The Order of Glory

He was born on May 10, 1919 in the Bryansk Region, Starodubsky district, and until his death lived there with his family in the village of Krugloye. In 1940 he was drafted into the Red Army. During the terrible years of the Great Patriotic War, he was a recon all the time, fought in Karelia. From 1941 to June 1944, my grandfather was on the Karelian front. During the time he was at the front, he was awarded 3 Orders of Glory, 1,2 and 3 degrees. _x000D_ Here are two front line episodes told by my grandfather. _x000D_ Episode one. On their sector of defense, the command set the combat mission to take the "prisoner tongue". The grandfather's department was instructed to prepare this operation. Carefully observing the enemy garrison, it was established that it was heavily guarded at night. During the day, many posts are removed. The enemy believed that at this time there was nothing to fear. As if reconnaissance in force, ambushes and other operations were carried out by Soviet troops only at night. And then grandfather and his squad decided to take a prisoner in the afternoon, when the enemy's vigilance weakened. By 15 o'clock, the capture group, which was commanded by my grandfather, approached the barbed wire and waited for a prearranged signal. The Nazis did not even have time to jump out of the dugout, where they were hiding from the fire of the artillerymen and mortars. Two enemy soldiers were taken prisoners, and 18 were destroyed in a short battle. Not a single person was lost from our side. For this battle, my grandfather was awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd degree. _x000D_ Episode two. In June 1944, the command of the Division ordered to take a "prisoner tongue" from Lysaya Gora. This is in the Kandalaksha direction, about 90 kilometers from the Kirov Railway, which connects Murmansk with Leningrad (St. Petersburg). Grandfather's group went to the foot of the hill and began to observe the enemy defense. For about five days, they monitored the movement of the enemy, studied the fire system. We found out at what time the soldiers change and number of them in a patrol. _x000D_ And so with a group of 7 people, my grandfather went on a mission on the morning of June 7. They crawled to the rear of the enemy, went down into the trench and along it came close to the sentries. Then, with a lightning throw, they tied up two fascist soldiers. When leaving, my grandfather was wounded in the leg. The situation developed in such a way that grandfather had to lie in a no-man's land until 2 am. Then he crawled to his own. He was sent to the hospital, where he stayed until December 1944. My grandfather returned home without a leg. For the capture of "tongues" on Lysaya Gora he was awarded the Order of Glory, 1st degree._x000D_ In addition to the Orders of Glory of all three degrees, he was awarded the Medal For Courage. While at the front from September 23, 1941 to June 7, 1944, grandfather went to reconnaissance patrol 180 times. He personally captured 7 enemy soldiers and a petty officer, together with his comrades brought 12 "tongues". He killed over 80 enemy soldiers and officers. As war trophies, he delivered to his unit 2 easel, 3 light machine guns, 6 machine guns, a stereoscopic tube and valuable documents of the enemy. _x000D_ All awards and medals of my grandfather are now kept in the Bryansk Museum. _x000D_ In his homeland, in the city of Starodub, on the main square, there is a memorial alley to the heroes and there is a portrait of his grandfather. In 1977, they wrote about him in the book "Three times Glorified". Recently a monument to the Heroes of the Soviet Union has been unveiled in Moscow on Poklonnaya Gora where the name of our grandfather is written. _x000D_ The Teslin family is one of the most respected in the village. The villagers valued my grandfather most of all for his exceptional honesty and directness. It was not in vain that for eighteen years he worked as Chairman for the Audit Commission at the Kommunar kolkhoz, and since 1959 at the enlarged Bolshevik kolkhoz. _x000D_ On the job, grandfather graduated with honors from correspondence Moscow accounting and auditing courses. In 1966, he was appointed a foreman of the field-crop Brigade of the Kommunar kolkhoz. For his achievements, grandfather was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. For many years he was the Chairman of the comrades' court and headed the group of people's control on his kolkhoz. Grandfather passed away on January 31, 1979. We are proud of our grandfather!

Title: Red Army Soldier_x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops Subdivision: 2nd Cavalry Division. _x000D_ I know about my great-grandfather Ivan Timofeevich Tikhonov from the words of my grandfather. Great-grandfather was born in 1905 in the village of Dedilovo, Dedilovsky district, Tula Region. He was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army by the Dedilovsky District Military Commissariat, Tula Region in June 1941. At the beginning of his service, he was a driver, and then a telephone operator of the 2nd Guards Communications Division, 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps. He was proud of his first award, the “Excellent Signal Engineer” badge. The second was the medal "For Military Merit" received in March 1943. _x000D_ From the award list: “During combat operations, he worked to provide internal communications to the corps headquarters. Being in the artillery, mortar and machine-gun fire zone, he showed himself to be a bold and agile communication technician. He is characterized by clarity in work, composure and constant confidence in success and the feeling of fear in moments of danger is alien. Timely answer to the call and connection for negotiations are instilled in him and he honestly performs it. For others, it is an example in work and discipline.”_x000D_ Great-grandfather himself experienced all the hardships and horrors of the war. _x000D_ The Order of Glory, III degree, was awarded to Ivan Timofeevich in February 1945. Great-grandfather in life was a calm and very balanced person. After the war he worked hard to restore the national economy, raised two children (my grandmother Nelya and her brother Eugene), lived a decent life and passed away at the age of 90. Dad and mom often tell me about my ancestors. and I am very proud of them!

Rank: Junior Sergeant _x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery S_x000D_ ubdivision: 113th Infantry Division (1st formation) _x000D_ He was born on January 19, 1925 in the town of Kimry, Tver Region. Before receiving a diploma of graduation from a veterinary technical School, there were several months before conscription into the army. By that time, the Troitsky family was already living in the North Kazakhstan Region, in the village of Yavlinka. According to the distribution from the military registration and enlistment office, Viloria was sent to the Almaty Infantry School. _x000D_ In a hurry, two companies were organized from young conscripts and sent to the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the 29th Sniper Regiment. _x000D_ After training, Viloria Troitsky was awarded the rank of Junior Sergeant, and in the road again to the Reserve Regiment in the Moscow Region, in Orekhovo-Zuevo. And then he was sent to the war front, the 38th Guards Lozovskaya Rifle Division. They were to fight on the Belorussian front. _x000D_ They moved to the place of battles at night. All the equipment was dragged for about 300 kilometers. Vilory Alekseevich took his first battle in the Region of Brest. He fought in the 113th Guards Regiment as a Commander of machine gunners, in the 48th Rifle Regiment as a Reconnaissance officer of artillery and mortar units. He was first wounded and concussed in Poland. On the approaches to Warsaw V.A. Troitsky received a second serious wound, after which he got to Austria with the 3rd Ukrainian Front, where he celebrated the news of the end of the war. _x000D_ He was demobilized in March 1952. He came to Saran in 1954. For 21 years he worked at mine No. 107 as an underground electric locksmith. In 1975 he retired. Vilory Alekseevich was awarded the Orders of Glory of the III degree and the Patriotic War, the medal of Marshal G.K. Zhukov, the anniversary medals of Victory, the medal "60 years of the Liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders."

Rank: Junior Sergeant _x000D_ Branch of troops: ground forces, air force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops_x000D_ My grandfather is Vasily Tarasovich Smirnov. He was born in the quiet and beautiful village of Semeikino, Buisky district, Kostroma Region in May 1926. Since his childhood he had been very hardworking, dexterous, raised in a simple village family. Like all rural children, he attended School, although it was not easy to get to it. There was no automobile transport, as it is now, we had to walk to School 10 km along with the village children straight through the forest in any weather. _x000D_ But the war time had come and this damned war broke many simple destinies of the village guys. One after another they went to the front, tears welling up in the eyes of mothers, sons, daughters, wives, but everyone understood that he was going to defend his family, perhaps at the cost of his life. My grandfather was drafted into the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1943. He was only 17 years old. Vasily Tarasovich, a strong, dexterous, savvy guy, quickly mastered military training and began to serve in the 230th Stalin Division of the 990th Rifle Regiment. He participated in the liberation of the Polish city of Gniezno, for which he received gratitude from the higher command. He showed his courage, bravery, and fearlessness of the Soviet soldier in battle at a combat for the capital of Nazi Germany, Berlin. _x000D_ During the capture of the settlement of Karlsbise (province of Brandenburg), he destroyed two Panzerfaust soldiers from his light machine gun, and, thereby, contributed to the overall success in capturing the capital of Germany, Berlin. On the right bank of the Oder, he was also seriously wounded, destroyed the enemy, did not retreat a step back until nightfall, then was sent at the insistence of the Commander to the rank of unit. _x000D_ Awards: the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degrees. _x000D_ After the end of the war, he married my grandmother, a labor veteran, and had two sons and a daughter. All his life he was a responsible, hardworking, responsive, true patriot of his Motherland. He passed away in 1997.

Rank: Corporal_x000D_ The last military rank is a retired Starshina_x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except for naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops_x000D_ Subdivision: 14th Guards Cavalry Mozyr Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division. _x000D_ Starikov Ignat Mikhailovich was born on January 7, 1924 in the village Chundzha of the Uygur Region of the Almaty Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan (at that time the Alma-Ata Region of the Kazakh SSR). He was the eldest child and the only son in a large peasant family. In 1939 he graduated from the 7th grade and began to work in the kolkhoz helping his family. _x000D_ At the beginning of the war, the head of the family, Mikhail Pavlovich, went to the front and Ignat Mikhailovich remained in charge, but on August 20, 1942, he was drafted by the Panfilov Comissariat of the Alma-Ata Region into the Red Army, and mother Evgenia Gavrilovna was left with four daughters—Tonya, Rita, Lilya and recently born Katya. The eldest daughter Zoya worked in the mines of the city of Karaganda on the call to the Labor Army, in the so-called. "Labor Reserves"._x000D_ From June 1943 he took part in the battles against the German fascist invaders. From the first days at the front, Ignat Starikov showed to be a brave, proactive warrior, he became a recon for a foot Reconnaissance platoon. He fought on the Western and 1st Belorussian Fronts as part of the 14th Guards Cavalry Division. _x000D_ On the night of July 25, 1944, Private Starikov Ignat Mikhailovich, as part of a group of the 50th Guards Cavalry Regiment, participated in reconnaissance of the enemy defense in the area of the city of Lublin (Poland). In the village of Zembezhitsa, the recons encountered a group of enemy soldiers. Undeterred, Private Starikov entered into an unequal combat and destroyed two Hitlerites with machine gun fire, and took four prisoners. At the headquarters of the Regiment, the "tongues" gave valuable information about the location of their units. By order of August 17, 1944, the Red Army Soldier Starikov Ignat Mikhailovich was awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd degree (No. 89362). _x000D_ On January 27, 1945, the Guard Corporal Starikov, as part of a Reconnaissance group, was in a combat mission in the area of the city of Zielona Gora (Poland). The guardsmen engaged a group of machine gunners in two armored personnel carriers and were the first to open fire. _x000D_ In this battle, Starikov personally knocked out an enemy armored personnel carrier with an anti-tank grenade and destroyed more than 10 Nazi soldiers with machine gun fire. By order of March 12, 1945, the Guard Corporal Starikov Ignat Mikhailovich was awarded the Order of Glory, 2nd degree (No. 16111). March 10, 1945, in the combat on the river Oder (south-west of Berwalde, Germany), during reconnaissance patrol of the enemy defense in the forest area, which is three kilometers west of the place of Kletkov, Starikov with two recons came across an enemy ambush. Suddenly opening fire, the Germans killed Starikov's comrades in arms. The Corporal was left alone. Frequently changing position, he fired from a machine gun, approaching the enemy. The enemy decided that reinforcements approached the daredevil and retreated, leaving five dead and a light machine gun on the field. For this battle, the Guard Corporal Starikov was presented with a new award. _x000D_ By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated November 15, 1946, for exceptional courage and fearlessness shown at the final stage of WWII in battles with the Nazi invaders, the Guard Corporal Starikov Ignat Mikhailovich was awarded the Order of Glory, 1st degree (No. 1406) and became a full cavalier Order of Glory. _x000D_ In 1947 I.M. Starikov was demobilized. After the war he lived and worked at the Kandagach station (Aktobe Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan). Later he moved to Altai capital, city of Barnaul (80th Guards Division Street, 30). He worked as a mechanic at the Transmash plant. He was married, raised two of his children and one adopted. He passed away on November 11, 1991. He was buried in Barnaul at the Mikhailovsky cemetery. _x000D_ He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, two Orders of the Red Star, the Orders of Glory of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd degrees, and medals. The name of the Hero is given to a street in his native village of Chundzha, Uygur district, Alma-Ata (now Almaty) Region. Memorial plaques were installed on the house in Chundzha, where Starikov I.M. lived before he had been drafted into the Red Army and in Barnaul, where he lived his last years,.

Rank: Sergeant_x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery _x000D_ Subdivision: 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division _x000D_ "I must live my life for my brothers, and, if possible, happily ..." _x000D_ Muhangali Turmagambetov is one of the few survivors who had to go through the entire war from the first to the last day. Before the war, Muhangali lived in the village of Balykshi, Guryev Region. In 1939, at the age of 19, he was drafted into the Red Army. He began his service in Kharkov. As an excellent student in military service, Muhangali was sent to study at an anti-aircraft regimental School. And then the war started. _x000D_ The cadets were put into echelons and sent to the front. The mood was cheerful: everyone was sure that they would quickly defeat the Germans and return home with victory. They could not even imagine that a heavy, bloody war would stretch for four long years ... _x000D_ From the Turmagambetov family, Muhangali was the first to join the army. Then his brothers Kurman and Uzakkali became soldiers, a little later it was the turn to go to the front for the third brother Kuben. Once, instead of the long-awaited "brother triangle", a death notification came, brother Kurman was killed. A year later, the hero Uzakkali died, and the seriously wounded Kuben lay in the hospital for a long time. Soon he also died from wounds ... _x000D_ On July 17, in Belarus near Bobruisk, Muhangali took part in his first combat. He had to fight first in the infantry, since the anti-aircraft units were not provided with military equipment. It was scary. The Red Army turned out to be unprepared for a war with a well-armed enemy. The losses were huge, no one counted them, the death squads simply buried the dead._x000D_ At the beginning of November 1941, Sergeant M. Turmagambetov's anti-aircraft battery was stationed near Moscow. And he had a chance to participate in the historic military parade on Red Square on November 7, 1941, when the fascist troops approached Moscow dangerously close, and right from the parade he went to the front. A few days later, Muhangali was wounded and hospitalized. As soon as things got better, he returned to his anti-aircraft Artillery. _x000D_ Near the town of Izyum on the Seversky Donets River in March 1942, he shot down his first enemy plane. And then there was Stalingrad. On the defensive lines, rare moments of silence were the harbingers of new fierce attacks. They, replacing each other, rolled in a continuous succession, battle after battle. In Kalach-on-Don, near Stalingrad, the gunners held the defensive for a week, following the order: "Not a step back!" German planes raided the city every day. The battery of the gun Commander M. Turmagambetov guarded the pontoon bridge 4 kilometers long. The Germans bombed day and night. And the anti-aircraft gunners had to take care of the shells. Then they built a raft, put a cannon on it and began to fire at the German tanks with direct fire with anti-aircraft guns. In the battles for Stalingrad, Muhangali Turmagambetov shot down two enemy aircraft, destroyed three tanks, not allowing the enemy to pass through his positions. For these bloody combats, he received the Order of the Red Star, and the entire combat crew was awarded medals. _x000D_ After the Battle of Stalingrad, they became part of the third Simferopol Artillery Division. The liberation battles in the western direction were no less hard and bloody, but the realization that the enemy was retreating, and they were liberating cities and peoples one by one, helped greatly and gave new strength to the soldiers. _x000D_ Muhangali Turmagambetov fought Bessarabia, Romania, Hungary, Carpathians. The anti-aircraft gunner shot down his last plane on April 13, the day of the liberation of the Austrian capital, Vienna. The war for him ended on May 13, 1945 in Czechoslovakia, northeast of Prague, where Field Marshal Scherner's group resisted. He received the Order of Glory, 3rd degree, which he was very proud of as the main soldier's order. _x000D_ On June 24, 1945, Mukhangali Turmagambetov took part in the Victory Parade on Red Square in Moscow. He got into this anti-aircraft Regiment, having passed a tough selection from almost ten thousand people! The requirements were really strict: height had to be 1 meter 70 centimeters, good bearing, at least three state awards on the chest. _x000D_ After the parade, he returned to his unit, which was stationed in Budapest. Forty years after these events, in 1985, at the parade dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Victory Day, Mukhangali Yesenovich Turmagambetov again had a chance to march on Red Square. He got there as a participant in the 1945 Victory Parade. _x000D_ In Moscow, in the Museum of the Armed Forces, there is an anti-aircraft gun on which it is written: “The gun of Senior Sergeant Mukhangali Turmagambetov of the 15th anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion of the 6th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, of which 16 aircraft were shot down in battles with the Nazis, a record number during the Great Patriotic War. _x000D_ Mukhangali Yessenovich Turmagambetov is a man of unusual destiny. A guy from a village lost in the Kazakh steppes, miraculously survived and marched three times on Red Square, taking part in three Victory Parades. After the end of the war, anti-aircraft gunner M. Turmagambetov abruptly changed his life. Even before the war, he graduated from a fish technical School. After the war he decided that he should study further. In 1946 M. Turmagambetov entered the Moscow Institute of Fisheries. As it turned out, he was the first Kazakh who graduated from this institute and worked for over 20 years in the fishing industry of Kazakhstan.

Title: Senior Sergeant. _x000D_ “I, Serovatov Matvey Dmitrievich, was born on November 26, 1925 in the Chkalovsk Region. Perevolotsky district, Donetsk. When I turned 17 years and 2 months old, I volunteered for the front, decided that I must defend my homeland and my people. In 1943, on January 20, I was sent to the front, where I underwent training. _x000D_ At first I served in Koltubanovka, then we were transferred to Bashkiria, to Alkino, where I was enrolled as a machine gunner. I finished my studies with excellent marks and I was awarded the rank of Senior Sergeant. At the end of the year we were sent to the front, we ended up in the Poltava Region. There they gave me an easel machine gun, I was number 1. _x000D_ Then we were sent to the front line, where we defended our Motherland, here shots and explosions were already heard. When we crossed the Dnieper, it was already forced. Here we received the first baptism of fire, came under the bombing. The battle continued throughout the night. Many of my comrades were killed in that battle, this was our first battle. By morning we were not far from the Germans, their Reconnaissance bypassed our defenses, and we were surrounded. Suddenly 17 German tanks appeared, our regiment had been crushed almost completely, miraculously, several people remained alive, including myself... It was scary, even now its scary to remember, we had to go through horror. A whole book is not enough to describe everything. _x000D_ I went my way from the Dnieper to Berlin. In these battles I was slightly wounded, both legs were frostbitten. As a result, I was taken to the hospital, after treatment I ended up in the 173rd Tank Brigade, where I received a Degtyarev machine gun, and fought there. From the front line we were taken to form in Kharkov. We walked 70 kilometers to the village. Robin. Here we already received American equipment, our unit became known as the 6th Separate Motorcycle Reconnaissance Regiment. I was given a heavy machine gun. Our machine-gun company consisted of 110 people. Fighting, I went through the cities of Lodz, Warsaw, Regenwald, Berlin. After the capture of Berlin and the celebration of Victory Day, the service began for me in Dresden, where I served for 6 years and 2 months._x000D_ After demobilization, I returned to my hometown, to the Orenburg station, got married, got a job at the station. I worked for 30 years and 4 months, then retired and took up farming, I am satisfied with my life. In 2000, the veterans of our city were invited to Germany, where we stayed for 6 days. We were received just fine, I and my fellow soldiers were very pleased. First of all, we visited the cemeteries where our friends are buried, they have 317 monuments and 528 graves with our soldiers, cleanliness and order, a sea of flowers. People treat our heroes with respect, take care, honor. All this will always remain in my memory. " _x000D_ On January 11, 2006, our beloved grandfather passed away. We we miss him very much. He was a very good, cheerful, good-natured and sympathetic person. We loved him very much. We will never forget him. Thanks to him and to all the heroes, living and fallen, for our bright future, for this wonderful World, a deep bow for everything that they have done for us.

Branch of troops: Artillery_x000D_ Vasily Petrovich Skarga was a Commander of the Mortar Crew of the 24th Guards Cavalry Regiment (5th Guards Cavalry Division, 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps, 2nd Belorussian Front), Guard Senior Sergeant. Vasily Petrovich Skarga was born into a peasant family in the village of Alinovka [Rossoshanskiy district]], Voronezh Region. He graduated from the 6th grade of School, worked in kolkhoz. _x000D_ In July 1942, he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army at the Mikhailovsky District Military Commissariat of the Voronezh Region. In the battles in the Grodno Region near the village of Yashchebna on July 20-25, 1944, the Guard Senior Sergeant Skarga with his crew destroyed 2 machine guns and a platoon of enemy soldiers, which ensured the Squadron's combat mission. By order of the 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps on August 6, 1944, he was awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd degree. _x000D_ On January 31, 1945, during the offensive battles in the area of the town of Orneta, Warmia and Mazury Voivodeship, the Guard Senior Sergeant Skarga and his crew destroyed 3 enemy machine-gun points and over 10 soldiers. In the offensive battles on February 16, 1945 in the area of the town of Konitz (Chojnice in the Pomeranian Voivodeship), he, in command of his crew, destroyed 2 machine guns and over 10 enemy soldiers.By order of the 2nd Belorussian Front on March 6, 1945, he was awarded the Order of Glory, 2nd degree. _x000D_ In a battle on the outskirts of the city of Hindenberg (Eastern Prignitz-Ruppin, Lindov (Mark)), Guard Senior Sergeant Skarga, personally finding out the location of the enemy's firepower, destroyed 3 firing points with his crew and a sub-machine gunners detachment, which made it possible to complete the combat mission for the Squadron. On the same day, his crew destroyed 2 firing points, scattered and struck many enemy soldiers in the area of the settlement of Tsekhov, 8 km west of Hindenberg, which allowed the vanguard of the Regiment to seize the airfield. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 29, 1945, he was awarded the Order of Glory, 1st degree. _x000D_ Guard Starshina Skarga was demobilized in December 1947. He graduated from the mechanization School in the city of Grozny, after which he was sent to the city of Tikhoretsk, Krasnodar Territory. He worked as a minder in the Tikhoretsk road repair and construction Department. _x000D_ In 1985, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Victory, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree.

Branch of troops: the USSR Navy and the Naval Forces of the NKVD border troops. Ivan Romanovich Tikhonov (born in 1911) was drafted into the army in April 1942. He fought for the liberation of the north: the city of Petrozavodsk, the Soviet Arctic, and Karelia. For the liberation of Petrozavodsk and excellent military operations, he was awarded a commendation from the Marshal of the Soviet Union Comrade Stalin. (Order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of 24.06.44). _x000D_ He fought on the Karelian front, was awarded the medal “For Courage”. In the award list there is an entry: “Senior sailor Tikhonov, during a bypass maneuver through the Finnish-Norwegian territory to the rear of the enemy, showed himself to be a hardy, brave and courageous communication technician. On a particularly hard march through the mountainous terrain, he carried the equipment of both his own and a lagging comrade. Under fierce enemy mortar fire at night, he eliminated 4 damaged communication lines and ensured the continuity of its work.” He was also awarded medals “For the Defense of the Soviet Arctic” and “For Victory over Germany”, the Order of the Red Star and the Order of Glory, 3rd degree. He had the rank of sailor of Red Navy, Guards Sergeant. From June 25, 1945 to August 1946, he served as a Senior Telephone Operator of the 72nd Naval Brigade, which took part in the battles in the Far East._x000D_ Ivan Romanovich returned home in August 1946. Together with his wife Pelageya Trofimovna, they raised four sons and one daughter. The family lived in a house built by his hands, he knew all the secrets of carpentry and joinery. And once he even built a house of adobe bricks (a mixture of clay and straw), planted a large garden. He remained a simple and kind man until the end of his life. But he and his wife did not like to remember the war, this time was too hard and terrible.

Subdivision: 242nd Taman Mountain Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov_x000D_ Tribunsky Nikolay Tarasovich was born on October, 25 1923 in the village Salnikovo (now Pervomaisky District of Altai Territory) in a peasant family. He had been enlisted to the Red Army since October 1941, participated in war combats since December 1941. He was a recon of the 690th Brigade Regiment (126th Brigade, 2nd Guards Army, 4th Ukrainian Front)._x000D_ On 12.4.1944 as part of reconnaissance group he destroyed 5 Nazis and captured several prisoners in Sevastopol (Crimea, Ukraine). On 05/31/1944 he was awarded the Order of Glory, (242nd Alpine Division, the 3rd Alpine Corps, 1st Guards Army, 4th Ukrainian front). _x000D_ Senior Sergeant made several raids deep into the rear of the enemy, captured and personally exterminated more than 15 Nazis 17.12.44-4.01.45. On On 4.01.45 one of the first in a group of recons broke into the enemy location in the area of Bardejov (Slovakia), struck 3 sub-machine gunners with point-blank fire, and captured 1 prisoner. On 05.02.45 Tribunsky awarded the Order of Glory of 3 degree, on 24.10.66 he was re-awarded the Order of Glory of 1st degree. Commanding a capture group, on the night of 05.02.45 at the station Gucisko (southern city of Rabka, Poland) killed 4 Nazis and took 1 prisoner. On the night of 20.02.45 in the area of Nowy Sacz (Poland), covering the retreat of the capture group with the “tongue”, he struck 5 infantry. On 24.3.45 Tribunsky was awarded the Order of Glory of 2nd degree. _x000D_ In January 1946 he was demobilized. In 1956 he graduated from the Barnaul Accounting and Credit College and worked as a Chief Accountant of the Altai Regional Committee of the Communist Party. He lived in the city of Barnaul. He passed away on June 25, 1996.

Nikolai Alekseevich Sulimenko was born on June 22, 1923 in the Krasnodar Territory, Abinsky District, Vorobiev farm. Before the war, the family moved to the village of Dinskaya. In 1940 he graduated from 8 classes. The main civilian specialty was an electrical fitter. He was drafted into active military service on December 10, 1941. In December 1941-March 1942 he was Cadet of the Vladivostok Military Infantry School. He took the oath on February 23, 1942. He was Senior Seargeant Mortar Commander of Mortar 82 mm and 120 mm mortars. -Нe had been a participant of the Second World War since 1942: Central Front. Belorussian front, 1st Ukrainian Front. _x000D_ March 1942 - October 1943: 248 Separate Cadet Rifle Brigade, Commander of 82 mm mortar crew. _x000D_ October 1943 - March 1944: hospital, wounded on 09/14/1943, Central Front. March 1944 - January 1945: 747th Infantry Regiment. 172nd Pavlograd Red Banner Order of Suvorov Infantry Division, squad leader of a Reconnaissance Platoon. _x000D_ January 1945 - August 1945: hospital, seriously wounded on 01/12/1945._x000D_ August 1945 - October 1945: 23rd Infantry Regiment, Commander of the sub-machine gunner squad. _x000D_ He was demobilized on October 29, 1945 by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 09.25.1945. He had been a member of the Communist Party since April 1943. _x000D_ Awards (combat): Medal "For Courage" No. 200012; Medal "For Courage" No. 1261896; Order of Glory the 3rd degree No. 569499; Order of Glory 2nd degree No. 45589; Medal "For Victory over Germany"; Badge "Guard of the USSR". AWARDS (labor): Medal "For Distinction in Labor"; Veteran of Labor Medal; Order of the Badge of Honor; Medal "For Conscientious Labor" to the 100th anniversary of V. I. Lenin; Badge "Excellence in Communist Competition". _x000D_ Jubilee Awards: Medal "20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "30 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "40 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Medal "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Medal "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Medal "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Badge "25 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; Army Veteran badge. _x000D_ After the war, he worked in the mines of Donbass as a miner at the call of the Communist party. He was married to Sulimenko (Ryapolova) Alexandra Mitrofanovna. He had 3 sons, 5 grandchildren and 2 granddaughters. He passed away on April 7, 1991 from silicosis. He was buried in the cemetery in the village of Dinskaya.

Branch of troops: Artillery_x000D_ I want to tell you about my grandfather Pyotr Fomich Tyukin, a participant in the Great Patriotic War. He was beaten by the ordeal of the war, and not just once. His life path was hard, but he withstood everything with valor. Pyotr Fomich was born on November 23 in 1917 into a large family with three sons and a daughter, Anna. His post-revolutionary childhood was not easy. He was the eldest of the children, and since the age of six he had already helped his father to work the land. He hardly studied at school and finished only four classes. At the age of fifteen, he had already worked in kolkhoz as a hand. In 1937 he graduated from the courses of tractor drivers in the neighboring village of Vetlyanka. And the next year he was drafted into the Red Army. Then there was Khalkhin-Gol, the Great Patriotic War and the war with Japan. _x000D_ Since September 1938, Pyotr Fomich had served in the Red Army in 5588th Tank Regiment in Siberia at the Olovyanaya station. In 1939 he received his first baptism of fire on Khalkhin-Gol. The Japanese militarists launched large-scale military operations against the friendly Mongolian People's Republic in order to seize territory and prepare a foothold for a further offensive against the USSR. The Soviet offensive was successful, and the plans of the Japanese aggressors were thwarted. He returned home in November 1940, began to work as a trackman at the Tirazh railway station. _x000D_ The treacherous and sudden attack of Nazi Germany without declaring war on the USSR on June 22, 1941 showed the whole world the true face of fascism. German troops outnumbered the Soviet in both manpower and equipment. The Germans rushed to the Volga in order to cut off supplies: grains, oil and fuels and lubricants. The main target on this path was the city of Stalingrad. A general mobilization was announced. Pyotr Fomich was drafted in August 1941. Military training took place in Aktyubinsk, the time for training was limited, because the enemy occupied a significant territory of the country. Pyotr Fomich was enlisted in 129th Mortar Regiment. They received weapons, ammunition and the command "To defend Stalingrad!" By train they went along the Ural railway to the station Polotnyanaya, and then on horseback, carts, to the station Kletnaya. This is where it all started. The air hummed, the Nazis bombed non-stop, even the ground groaned with screams and horror. Not everyone made it to the place of deployment. His Regiment entered the Don Front, where Konstantin Rokossovsky was the Commander. Red Army defended Stalingrad without spare no pains. It was hot. Even those who did not believe in God prayed to survive. They fought for every street, for every house. Rumble, explosions, shooting. There was not enough ammunition and grubs, but the louse gnawed mercilessly. _x000D_ Private Tyukin Pyotr Fomich was appointed the Chef of the Division. It would seem an easy mission to feed the soldiers. But try to do this, crossing the Dnieper River, under continuous artillery fire. For courage shown in battles with the German invaders, Pyotr Fomich was awarded in 1943 the medal "For Courage" and "For Defense of Stalingrad". Received the rank of Corporal. _x000D_ In the summer of 1943, he was part of 1st Ukrainian Front. He fought across the Ukrainian land, liberating the cities of Shevchenko, Molodechno. Burnt-out villages, only the stoves stood like candles, reminded that there had been houses here, and people once lived. And everywhere they were greeted by deadly tired old men, women, children. Then they liberated Latvia and Estonia. In July 1944 he was awarded the Order of Glory III degree for courage, fearlessness and resourcefulness. _x000D_ In the battles for Lithuania near the city of Shauliai, enemy aircraft set fire to a car with a kitchen. Not paying attention to the shelling, under the explosive burning shells, Pyotr Fomich removed the slopes from the nearby burning car, and quickly moved it to his own. As a result of his actions, hot food was delivered to the firing positions on time. They drove the fascists all the way to Germany. Here is the long-awaited Victory! _x000D_ They dreamed of a home, of meeting their relatives, but they were transferred to Novosibirsk, in the direction of the Far Eastern Territory. Some were assigned to the Japanese front, and they began to prepare for a new war against the Kwantung Army. _x000D_ Since August, rains have charged, mountain streams and rivers overflowed, off-road. They experienced again shells, explosions and death of comrades. _x000D_ Pyotr Fomich was wounded and was sent to the military medical unit in the town of Sposke, then transferred to a hospital. Only in 1946 did he return home. For military operations he was awarded the medal "For Victory over Japan." _x000D_ The post-war period was not easy either. "Everything for the front, everything For Victory!" All resources were pulled out of the village for the needs of the front. Despite the labor heroism of the peasants, agriculture had suffered heavy losses during the war. The number of able workers in kolkhoz had decreased, and the material and technical base was undermined. The vast majority of equipment available in agriculture was worn out. In kolkhoz, young girls worked on tractors, all the hardships of wartime fell on their shoulders. The lack of equipment and workers affected the area under crops and the number of livestock. The cultivated area has declined from 3.6 million hectares in 1940 to 2.2 million hectares in 1945. Agricultural workers had to restore the potential lost during the war years, rebuild a peaceful life._x000D_ After arriving home in May 1946, Pyotr Fomich continued to work in kolkhoz. For his labor success he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. He married Varvara Vasilievna, raised two daughters and three sons, bringing up in them respect and love for the Motherland. But the events of those years left an indelible mark on his soul. More than once, Pyotr Fomich met with his war veterans, remembering the dead comrades.

Rank: Junior Sergeant_x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery. _x000D_ _x000D_ My father, Vikenty Vasilievich Smolin, was born on October 26, 1918 in the Vologda region, Chebsar district, village Sholomovo. His parents Smolin Vasily and Zelenkova Alexandra Konstantinovna had 5 children. His father returned from the army sick, his boots were frozen to his feet. When dad was 3 years old, grandfather died of pneumonia. His mother was left a widow at 32 with children: Nikolai, who was missed in the war, Lydia, Nina, Maria / died in infancy / and the younger Vincent. My grandmother worked in an artel, weaved beautiful Vologda lace, which was sold abroad, including to England. _x000D_ In addition, he had to manage the house and run the entire household, take care of the cattle in order to raise and feed the children. Approximately in 1939, dad left for Arkhangelsk. On 09/20/1939 he was added to the reserve. And then the war began. _x000D_ On 18/12/1942 my father was called up for active military service in Artillery Regiment. From January 1943 to May 1946 he served as the Commander of the reconnaissance department of an artillery and mortar unit. As a Junior Sergeant, he participated in military campaigns from 01/27/1943 to 05/09/1945. _x000D_ On 23/08/1943 for military operations he was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". On 30/03/1944 was wounded when with a friend carried out of the combatfield the Commander, for this action he was awarded 09/01/1944 the Order of the Red Star. For participation in fierce combats on the Leningrad Front 03/05/1945 he awarded the Order of Glory III degree. The very hard combats that my father recalled were near Luga, Staraya Russa. He spent the entire war on the front line, having experienced all the difficulties of military service during the war. He served in artillery reconnaissance, had to go for a German prisoner at any time of the year and in any weather, lie for hours in the cold in the snow, in the summer in the hot sun. With pain he recalled a case when shells of the wrong caliber were brought to the gun, howitzer, and with delight about the Katyusha that had appeared at the end of the war. _x000D_ For Liberation of Soviet Latvia he earned the gratitude of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union I.V. Stalin. _x000D_ On 13/10/1944 at 4 o'clock in the morning, our soldiers were the first to walk along the deserted streets of Riga. My father was one of them. In the Baltics, the war ended for my father. They learned about the Victory 08/05/1945. Everyone was happy, hugging, kissing each other, firing weapons. Then, on May 9, 1945, the victory was officially announced. _x000D_ But despite the fact that the war was over, my father had to serve for another year. _x000D_ After demobilization in May 1946, my father came to Murmansk, got a job at the Murmansk seaport, worked as a loader and crane operator. On 02/22/1948 he married Sidorovskaya Anna Kuzminichna, and they had three children: me, Nadezhda, and my brother Nikolay. _x000D_ Then the whole family left for the Arkhangelsk region, Konosha district, the Krasnoye village, but Murmansk pulled back and we returned. He worked at Murmanskmorstroy. Wherever he was,whether he fought or worked, his merits were celebrated everywhere. For his excellent work, he was repeatedly awarded and acknowledged. _x000D_ Then he became a grandfather, he loved very much his grandchildren. This is how the life of one modest man had passed, difficult and peaceful, quiet and inconspicuous. On 04/04/1983 my dad passed away. _x000D_ Many times, at the invitation, he went to schools and told children about the war. I am very sorry that I, being his daughter, had little interest in the war period of his life, and because of his modesty he spoke so little about it himself. Only when he was drank did he like to sing the song "Fire is beating in a cramped dugout" and cried when they performed "Victory Day" and "Holy War", remembering their fellow soldiers and the harsh war days.

Rank: Sergeant _x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery _x000D_ _x000D_ Nikolai Sorokin was born on August 9, 1924 in the village of Shizhgutovo, now the Rodnikovsky district. He met the beginning of the Great Patriotic War with the students of the Rodnikovsky vocational school. After graduation, he worked as a turner at a factory in the city of Furmanov. In May 1942 he was drafted into the Red Army. In a howitzer reserve Regiment, he successfully mastered the military specialty of a topographer-computer. He held the test of courage in the first combats on the Volkhov and Bryansk fronts. In July 1943, already as a gunner, he took part in the combat of Kursk. By the spring of 1944, he fought as part of 1432 Light Artillery Regiment of 317th Artillery Breakthrough Division, was a gunner, then a gun Commander. As part of this Regiment, he went to Victory. _x000D_ In 1944 he joined the Communist Party. On March 27 in the area Kuyava he shot the counter-attacking enemy with point-blank fire, knocked out a tank and destroyed an infantry platoon. For this combat he received his first military award, the Order of Glory, 3rd degree. _x000D_ On 16/0744, 4 tanks and up to 2 infantry platoons moved to Sorokin's gun. Letting the tanks and infantry of the enemy at a distance of 300-400 meters, Sorokin entered into single combat with them. As a result of an unequal and fierce combat, 2 Tiger tanks were destroyed. Firing at the retreating infantry, he destroyed 40 enemy soldiers and officers. _x000D_ On 17.07.44 the enemy again counterattacked the Regiment's positions. The battery, where Sorokin was the gun Commander, had 18 tanks and up to an infantry Battalion. Having let the enemy at a distance of 300 meters, Sorokin opened fire from his gun. The lead tank was hit by the second round. At the moment when the crew went out of order, Private Sorokin stands at the panorama of the gun and personally knocks out the second tank himself. The enemy tanks and infantry turned back. In an unequal combat, Private Sorokin emerged victorious. For 2 days of fighting, he knocked out 4 tanks with his cannon and destroyed 110 enemy soldiers and officers, repelling 4 counterattacks. As a result, the occupied line was held, our infantry moved forward. _x000D_ "By the order of the Commander of the artillery of 60th Army, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree. The enemy's mortar battery was suppressed, 2 bunkers were destroyed, an armored personnel carrier with infantry was knocked out by direct fire. Having been wounded in this combat, Sorokin did not leave the gun and after rendering assistance remained in the ranks. The award for the combat was the Order of the Red Star. _x000D_ Sergeant Sorokin distinguished himself again in May 1945. On May 1, near the village of Got, fighting in an encirclement, he fired until the last shell, after which, by order of the Battalion Commander, he removed his guns from encirclement. For this combat he was awarded the medal "For Military Merit" on the territory of Czechoslovakia. _x000D_ In 1947 he was demobilized. He returned to his homeland. He worked in Rodniki as head of the trade department. In 1956 he moved l to the city of Kaliningrad. He worked at 2nd pulp and paper mill as a loader, barker, turner. When he was entrusted to head the transport department of the enterprise, his organizational skills of the head were revealed. He retired in 1984 from the position of the head of the personnel department. He lived in the city of Kaliningrad (regional). He died on July 6, 2001. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of 1st degree (15.09.1944), the Order of the Patriotic War of 2nd degree (11.03.1985), the Red Star (05.02.1945), the Order of Glory of 3rd degree (15.04.1944), medals.

Rank: Chief Petty Officer, Starshina _x000D_ SubDivision: 179th Rifle Vitebsk Red Banner Division _x000D_ He was born in 1906 in the village of Taldyki (Ukrainian Taldiki), Kiev province. He lived in the village of Burlin, Ural region. He worked as a salesman in a general store, then as a baker. He was arrested on October 29, 1929 by the Ural OGPU, convicted by the OGPU troika on January 3, 1930 under Articles 58-7, 58-8, 58-10 of the RSFSR Criminal Code to exile for 3 years. _x000D_ He was rehabilitated on June 10, 1989 by the WKO prosecutor's office by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the USSR dated January 16, 1989. _x000D_ He had been on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since July 25, 1941. He fought in 234th and 259th Rifle Regiments of 179th Rifle Vitebsk Red Banner Division. He mastered the sniper business. He often went out on a "hunt" together with the legendary sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union, Kvachantiradze Vasily Shalvovich. _x000D_ On August 11, 1942 he was wounded. On April 18, 1943, a sniper of 259th Infantry Regiment (179th Infantry Division, 43rd Army, Kalinin Front) Corporal KD Smolensky was presented by the unit command to the first award for the destruction of 82 enemy soldiers and officers. _x000D_ By order No. 40 of May 11, 1943, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for 43rd Army. On October 18, 1944, a sniper of 259th Infantry Regiment (179th Infantry Division, 43rd Army, 1st Baltic Front) Senior Sergeant K. D. Smolensky was presented by the unit command to a new award for distinction in combats for the Misa station on September 18, 1944. _x000D_ By the Order No. 54 of October 27, 1944 of the 179th Infantry Division he was awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd degree. On December 13, 1944, a sniper of 259th Infantry Regiment (179th Vitebsk Infantry Division, 43rd Army, 1st Baltic Front) Senior Sergeant KD Smolensky was presented by the unit command to the Order of Lenin for the destruction of 404 enemy soldiers and officers. _x000D_ By order No. 3 of January 14, 1945, he was awarded the Order of Glory, 2nd degree for 43rd Army. He ended the war with the rank of starshina, destroying 414 fascists and becoming one of the best snipers of the Great Patriotic War. After the war, he worked as a metalworker at the machine-building plant, in the city of Frunze, Kirghiz SSR. He raised two daughters and two sons, one of whom was an adopted orphan who lost his parents during the war. He helped to raise grandchildren. He died on November 25, 1971. He was buried in Bishkek, at the "Old Cemetery", near the «Leather Factory».