Order of the Patriotic war

Captain Astakhov Fedor Alekseevich 01.01.1912 Place of birth Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Kerch city Awards Order of the Patriotic War II degree (1985)|Order of the Red Star (1956)

Date of birth __.__.1922 Place of birth Udmurt ASSR, Balezinsky district, Kernyura Place of conscription Sorokinsky RVK, Altai Territory, Sorokinsky district Date of conscription __.01.1942 Military rank junior lieutenant Military unit 259th infantry Regiment 179th Infantry Division 215th Rifle Regiment of the 179th Rifle Division 92nd Rifle Corps 234th Rifle Regiment 16 reserve Artillery Regiment Awards Order of the Patriotic War II degree (2) Burial place Byelorussian SSR, Vitebsk region, Surazhsky district, Lopashnevo village, northeast, 700 m ; Byelorussian SSR, Vitebsk region, Surazhsky district, Lopashnevo village, northwest, 300 m ; Byelorussian SSR, Vitebsk region, Yanovichi district, Lopashnevo village, north-west, 300 m

Gvozdenko Mikhail Sergeevich. Enlisted in the war on June 23, 1941. Served in the 88th Infantry Regiment, 1st Guards Rifle Division of the Southwestern Front. In battles near the city of Orel, he was wounded in the shoulder and lost an eye. For courage and bravery demonstrated in combat, awarded two orders: "Order of the Red Star," "Order of the Patriotic War" 1st degree, and other medals. Born September 2, 1911. Died November 2, 1992.

Chichilanov Alexander Dmitrievich (left). He was born in 1915 in Zarechnaya village. Tractor driver. Red Army soldier. participant of the war with Finland. Drafted into the army on June 30, 1941, Kirovo. Anti-aircraft gunner, North-Western Front. Wounded on September 29. Awarded of medals, the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class.

Shamraev Fyodor Zakharovich. Born in 1901 in Tyunikov khutor (village), Voronezh Region. Called up in August 1941, Lebyazhye. Cadet, Senior Sergeant of the 1221st Rifle Regiment, 367th Rifle Division; 247th Sapper Regiment, 37th Sapper Division. Awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, two Medals "For Courage", the Medals "For Battle Merit", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945". Demobilized in August 1945. He worked on the collective farms (kolkhoz) "Udarnik" and "Put' Communy" as a blacksmith, Chairman, foreman of a field-crop team, Head of a dairy farm. In Ploskoye village he was a Chairman of the Village Council, purveyor (supplier) of the village general store. He died in 1992.

The hero of the USSR

Hero of the Soviet Union, a retired colonel. He was born on December 29, 1916 in Novonikolskoye village, Boguvarsky district, Voronezh region in a family of poor peasants. The family included his elder brother Mefodiy, born in 1900, Trofim, born in 1908, Ivan - 1910, Egor - 1914. The brothers, Trofim and Ivan, died at the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. Andrey Matveyevich had two sons. Andrey, born in 1947, and Mikhail, born in 1952. Both followed in their father's footsteps - became tankers. Andrei retired to the reserve in the rank of colonel. Mikhail died of a heart attack in 1991. Andrey's grandson graduated from Kharkov Tank College, fought in Chechnya, and is currently doing military service in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1931 Andrey Matveyevich finished 5 grades, after graduating from the vocational school in 1933 he received seven-year-long education. In 1937, he graduated from the Kyiv Pedagogical Technical School by correspondence. In 1939, he graduated from the Saratov Armored School. In 1946, he graduated from the Academy of Armored and Mechanized Forces. In 1955, he graduated from the Academy of General Staff. From 1931 to 1937 he was a member of the Komsomol, from 1937 in the Communist Party. Before being drafted, he was elected to the Armed Forces, worked at a factory in Kamensk-Shakhtinsk. He held such job positions as: locksmith, assistant, and then head of the technical department at the repair plant in the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsk, Rostov region. He worked as a special cruiser M.T.S., pedagogical technical school. In 1937 he entered, in 1939 graduated from the Saratov Tank School. One year after graduating from the school, he was a political instructor of the Tank Company of the 257th Tank Battalion, 60th Tank Brigade. He commanded the tank company of the 68th Tank Regiment in the Kiev Special Military District. From August 1941, he was deputy commander of the tank battalion of the 18th Tank Brigade. Since January 1942, Deputy Commander of the 149th Independent Tank Battalion, 1st Guards Rifle Corps, 14th Shock Army. From July 1942 to December 1943, he was commander of the 2nd Tank Battalion, 94th Tank Brigade, 3rd Guards Tank Army. From January 1946 to November 1948, he was a battalion commander for cadets at the Saratov Tank School. He participated in the Great Patriotic War from June 22, 1941 to December 30, 1943. The battles took place from Brest to Moscow. He took part in the offensive operation of our troops near Stalingrad, surrounded by the 6th Army of Paulus. Participated in the liberation of Donbass and the capital of Ukraine, Kiev. He was awarded for bravery, heroism, skillful management of subordinates while performing combat missions. Orders: -Lenin; -Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union; -Two Orders of the Red Star; -Alexander Nevsky; -Fatherland War, First Class; Medals: - "For Merit in Combat" - "For the Defense of Moscow" - "For Victory over Germany" - "Military Service Veteran" - "For Irreproachable Service III, II and I Degrees". -9 jubilee medals. After his dismissal, he moved to Kamensk-Shakhtinsk, where he worked as an operator of a party organization, a military teacher training school. Honorary Citizen of Kamensk-Shakhtinsk. In 1996 he moved to Chelyabinsk to his son Andrey. He died on July 28, 2000. He was buried in the Uspenskoe Cemetery of the city of Chelyabinsk. Episodes from military life. In November 1943 there were heavy battles on the right bank of the Dnieper River. The tank brigade was fighting south-west of the city of Kiev, near the town of Vasilkov. The brigade was commanded by Hero of the Soviet Union Lieutenant Colonel Dragunsky (later twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Army General). In one of the directions, the tank brigade received data that a column of German tanks and armored vehicles was moving towards the location of the brigade. Captain A.M. Kovalyov was given the task of reconnoiterating the enemy and reporting on the size of the enemy. Battalion commander A.M. Kovalyov advanced on the tank, accompanied by two combat vehicles, towards the enemy and took up position for observation at the edge of the forest. He counted three tanks in the Germans' convoy, about a dozen vehicles with infantry, and reported that to the brigade headquarters. He decided to shoot at the Nazis. The head tank was hit in the first salvo; after the second salvo, the tank that closed the column caught fire. Firing from the tanks, the tankers destroyed the infantry, cars, in the course of this battle were hit all the tanks that were in the German column, destroyed 2 light tanks, 5 cars. The enemy could not withstand and began to retreat. A.M. Kovalev took advantage of this and expected their retreat. With three tanks, chasing the retreating Germans, occupied the settlement, which was to be freed by his brigade on this day. Taking advantage of panic in the enemy's ranks, the tank brigade under Kovalyov's command took advantage of the prevailing height, which it was going to take only the next day. Hidden at the altitude, he reported the results of the battle to the brigade headquarters. At that time, tank commander Rybalko arrived at the brigade headquarters to check the reconnaissance and prepare for the battle to take the settlement and the prevailing altitude. He immediately ordered the brigade commander to draw up documents to present A.M. Kovalyov with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. It was November 15, 1943.

was born on November 15, 1924 in the village of Novoplatnirovskaya, Leningrad region, in the family of Darya Yakovlevna and Yevgeny Yevgrafofich. In addition to his father, the family had 3 more children. Older brother Nikolai and 2 younger sisters Maria and Raisa. At the age of 7, when my great-grandfather went to school in the first grade, the family moved from Novoplatnirovka to the village of Leningradskaya. My great-grandfather and his brother learned about the war from their parents when they came home from fishing on Sunday afternoon. Nikolai was The first, who left to the front in June 1941, in the age of 19. My great-grandfather was handed the summons to the front from the Leningrad military enlistment office in the summer of 1942. He was not yet 18, and in July 1942 he was fighting as a gunner of the 85th anti-tank artillery division. He fought in the Caucasus, in the Crimea, he was a sniper in the 271st rifle division. As part of the 56th Army, he liberated the city of Taman, where he received his first wound in the leg. He was wounded for th 2nd time In the battle for Stalingrad and sent to the city of Saratov to a hospital. In April 1944, my great-grandfather was wounded for the 3rd time, it was a serious wound in the chest. The explosive bullet passed 2 cm from the heart area and left its mark on the back in the form of a funnel for all life. My great-grandfather was treated in a hospital in Zlatoust town, Chelyabinsk region, where he had several operations. in December 1944, he was commissioned After treatment and worked at a machine-building plant in Zlatoust. During the war, the plant was of defense significance and produced aircraft guns for the front. May 1945. He met Victory day in Zlatoust and only in 1947 my great-grandfather came back to his relatives, to his native Leningradskaya village. My great-grandfather's older brother Nikolai died near Vologda in July 1943. My great-grandfather was awarded his first award in 1943: the medal "for the defense of the Caucasus", then in 1945 the medal "for the Victory over Germany". All the medals and orders of my great-grandfather are kept in our house, including the "Medal for the battle for Stalingrad", the badge"for valor and bravery in the great Patriotic War". As a participant in the second world war, my great-grandfather was awarded the medals "Thirty years of Victory in the second world war" and "Forty years of Victory". In 1985, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for bravery, fortitude and courage shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders, and in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Victory. In 1950, my great-grandfather went to Krasnodar to study, where he met my great-grandmother Maria. In 1957, their daughter, my grandmother, was born, whom they named Rimma. Alexander Evgenyevich gave the name to his daughter in honor of the nurse who had carried him seriously wounded out from the battlefield and saved his life. The greatest holiday in our family was and remains the Victory day. Great-grandfather Sasha died on January 4, 1993! Valeria Gichana, grade 7 "A" school-Lyceum №7.

Sharapov Andrei Viktorovich

Original image: Deputy Divisional Commander for Political Affairs and Chief of the Guard Lieutenant Colonel Vasily Timofeevich Shvets

Image: Deputy Divisional Commander for Political Affairs and Chief of the Guard Lieutenant Colonel Vasily Timofeevich Shvets

Original image: Senior Sergeant Orekhov S.I. - Commander of the 1st gun of the 4th battery of the 299th regiment

Image: Senior Sergeant Orekhov S.I. - Commander of the 1st gun of the 4th battery of the 299th regiment

Original image: Komsomol organizer of the Battalion, Chief Petty Officer Ashcheulov G.I.

Image: Komsomol organizer of the Battalion, Chief Petty Officer Ashcheulov G.I.