Order of the Patriotic war

Alexey Dmitrievich Vodnev_x000D_ Rank: Corporal._x000D_ Branch of service: Army, Air Force, the Coast Guard, thе Soviet NKVD, the Border Guard._x000D_ _x000D_ Alexey Vodnev was born on February 5, 1928 in the village of Mikhailovka, Cheremisensky district, Kursk region. In November 1941, Alexey Dmitrievich voluntarily went to the front to defend the Motherland. At that time, he was only 13 years old. He was enlisted by the son of the regiment in the reconnaissance of the 5th brigade of the 3rd airborne corps with the rank of corporal. Alexey distinguished himself on the first combat mission. _x000D_ In November 1941, a reconnaissance group that included Alexey Vodnev captured a prisoner – a German SS tankman who gave a lot of important information during interrogations. In early may 1942, corporal Vodnev accompanied wounded soldiers to the rear of the battalion. On the way to the ambulance with red medical crosses treacherously raided by German planes. Fomenko's driver was killed. The lives of wounded red army soldiers were saved by the regiment's son Alexey Vodnev, for which he was awarded his first military award-the medal "for bravery". _x000D_ On September 14, 1942, the 13th Guards rifle division, in the ranks of which Alexey Vodnev was fighting at that time, crossed to fiery Stalingrad under enemy shelling and bombing. Guardsman Vodnev recalled that their division immediately entered the battle and drove the German invaders from the banks of the Volga, liberated Mamaev Kurgan. After the red Army's triumphant victory in the battle of Stalingrad on February 2, 1943, intelligence officer Alexey Vodnev was awarded the medal "for the defense of Stalingrad". In the summer of 1943, in one of the battles of the battle of Kursk, the young defender of the Motherland - Alexey Vodnev, stood up to the artillery gun, instead of the dead gunner, continued to fight. At the beginning of 1944, during the liberation of Krivoy Rog, the reconnaissance group, which included corporal Vodnev, destroyed the artillery calculations of German guns and held their positions until the approach of the advancing Soviet tanks, thereby ensuring their unhindered advance. For this battle, the regiment's son Alexey Vodnev was awarded the medal "for bravery". _x000D_ In 1945, the scout Alexey Vodnev participated in the battles for the liberation of the Polish city of Poznan. In the same 45th year, Alexey Vodnev crossed the Oder-a large river, one of the last obstacles on the way to Berlin, which the Red Army heroically overcame. Many glorious pages in the military biography of the young defender of the Motherland Alexey Vodnev. The son of the regiment, a scout, guardsman-Alexey Vodnev, fought in Stalingrad and on the Kursk bulge, liberated Ukraine and Poland, crossed the Oder. Awarded 2 medals "for bravery", the medal" for the defense of Stalingrad", the medal" for the victory over Germany", the order of the Patriotic War. Alexey Dmitrievich fought until the Victory of the Soviet troops on may 9, 1945. _x000D_ After the Victory, Alexey Dmitrievich graduated from the Lviv military and political school. Become an officer. He continued to serve in the group of Soviet troops in Germany. In 1956, after being discharged from the army due to wounds from the great Patriotic war, Alexey Dmitrievich entered the Rostov Higher party school. _x000D_ After graduation, he worked in public authorities as the head of the industrial and transport Department of the district party Committee of the Zolotukhinsky district of the Kursk region. During his career, Alexey Dmitrievich was awarded a huge number of state awards, certificates of honor and commendations. Subsequently, he received a third higher education, graduating from the history Department of the Kursk pedagogical Institute. He had a lifelong thirst for knowledge. After retirement, Alexey Dmitrievich headed the Council of war, labor and internal Affairs veterans of the Zolotukhinsky district of the Kursk region. He paid a lot of attention to the military-Patriotic education of young people. Alexey Dmitrievich was an activist of the Museum" Young defenders of the Motherland " in Kursk, conducted lectures and lessons of courage in schools about the heroic events of the great Patriotic war, regularly spoke to conscripts and at conferences. _x000D_ On may 8, 2000, on the basis of the order of the President of Russia Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin "for active participation in the military-Patriotic education of youth", A.D. Vodnev was awarded the medal of the order of merit for the Fatherland. Alexey Dmitrievich regularly visited places of military Glory, met with front-line soldiers and with his combat commander-Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel-General Alexander Ilyich Rodimtsev. Alexey Dmitrievich Vodnev died on January 1, 2004. He was buried with military honors at the cemetery Sarovskom Zolotukhinskiy district of the Kursk region.

Voevodskiy Peter Gerasimovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Lieutenant Colonel branch of service: Artillery commander Peter gerasimovitch was drafted into the Red Army from Moscow in 1939, served in the Western Ukraine. At dawn on June 22, 1941, their artillery unit stationed near the city of Rivne was bombed by German aircraft. The troops retreated, firing hard and occasionally getting surrounded. But they kept their howitzer until it was fully released near Kiev. My father hurt his back and it hurt him for the rest of his life. Then forces for the defense of the city were hastily formed near Kiev. For almost two months, my father, voivodsky P. G., participated in these battles and only in September 1945, by the decision of the commander-in-Chief, the city was abandoned. My father came from near Kiev in a group of troops led by General I. H. Bogramyan, for whom my father had a great respect all his life. Later, the Pope was awarded the medal "for the defense of Kiev". After the relocation, my father took part in many military operations, one of the most terrible, according to his memories, was the Oryol – Kursk operation, in which more than a million people took part on both sides. He clearly remembered how the ground trembled under his feet. For participation in those and subsequent battles, he was awarded the order of the red Star and the order of the Patriotic war of the second degree. At the end of the Great Patriotic War, voivodsky P. G. took part in the East Prussian operation in 1945. For many years, he recalled the high fortress walls of Konigsberg, the desperate resistance of the fascists, how hard it was to go into battle and how terrible it was to die in the last days of the war. In 1945 my father provincial Peter Gerasimovich, was awarded the order of the great Patriotic War of the first degree, medals for a capture of Konigsberg, and "For victory over Germany in the great Patriotic War of 1941-1945". After the war dad continued to serve in the armed forces, has been awarded several national awards and in 1961 he retired. In 1962, he returned to Moscow.

Vorobyov Yegor Stepanovich_x000D_ Rank: Sergeant _x000D_ Branch of service: Army, Air Force, the Coast Guard, thе Soviet NKVD, the Border Guard._x000D_ _x000D_ Yegor Stepanovich Vorobyov (Georgy Stefanovich), was born on 04.04.1912 in the village of Levaya Rossosh, Korotoyaksky region, Voronezh._x000D_ He served as a Sergeant, squad leader in the 25 separate company (battalion) of the 80th rifle division of the 54th army. Sergeant Vorobyov has been serving in the company as the commander of the telephone Department since April 1942. He took part in the battles of Smerdynya, Gaitolovo, Sinyavino, as well as in the Dobroye district and outside the city of Lyuban. He especially distinguished himself in the battles on the bridgehead on April 6, 1944. The command post of the division was subjected to repeated art. raids, as a result of which all communication at the node was destroyed. Sergeant Vorobyov, despite the shelling, went out to fix the communication line and worked all day without leaving the line, despite the fact that during this work his fellow corporal bent was wounded and red army soldier Radunev was killed. Thanks to the selfless work of Sergeant Vorobyov, communication at the node worked smoothly. _x000D_ Vorobyov also worked as a line supervisor at 1st Ukranian division. Working in combat operations, he proved to be a brave and courageous commander who knows his business. In the area of village Rosen, served a 15-km line of communication to the 13th rifle division. In the area of Turpitz (Czech Republic), he was ordered to provide uninterrupted communication to the section that ran from the observation post of the division commander to the observation post of the commander of the 218th regiment. The communication line that ran along the mountain slopes was shelled by machine-gun fire. Sergeant Vorobyov, despite the enemy's fire, quickly repaired the damage. _x000D_ In 1985, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic war II degree (no. of award document: 74; date of award document: 06.04.1985).

Velikotsky Porfiry Fedorovich_x000D_ Rank: senior Lieutenant. _x000D_ Branch of service: Army, Air Force, the Coast Guard, thе Soviet NKVD, the Border Guard._x000D_ _x000D_ My father, Porfiry Fedorovich Velikotsky, was born on February 24, 1912 in the village of Velikotsk in the Lugansk region of Ukraine. There were six children in the family, my parents died very early. The whole family was raised by my grandmother, and the family of my older brother Ivan too. After the age of 16, my father went to work in the geological exploration party at the Kursk magnetic anomaly, from where he was brought to the Soviet army in 1934. He served as a border guardian in the Sestroretsk border guard unit. Later, he decided to stay long-term service. In 1939, he married my mother. June 22, 1941, my father took over the daily duty of the unit. My mother was pregnant. _x000D_ When Molotov made an official statement about the attack of the Soviet Union by fascist troops, the families of border guardians were evacuated first to Leningrad, and then – further to Volga river, to Stalingrad. _x000D_ My father fought all the way from the Soviet-Finnish border to Berlin. He was wounded twice. The first time after being wounded in Leningrad, he was so exhausted that he was taken to the morgue by a mistake... Quite accidentally a nurse found him, realized he was alive and carried him back to the ward. This was the period of the Siege of Leningrad. In 1944, during the defense of the Karelian isthmus, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the Order of the Great Patriotic War of the 2nd degree for his documented exploits. _x000D_ From February 1942 to December 1944, he fought on the Leningrad front, first in the ranks of the 176th rifle regiment, and then in the 340th rifle regiment as part of the 46th Luzhskaya red banner order of Suvorov 2nd class division._x000D_ From December 1944 to may 1945, he was on the 2nd Belorussian front. Dad ended the war in Germany, with the rank of first Lieutenant. Together with the group of Soviet troops he stayed in Schwerin, where in 1945 he brought his wife, who in October, 1941 gave birth to a son later died in Stalingrad from exhaustion. _x000D_ In 1946, my parents returned to Sestroretsk. At first, in order to get housing, dad worked as the head of the housing Office, and since 1951, the district party Committee of Sestroretsk sent him to serve the police. At first, he worked as a criminal investigator in the Sestroretsky police Department. Health problems affected him hard caused by the difficulties suffered during the war. He was appointed a district police Commissioner. And until November 1970, my father was a district inspector in the village. _x000D_ He retired as a police captain in November 1970, and in April 1971 we got an apartment in Leningrad. Since 1973, my father became seriously ill and in 1984, September 1st, he died of a heart attack.

Volkodav Ivan Nikolaevich_x000D_ Rank: Petty Officer_x000D_ Branch of service: Army, Air Force, the Coast Guard, thе Soviet NKVD, the Border Guard._x000D_ _x000D_ ‘I know that our country experienced the most terrible war of the 20th century. My grandfather Volkodav Ivan Nikolaevich, born in 1910 in Kuban region, came through the entire WWII, starting as a soldier and ending the Sergeant. Being heavily wounded and injured during the War, he died in 1985. _x000D_ Only miraculously survived photo proves his military youth along with some awards such the Medal of Honor, the Victory Medal and the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. _x000D_ My grandfather was a real hard worker. He never thought of writing a memoir, but when someone started talking about the War he always sighed heavily, and never ever wanted to talk about it. It seems to me the WWII lasted so long, and the Victory came at a very high price. _x000D_ Later he served for two more years, and after an honorable discharge he worked as a mechanic. _x000D_ There is an interesting fact that my grandfather had 4 sisters and 5 brothers. All of the brothers fought till the end of the War and survived. _x000D_ In my family’s photo album, grandfather's photo occupies a Special place. _x000D_ When I grow up and become a mother myself, I promise to show this photo to my children for them to know and remember about the War and the People who gave us the chance to live._x000D_ _x000D_ Marina Gerasimova, g. Bataysk.

Anna Mikhailovna Vorobyova_x000D_ _x000D_ Anna Mikhailovna Vorobyova, was born on August 10, 1923 in the village of Kopanovka, Enotaevsky District, Astrakhan Region. Anna Mikhailovna is a medical assistant by education, she graduated from the Astrakhan medical and obstetric school on July 15, 1941. _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ She was drafted into the army in March 1942 and until April 1942 she worked as a nurse in the hospital № 1582 in Stalingrad. From May 1942 to August 1942 he was a military assistant in the 227th Separate machine gun and artillerist battalion, Stalingrad. From August 1942 to November 1943, the Senior operating nurse of the 33rd Guards Division of the 37th Separate Medical Battalion of the Stalingrad Frontline (Liberation of Stalingrad, Don and the eastern regions of Ukraine). She had no injury, but she had a shell-shock without hospitalization. _x000D_ _x000D_ She has multiple awards. Medals: "FOR COMBAT SERVICES", "FOR VICTORY OVER GERMANY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945" "50 years of the USSR ARMED FORCES" "XXX years of the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945" "60 years of the USSR ARMED FORCES" "40 years THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945 "" 70 years of the USSR ARMED FORCES "" 60 YEARS OF VICTORY IN THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD "" Zhukov's medal "" 50 years of the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945 "" 60 years of the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR "65-1945 1941 years of the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945 "Order of the" PATRIOTIC WAR II grade ". _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Certificate of marriage between A.M. Vorobyova and A.G Tatarinov No. 295 was dated by December 11, 1942 at the Registry office of the city of Tambov. _x000D_ _x000D_ Combat characteristics. The Guard military nurse Anna Mikhailovna Vorobyova worked in the 37th department from October 1942. During this time, she proved herself to be an exceptionally courageous, brave and persistent worker. _x000D_ _x000D_ She did her job well despite the difficult working conditions. She was the secretary of the Komsomol team, did an excellent job with this work. For good work, she was nominated for a government award. She was politically literate and disciplined (Deputy Commander of the 37th department, Guard Capitan Gostev, 8.11.43)_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ According to the memoirs of both of my parents, the most difficult battles are for Stalingrad, the campaign from Stalingrad to Rostov (Kalmyk steppes), battles on the Mius River (Ukraine), battles in Germany, the capture of Berlin and the liberation Prague.

Viktor Ivanovich Volkov_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red army soldier Knight of the order of Glory Awards: Order of the red banner; order of the Patriotic war I degree; order of the Patriotic war II degree; Order of the red Star; Medal "for bravery"; Medal " for military merit» On the day of the beginning of the war, June 22, 1941, he served in the army in the Belarusian city of Mogilev. Young soldiers, all as one, began to fight for the defense of the Fatherland, but the armories were blown up, German planes plowed the ground with shells, the superior forces of the enemy took the unit in a ring, and the soldiers were surrounded. An endless chain, great-grandfather recalled, stretched the ranks of prisoners of war - blinded, wounded, exhausted soldiers. The tormenting Germans humiliated and shot them in the legs. My great-grandfather had a plan: I'd rather die than let a fascist mock the honor of a Soviet soldier. Several children understood the sign and as soon as the column began to pass near the river, the children jumped into the water. The shooting started. The Germans fired mercilessly at the water. How much was urine kept great-grandfather under water. He leaned out and saw corpses floating on the water. The enraged Germans began firing indiscriminately. Crowds of people rushed to dive into the water. In the General confusion, he managed to escape. He didn't notice his injury. He couldn't remember how long or where he'd crawled. I woke up on the territory of Lithuania. Local old men came out to the boy. As soon as I got back on my feet, I moved into the forest to join the partisans. Fearless and bold, he soon led a partisan detachment. Conducted intelligence operations. During one of the operations to capture the "language" was wounded by a German sniper in the arm. The shattered bone didn't stop the partisan. He was nursed by the orphan Solovey Verochka, who later became his wife, who had joined the partisans. In the national Museum of Kazakhstan (where my grandfather lived the last years of his life), there is a German leaflet that says that the Germans will give a helmet of gold to the person who gave them the elusive partisan wolf. In 1944, Lieutenant, platoon commander of the 274th separate motorized rifle battalion of special purpose Viktor Ivanovich Volkov is fighting in the first Belorussian front. Then, in his combat biography will be a meeting on the Elbe, fraternizing with the allies and an unforgettable assault on Berlin. The most vivid memory of my great-grandfather is an incomparable sense of victory. He remembered the ecstasy with which they wrote on the walls of the Reichstag: "I'm alive! We won!» After returning from the war, like thousands of other Belarusians, I came to my native village,where the Germans left only burnt embers at home. I cried, remembered my family and started building my life anew. He married the partisan Vera, his combat friend, and went to Kazakhstan to raise virgin land. When the grandfather's family moved to the Caucasus, the great-grandfather decided to stay there, next to the grave of his eldest son who died early. This wonderful man lived a long and wonderful life, and in 2007 he died. He had benefits and honors while living in Kazakhstan, far from his son. I never used any of them, repeating that I fought in the service of my human destiny.

Valeshin Ivan Timofeevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Type of troops: Military-economic and administrative structure. Division: 337th rifle division (1st formation). Ivan Timofeyevich was born in 1913 in the village of Divnoye. The amazing fate of this man! First, his indomitable will, courage, boldness, and selfless love for his wife, Vera Mikhailovna, are striking. And, probably, only these qualities helped him to survive in that terrible war, not to break down, to remain a man with a capital letter. At the age of seventeen, he went to work at state farm No. 20, now the village of Aigursky. Peasant training helped to survive the hungry thirties, hard work. When he went to serve in 1935, the hardships and privations of military service did not seem to him as difficult as some others did. After serving his military service, he stayed on long-term, studied at the school of paramilitary fire protection at the NKO of Leningrad. After graduation, he received an officer's rank and was sent to Osipovichi (Belarus) as the chief of fire protection of military warehouses. Ivan Timofeyevich served in this position until 1940. The exemplary performance of military duty, high discipline, and dedication in work does not go unnoticed: is on the rise, fire chief military depots junction «Brest Hur» transferred him. Just on the second day of the war, June 23, 1941, he was appointed assistant chief of staff of the 1st Mogilev regiment, in which he fought until August 1941. August 6 is captured. Placed in a transit camp near Bobruisk, on August 14, he escapes. On the same day, the prisoner is recaptured and sent to a camp near g. Osipovichi. On April 24, 1942, he again escapes. Again failure. Hungry, exhausted, Ivan Timofeyevich could not run far, the Germans with dogs again overtake the prisoner. A series of camps, the last camp – in Germany, near the town of Nepargult, where he stayed until April 1945. In early April 1945, the allied forces (the Americans) released Ivan Timofeevich from captivity. Until September 1945, he was tested, and on September 3, 1945, he was enlisted in the 337th Rifle regiment, located in Kozelsk, Tula region, where he served until December 1945. After being discharged, he returned home to the village of Divnoye. For almost a year he worked as a freight forwarder for harvesting, then worked as the head of the separator Department (we called the dairy plant)in the village of Raguli, in the 107 state farm, and from September 1, 1950 - in Kyiv. About how his life developed, it is written in the section dedicated to his wife – Vera Mikhailovna. Ivan Timofeyevich was awarded the order of the Patriotic War second grade, medals: "For the VICTORY OVER GERMANY in the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR of 1941-1945", "VETERAN of LABOR", many commemorative medals dedicated to the anniversaries of the Victory in the Great Patriotic war and the formation of the Soviet Army and Navy. Ivan Timofeyevich died in 1999.

Vorobyov Fyodor Danilovich _x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Colonel. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Military historian. One of the founders of the scientific history of the Great Patriotic War. 1921-1939 – 22nd infantry school in Voronezh. Cadet, 11th infantry school, Nizhny Novgorod. Cadet, 133rd infantry regiment. Com. Platoon, Odessa infantry school, 137th rifle regiment. Com. platoon, chief of staff of the regiment, battalion commander. 13th rifle corps, shtakor District, 1939-military Academy named after M. F. Frunze. One thousand nine hundred thirty-nine - General staff of the red Army Military History Department. During the war, he was an officer in the Military History Department of the General staff of the Red Army. List of scientific papers, articles, drawing up maps, participation in collective monographs, writing individual chapters in collections by Fyodor Vorobyov from 1940 to 1970: year of publication 1940. 1. " the Great Russian commander (A.V. Suvorov) - newspaper "Trud". 2. Suvorov science to win-political Management of the red Army press Bureau article for the district and army Newspapers. 3. The battle of Trebbia is the same. 4. Assault on Kars – the same. 5. Strictly follow the rules of the guard service-the same. Year of publication 1941. 1. Enemy infantry in the main types of battle - the magazine "Bolshevik" No. 22. Year of publication 1942. 1. Organization of defence - magazine "Military thought" No. 102. Heroic Sevastopol – the Journal of an Agitator and advocate No. 21. The year 1943. 1. Defense of Sevastopol – Military Publishing. 2. Kotelnikovskaya operation in 1942-Collection of materials on the study of the experience of war No. 6. Military publishing. 3. The defeat of German forces at Stalingrad – the same. 4. Some questions from the experience of the battle of Stalingrad-the same number 7. Year of publication 1944. 1. Fundamentals of the organization of the defence of the Kursk bridgehead-Collection of materials on the study of the experience of war No. 11. Military publishing. 2. The battle of Stalingrad – military publishing. 3. The great Battle – the newspaper "the Moscow Bolshevik" from 2.02.1944 of the Newspaper "Trud" from 5.08.1944 G. "Uchitelskaya Gazeta" from 2.02.1944 4. Year of decisive victories-newspaper "Moskovsky Bolshevik" from 28.11.1944 Year of publication 1945. 1. Ten crushing blows-Voenizdat. 2. The battle of Kursk – military publishing. 3. Liberation of Right-Bank Ukraine-Gospolitizdat. 4. The battle of Stalingrad (Textbook) - Military Academy named after M. V. Frunze. 5. Liberation of the Baltic States-Zvezda Magazine # 8. 6. The Great victory at Stalingrad-Red fleet Newspaper from 2.02.1945 Year of publication 1946. 1. Battle of Kursk. Book 1. – Military publishing. 2. Liberation of right-Bank Ukraine-Military Bulletin No. 3. 3. Bereznegovatoe-Snigirevka-the same.

Vodolozhko Aleksandr Gavrilovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Title: Lieutenant Colonel Branch of the armed forces: Armored and mechanized troops Division: 5th tank division on the day of the victory in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945 in Russia and other States of the former Soviet Union, an unprecedented campaign "Immortal regiment" is being held. It became a popular part of the Victory Parade and United more than twelve million people in its ranks. The immortal regiment stirred up a wave of memory about the heroes of the great Patriotic war: veterans of the army and Navy, home front workers and partisans, prisoners of Nazi camps, blockade-runners, resistance fighters... About all those who made their personal contribution to the common cause of the Victory over fascism. Personal memory is the most important meaning of the "Immortal regiment".My great-grandfather Alexander Vodolozhko was born on July 10, 1923. in the Voroshilovgrad region (Luhansk region) of the Ukrainian SSR. When the war began in 1941, he was not taken to the front, because he was too young, and so he attributed to himself in the passport for another 2 years. First, he graduated from courses for officers and then studied at the tanker. During combat operations, he proved to be a competent specialist and expert in military Affairs, in connection with which the command sent him to the defence plant to receive new tanks "Joseph Stalin -2" for pieces. When my great-grandfather became the commander of one of them, he spent the entire war on it. Later, Alexander Gavrilovich was trained at the Zhukov Military Academy. After that, he became the commander of a self-propelled battery. My great-grandfather fought in the 5th Panzer division of the II Belorussian front. He took part in the defence of Stalingrad, in the East Prussian strategic offensive and in the assault on Konigsberg, crossing the Neman and Oder rivers. During the Pskov-Ostrovskaya offensive operations from July 17 to August 5, 1944, with the rank of guard senior Lieutenant, Alexander Gavrilovich commanded the SU-152 self-propelled battery of the 326 guards heavy self-propelled artillery regiment. During this time, the battery destroyed 17 enemy anti-tank guns, 25 machine-gun nests, 6 heavy guns, 12 ammunition wagons, 4 vehicles, and 2 self-propelled artillery pieces. Destroyed by fire and tracks to a company of Nazi soldiers and officers. On August 5, my great-grandfather was seriously injured and evacuated to the hospital. For these military achievements, Alexander Gavrilovich Vodolozhko was awarded the government award-the order of the Patriotic war of the 1st degree. In the same 1944 year, during the fighting in the area of Skachki, the tracks of a self-propelled installation were hit by enemy artillery fire. It was not possible to return fire from the installation gun. Seeing that the enemy launched a counterattack, Alexander Gavrilovich quickly organized the defence of his combat vehicle by the personnel of the crew, machine gunners, and, confidently interacting with infantry units, during the night repulsed three fierce attacks of the fascists, destroying about a company of enemy soldiers and officers. Thanks to organizational skills, concentration, discipline, the ability to react quickly and find the right solution in difficult combat situations, my great-grandfather were able to keep the combat vehicle intact, without allowing irretrievable losses. In our family, as a family heirloom, my great-grandfather's dark blue tunic, whose chest is dotted with military awards, is carefully preserved. Including: - two Order of I degree of the great Patriotic war, two orders of II degree great Patriotic War Order red Star, combat medal "For the capture of Koenigsberg", "For defence of Leningrad", "For Victory over Germany" and two medals "For military merit", besides, for the shown courage in battles on the territory of Poland, he was awarded the medal of the Polish command. And how many jubilee medals Alexander Gavrilovich was awarded after the war! My great-grandfather graduated from the Great Patriotic War with the rank of major in the tank forces. However, even after that, he did not leave the military service. His whole life was devoted to military Affairs, the defence of our Fatherland. Alexander Gavrilovich Vodolozhko completed his career as Deputy Head of Civil defence of the Severodonetsk production Association "AZOT".It's a pity that there are fewer and fewer people like my great-grandfather over time. In addition, for what they did for us, the current "free" generation, the war heroes should be thanked not only on holidays but on every day. I am proud of my great-grandfather, his steadfastness, courage and immense love and devotion to his Homeland.

Vorobyov Ivan Porfiryevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Title: Senior Sergeant military Branch: Artillery Ivan porfiryevich Vorobyov was born in a peasant family in d. Maksimava Shuya district of the Vladimir province (now the village does not exist). In 1931, he graduated from 6 classes. In 1932, he joined the collective farm "Borets". Called up for service in the army on November 17, 1937. While on duty, he participated in the physical culture parade on red square in 1940. I remembered how during the preparation for the parade, participants were heavily fed carrots, forced to sunbathe so that their skin had a healthy tanned appearance. In may 1941, he was discharged from the service. And in June 1941, he was mobilized due to the beginning of the war. He served in the great Patriotic war as an assistant platoon commander in the 524th heavy gun artillery regiment (until January 1942), then as a platoon commander ( until 1946) in the 37th guards gun artillery regiment. At the end of the great Patriotic war, he was transferred to continue his service in the far East, but did not participate in combat operations. Retired on may 13, 1946. In the military ticket, the post-war entry "Rank-guard senior Sergeant". He ended the war in Vienna. He remembered how impressed he was by the city's architecture; how Russian soldiers, trapped in wine cellars with large barrels, shot at the barrels with a machine gun and caught the trickles of splashing wine with their mouths. Awarded the order of the red Star, medals "for bravery" (1944), "for the defense of Moscow" (1946), "for the capture of Vienna" (1946), "for the victory over Germany" (1946), jubilee medals.

Rank: Lieutenant Type of troops: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast service, NKVD troops, border guard Unit: fourth cavalry division Vasily Vlasenko 1919g. R. in the Rostov region, Kasharsky district, N.-Kalinovsky s/s. in the red army since 1941 place of conscription: Kasharsky RVC, Rostov region, Kasharsky district. Member of the Komsomol. At the front since 1944. In January, the corps units were sent through the open flank of the enemy to RAID through the Polesie marshes to capture the Kalinkovichi-Brest railway and assist the front troops in capturing Mozyr and Kalinkovichi. 4th GW. The CD successfully advanced through extremely difficult terrain, bypassing resistance points, but was unable to cross to the Northern Bank of the river. Pripyat at Kostyukovichi. Then the division was moved to the West and successfully crossed the ice of the Pripyat East of Skrygalovo, supporting parts of the 17th guards CD. on January 15-17, the division's soldiers repelled enemy counterattacks, holding a bridgehead on the North Bank of the Pripyat and firing at the highway and railway Kalinkovichi-Brest. January 18, rifle units replaced KAV divisions.T he corps on the bridgehead. For its outstanding role in the liberation of the cities of Mozyr and Kalinkovichi, the fourth GV KD (as well as other divisions of the corps) received the honorary name "Mozyr". Until July 1944, units of the second guards KK were in reserve, and then took part in operation Bagration as part of the "horse-mechanized Kryukov group" (2nd guards KK and 11th tank corps) of the 1st Belorussian front. The task of the group was to force the Western bug and cut off the army Group "Center" of the escape route beyond the Vistula. 4-I GV. KD successfully advanced, covering the city of Vlodava from the West and forcing the enemy to retreat. Then the 4th GW. KD seized an important road junction town of międzyrzec, capturing rich booty. In the area of Sedlec, parts of the corps engaged in heavy fighting with enemy reserves, which were trying to help the encircled group South-East of Brest. Soldiers of the fourth guards division repulsed the enemy attacks and after six days of fighting captured the city of Sedlec. The 11th guards cavalry red Banner regiment of the 4th guards KD was given the honorary name "Sedletsky". After the completion of the Lublin-Brest operation, parts of the second guards KK were withdrawn to the front reserve. 1945 January 15, 1945 part of the second guards. The KK crossed the Vistula river near the Magnushevsky bridgehead and entered the breakthrough on January 16 (the Vistula-Oder operation). The cavalrymen advanced north, cutting off the enemy's escape routes in the Warsaw area, again reached the Vistula in the Plock area, and then captured the city of Bromberg (Bydgoszcz). Following the operation, the 4th guards division was awarded the Order of the red banner. Subsequently, the cavalrymen developed an offensive in Pomerania, and in the battles of February 27-March 1 broke through the "Pomeranian wall". Fourth GW. KD on the left flank of the corps provided a joint with the first army of The Polish Army, and then forced a March into the breakthrough and developed an offensive in the direction of Poltsin. At the final stage of the great Patriotic war, the second guards regiment took part in the Berlin operation. On April 20, the fourth GV. KD (15th GV. KP) broke through the enemy's defences South of Frankfurt-on the Oder. Then the corps was regrouped with the task of striking from the North at the rear of the enemy group departing from Frankfurt. On April 23, the fourth GV. KD failed in an attempt to force the R. Spree under heavy enemy fire and was withdrawn to the corps reserve. The division covered the flanks and rear of the corps from enemy formations trying to break out of the encirclement. On April 27, the corps was assigned the task of bypassing Berlin from the North, defeating the enemy and reaching the Elbe. In the battles for the city of Frizak, the soldiers of the 4th GV. KD distinguished themselves, the commanders of the 15th GV. KP Smirnov AA became a Hero of the Soviet Union. In the battle for the city of Skierniewice, łowicz, Bromberg. Guard Lieutenant Vlasenko showed himself to be a brave and courageous officer; his PTR platoon repeatedly destroyed enemy firing points and equipment with well-aimed shots from a PTR rifle. In the battle for the city of Bromberg on January 24, 1945. V. I. Vlasenko was one of the first to break into the city dragging the soldiers with him and showing an example of courage and fearlessness. When the seriously wounded squadron commander was in the crossfire of the enemy, platoon leader Vlasenko, despising death, pulled out the wounded commander, where he was also seriously wounded. By order No. 13 / n of February 20, 1945. 2-th GUARDS red banner CAVALRY CORPS, on behalf of the PVS of the USSR for exemplary performance of fighting tasks of command at the front struggle with the Nazis, and for his valour and courage at the 4 guards cavalry division Mozyr, awarded the Order of Patriotic War I grade the platoon commander of 11 AV cavalry regiment, Guards Lieutenant Vlasenko Vasily Iosifovich.

Title: Senior Sergeant of the armed forces: Armored and mechanized troops VTOROV IVAN PETROVICH (13.10.1920 - 15.11.2002) was born in the village of Grachi (Sadovoe) Akhtubinsky district, Astrakhan province. Called up to the ranks of the red army Enotaevsky RVC in 1940. Military rank-senior Sergeant. Position - a driver of motor transport (carried fuel and ammunition). He served in the 54th separate mechanized division-MD (CP Astrakhan region). according to Vtorov I. P. was twice wounded, demobilized in the city of Konigsberg (Kaliningrad). In the first weeks of the war, the mechanized corps (MK) and divisions lost almost all their tanks, because they were not manoeuvrable, and the connections were not fully equipped with personnel and equipment. By the end of 1941, the MK and MD were transformed into tank brigades - TB (but from the spring of 1942, large combat forms appeared again: tank and mechanized corps). The specified 54th OMD may be related to Koenigsberg according to the following assumptions. In the East Prussian offensive operation (13.1-25.4.1945) at the stage of the Insterburg - Konigsberg front operation, the 2nd guards tank Tatsinsky red banner order of Suvorov corps took part (2 GV TK in 1943-Voronezh, Orsha, Vitebsk, in 1944-3 Belf), formed on 26.12.1942 from the 24th tank corps (24 TK in 1942 - Voronezh - Voroshilovskaya, Staro-Oskol operations, defence of the Don, Stalingrad offensive operation). 24 TC was created on 7.4.1942. It consisted of the 54th tank brigade-TBR, formed on 18.10.1941 from the 54th tank division-TD. Simultaneously with the formation of the second GV TK, i.e. 26.12.1942, the 54th TBR was re-formed into the 25th guards tank Yelninsky order of Lenin red banner order of Suvorov brigade. So this formation can be briefly presented as follows: 25 GV TBR (Yelninskaya) 2 GV TK (Tatsinsky). The 54th TD mentioned above was formed in 3.1941 and was part of the 28th mechanized corps of the Zakavvo, from which IT was withdrawn on 24.7.1941 to 47A Zakavf (from 23.8.1941). From 11.1941 to 4.1942, the 54th TBR fought in 56A, 12A, 37A of the southern Federal district, and from 5.1942 in 24 TC. As part of the 2 GV TK, there was also the 30th separate guards motor transport company for fuel supply, presumably related to the service of Vtorov I. P. in the operation at Konigsberg, along with the combined arms armies, tank and mechanized corps participated separately: 1 TK, 3 GV KK, 8 MK, 8 GV TK, 1 GV TK, 3 GV TK, 5 GV TA. But they did not have a division under No. 54. 15.4.1989 of the USSR Ministry of defence, he was awarded the jubilee order of the PATRIOTIC WAR of the 2ND DEGREE (No. 38) for bravery, fortitude and courage shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders (http://podvignaroda.mil.ru [ http://podvignaroda.mil.ru ] ). It was also marked with commemorative medals in honour of the victory In the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945 and the Armed Forces of the USSR. In 1996, he was awarded the ZHUKOV MEDAL. In 2000, he was awarded the badge "front-line SOLDIER 1941 -1945". After the war, he worked as a truck driver. In 1975 and 1979, he was awarded the "Winner of the socialist competition" badge. He was buried in the city Astrakhan at the Trusovsky cemetery. From his first marriage, he had a son and a daughter. Second marriage with nee Krasnova Evgenia Vasilyevna (7.1.1929-27.11.1995). Children from her: Lyudmila (Danilova, Korovina, 13.8.1949), Lilia (Zakharova, Zvereva, 28.5.1956-2.1.2007), Vladimir (6.1.1950 - 1976).

Title: Senior lieutenant. Branch of the armed forces: Military medical staff. In July 1941, in Moscow, Anya graduated from the paramedic and midwifery school. She was 17 years old. There was no prom... The war began. Since her second year, she had been a nurse in the infant Home where children without parental care were admitted. Therefore, I immediately decided to save the wounded soldiers. When enemy air raids on Moscow became more frequent, the baby's House was evacuated to the village of Mikhailovskoye in the Perm region. There, Anna Denisovna was called to the local military enlistment office. She had to walk five kilometres to get there.- Frostbite then my feet, - says the veteran. - The military Commissar at the sight of me was surprised why such a young girl came here. And I was like, «You called me." At that time, in St. Michael came to the hospital, where he received many of the wounded and sick red Army soldiers. Anna Denisovna bandaged the wounded and took care of them. In 1943, the front-line nurse was already working as part of the evacuation hospital No. 1958 of the Second Ukrainian Front, which was stationed in the village of Lisovo, near Kharkiv. They didn't stay here long. Then there were Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania. In Hungary, she found her destiny. A patient with jaundice, artillery captain Anatoly Volobuev, was admitted to our hospital, «said Anna Denisovna.»The doctor gave him an IV. However, his veins were poorly defined, so no one could get in, which left blue bruises on his hands. I'm able to put him on a drip. Then Anatoly asked that only I come to him. Then we started texting. After the war, he found me in Kharkiv, where I lived with my uncle. Anna Denisovna met Victory day in Hungary, in the city of Miskolc. She remembers that happy day. Everyone sang and danced. After the war, the veteran worked as a nurse in the Kursk psychiatric hospital for 47 years. Her daughters, Alla and Tatiana, and grandchildren followed in her footsteps. In 1971, Anna Volobueva was awarded a government award - the order of the red banner of Labour. In a prominent place, in the apartment of a senior Lieutenant of the medical service, numerous military awards Shine in gold: "For the victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945", order of the Patriotic War second grade, and others.

Vorobyova Agrippina Timofeevna_x000D_ _x000D_ Branch of the armed forces: Signal Troops. Vorobyova (Ermolina) Agrippina Timofeevna, was born on June 22, 1921, in the Altai territory, Altai district in the village of Torak. Mother-Ermolina Fiena Stepanovna. Father-Yermolin Timofey Zakharovich. It was an ordinary peasant family with 11 children. After sending five children to the front, the mother's heart failed, and she died in 1943. In 1942, Agrippina Timofeevna asked the Komsomol district Committee to take her to the front as a volunteer. On May 1, 1942, she went to Gorky for a 6-month special-purpose intelligence-training course and, after completing it, went to the front. She was assigned to the 541 radio division named after B. Khmelnitsky, as a scout-radio operator. Division "OSNAZ" led monitor the activities of enemy aircraft. My grandmother had a difficult task - to intercept and decipher the fascist radio messages. To do this, she had to learn Morse code and master the equipment in a short time. The radio division named after B. Khmelnitsky was "hunted" by the Germans because it was the only one on the entire front. In the winter of 1943, near the city of Leningrad, my grandmother intercepted an encrypted radio message that the Germans were planning to bomb our military hospital in the city of Valdai. For this, she received the Order of the Patriotic war and the Order of Military Glory second grade. My grandmother was on many fronts: the Northwestern front from 06.1941-02.1944, the 1st Belorussian front from 02.1944-11.1944, the first Ukrainian front from 11.1944-09.1945. By their actions, the division's soldiers made an invaluable contribution to the defenсe of the cities of Leningrad, Moscow, the liberation of Minsk, Brest, Warsaw, Prague, the defeat of Nazi Germany and the capture of Berlin! "It is pleasant to remember that on March 31, 1945, in commemoration of the Victory in the battles for the capture of the cities of Ratibor and Biscau, the capital of our Motherland, Moscow, saluted the soldiers of the 1st Ukrainian front, including the soldiers of the 541 radio division "Osnaz". The Supreme commander-in-Chief, Marshal of the Soviet Union I. V. Stalin by the order №, thanked the entire staff. 321 of March 31, 1945 ".A retired Colonel I. V. Guslavsky. Military awards: The Order of the Patriotic war; the Order of Military Glory 3rd rank; medals: - a badge "Excellent scout»; - medal "For the liberation of Prague»; - medal "for the liberation of Warsaw" - medal "for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"; as well as commemorative medals in honour of Victory Day. After the capture of Berlin, a week later, the division was sent to the Czech Republic, and there until December 15, 1945, Czechoslovakia was being liberated. On December 15, 1945, she was discharged home. After going through the entire war, my grandmother was wounded during the bombing in Warsaw and spent 3 months in the hospital. After the war, my grandmother devoted her life to children, working as a math teacher at school № 29 for forty years. I am very proud to have such a grandmother. And I am very sorry that she has had so many trials. Thanks to the Victory won in that war, we now live under a peaceful sky.