Order of the Red Star

Repkin Akim Vasilyevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Senior sergeant. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. In every city and village of our country, former veterans live. And although they are becoming fewer and fewer every year, but those who survived, keep the memory of the departed sacred. The memory of them lives on in the people. I want to tell you about our fellow countryman, hero of the Soviet Union, Akim Vasilyevich Repkin. Akim Vasilyevich Repkin was born on September 20, 1914 in the village of Harkeevka in the Starooskolsky district in the family of a poor peasant. He graduated from elementary school. He started his working life very early. At the age of thirteen, his father sent him to work for kulak. At the age of sixteen, Komsomol member Akim Repkin worked at a mine in the Donbass. Here, in 1936, he was drafted into the army. From 1936 to 1939, he served in the Red Army in the far East. After demobilization, he remained to live and work in the city of Blagoveshchensk. When the war began, he asked to go to the front as a volunteer. The regiment in which Akim Vasilyevich was enlisted was arriving at the South-Western front, near Kharkiv. Here in October 1941, the baptism of fire took place. 1942. German-fascist hordes are rushing to the Volga. The battle of Stalingrad, a fierce, harsh, and persistent battle unprecedented in the history of war, began. The battalion in which Repkin served was assigned the task of crossing the don river, breaking through the enemy's defenses in the direction of the city of Serafimovich. Prepared carefully. They tied up a raft from improvised materials, loaded weapons and ammunition on it. And at nightfall, at a signal, they threw themselves into the water. "Go ahead, guys!" - the squad leader hurried his men. The cannonade did not abate. At first, the indiscriminate firing of the enemy became more focused. The soldiers stormed the German fortifications. The enemy's defense line was breached, and the task was completed. Then there was the gum, which was also forced. After Kursk and Orel again water barrier-the Dnieper. The Nazis were firing heavily. The sappers took shelter in the coastal Bush. No violent counterattack, no heavy fire of the enemy could not prevent the crossing. For two days, pontoons were transporting people, equipment, ammunition, and medicines without sleep or rest. And when the sounds of battle rolled away far beyond the Dnieper, the sappers began to build a floating pontoon bridge, which soon crossed the army. The offensive continued. And Akim Vasilyevich attached to his tunic the medal "for bravery", received for the courage shown during the crossing of the Dnieper. In the spring of 1944, the order of the Red Star was added to the military awards. This is for crossing the Prut river. In the second half of January 1945, the 49th separate motorized pontoon bridge battalion under the leadership of Colonel Borodin reached the Oder near the city of Steinau. Intelligence reported that the only surviving bridge in the area was mined. In the evening, the Deputy commander of the fourth tank army, major General Poluektov, drove up to the group of pontoons. Opening the car door, he called senior Lieutenant Krupnikov to his side. "Tankers need a bridge. Are there any specialists in mine clearance? " - " we will find it, comrade General!" The execution of combat missions by the battalion commander has placed on Repkina. The Junior Sergeant put the platoon on the car and headed for the bridge. The soldiers were forced to spread out, dashing and crawling forward for two kilometers due to heavy mortar fire. When the bridge was two hundred meters away, Repkin left the soldiers in place, and he and private Akhmetov, Komsomol Famankhin crawled to the road, then ditched to the bridge. At a convenient moment they removed the sentries. A green rocket shot up into the gray sky: the way is clear! On the same day late in the evening the battalion was alerted and was ordered to secure the crossing of troops over the Oder near the town Cabin. Junior Sergeant Repkin's squad was the first to reach the river. The landing party was already at the shore. After 10 minutes, the first pontoon, loaded to the limit of the infantry, sailed off the shore. Repkin was driving the pontoon. The rapid current and floating ice floes made it difficult to move. There were the booming shots of guns and mortars, machine-gun bursts, and the unbearable screeching of bombs. Shells split the ice floes. Skilfully maneuvering between the bursts of shells and mines, between the ice floes, Repkin resolutely led his pontoon to the Western shore. And when the landing party, having caught on a piece of land, entered the battle, Akim Vasilyevich sent his pontoon after another group of fighters. And again, the shells burst, again the shrapnel. For two days, Akim Repkin's Department worked under continuous fire without rest or sleep. It transported 2 infantry battalions, 10 guns, 3 tanks, and many other weapons and ammunition across the Oder, which ensured the capture and consolidation of a bridgehead on the left Bank of the river. On April 10, 1945, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Akim Vasilievich Repkin was awarded the Rank Hero of the Soviet Union for successfully crossing the Oder and for his heroism and courage. At the same time, he joined the CPSU(b). The war ended for Repkin on April 28, 1945. While participating in the assault on Berlin, he was seriously wounded. He learned about the victory in the hospital. After the war, Akim Vasilyevich was demobilized. Lived in Carscom district of the Chita region, then moved to his native village Kharchevka of Volodymyrovsky village Council. In the early 60s, Akim Vasilyevich worked as the head of a dairy farm in the village of Vladimirovka. At the same time, he was given an apartment in the city of Stary Oskol, where he moved the whole family. But Akim Vasilyevich never forgot his small homeland. He constantly came and met with young people, industry leaders and ordinary residents of the village. At the invitation of the pioneers of the Vladimirskaya secondary school, Akim Vasilievich repeatedly visited the school and talked with the children. The Museum of the Vladimirskaya secondary school contains photos of A.V. Repkin and a note written by Him on February 5, 1972. When once again Akim Vasilyevich was invited to a meeting with students, he wrote that he was glad to be invited and that he would definitely fulfill the request of the students. But, unfortunately, the shattered health did not allow this meeting to take place. In the late 80's, on May 11, 1989, Akim Vasilyevich died. The Motherland has not forgotten the hero's feat. In honor of Akim Vasilyevich named one of the streets of Stary Oskol, his bust installed in alle Heroes. His memory will be passed down from century to century. And we will be proud that we had a chance to live on the same land together with our famous countryman – Repkin Akim Vasilyevich.

Ramazanov Musa Saitovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Ramazanov Musa Saitovich (in some documents Romazanov Musya Saidovich), was born on 15.04.1907 in the village of Staraya Yandovka, Starokulatkinsky district, Kuibyshev region (now Ulyanovsk region). He graduated from the Kazan higher Communist party school in 1934. He worked as a Director of a secondary school in the kargalinsky district of the TASSR, then as a Deputy editor of the regional newspaper of the Krasnoarmeysky district of the city of Kazan, TASSR. He continued to work in the editorial office of the magazine "Tatarstan Bolshevik", head of the organization of party work, in the city of Kazan. In 1942 On April 5, he volunteered for the Great Patriotic war, with the rank of Lieutenant. He served in 1942 in 139 Western SP, 41 SD Yoshkar-Ola MVO. Political staff. In 1943, he was transferred to the 738th rifle regiment, 134 rifle division, as a Deputy instructor, Calf. In 1943, he was a cadet at the Military-Political school of Frunze, in Gorky. Since 1943, the party Department of the division 99 otd., fighter-anti-tank artillery division 92 GV. SD, 37 A. 2 Ukrf, 3 Ukrf. In the battle of Kryvyi Rih on 29.02.1944, he was seriously wounded. Later, with gratitude and warmth, he remembered the woman who saved his life during a blood transfusion. From March to July 1944, he was treated for injuries and evacuated to Baku. Further, from 07.1944 to 08. 1946, he was a party member of the battalion of the 317th regiment of the convoy troops of the Ministry of internal Affairs, 49th brigade. He retired to the reserve, rank - Lieutenant of the reserve 15.06.1946. He was awarded: order of the Red Star, date of the feat: 29.02.1944 Medal "For victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945" Medal "Twenty years of Victory in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945" Badge "25 years of Victory in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945", for valor and courage in the great Patriotic war; Medal "50 years Armed forces of the USSR" Medal "In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin" Medal "30 years of Victory in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945" Medal "Veteran of labour USSR", for long and honest work. After the war, he headed the Department of culture of the Executive Committee of the Aznakaevsky district Council of the Republic of Tatarstan. He was the head of the party office of the Aznakaevsky district Committee of the CPSU (b), after retiring as the Director of the district zagotkontory of the Aznakaevsky district. During his work, he proved to be a competent specialist and responsible Manager. People remember him as a fair, deeply decent, friendly, hospitable person. He enjoyed well-deserved authority and respect in the team and among the district leaders. He died in 1977. He was buried with honors in the city of Aznakaevo in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Spouse Saitkoulova Minamal Samigulova and son Ramazanov Nail Musinovich treasured the memory of him. Family with love and fond memories of Moses the Saitovich. Every year they pass in the same line with him and with his brothers, in the Immortal regiment. Eternal glory to him and eternal memory!

Rubilov Nikolay Ignatovich_x000D_ _x000D_ My grandfather, Nikolay Ignatovich Rubilov, was born on 2.02.1906 in a large peasant family in the village of Aleksashkino near Saratov. After the revolution, his family moved to Shuya. Here, Nikolay entered the printing shop of the Shuisky United factory as an apprentice, where he soon grew up to become a raklist and became a leader in production. Soon he married a young beauty - Bolotova Maria Konstantinovna. They had a son, Yuri, in 1932, Rudolf in 1936, and a daughter, Tatiana, in 1938. My grandfather was called to the front in 1941. Together with him went to fight and his 3 brothers, two of the war has not returned. Grandfather Nikolay participated in the defense of Smolensk, was the commander of the gun. After being wounded and concussed, he was in a Moscow hospital. My grandfather participated in the defense of the Caucasus. Graduated from the communications officer course in Irkutsk. Again, he participated in the battles. He was awarded the order of the red Star, medals, and received the commendation of the Supreme commander. He personally saw G. K. Zhukov. My grandfather was discharged in 1945 and returned to the United factory in Shuya, where he worked until 1979. In 1948, my daughter Lydia was born, and in 1951, my father, Nikolay Nikolaevich, was born. My grandparents had such a large family, 5 children. After the war, we lived hard, but amicably. The eldest son Yuri became an officer, served in the air force on southern Sakhalin, then in Sevastopol. There he met his love and started a family. My son Rudolf was an excellent car mechanic, my daughter Tatiana was a nurse, my daughter Lydia was a teacher, and my father Nikolay was a paramedic. My grandfather died on September 1, 1982.

Reshetov Nikolay Vasilievich_x000D_ _x000D_ My grandfather, Nikolay Reshetov, was born on December 23, 1913 in the village of Veselovka in the Ternovsky district of the Penza region. In 1935, he graduated from the technical school of Soviet trade. My grandfather started his military career in peacetime. From 1935 to 1937, he was a cadet, then a squad leader of the 70th separate signal battalion. From October 1941 to February 1943, my grandfather was a platoon commander of the 79th separate Telegraph-operational company of the 16th army of the Western front, a platoon commander of the 1278th separate Telegraph-operational company of the 16th army of the Western front, and a commander of the 30th separate company of the 2nd regiment of the NKVD Government communications troops. From February 1943 to may 1945, he was a company commander of the 243rd separate battalion of the Government communications troops of the 2nd Belorussian front. As a commander, my grandfather proved to be a disciplined, executive and demanding officer. From the first days until the end of the great Patriotic War, he carried out work on the construction of a Government communication line in difficult conditions under artillery fire and enemy aircraft bombing, bravely endured all the hardships of the combat situation. In these unthinkable conditions, he was able to provide the Command with high-quality communications. My grandfather took part in the 2nd Belorussian Front in the following battles: July 1944-capture of the city and industrial center of Bialystok, the most important railway junction and a powerful fortified area of German defense, covering the way to the city of Warsaw; January 1945 – a breakthrough of enemy defenses on the West Bank of the Narew river North of Warsaw's city; March 1945 – the possession of the cities of Anger and Starograd important strong points of the German defense on the outskirts of the city of Danzig; March 1945 – the acquisition of the fortress city of Gdansk (Danzig), an important port and naval base for the Germans on the Baltic sea; April 1945 – breakthrough strongly strengthened defence of Germans on the West Bank of the Oder river and the mastery of the chief town of Pomerania and a major seaport of Stettin, and the cities of gartz, Penkun, Casekow, Schwedt; April 1945 - for the capture of the main cities and important road junctions Anklam, Friedland, Neubrandenburg, Lichen and entry into the territory of the province of Myklenburg; May 1945-the capture of the cities of Stralsund, Grimmen, Demmin, Malchin, Waren, Wesenberg, important road junctions and strong points of defense of the Germans. From the order of the armed forces of the 2nd Belorussian front no: 185 of 10.08.1944 "...In April 1944, during the organization of the 2nd Belorussian front, performing an urgent task of the command to tip the copper chain on the Krichev-Roslavl section of 96 kilometers in the conditions of spring thaw and the flood of the Sozh river and swamps, he contributed with the personnel of his platoon to the urgent performance of this serious task. In June 1944, with the transition to the offensive of the 2nd Belorussian front, comrade. Reshetov N. V. under enemy artillery fire and minefields, bravely overcoming these difficulties, following the advancing units, he built a Government communication line, which contributed to the timely provision of high-quality communication to the Front Command and the overall success in capturing the regional center of Belarus, the city of Mogilev." For his heroism, my grandfather was awarded: the order of the red Star (August 10, 1944); the order of the Patriotic War II degree (April 2, 1945); the medal "for the defense of Moscow" (may 1, 1944); medal "for the victory over Germany in the great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (August 1, 1945); medal "for the capture of Konigsberg" (December 9, 1945). In addition to orders and medals, he received commendations from the Supreme commander-in-Chief, Marshal of the Soviet Union I. V. Stalin. After the war, my grandfather continued his military service from 1946 to 1948, he was the company's technical Deputy for the 1279th separate company of Government communications troops. In April 1948, my grandfather was discharged from the red Army. After that, he worked as an accountant. In 1956, my grandfather died.

Roshupkin Vasily Efimovich_x000D_ _x000D_ He was born on November 22, 1924 in the Voronezh region, Abramovsky district, Dobrinsky village, village Centralny. In 1942, he was called up for military service by the Abramov RVC. He took the military oath on November 7, 1942. He fought on the 2nd Belorussian front, was the commander of the SU-76. He was wounded twice: in July 1944 - near Mogilev and in October 1944 - in Poland, Ostrov-Mazowiecki (before the battle, he was lying under a tank and examined the bottom, and the crew was resting at the barn, suddenly flew "Messer" and shot everyone,and he shot only his legs). Then he was sent to the war with Japan on the Trans-Baikal front, the 492nd separate self-propelled artillery division-commander of the SU-76. As part of the Soviet troops, he was in Mongolia and China. In 1945 he was awarded the order of the red Star and the medal "for military merit", and in 1946 - medals: "For the Victory over Germany in WWII 1941-1945" and "for the Victory over Japan". He served in the 209th Khingan rifle division. After the war, he continued to serve in The armed forces of the USSR in the Trans-Baikal military district (siding 77, Haranor, Dauria, macievskaya, Zabaikalsk, Manchuria). Served as a platoon commander, battery, tank company, Deputy chief of staff of a tank regiment. In 1957 he was transferred to the Belarusian military district in Urechye, Slutsk district, Minsk region. V / h 61438 and served as chief of staff, commander of a tank battalion, Deputy commander of a regiment. In 1966, he was transferred to the city of Polotsk in the Vitebsk region as a commander of a tank regiment (he was 42 years old). In August 1968 for health reasons (during exercises at the training ground, a tank had a heart attack) he was dismissed to the reserve with the rank of Colonel. Until the end of his life, his heart and soul remained a tank driver and a military man. He died on may 26, 1991.

Vanin Nikolai Andreevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Nikolai Andreevich Vanin (1907-24.05.1946) Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Andreevich Vanin was drafted into the ranks of the Workers 'and peasants' red Army by the Kusinsky district military Commissariat of the Chelyabinsk region on August 19, 1941. In battles with the German-fascist invaders since September 1941. He fought on the Western front. On October 27, 1941, private N. A. Vanin was severely concussed in the battle of Mtsensk. Be taken prisoner. On the second attempt, he escaped with a group of red army soldiers. After checking in the NKVD camp, Nikolai Andreevich was sent to the school of Junior commanders, mastered the military profession of an artillery gunner. In the spring of 1943, Junior Sergeant N. A. Vanin was sent as a gunner to the 696th fighter-anti-tank artillery regiment of the Reserve of the Supreme high command, attached to the 5th army of the Western front. In the summer of 1943, he took part in the Smolensk operation. In the battle for the village of Lekarevo Dorogobuzhskaya district of Smolensk region 11 Aug 1943 in repelling enemy counterattacks, supported by 3 self-propelled artillery installations, thanks to the skillful actions of the gunner Vanina calculation tools destroyed 1 SAU and up to 20 soldiers and officers of Wehrmacht. In the autumn of 1943, Nikolai Andreevich participated in the Orsha operation. By the end of 1943, he was promoted to Sergeant and was appointed commander of the 5th battery's artillery gun. The team under the command of Sergeant Vanin distinguished itself in the winter of 1944. During the Vitebsk operation in the battle for the dominant height near the Belarusian village of Hora (Chashkinsky district of the Vitebsk region) under the cover of darkness, Sergeant Vanin rolled out his gun on direct fire. When the offensive began on the morning of February 9, 1944, Vanin's gun destroyed a machine-gun point and two mortars, ensuring the success of the infantry in the battle to capture the height. For distinction in the Vitebsk operation, Nikolai Andreevich was awarded the medal "for bravery" and soon promoted to senior Sergeant. On April 24, 1944, the Western front was transformed into the 3rd Belorussian front and began preparations for the Belorussian strategic offensive operation. Operation Bagration, in which the 3rd Belorussian front conducted the Vitebsk-Orsha, Minsk, Vilnius, and Kaunas operations, began on June 23, 1944. During the offensive front on 16 July 1944 696-th army anti-tank artillery regiment 1029-m rifle regiment 371 infantry division reached the river Neman near the village of Darsuniskis kaisiadoriu district of the Lithuanian SSR (now the municipality of kaišiadorys Kaunas uyezd of the Lithuanian Republic). However, the place of crossing was shot through by German machine gunners. Having rolled out the gun on direct fire, senior Sergeant N. A. Vanin destroyed 2 machine guns and 3 light machine guns of the enemy, thanks to which the rifle units crossed the river and captured a bridgehead on the West Bank. Developing the offensive, during the Kaunas operation, units of the 5th army of the 3rd Belorussian front, repelling several enemy tank attacks, reached the state border with East Prussia on August 29, 1944. During the period of offensive operations from 7 to 16 August, the gun of senior Sergeant N. A. Vanin destroyed 7 German tanks. On March 24, 1945, senior Sergeant Nikolai Andreevich Vanin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for his exemplary performance of the command's combat tasks at the front of the fight against the German invaders and for his bravery and heroism. In November 1944, Nikolai Andreevich participated in the Gumbinnen-Goldap operation. During the 1945 campaign, senior Sergeant N. A. Vanin took part in the Insterburg-Konigsberg front operation, the assault on Konigsberg and the elimination of the enemy's zemland group as part of the East Prussian operation. In April 1945, units of the 5th army were withdrawn from the Soviet-German front and transferred to the far East, where they began preparing for war with Japan as part of the Primorye group of forces. In August — September 1945, Nikolai Andreevich participated in the Harbin-Girin offensive operation of the 1st far Eastern front. After the defeat of the Kwantung army, Sergeant N. A. Vanin was discharged and returned to Kusa. Awards: Medal "Gold Star" (24.03.1945) The Order Of Lenin (24.03.1945) Order of the Patriotic war, 2nd class (30.08.1943) Order of Glory, 3rd class (08.08.1944) Order of the red Star (21.07.1945) Medal " for bravery "(07.08.1944) Medal "for the capture of Konigsberg "Medal" for the victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945 "Medal" for the victory over Japan»

Vasilev Hermenigild Aleksandrovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Went to the front in the first days of the war. He was the commander of a machine-gun crew. The Nazis shot the height at which the calculation was located. All the soldiers of the Lagutenko group were killed except for one person who told about the feat of the machine-gun crew. Vasiliev Erminingeld Alexandrovich (born in 1920) lived in Okulovka before the great Patriotic war. From the memoirs of his daughter Valentina Volkova: "the photo shows my grandmother in her house in Okulovka on Volodarsky street, 24. behind her are pictures of her three sons-Sasha, KEMA and Vova. KEMA is my father Hermenegild. That's what everyone called him. He was the only one who returned from the war, and two of his younger brothers died on the fronts of the great Patriotic war. My father didn't tell me anything about the war. Only when I stroked a large scar on his shoulder blade, almost the size of a hand, and asked if you were shot here, he showed a small hole under the collarbone and said: "The bullet went in and came out from behind..." It was only 40 years later that I learned from my father's personal file that he was called up in 1941 as a student of the LTA, and in 1942, after graduating from school, was sent to the Kalinin front in the 1014 artillery regiment as a platoon commander of toporazvedki, and four months later he was already the head of the intelligence division. He was first wounded in September 1943, and after recovering in a Moscow hospital in June 1944, he returned to his unit and fought on the 2nd Baltic front in his former position. In December 1944 he was seriously wounded (the bullet hit his thigh, and there was a cartridge in his pocket, it exploded and severely damaged his knee, it hurt then all his life). Thanks to the doctors, the leg was saved, but the treatment lasted more than a year-first in the hospital in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, then in Leningrad. In January 1946, he was discharged and discharged for health reasons. During the great Patriotic war, he was awarded medals and the order of the red Star. After the war, my father was restored to the Leningrad forestry Academy and, after graduating from it, worked in Karelia in the Malengsky and Pyalmsky timber farms. And then my father was transferred to Petrozavodsk first Deputy. head of the forest industry Department of the Karelian Council of national economy, and then Director of the Karelian branch of the tsniime. His father was awarded the order of the red banner of Labor, and in 1964 he was awarded the title of Honored engineer of the Karelian ASSR. In 1969, the Pope was invited to Moscow to work in the Ministry. Unfortunately, he lived only 54 years...»

Vinogradov Ivan Grigoryevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Ivan Grigoryevich Vinogradov was born in 1914 in Vitebsk, Belorussian SSR. He began serving in the red Army in 1936. After graduating from the 1st Ulyanovsk guards twice red banner, order of the red Star tank school named after V. I. Lenin, he was sent to the front. He fought in the 20th tank brigade of the 1st Belorussian front, which was included in the 11th tank corps and participated in the famous battle of Kursk. On July 19, 1944, the 20th tank brigade was ordered to break through the enemy's defenses and capture the town of siedlec, which was well prepared for defense and was one of the main strong points on the outskirts of Warsaw. For the liberation of the city, the 20th tank red banner order of Suvorov brigade was awarded the honorary name "sedletskaya". Studying archival documents, we learned that during the breakthrough of a strongly fortified German defense point in the area of Zeleevsky heights on April 17, 1945, and in subsequent battles to the suburbs of Berlin, our grandfather, in the most difficult and decisive moments of the battle, by personal example of bravery and fearlessness, led tank crews to combat feats, which decided the success of the battle. Personally, using tank weapons and tank tracks, he destroyed: an anti-tank battery, two anti-aircraft guns, two medium tanks, and up to 120 German soldiers and officers. In these battles, he was wounded three times, but did not leave the battlefield and continued to be in the battle lines of tanks. My grandfather finished the war in Berlin with the rank of captain. For valor and bravery displayed in battles against the German invaders was awarded the Order of red Star, order of the red banner twice Order of the Patriotic war I degree.

Varganov, Sergey Grigorievich_x000D_ _x000D_ Sergey Grigoryevich Varganov (1917-14. 09. 1971) Sergey Grigoryevich Varganov was one of nine children in a large family of the master of the mechanical shop of the iron foundry of Kusa Grigory Grigoryevich and his wife Anna Grigoryevna Varganov. From a boy's age, Sergey became interested in technology. In my dreams, I imagined myself as either a pilot or a tank driver… But he clearly understood that without a good school education, dreams can only remain dreams. Among the few peers, Sergey graduated from the ninth year, and for the beginning of the thirties-this is a fairly high education… At the same time, he mastered the profession of a locksmith well. At the age of 22, he joined the party. His career developed rapidly. From October 1928 to April 1931, Sergey Varganov passed five stages of promotion from the driver of an agricultural cartel to the head of the commercial financial Department of an agricultural machinery plant. In April 1931, by the decision of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) and the recommendation of the Regional Committee of the CPSU(b), he was sent to the Orenburg aviation school for pilot training, where he completed a five-month training course. However, the requirements that were imposed on future pilots during permanent medical commissions were very strict. Therefore, after almost six months of training, many cadets were faced with the fact that they would not have to fly. For this reason, at the end of 1931, Sergey Varganov was among the 27 pilots sent to the Orel armored school. After finishing school with "excellent", he was sent to the Leningrad tank school as a commander of a cadet platoon. Six months later, he continued his studies at the 10-month courses at the Moto-mekhvoisk Academy in Moscow. At the beginning of the great Patriotic war, captain Varganov, by order of the command of the Leningrad military district, as an excellent technical specialist, was sent to the Pushkin tank school to train military personnel, which the Red Army urgently needed. Sending to the front was preceded by work in 1943 at the Higher armored school in Magnitogorsk. Major Varganov received his baptism of fire on the Ukrainian front as part of the 27th army of the 320th rifle division as head of the operational Department. In the front-line memories of Sergei Grigoryevich, the smallest details of each of the battles that he went through during the war years remained until the end of his days. I talked to him a lot and I know how hard and unforgettable these memories were for the front-line soldier. He talked a lot about the Iasi-Kishinev operation that took place from August 20 to August 29, 1944, which is one of the outstanding strategic operations of the Soviet troops. It was led by the commander of the 2nd Ukrainian front F. I. Tolbukhin. In an exceptionally short time, Soviet troops inflicted a crushing defeat on the German group "southern Ukraine", which lost 22 divisions of the Wehrmacht in this direction. In these fierce battles, the t-34 tank, commanded by Varganov, knocked out two "tigers". The first military award of the Order of the red Star was awarded to Sergey Grigoryevich for courage shown in these battles. - The closer we got to the capital of Romania, Bucharest, the fiercer was the resistance of the fascists, - recalled Sergey Grigorievich. – The battle for one of the strategically important heights was particularly difficult. All day long we exchanged incessant heavy fire. The enemy tried to keep the height at any cost. Advance was hindered by a dense barrage, which forced the infantry to lie down. Our tank stopped with a broken track after a direct hit… Wounded in this battle in the left leg, Varganov managed to pull the driver out of the Smoking tank, for which he was presented by the command to the medal "for military merit". As another milestone on the long front-line path, Sergey Grigoryevich recalled the heavy, protracted battles during the liberation of Budapest. - Despite strong enemy resistance, German troops in the left – Bank part of the Hungarian capital, pest, were destroyed on January 18. But in Buda – the right-Bank part of The city, they lasted a long time. When the outcome of the fighting was already decided, on the night of February 11, the Germans moved with all their available forces to break through. At this time, we were in the tanks, and our "thirty-four" almost at point-blank range met the "tiger". I ordered the driver to deploy the tank to fire on the side of the enemy tank. Two volleys hit the target, and the German tank began to smoke and burst into flames… Probably, the military events near Budapest were especially memorable for Sergey Grigoryevich. A lot of things reminded the veteran of those days for the rest of his life. This is a repeated injury, and the consequences of hypothermia in the swamps, where he was among a small group of soldiers had to hide, being surrounded. Then it was not about saving their own lives – the group kept the most expensive soldier's relic-the battle banner. Major Varganov's services in the battle for Budapest were awarded the order of the red Star, the order of the Patriotic war, II degree, and the medal for the capture of Budapest. The composition of the 3rd Ukrainian front, 27th army infantry regiment 320 Mr Sergey Varganov to the rank of major and the post of chief of the operations division held a front way with the liberation battles in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. The great Patriotic war ended for him in Austria. The veteran always remembered Victory day on may 9 with special warmth. - After we heard the word "surrender" on the radio in German, it became clear that this is a long – awaited Victory. We were immediately given a rest. At first, we were struck by the piercing silence that followed. All around them, the greenery was raging, and all around them, the silence was ringing in my ears. And we, no longer afraid, walked through the famous Viennese forest… From Austria, as part of the 27th army, Lieutenant Colonel S. G. Varganov returned to the USSR on August 11, 1945. For his family and friends, his return was doubly joyful, like the resurrection from the dead… Because the message with the wording "missing" they mourned at the very end of the war. The military profession was given to the next years of life until 1954, when Sergey Grigoryevich Varganov retired from the Army for health reasons. The Budapest swamps made themselves felt for the rest of his life, his legs failed, and he was forced to walk with a cane. We regret to note that it is not always the same sign that a person mourned alive later lives up to 100 years… Sergey Grigoryevich passed away at the age of 65… Son – In-Law Hapochkin Gennady Alekseevich.

Verkhovodov Vladimir Vasilyevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Verkhovodov Vladimir Vasilyevich did not like to talk about the war, these memories caused him painful feelings, tears welled up in his eyes. Here is what little I have learned from his children. In 1938, he was drafted into the army in Moscow, and served in Minsk. In 1941, the second world war began. Vladimir Vasilyevich was transferred to the Western front. Division: 338th rifle division(1st formation). He began his service as an ordinary soldier. For military services, he was promoted to senior Lieutenant. In 1943, he was accepted into the Communist party. More than once fate tested him: he was twice wounded in the abdominal cavity and in the legs - but survived! I survived so that I could tell my children about everything I had experienced and seen. From the certificate No. 5919 of August 16, 1943, issued by the hospital No. 854s/p277s/d, I learned that after treatment, my great-grandfather was commissioned from the army to the reserve and sent by the military commander to Kazakhstan to train conscripts in the army. He was awarded the order of the red Star, the order of the Patriotic war I degree and other medals. From the document: "Comrade Verkhovodov December 22, 1942 at 22: 00, during an attack by German intelligence on the combat guard of the 7th rifle company in the area of the mouth of the Sobesa river, where telephone communication with the combat guard was interrupted, and the company commander who was there was wounded. Comrade Verkhovodov under a hurricane of enemy artillery mortar fire crossed the Ugra river and took command of the combat guard, skillfully and quickly organized a repulse of the enemy attack. By his personal example of courage, rushing into the most dangerous places and skilful organization of the battle, he did not allow the enemy to carry out his plan. Worthy of governmental award - Medal "For military merit" After the war, Vladimir came to the village Karayashnyk Olkhovatka district Saronikou region. There he worked as the head of a grain warehouse. In the direction of the Communist party, he was sent to the city of Voronezh to study at the party school. After graduating from the party school, he worked as a master of the construction team, and was transferred to Private security as an inspector.Before retirement, he worked as a Director of the collective farm market. In 1978, he went on a well-deserved rest. Vladimir Vasilyevich died in 1986 and is buried in the cemetery of The zabolotovka settlement in the Olkhovatsky district of the Voronezh region.

Vasev Georgy Osipovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Vasev Georgy Osipovich (13.11.1900-28.06.1993). Born into a peasant family of the poor man in the village Kalinovskoj resurrection SEL Shenkursky district of Arkhangelsk region. After graduating from elementary four-grade school in 1912, he began working for hire in agriculture and timber rafting. Upon reaching the age of 16, he decided to go to Arkhangelsk, where he began working as a simple worker in the military port of Bakaritsa in the city of Arkhangelsk in 1917. However, for various reasons, in March he again leaves for his homeland, where he works on rafting and in agriculture. At the beginning of the Civil war and during the occupation of the North by interventionists and white guards in September 1918, Georgy Osipovich joined the partisans. Freed Ust ' -Vaga, Dvinskoy Bereznik, from interventionists and white guards. Then there was the Petrograd front, fought as part of the 156th rifle regiment against the army of Yudenich. Defending Petrograd, they drove the enemy all the way to Estonia. Then he fought against the white poles on the Polish front. He ended the Civil war by participating in the liquidation of the Kronstadt mutiny as part of the 499th Lefortovo rifle regiment, and was wounded. For participation in the Civil war, he was awarded the order of the red banner of Battle. After the end of the Civil war in 1922, G. O. Vasev arrived in Arkhangelsk. With the help of the Council of Shenkursk partisans, where he was advised to get a job in the region of Fish, he gets a job as a loader. V. D. Nekrasov, a former partisan of the Civil war, and a little later F. B. Gashev, then headed the fish Region. Worked In Vasev worked on fish processing, but in 1924 he was nominated by the General meeting of workers and employees for economic work, supervised the unloading of wagons, loading coal and salt on fishing trawlers and sending cargo from Arkhangelsk to Murmansk. All the time G. Vasev is engaged in self-education. In 1925, on Lenin's call, he applied to the CPSU(b). From 1929 to 1937, he worked in Sevrybsnab as the head of basic warehouses. The supply of ships then took place at Bakaritsa, where there was a base with coal and salt, where everything was delivered by rail. The work was seasonal, during the navigation period, and in the winter the trawlers got up to suck, the workers went home to the nearest villages and towns. The Navy had its own net-making workshop where women worked from Nenoksa and Patrakeeva. Andrey Yakovlevich Maklakov, the future famous tradesman and Hero of the social labor of the Murmansk tralflot, headed the network. First, they knitted spare parts from hemp, then from Smolny hemp, which is more resistant to wear. And on the ships, using spare parts made on the shore, they collected trawls. When the ships started working year-round, all supplies were sent to the winter from Arkhangelsk to the port of Alexandrovsk (now Polar) by rail. In 1936, Georgy Osipovich was sent to study in Moscow for courses at the political Department of the people's Commissariat of the fishing industry of the USSR. After completing the course, the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) approves G. Vasev as the first assistant captain and sends him to the Arkhangelsk trawl fleet, where he first steps on the deck of a fishing ship. In trawl fleet fishing vessels worked he himself was then called, as it was then called the first mate. He worked and organized the Stakhanov movement in the Navy until December 1940, when the pompolite Institute was liquidated. From January 1941, G. O. Vasev was the Deputy chief of the Sevrybsnab. In September 1941, a man who went through the Civil war and raised the economy destroyed after it, became a Commissar of the red army, a tank division of the 3rd tank army. Georgy Osipovich participated in the battles near the city of Mtsensk, surrounded by the Stalingrad group of Paulus and the battle of Kursk-Oryol. Near the village of Prokhorovka, he was wounded in a tank battle and was hospitalized in Kupinsk. After concussion and injury, he was sent to the political Department of the 57th army of the 3rd Ukrainian front as a Deputy commander of a non-combat unit. During the years of the great Patriotic war, G. O. Vasev was awarded the orders of the red Star, world war I and II degrees. For participation in the defeat of the German-fascist troops on the Kursk bulge, he was awarded the medal "for military merit" and a personal watch. And two and a half decades later, another award found him – the order of the red banner of Battle. Georgy Osipovich was discharged in March 1946. Since April 1946, the Lomonosov district Committee directs him as the head of the fish shop Department, and then as the Manager of the Department of the Archtorg of the Lomonosov district. In 1950, the city Committee of the CPSU sends Georgy Osipovich Vasev to the Arkhangelsk trawl fleet, where he works as the first assistant captain of the fishing vessel RT-88 "Pechorets". The captain was Alexander Fyodorovich Pyatkov. The crew on the ship was stable, friendly, and the fame of the ship's work thundered throughout the Northern fishing basin. Many worthy sailors passed through the hands of these two commanders and became good fishermen, specialists in the fishing industry. After many years, the sailors working on the ships of the fleet, remembered their commanders who gave them a start in life. The last vessel of G. O. Vasev in the Archtralflot was the RT-90 Monchegorsk trawler. In 1960, G. O. Vasev went on a well-deserved rest. Georgy Osipovich is a pensioner of Union significance. Draws up a pension, but continues to actively engage in public Affairs. He was a member of the Commission of the Lomonosov district Committee of the CPSU for the consideration of personal cases and admission to the party, carried out assignments of the district Committee, the city Committee of the CPSU, patronized difficult teenagers, participated in the Patriotic education of young people. Numerous meetings are held in labor collectives, schools, and colleges, where G. Vasev talks about his life. He is active in the Council of veterans of the Arkhangelsk trawl fleet. Even at the age of 88, he continued his social work. Georgy Osipovich Vasev lived a long and fruitful life. His work and military exploits are marked by state awards of the country, memorable gifts, badges and titles. The certificates of honor stored In the Museum of labor and military glory of the Arkhangelsk trawl fleet speak for themselves. Then letters from the Central Committee of the CPSU, Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the USSR Council of Ministers, party Committee, party Committee, district party Committee, the Ministry of fisheries and other organizations and agencies for their active position in life, a huge fruitful work of a veteran of two wars and labor G. O. Vasev throughout a long life.

Vernigora Peter Fedorovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Military branch: the Soviet Navy and Naval forces of the NKVD border troops. Vernigora Pyotr Fedorovich was born on December 19, 1921 in the village of Gora-Podol in the Grayvoronsky district of the Kursk region. Before the war, he graduated from Grayvoron high school. In 1940, Grayvoronsky military enlistment office was called up for military service. He was assigned to the Baltic fleet. At the beginning, he received a degree in hydroacoustics in Kronstadt. When the war began, P. F. Vernigora was enlisted in the staff of the submarine. But when the Germans bombed it right at the pier, he was transferred to another, larger boat. In the book of V. I. Dmitriev "Attack submariners" there are these lines: "... on October 6, 1944, the submarine "Shch-407" won its first victory. She sank in the district of Memel transport "Leda". And the next day, the submarine "Shch-407" in the afternoon attacked another enemy ship with torpedoes. It turned out to be a trap ship. Due to its low landing, the torpedoes did not hit the target. After the torpedo attack, the trap ship chased the submarine for about a day and a half." This is about the boat on which P. F. Vernigora served. Pyotr Fyodorovich remembered that campaign well. They had been cruising the area for several days, but there was no suitable target. Finally, during lunch, the officer of the watch noticed a large transport accompanied by several anti-submarine ships through the periscope. The commander's order for a torpedo attack followed. A few minutes later, the command "Fire!" rang out, and two torpedoes raced toward the transport. The roar of the explosion of one of the torpedoes that hit the ship's side did not take long. A retaliatory attack by the guard ships immediately followed. Depth charges began to explode around the submarine one after another. There was a hum in the submarine's compartments from the powerful hydraulic blows to the hull. From the closest breaks from the walls, the cork coating bounced, light bulbs burst, and equipment was torn off the slipways. In this situation, everything depended on the skill of the commander, and of course, on the skill of the sonar. He reported every maneuver of the enemy to the commander. Well, the latter, armed with complete and accurate information about the enemy, managed to outwit him in the end, and all managed to escape unharmed. And then they came across the ill-fated trap ship. They fired a torpedo at it. The commander clearly saw that it had hit the middle of the ship. But it turned out that the ship was sitting too high in the water, and the torpedo passed below her keel. The design of the torpedoes was such that they could not go less than two meters from the surface of the water. This is what the Germans played for. They built vessels with a draft of less than two meters, and made them trap vessels that were invulnerable to torpedoes. After the failed attack, they had to leave the enemy ships for more than a day and a half. 148 depth charges were dropped on them. From their breaks, among other things, jammed the sword, a recently installed sonar installation of English production. And as soon as the submarine broke away from the pursuit, the commander gave the order to fix the problem in two hours. Pyotr Fyodorovich opened the shaft of the installation, pulled out a half-ton sword on hoists and repaired it. The order was executed on time. But during the repair, his hands were so raw that he was in bandages for more than two weeks, and the scars from those wounds remained for life. Not only bombs, mines and shells brought death to submariners. There was danger at every turn. So one day their submarine, while evading pursuit, ran into a damaged ship and damaged one of the damaged shafts so that it jammed. From the very coast of Germany, they had to return to Turku on one rampart. Another time, a submarine was sucked into an underwater cave during a twelve-ball storm. There was no forward or backward movement. It was as if they were buried alive in a stone bag. But then the commander with the help of special tricks still managed to escape from the stone trap. And the life of sailors on a submarine was not sugar. Only the commander had a microscopic cabin, and even that one hung under the battery pit, and the rest of the crew even had one bed for two. Therefore, sometimes you had to sleep right at the bottom of the hold, often half-submerged in salty sea water. However, the food was good. And when he came out of the trip, the crew brought no bread with salt, and roast suckling pig. In total, P. F. Vernigora took part in four campaigns, in which they sank four enemy transports. Their total displacement was several tens of thousands of tons. This was the best result in the Navy for their class of boats. For the courage and heroism shown in battles with the enemy, Pyotr Vernigora was awarded the order of the red Star and the Patriotic war, the medals "for bravery", "for the defense of Leningrad, "for the capture of Konigsberg", "Admiral Ushakov" and others. He cherished the flag of the Navy and was proud to have served in the Navy. In 1948, Pyotr Fedorovich retired to the reserve. Pyotr Fyodorovich devoted more than 40 years to work in the public education system, headed the Zamostyansk, Dobroselskaya school. Then, until his retirement, he worked as a teacher of physics and mathematics in the Mountain-Podolsk school. After leaving for a well-deserved rest, Pyotr Fyodorovich continued to participate in the social life of the village. Vernigora P. F. died in January 2005, but the memories of this brave warrior and good man will always remain in the memory of the residents of the village of Gora-Podol

Voronin Vasily Mikhailovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Major Vasily Mikhailovich Voronin was Born on March 23, 1917 in the village "Larino" of the Kolkhoz district (now Uysky), Chelyabinsk region in the family of a peasant. Voronin's parents Mikhail Vasilyevich (1873-1934) and Voronin's mother Evdokia Nikiforovna (1873-1955) were engaged in agriculture almost all their lives. Since 1932, my father worked as a guard at the freight yard of the Magnitogorsk station of the South Ural railway. The family had two children, a son Vasily and a daughter Anna.When my grandfather was 7 years old, he went to a village school, studied at the Larin primary school for 4 years. From 1928 to 1931, he studied at the UY school of collective farm youth. At the age of 16, he entered the Sverdlovsk mining and metallurgical technical school. Vasily Mikhailovich loved to study, he studied and worked, studied and fought, studied and raised children. In parallel with his studies at the technical school, in 1932, my grandfather got a job at the Magnitogorsk station of the South Ural railway. At first, he worked as a car clerk, then as a technical clerk, then as a railway cargo transfer agent, and since 1937, after graduating from technical school, he was an employee in the management Of the Magnitogorsk Iron and steel Works, working as a technician.In September 1938, he was drafted into the Soviet Army. He served in the 349 infantry regiment 26th infantry division first as a cadet regimental school, in October 1938 had promoted a Junior officer 349 infantry regiment from November 1939 - the commander of a rifle platoon. In February 1940, he was promoted to senior Lieutenant and appointed assistant chief of staff of the 87th branch of the construction battalion in the town of Garayevo.In June 1941, the Great Patriotic war began.My grandfather did not like to talk about the war, he said that it was sad, not interesting, it should be forgotten. Even when he was specifically asked to talk about this period, he refused. Therefore, we had to restore the events of the war years with the help of surviving documents, photos, letters, archival reports that we were able to find in various military bases and on search sites for soldiers, as well as the military biography of my grandfather, which he compiled for the Ministry of defense in 1951. He went to war as a senior Lieutenant, returned as a major. My grandfather went through the entire war from the very first day to the very last.Vasily Mikhailovich went to the front as the commander of a rifle company of the 624th rifle regiment of the 24th army. With the rank of first Lieutenant. Repeatedly participated in battles, for which he has the medal "for military merit". In July 1941, the army, consisting of rifle corps, artillery and other units, was moved to the Vyazma area and prepared the Nelidovo-Bely-Dorogobuzh defensive line.From 15 to 29 July 1941, as part of the reserve army Front, it held the Bely — Dorogobuzh — Yelnya line. During the battle of Smolensk, her troops launched two counterattacks: first on the grouping of German troops covering Smolensk from the North, then on the enemy troops advancing from the Yelnya region to Dorogobuzh. July 30, 1941 the army was transferred to the Reserve front, which from August 30 to September 8 conducted the Yelninsky offensive operation, during which it defeated the troops of the enemy's 4th army in the Yelnya area and eliminated The yelninsky salient of its front. Subsequently, the army held a defensive line West and South-West of Yelnya.In this battle, my grandfather was seriously wounded in the leg. Here is what is written in the award list describing the feat of captain V. M. Voronin, for which he received the order of the red star»: "Voronin V. M. combat commander of the red army, a repeated participant in the battles with the enemies of the Soviet homeland. Joined 5 times in battle with enemies. Voronin has submitted an application to the candidates of the CFS, and said, "I'll fight a Communist!» As a senior adjutant, he correctly directs the entire course of the battle. When the battalion commander is out of action, Voronin boldly and decisively leads the battalion against the brutal fascists. His battalion was the first to take on the attack of the German hordes and has been conducting offensive battles for 8 days. The experience of his battalion is used to fight other units. Voronin's soldiers are heroes, he managed to train them in a peaceful environment and heroically taught them to fight in battle. In a difficult moment of the battle, Voronin personally goes ahead of the fighters and smashes the fascist hordes. For 8 days of fighting, Voronin did not take a single step back. On day 8, a fascist bullet wounded Voronin in the hottest moment of the battle, but he did not leave the battlefield until the end of it. And he fulfilled the order with honor and on time, taking the line specified in the order. " after being wounded, my grandfather was treated for three months in the mobile field hospital No. 53. Then he went to the city of Gorky for recovery, where he was trained at the shooting courses "Shot" and received the rank of captain. From January 1942, as a battalion commander of the 482nd rifle regiment of the 131 rifle division, he led offensive battles on the right Bank of the don river, then from August 8 to September 28, as part of the 62nd Army, he led defensive battles with his battalion directly for the city of Stalingrad…The battle of Stalingrad was the decisive battle of the entire Second world war, in which the Soviet troops won the largest victory. This battle marked the beginning of a radical change in the course of the great Patriotic war and the Second world war as a whole. The victorious offensive of the German-fascist troops ended and their expulsion from the territory of the Soviet Union began. The victory of the Soviet troops over the German-fascist troops at Stalingrad is one of the most glorious pages of the chronicle of the great Patriotic war. For 200 days and nights - from July 17, 1942 to February 2, 1943 - the battle of Stalingrad continued with the forces of both sides constantly increasing. During the first four months, there were persistent defensive battles, first in the big bend of the don, and then on the outskirts of Stalingrad and in the city itself. During this period, the Soviet troops exhausted the German-fascist group that was rushing to the Volga and forced it to go on the defensive. In the next two and a half months, the Red Army launched a counteroffensive, defeated the enemy forces Northwest and South of Stalingrad, surrounded and eliminated the 300,000-strong group of German fascist troops. For the courage and heroism shown in the battle of Stalingrad, 32 formations and units were awarded the honorary names "Stalingrad", 5 - "Don". 55 formations and units were awarded orders. Our family carefully keeps the medal "for the battle of Stalingrad", which my grandfather received after those battles, he received it after the war, in 1946, and in 1942 he was issued an order for awarding, which also has survived to this day.In this heroic battle, Vasily Mikhailovich was again seriously wounded in the arm and was hospitalized in the city of Syzran in the evacuation hospital No. 139.From October 1942, he fought as a senior adjutant of the 50th reserve rifle regiment. The 50th reserve infantry regiment 15 th infantry replacement division 2 of the formation was stationed in the village Akshuat Baryshsky district of Ulyanovsk, in the Volga military district. It was there that my grandfather met his future wife, Antonina Dmitrievna Babushkina. But at that time, the war separated them. By may 10, 1943, the regiment was relocated to the city of Krasnoarmeysk in the Stalingrad region, where offensive battles were already being fought against German troops. After another training in the city of Solnechnogorsk in August 1944, having received the rank of major, Vasily Mikhailovich was appointed battalion commander in the camp of citizens ' reparations, under the 8th guards army of the first Belorussian front, in which he participated in the Berlin operation. The Berlin strategic offensive was one of the last strategic operations of the Soviet forces, during which the Red Army occupied the German capital and victoriously ended the Great Patriotic war and world war II in Europe. The operation lasted 23 days — from April 16 to may 8, 1945, during which the Soviet troops advanced westward to a distance of 100 to 220 km. May 9, 1945 was declared Victory Day! After the war, my great-grandfather stayed in the army. For another 10 months, he was in Germany, serving as commandant of a German city. In December 1945, he moved to the city of Mogilev, where he worked as a senior inspector of the 5th Department of the Mogilev regional military Commissariat. Since 1951, he held the position of head of the second part of the Mogilev district military Commissariat.His daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren helped me compile the history of his post-war life. Thanks to their memories, it was possible to restore the chronicle of the events of my grandfather's life until his death.In 1946, Vasily Mikhailovich returned to the village of Akshuat to his fiancee. I married Antonina Dmitrievna Babushkina, my grandmother, who worked as a primary school teacher. Together they have already moved to the city of Mogilev, where they had three daughters Tatiana (born in 1947) and Nina (born in 1948) and Olga (born in 1953). After completing his military service in 1955, he returned to his native city of Magnitogorsk, where his fourth daughter, my mother Svetlana, was born in 1956. My grandfather worked at the Magnitogorsk iron and Steel works, as an apparatchik in the coke-chemical industry, until his retirement. He was the foreman of the section of the resin shop of the coke-chemical production. He was very respected among colleagues, everyone listened to his opinion and consulted him. He has many labor awards and medals. Awarded the titles: veteran of Magnitogorsk, veteran of the Chelyabinsk region, Veteran of labor. In retirement, he served as Chairman of the Board of veterans of koksokhim.Vasily Mikhailovich adored his family, started family traditions that his family observes to this day, was able to cook well and tasty, everyone who knew him and at least once visited him remembers his cooking. And he had a lot of guests, family friends, friends of his daughters, neighbors, colleagues, all came to visit him, because he was always the "soul of the company". He raised and married four daughters, all his sons-in-law were very respectful of his grandfather, according to the stories of his sons-in-law, he was like a father to them. In 1976, his grandmother, Antonina Dmitrievna, the wife of Vasily Mikhailovich, became seriously ill and was never able to walk on her own. Her great-grandfather took care of her on his own, they lived together then, but always accepted both children and grandchildren. He also raised his grandchildren, because he loved us very much. Denis, Natalia, Alexey, Olga, Yulia, Vasily, Pavel - we, his grandchildren always remember him with awe and tenderness! For him, his family was the most important thing in the world! He valued peacetime, valued life, every moment of it, even difficult, even difficult, but peaceful! In 1984, He died in the village with relatives, where he went to rest in the summer with his eldest grandson Denis. Before that, he was not feeling well, and the family persuaded him to go on vacation. Ivan Dmitrievich (his wife's brother) met them on a motorcycle, came home, had dinner. My grandfather went out on the porch and felt sick. He died instantly – a heart attack. He was only 67 years old. His sons-in-law flew him to Magnitogorsk. Vasily Mikhailovich was buried with all military honors. Eternal memory to the hero of the great Patriotic War and the hero of my family Voronin Vasily Mikhailovich! MY grandfather went through the war from the very first day to the very last. Went to war as a senior Lieutenant, returned from the war as a major. Has combat awards, injuries. (the entire path is described in the biography of my grandfather).He served on the Western border of the USSR. Its part was one of the first to take on the Germans on June 22, 1941. Vasily Mikhailovich went a long way in the infantry. He participated in the battles of yelnia, Stalingrad , and was wounded twice . With the fighting, he reached Germany, in 1946 he was the commandant of the German city RECALLS DAUGHTER SVETLANA: Dad died very early, at 67 years old, in 1984, I was only 28 years old… I was very worried about this, I could not believe that I would never see him again. He died in the village with our relatives, my mother's brother Ivan Dmitrievich Babushkin, where he went on vacation in the summer with his eldest grandson Denis. He hasn't been feeling well lately, so my mother and I persuaded him to go on vacation. At the station of the village of Ivanovka, the train stopped and it was necessary to get out, but the conductor was nowhere to be found. My father was very worried, he and Denis had to jump out of the train almost on the move… Uncle Vanya met them on a motorcycle, came home, had dinner. Dad went out on the porch and got sick. He died instantly – a stroke. Three sons – in – law went to pick him up: Vova Syrov – the husband of the second daughter Nina, Kolya Tikhomirov-the husband of the third daughter Olga and my husband-Leonid Mezentsev. It was difficult for them, since it was almost impossible to find a zinc coffin in the village, but as a result, they brought their father to Magnitogorsk by plane. I cried a lot and asked to open the coffin, but they wouldn't let me… The Pope was buried with all military honors. And now, after 31 years, you need to talk about your feelings for your father. It's very difficult, I feel only one thing – I loved my dad very much, you can say idolized… My older sisters say that I was Papa's favorite, the smallest, the last. We were on the same page, we understood each other at a glance. I trusted him with more of my secrets than my mother. He was very close to me. I don't remember my early childhood at all, but I remember very well that we often had guests at home, mostly friends of my parents. They had fun, danced, and we sang very well together. They knew a lot of songs. We had a huge number of records, which unfortunately did not survive. My father never raised his voice at me, he was a very reserved man. I, having grown up myself and raised two children, always wonder how they are in that difficult time to learn and give higher education to four daughters! It doesn't seem real right now. What strength of will it was necessary to have! We studied at 4 and 5, no one ever checked our diary or lessons, for me it is still a mystery. The choice of the Institute was also made independently. I think it seemed so, but in fact it was a huge effort of parents to teach all four of us independence. The family had its own traditions: we made dumplings with the whole family, Especially in winter, and frozen them on the balcony. My father bought meat, made minced meat, and my mother and I made dough. The girls rolled, and dad made dumplings, they turned out so beautiful! When my parents were left alone (I was the last to marry in 1976), they did not abandon this tradition. We all knew that if we went to our parents ' house at any time, we would find hand-made dumplings in the refrigerator. Dad was a great cook, and he was never shy about it. He was a very loving husband and father. When my mother got sick, he did everything to raise her: massages, compresses, lotions. But it so happened that she never got back on her feet… And he took care of her himself until the day he died. He always said they were safer together. My sisters and I came only on weekends, helped him, washed, ironed, cleaned, bathed my mother. Dad never complained to anyone that he was having a hard time with his sick wife. Always affectionately called it "my guide". I think so in order for my mother to always feel needed. He loved his mother very much. Why, only he knows, because my mother sometimes told me that she can be cold, she was generally taciturn, not very emotional, but she was clearly his woman! We all: me and my _x000D_ amily, my sisters Nina, Tanya, Olya and their families, always gathered at my parents ' house for the holidays on may 9, November 7, and January 1 after new year's eve. It was also a tradition. Dad never talked about the war, always said it was not a woman's business. Now, in 2015, when my daughter Yulia and my grandson Valentin decided to make a military history of their grandfather, I very much regret that I did not try to get him to tell me more about himself, about his youth and maturity… Dad had enough strength, love, and care for all of us children, sons-in-law, and grandchildren until his death, and there were seven little tomboys. Again, I don't remember him ever yelling at his grandchildren. Was it patience? Or did he compare the war he went through with the simple, ordinary, everyday life? He valued life more than anything else in the world. I also remember that he always came home from work with gifts. There were sweets and cookies in my pocket. And we always waited for him from work, even the cat marsik always heard him come into the entrance, and we lived on the third floor, and lay down on his belly near the door, waiting for dad to come in and stroke him. My dad was the best father and grandfather in the whole world! RECALLS DAUGHTER TATIANA: I was born in the city of Mogilev, when my father was still working in the military enlistment office, my mother worked as a primary school teacher, and a year later my sister Nina was born. We lived amicably, cheerfully, our parents tried to give us everything: education, clothes, sweets, holidays, my sister and I did not need anything, soon our third sister Olga was born. We lived in Mogilev until 1955. This year, my father retired from the military before serving for several months, so the situation has developed. His sister Anna lived in Magnitogorsk, and his parents decided to move to the Urals. Our family was given two rooms in a three-room apartment on Oktyabrskaya street in Magnitogorsk. We lived with neighbors by the name of Adamites, unfortunately the communication with them is lost. Dad got a job at MMK in the coke production. In 1956, our fourth sister Svetlana was born. Our family was friendly, my father was the ringleader in any company, loved to sing songs, baited jokes. All our friends loved him, he gathered us, our daughters and our friends around him, all the time coming up with tasks for us. We all dug potatoes together in the "Old Magnitogorsk", and went for apples. But most of all he loved his mother, this love for her was visible from a mile away, he was very affectionate with her, always consulted her, did not take a step without her. When I received my salary, I always brought us Goodies: in one pocket - candy, in the other - cookies! Oh, how we've waited these days! Pampered us. Every weekend, my mother dressed us up beautifully and we went for a walk in the Park on Metallurg street with the whole family. This was our tradition. Soon we were given a three-room apartment at 105 Michurina street. That was my entire youth. In winter, my parents still gathered guests, in the summer we went to the river" gerbil " to swim and sunbathe. Dad was very patient, did not scold us, sometimes looked strictly, this look was enough, we did not want to upset him, tried our best, studied, attended clubs, sang, danced, played sports, who - what. Dad's talents were shared by all his daughters! My mother was strict with us, and my father forgave everything, saying that he could not be angry with us, we are his daughters... We sometimes went to his homeland, to the village of Larino (now this is the Uysky district), picking mushrooms and berries. The house there was small, crooked, but everything in this house was nice and cozy. Dad didn't talk much about his childhood either. My father was often invited to our schools and told students about the war. But he didn't tell us, he wanted to protect his family even from the memories of this terrible time. Gradually, we grew up, entered institutes, and all four of us received higher education! They started getting married. Our husbands all respected dad very much, obeyed him, and he loved them, consulted with them, and put us, our daughters, in safe hands. In 1976, my mother was completely ill, which he just did not do... But she couldn't walk anymore, and he took care of her and didn't complain. Soon the grandchildren went too. In total, the Pope has seven grandchildren, he had enough care and love for all of them. He even sat with the babies, even though his mother was ill. I remember letting my husband and I go on vacation for a week, and he took our eldest daughter Natasha and my sister Nina's son Deniska to live with him! Oh, and suffered, probably, they were only 3 years old, they ran away, and ate food from the cat's bowl, hooligans! And my grandfather didn't even complain, he told his adventures with his grandchildren as a funny, funny story, but I don't think he was laughing. It's just that dad was like that, he valued life, us, our daughters, and our grandchildren! Always cheerful, smiling. That's how I remember him: tall, smiling, loving! My son-IN-LAW Leonid RECALLS: I have known my father-in-law, Vasily Mikhailovich Voronin, since 1976, when, as a pensioner, he "gave" the last of the four "beloved daughter" in marriage and thus shared his paternal happiness with me, then still a boy. For this, I am immensely grateful to him being at his age today and I understand how difficult and responsible it was: to give birth, raise, give higher education to four children – girls, especially in the post-war years, not the most "well-fed".Vasily Mikhailovich adequately withstood the unscrupulous attitude of the authorities to the soldier who went through the entire war from the beginning to the end, when he lacked some few months before receiving a military pension, he was reduced, and he "served" at one of the most harmful MMK production facilities. There were few easy days in his life: war, famine, injuries, devastation, moving, injustice… Perhaps, I guess, there were bright days of victory and even greater love for his wife and daughters, to whom he was devoted to the end of his days and considered it his duty to always be useful. So he protected and preserved for many years, and in recent years he has been a physical support for his sick wife. Only death did not allow him to fulfill his duty to the end, he left briefly and unnoticed, did not remain in debt to anyone, did not offend anyone. But he taught us a lot, then young. I think that, everyone who knew him. they can not say anything unkind, despite the fact that he was a simple man, but not simple-minded, but wise. I am very grateful that I was lucky to communicate with this person.

Vinokurov Fyodor Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ My great-grandfather, Fyodor Ivanovich Vinokurov, born on 22.02.1914, was born in the Penza province of the Insar district in the village of Yazykovo Pyatina in a large family. In 1924, he and his family moved to live in the commune "Zarya svoda" marianovsky district-this is the very first commune located beyond the Urals, the origin of this area is due to the creation of a railway line. later, the first train passed through the tiny Marianovka station. In the same place, he met his poor wife - my great-grandmother, who came to the commune to teach courses in literacy, and later gave him 3 children, my grandparents. In 1932, my great-grandfather served in the special forces as a cavalryman. And at the age of 25, in November 1939, he went to the front for the first time, and passed the Soviet-Finnish war with dignity. He served in the security platoon of the Soviet military commander Grigory Ivanovich Kulik. Returning from the war in 1940. He worked as a mechanic in the agricultural Department. In the autumn of 1941, during the Great Patriotic war, there was a call-up and he was demobilized as a scout in the tank forces. Later, during the war, the driver was killed and he was appointed the driver of a separate mortar regiment. During the fighting on the territory of uninterrupted under enemy fire delivered ammunition, his car was always in full combat readiness during the operation did not have more than one accident and breakdown. Rank: corporal. Type of troops: technical troops (KHV, zhdv, AB, RTV, DV, topographic). In 1945, at the end of the great Patriotic war, he was awarded many medals "for military merit". At the time when the so-called neutrality Pact was in effect between Japan and the Soviet Union, which was concluded back in 1941 and was supposed to be in effect for 5 years. In April 1945, the USSR declared that it was breaking the Treaty unilaterally. Russian-Japanese war (1945), the reasons for which were that the country of the rising sun in recent years was on the side of Germany, and also fought against the allies of the USSR. In the battles with the Japanese invaders, my great-grandfather showed exceptional heroism in carrying out the combat task of forming the Great Khingan, salt marshes and lowlands of Manchuria. Great-grandfather 3 times perfectly crossed the Big Khingan and promptly ensured the execution of the command order. For the entire period of military operations at the end, he was awarded the "Order of the red Star". When my great-grandfather returned from the 3rd world war, he told his family: "I honestly won for my family, my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren!» Vinokurov Fyodor Ivanovich, was strong not only in spirit, but also well developed physically, which allowed him to fight valiantly with the enemy from the stories of my grandfather, to go through three wars and stay alive!!!

Vinnik Vladimir Petrovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Colonel. Military branch: aviation. Unit: 327th bombardment aviation division of Gdansk. My father, Vladimir Petrovich Vinnik, was born in Lokhvitsa, Poltava region, on October 2, 1923. After graduating from high school in the town of Lokhvytsia in 1941, he entered the Kharkov military aviation school of communication (HAUS). Due to the offensive of the German-fascist troops, the school was evacuated to Kokand (Uzbekistan). After completing his studies, he was awarded the military rank of "Junior Lieutenant". At the front since 1944 as commander of the staff platoon of the 323rd separate communications company of the 327th Bomber Aviation division of the 4th air Army, 2nd Belorussian front with the rank of second Lieutenant, Lieutenant. After the end of the great Patriotic war, he served in various command positions. In 1947, he entered and in 1953 graduated from the Riga red banner Higher aviation military school (RKVIAVU) with the rank of captain. In December 1949, he married my mother - Vinnik (Popova) Lyudmila Stepanovna. My parents lived together for 59 years. After graduation, my father was sent for further military service in the aviation unit of Pugachev (Volga military district), then in Syzran, Kuibyshev region, to the Syzran higher military aviation school of pilots (SVVAUL). At the military school, dad served in command positions. He finished his service in 1974 with the rank of Colonel. Veteran Of the armed forces of the USSR, veteran of labor, veteran of SVVAUL. In addition to the above state awards, the Pope was also awarded the following medals: Polish military medal (awarded during the war) " Za Odre-Nyse-Baltyk"; "For 20 years of impeccable service"; "To commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy"; "To commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Armed forces of the USSR"; "Fifty years of the Armed forces of the USSR"; "Sixty years of the Armed forces of the USSR"; "70 years of Armed forces of the USSR"; "a veteran of the Armed forces of the USSR"; "Veteran of labor"; "For military valor". In 1979, my parents moved to my mother's homeland in Sukhumi, the Abkhazian ASSR, but in 1992, after the start of the Georgian-Abkhazian war, they became refugees, losing all their property and housing. Until 1996, they lived at my place of service in the Arkhangelsk region. In 1996, with the money collected, they managed to buy an apartment in Syzran and their parents returned to Syzran. All the time, my mother, Lyudmila Stepanovna Vinnik, was by my father's side, and she shared all the hardships and hardships with him. My mother worked in the Soviet press, a veteran of labor, a member of the Union of journalists of the USSR. She died on April 5, 2010, a year after her father's death. Parents are buried in the city cemetery of Syzran, Samara region "Fomkin garden" on the alley of veterans.