Order of the Patriotic war

Participants of the storming of the Reichstag and the hoisting of the Victory Banner over it on May 1, 1945

Acting Company Commander of the 756th Rifle Regiment, Sergeant Major I. Syanov

Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 756th Rifle Regiment, Captain S. Neustroev

Soviet soldiers who participated in the battles for Budapest are photographed on one of the streets of the city after its liberation

Navigator Elena Salikova and pilot Anna Vysotskaya. Novorossiysk

Portrait of Natalya Meklin, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title

Portrait of Evdokia Nikulina, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Portrait of Valentina Grizodubova, a pilot

Portrait of the flight leader of 46th women aviation regiment of Taman division Evgenya Zhigulenko

Portrait of Evdokia Rachkevich, the deputy commander and commissar of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Portrait of Natalya Meklin, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Marina Chechneva and Serafima Amosova, pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. Marina Chechneva (right), Serafima Amosova (left).

Karachakov Vasily Danilovich was born in 1927. Drafted in 1945 by the Saralinsky District Military Commissariat. He fought as a private, anti-aircraft gunner of the Trans-Baikal Front, 1279 reserve artillery regiment. He was awarded of the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, the medal "For Victory over Japan." Demobilized in 1945. He worked as a tractor driver at the Chulym state farm. Died in 1983

Arkanov Efim Yakovlevich was born in 1906. Drafted by the Shirinsky District Military Commissariat in 1941. He fought as a corporal of the 263rd engineering regiment of the 27th army on the Stepnoy Front. Demobilized in 1945. He was awarded of the Order of Glory 3rd class, the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, the medals “For Combat Service”, “For Victory over Germany”. He worked as a worker in the Kongarovsky general store. Died in 1985.

Kongarov Nikolay Nikiforovich was born in 1927. Drafted in 1943 by the Shirinsky District Military Commissariat. He fought in the Voronezh, 1st Ukrainian Front of the 309th Rifle Division, 959th Rifle Regiment, squad leader. In 1943 he was wounded. He was awarded of the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, the medal "For Courage", "For Victory over Germany." Demobilized in 1945. He worked as a tractor driver at the Chulym state farm. Lived in the village of Monastyrevo. Died in 2005.