The Order of Glory

Dolgopolov Alexander Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red army soldier. Division: 310th Novgorod rifle order of Lenin red banner division. Alexander Ivanovich Dolgopolov was born in the village of Troitskaya, Krasnodar territory, on February 13, 1917. In the 30s, he was exiled to Siberia, where he was among the first to found the village of Sibirsky. He left for the war in August 1942 and went to the Volkhov front, where he was a machine gunner. The authorities immediately noticed a capable soldier, a born hunter-tracker, and identified him as a scout. Soon the scout Dolgopolov went on his first search-to identify enemy firing points. How many successful and unsuccessful searches there were later! Sometimes, after several incredibly difficult days, they did not deliver the "language" that was urgently needed at the headquarters, but brought their wounded or killed comrade. At this time, the Wehrmacht troops closed the ring around Leningrad and tried to capture it as soon as possible. The fascists attacked continuously. My grandfather said that the artillery preparation was replaced by the roar of tank engines, the hum of dive planes, but he did not know then how the next brutal battle ended, the wound forced him to go to the medical unit. And he had four injuries: on March 16, 1943, a light shoulder wound, on January 16, 1944, a light head wound, and on may 10, 1944, a chest wound. He liberated Novgorod, the Leningrad and Pskov regions, and Latvia After the last fourth, a wound received on June 31, 1944 in Latvia, his grandfather was treated for a long time in the Omsk hospital. After recovering, in March 1945, he entered the Vladimir tank school with the rank of Sergeant. He graduated as a mechanic driver of the T-34 tank. He ended the war in the Baltic States. May 9, 1945! For my grandfather, this was a particularly memorable day — he was to be discharged as having received "three or more wounds". And now the wheels of the echelon are rattling, taking grandfather Sasha, "an Excellent scout,"home. "Excellent machine gunner", on his tunic - the order of Glory of the III degree, medals: "for bravery", "for the victory over Germany". Later he was awarded many jubilee medals. He returned to Sibirsky, was a foreman of the vegetable growing brigade, a senior agronomist. Old residents of the village still remember its huge cabbages. For more than a quarter of a century, he worked honestly and conscientiously on the state farm. Already in 1972, when my grandfather was going to leave for a well-deserved rest, he got a job at the X-Mansi fish factory as a fisherman. In eleven years, I caught about a hundred tons of fish. To combat awards were added labor: the order of the red banner of Labor and the jubilee medal for the 100th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin. In addition, more than a dozen certificates of honor were awarded at various times. The name of my grandfather is listed in the Book of Honor of Sibrevkoma and Labor glory of the Ministry of fisheries of the Russian Federation. Central Committee of the trade Union of food industry workers, he was awarded the title "five-year Guardsman". Together with his wife Lukerya Prokopyevna, who worked all her life on a state farm, Alexander Ivanovich raised and raised eight children. After retiring, his worries did not decrease-the economy, granddaughters… Although I have never seen my great-grandfather, I can be proud of him, because during his difficult life, he fulfilled his duty to the Motherland, the people and his family.

Durakov Arkady Anatolyevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Senior Sergeant Branch of military: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast service, NKVD troops, border guard Division: 9th guards rifle red banner division Arkady A. Durakov at the age of 28 was called up by the Irbit RVC of the Sverdlovsk region on 27.07.1941 in the red army. He was trained at the Riga military school, which was evacuated to the Sverdlovsk region. Took part in the parade on November 07, 1941. On the Central front from 27.11.1941 to 17.01.1942 Senior Sergeant A. A. Durakov being on the Central front as part of the 28th rifle brigade as a cadet, performing the task of the command in an offensive battle to capture the village of "katyushki" in the Moscow region, he was lightly wounded on 04.12.1941. During the transfer of the machine-gun squad through the village through the gardens, the cadet dragged a machine gun and disks and fell behind the squad leader. When he climbed over the next fence, he was seen by a German who came out of the house at that moment, who, without thinking twice, fired at him from a machine gun in a short burst, almost without aiming, because he was in a hurry to escape. This haste saved Arkady, who was slightly wounded in the right thigh. From 04.12.1942 to 26.12.1941 he was treated in the evacuation hospital. The hospital Commission recognized him as fit for military service and sent him to a military unit for further service. Participating in battles of 9 guards rifle division of the Central front, performing a combat mission command intelligence emplacements of the enemy, the commander of machine-gun branch of the separate reconnaissance Sergeant of Fools A. A. was seriously wounded in both legs 17.01.1942 g., the foot of the left leg torn off at once. He was treated in the evacuation hospital No. 1868 until 12.05.1942, where part of the left leg up to the knee was amputated. The Commission found him unfit for further service. He was presented to the Order of the red star on August 17, 1950, which was replaced by the order of glory of the 3rd degree on February 21, 1951, which was also replaced by the medal "for bravery".

Dunaev Nikolai Grigoryevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Was born in September 11, 1924 in the village Neverovo (Nevedrova) Korohodsky parish of Ivanovo-Voznesensk uyezd, Ivanovo-Voznesensky province, in a peasant family. When the boy was 11 years old, his father died, as the eldest of the children, Nikolai helped his mother raise two younger sisters and a brother. I managed to finish only 7 classes. In July 1940, he began working at a local collective farm. In August 1942, he was drafted into the Red Army by the Seredsky (now Furmanovsky) district military Commissariat and sent to study at the 1st Gorky tank school. On August 25, he was enlisted in the training regiment as a cadet of the 1st training mortar company of the 3rd separate reserve mortar battalion. Here, on September 20, he took the oath, and in October joined the Komsomol. In January 1943, after completing his studies with the rank of Junior Sergeant, he was sent to the North-Western front. The combat path began on January 10, 1943 as the commander of the 120-mm mortar calculation of the 528th rifle regiment of the 130th rifle division. His regiment at this time was fighting in Zaluska district of the Leningrad region. Soon the division was transformed into the 53rd guards for combat success. In further battles of the guards, Sergeant Dunaev continued to fight as the commander of the mortar company calculation of the 12th separate guards red banner battalion, awarded the "Excellent gunner" badge. In February 1943, the division participated in the liquidation of the Demyansk group of the enemy (awarded the order of the red banner), in March - in the old Russian operation of the North-Western front. In the area of Staraya Russa, it fought defensive battles until December 1943. In January 1944, the division is loaded into echelons and sent towards Leningrad, where it ends up on the day the blockade is lifted. The division is part of the Leningrad front. Here she led an offensive in the Pskov direction, on the "Panther line". For the difference in these battles of the guard, Sergeant Dunaev received the first military award-the medal "for bravery". From the order of the regiment commander about the award: "...for the fact that from July 12 to 14, 1944, in the battles in the area of height 99.6 near the village of Kalinkino, Pushkin district, he destroyed a German observation post with accurate mortar fire and suppressed the fire of the enemy's company mortar." From August 1944, the division fought in the 2nd and 3rd Baltic fronts. Participated in the Baltic strategic, Tartu and Riga offensive operations. For participation in the battles, the division was given the honorary name of Tartusskaya, the 159th rifle regiment (in which Dunaev fought) was awarded the order of the red banner. At the final stage of the war, parts of the division fought to eliminate the enemy's Kurland group (Latvia). For skilful command of the calculation in these battles of the guard, Sergeant Dunaev was awarded the order of Glory of the III degree. From the award list: "December 23, 1944 when breaking through the heavily fortified enemy defenses near the village of Petermuizha (Latvian SSR), his team participated in General artillery preparation, thanks to the skillful fire control, the calculation was destroyed: 3 enemy machine guns with their calculations, 1 company mortar, a direct hit in the German trench was disabled up to a platoon of German infantry, which thus ensured a breakthrough of defense and successful advance of the rifle units of the regiment." Victory day was celebrated on the outskirts of Liepaya (Latvia). After the war, he continued to serve in his division, which was re-formed into the 1st guards rifle Tartu red banner brigade and relocated to the city of Kovrov (Vladimir region). In 1946, he graduated from the evening Department of the school of party activists in the city of Kovrov. Demobilized in March 1947. I returned to my native village. His fellow villagers elected him Chairman of the collective farm. From 1957 to 1960, Dunaev studied at the Ivanovo Soviet party school, after which he entered the Correspondence Higher party school under the Central Committee of the CPSU in Gorky, from which he graduated in 1965. After the organization of the state farm "Dulyapinsky" in February 1960, he was appointed Manager of the 2nd Department. In April 1964, he was appointed Brigadier of complex brigade No. 4. In October 1964, he was elected Secretary of the party Committee of the state farm "Dulyapinsky". In 1969, he moved with his family to the village of Dulyapino. In December 1976, he was appointed acting Chairman of the Dulyapinsky village Council (approved on June 19, 1977). Will work in this position until September 1979, released due to retirement from singing on disability. Lived in the village of Dulyapino. He died on July 18, 1987. He was buried in the cemetery of posleka Dulyapino. Awarded the order of the Patriotic war I-th degree (11.03.1985), Glory III-th degree (18.01.1945), the medal "for bravery" (22.03.1944), jubilee medals.

Rimsky Vasiliy Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ In September 1941, he was called up by the Skopinsky district military Commissariat to the Red Army. Since October of the same year on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. He fought on the Leningrad and 2nd Belorussian fronts. He began his military career in the engineering and technical part, building pillboxes, bunkers and other structures on the defensive line near Leningrad. In one of the battles, the battalion commander was wounded, and Rimsky, himself wounded, took the commander to a safe place. In March 1942, he was sent to study at a sniper school. After a few months of study, he returned to the front near Leningrad. In the winter, in one of the heavy battles, carrying a wounded company commander from the battlefield, he was wounded in the leg. Member of the CPSU / CPSU since 1943. Later he fought as a medical instructor of the 340th rifle regiment of the 46th rifle division. On June 14, 1944, during the assault on a fortified area 8 km West of the city of Terioka, senior Sergeant Rimsky provided first aid to the soldiers for many hours under continuous enemy fire, and carried 25 seriously wounded from the battlefield. By order of July 6, 1944, senior Sergeant Vasiliy Rimsky was awarded the order of Glory of the 3rd degree. On January 15, 1945, during the battle for the city of Pultusk, senior Sergeant Rimsky carried 36 wounded soldiers and officers from the battlefield and provided them with first aid. At the same time, he destroyed 3 opponents with automatic fire. He was presented for the award of the order of Glory of the 2nd degree. On January 26, 1945, during the fighting at the crossing of the Sona river South of the city of Tsekhanow, Sergeant Rimsky took out 27 wounded soldiers and officers under heavy enemy fire, after which he supervised the evacuation of them. By order of February 3, 1945, senior Sergeant Vasiliy Rimsky was awarded the order of Glory of the 2nd degree. By order of February 27, 1945, senior Sergeant Vasiliy Rimsky was awarded the order of Glory of the 2-nd degree. In 1945, petty officer Rimsky was demobilized. Return home. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on September 23, 1969, Vasiliy Rimsky was awarded the order of Glory of the 1-st degree. Became a full knight of the order of Glory.

My great-grandfather, Ivan Savovich Yavtushenko, was born on 02/23/24 in Poltava.He went to the front on 03/26/1943, served as a corporal, senior telephone operator in the platoon of the Artillery Commander of the Second Ukrainian Front of the 41st Red Banner Infantry Division of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class. For his bravery, dedication, contempt for danger and perseverance in carrying out tasks in battles from the Oder, the Elbe to Berlin, he was awarded government awards - two Orders of the Red Star and the Order of Glory of the III degree, medals "For Courage", "For Military Merit", "For the Liberation of Budapest", "For the Liberation of Prague" and "For the capture of Berlin"

Rybalkin Ivan Mikhailovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red army Type of troops: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast service, NKVD troops, border guard Unit: 150th rifle Idritsko-Berlin order of Kutuzov division. When the war began, my grandfather Ivan was 14 years old, he was the eldest son among 7 children. His father, Mikhail Gerasimovich Rybalkin, went to the front in September 1941, and in August 1942 news came that he was missing. On January 2, 1944, my grandfather, having added his age, went to the front (he was then 17 years old). But for 20 September 1944, consisting of 756 infantry regiment and 150 infantry order of Kutuzov of II degree Idritsky division 79 infantry corps 3 Shock army of the First Belorussian front, was awarded the Medal "For courage" for... "being the liaison between the company commander under a heavy rifle and machine gun fire of the enemy quickly and accurately transmit orders and decrees, was seriously wounded." After that, he was awarded the Order of Glory of the III degree for the fact that..." the first of his company rose to the attack, and breaking into the enemy's trench killed 6 and captured 7 German invaders. About his feat and the exploits of his fellow soldiers are written in the books of V. M. Shatilov "Banner over the Reichstag", "flag Bearers storm the Reichstag", N. A. Slavin "the Story of the scouts of the 150th Idritsko-Berlin division, 175th separate reconnaissance company." Awarded: USSR Medal "for bravery" - order 756 SP No. 277 of 12.10.1944 USSR medal "for military merit" - order 756SP No. 02/4 of 14.01.1945 Gorden "Glory of the III degree" - order for the 150th division of 04.06.1945 Medal of the USSR "for the Victory over Nazi Germany" and many others.... Ivan liked to carpenter, work in the garden, play the balalaika, sing folk songs, - my grandmother Masha told me - he never told her about the war, said that it was not a girl's business... After the war, my great-grandfather had 4 children, including my father. Ivan Mikhailovich died from the fact that the fragment that remained in him from the war reached the heart… He was then 61 years old...

Rakov Stepan Nikolaevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Lieutenant-colonel. Type of troops: Armored and mechanized troops. Stepan Rakov was born on August 18, 1926 in the village of Dubrava in the Kotovskaya rural administration of the Ardatovsky district, located 14 km Northwest of the Ardatov river. The locality was classified as unpromising and has now been removed from the administrative register. Dubrava is connected by dirt country roads in the North-West with the village of Yuzhilin (3 km), in the East with the village of Izmailovka (6 km), in the South-East with the village of Novola (5 km). In the area of the village originates R. Melava. The village is surrounded by deciduous forests. The settlement was founded presumably after 1917, during a campaign to organize agricultural communes. In 1925, the Dubrava commune consisted of 92 inhabitants. She was part of Cavallasca rural parish Council Ardatov, Arzamas district. Stepan Nikolaevich was born in a large family of a paramedic Nikolay Sepanovich Rakov and a peasant woman Evdokia Pavlovna Shmeleva. He had three brothers: the elder Alexey, the middle Ivan, the younger Mikhail and 2 sisters Nyura (Anna) and Varvara (16.12.1933). On January 2, 1944, as a 17-year-old boy, Stepan joined the red army as a tank driver. In April 1944 the 1514th light self-propelled artillery regiment was created on the basis of the 1514th fighter-anti-tank artillery regiment. Stepan Rakov also got into it. And at home, his girlfriend Lida (my grandmother Lydia Vasilyevna) was waiting for him. From the award lists it is known that from 16.12.1944 he participated in the battles as part of the III-th Belorussian front, and from 15.02.1945 as part of the I-th Baltic front. Stepan Nikolaevich said little about the war. Every time he was asked about it, tears came to his eyes, his speech faltered, and he refused to remember it - he had seen too many deaths. From his stories, it is known that during the war, he operated a SU-76 self-propelled artillery unit and a T-34 tank. From order 12/n of 20.04.1945 on awarding the Order of the red Star of the 1st degree, it follows that Stepan Rakov was slightly wounded on 21.01.1945. And at the beginning of February 45, he received his first Order of the red Star, " working as a gun commander (gunner) in offensive battles in the area of the village of Hussenen (East Prussia). On 12.02.1945 he destroyed 3 machine-gun points, 2 mortars, 22 carts with military cargo and up to 70 German soldiers and officers of the enemy. On March 5, 1945, Junior Sergeant S. N. Rakov, the gun commander (Adjuster) of the SU-76, was awarded the medal "for Bravery". From the order: "When repelling an enemy counterattack near the village of Kaitsenblik, direct fire from his gun destroyed 7 machine-gun points and up to 35 enemy soldiers and officers." Presumably, the battle for which Stepan Rakov was awarded the medal "for Bravery" took place on February 15-20, 1945 in the suburbs of Konigsberg. By decree of the Presidium of the USSR armed forces of 19.02.1945, the 1514th light self-propelled artillery regiment was awarded the order of Kutuzov III degree for exemplary performance of command tasks in battles with the German invaders, for the capture of the cities of Tilsit, gross, Skaisgirren, Aulovenen, Gillen, Kuakemen and for showing valor and courage. Later, on April 20, 1945, Stepan Rakov was awarded the second award of the Order of the red Star. From premium sheet Order 012/n 28th Separate Guards Tank Brigade Liozno known that "in the battles for the Soviet Motherland during the breakthrough of defense in the area Registan 6.04.1945 and subsequent battles, ARL of Leiderer, and repelling enemy counterattacks from the station Saaranen, fire his machine gun he killed up to 10 soldiers and officers. As part of the crew, he destroyed 2 guns, a machine gun, 3 bunkers and up to 15 soldiers and officers. This time Stepan Rakov's fighting vehicle was a T-34 tank. Stepan Nikolaevich told that when taking Konigsberg on one of the narrow streets of the suburb, his crew was blown up by an enemy gun and caught fire. He was able to get out of the tank, and the rest of the crew were killed. Stepan received a shrapnel wound in the neck and numerous burns, and was taken to a military hospital in a shell-shocked state. That's how my grandfather, like thousands of our other soldiers, fought heroically for Victory. Thank you to my Grandfather for Winning! Subsequently, Stepan Nikolaevich very much regretted that his injury did not allow him to reach Berlin in 1945. Stepan Nikolaevich decided to devote himself to military service and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He died in 1995 at the age of 70.

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

Vertushenko Alexander Fedorovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red army soldier. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 301st Stalin's rifle division of the order of Suvorov. Alexander Fedorovich Versalink (1912-1953) was born in S. Ermakovka Odessa region. He lived and worked in Tiraspol before the war, and then from 1946 to 1953. On the fronts of the great Patriotic war since April 1944. From April 4, 1944 before winning the may day, were shot 1050 infantry regiment, 301 Stalin order of Suvorov, 2-stepeni division of the 9th red banner corps under command of General I. P. Rosly. During the Odessa offensive and the Iasi-Kishinev operations of 1944, the regiment was part of the 57th army of General N. A. Hagen, which liberated the settlements of Transnistria, and then Moldova. During the Iasi-Kishinev operation, the 1050th regiment, in which A. F. Vershutenko served, entered the battle on August 22 and by 9 o'clock captured the locality of Tanatyr. By the end of August 23, the 301st division reached the Zolotyanka-Kashkalia line. Parts of the 301st division were sent to the Prut river, but orders were received to turn the division in a South-easterly direction, to reach the heights: 250.0 South-West of S.Baziens and 214,0 North-West of the village of Albin and close the ring of encirclement of the Gura-galbensky enemy group. The enemy could not be released from the ring. At an altitude of 250,0, fire and hand-to-hand combat raged. In this battle participated and Alexander Fedorovich Versalink. For this fight, he was awarded the order of Glory, 3rd class. From the award list follows: "In the battle on the night of 26.04.1944 for the mastery of the height of 250,0 near the village of Albina, Kotovsky district of the Moldavian ASSR (so in the award list-N. D.) with a group of fighters broke into the enemy's location and personally destroyed 11 German soldiers. 26.08.1944 in the area of Albina took part in the reflection of 11 counterattacks numerically superior enemy. During the battle, he destroyed three more German soldiers. Worthy of being awarded the order of Glory of the third degree. The order of Glory of the 3rd degree No. 67093 was awarded to A. F. Vershutenko in September 1944. After the liberation of Kishinev, the 5th Shock army was withdrawn from the 3rd Ukrainian front to the reserve of the Supreme command Headquarters. 301 division was transferred to this army. On August 29, the division began its March to the Vesely Kut station, where it was to embark in railway trains. After the review conducted by the commander of the 5th Shock army, Lieutenant General N. E. Berzarin, on September 7, 1944, the echelons with troops and equipment moved to Belarus. In mid-October, the division changed into winter uniforms and relocated to a new area of concentration – to the Vistula. Alexander Fedorovich Versatel had the opportunity to participate in Warszawa-Poznanski and Vistula-Oder operations. For fighting on the bridgehead Marushevska Alexander Fedorovich was awarded the order. From the award list: "In the battle for the height of 139.5 near the village of Vratseshev on 15.01.1945, when repelling the numerical counterattacks of the enemy's infantry and tanks, comrade. Vershutenko at a critical moment, when the enemy tank was going to his unit moved forward and a hand-held anti-tank grenade hit the enemy tank, which forced the other two enemy tanks to turn back. In this battle, he personally destroyed 7 German soldiers. Worthy of being awarded the order of Glory of the second degree." But the command of the 5th shock army appreciated this feat with a higher reward. Alexander Fedorovich was awarded the order of the red banner of Battle (No. 386388). In the future A. F. Versalink took part in the Berlin operation. He participated in the battles on the famous Seelow heights and in Karlshorst (this is where the act of surrender of Nazi Germany will be signed). The 1050th rifle regiment, in which A. F. Vershutenko served, participated in the capture of the buildings of the Gestapo and the Ministry of aviation. The regiment in heavy fighting captured the fascist lair-the Imperial Chancellery. A. F. Vershutenko returned from the war only in 1946. He began to live and work in Tiraspol. Was elected to Kolpakovskogo rural Council (now the district "Oktyabrskaya"). In 1953, he died at the age of 41 from illnesses and injuries. He was buried in a cemetery near Likhoradka Tiraspol. After the expansion of the city, the cemetery was closed. In its place there was a sports school stadium. The veteran's ashes were not moved and rest under the concrete slabs of the stadium. It remains only a memory.... P.S.: the Biography of Alexander Vershutenko is presented by the grandson of the red banner, - Dymchenko Nikolay Viktorovich.

Voitov Mikhail Kononovich_x000D_ Rank: Sergeant Branch of the army: Artillery Division: 311th Dvina red banner rifle division of the order of Suvorov. Mikhail Kononovich Voitov was born in 1907 in the village of Fursin, Kursk province (now Belgorod region, Novooskolsky district) in a large peasant family. He was called up to the front on 02.07.1941. After a short course, the fighter was sent, as part of the same recruits as he was, near Smolensk (Yartsevo), to contain the fascist troops that broke through. He was wounded in the leg in the battle. He was taken to a hospital near Moscow, then to Novosibirsk. He was treated for a little more than 6 months. After recovery, as part of a marching company, he was sent to the Volkhov front. There, he was assigned to the 855th artillery regiment, which joined the 311th rifle division. With this regiment and division passed the entire war. Its main battle route: liberated Novgorod, Libau (Latvia), Stettin (Poland), Warsaw (Poland), Germany (Altkonstrinchen, Eberswalde, hammer, Liebenwalde, Falkental, Hermendorf, Alt-Ruppin, Krenzlin, Neustadt, Studenitz, Glezen, Kvitzebel). In the town of Kvitzebel on the Elbe river, (may 3, 1945) there was a meeting of the advanced units of the 311th division with the Americans. Michael Kononovich was a direct participant in this historic event. This ended the fighting of the division. He received his first medal "for bravery" on the Volkhov front for the fact that".... in the battle in the Korbusel area from July 22 to July 30, 1943, under heavy artillery and mortar fire of the enemy, he corrected 30-40 communication gusts per day, which ensured uninterrupted communication of the observation post with firing positions. In this battle, he was shell-shocked, but refused to leave the battlefield, although he had permission to do so... " this is indicated in the award document. Then there was a second medal "for bravery" for fighting in the area of Uskibye-Lonna also on the Volkhov front. My father received the order of Glory, 3rd class, for providing communication across the Oder river. He died at the age of 87.

Peter Timofeyevich Vorobyov_x000D_ _x000D_ Pyotr Timofeyevich Vorobyov was born on April 16, 1902 in the village of Mokhnachi, Orsha district, Mogilev region, now rudnyansky district, Smolensk region, to a peasant family. He received an incomplete secondary education. He worked on his father's farm. In 1924-1927, he served in the red Army. When he returned home, he worked on a collective farm. In October 1943, he was again drafted into the army. From the same time at the front. By the summer of 1944, he fought as part of the 1083rd rifle regiment of the 312th rifle division, and served in it until the end of the war. He distinguished himself in the battles for the liberation of Poland. On July 19, 1944, lance corporal Peter Timofeyevich Vorobyov was one of the first to cross the Western bug river near the village of werba (Poland) and together with the soldiers held the bridgehead until reinforcements arrived. Fire from his rifle suppressed the enemy's machine gun. By order of units of the 312th rifle division (No. 48/n) of August 2, 1944, corporal Peter Timofeyevich Vorobyov was awarded the order of Glory of the 3rd degree. On August 4, in the battle for the village of Yakovitsy, he destroyed four fascists and took one prisoner with fire from his machine gun, and repelled 6 enemy counterattacks. Awarded the order of the red Star. On January 24-27, 1945, in the battle for the liberation of the city of Poznan (Poland), Sergeant Pyotr Vorobyov was the first with his squad to break into a house that had been turned into a strongpoint by the enemy. In the ensuing battle, he destroyed 2 machine guns, a faustnik and about 20 fascists. By order of the 69th army (No. 99/n) dated March 27, 1945, Sergeant Peter Timofeyevich Vorobyov was awarded the order of Glory of the 2nd degree. On April 22, 1945, as part of an assault group, Sergeant Vorobyov was one of the first to cross the spree river and the canal near the city of bad Zarow (Germany). During the defense of the bridgehead, he destroyed about 10 and captured several enemy soldiers, as well as blew up an anti-tank gun. He was presented for the award of the order of Glory of the 1st degree. On April 28, in the battle for the locality of Hermsdorf, breaking into the enemy infantry battle formations, he destroyed 24 enemy soldiers, 2 machine guns, and captured 14 enemy soldiers. For this fight, he was awarded the order of the red Star. In 1945, senior Sergeant Pyotr Vorobyov was demobilized. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on may 15, 1946, Sergeant Peter Timofeyevich Vorobyov was awarded the order of Glory of the 1st degree. Became a full knight of the order of Glory. I returned to my native village. He worked as the Chairman of the collective farm "Bolshevik". He died on October 17, 1967. He was awarded two orders of the red Star (22.08.1944, 31.05.1945), the order of Glory of the 1st (15.05.1946), 2nd (27.03.1945) and 3rd (02.08.1944) degrees and other medals.

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.

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.

Vasiliev Sergey Nikolaevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Senior Sergeant. Type of troops: armoured and mechanized troops. Unit: 11th Panzer division. The war found Vasiliev Sergey Nikolaevich in the tool shop of the Podolsk mechanical plant, where he worked as a thread grinder. But not immediately after mobilization, he got to the front. In November 1941, he was assigned to a training unit. After completing it, he became a tank driver and received the rank of Sergeant. The young tankman received his first baptism of fire in June 1942 near Voronezh. Then the German-fascist hordes were rushing to Stalingrad. In many tank battles participated with his combat 34, a mechanic driver Sergey Vasiliev. But perhaps the most stressful days of his combat life were during the battle of Kursk. Everyone was extremely happy that they had stood on the Volga, held off the enemy's onslaught in the steppe expanses of the Oryol region, and then drove them west. In the battle for the city of Orel, the fearless tankman was seriously wounded. The doctors said that he would no longer have to drive a combat vehicle. However, Senior Sergeant Sergey Vasiliev did not leave his combat vehicles; he remained in the ranks and became a technician. He was doctoring wrecked cars right on the front line. What was needed here, were his experienced working hands, soldier's wit and courage. In 1944, the unit in which S. N. Vasiliev served crossed the river Vistula. Here the veteran soldier received his first award - the medal "For military merit". Then the battles for the liberation of Poland, entry into enemy territory. During this time, the technician of field repair shops, Senior Sergeant Sergey Vasiliev, together with his front-line comrades, restored hundreds of combat vehicles. In January 1945, the Military Council of the First Belorussian front awarded him the order of the Red Star on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for the rapid commissioning and high-quality repair of tanks on the front line. A soldier from Podolsk also had the opportunity to participate in the battle for Berlin. Here he received another wound but again remained in the ranks. An experienced soldier-repairman worked in those days literally without getting a wink of sleep, ensuring that as many of our tanks as possible remained fully operational. His hard military work was highly appreciated by the command and at the walls of the defeated Berlin; he received his third military award - the Order of Glory3rd rank. In November 1945, the soldier-worker finally took off the soldier's greatcoat from his shoulders. However, the rest was short-lived. A month later, he came to his native factory, to his tool shop, where in 1966, for his success in fulfilling the tasks of the seven-year plan; Sergey Nikolaevich Vasiliev was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

Vtornikov Ivan Fyodorovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Ivan Fyodorovich Vtornikov was born on May 21, 1923, in Alma-Ata in a peasant family. He finished eight grades of secondary school, after which he began working as a Turner. In 1942, he was drafted into the Red Army. On the front line, he was in April 1944. He fought on the first Belorussian front with the 375 anti-tank division of the 312 rifle division. The gunner performed his first feat while breaking through enemy defences southwest of Kovel, about three months after arriving in the unit. The 375th anti-tank division of the 312 rifle division supported the advance of its infantry. Although the gunners fired frequently, there were enough shells to reliably suppress the enemy's fire system. Suddenly, the German artillery bracketed the clearing, on the edge of which was hidden ammunition depot. The mushrooms are bursting closer and closer. Everyone who was nearby rushed to save the warehouse. With a huge risk to their lives, Ivan Fedorovich and other gunners moved their dangerous cargo to the shelter in a matter of minutes. Returning to the firing position, Ivan Vtornikov looked at the panorama. On the head of the Nazis, one after another, shells fell. The enemy's two heavy machine guns were silenced by their bursts. Two or three days later, the crew destroyed up to twenty invaders and blew up two wagons that delivered shells to the enemy battery. And on July 21, Ivan Fyodorovich and his friends helped the infantry hold Dorogusk station in their hands, repelling several counter-attacks by the Nazis. The commander, Major General Moiseevsky, by the Order of the Red Star, noted the exploits of the young gunner division. The award order was signed on August 14, and the next day the gunner distinguished himself again. On August 15, at the moment of artillery preparation, Junior Sergeant Vtornikov smashed an anti-aircraft gun and a hand machine gun of the enemy. In the afternoon, when the Nazis launched a counterattack west of the village of Oblyasy, his team met the danger bravely and helped the infantry hold the line with their fire. In the evening, when the enemy counterattack was repeated, Vtornikov was wounded but continued to fight. The gunners had to use their personal weapons. The Junior Sergeant destroyed six Hitlerites. On August 18, the division commander awarded our compatriot with the Order of Glory third grade. Soon the division's party organization accepted the brave gunner into the party. In January the forty-fifth, the division participated in the attack on the Radom direction. The Germans tried to organize resistance, but our troops crossed the Pilica, irresistibly moved forward. The gunners, who accompanied the infantry with fire and wheels, paved the road. Only by villages Jedlnia and Nova Volya Sergeant Vtornikiv destroyed three machine-gun emplacements and up to forty Nazis by direct fire. The division's artillery commander, Colonel Bordun, pinned the order of Glory second grade on Ivan Fyodorovich's chest on behalf of the commander. In late January and early February, fierce battles broke out for the major industrial and cultural centre of Poland, the city of Poznan. The Germans turned the city into a major hub of resistance, and all suburban villages and villages into strongholds. Our command had to urgently recruit assault groups. The squad of the Sergeant Vtornikov was included in one of them. During the battle for the outskirts of Poznań, Junikowo, the gunners showed great courage and bravery. A pillbox blocked the path of our infantry. Ivan Fyodorovich, with his own squad, rolled out the gun on direct fire and opened fire on the embrasures. The Nazis were snapped. Machine guns came into action, and the fight lasted two hours. The enemy managed to disable one by one almost all the soldiers of the squad. Finally, there was only Vtornikov left at the gun. Doing the job for everyone, he continued to fire and destroyed four machine guns covering the approaches to the pillbox. Then, with the help of other weapons, the pillbox was finished. The next day, Ivan Fedorovich was appointed gun commander, and in a combat situation began training a new squad. On February 2nd, he was among the first to cross the Warta river with a new calculation under heavy enemy fire. No sooner had the gunners equipped the firing position, as up to a company of fascists went on a counterattack. The gunner was immediately disabled. Sergeant Vtornikov took his place and helped the Riflemen repel three enemy counterattacks. In this battle, Vtornikov’s gun destroyed two guns, five machine guns, inflicted great damage on the enemy in manpower. On February 7, Vtornikov's gun crew took part in the assault on Fort Rauch. At close range, they silenced two casemates. Being shell-shocked, the Sergeant continued to fire. In total, in the battle for Poznań, Vtornikov, by the fire of his gun destroyed and suppressed four guns, seventeen machine guns, three observation posts of the enemy. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. On April 16, 1945, the historic Berlin operation began. On this day, when breaking through the enemy's defences South of the city of Lebus, the commander of the gun, senior Sergeant Vtornikov, with his squad rolled the gun into the neutral zone and destroyed three machine guns and two faustnikovs who were holding up our infantry. Then the soldiers eliminated two observation points. The next day, when a group of Hitlerites managed to filter their way through the infantry battle lines and get to the positions of the gunners, Vtornikov and his battle friends met them with machine-gun fire and grenades. For the courage and bravery shown in the battle of Berlin, senior Sergeant Vtornikov was awarded the order of Glory, first class.