Order of the Patriotic war

Rank: Major. Branch of the service: Ground Forces. Subdivision: 138th Infantry Carpathian Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division. Born December 4, 1919 in st. Krasnogorsk, Ust-Dzhegutinsky District, Stavropol Territory in a peasant family. In August 1939 he was called up for active military service in the ranks of the Red Banner Baltic Navy in Leningrad. He had successfully passed the entrance exams in the same 1939 and was enrolled as a cadet at the Engels Naval Political School in Leningrad. In May 1940 he was admitted to the Communist Party. _x000D_ On the first day of the war, the Junior Political Instructor was released from the school ahead of schedule and sent to the active army on the island of Koivisto in the Gulf of Finland. He was appointed Political Instructor of the Machine-gun Company of the 51st Separate Marine Battalion of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet. In November 1941, the Battalion was transferred to the city of Oranienbaum, where it was included in the 527th Infantry Regiment of the 48th Kalinin Rifle Division in a Separate Primorsky Army. In this Division, he served as Commander of a Machine-gun Company, Military Commissar of a Battalion, Deputy Battalion Commander for combat units. _x000D_ So he ended up near sieged Leningrad at the Oranienbaum foot strong. He stayed in the blockade until May 1943. In October 1943 he was awarded the military rank "Major". In January 1944 he completed the shooting course with honors and was sent to the personnel department of the 2nd Ukrainian Front and was appointed Deputy Commander of the 344th Rifle Regiment for the combat unit of the 138th Rifle Division. When entering the Carpathians, the 138th Rifle Division was transferred to the 18th Army of the 4th Ukrainian Fleet. He was wounded twice during an offensive in the Carpathians. In March 1945, by order of the Commander of the 18th Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front, he was appointed Commander of the 768th Rifle Regiment of the 138th Rifle Division. In this position he served until the day the Division was disbanded. He participated in the liberation of Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Poland.

Petukhov, Alexey Kirillovich

Rank: Senior Lieutenant Alexey Kirillovich was born on March 17, 1922 in the village of Podzharovka, Iznoskovsky District. The family had seven children: four girls and three boys. The youngest in the family was Vasily Kirillovich, born in 1941. Unfortunately, one of the girls died in her youth due to illness. Alexey Kirillovich finished 10 classes in 1940. In the same year he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. He became a cadet in a Regimental School at the 8th Armored Regiment. In 1941 he became the Senior turret gunner of the 327th Armored Regiment. In November 1942, he was appointed squad Commander of the 251st Army Engineering Battalion. _x000D_ Since December 1942 he went to the war and in the same year became a member of the Komsomol. In December of the same year, he was wounded. In January 1943, he was appointed squad leader of the 5th Separate Engineering. As a cadet in 1944 he was sent to the Zhdanov Military School to Kostroma. In October, he was appointed Commander of a department of the Leningrad Military Engineering School. In December, in the rank of Junior Lieutenant, he was appointed Commander of an Engineering Platoon of the 6th Guards Motorized Engineering Battalion, 5th Guards Separate Engineering. In the battles to destroy the Zemland Group of Forces, he skillfully led a platoon while escorting the tanks of the 2nd tank Battalion of the 213th Tank Brigade in combat, preventing the destruction of equipment in the enemy's minefields. The platoon took a direct part in the combat, capturing 52 German soldiers. Alexey Kirillovich personally destroyed three German soldiers and captured five. The Commander of the Battalion of the Guards, Major Viktor Vasilyevich Yesin, was presented on April 19, 1945 to the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, was awarded the Order of the Red Star. This is what Petukhov wrote about Alexei Kirillovich Petukhov in the award on the sheet, the Commander of the Battalion of the Guards, Major Viktor Vasilyevich Yesin: _x000D_ “The platoon of Junior Lieutenant Petukhov was in combat with the tanks of the 2nd Battalion of the 213th Tank Brigade. Thanks to skillful actions, personal example and the correct alignment of forces in combat on the part of Junior Lieutenant Petukhov, his platoon coped well with the engineering support of the advancing tanks. Not a single tank was blown up on the aisles made by the platoon of Junior Lieutenant Petukhov in the enemy's minefields. On the route of movement of tanks in different areas, a platoon of Junior Lieutenant Petukhov removed 120 Anti-tank mines. Moving ahead of the tanks, the platoon of Junior Lieutenant Petukhov took a direct part in the combat for the settlements of Plautvenen, Lengniten. In Lengniten alone 52 people were taken prisoner by a platoon. Personally, Comrade Petukhov took five German soldiers prisoner and shot three on the spot. Skillfully controlling the platoon, Comrade Petukhov did not stop the advance of the tanks for a minute, which contributed to the success of offensive operations to defeat the Zemland group of enemy forces. Worthy of submission to the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. After the end of the war, Alexei Kirillovich was promoted to Lieutenant on May 31, 1945. In January 1946 he was appointed platoon Commander of the 2nd Battalion of the military Construction Brigade of the UOS SV. On July 5, 1946, he was dismissed according to Art. 43, A . From February 28, 1948, he worked in the security department at Sergeant police positions for the protection of public order of the executive committee of the Moscow City Council. _x000D_ On July 13, 1964, he was transferred to the reserve for health reasons. November 15, 1971 A. K. Petukhov was awarded the rank of Senior Lieutenant. Alexei Kirillovich and Alexandra Ivanovna Petukhovs had three children: Tamara Alekseevna (1949), Lyubov Alekseevna (1953) and Yuri Alekseevich (1956). Now each of them has their own children and grandchildren. One of the grandchildren was named after their brave grandfather, Alexey. In November 1987, Alexey Kirillovich died, and in April 2009, his wife, Alexandra Ivanovna, died. Now the descendants of A.K. Petukhov live in the Moscow Region.

Pozdeev, Grigory Karpovich

My uncle, Grigory Karpovich Pozdeev was born in 1925, in the village of Verkhnetroitskoe, Belebeevsky canton of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (now it is the territory of the Verkhnetroitsky rural council of the Tuimazinsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan). He graduated from nine classes of Secondary School in the village of Nizhnetroitskoye. After studying for less than a month in the tenth grade, he was drafted to the front in September 1943 at the age of 17. A participant in the Battle of Kursk, which was part of the Artillery units of the 19th Red Banner Tank Corps and the 106th Infantry Division of the 27th Infantry Corps, with battles - along the roads of the Central and 1st Belorussian fronts. He took part in the battles for the liberation of Warsaw, took Berlin. Since 1945 he had been Lieutenant, Commander of the machine gun platoon of the 905th Rifle Regiment of the 248th Rifle Division. On April 25, 1945, during the capture of Berlin, in a combat in the Limberstrasse area, he was seriously wounded. For this battle he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the II degree, he celebrated Victory Day in the hospital. After the end of the Great Patriotic War, he served as a political worker in the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany. After serving more than a year after the war, he was demobilized with the rank of Senior Lieutenant. In 1947 he returned home to the village of Verkhnetroitskoye. Senior Lieutenant Grigory Pozdeev returned home not only with Victory, military medals and orders, but also with severe wounds to both legs. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War II degree, medals “For Military Merit”, "For the Liberation of Warsaw", "For the Capture of Berlin" and "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." He graduated from the Oil Technical School in the city of Bugulma, where he studied as a driller. Working in the "Tuimazaburneft" trust, he worked his way up from a driller to a drilling foreman. Winner of the socialist competition of the Ministry of the Oil Industry in 1953. In 1958 he was sent on a business trip to the People's Socialist Republic of Albania to pass on his work experience. He returned to Bashkiria in 1961 and already in 1963 the management of the Tuimazaburneft trust sent him to the development of deposits in Western Siberia, to the city of Nefteyugansk. All his life wounds haunted him, but Grigory Karpovich did not give up, he worked in the oil industry for more than thirty years. He was always honest, had fair principles. He was retired in 1983. For his labor achievements he was awarded numerous awards: the jubilee medal “For Valiant Labor. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin” in 1970, the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1975, as well as the medal “For the development of mineral resources and the development of the oil and gas complex of Western Siberia.” In addition, he was awarded the 50th Anniversary Medal of the USSR Armed Forces and other commemorative medals. In 1985, in honor of the 40th anniversary of Victory, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree. He died in 1989.

Pavlikov, Viktor Grigorievich

Potienko, Anatoly Andreevich

There is hardly a single family in this country where the memory of the courage defenders is not kept. Our family is no exception. We are proud that my great-grandfather was a part of that war. Unfortunately, he died the same year I was born, so I didn't see him. The Great Patriotic War left its mark on every family. Someone did not return from the war, and someone returned wounded, shell-shocked, but he remained alive. _x000D_ My great-grandfather, Potienko Anatoly Andreevich, also returned home. He went through the whole war all the way to Berlin, got there and, fortunately, is alive. The war for him began on the North Caucasian front. He was a signalman with the ranks of Junior Lieutenant and Lieutenant. He served in the 1442nd Radio Platoon of the 414th Anapa Red Banner Infantry Division. On October 7, 1943, he was awarded for the support of radio communications throughout all hostilities. _x000D_ “He created a cohesive and well-trained team of radio operators. During the period of battles he showed excellent examples in providing communications for the Division. During intense hostilities, where wire communications were destroyed by fire enemy, radio communication worked smoothly, thanks to the selfless work of Comrade Potienko. In the area of height 88.1, the radio was damaged, but Potienko Anatoly Andreevich personally eliminated the damage under fire and achieved communication. ” For this, the Minister of Defense of the USSR awarded my great-grandfather the Order of the Red Star. _x000D_ My great-grandfather took part in the hostilities for the liberation of the city of Sevastopol and on May 31, 1944 was awarded the second Order of the Red Star. _x000D_ At a challenging combat situation, he kept uninterrupted radio communication between the command post of the Corps, the command post of the Division and the command post of the regiments._x000D_ In addition to two orders, my great-grandfather also received the Medal “For the Defense of the Caucasus” and the Medal “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.” I am proud that my great-grandfather defended this country, that he and his peers did everything possible for me to be born in a free country. Thank you my great-grandfather!

Poberei, Mikhail Dmitrievich

Lieutenant Colonel, 269th Rifle Rogachevskaya Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division A boy from the small steppe village of Pervomaisky, Ipatovsky District, from childhood dreamed to be a teacher. After finishing High School, he entered the Mozdok Pedagogical School, successfully graduated from it. And now he had a long-awaited teacher's diploma in his hands, and there was a bright future shining! But the June 1941 was already knocking on the window with a green birch branch. Mikhail was drafted into the army on June 9. Thirteen days later the Great Patriotic War started, which he went through from the first to the last day. _x000D_ There were many stories in his military biography. He commanded a platoon of sub machine gunners, was wounded. After the hospital, from March 43rd, he served as a Senior Sergeant, Commander of an Artillery section of a Division. According to the data in reconnaissance reports, the coordinates of targets for our guns were calculated. If the topographer is wrong, our shells will fly past the enemy. It was he, Mikhail Poberey, who marked targets on the wax beads before the famous Battle of Kursk. He waited for the offensive like everyone else, but on July 1, the Chief of Staff summoned him and announced: _x000D_ “You will make a good Commander. It was decided to send you to study at the Penza Artillery School ”. Already on the train, Senior Sergeant Poberei learned that a battle had started In the history of World War II this was one of the bloodiest and greatest battles. He also learned that all his colleagues were killed. His fate saved then. He diligently mastered military science for a year, and in September 44th he came back on the front line, in the 269th Vinnytsia Red Banner Orders of Kutuzov, Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Alexander Nevsky Anti-tank Destroyer Regiment. He commanded a platoon. _x000D_ He celebrated the victory in Prague. After serving 20 years, and all this time he was faithful to his native tank regiment, was demobilized as a Lieutenant Colonel. Finally his dreams came true: he taught history and was the Head teacher of Secondary School No. 25 in Stavropol, the School inspector. All the time he actively participated in social work. Since 1962, he headed the section of patriotic education of draft youth in the assistance committee of the regional military enlistment office. From 1985 to the present, Mikhail Dmitrievich has been working in the Council of Veterans: (1985-1995 in the Industrial District of Stavropol, from 1996-2014 in the Petrovsky District Council of Veterans). He skillfully attracted veterans to work on the patriotic education of students. Interacting with schools, Mikhail Dmitrievich organized the work of young correspondents with veterans of the Great Patriotic War at home, helping schools in to create the "Combat Glory" school museums with new relics, exhibits, documents, local names of heroes. Poberei Mikhail Dmitrievich has state awards: Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War II degree._x000D_ Medals: For Military Merit, For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War, For Impeccable Service, I and II degrees, "For Valiant Labor", "Zhukov" and others. Numerous Diplomas, 15 of them are Russian and regional. In 2006 he was awarded the diploma of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II "For the secular education of the younger generation." _x000D_ In 2007 he was awarded the title of Laureate of the Russian Forum "Public Recognition".

Plotnikov, Anatoly Vasilievich

Plotnikov Anatoly Vasilievich, was born in 1924. At the beginning of the Second World War, he studied at the School of FZU (Vocational School for workers). At that time he already had a complete education, which in those years was a rarity for people from the countryside. At the beginning of the war, he had a an exemption from military service, and he had not yet come out of age. The patriotism of that generation was such that, together with a friend, he fled to the war at the age of 17. He had not reached Berlin, in 1944 he was badly wounded. A shell exploded nearby, shrapnel hit his arm, his head and also shattered the kneecap. Doctors decided to leave the splinter out of head, it then overgrown with a capsule. So he lived with this capsule, but when the pressure rose, there were severe pains from the splinter. He never complained, he knew how to endure. He passed away in 1997 with a splinter in his head. In the war he was a Sergeant, the Commander of the anti-tank squad. He knocked out German tanks. There are many awards, orders, medals, including “For Courage”. _x000D_ He did not wear medals on his chest, only medal ribbons. The only time he put his medals was for a photo. He did not like to talk about the war. Many people died in front of him in the infantry. _x000D_ Once he mentioned that a German sniper took off his friend when he leaned out of the trench a little. He had never been drinking People's Commissars 100 grams of vodka before the attack even once during the whole war, he had never smoked. He was demobilized as a disabled person to his native village. _x000D_ He had built the big house where I grew up. He worked in kolkhoz, then in sovkhoz, at a radio center, was a housekeeping manager at school. _x000D_ As I remember now, he did not know how to relax, he was constantly doing something. He was a Jack of All Trades._x000D_ All the men of the village came to him to have their hair cut. He sewed clothes, was handy with a needle, played Russian harmonica, button accordion, dancing by his feet. _x000D_ The Russian harmonica was made at the Ganinsky Harmonic Factory personally by his order, it is still kept in our family. Holidays, weddings in the village could not do without him. The parents had a large farm, my mother, (now she is 91) was a feldsher and midwife in the local hospital. Parents worked from sun to sun, lived rather well-to-do. They kept all kinds of cattle, bees, even once there was a horse. My father was very fond of horses, knew how to ride. Somehow I won a bet in a horse-race. At that time, all kolkhozes had their own horses and stables, and very few tractors after the war. He loved to talk about horses, and I shared this love for horses later. _x000D_ In addition, he also made unique wagons and sleighs for winter for the horses with his own hands. This was taught by his father, my grandfather. My grandfather went through the First World War, lost one eye there and received the St. George's Cross. _x000D_ The people of that time period were pure and unique. _x000D_ Thinking about my father, I can't help but tell about my mother. At the beginning of the war, she was already 18 years old. As she said, everything went for the front, people were starving in the villages. There were six of them in the family, one brother went missing in the war. They ate grass, potato peelings, but nevertheless, only mother from the family received a medical education. It was worthy a military order. My mother has dozens of letters and eternal gratitude from fellow villagers. _x000D_ In 1996, my parents celebrated a golden wedding, my dad lived for another year. He knew he was passing away. _x000D_ I realized that my father had passed away into a new state where there was no place for earthly suffering. And there is no need to be sad about him, only a fond memory. Bright eternal memory to all the soldiers who died in that war, who left early as a result of wounds.

Fedor Pervushov

Bryansk Region, Karachevsky District, village of Maslovka_x000D_ 15.07.1922 - 23.02.2006_x000D_ Rank: Colonel_x000D_ Branch of Service: Artillery_x000D_ To my dear father, a participant of the Great Patriotic War, as a sign of the deepest respect and memory dedicated to… We owe you a debt is not paid, your feat is immeasurable!_x000D_ My father, Fedor Pervushov, was born in the village of Maslovka, Karachevsky District, Bryansk Region on 15.07.1922. His parents – father Grigory and mother Tatyana worked for the collective farm at various jobs. Fedor was the fifth child in a large peasant family. He always wanted to be a soldier._x000D_ After graduating from Karachevsky School, he voluntarily joined the military service in the Karachevsky District Military Commissariat, Bryansk Region and from 20.03.1940 became a Cadet of the Ordzhonikidzegrad Automobile Motorcycle School in Minusinsk. He completed his training on 07.05.1942. The war was already underway._x000D_ After graduation, he was sent to the front, where he served at first in the 515th Guards Mortar Detachment of the Don Front, then in the 17th Guards Mortar Brigade of the 2nd division of the Don Front as a commander of a platoon of ammunition, and from December 1942 as a platoon commander of the detachment servicing “Katyusha” rocket mortars. In the battles near Stalingrad, where he participated, they smashed the Germans mercilessly with “Katyushas”, not allowing them to break through or retreat anywhere. Fedor was wounded on October 20, 1942, but refused to be evacuated to the hospital. The defenders of Stalingrad were able to hold their city, which was a serious moral and political shock for Nazi Germany. The 17th Guards Mortar Brigade was awarded the Order of the Red Banner on March 15, 1943, for the distinction and heroism shown by the soldiers and commanders in the battle of Stalingrad. In this award there was also a part of the effot of Fedor, and he was also awarded the Medal For the Defense of Stalingrad"_x000D_ Fedor oined the ranks of the Communists in May 1943,. After the defeat of the Germans at Stalingrad, the brigade as part of the 2nd Guards Mortar Division was transferred to the Bryansk Front and became part of the 61st Army of General P. Belov. In the heavy battles in July, during the Oryol-Kursk operation, it took part in the liberation of the city of Bolkhov. There the Germans long and hard, for a year and a half, were building a powerful fortified region, but the 17th Guards Mortar brigade, under the command of the Guards Colonel N. Zhezheruk, with volleys of "Katyushas" broke it very quickly._x000D_ Then again, the offensive and the battle of Prokhorovka on the Kursk bulge, where fierce and bloody battles took place. The battle of the Orel-Kursk bulge ended, the city of Orel was taken, and Soviet troops rushed to Bryansk. Fedor became a participant of the liberation of his native city of Karachev, Bryansk Region. Here is a detailed account of this, from the words and notes of my father. On August 12, 1943, parts of the Bryansk Front, including the guards mortar brigade, in which my father served as a battery commander, began fighting for the capture of the city of Karachev with a blow from the North and South-East. The fascist command attached special importance to the defense of the city. It was an important strategic point in the entire system of German defense on the outskirts of the city of Bryansk. Karachev was an important communications hub. Here cross the roads at Bryansk, Orel, Voronezh, Sevsk. Persistent battles were fought for the height of 246.1 on the Karachev-Orel Highway. This height dominated the entire area within a radius of 10-15 kilometers. The Nazis turned it into a strong point, encircling trenches, wire fences. Tanks and Ferdinand self-propelled guns were buried in the ground, and the approaches to Karachev and nearby settlements - Maslovka, Baranovka, Vishnevka, and Glybochka - were mined. But nothing could resist the onslaught of Soviet soldiers. On August 15, at 4 am, the commander of the Guards brigade, Colonel N. Zhezheruk, ordered the “Katyushas” batteries to fire a salvo at the enemy defenses. After a volley of Guards mortars, the assault began. Soon the German defense was broken and the advanced units broke into the city. Capturing block after block, by 7 am on August 15, Soviet soldiers completely liberated the city of Karachev from the enemy. A red banner flew over the building that now houses the Department store._x000D_ When my father and a group of guards rode into Karachev, they saw a terrible sight: the city was shrouded in clouds of black smoke, flames rose to the sky. Of the 1,859 houses, no more than 50 remained, and those were half destroyed. After a brief meeting with relatives and fellow countrymen, my father, with the rank of Lieutenant, returned to his unit._x000D_ Then there were the battles in Belarus and the liberation in December 1943 as part of the 11th Guards Army of the 1st Baltic Front of the city of Gorodok, Vitebsk Region, for which the division and brigade were awarded the honorary names of Gorodok. In addition, the second Order of the Red Banner shone on the brigade's battle banner._x000D_ One of the episodes of the war was the battles on the outskirts of Konigsberg, in which Fedor participated. The Germans were actively preparing for defense, and three defensive positions were prepared. Konigsberg had entire underground factories, warehouses, and arsenals. But the Soviet troops completely surrounded the city, the 11th Guards Army stopped on the banks of the Frisches Haff Bay, which made it possible to cut off the fortress from the field troops of the German army and block the main supply routes. In April 1945 the 17th Guards Mortar Brigade as part of the 2nd Guards Mortar Division is transferred to the 1st Belorussian Front - to the Kyustrin bridgehead, where, together with other units and formations of the 8th Guards Army, it took an active part in the assault on the Seelow Heights and the offensive on Berlin. When Seelow Heights were taken at night, searchlights of strong power were used, the enemy was stunned, but offered fierce resistance. Depending on the tasks set, volleys were given by the full brigade, and divisions, and individual batteries. It was hard to imagine a force that could resist this offensive. The domination was complete, but the resistance was fierce. The losses were very high. The commander of the glorious 17th Guards Double Red Banner Gorodok-Berlin Mortar Brigade, Colonel N. Zhezheruk, was killed on April 22._x000D_ Then there was the capture of Berlin, the stronghold of Nazi Germany. At the capture of Berlin, as Fedor himself said, the “Katyusha” volleys on the city and on the Reichstag Building played a significant role in the Victory. The 17th Guards Mortar Brigade as the best one was entrusted to fire a salvo at the Reichstag on April 27, 1945. And it did it brilliantly with all 36 guns!_x000D_ But the war for Fedor did not end there. The 17th Guards Mortar Brigade was transferred by rail to the Far East, where it became part of the 1st Far Eastern Front, in the 5th Army. The brigade took part in the defeat of the Kwantung Army of Japan in August 1945 as part of the 1st Far Eastern front under the command of Marshal of the Soviet Union K. Meretskov. They began to smash the Japanese, liberate China and Korea. The 5th Army was to break through the strongest border fortified area located in the mountainous taiga area, and on the eighteenth day of the operation capture the city of Mudanjiang. The offensive began on the morning of August 9, 1945. There were fierce battles. The Japanese defended themselves fiercely, stood to death, and practiced special suicide bombers. The enemy repeatedly launched counterattacks. But the resistance of the Japanese was overcome quickly, despite the fact that the samurai built their defenses and fortified areas for years, burying themselves deep in the ground and concreting everything they could. This defense of theirs was smashed by our troops in a matter of hours. Mudanjiang was taken on the seventh day of the operation, on August 16. Soon, the more than one million-strong Kwantung army surrendered. The war for Fedor ended with the last volley at the city of Mukden. For a long time, the Japanese will remember the fire raids of Guards mortars near Mulino and Mudanjiang._x000D_ The Motherland adequately appreciated the feat of its sons. Fedor Pervushov was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2 degree, medals for military distinctions: For Military Merit, For Defense of Stalingrad, For Capture of Berlin, For Capture of Konigsberg, For the Victory over Germany, For the Victory over Japan, For the Liberation of Korea. In subsequent years, for years of service, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Medal for Military Merit, and other commemorative badges and medals._x000D_ After the end of the war, Fedor served for another seven years, until December 1952, first in Korea, and then in China. There, after the war, it was still restless. He got married in November 1946. His chosen one was the girl named Lyubov, who worked in a military unit. They had a son, Alexander, and a daughter, Lyudmila, in China. Fedor was lucky to meet his brother Semyon in February 1952, who served on a ship in Port Arthur._x000D_ Captain Fedor was transferred to the Primorsky Region in the city of Ussuriysk, in the 3rd Guards Mechanized Division of the Primorsky Military District at the end of December 1952, where he served in various positions. Later, he was transferred to the Far Eastern Military District and was appointed a chief of staff of the battalion.

Ivan Pstygo

10.04.1918 - 23.02.2009_x000D_ Rank: Marshal of Air Force (introduced in January 1943)_x000D_ Branch of service: Air Force_x000D_ Biography Marshal of Air Force (April 29, 1975)._x000D_ Hero of the Soviet Union._x000D_ Born on April 10, 1918 in the village of Sukhopol, Inzerskiy Villadge Council, Arkhangelsk District of Bashkortostan. Belarusian.He studied at the school of peasant youth, and after moving to the capital of Bashkiria - the city of Ufa - in Ufa Secondary School # 3. In the Red Army since 1936. He graduated from the Engels Military Aviation School of Pilots in 1940, and was assigned to the 211st Bomber Aviation Regiment of the air force of the Odessa Military District. Lieutenant Ivan Pstygo met the beginning of the Great Patriotic war at the field airfield near the Dniester River as a flight commander. He flew his first combat mission on June 22, 1941, as part of a group of SU-2 bombers of the 211st Aviation Regiment. In total, he made 21 sorties on SU-2. After the fall of Kiev and Kharkov, when only 11 planes remained in the 211st Bomber Regiment, Lieutenant Ivan Pstygo, among other pilots, was sent to retrain in the city of Balashov at the aviation school, where they had to master the new IL-2 attack aircraft. In the following years, attack pilot Ivan Pstygo fought on the South-Western, Stalingrad, Bryansk, 1st and 2nd Baltic, 3rd Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Fronts as a squadron commander, chief of the air rifle service of the assault aviation division and the aviation corps. He met Victory Day with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as a Commander of the 893rd Assault Vitebsk Red Banner Aviation Regiment, who was finishing off the demoralized remnants of German troops from the air. In total, during the war, I. Pstygo made 96 sorties, personally shot down 2 enemy fighters in air battles (one of them in a frontal attack). After the war, he was sent to the higher officer courses of the air force in Lipetsk. And after their successful completion, he served in the Far East. Then he studied at the General Staff Academy, after which in 1957 he was appointed Deputy Commander of the air force of the Leningrad Military District. From 1958 – first Deputy, and a year later – Commander of the air force of the group of Soviet troops in Germany. Colonel-General I. Pstygo - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet air force for combat training since 1967. He was awarded the highest military rank of Marshal of Air Force in 1975. Ivan Pstygo was assigned to form the Central aviation safety Inspectorate of the Armed Forces of the USSR in 1977, which he later headed. Then he introduced the "formula of safety" as a sum of terms of the qualities of personall, rules of flight service, regularity, guidance, and flight control, reliability of aviation equipment. This "safety formula", built on experience of his entire life, is still effective. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 7, 1978 "for personal courage and bravery shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War, a great contribution to the training and improving the combat readiness of troops in the post-war period, the development of complex military equipment", Marshal of Air Force Ivan Pstygo was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star Medal (#11300). Pstygo - in the Group of the General Inspection of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Mastered 52 types of aircraft, 42 years of flight experience. The Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 hosted a round table "The Battle of Kursk: a look through six decades" on July 25, 2003, where Marshal of Air Force, participant of the Battle of Kursk, Hero of the Soviet Union I. Pstygo made a report "In the Sky over the Kursk Bulge". On the same day, he was awarded the commemorative medal "60 years of the Battle of Kursk". Lived in the hero-city of Moscow. He worked as a consultant at the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy. He died on February 23, 2009, at the age of 91. He was buried on February 26, 2009 at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow. Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union #11300 (April 7, 1978), two Orders of Lenin (1955, 1978), Order of The October Revolution (1974), seven Orders of the Red Banner (August 1942, October 1942, 1945, 1953, 1956, 1968, 1969), Order oOf Alexander Nevsky (1944), two Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree (1943, 1985), two Orders of the Red Star (1951), Order For Service to the Motherland In the Armed Forces of the USSR 3rd degree (1988), 14 battle medals, russian Order For services to the Fatherland 4th degree (2008), medal - winning military pilot of the USSR (1967), Honorary citizen of Volgograd (May 29, 2003)

Nicholay Prokin

Sverdlovsk region, Sukholozhsky District, village of Shata_x000D_ The Great Patriotic War..._x000D_ How many stories have we heard about brave soldiers, brave sailors, pilots, tankmen who performed dizzying feats at the cost of unthinkable effort, labor and blood, and often at the cost of their own lives. In addition to the familiar names recorded in books and Chronicles, there were many millions of unknown names in the war. Those who honestly fought, but did not become famous for a loud feat, those whose names remained on the battlefield. One of these soldiers was my grandfather Nikolay Prokin._x000D_ My family cherishes the memory of him in memories and photo albums. This story was told to me by my grandfather himself. Nikolayi was born in 1908 in the Urals. He grew up as an ordinary boy, studied, and by the age of eighteen joined the Fire Department. However, by the age of 33, his life had changed dramatically, as well as the fate of millions of Soviet people. It was in 1941._x000D_ The bloodiest war in history has begun._x000D_ As a Communist, my grandfather went to the front in the first ranks. He fought on the 1st Ukrainian Front, was a Platoon Commander. The first days were the hardest ones for young soldiers. It was the first time grandfather had seen so many deaths, felt the pain of loss of friends._x000D_ In one of the battles, near the city of Rivne (Ukraine), the battalion in which my grandfather fought, was surrounded and captured by the Nazis. Nikolay and his comrades, hoping to escape from captivity and return to the front, managed to bury their party cards, remembering the secret place._x000D_ The prisoners were driven under escort for several days. A column was guarded by dogs. When they passed through villages and hamlets, local residents, among whom were mostly women, old people and children, thrust hastily collected food into the hands of captured soldiers. My grandfather said that it was very encouraging for them, supported the belief that they were loved and expected in their native land._x000D_ In the head of Nicholay other prisoners was one thought: "Run". But to run not only for the sake of salvation, but to run to fulfill the duty, to continue to fight the Nazis. The soldiers carefully considered their escape plan and tried to escape twice, but failed. They were caught, severely beaten, and returned. This did not break them, their intentions remained firm. Grandfather could not accept the fact that the enemies were capturing the most dear to him. The faces of his wife and three children who remained in the distant rear near Sverdlovsk often appeared before his eyes. He could not forget them and kept telling himself: "We need to survive and escape!"_x000D_ Chance helped him. Passing through one of the villages, Nikolay and his friend slipped through the wide-open gate. There was shooting, shouting of guards, barking of dogs. But the desire for freedom overcame the fear. The soldiers slipped through the dilapidated buildings and disappeared in the woods. Joy filled their hearts, but now it was necessary to find their own, and this was not easy. Emaciated and exhausted, the fugitives reached the front line only a month later. Then it was a small matter - to run to Russian trenches under the cover of night and then, finally, enjoy the sounds of their native speech._x000D_ However, the reception of compatriots turned out to be not as warm and friendly as the escaped prisoners had expected. Nikolay and his friend could not find their documents and because of this they were almost accused of treason. Fortunately, everything was resolved: they believed them, and once on the front line, our soldiers returned to the ranks._x000D_ Soon his Majesty-chance again helped my grandfather to get rid of the shadow of distrust. His battalion came to the places where he had once been captured. Nikolay found his Party ID and proved to everyone that he did not betray his Homeland!_x000D_ In the ranks of the Soviet troops Nikolay reached Poland, where the Great Patriotic War had ended for him. Probably, all the difficulties that my grandfather endured during the war cannot be described in words. The authorities appreciated all what he did for the Great Victory. Nikolay Prokin was awarded the Order of the Great Patriotic War and many other medals. His name was inscribed in the city's Book of Honor, and he was invited to the capital more than once to participate in the Victory Parade on Red Square._x000D_ Our country remembers and honors people like my grandfather, there could be no Victory without them. Thank them very much! After all, wherever our soldier was, at the front, at the labor machine, behind enemy lines or in captivity of the fascist camps, everywhere he did everything in his power to bring the hour of victory closer. Perhaps the name of this soldier was not familiar to schoolchildren, but if he were in the place of Alexander Matrosov, I am sure he would not hesitate to close the embrasure with his chest. The faithful service of such ordinary soldiers, like a grain of a large mosaic, formed a majestic picture of War and Victory.

Raisa Pavlova

30.06.1923 - 28.06.1997_x000D_ Unfortunately, I learned the story of my great-grandmother not from her personally, but from my grandmother._x000D_ Before the war, she worked at the Progress Factory and had a "reservation" from being drafted into the army, but at that time, almost from every family someone went to the front, and my great-grandmother did not want to be an exception. With her friends (Tasya Luzikova and Lena Baiduganova), she went to the Kemerovo Military Commissariat and they asked to be sent to the front. They were sent to the Podolsk Women's Sniper School. They took the oath on May 1, 1944, and Raisa continued her service as a Specialist in the 322nd Rifle Regiment. During her service, she was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major. During the period of military operations, she personally destroyed 8 German soldiers, this was recorded in her personal book of a sniper-fighter of the Nazis._x000D_ My great-grandmother said very little about her service. But even at the front, a girl was still a girl. Although it was impossible to keep any diaries containing information of a military nature, she kept a Songbook that has been preserved in our family to this day. And according to some records, one can navigate in which places the great-grandmother was at one time or another (For example: "February 22, 1945 in the city of Paranga", "April 5, 1945 M. Rossitten")._x000D_ We learn about the end of the war from its last entry: "We are in the field, on the way to Lubava, but being about 20 kilometers away, we learned about the victory, as we were all happy, because this fight belonged to us, the last and decisive. The soldiers are delighted, everyone is having fun, everywhere you can hear songs, laughter, firing from all kinds of guns, in the evening a movie... Yes, what a joy for us. Here are the girls coming to me. Now memories will begin. This is the end of my writing."_x000D_ She was awarded the Medal For Bravery by order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 5, 1945. She was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 11, 1985. She was awarded the Zhukov medal by order of the President of the Russian Federation of January 19, 1996,._x000D_ We still keep her army documents and photos in our house, which we review every May 9, remembering our great-grandmother.

Roman Panteleev

Georgy Potekhin

Izhevsk_x000D_ 11.10.1917 - 09.21.1961_x000D_ Russian. Colonel (19.11.1955). In the Navy since 1939._x000D_ Graduated from the Lesgaft Institute of Physical Culture in Leningrad (1939). Teacher of physical training at the K. Voroshilov Navy Academy (7.1939-07.1941). Participant of the Great Patriotic War._x000D_ Commander of a platoon of foot scouts (07-10.1941), Chief of the 2nd part of the Headquarters of the 4th Marine Brigade (10.1941-09.1942), Commander of the Mortar Platoon of the 260th Marine Brigade of the coastal defense of the Main Naval Base (09-10.1942), Commander of the training of land units of the Directorate of the Island sector of the Baltic Fleet (10.1942-02.1943), Chief of the Imtellegence of the Baltic (08.1944-05.1946), Libava (since may 1946) naval base._x000D_ During the war, he took direct part in the following combat operations:_x000D_ - 07-08.1941 - landing on the islands Mantinsaari, Lokulansaari, Rakhmasaari of Ladoga Lake, crossing the Neva River and subsequent battles in the area of Moscow Dubrovka on the "Nevsky pyatachok" (09-10. 1941 seriously wounded);_x000D_ - 11.1941 - crossing of the Neva river in the district of Teplobeton (4 km South of Shlisselburg);_x000D_ - 12.1941-03.1942 - reconnaissance operations on the enemy coast in the Districts of Lipki-Shlisselburg and Shlisselburg-Ivanovo rapids._x000D_ - end of 1942-04. 1944 - reconnaissance operations on the Northern (Finnish) and southern (German) coast of the Gulf of Finland;_x000D_ - 05-07.1944 - the operation to capture Islands of the Gulf of Vyborg;_x000D_ - 10.1944-05.1945 - the operations for the liberation of the Baltic States._x000D_ VAK of intelligence officers of the General Staff of the armed forces (09.1949-02.1950)._x000D_ In the intelligence departments of the GSVG (1950-1953)._x000D_ In the Navy intelligence units (1952-1953)._x000D_ Deputy Commander of the naval intelligence point of the Black Sea Fleet Headquarters near Ochakov (09.1953-11.11.1954). Commander of the 561st Separate Intelligence Point of the Headquarters of the 4th Navy (Baltic Fleet) (11.1954-03.1960)._x000D_ Awarded: two Orders of the Red Banner (1943, 1944), Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree (1945), two Orders of the Red Star (1954, 1957), medals For the Defense of Leningrad, for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War, For Military Merit, etc._x000D_ He died after a serious illness on 09.21.1961 in Leningrad, and was buried at the Bolsheokhtinsky Cemetery.

Vasiliy Pribluda

Stavropol Region, Kochubeevsky District, village of Belomechetskaya_x000D_ 08.15.1926 - 12.28.2019_x000D_ After the Nazi occupation, until March 1944, he worked at the Belomechetskaya Motor-tractor station, Voroshilov collective. He worked on a tractor and harvester._x000D_ He was drafted into the Red Army in March 1944. He studied at the sniper school in Maykop for five months. Together with a group of snipers of the 1st Belorussian Front he was sent to the Vistula River bridgehead in Poland in August 1944._x000D_ Participated in the battles within the 8th Guards Army, commanded by V. Chuikov, in the 82nd Zaporozhye Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Division, 244th Guards Rifle Regiment, after the capture of Berlin, it was awarded the title "Berlinskiy"._x000D_ These military formations became famous during the battle of Stalingrad. Vasily fought in these famous troops. He had a chance to go through the battle path in their composition from the Vistula River (Poland) to Berlin. Participated in the German defense breakthrough on the Vistula bridgehead, South of Warsaw, in the liberation of Warsaw, the capture of Poznań and the Poznań fortress, where there were particularly fierce battles._x000D_ They smashed the Germans on their territory in Kustria, the Oder bridgehead, and the Seelow Heights on the approach to Berlin. He participated in the crossing of the Oder and Schiree Rivers, and in the assault on Berlin. In the battle for the Reichstag, he was seriously wounded on April 27, 1945._x000D_ He participated in combat operations first as a sniper in a rifle company. Then he volunteered for the battalion intelligence service. He was a commander of intelligence. He had to participate in the capture of informers, in combat reconnaissance and other intelligence activities._x000D_ He was wounded and treated in a hospital in Berlin. After recovery, he continued to serve in the Group of Soviet Occupation Troops in Germany in his regiment until November 1950. He served altogeher about seven years._x000D_ He was awarded medals for participation in military operations: For the Liberation of Warsaw, For the Capture of Berlin, For the Victory over Germany, Orders of Glory of the 3rd and 2nd degree, Patriotic War 1st degree._x000D_ In recent years, he has been engaged in veteran activities. For 25 years, he was the Chairman of the veterans' organization. The Museum was established in November 1989, on his initiative, and he remained its Director until June 2001.

Mikhail Panov

Village of Alansky, Irkutsk Region_x000D_ 25.04.1900 - 09.05.1958_x000D_ Born on April 25, 1900. Mikhail served in the Red Army from 1919. He was a member of the party – a member of the VKB(b) since 1925. He participated in the Civil War and in subsequent military operations to protect the USSR. In 1919, as member of the Combined Cadet Brigade on the Southern Front, he fought against Wrangel and Makhno._x000D_ He took part in the fight against banditry in the Far East as a member of the 86th Cavalry Regiment in 1920-1921, and the conflict on Eastern Chinese Railroad in 1923-1924._x000D_ In November 1941, from Irkutsk, with the rank of _x000D_ _x000D_ As a Quartermaster of the 3rd rank, he was sent from Irkutsk to the headquarters of the Leningrad Front in November 1941. According to available information, he did not return to the place of service. Mikhail as it turned out from Leningrad was sent to the front, where he took part in the battles._x000D_ During his long service in the Red Army, he gained a lot of experience, and this experience was skillfully applied in the combat operations of army units to defeat the German invaders._x000D_ During the offensive operations of the army troops, contributed to the success of combat operations. In the award lists that I found, my grandfather was described as a hardworking, disciplined, experienced and executory officer. Under enemy fire, regardless of life, he achieved the staffing of rifle companies. When he went to combat units, he assisted the command in training personnel and in using them correctly in combat operations. Grandfather's front-line path ran from Leningrad, where he participated in the defense and liberation of the city, then as a member of the 2nd Shock Army, grandfather participated in the liberation of Estonia, Konigsberg and the territory of Poland, where he met the end of the war over fascism._x000D_ He was awarded many orders and medals:_x000D_ Order of the Patriotic war 2nd degree (90027),_x000D_ Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree (100956),_x000D_ Order of the Red Banner (139172),_x000D_ Order of Lenin (32591),_x000D_ Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree (189983),_x000D_ Order of the Red Banner (19536),_x000D_ Medal For the Defense of Leningrad,_x000D_ Medal For the Capture of Konigsberg,_x000D_ Medal For the Victory over Germany,_x000D_ Jubilee medal XX Years of the Workers and Peasants Red Army,_x000D_ Jubilee medal XXX Years of the Soviet Army and Navy._x000D_ The Patriotic War was over, but not for my grandfather. As an experienced officer, he was sent to the Far East to defeat the Japanese invaders._x000D_ At the end of the war, the Soviet government offered him several options for living. He chose the city of Kursk. My grandfather was given a plot of land in the center of the city. On this plot, he built a house and planted a large garden. Before the war, Mikhail painted a lot and very well. His paintings still adorn our family homes. And in peacetime, he continued to do what he loved, painting. He gave his paintings to the City, museums, and schools. These paintings still adorn city institutions._x000D_ Mikhail died on Victory Day, May 9, 1958. He was buried at the Nikitsky Cemetery in Kursk, where there is a memorial to the soldiers fallen at war and the eternal flame of memory is burning._x000D_ Of course, it is a pity that I did not have to talk to him. I would have learned from him more about how they spent a lifetime winning the victory over fascism. Our grandfathers fulfilled his duty to the Motherland with honor, showed courage, valor, indomitable will to win, and defended the freedom and independence of our country._x000D_ I am immensely proud that I had such a grandfather, Mikhail Panov, and that we have such a great people. I bow my head to the memory of the fallen and those who did not live to this day, having died of wounds and diseases after the Great Patriotic War._x000D_ "No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten"._x000D_ We must always remember this and not forget how valuable our freedom is.