Order of the Red Star

Rank: Red Army _x000D_ Subdivision: 56th Moscow Red Banner Infantry Division _x000D_ Near the eternal flame there is a sculptural group of two soldiers, and a little further, in the depths of the square, there is a memorial architectural structure, where cast-iron plaques with the names of those who found death on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War are fixed on the columns. _x000D_ The monument to Daria Yegorovna Turubarova, a mother, a simple Russian woman, will forever be remembered. Among the heroes is her daughter Vera, a Komsomol member who voluntarily left for the front and passed away on the Smolensk land. She convincingly asked the Komsomol organization to recommend her as a fighter in the ranks of the Red Army. In the Reserve Regiment, the girls underwent medical training, got acquainted with small arms, and went to the front. The Motherland honored its daughter with a high award, the Order of the Red Star. _x000D_ It was learned in more detail about an effort of the Komsomol member Vera Turubarova in late September and early August 1945. At the same time the Guard Senior Sergeant Nikolai Dityatev told about the last effort of Vera Turubarova._x000D_ " .. In our guards unit everyone knows the Medical Instructor girl, the hero Vera Turubarova. She was an example for fighters, dozens of glorious stories can be told about her fighting life. This happened in the Smolensk Region, near the city of Krasny, in the very place where Napoleon's troops were defeated in the First Patriotic War of 1812. The unit in which Vera served was found in a hard position. The Nazis were consolidated at the height. They had to be knocked out. One of the battalions went on the attack several times, but unsuccessfully. Then Vera jumped out of the trench with a high-raised machine gun, with the words: “Forward, for the Motherland!” The soldiers rose behind her, and in a stubborn battle, the height was taken. A courageous girl was seriously wounded.” This story of the Guard Senior Sergeant Nikolai ityatev was published in the newspaper “Bolshevik Call” No. 91 dated August 3, 1945.

Rank: Lieutenant_x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops _x000D_ This is one of my grandfathers—Viktor Grigorievich Tikhonov. _x000D_ From the first days of the war, he was at the forefront in the city of Leningrad. From November 1942 he served in the Battalion as a Platoon Commander. His platoon, located in a combat facility, was three hundred meters from the enemy. Despite the continuous shelling, Grandfather and his platoon particularly distinguished in improving the area defense and turned it into an impregnable fortress by installing additional engineering obstacles. “Tracking down the enemy every day, comrade Tikhonov and his platoon destroyed up to 58 Finnish soldiers. He has 15 exterminated Finns on his personal account.” His garrison was one of the best garrisons in the Battalion. _x000D_ In the battles for the Motherland, the first time he was seriously wounded near Tikhvin. As a result, he ended up in the hospital. By the great conduct of the Lord, he fell into the hands of the surgeon Tikhonov Grigory Semyonovich, his own father and my great-grandfather. Who personally gave life to grandfather Victor for the second time! But for a real hero, this would be too simple an ending to the story. Further it was even more interesting. _x000D_ After recovering from his injury, Grandfather continued his liberation campaign. He went all the way to Berlin. And in victorious battles from the second to the fourth of February 1945 near the village of Greifenstein, Grandfather replaced the machine-gun company Commander, left the ranks. He skillfully organized the company and proved to be a bold, brave and courageous Commander. In the battle near Greifenstein with the soldiers of their company, they destroyed up to 200 enemy soldiers and officers. _x000D_ On 02/03/1945 in the Steinau area, when the enemy attacked our battle formations with forces of up to two infantry battalions supported by sixteen tanks, he personally organized the defense of the left flank of the Steinau village. And personally, in close combat with a machine gun in his hands, he destroyed 10 Germans. And also made anti-tank barricades in the street to block the path of enemy tanks. Enemy tanks were forced to pass along the flank, where they were knocked out (four of them) by our gunners. For this effort, Grandfather was awarded the Order of the Red Star! _x000D_ There is also another effort to commemorate: he, together with his friend, ensured the advancement of two battalions, destroying seven enemy bunkers ... Only two of them did that!!! _x000D_ In the photo, you can really see a twinkle in the eyes. My grandfather came home and continue his life with dignity, raising children and grandchildren. Viktor Grigorievich passed away old from battle wounds, at home. Eternal Glory!

Rank: Captain of the 1st rank. Branch of troops: the USSR Navy and the Naval Forces of the NKVD border troops. My grandfather Sofronov Yuri Mikhailovich, was born on November 26, 1912 in the village of Zolotye Priyski (Gold Mines) of the Perm Territory. Childhood and youth were spent in the Urals. He was drafted into the ranks of the USSR Armed Forces from the city of Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). After completing his command Courses in November 1936 and being awarded the rank of “Lieutenant”, he was sent to serve in the Amur Flotilla, then continued serving in the Pacific Fleet, where he met the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. The grandfather did not have to take a direct part in the hostilities, the authorities refused to numerous reports about his transfer to the Baltic or the North. However, he contributed to the victory over fascism. In 1941, the US Congress adopted the state program "Lend-Lease Law", according to which ammunition, various military equipment and ammunition were transferred to the allies in the anti-Hitler coalition. The safest route was the Pacific route. My grandfather Yuri Sofronov became a direct participant in this. He was directly involved in the formation of convoys, manning the crews of ships received under Lend-Lease for further dispatch by the Northern Sea Route to the Northern Fleet. In June 1942, the EON-18 Special Purpose Expedition was formed from the warships of the Pacific Fleet, the leader of "Baku", the destroyers "Reasonable", "Furious" and "Zealous" to replenish the surface forces of the Northern Fleet. To replenish the submarine forces of the Northern Fleet for relocation from the Pacific Fleet to the North, 6 submarines were prepared - "L-15", "L-16", "S-51", "S-54", "S-55", "S- 56 ". Two of them, "S-51" and "S-56", became Red Banners, and in 1945 "S-56" was awarded the title of the Guards. Fascist Germany was defeated, but in the east, near the borders of the USSR, a million-strong Kwantung army was concentrated, Japanese warships impeded navigation, it was necessary to finally end fascism. _x000D_ The General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces planned an offensive operation to defeat the Kwantung Army located in Manchuria, with the direct participation of the Pacific Fleet. To strengthen the naval grouping of forces, in the period from April to June 1945 of the year, it was necessary to accept and staff 250 ships transferred to the United States under Lend-Lease. _x000D_ For the transfer of the data of ships to the USSR in Alaska in the Cold Bay, a naval base was equipped. We worked for days, without sleep or rest, and the mission was completed on time. For exemplary fulfillment of State Defense Committee missions for manning, training crews, accepting ships from the United States and transferring them to the ports of the USSR, Sofronov, like a large group of personnel of the Pacific Fleet, who directly took part in this operation, was awarded 4 orders and 4 medals. After the end of the war, Comrade Sofronov continued to serve in the Caspian Flotilla and the Baltic Fleet. In 1964, he was transferred to the reserve from the post of Deputy Chief of the ammunition of mass destruction of the Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet. _x000D_ After the end of the service my grandfather, Yuri Sofronov returned to the city of Sverdlovsk, but after retiring, his active life did not end, he headed the DOSAAF Naval School, where he continued to train personnel for the Navy. Later, he took a direct part in the creation of the Sverdlovsk section of war veterans of the Soviet committee of war veterans._x000D_ As part of the initiative group of Ural veterans, a Hospital for War Veterans was built in Yekaterinburg, and a Memorial to the Ural soldiers was opened. Until the last days of his life, Yu. M. Sofronov took an active part in the fate of veterans, in the patriotic education of youth.

Branch of troops: the USSR Navy and the Naval Forces of the NKVD border troops. Ivan Romanovich Tikhonov (born in 1911) was drafted into the army in April 1942. He fought for the liberation of the north: the city of Petrozavodsk, the Soviet Arctic, and Karelia. For the liberation of Petrozavodsk and excellent military operations, he was awarded a commendation from the Marshal of the Soviet Union Comrade Stalin. (Order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of 24.06.44). _x000D_ He fought on the Karelian front, was awarded the medal “For Courage”. In the award list there is an entry: “Senior sailor Tikhonov, during a bypass maneuver through the Finnish-Norwegian territory to the rear of the enemy, showed himself to be a hardy, brave and courageous communication technician. On a particularly hard march through the mountainous terrain, he carried the equipment of both his own and a lagging comrade. Under fierce enemy mortar fire at night, he eliminated 4 damaged communication lines and ensured the continuity of its work.” He was also awarded medals “For the Defense of the Soviet Arctic” and “For Victory over Germany”, the Order of the Red Star and the Order of Glory, 3rd degree. He had the rank of sailor of Red Navy, Guards Sergeant. From June 25, 1945 to August 1946, he served as a Senior Telephone Operator of the 72nd Naval Brigade, which took part in the battles in the Far East._x000D_ Ivan Romanovich returned home in August 1946. Together with his wife Pelageya Trofimovna, they raised four sons and one daughter. The family lived in a house built by his hands, he knew all the secrets of carpentry and joinery. And once he even built a house of adobe bricks (a mixture of clay and straw), planted a large garden. He remained a simple and kind man until the end of his life. But he and his wife did not like to remember the war, this time was too hard and terrible.

Rank: Corporal Branch: Ground Forces. Subdivision: 330th Infantry Mogilev Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division. Telkov Vasily Danilovich was a man of great strength and courage. Vasily Danilovich was born in 1909 on the Alexandriysky sovkhoz, Uzlovsky District, Moscow (later Tula) Region. Information about his childhood and youth has not been preserved, it is only known that he was a candidate for the Communist Party. With the attack on the Soviet Union of Nazi Germany, the great-grandfather on September 19, 1941 was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. Vasily Danilovich ended up serving in the 1109 Rifle Regiment of the 330 Rifle Division formed in the Tula Region. As part of this Division, the great-grandfather liberated the city of Mikhailov and Stalinogorsk (now the city of Novomoskovsk, Tula Region), as well as the territory of the Kaluga Region. In 1943, as part of the 10th Army, the Division fought the enemy on the Western Front. It was during this period that my great-grandfather accomplished his first efforts. From the award list No. 034 / N on personnel: 08/10/1943 in a combat for the village of Bolshakh, Kirovsky District, Smolensk Region, the Red Army Soldier of the 6th Company Telkov Vasily Danilovich in hand-to-hand combat destroyed 9 Nazis, carried out a wounded machine gunner and an enemy fierce machine gun from the battlefield. _x000D_ For this efforts, my great-grandfather received the medal "For Courage". In the continuous battles of 1942-43, my great-grandfather was wounded three times. Later, at the beginning of 1944, my great-grandfather was awarded the military rank Corporal with the transfer to the Headquarters Company of the 324th Separate communications Battalion for the position of Telegraphist Morse. _x000D_ On September 3, 1944, the great-grandfather was on a mission from the Commander to transport communications property across the Vistula River (Poland) to an observation post. Despite the fact that the boat was pierced by a fragment of an enemy shell, thanks to the dedication of the great-grandfather, the communications property was delivered unharmed and on time. For the exemplary performance of this combat mission, Vasily Danilovich was awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Rank: Corporal. Branch of troops: Artillery. Division: 138th Infantry Division (1st Formation). I want to tell you about a Russian soldier, my beloved grandfather. Studenikin Andrei Ivanovich, went through the whole war, took part in the defense of Moscow, liberated Belarus and the Baltic states, fought as far as East Prussia and Berlin. He was drafted into the army in the spring of 1940, a year remained before the Great Patriotic War. When the war started, he was 21 years old. He served as a signalman in the artillery. In the hardships of war, my grandfather and other communications technicians, showing examples of courage, reliably ensured communication in any situation. As many front-line soldiers, my grandfather did not want to discuss a war period, he didn't watch war movies, he could not. _x000D_ In life he was a very hardworking and responsible person, a leader in production, he worked as a supply manager for construction. He died on September 20, 1989, he was 69 years old. Many people came to his funeral. A tireless worker, a war hero, had passed away. I also thought, remembered what he was ... He was a Russian soldier! The work of a signalman in the war was considered necessary and responsible, and the success of the combat often depended on it. During the Great Patriotic War, the fate of our great Victory largely depended on the well-coordinated work of communications technicians. I remember when I was little and asked my grandfather about the war, he told me that the enemy thought that the Russians knew some secret magic word, “and we knew, kept this word in our hearts, we went up to die, won with it “For the Motherland!". My grandfather received Order of Red Star for the fact that “during the combat in March 1945, under fierce rifle-machine-gun and artillery-mortar shelling of the enemy, he laid a cable communication line, providing communication. During the day of the combat, he went out 13 times to repair communication line and connected more than 45 breakthroughs, which ensured the fulfillment of the combat mission ”(I read it with pride and bated breath on the website http://podvignaroda.ru). _x000D_ A simple guy turned out to be a true hero, a participant in bloody battles. He got a medal “For Courage” for the fact that he, during the period of offensive operations on the right bank of the Dnieper River, continuously maintained contact with the combat formations. _x000D_ On November 21, 1943, near the village of Olshevka, under fierce enemy Artillery and mortar fire, he restored 21 breakthroughs of the telephone line, which ensured the execution of a combat mission by the Battalion command to suppress the enemy battery. He had medals “For the Defense of Moscow”, “For the Liberation of Warsaw”, “For the Capture of Berlin”, “For Victory over Germany”, “Order of the Patriotic War, II Degree”. _x000D_ I'm proud of you, grandpa! For me, grandfather will forever remain the ideal of a Man, Defender, Human. My grandfather is no longer with us, but the memory of him lives in my heart, the memory of a soldier of the Great Patriotic War. He fulfilled his duty to the Fatherland. _x000D_ And we are obliged to fulfill our duty of respect and memory to them, ordinary soldiers.

Rank: Senior Lieutenant. Branch of troops: Artillery. Subdivision: 47th Infantry Nevelskaya Orders of Lenin and Suvorov Division. Panteley Lukyanovich was born on August 10, 1921 in the village of Novy Yegorlyk, Salsky District. After finishing the 7th grade, he worked in a kolkhoz, and in the fall of 1940 he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army in the 546th corps Artillery Regiment. On June 22, 1941, at about 4 am, Germany attacked the Soviet Union without declaring war. From the first days of the war, my grandfather with the 546th corps Artillery Regiment held back the German offensive near the town of Zhlobin, where on July 6, 1941 in a fierce combat he was wounded and fell behind his unit. After treatment in hospital, he got to the military depot near the town of New Belitsa and was sent to the 137th Rifle Regiment. _x000D_ During the general offensive of our troops in December 1941, early 1942, Panteley Lukyanovich was on the Western Front. After the liberation of the city of Kozelsk, their military unit of the 47th Guards Division of the 137th Guards Rifle Regiment was transferred to the Southern Front in the areas of Station. Morozovka, Northern Donets, and then to the Mius river. Beginning in February 1943, from the Sea of Azov to the headwaters of the Mius River, the Nazis strengthened a powerful defensive line called “Mius Front”, accumulated manpower and equipment. _x000D_ As my great-grandfather told me, the Tomb of Saur, marked on the front maps as the Height 277.9 was of particular importance. It bound the entire defense of the Germans. On August 18, 1943, the troops of the Southern Front started an assault on the Mius Front. For almost two weeks, the fighting did not subside, and only on August 31 the height fell. _x000D_ On October 14, 1943, the troops began to prepare for the crossing of the Dnieper. The group headed by the Guards Senior Lieutenant Senchenko Panteley was chosen to remove the German Guards of the bridge across the river. The mission was completed. On November 26-29, 1943, our troops crossed the Dnieper River near Zaporozhye. For the successful implementation of this operation, over 40 soldiers were awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union. My grandfather was awarded the Order of the Red Star (No. 143970). _x000D_ During this operation, my great-grandfather was seriously wounded and was sent to a hospital in the city of Saratov, where he remained until April 25, 1944. After recovery, he returned to his unit, which was transferred to the 1st Belorussian Front. _x000D_ One of the largest operations of the Great Patriotic War was Belarusian Offensive called "Bagration" began on June 23, 1944. The 1st Belorussian Front, where my grandfather fought stormed Hitler's "eastern shaft" in Polesie. During the general offensive in the area of the city of Kovel on July 19, 1944, my great-grandfather, Senchenko Panteley Lukyanovich, Guards Senior Lieutenant of the 47th Guards Rifle Division of the 137th Guards Regiment, was seriously wounded and concussed. Нe had treatment at the hospital №2040 in the city of Kislovodsk. This was the end of the war for him. Senchenko Panteley Lukyanovich was a disabled of the 1st group, had awards: Order of the Red Star, Two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, Medal “For Victory over Germany”, jubilee medals.

HISTORY: Title: Sergeant Branch of troops: Artillery Subdivision: 70th Infantry Upper Dnieper Order of Suvorov Division Born in Ukraine, from the peasants. In 1909. parents moved to Karaganda Region (Kazakhstan). He got married in 1920 on Lozyana Ekaterina Maksimovna. They had 10 children, only five survived to adulthood. He had served in active military service since 1925. to 1928 After service, he worked in different years as a procurer of agricultural products, a communications officer (feldegel) of the Karaganda Operational Sector of the OGPU under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, from 08/05/1939. He worked in the Karaganda Region, in the office of the State Bank as a collector. He was drafted into the Red Army on 06/20/1942. to the combat unit of the 60th Reserve Rifle Regiment as a private. Soon after his father, his eldest son Afanasy, born in 1924 volunteered for the front. In the family, eight letters from the front have been preserved from his father. In the first two letters dated 01.28.1943. and 02.24.1943. Parkhomenko P. L. writes that he was wounded and is in a hospital in Penza. After recovery, he was again sent to the front. The last letter sent on 09/13/1944 is of interest. One month before his death, in which it is written that he sent the family some little money, 1000 rubles, received for knocked out German tanks. He was sorry that the amount is small, since he receives only 23 rubles a month and gives awat 10 rubles for bonds. He also reports that he received from the government the Order of the Red Star. _x000D_ Red Army Soldier Parkhomenko Porfiry Lavrentievich was killed by a fragment of a German mine in the combat for the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda and was buried in a mass grave of 30 soldiers near the village of Misaiken. After the war, the remains of those buried in a mass grave were transferred to the military cemetery in Dovilay. Unfortunately, on the memorial plates of the cemetery in Deauvilai. The surname P.L. Parkhomenko is absent, which is explained by insufficient attention to this issue on the part of the Russian consulate who decided to reconstruct the memorial plates at the military cemetery in Deauville.

Rank: Military Doctor of the 3rd rank Branch of troops: Military veterinary staff Division: 151st Infantry Division (1st Formation) Simonyan Yeranos Sarkisovich was born in 1896 in the village of Mrgavan, Artashat Region of the Armenian SSR. In 1914 he graduated from a Russian school and was mobilized into the Imperial Russian army. There he entered the garrison Veterinary School. In 1918-20 he served in the Armed Forces in the 1st Independent Republic of Armenia. In 1920-25 he served in the Red Army as a military feldsher. In 1931-36 he graduated from the All-Union Zooveterinary Institute. From 1926 to 1936 he worked as the Head of the security of the quarantine point. In 1936-41 he worked as a Chief Veterinarian in three regions of the Armenian SSR at once. On 06/23/1941 he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army in 503 PVL as the Head of the surgical department of the 45th, and then the 26th army. From March 1942 to March 1943 he was the Head of the Veterinary of the 151st Rifle Division of 44th army. From March 1943, he was a veterinarian of the OGTR of 44th Army, and then to December 1945, a veterinarian of the 299 OGTR of 28th Army. He had the military rank of Captain. Brief concrete description of a personal military feat from the award list: “Comrade Simonyan had been a participant in the Patriotic War from the first days of its beginning. Thanks to the great care and energy in his work, being in the Polesie area unfavorable for infectious anemia of horses, comrade Simonyan kept the horse stock and prevented the disease of infectious anemia. He received the Order of Red Star”. In the civil service in 1961 he received the honorary title Honored Veterinarian of the Armenian SSR. He received the Order of the Badge of Honor and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. He passed away on October 19, 1986 in at the age of 90. He was buried in the cemetery of his native village Mrgavan, Ararat province Republic of Armenia.

Rank: Captain_x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground forces_x000D_ Subdivision: 330th Rifle Mogilev Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division_x000D_ Nikolai Moiseevich Topeshkin was born on December 7, 1920 in the family of Moisey Nilovich and Lyubov Petrovna Topeshkins. In 1935 he graduated from the Novo-Sukhotinsky incomplete school of the Karaganda Region of the KASSR, completed his education at the Yasnaya Polyana Secondary School in the village of Yasnaya Polyana, Shchekinsky District, Moscow Region. _x000D_ Since 1939 he had worked as a Physics and Mathematics Teacher at the Sevastyanovsk incomplete Secondary School of the Sevastyanovsk village council of the Oktyabrsky District of the Velikie Luki Region. He was drafted to war on August 18, 1941 by the Nelidovsky District Military Commissariat. Initially he fought in the 922 Rifle Regiment (cn) of the 250 Rifle Division (Suvorov Division). At this time, the division fought fierce combats in the area of the city of Bely (forty kilometers from the city of Nelidov). _x000D_ On July 22, 1941, the division, approaching the village of Tsyguny (southwest of Bely, Tver Region), entered the first combat straight from the march, counterattacking the advancing enemy. Now a memorial plaque is installed with the words: “At the turn of the Black Stream, Krasnogorodka-Losmino in July 1941, the soldiers of the 250th Rifle Division stopped the Nazi troops” on the border of the Tver and Smolensk regions, on the territory of the Demyakhinsky village council of the Belsky District of the Tver Region,_x000D_ The soldiers fought bravely. However, the hastily put together division entered the combat suffered heavy losses. During the first two weeks of fighting, the division lost almost 50% of its personnel, the division Commander, Major General I.S. Gorbachev and the Commander of the 922th Rifle Division, Mr. D.I. Kuznetsov. On August 22, 1941, the division, with the exception of the 918th Rifle Division, was transferred to the 242nd RD, concentrating south of Baturino near the village of Pozhinki, Smolensk Region. _x000D_ In the following days, until 09/01/41, he fights for Pochinok 2, Churkino, the northern outskirts of the village of Shelepy. On August 27-29, the enemy withdraws its units from the Losmino, Okolitsa, Cherny Ruchey line and, pursued by the 918th Rifle Corps, consolidates at the Svinkovo, Shcheglovo, Sutoki line. _x000D_ On September 2, the 922th unit returns to the Bor, Cherny Ruchey, Okolitsa line, and remains in the army reserve in the Sukharevo, Vorobikha, Ponomari Region of the Smolensk Region, and the 918th unit is fighting for Kiryakino, Lake._x000D_ On September 5, the unit had planned to gain a foothold in the village Novaya Vorontsovo, Niva districts. Since mid-September, the 250th Rifle Division has been defending the line along the Rzhat River on the Chichata, Ostroluki, Malinovka, Koshelevo, Sutoki, Zyki frontlines, with the mission of preventing the enemy from breaking through to Bely. _x000D_ On September 17, 1941, Nikolai was wounded. In the lists of soldiers of the 250th Bobruisk Red Banner Order of Suvorov, II degree of the Rifle Division, he is listed as a Company Commander with the rank of Senior Lieutenant. _x000D_ “The division, having entered the combat for the city of Bely, consisting of 12,129 people in the battles for this city, lost: 693 people killed, 3426 wounded, 5 954 people missing, 758 people returned to the division ... After being wounded and discharged, he fought in the 1113th Rifle Regiment of the 330th Rifle Division._x000D_ He was seriously wounded twice more times on February 21 and December 12, 1942. _x000D_ Due to the desertion of two soldiers, Senior LieutenantTopeshkin was enlisted in the 11th Separate Disciplinary Battalion of the Western Front for the position of a shooter. _x000D_ Reference: _x000D_ According to some sources, 427,910 people had passed through disciplinary military units. It made approximately 1.24% from a total number of military forces. For example, in 1944 the total losses of the Red Army (killed, wounded, prisoners, sick) were 6 503 204 people; of these, 170 298 penalties. The average monthly losses of permanent and variable personnel of all penal units for the year amounted to 14 191 people, or 52% of their average monthly number (27 326 people). This is 3-6 times more than the total average monthly casualties of personnel in conventional forces in the same offensive operations in 1944. _x000D_ Order # 16 for the 11th Separate Penalty Battalion of the 10th Army of the Western Front on February 7, 1944 Paragraph 5: _x000D_ On February 5, 1944 according to ACT No. 2 of 30.01.44 (Fund 16, Oshb Inventory 63430, case 12 LD 7-8) Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Moiseevich Topeshkin was enlisted for all types of allowances since 5.02.44 in the 11th Separate Disciplinary Battalion. _x000D_ “On the night from 17 to 18 February 1944 in the area of the village Prilepovka of the Chaussky District of the Mogilev Region, carrying out guard duty on the front line, Topeshkin N.M. together with the shooter Salavatov G.K. detained two German saboteurs, dressed in the uniform of the soldiers of the Red Army and collecting information about the location of our troops._x000D_ By order No. 20 on 11th Separate Disciplinary Battalion of the 10th Army of the Western Front dated February 20, 1944, he was early released from 11th Separate Disciplinary Battalion and sent to 16 Separate Disciplinary Battalion to restore all the rights of an officer and continue serving in his unit. _x000D_ The Commander of 11th Special Brigade, Major Sadovnikov, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Samoilov, introduced Nikolai Moiseevich to the Order of the Red Star, but the Commander of the 330th Rifle Division, Colonel Gusev, decided otherwise and, as a result, by order of 21.02.1944, Nikolai Moiseevich was awarded the medal “For Courage”. ("And if you don't catch a bullet in your chest, you will catch a medal For Courage on your chest. Song by V. Vysotsky)._x000D_ Nikolai Moiseevich Topeshkin, together with the 330 Rifle Division, participated in the Belarusian, East Prussian, East Pomeranian and Berlin offensive operations, liberated Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga and Bryansk regions (including the cities of Mikhailov, Stalinogorsk and Kirov), the territory of the Belarusian SSR, the northern regions of Poland and Germany (including the cities of Mogilev, Grodno, Danzig and Wittenberg). _x000D_ On February 7-8, 1945, being a Senior Adjutant of 2nd Rifle Battalion of the 1113th Red Banner Infantry Regiment of the 330th Red Banner Mogilev Infantry Division, when the enemy attempted to break through the encirclement Captain N.M. Topeshkin led the 6th Infantry Company of 2nd Infantry Battalion, personally raising the fighters to counterattack. _x000D_ The Commander of the 1113th Rifle Regiment, Nikolai Moiseevich for this feat was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of 2nd degree. _x000D_ On March 24, 1945, in the battles on the outskirts of the city of Danzig, Nikolai Moiseevich replaced the Battalion Commander who had been wounded. Under his command, the Battalion occupied the village of Hasenberg. 30 German soldiers were killed, 9 prisoners were taken and 200 cars were captured at the railway station adjacent to the village of Hasenberg. _x000D_ Nikolai Moiseevich was the first to break into the trench, destroying up to 25 enemy soldiers. Building on the success of the offensive, the Battalion under the command of Captain Topeshkin, who correctly organized interaction with neighbors and reinforcement means, went to the area of the village of Freudenthal, destroying up to 60 enemy soldiers and officers and taking 6 prisoners. _x000D_ The Commander of the 1113th Rifle Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Kartashov, petitioned for the Order of the Patriotic War of 1st degree presented to Captain N.M. Topeshkin. _x000D_ The Commander of the 330th Rifle Division, Major General Gusev, and the Commander of the 70th rifle corps, Lieutenant General Terentyev, considered him worthy of being awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky. As a result, by order of the Commander of the troops of the 49th Army of 2nd Belorussian Front, Colonel-General Grishin, and a member of the Military Council of the Army, Lieutenant-General Sychev of April 29, 1945, Captain Topeshkin N. M. was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1 degree. _x000D_ At the end of the Great Patriotic War, the 330th Infantry Division became part of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany. By the directive of the Headquarters of the Supreme Command of May 29, 1945, the division was disbanded on the spot and turned to replenish the troops. _x000D_ On September 26, 1945, Captain Nikolai Moiseevich Topeshkin, Senior Adjutant of a Separate Training Battalion of the 265th Rifle Division of the Vyborg Division of the 3rd Shock Army, on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, was awarded the medal “For Victory over Germany in Great Patriotic War 1941-1945” by order of the Division Commander, Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General Shulga._x000D_ In 1951, Nikolai Moiseevich Topeshkin graduated from the Leningrad Mining Institute and worked in the mining industry. He passed away on May 26, 1990 in the village of Kukuevo, Nelidovsky District, Tver Region, and was buried in the family cemetery next to his parents.

Title: Junior Seargeant, Hero of the Soviet Union_x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces_x000D_ Subdivision: Panfilov 8th Guards Rifle Rezhitskaya Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division _x000D_ Junior Sergeant Pyotr Dmitrievich Stemasov is the first Hero of the Soviet Union of the 316th Rifle Division. The Commander of the Radio Department of the 289th anti-tank Artillery Regiment of the 316th Rifle Division, Junior Sergeant Pyotr Stemasov in the battles near Moscow, provided radio communication of the battery with firing positions on October 25, 1941, replaced the out-of-order gunner and, together with the artillerymen, knocked out nine enemy tanks ... _x000D_ In the sector of the 1073rd Regiment of 316 Suvorov Division, the Nazi units broke through the defenses and made their way to join the tankers in Ostashevo. All the guns were already on alert. At two in the morning on October 25, the entire personnel of the 289th Regiment was raised to their feet. For half a day, the Spas-Ryukhov anti-tank area was grinding the fascist tanks. _x000D_ The fifth battery of Senior Lieutenant Belyakov, which discovered the enemy earlier than others, knocked out 11 tanks, Kapatsin's battery seventeen and the remaining batteries eighteen tanks. The battlefield was covered with smoke. Visibility has deteriorated. At the Kapatsyn battery, one gun was silent in the midst of hostilities. Kapatsyn sene Junior Seargeant Stemasov to clarify a combat situation. The gun carriage was covered with ground, and only the tractor driver Chobotov and the gunner Nerov survived. _x000D_ Stemasov, Chobotov and Neronov quickly dug up the gun carriage. The panorama was broken on the gun and the gunner ran to the spare. But the tanks were approaching, and they had to aim through the barrel. _x000D_ The first shot to test was fired at a haystack. The second time Stemasov aimed at the approaching tank, together with Chobotov, he again loaded the gun. A shot followed, “the tank shuddered, stopped and burst into flames.” _x000D_ Neronov returned with a spare panorama, the gun became fully operational. In a short time, the three of them knocked out seven tanks, but did not notice how a large group of enemy tanks from the side entered the rear. But even at these critical moments, Stemasov and his comrades were not at a loss. _x000D_ By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 9, 1941, for the exemplary fulfillment of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German enemy invaders, and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Junior Sergeant Peter Dmitrievich Stemasov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and a medal " Golden Star". In 1945 he graduated from 2nd year of the Military Academy named after F.E.Dzerzhinsky, in 1948 from the Higher Officer Artillery School, and in 1954 from the courses for officers. _x000D_ Since 1960, Major P.D.Stemasov had been in reserve. He lived in the city of Vitebsk. Before leaving for a well-deserved retirement, he worked at a factory of electrical measuring instruments. Retired Colonel P.D. Stemasov passed away on November 18, 2000. Buried in Vitebsk. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War of 1st degree, the Red Star, "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" of the 3rd degree, and medals. _x000D_ In the city of Vitebsk, a memorial plaque is installed on the house where the Hero lived.

Subdivision: 242nd Taman Mountain Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov_x000D_ Tribunsky Nikolay Tarasovich was born on October, 25 1923 in the village Salnikovo (now Pervomaisky District of Altai Territory) in a peasant family. He had been enlisted to the Red Army since October 1941, participated in war combats since December 1941. He was a recon of the 690th Brigade Regiment (126th Brigade, 2nd Guards Army, 4th Ukrainian Front)._x000D_ On 12.4.1944 as part of reconnaissance group he destroyed 5 Nazis and captured several prisoners in Sevastopol (Crimea, Ukraine). On 05/31/1944 he was awarded the Order of Glory, (242nd Alpine Division, the 3rd Alpine Corps, 1st Guards Army, 4th Ukrainian front). _x000D_ Senior Sergeant made several raids deep into the rear of the enemy, captured and personally exterminated more than 15 Nazis 17.12.44-4.01.45. On On 4.01.45 one of the first in a group of recons broke into the enemy location in the area of Bardejov (Slovakia), struck 3 sub-machine gunners with point-blank fire, and captured 1 prisoner. On 05.02.45 Tribunsky awarded the Order of Glory of 3 degree, on 24.10.66 he was re-awarded the Order of Glory of 1st degree. Commanding a capture group, on the night of 05.02.45 at the station Gucisko (southern city of Rabka, Poland) killed 4 Nazis and took 1 prisoner. On the night of 20.02.45 in the area of Nowy Sacz (Poland), covering the retreat of the capture group with the “tongue”, he struck 5 infantry. On 24.3.45 Tribunsky was awarded the Order of Glory of 2nd degree. _x000D_ In January 1946 he was demobilized. In 1956 he graduated from the Barnaul Accounting and Credit College and worked as a Chief Accountant of the Altai Regional Committee of the Communist Party. He lived in the city of Barnaul. He passed away on June 25, 1996.

Suleimanov Ibragim Bagomedovich was born in 1911, in the village of Urakhi, Darginsky District, Dagestan Region (now Sergokalinsky District of the Republic of Dagestan), into a peasant family. In 1937 he graduated from the Sergokala pedagogical school, after which he worked at the Urakhin Secondary School and the Gubden incomplete school. In the summer of 1941, he was drafted by the Karabudakhkent Military Commissariat of the Dagestan SSR. _x000D_ Since August 1941, he served as a line supervisor, and then as a Senior line supervisor of the cable-pole company of 14th Separate Motorized Rifle Communications Battalion as part of the 353rd Rifle Division of the 3rd rifle corps of the 56th army. From August to October 1941 he had been a participant in the defense of Odessa. For heroic deeds during battles and exemplary performance of command assignments, he was awarded two medals “For Courage” and a medal “For Military Merit”. From December 1941 to April 1942 he took part in the defense of Sevastopol. _x000D_ In January 1942 he was awarded the third medal “For Courage” for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command. Since July 1942 he participated in hostilities on the Main Caucasian ridge. For courage shown in the combat missions of the command by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 12, 1942, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. After successfully completing the mission, he was sent to Tuapse. Since December 1942, he took part in intense battles for Tuapse in the Region of the Kamenistaya, Dva Brata, Semashkho and Indyuk mountains, as well as in the Goytkh pass area. For courage shown in these battles, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. _x000D_ In September-November 1943 he took part in the Melitopol and Kerch-Eltigen offensive operations. In April 1944 he took part in hostilities in a number of Crimean cities. _x000D_ Also, from March to April 1944, he actively was taking part in the Odessa offensive operation. During the hostilities in the Odessa Region, he was blown up by a mine and lost his right leg. He barely managed to survive. _x000D_ For courage and heroism during the expulsion of the Nazi invaders from the territory of the Ukrainian SSR, by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the guard Senior Seargeant Suleimanov Ibrahim Bagomedovich is awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of 1st degree. _x000D_ In 1945 he was demobilized with the status of a disabled person of the Great Patriotic War of the first group. He returned to his homeland and for several years had been working at the sovkhoz named after Hamid Dalgat in the village of Urakhi. _x000D_ In 1964 he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor for labor achievements. He was an honored teacher of the Dagestan ASSR. In 1985 he was awarded the second Order of the Patriotic War of 1st degree in honor of the 40th anniversary of Victory. _x000D_ In 1993 he passed away of cardiac arrest at the age of 84. He was buried in his native village. _x000D_ Awards: Order of the Red Banner, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War I degree (twice) , Order of the Badge of Honor, Medal ‘For Courage” (three times), Medal ‘For Military Merit”, Medal ‘For Defense of the Caucasus”, Medal ‘For Defense of Odessa”, Medal ‘For Defense of Sevastopol”, Medal ‘For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945” and other medals.

Rank: Colonel _x000D_ Division: 365th Red Banner Infantry Division. _x000D_ In the spring of 1939, a Major came to the Nikitskaya school and began to agitate the children to enter military schools. And eight tenth graders disappeared, dropping out of school. A month later, the “missing” were found in the Kharkov, where they studied at various military schools. The director of the school, together with the teachers, had to travel 180 km to Kharkov in order to take final exams from the "fugitives" and issue secondary education certificates. _x000D_ On May 15, 1941 Zinovy graduated from the course of the Kharkov Military Infantry School. The First Deputy People's Commissar for Defense of the SSR, Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny, came to graduation and handed the young Lieutenant Z.A. Sibirtsev a diploma with honors. As one of the best, he was sent to the Kiev Special Military District (at that time the most prestigious), where he was appointed Commander of the anti-aircraft machine gun platoon of 475th Infantry Regiment of the 53rd Infantry Division. But a peaceful service did not last long, the war began quite soon. Their Rifle Regiment, as part of the Southwestern Front, went into action against the German invaders. It was the third day of the war, and my grandfather was the Deputy Commander of a machine-gun company. _x000D_ The attack of the armed enemy was strong, the division had leave its positions and retreat. The 475th Rifle Regiment was left for cover. The forces were not equal: out of ammunition, having lost weapons and personnel, the remnants of the regiment were surrounded in the Rzhishchensky forests near Kiev. _x000D_ Once in the rear of the Germans, they began to leave the encirclement. Exhausted by cold and hunger, they had been on their way to the Soviet troops for more than 200 days. Only 400 soldiers and the commanders of their regiment and joined soldiers of other military units managed to get out of the encirclement. Having united with its division, the hastily reformed Regiment again entered the hostilities to defeat the enemy. German troops were advancing to Moscow. The situation on the Western Front was challenging, defensive battles were fought in all directions. An important area of the heroic combat for Moscow on the left flank of the Mozhaisk line of defense was the Maloyaroslavets sector of the front. Stubborn battles were fought on Maloyaroslavets land. Divisions from the Far East and other fronts were hastily deployed here again. The 43rd army of Major General Golubev K.D. fought In the Podolsk sector, and the 53rd Rifle Division was in its composition. Its Commander was Colonel A.F. Naumov. The division firmly held the defenses in the Kamenskoye, Tarutino, Kresty, Stremilovo zone, did not retreat a single step until the Soviet troops launched a counteroffensive near Moscow. _x000D_ On January 7, 1942, in a combat near the village of Ilyinka, Kaluga Region, Zinovy Ageevich was wounded and ended up in a hospital. After recovery, he was again sent to the front. But he fought in the 40th Separate Red Banner Rifle Brigade, which became famous in the battles near Moscow, for which he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. He was promoted to the military rank of “Captain” and became chief of staff of 1st Separate Infantry Battalion. The young Commander fought bravely, distinguished himself by competent conduct of the combat, therefore he was in good standing with the command of the Brigade. Directly from the front line in the battles for the Dorogobuzh, my grandfather was recalled from the front and sent to the Solnechnogorsk for the Higher courses of Command Personnel called "Shot" named after Marshal of the Soviet Union B.M. Shaposhnikov. _x000D_ In June, at the "Shot" course, there was a selection of excellent students for further study at the Frunze Military Academy. The Head of the courses, Lieutenant-General Smirnov, and Marshal G.K. Zhukov, who arrived, talked personally with each candidate. After a short conversation, Z.A. Sibirtsev was given the order: “Tomorrow you leave for the city of Moscow to the Academy.” _x000D_ So Captain Z.A. Sibirtsev in July 1943 became a student of the Frunze Military Academy. The study at the Academy was very intense, but the young officers-listeners, and among them were experienced front-line soldiers, order-bearers, tirelessly mastered the knowledge of military science. _x000D_ The long-awaited Victory Day was celebrated in Moscow, within the walls of the Academy. Then there was the world famous Victory Parade on June 24, 1945. My grandfather took part in this parade as part of the column of the oldest academy in the country, which was given the honor to lead the Moscow garrison in this parade. On October 10, 1947, students graduated from the Frunze Military Academy. Upon completion of his studies, Captain Z.A. Sibirtsev was sent to the Far East, where he served in military units for more than 10 years. For a year he served in the operational department of the headquarters of 5th army of the Primorsky Military District, then until July 1954 he was an officer of the operational headquarters of 25th army of the Primorsky Military District. _x000D_ From July 1954 to May 1957 he served as Head of the Air Defense Department of the 3rd Panzer Division of 25th Army of the Far Eastern Military District,then, until April 1959, he was the Head of the Air defense department of the 46th Panzer Division of 25th Army of the Far East Military District. _x000D_ On March 8, 1958 he was awarded the rank of Colonel. In April 1959 he was transferred to the command of the troops of the North Caucasian Military District, until October 1961 he was the Head of 2nd section of the Stavropol Military Commissariat of the North Caucasus Military District. _x000D_ In October 1961, Colonel Z.A. Sibirtsev was sent to the post of military Comissar of the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Region of the Stavropol Territory. He served in the responsible work of the Military Comissar for 13 years. On October 25, 1974, he would have been transferred to the reserve, but in civilian life he worked as a member of the regional party committee, was in the thick of the social and political life of the country and the republic. In March 2004 Z. A. Sibirtsev was invited to Sochi to a plenary meeting of the public forum of the peoples of the Caucasus and southern Russia, where repeated meetings and conversations with Russian President V. V. Putin took place. _x000D_ In May 2005, Zinovy Ageevich was invited to Moscow to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Victory as a guest of honor and as a participant in the Victory parade. He was present at all the ceremonial events held by Russian President Vladimir Putin in honor of the Great Victory. _x000D_ For military work Zinovy Ageevich has more than 30 state awards: two Orders of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of 1st degree, medals "For Military Merit", "For Defense of Moscow", "For Victory over Germany" "Georgy Zhukov", "For Impeccable Military Service", "For Services to the Fatherland" II degree, jubilee and others.

Sushinsky Alexey Petrovich was born on March 7, 1921, in the Kalinin Region, Bezhetsk District, the village of Vydumer. After graduating from high school, in 1939 he entered 2nd Leningrad Red Banner Artillery School, after which in June 1941 he was awarded the rank of Lieutenant. Then he was sent to the Odessa Military District and was appointed Commander of the measuring and sighting platoon of the headquarters battery of the 265th Corps Artillery Regiment. _x000D_ Since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he participated in the defense of Odessa as part of the Regiment. Then the Regiment was evacuated to the Crimea, where it took part in the defense of Sevastopol. During the defense of Sevastopol, Alexei Petrovich was awarded the rank of Senior Lieutenant, and in March 1942, he was appointed adjutant of the Regiment Commander. In April 1942, the Regiment was renamed 18th Guards Red Banner Artillery Regiment. _x000D_ Alexey Petrovich took part in the defense of the city until July 3, 1942. On this day, he was wounded, and the next day on July 4, 1942, he was captured near the Chersonesos lighthouse. He remained in captivity until August 28, 1942, and on the night of August 28-29, during transportation by rail, he escaped from a carriage near the Znamenka station of the Kirovograd Region. Then he tried to get to the front line and go out to the Soviet troops. Through the occupied territory he reached the Krasnodar Territory, where at a farm had found the Russian troops. After that, he was reviewed in a special counterintelligence department. Later he was appointed Commander of a control platoon of 773 Artillery Regiment of 317th Rifle Division (2nd formation). Then, in September 1943, he was appointed battery Commander of the same Regiment. As part of the unit, he took part in the liberation of the Taman Peninsula, the liberation of Uzhgorod, the overcoming of the Carpathians, in the breakthrough of the defense in the mountains of Värteshegy, the capture of the cities of Brno, Gyor, Magyarovar. For participation in these operations, the troops received gratitude from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief I.V. Stalin. _x000D_ Alexey Petrovich was a participant in the combat for the Caucasus, the liberation of the Kuban, a participant in the storming of Budapest and Vienna. He had a celebration of Victory in Czechoslovakia. _x000D_ Further, as part of the unit, he was transferred to the Far East, where he took part in the war with Japan. In the summer of 1946, he retired from the Armed Forces with the rank of Captain and returned home after 7 years of absence. In addition to the wound received near Sevastopol, he was wounded 2 more times: during the liberation of the Taman Peninsula and during the assault on Budapest. _x000D_ After the war he worked as a teacher in a rural school. He passed away in 1998. _x000D_ Awards: the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War II degree, the Order of the Patriotic War II degree was received in 1985, in honor of the 40th anniversary of Victory. _x000D_ Medals: For Defense of Odessa, For Defense of Sevastopol, For Defense of the Caucasus, For Capture of Budapest, For Capture of Vienna, For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, For Victory Over Japan and many jubilee medals.