Order of the Red Star

Tukhtasinov Ismail was born in the city of Margelan, Uzbek SSR. At the end of 1941, he volunteered for the front as part of the 94th separate rifle brigade, which was being formed in Fergana. He was a young journalist, but in the war he studied and became an artilleryman. In 1942 he was already a gun commander and fought on the Southwestern Front. As part of the 21st Army of the Stalingrad Front, he participated in heavy and bloody defensive battles for the city of Stalingrad, participated in breaking through the enemy defense on the Don River near the city of Serafimovich, surrounded, captured and eliminated by the Stalingrad group of Nazi German troops of Field Marshal Paulus. He was seriously wounded. In December 1942 he was awarded the medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad". However, this medal found him only in April 1966. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star on September 26, 1943. "During the battle for the Slavyanka settlement of the Dnepropetrovsk region, gunner I. Tukhtasinov from the 76mm cannon destroyed one tank, burned one car with ammunition and destroyed up to 16 Nazis" (TsAMO Fund 33 inventory 686044 storage units 845) Awarded a medal for courage 28.02 .1944. "In the battle for the colony No. 7 of the Dnepropetrovsk region, his cannon with direct fire under enemy artillery and mortar fire destroyed one gun, two observation posts and suppressed two machine guns" (TsAMO Fund 33 inventory 690,155 storage units 1882). As part of the 3rd Guards Army, he reached Budapest, where he was seriously wounded. In May 1945 he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. After being wounded, he could no longer fight and in May 1945 he returned to his native Fergana. Awarded with: the Order of the Patriotic War I degree, the Order of the Red Star, the medal "For Courage", the medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", the medal "For Military Merit". He returned to his favorite journalistic work and until the end of his life he wrote about his comrades in arms, difficult war years, about the courage and dedication of Soviet soldiers who gave their lives so that we live in peace.

Troshin Nikolai Danilovich was born in 1922. Was drafted into the army in May 1941, Sukhinichsky RVK of the Smolensk region. He made his way from an ordinary soldier to a petty officer of the Guards 482 of a separate cable-pole company of the 39th Army. The main task of the telephone-costruction company was the creation and maintenance of temporary overhead telephone-construction communication lines. For this, special tests with an insulator were used, on which various types of cables were attached. The 39th army took part in the hostilities of the Kalinin, Zapodny, 3rd Belarusian, 1st Baltic fronts. participated in the Moscow and Rzhev battles. The 39th army took part in the Vitebsk, Belorussian, Baltic, East Prussian operations. Together with the 482 separate telephone-construction company, Sergeant Major Nikolai Danilovich Troshin marched to Western Europe. In May June 1945, the 39th Army was redeployed to Mongolia and on June 20 was included in the Trans-Baikal Front. Its composition took part in the Soviet-Japanese War of 1945. During the front-line offensive Khingano-Mukden operation (August 9, September 2), the army's troops attacked the Timpag-Kulit salient against the troops of the 3rd front of the Kwantung Army and the left flank of the 4th separate army. Having defeated the enemy troops, covering the approaches to the passes of the Greater Khingan, the army captured the Halun Arigan fortified area, developing an offensive on Changchun, advanced 350 - 400 km with battles and capturing Ulan-Khoto and Solun (Manchuria), on August 14, it went to the central part of Manchuria to the south, part of the army, in cooperation with the 6th Guards Tank Army, liberated Mukden on August 19, Changchun on August 20, entered the Kwantung Peninsula and occupied Dalny (Dalin) on August 21, Port Arthur on August 22. Was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War II degree 08/08/1944, the Order of the Red Star on 01/31/1945, the medal "For Courage" 02/08/1945, the medal "For Military Merit" 06/10/1943, the medal "For Victory over Japan ". He died in 1986. Buried in the village of Medvedka, Totsky district, Orenburg region.

Stepan Tatarnikov was born on August 1, 1914 in the village of Mamayevka in the present-day Arys District of the South Kazakhstan Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It was a Russian settlement that was formed in 1891 on the bank of the Arys River. Immigrants from the Central Russian provinces came here. In this small village, one of the peasants organized a school in his house. In it, apparently, Stepan studied. Later, the Tatarnikov family moved to Kyrgyzstan, where Stepan finished 7 classes of school. In 1937, he was drafted into the Red Army by the Osh District Military Commissariat of the Osh Region of the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic, and since 1940 was listed in the Red Army with the rank of Second Lieutenant. In the first year of the war, he was sent to a military school to learn the profession of a tank driver. Stepan served as a crew commander of the ISU-152 self-propelled gun in the 349th Guards Heavy Self-propelled Artillery of the Lvov Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Regiment. Awarded the Order of the Red Star. Extract from the award list: "Guards Second Lieutenant S. Tatarnikov in the battle to eliminate the encircled enemy group in the town of Breslau showed courage and bravery. On April 8, 1945, in the battle for the unnamed quarter, North of the gas plant, with his bold and decisive actions, he moved his self-propelled gun to an open firing position and destroyed 1 maintenance point, 3 machine-gun points and up to 20 Hitlerites, which ensured the capture of the quarter by our infantry with the least losses. On April 14, 1945, in the battle for the object of #50 Guards Second Lieutenant S. Tatarnikov moved his self-propelled gun to an open firing position and destroyed 1 wood-earth firing point, 2 machine-gun points and up to 15 Hitlerites, which ensured the advance of our infantry. April 23, 1945 in the battle for quarter #428 with bold actions, risking his life, put forward a self-propelled gun and destroyed: 2 wood-earth firing points, 3 machine-gun points and up to 30 Nazis, which ensured the advancement of our infantry and the capture of quarter #428". In 1945, Stepan returned from the war. Married. The Tatarnikov family had two children: a daughter, Larisa, and a son, Sergey. During the entire post-war time, Stepan and his family lived in the Kyrgyz city of Osh, where the head of the family worked as a builder – a profession that he received before the war. He retired at the age of 60. Stepan died In 1982. He was awarded, posthumously, the Order of the Patriotic War II degree in 1985.

In one small village of Sychevka, Nikiforovskiy District, Tambov Region, in 1923, the future hero - the boy Peter was born. His childhood was difficult, poverty, hunger. From an early age, he helped his father, had to earn money himself to feed his family. At the age of 7, he went to school, and at 15 he left school and went to study in the Saratov Region. He never returned home. He was caught by the Great Patriotic War. Seventeen year old Peter Sychev began his military service as a soldier of the Bryansk Proletarian Rifle Division from the Oryol Region. On September 23, 1941, a regiment #1104 was formed within the division in the city of Michurinsk. The regiment entered the battle on the near approaches to Moscow and on December 1, 1941, with the heroic efforts of soldiers and officers, stopped the enemy. In December 1941, the regiment liberated the cities of Solnechnogorsk and Volokolamsk. Further and further from Moscow they pushed German occupiers. They reached the Smolensk Region with heavy losses. Peter Sychev was a sniper in the Soviet Army. While serving in a sniper company, he killed 38 German soldiers and officers with well-aimed shots from his sniper rifle, including 6 officers and 3 enemy snipers. Only for the period from August 1943, the sniper Sychev destroyed 24 Germans. In the defense near the village of Novoe Selo, Vitebsk Region, when the 331 Red Banner Smolensk Rifle Division, in which Sychev served, was fighting for liberation, Peter found a German sniper. He hunted him for two days without leaving his position. Having outwitted the German, our hero destroyed him with the first shot and on the same day, December 24, 1943, destroyed another German. A month later, he told about this in a letter to his family. Sniper private Peter Sychev was awarded the government award the Order of the Red Banner. On December 26, 1943, the award found its hero. From the hands of the guard commander, First Lieutenant Sokolov, Peter received the long-awaited Order. In the fighting, he was repeatedly wounded. But fate gave him a chance again and again. He fought, liberating the territory after territory, demonstrating the dedication and bravery of the highest will-power and virility. The years went by. Our soldiers kept fighting. Not often, but he wrote to his family. After a long absence of letters, they received a letter from his friend of Peter. In it, he wrote about the last moments of P. Sychev life. "After a short halt, back to the battle. He crawls on the ground, I shout at him: "Go right!" But he doesn't seem to hear and crawls to the left. Explosion!" A Soviet soldier died heroically on June 25, 1944. It was in the village of Teolin, Dubrovskiy District, Vitebsk Region. Pursuing the retreating enemy, the regiment broke through the enemy defense in the Vitebsk Region and successively captured Babichi, Teolin, Chizhovka, Pugacheva. By order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Marshal of the Soviet Union, comrade Stalin, gratitude was declared for breaking through the enemy's defenses. Hero Peter Sychev remained forever on a foreign land, in a mass grave in which 350 soldiers as brave and courageous as he were buried.

My father Nikolay Sysoev was born in 1924 on August 27 in the village of Telets, Trubchevskiy District. In September 1943, he was drafted to the Red Army. He went from Krasnodar to Gomel in a training battalion. His first battle took place on 14 December in Belarus. He was wounded in the right side of chest. He was treated in hospital in Bryansk until March 15, 1944, and then was in training regiment. and five Podgorny wrote a report to the front served as the 31st reserve training rifle regiment of Junior commanders is the former 25th Chapaev division after the training regiment was sent to the 2nd Tank Army 66th Tank Brigade of Colonel General Bogdanov of the 1st Belarusian Front. My father told me about the battle of the Vislinsky bridgehead. With the battles he passed through Poland. He was lightly wounded and entered with fierce fighting in Germany. On April 21, he was sent to reconnaissance mission in Berlin at 1 am. Marked the occupied buildings with flags used 22 flags. On April 24, with five Moldovan soldiers, he was sent to reconnaissance mission, to check the bridge over the Spree River. It was blown up. They stopped to rest. Sysoev was located in the crater from the explosion. The Germans started firing. He was shot in the head and leg. Been out of memory for a while. He was lying in a medical facility. The shard was removed from the head with a chisel and a hammer. Five days, the temperature was 40 degrees and four days of gangrene have taken away a toe. He was alone in a private room. The nurse on duty fell asleep. On the fifth day the right side was inflamed it was in the city of Los Berg. My father remembered that very much wanted wet apples. The nurse brought three wet apples. My father was surprised and now they say that after he ate them it became easier for him. He was in Berlin until 1948. Was awarded the Order of Glory 3rd degree. List of awards: 1. Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree 2. Order of the Red Star 3. Order of Glory 3rd degree. 4. Medal For Bravery 5. Medal For Military Merit 6. Medal For the Liberation of Warsaw 7. Medal For the Capture of Berlin

M. Syrovatkin was born on April 21, 1923 in the village of Bychok, Petropavlovskiy District, Voronezh Region. Military rank: Guards Corporal. Position: calculator of the 8th Battery, 3rd Detachment, 38th Guards Kalinkovichskaya Double Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Artillery Brigade. In the Red Army from May 18, 1942. He was called up by the Mechetinsky District Military Commiserate of the Zernogradskiy District of the Rostov Region. Participation in the Great Patriotic War from September 27, 1942. Awards: Order of the Red Star (April 18, 1945), Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree, Medals: For the Defense of the Caucasus, For the Liberation the Crimea, For the Capture of Berlin, For Bravery, For the Victory over Germany. “In May 1942, I was drafted into the Red Army and was sent to the Artillery Officer School in Ordzhonikidze (Vladikavkaz). After 4 months of training, due to the approach of the front, the school was disbanded and the cadets were assigned to military units. I was assigned to the 61st Artillery Regiment, which was in the Commander-in-Chief's reserve. The Commander, Colonel G. Dol, assigned me to a platoon of 152 mm guns, and soon transferred to the platoon management of calculations and adjustments, where there were more competent soldiers. I had a technical school and four months of artillery school behind. 61 regiment took part in the battles by the village of Voznesenskaya near Mozdok. With the German advance on Vladikavkaz, our regiment was transferred there. Fierce battles were fought for the villages of Khorsky, S. Dzuarikau and Elkhotovo (Elkhotovo Gate). That was a kind of meat grinder. We defended, the Germans pressed, they needed a breakthrough to the Caspian sea, and its oil. But we had hold out. Help came from the North. In connection with the defeat of the Germans at Stalingrad, our troops launched an offensive towards Transcaucasia. The Germans began to withdraw to the Taman Peninsula. Thanks to the coordinated work of fire control of the 61st Artillery Regiment, the shells fell exactly on targets at the retreating German troops. On January 11, 1943, Mozdok and Nalchik were liberated, and Stavropol was liberated by the morning of January 21. I participated in the liberation of Pyatigorsk and Krasnodar. My first award, the most expensive, for the defense of the Caucasus. The 61st Artillery Regiment also had a lot of merit in the liberation of this cities. Then our 61st Artillery Regiment was transferred to the Crimea in the area of Perekop and Sivash. In early March, it rained. Muddy roads hindered the movement of troops. We were practically standing still. Only tractors could move, but with difficulty. On April 8, we received an order for the offensive. We were issued with four sets of ammunition, food for 18 days, and five refills of gas. On April 11, 1944, we broke through the defenses at Perekop and Sivash and captured the city of Dzhankoy, and on April 13, our banners were flying over Simferopol, Yevpatoria and Feodosia. The 61st artillery regiment contributed a lot for these victories. After the Crimea, our regiment was sent to Belarus and fought as a part of the 1st Belorussian Front. Belarus was occupied by German for three years. We saw devastated cities, burned down houses in villages, not a single school, not a single family that would not have suffered from the Nazis. The task of the 1st Belorussian Front was to liberate Baranovichi, Pinsk, and Brest. At dawn on July 8, fighting broke out for the city of Baranovichi and by lunchtime, it was liberated. I participated in the liberation of Pinsk, and Borovichi. By the order of the Commander-in-Chief, the 61st Artillery Regiment was merged with the 62nd Artillery Regiment into the 38th Artillery Brigade in October 1944, and it was transferred to the Baltic States and participated in the liberation of Riga. Heavy battles were fought for the station Vainode. War is war. They awarded those who distinguished themselves, buried the dead, and sent the wounded to the medical unit. We received replacements in return, and were taught them how to fire. I close my eyes and see my comrades standing in front of me. I remember their faces, even some of them by name. Soldiers who died in battle are alive as long as we remember them. The closest comrades-in-arms remained in my memory forever. Ivan Kolmykov from Azov, was trained in Ordzhonikidze, received baptism of fire near the station of Arkhonskaya, Ivan Zhukov - the gun commander. Near Riga, he engaged 13 German tanks and destroyed four of them. Peter Kubanskiy, the chauffeur, delivered ammunition in any weather under any conditions. They are dead, they are dead! In December 1944, our 38th Artillery Brigade was already fighting in Poland. We came to the Oder River near Neu-Glitzen. Our troops started crossing and our artillery brigade covered it. The crossing was difficult, we made several attempts and suffered heavy losses. Many of our soldiers and commanders displayed heroism. The Oder River is more than 100 meters wide and up to 7 meters deep. In some places, the crossing was difficult. The town of Neu-Glitzen was located on the German side of the Oder River. From April 16 to April 19, the German defense consisting of three echelons was breached and the road to Berlin was opened. On April 18, 1945, I was awarded the Order of the Red Star for fighting in the town of Neu-Glitzen. Being the only calculator in the battery, despite the lack of a reference network and solid contour points when changing the battle lines of the battery, I managed to link the firing position and observation point in a timely and accurate manner. In addition, while simultaneously performing the role of a scout, I discovered on April 18 one enemy artillery battery, which was later suppressed. Our 38th Artillery Brigade together with other troops of the 1st Belorussian Front reached Berlin. I remember for the rest of my life the moment when the capitulation of Nazi Germany was announced on the radio at night. There was so much joy and tears. We congratulated each other, because we were still alive and the war was over. Combat crews of the 38th Artillery Brigade were stationed 6 km from Potsdam in the barracks of the former German air force. Everyday life, study, guard duty, and technical training and maintenance of equipment began. I participated in the opening ceremony of the Soldier-liberator Monument on May 8, 1946 in Treptow Park in Berlin. Its location was chosen by the Soviet command. The remains of soldiers who were previously buried in various city cemeteries, about 7,000 soldiers, were moved here, and granite from Hitler's Reich Chancellery was used in the construction of the memorial. During the formation of troops at this event, I was in the honor guard in my 38th Artillery brigade, next to us were our aviation and infantry divisions, as well as American, British and French soldiers. Marshal G. Zhukov was present at the opening of the monument, P. Rybalko made a speech, and then there was a parade of allied troops. Participated in the protection of Victory Day in Berlin in 1946. The most memorable moment of the Victory Day was the airship in the sky, from which a huge canvas with portraits of Lenin, Stalin, Engels, Marx hung. I also visited the Reichstag Building. I was impressed by the building itself, the figure of Wilhelm sitting on a horse, but most of all I remember the walls covered with chalk, charcoal and bayonets with names and surnames, numbers of military units who fought their way to Berlin, took the Reichstag and finished off the fascist evil spirits . My service in Germany continued until February 1947, and then I was discharged.”

Dedicated to my great-grandfather Boris Anatolyevich Tresvyatsky. Unfortunately, I never saw him. My great-grandfather took part in the Great Patriotic War. I know about him only from the stories of my dad. And he, in turn, from his grandmother. My great-grandfather Borya was born on July 27, 1921, in the Ryazan region in the village of Blagie. He finished 10 classes and was drafted into the army at the beginning of the war. _x000D_ Like the whole country, my great-grandfather gave all his strength to protect his Fatherland. His military path was long and hard. He fought on various fronts, including the Belorussian and Ukrainian, with the rank of guard Junior Leiutenant. Participated in the storming of Berlin and the liberation of Prague. He was wounded 2 times. _x000D_ Orders and medals, which he was awarded, speak of his glorious military path: the Order of the Red Star, the medal “For Capture of Berlin”, the medal “For Liberation of Prague”, “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. ", medal "20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 ", medal “50 years of the USSR Armed Forces ". _x000D_ In May 1945, the war ended, but his service in the ranks of the Red Army continued for another 2 years in Germany. All this time, my great-grandmother, then Polyakova Valentina Alekseevna, was waiting for him. Great-grandfather Borya wrote her letters from the war, which are still kept in our family. They have become very old over the years, but priceless. My great-grandmother Valya was very much waiting and believed that great-grandfather Borya would return safe and sound. And finally, the service ended and great-grandfather returned home. _x000D_ After the war they got married, and in 1949 my grandmother Nadia was born. After the war, my great-grandfather Borya worked as a teacher of the Russian Language and Literature. Then he worked as an inspector in the main Department of Vocational Education under the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. And he worked there for the rest of his life. For his work, he was awarded the badge "Excellent worker in public education", badge "Excellent worker in vocational technical education of the USSR" and the medal "For valiant labor. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. " _x000D_ My great-grandfather Borya died in 1970, when my grandmother Nadia was pregnant with my dad. Grandmother Nadya at that moment decided that if a boy was born, she would name him after her father. This is how my dad, Boris, was born. Great-grandfather had passed away for a long time, but we always remember him with respect and gratitude, keep his awards. Victory Day is a big holiday for us! Written byAnna Borisovna Tresvyatskaya.

Rank: Senior Leiutenant _x000D_ Branch: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval Aviation), Coastal Service, troops People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs, Border Troops _x000D_ Unit: 345th Infantry Division (2 formations) _x000D_ _x000D_ Retired Colonel was born on June 17, 1923 in the village of Polom Kirov region. It was a harsh time, childhood and youth were very hard. His mother Alexandra Andreevna worked in the hospital as a nurse and paramedic. My father worked for hire, harvested charcoal, worked in a kolkhoz. On June 16, 1941, Arkady graduated from high School, and after 5 days the Great Patriotic War began. On July 3, he was drafted into the army and sent to the Aviation mechanics School, then in January 1943 - to the Podolsk infantry School. _x000D_ In March 1943, he was appointed platoon commander in the 52nd Motorcycle Regiment, and later as a company commander. The main missions of the regiment and the motorcyclists of the twenty-year-old company Leiutenant Sychev were actions behind enemy lines, capturing important strong points, routing headquarters, blowing up bridges, reconnaissance of the enemy, creating panic in his rear. Arkady Andreevich participated directly in hostilities for eighteen months. His company successfully operated in September - October 1943 in the Ukraine, in April - May 1944 in the Crimea, in July - October 1944 in Belarus, and later in the Baltic States. _x000D_ The most striking combat episodes with his participation were played out in the most hard conditions of bloody battles for the Left Bank Ukraine, for the left bank of the Dnieper. Since November 1943, the Regiment took part in the battles for the Nikopol foot strong. The Germans strengthened the foot strong and reinforced with troops in order to help their group in the Crimea. These were the hardest battles for A.A. Sychev's company. Only in January 1944 the foot strong was captured and the city of Nikopol was liberated. In the period from November 1943 to January 1944 alone, the company commander survived the death of five of his platoon commanders. _x000D_ As part of the motorcycle regiment A.A. Sychev participated with his company in the heroic assault on the famous Sapun Mountain near Sevastopol. The mountain was a natural barrier on the outskirts of Sevastopol. For several days, persistent efforts were made to take the heavily fortified Sapun Mountain. The main assault was undertaken on May 7, 1944. The fight was very hot. Sychev’s company participated in this assault from beginning to end. Led by their commander, the soldiers showed miracles of heroism. The impregnable Sapun Mountain was taken, which ensured the liberation of Sevastopol and the defeat of the Nazi group in the Crimea. _x000D_ More than once the brave company commander looked death in the face. Here is one of the combat episodes near Bobruisk in July 1944. Sychev’s company burst into the enemy trenches. With a pistol in hand and a cartridge in the chamber, the company commander runs through the trench. Several of his subordinates are behind him. The trench turns 90 degrees. Behind the bend he collides head-on with a German. He has a submachine gun on his chest. He turns the machine gun towards the company officer, who holds the pistol at chest level. The German was two or three meters away from him. Without aiming, Sychev A.A. pulls the trigger. The German falls. The rest of the Germans rushed to run away along the trench and were immediately destroyed by our soldiers. Such episodes occurred more than once or twice at the front. _x000D_ Arkady's military merits were deservedly awarded with many military orders and medals. One of the main events in his life he considers his participation in the historic Victory Parade on Red Square in June 1945. _x000D_ One of the main missions of his work, he considered to educate children, find out what each of them has in their souls, and instill in them love for their homeland. The result of his work was the advanced positions that his Suvorov platoon constantly occupied in study and discipline. He still believes that the most unforgettable and happy years of his service in the army were the time he worked as an educator at the Tambov Suvorov Military School. _x000D_ Despite his mature years, the front-line soldier is still in the ranks. He lives in the city of Korolev, takes an active part in the work of the Council of Veterans of the Tambov Suvorov Military School, the annual meetings of our graduates in Tambov, always calls on us to strengthen the cadet brotherhood. He constantly deals with issues of military-patriotic education of young people, and of the general population. In recent years, he has performed on a volunteer basis in dozens of schools, gymnasiums, boarding schools, work collectives. He teaches lessons in courage. He takes a class, a group, sometimes a whole hall, tells the truth about the war, about the heroism of our soldiers. Arkady Sychev believes that the main engine of longevity is to be in good spirit, be optimistic, keep smiling. Уoung people should be educated on the positive side, then they will be kind, respectful, and true people. _x000D_ Written by Council of Veterans of the Tambov Suvorov Military School.

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.

Rank: Sergeant Major _x000D_ Military Medical Personnel _x000D_ _x000D_ Salamatov Pyotr Ivanovich, born in 1913, was drafted to the front in June 1941 from the village of Preobrazhenka, Malmyzhsky district, Kirov region. During the Great Patriotic War, he served at the front as a Starshina Medical Orderly. He went through the entire war with valor, helping his comrades to survive. _x000D_ Newspapers wrote about him more than once:“During the combat, Medical Orderly Comrade Salamatov received an order:“Immediately transport the wounded soldiers across the G. River and deliver them to a medical center. Comrade Salamatov fulfilled the combat order with honor. He also prepared a good meal for the wounded Red Army soldiers in the nearest settlement. As soon his comrades ewere refreshed with food, he promptly evacuated them to the medical center”(from newspaper articles of that time). _x000D_ In another battle, the Medical Orderly had to replace the wounded paramedic.“Under heavy enemy fire and bombing from the air, a brave Medical Orderly carried 35 wounded Red Army soldiers with their arms from the combat field, (later in the article“The Brave and the Fearless”P. I. Salamatov's effort was mentioned as he carried out 93 wounded from the combat field). _x000D_ The government highly appreciated the combat deeds of the brave Medical Orderly.“Comrade P.I. Salamatov awarded the Order of the Red Star. Guard military assistant Vasiliev. " He saved the lives of many people, returned the families of their loved ones and relatives, helped bring the Victory closer and liberate Europe from Nazi Germany. _x000D_ In April 1945, Pyotr Ivanovich, together with other soldiers, made a breakthrough of the German defense on the Oder River, which was covering Berlin from the East, and entered the German capital Berlin, for which he was thanked. During his military service, my great-grandfather was awarded the medal "For Courage", the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of the II degree and the medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." _x000D_ After the end of the war, Pyotr Ivanovich graduated from the Urzhum regional School of Kolkhoz Chairmen in April 1946 and worked for the rest of his life as a Kolkhoz Chairman in the village of Preobrazhenka in the Kirov region, and raised agriculture in the postwar years. _x000D_ What helped my ancestors survive in those hard years? I think they believed in the bright future of our state, lived and worked to make life easier for us. These were not only physically strong people, but also people with great enthusiasm, strong spirit, and unshakable faith in the best.

Rank: Leiutenant _x000D_ Branch: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval Aviation), Coastal Service, NKVD troops, Border Troops _x000D_ Subdivision: 221st Infantry Mariupol-Khingan Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division _x000D_ _x000D_ My great-grandfather Pyotr Dmitrievich Sazhin was born in the village of Puregovo, Sverdlovsk region. Before the war, he completed military courses for Junior Сommanders. And on September 22, 1941 he was sent to the front. On November 15, 1941, he began to fight on the Leningrad (later Volkhov) front. At the end of December 1941, when the bridge over the Volkhov River was attacked, the great-grandfather was in command of the squad, the soldiers stormed the bridge. My great-grandfather was then seriously wounded, but left the battlefield only after the complete capture and explosion of the bridge. For this efforts, he was presented with an award, but in the heat of the battles the presentation was lost. _x000D_ Until 1943, the troops of the Volkhov Front held back the German troops so that they would not unite with the Finns. At the beginning of 1944, after the final breakthrough of the blockade of Leningrad, my great-grandfather was transferred to the 695th Regiment of the 221st Infantry Division, which was transferred to participate in the Vyborg-Petrozavodsk operation. My great-grandfather covered the rest of the way to Victory in this regiment. At the end of June, the division was transferred to the east, where it took part in the Khingano-Mukden operation, advancing in one of the most hard directions. _x000D_ My great-grandfather returned home with the rank of Leiutenant only in 1946. During the war he was wounded many times. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star, medals. Because of his wounds, my great-grandfather died very early on December 31, 1954. He was only 52 years old.

Rank: Senior Leiutenant _x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery _x000D_ Subdivision: 6th Guards Artillery Riga-Khingan Breakthrough Division _x000D_ _x000D_ Nikita Dmitrievich Tikhonov was born on April 1, 1917 in the village of Chepkas-Nikolskoye, Shemurshinsky District of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He began his service on October 25, 1938 as a conscript. Since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he was drafted into the active army. He served as commander of the traction squad, driver of the command battery of the 119th Howitzer Artillery Brigade of high power of the active army on the Western and Second Baltic fronts. He participated in the defense of Moscow, liberation of the Smolensk, Belorussian regions and the Baltic states. _x000D_ For courage, N.D. Tikhonov was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, medals “For Courage”, “For Military Merit”, “For the Defense of Moscow”, “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. " During the hostilities of the brigade of 3rd Shock and 42 armies in the areas of 79, 100, 101 Rifle Corps in the area of Dramsti, Teteni, Graverti, Venena, Suntazhi, Ozolmuizha, N.D. Tikhonov quickly mastered the management of a foreign car. Working as a driver, he delivered the personnel of the reconnaissance group to the areas of the infantry battle formations. When performing a mission to clarify the front edge of the enemy's defense, N.D. Tikhonov with a reconnaissance group moved through heavily mined terrain, showed initiative, courage, personal resourcefulness, which contributed to clarifying the situation and identifying the enemy's engineering structures. As a result of this activity, on October 21, 1944, he was also awarded the Order of the Red Star. _x000D_ _x000D_ After the end of the war, N.D. Tikhonov continued to serve in the Armed Forces of the USSR. In 1945, he studied at the courses for Junior Lieutenants of Artillery of the Baltic Military District, then worked as a commander of a park platoon and a vehicle division of the 556th Klaipeda Mortar Regiment, 272th Artillery Brigade, 43rd Latvian Guards Rifle Division of Riga, as well as on Sakhalin Island. On July 25, 1953, he was transferred to the reserve with the rank of Senior Technician Leiutenant. _x000D_ Returning to Chuvashia, he worked as a freight forwarder at the Chuvashkabel plant and a confectionery factory in Cheboksary. December 31, 1969 Nikolay Tikhonov died from a heart attack.

Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except for naval Aviation), Coastal Service, troops of the NKVD, Border Troops_x000D_ _x000D_ From 1939 he served in the NKVD Cavalry Regiment(border Guards), which was located in the Babushkinsky district of the Moscow region. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War (July 1941), he was sent to an Recconaissance School, which was located in a railway echelon plying the Moscow-Novosibirsk route. Cadets were housed in Separate heating houses, in others, war horses and fodder. During the day, the train moved along the route, and the cadets slept, and the horses rested. With the onset of darkness, the train halted and combat training began, which lasted all night. The echelon continued to move. So the study lasted for several months. _x000D_ In February 1942 Tarasov was on the front line as the commander of an army reconnaissance group as part of the Western Front. With his reconnaissance group, he repeatedly went on reconnaissance across the front line to the location of enemy troops for the "prisoner tongues" This was the name of the captured Nazis, who were transported for interrogation to obtain important information about enemy units and their plans. For courage and bravery he was awarded: the Order of the Red Star, medals "For Courage", "For Military Merit" and others. _x000D_ In the area of Lake Ilmen, near Staraya Russa, during the combat to destroy the fascist command post and capture an important "prisoner tongues", he was seriously wounded. The recon comrades did not leave him in enemy territory and carried him across the no-man's land. _x000D_ At the crossing of the neutral zone, the alarmed Hitlerites were firing the retreating group of recons from machine guns, so the whole body of Konstantin Tarasov until the last days of his life was stuffed with shrapnel. The thigh of his left leg, shattered by a machine-gun burst, was replaced by a 30-centimeter tube. A bleeding trophic ulcer formed on the shin burned by a fragment of a thermite shell he bandaged all his life. _x000D_ Then it was a hospital in the ambulance train. As hopeless for recovery, he was given to an old nurse who, having received a summons about the death of her last son, they got off at her station. She (unfortunately, did not remember the name) atook care of him. On one of the warm sunny day, the recovering warrior was able to crawl out into the street, the elderly woman-savior said goodbye to him:“Now you get over by yourself...”.Then she went into the hut, lay down and fell asleep in eternal sleep ... He buried her in the yard. .. I made myself a carriage (I couldn’t walk on my feet yet) and trudged home to my village, so his war ended ... _x000D_ After the war, Konstantin Tarasov worked in a School as a biology teacher in his village. He married, had three children, two sons became soldiers. Then he and his family moved to Uzbekistan, to the Tashkent region, the city of Chirchik. Lived there and worked at a local School. Despite the lack of special education, he taught very successfully, interestingly, was very much loved by his students. He died in 1991 and was buried in Chirchik.

Rank: Red Army _x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except for naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops. _x000D_ Unit: 2nd Guards Rifle Taman Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division. _x000D_ My great-grandfather, Alexey Vasilievich Sariev, is a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. Born in 1924 in the village of Beshtash, Tsalka Region, Georgian SSR. He came to Pyatigorsk at the age of 16. In the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army had been since 08/04/1942. He was called to the front in the Pyatigorsk city military Commissariat of the Stavropol Territory. He went to the front as a Private., a Red Army Soldier. _x000D_ In the battles for the Soviet Motherland, my great-grandfather Alexey Vasilievich Sariev was wounded three times. As part of the 2nd Guards Rifle Division of the 875th Regiment near the village of Krymskaya (Troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front) on 05/02/1943, he was wounded for the first time. The second wound was received in the 64th Separate working Battalion near Novorossiysk on 08/15/1943. As part of the 78th Zaporizhzhya Infantry Division of the 244th Regiment near Kirovograd, on 05.01.44, he was wounded for the third time. _x000D_ In archival documents they wrote about him: "Being in a Separate Guard Battalion, he carried out Guard duty well, disciplined and vigilant, kept his weapons clean." For participation in battles from 1942 to 1945 on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the valor and courage shown in this case, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, a medal "For Courage", the Medal "For Military Merit", the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. _x000D_ We should be proud of our great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers who saved the world from the Nazi yoke, defended the independence of our Motherland. We must remember the cost for the Victory.

Rank: Lieutenant _x000D_ Branch: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops _x000D_ Subdivision: 93rd Guards Rifle Kharkiv twice Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov _x000D_ Sokolnikov Afanasy Iosifovich, was drafted into the army in 1942 by the North-Baikal Commissariat. At that time, the guy from Lake Baikal was 19 years old. He was sent to serve in the Far East, where he received news of the death at the front of his father, Joseph Petrovich Sokolnikov. Wanting to avenge his father, he wanted to be sent to the war front. _x000D_ As a result, he was sent to the active army and fell under Stalingrad. As part of a group of foot reconnaissance, he participated in the battles at the Kursk Bulge, near Prokhorovka, Kharkov, liberated Ukraine, Poland, Germany. With a victory, he had reached Berlin. He was wounded four times. _x000D_ He was awarded orders and medals for his heroic efforts. From the recently opened archival documents, we found out the datails of these high front-line awards. _x000D_ In 1943, a Reconnaissance platoon of foot Reconnaissance of the 285th Guards Rifle Regiment, Sokolnikov A.I. was awarded the Order of the Red Star. In the area of the village of Znamenka, a group of recons under the command of my grandfather made their way to the rear of the enemy and attacked the outpost of the Germans. Senior group Sokolnikov A.I. captured a machine gun and began to fire at the retreating Germans. As a result of the military operation, 5 Germans were taken prisoner and several units of captured weapons were captured. In 1945, the platoon Commander of the 156th Separate Reconnaissance company of the 134th Infantry Division A.I. Sokolnikov. was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1 degree. _x000D_ During the offensive from the Vistula to the Oder, he repeatedly performed combat missions of the command to capture prisoners of the "tongues". On February 1, 1945, in the area of the village of Baryanshi, the Guard Lieutenant Sokolnikov with his group destroyed the enemy bunker in one throw and captured 8 fascists. In pursuit of the enemy, the recons organized an ambush behind enemy lines and destroyed a platoon of German infantry. Over the entire period of the offensive, Sokolnikov's Reconnaissance group captured 29 "tongues", and killed 115 soldiers and officers. _x000D_ One of the most valuable awards of my grandfather is the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the junior order among the captainship awards. _x000D_ Such orders were awarded to officers in the position of Platoon, Company, Battalion Commander. Junior Lieutenant Sokolnikov was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky for completing a combat mission to capture a control prisoner near the village of Shlyakhtinsky Lyas. This happened on the night of September 23-24, 1944. After 3 days of observation, his reconnaissance group was supposed to take the "prisoner tongue". The recons neutralized the sentry and moved along the trench. _x000D_ My grandfather was the first to see two Germans standing at the machine gun and rushed at them. In hand-to-hand combat, he killed one of them and wounded the other. He himself was wounded in the head, but continued to lead the operation. As a result, the wounded prisoner was taken to the headquarters, where he voluntarily told valuable information. And then they saw each other at the hospital. The German was very frightened by this meeting, and his grandfather told him: “Don't be afraid. Nobody will touch an unarmed man, ”and offered to smoke. And while the German prisoner was at the hospital, he was called "Sokolnikov's godson". _x000D_ In March 1947 he was mobilized and returned to his native land. And in the fall of 1947, he met his Annushka, who became his faithful companion for life. Together they came to the legendary construction site of the Bratsk hydroelectric power station and remained loyal to this city. Together they raised five beautiful daughters in Bratsk. Together they rejoiced at the birth of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. But his health undermined at the front did not allow grandfather to live longer. He passed away in 1994._x000D_ Talaev, Ivan Petrovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Starshina_x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except for naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops. _x000D_ Talaev Ivan Petrovich from December 9, 1939 to March 1940 was a participant in the Finnish Campaign as a driver in the 884th Motor Transport Battalion. From June 1941 to November 1943, as part of the 9th Guards Separate Anti-Aircraft Division, he fought on the Leningrad Front. In 1941 he walked in the First Column of the "Road of Life" to Leningrad on the ice of Lake Ladoga, driving a lorry, and was later awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. Then he took part in the battles near Leningrad. He was 2 times surrounded. _x000D_ Grandmother received 2 funerals, but luckily he survived. Leaving the encirclement as part of the unit, according to the order of the commander, everyone buried their military papers. Subsequently on February 11, 1943, my grandfather was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but his sentence was changed and sent to a Disciplinary Battalion. There he fought heroically and was seriously wounded on November 7 in the stomach and head. He was in a military hospital for treatment from November 1943 to April 1944. Then he fought in the 61st Separate Automobile Battalion of the Baltic Front as a driver, was a squad leader. _x000D_ He was the member of the East Prussian operation. Somewhere near Konigsberg he was seriously wounded and was sent to a military hospital in Moscow for treatment. He had served until October 15, 1945. They offered to stay to work as a mechanic in the capital, but he decided to return to his native north. He was demobilized. In the depot-war period, he worked as a Senior Mechanic in the military registration and enlistment office in the city of Nyandoma, Arkhangelsk Region. Of the awards he was very dear to the badge "Veteran of the Karelian Front 1941-1945". In 1980 he was awarded the second Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree. He lived a happy life, had 5 children! He passed away of a heart attack on September 29, 1985.