-drawn sled, is wounded, after which he was sent to Kyzyl-Orda, Kiev State University was evacuated there as well, where he was a student, which allowed the Red Army soldier Solovyov to complete his studies and receive a pedagogical education. A certified teacher is sent to the Ryazan Artillery School, after which he receives an officer's rank and is appointed first as a battery commander, and then as chief of staff of an artillery regiment. With this regiment, Davyd Moiseevich reached the Polish city of Poznan, in the battles for which he was seriously wounded three times. After a long recovery, grandfather returned to his colleagues, took part in the liberation of Gdansk, and later, after the war, received the status of an honorary citizen of Gdansk. Davyd met Victory Day on the Elbe. From the stories of my grandfather: "After the signing of the Non-Aggression Pact on the evening of May 8, 1945, the weather was warm, the sky was starry, on one bank the Soviet troops, on the other, the allies, celebrated the victory, swam." May 9, 1945 morning. began with a bombing from the air by German troops, everyone was asleep, no one expected an attack by enemy troops, a lot of people died. The war for my grandfather ended only at the end of June 1945. in Poland. During the liberation battles, my grandfather independently studied the Polish language, and therefore, after the war, he was instructed to take part in the formation of the Polish Army, translating Soviet regulations and instructions for combat training into Polish. In gratitude, the Poles awarded him the title of Captain of the Polish Army. In 1946. Davyd Moiseevich entered the classes as a teacher of mathematics, being at the same time a Soviet and Polish officer. These were classes first at the Kursk, then at the Ussuriysk and Kalinin Suvorov schools. Thousands of current generals and colonels remember the teacher Solovyov with gratitude, and Solovyov, a musician, poet and soloist of the choir of the Kalinin SVU - with delight and surprise: how many talents can one person be endowed with! In 1960, David Moiseevich, the first in the system of Suvorov schools, was awarded the title "Honored Teacher of the RSFSR". He retired in 1987. at the age of 67 and soon a new math teacher appeared in high school № 17. Davyd Moiseevich developed many methods for the Institute for the Improvement of Teachers, and was systematically invited to Moscow to give lectures on methods of teaching mathematics. And how many times he admired his students, in his mind "clicking" the most difficult problems sent from Moscow State University. Soloviev Davyd Moiseevich - Honored Teacher of Russia and four times Soros Prize laureate. In December 2002. great-grandfather was awarded a medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, second degree, and on January 27, 2003. he passed away at 83. He was seen off on his last journey with all military honors (with the national flag of Russia with a mourning ribbon, a guard of honor to the coffin, a military band, an artillery salute), and a civil funeral service was organized. The Alley of Glory in Dmitrovo-Cherkassy became the last refuge of my grandfather in Tver, in the grateful memory of those who proudly say: "I am a student of Solovyov."

My dad, Sobachkin Vladimir Gavrilovich was born on February 24, 1918 in the village of Alexandriiskaya in the North Caucasus Territory. In 1933, the family moved to Moscow. In 1937 he was a student at a steam locomotive technical school. In November, they took their father, Sobachkin Gavriil Semenovich, who worked as the head of educational unit of one of the Moscow schools (shot in February 1938). Then they took their mother, Elizaveta Ivanovna Sobachkina, 8 years old in the camps. The younger brother was placed in an orphanage, and dad was sentenced on 24.06.38 as an a Public Enemy for 5 years from 29.12.1937.From December 1937 to December 1942 he was in the labor camps of the NKVD: Medvezhyegorsk camp, Karelo-Finnish SSR, Solikamsk camp, Perm region, with. Borovskoe, Solikamsk. Released on December 29, 1942, volunteered for the war. Was drafted to Solikamsk in February 1943. From March 1943 to September 1945 - served in the ranks of the army. Awarded: 1943 - Medal "For Courage", 1944 - Order of the Red Star, 1945 - Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw", Medal "For Victory over Germany". He fought - 2nd Belorussian Front, 118th Guards Red Banner Regiment, 37th Guards Rifle Division. Commander of the artillery control squad, guard senior sergeant. From the beginning of hostilities on the Kursk-Oryol Bulge and to the shores of the Baltic Sea (Rostock), he was always on the front line, worked as a senior reconnaissance officer in a 120-mm mortar battery, penal battalion. He was promoted to the post of commander of the command department For the courage shown during the breakthrough of the enemy's defense in the area of ​​N of the item. Kalinovichi was awarded the medal "For Courage". In the battles during the crossing of the Western Bug, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star for personal heroism. When breaking through the heavily fortified enemy defense south-west of Zhlobin, he received gratitude from the commander of the 18th Red Banner Infantry Corps. Repeatedly received orders of thanks from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief: November 18, 1943 for the liberation of Rechitsa; the crossing of the Oder The Military Council of the Army announced gratitude; July 8, 1944 for the capture of the city of Baranovichi; from May 1, 1945 for the capture of the cities of Stralsund, Grimmen, Demmin, Malkhin, Waren, Wesenberg; of March 6, 1945 for the liberation of the town of Grudziandz (Graudenz); dated June 28, 1944 for the release of the railway. Osipovichi node; of March 7, 1945 for the liberation of the cities of Gnev and Starograd; of March 30, 1945 for the liberation of Gdansk (Danzig); of April 26, 1945 for the forcing of the eastern and western Oder and for the capture of the main city of Stettin in Pomerania. Three times he was wounded. He refused hospitalization. Demobilized from the ranks of the Red Army in November 1945 (Freiburg, Germany). Nowhere to go, no home, no family. It was not allowed to stay in big cities. They offered a choice of three cities, one of them - Dnepropetrovsk. The commander offered to go to Dnepropetrovsk, to the Southern Machine Building Plant. So I stayed there. Rehabilitated in April 1957. In peacetime, my father worked at various large factories in Dnepropetrovsk. The last place of work - the head of the Kharkov Institute "Ukrgipromash" in Dnepropetrovsk. As a war veteran, he was invited to school for lessons in Courage. He kept up a correspondence with the children from the orphanage in Volgograd, came to visit them, brought gifts. He died in 1980.

Savchuk Galina Gavrilovna (maiden name - Chesnokova) was born on February 14, 1921 in the city of Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk region. After graduating from school number 8 and the Zlatoust pedagogical school, she returned to school number 8. She worked as a teacher of Russian language and literature. In January 1942, she was voluntarily sent to Moscow to attend courses for junior political workers. After graduation, she was sent to serve in the political department of the 69th separate naval rifle brigade, which was part of the 7th separate army of the Karelian Front, which defended the borders along the Svir River. Later, before the start of the Svirsk-Petrozavodsk offensive operation in 1944, the brigade conducted an active defense on the Svirsk defensive line. In March 1944, the 7th separate army as part of the Karelian Front began to actively prepare for offensive battles. During the Svir-Petrozavodsk offensive operation, the brigade liberated Svyatozero, Pryazha, Kindasovo and Essoila from the enemy. They began the operation on 06/19/1944. Being in the first echelon of the army, the brigade fought to eliminate the enemy bridgehead on the left bank of the Svir River near the village of Svir-3. On the night of June 20-21, 1944, the city of Svirstroy was liberated. Having forced the Svir River in the Ascension area, the brigade continued to pursue the retreating enemy along the right bank in the direction of the town of Lodeinoe Pole. For active participation in the preparation of the operation and displayed courage, Lieutenant G.G. Chesnokova was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". After the completion of the Svir-Petrozavodsk operation, in mid-September 1944, the brigade was transferred to the Polar region to the Murmansk direction to the Kola station, from where, from 10/07/1944, as part of the 127 light rifle corps of the 14th army of the Karelian Front, took part in the Petsamo-Kirkinesk offensive operation ... For bravery and perseverance, the brigade's personnel was awarded government awards, incl. Lieutenant G.G. Chesnokova - the medal "For the Defense of the Soviet Arctic". In January 1945, the light infantry corps and their brigades were reorganized into mountain rifle corps, and at the beginning of February the 69th separate mountain rifle Pechenga Red Banner Order of the Red Star brigade, consisting of the 127 light mountain rifle corps, entered the 38th Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front. From February to May 20, 1945, the brigade conducted continuous offensive battles in Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia. In March 1945, the brigade took part in the Moravian-Ostrava offensive, fought fierce battles for Moravian Ostrava, then liberated Stermberg. In late March - early April 1945, the brigade's units took part in the liberation of cities and towns in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. 69 Pechenga Mountain Rifle Red Banner Orders of Bogdan Khmelnitsky and the Red Star Brigade of 127 Light Mountain Rifle Red Banner Corps of the 1st Guards Army ended the war by participating in the Prague operation on May 12, 1945 in the city of Pardubice in the vicinity of Prague. For the conscientious fulfillment of the tasks of the command and the shown courage and valor, Senior Lieutenant Savchuk G.G. was awarded the Order of the Red Star. The material was prepared by Alexander Alexandrovich Savchuk's son 15.04.2