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Veretennikov Pavel Petrovich_x000D_ _x000D_ On November 10, 1943, the Kemerovo military Commissariat called him up for military service and sent him to the 135th rifle training regiment (there is no information about the regiment's location). He was trained from November 1943 to may 1944 as a cadet. In may 1944, he was transferred to the 256 guards rifle regiment (information about which division, army and front, as well as the place of deployment is missing), where he participated in the battles of the great Patriotic war as a Junior Sergeant, as a machine gunner. On August 2, 1944, on the 1138th day of the war, in the battle of Velikiye Luki, he received a severe penetrating bullet wound in the stomach and a penetrating wound in the forearm. He underwent several difficult operations and was treated in five hospitals: - separate medical and sanitary battalion (OMSB) No. 33, Velikiye Luki district ; - field mobile hospital (PPG) No. 2305, Latvia; -sorting and evacuation hospital (SEG) No. 1949, Vyshny Volochek;-sorting and evacuation hospital (SEG) No. 3338, (no information available). On September 12, 1944, he was transferred to the military hospital (VG) No. 414, (V/h 163), which was located in the city of Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) on the seventh floor of the "Techpromural" building (house of industry) at 145 Mamina-Sibiryak street. There I met the news of the Victory. On may 14, 1945, he was discharged from the hospital and sent to his place of residence. In 1950, in the city of Kemerovo, Pavel Petrovich married Mezhevich Maria Mikhailovna, the daughter of one of the first settlers of the village of Osinovka. He moved to his wife's homeland in the village of Osinovka, Sorokinsky district, Tyumen region. The family has four children – Olga, Nadezhda, Vera and Ilya. In 1956, he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Pavel Petrovich worked at the collective farm "Zavety Ilyicha", at various times, as a chief accountant, chief economist, warehouse Manager, and weigher. Served as Chairman of the control and audit Commission. He was awarded the medal "for the development of virgin lands", the order of the Patriotic war of the 2nd degree. He was a long-term blood donor, saying :" I had so much of someone else's blood transfused during the war that I must now share my own." He died on February 18, 1991, at the age of 63, from the consequences of a severe wound in the battle of the great Patriotic war. He was buried in the village of Osinovka.

Verkhovodov Vladimir Vasilyevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Verkhovodov Vladimir Vasilyevich did not like to talk about the war, these memories caused him painful feelings, tears welled up in his eyes. Here is what little I have learned from his children. In 1938, he was drafted into the army in Moscow, and served in Minsk. In 1941, the second world war began. Vladimir Vasilyevich was transferred to the Western front. Division: 338th rifle division(1st formation). He began his service as an ordinary soldier. For military services, he was promoted to senior Lieutenant. In 1943, he was accepted into the Communist party. More than once fate tested him: he was twice wounded in the abdominal cavity and in the legs - but survived! I survived so that I could tell my children about everything I had experienced and seen. From the certificate No. 5919 of August 16, 1943, issued by the hospital No. 854s/p277s/d, I learned that after treatment, my great-grandfather was commissioned from the army to the reserve and sent by the military commander to Kazakhstan to train conscripts in the army. He was awarded the order of the red Star, the order of the Patriotic war I degree and other medals. From the document: "Comrade Verkhovodov December 22, 1942 at 22: 00, during an attack by German intelligence on the combat guard of the 7th rifle company in the area of the mouth of the Sobesa river, where telephone communication with the combat guard was interrupted, and the company commander who was there was wounded. Comrade Verkhovodov under a hurricane of enemy artillery mortar fire crossed the Ugra river and took command of the combat guard, skillfully and quickly organized a repulse of the enemy attack. By his personal example of courage, rushing into the most dangerous places and skilful organization of the battle, he did not allow the enemy to carry out his plan. Worthy of governmental award - Medal "For military merit" After the war, Vladimir came to the village Karayashnyk Olkhovatka district Saronikou region. There he worked as the head of a grain warehouse. In the direction of the Communist party, he was sent to the city of Voronezh to study at the party school. After graduating from the party school, he worked as a master of the construction team, and was transferred to Private security as an inspector.Before retirement, he worked as a Director of the collective farm market. In 1978, he went on a well-deserved rest. Vladimir Vasilyevich died in 1986 and is buried in the cemetery of The zabolotovka settlement in the Olkhovatsky district of the Voronezh region.

Voitsekhovich Anton Nikiforovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red Army soldier. _x000D_ Branch of troops: Army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. _x000D_ Unit: 384th rifle division (1st formation). Voitsekhovich Anton Nikiforovich. _x000D_ 1897-01.12.1942. Red army soldier. Arrows 1276 infantry regiment of the 384-infantry division. He fought in 1942 in the area of the Demyansk pocket on the North-Western front. He died on December 1, 1942, one-kilometer East of the village of Vyazovka in the Polavsky district of the Leningrad region. Now it is the Parfinsky district of the Novgorod region. His name is immortalized in the cemetery of soldiers in the village of Novaya Derevnya, Parfinsky district, about fifteen kilometers from the place of death in battle. For ease of reading - explanations of the symbols: SP-rifle regiment, AP-artillery regiment, GSD-guards rifle division, A-army, NWF-North-Western front, NP-observation post, KP-command post, OP-strong point, OT-firing point, PR - K-enemy, red army-Workers 'and peasants' Red Army. My grandfather, Anton Nikiforovich Voitsekhovich, was born in the Russian Empire in 1897, somewhere in Belarus. The exact place of birth is unknown. Moreover, my father, Vitaly Antonovich Voitsekhovich, claims that his father was born in 1896, although all documents show the figure 1897. My grandmother, Tatyana Melentyevna Voitsekhovich, was born in 1897 in the village of Buglovo, Kremenets district, Volyn province, in Ukraine. My grandfather and my grandmother had seven children-a common occurrence at that time: Ivan, Anna, Ekaterina, Pelageya, Vladimir, Olga and my father Vitaly, the youngest in the family, born on December 7, 1938. History is silent about how the Voitsekhovichi moved to Siberia, but before the great Patriotic war, a large family lived in the village of ShChelkino. At that time, this locality was an administrative division of the Solominsky selsoviet of the Topkinsky district of the Novosibirsk region. Now that village is no longer there, and the town of Topki is still alive, although it is already part of the Kemerovo region. This is a mining region. Such it was before the terrible war. Not surprisingly, my grandfather worked for the benefit of the socialist Motherland as a miner in the mine. Shortly before the treacherous attack on the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany, Anton Nikiforovich was buried in a mine. Survived. The consequence was a serious kidney disease. Due to health problems, my grandfather was not taken to the front in the first days of the war. He was called up on may 16, 1942 and sent to military unit 4155 at Bogotol station in the Krasnoyarsk territory. There, as I understand it, was the formation of military units of the red army-the Workers 'and peasants' red Army. Apparently there my grandfather was assigned to the 1276 rifle regiment of the 384th rifle division. The red army became the Soviet army only after the war, in 1946. 384th RIFLE DIVISION the Division was formed from August 26 to October 10, 1941 by order of the State defense Committee in the Siberian military district, in the city of Ishim, Omsk region. According to the Directive of the headquarters of the Supreme high command No. 004275, the 384th rifle division was included in the 58th reserve army and was ready to be transferred to Ignatovo by November 7. From 10 to 20 November 1941 it was relocated to the Arkhangelsk military district in the area of Vytegra with unloading at art. Nyandoma of the Arkhangelsk region. Then the soldiers covered more than 250 km on foot to Vytegra by forest roads and column paths. Then from there, from February 1 to February 15, 1942, it was relocated to the area of Lyubnitsa station in the Leningrad region (now Novgorod region) on the North-Western front and became part of the 11th army. The composition of the 384 infantry division, the first formation:1272, 1274 and 1276 infantry regiment, an artillery regiment 947, 402 separate anti-tank battalion, 227 antiaircraft artillery battery (671 separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion), 446 reconnaissance company, battalion 664, 835 separate communications battalion (315 separate company), 469 medico-sanitary battalion, 462 separate company chemical protection, 499 motor company, 238 field bakery, 807 divisional veterinary infirmary, 1432 field postal station, 755 field offices of the state Bank. Curious staff of rifle divisions at the beginning of the war: _x000D_ People — 11.447 people _x000D_ Horses — 2.698 goal. _x000D_ Rifles — 8.844 _x000D_ machine Guns manual — 162 _x000D_ PCA— 162 machines _x000D_ Guns machine — 108 Guns of 37-mm or 25-mm anti-aircraft_x000D_ 6 45 mm Guns — 18 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine Guns. _x000D_ 9- or 25-mm anti-aircraft guns_x000D_ 4 Guns 76 mm regimental _x000D_ 2 Guns 76 mm divisional _x000D_ 16 Howitzer 122 mm — 8 Mortars 50 mm. _x000D_ 81 Mortars -82 mm_x000D_ 54 Mortars 120 mm — 18_x000D_ Cars — 4 Cars trucks. _x000D_ 192 Car special. — 5 Tractors _x000D_ On February 15-16, after walking more than 250 km, the 384th rifle division occupied the positions indicated by the command. From the journal of combat operations 384 SD, quote: "24.2.42 g. 384 SD for the first time after its formation entered into battle with the fascist troops on the front 3 km West of Staraya Russa. 1276 SP took part in the battle (where my grandfather later got-approx.) under the command of major Witlin. The regiment was advancing in the direction Biologija, Small. Walnut. The regiment went on the attack at 12: 00 on 24.2.42, Overcoming enemy fire resistance. Was particularly strong flank with mortar and machine-gun fire from Raluca, Nagawa, Nechina, Muravieva. Within six hours, the regiment's battle lines advanced 800 m, lying in the immediate vicinity of the front edge of the enemy's battlefield. This was the end of the first day's offensive. The offensive was conducted without prior preparation.preparations». Major Witlin was killed in another attack the next day.From the first day of its battle, 384 SD participated in the Demyansk operation. DEMYANSK POCKET and RAMUSHEVSKY CORRIDOR the Offensive of the 11th army, which included 384 SD, in the Demyansk direction began on January 7, 1942. The first target was Staraya Russa, but the city was strongly fortified by the Germans, and it was not possible to take it on the move. As a result, the Soviet advance was stopped in this area. Simultaneously with the 11th army, the right wing of the 34th army launched an offensive. A few days later, the 3rd and 4th shock armies arrived at the scene, joined by the 241st rifle division under the command of I. D. Chernyakhovsky, which was part of the 34th army. On January 19, the headquarters of the Supreme high command developed and approved a new plan of action to encircle German troops on the North-Western front in the area of Demyansk. On January 29, Soviet troops began closing the ring on both sides. The German command repeatedly requested permission to retreat, but Hitler did not give it. As a result, on February 8, a "cauldron" was formed, in which six Nazi divisions, including the motorized SS division "Totenkopf" - "Death's head", with a total of about 100,000 soldiers and auxiliary units. At the head of the encircled troops was the commander of the 2nd corps, count Walter von Brockdorf-Alefeld. Due to the emergence of the "cauldron", the Soviet command had to change the strategic plan of action in the North-West direction. The need to constantly maintain the outer ring of encirclement hampered the actions of the North-Western front, which did not have enough forces to implement plans to attack the rear of the entire German army group "North". In addition, fresh enemy units were transferred to the area of operations, whose task was to unblock the group.Outside the cauldron, the Wehrmacht created a strike group of three divisions under the command of Lieutenant General Walter von Seidlitz-Kurzbach. On March 21, 1942, it launched an attack on the outer ring of the Soviet encirclement from the area southwest of Staraya Russa. At the same time, the blow was delivered from inside the "cauldron". The SS Totenkopf division, which lost most of its personnel during the operation, played a huge role in these actions. Division commander Theodor Eicke was awarded the Knight's cross with Oak leaves in April. The actions of Seidlitz-Kurbach were crowned with success: a month later, on April 21, the "Ramushevsky corridor" (from the name of the village of Ramushevo) was organized with a width of 6-8 km, through which it was possible to maintain communication between Staraya Russa and Demyansk. On may 5, the blockade was finally lifted. The German forces retained the Demyansk ledge and continued to hold Ramasheuski corridor. Until the end of may, Soviet troops attempted to eliminate the salient, but the Reich command moved additional forces to the area of operations, and the offensive was repulsed. 384 DIVISION at the TURN of the RAMUSHEVSKY CORRIDOR on the night of April 3 to 4, 1942, the division relocated to the area of the settlement of Redtsy. The village is adjacent to the Northern boundary Remotescope corridor. The constant fighting in this area was reduced to one thing: the Germans tried to expand the neck of the Demyansk boiler, the red army - to re-close the encirclement. From the journal of combat operations 384 SD: "7.6.42. on June 3, the enemy, having pulled up reserves, with the support of bomber aircraft up to 30 aircraft, 14 tanks, artillery and mortars at 9.30, went on the offensive along the entire front of the division, dealing the main blow to the defense of the 1276 rifle regiment. 1276 JV, having a small composition (up to 200 people) was almost completely destroyed and only a small group consisting of soldiers of the commandant's platoon, mortars, scouts and sappers, a total of 43 people, managed to hold the enemy on the Northern edge of the grove 1.5 km South-West of Gridino."As of the beginning of the great Patriotic war, there were 3,182 people in the rifle regiment in the state. Of the 1,276 SP 384 SD of the first formation only 43 people survived… These are losses from February 24 to June 3, 1942, in just three months with a hook. As stated at the dawn of this story, my grandfather Anton Nikiforovich Voitsekhovich, went to war on may 16, 1942. And according to my subjective concepts, I ended up in the 1276 rifle regiment of the second formation shortly after the Germans destroyed the first heroic part of the army unit in early June of the 42nd. That is, in the summer of the same year. On August 8, 1942, the COMMANDER of the 384th rifle division received a personal instruction from the army commander that the unit would carry out the task of defeating the enemy in the direction of the village of Vasilyevshchyna, which was located in the throat of the Demyansk group. From Staraya Russa to Demyansk, a single road passed through this locality. In July, Vasilishina was repulsed by the Germans to our troops. Both warring parties attached great importance to this strong point. In General, after the Germans unblocked their group in the Demyansk pocket in April 1942. The North-Western front conducted 9 offensive operations to re-encircle the enemy and 2 defensive operations to repel its offensive.For example, the dry lines of the 4th offensive of the red army, which lasted from August 10 to August 24, 1942: 14.08.42 g. PR-K provides strong fire resistance to the South. slopes height “Sandy". 1272 SP, knocking out PR-ka from the trenches, went to the Bank of an unnamed stream (Zap. heights “Sandy"). 1276 SP, destroying PR-ka on the ridge and yuzhn. slopes of an unnamed height (“Sandy”), went to the North. the Bank of an unnamed stream, where he is fighting with a strongly fortified PR-com on yuzhn. the Bank of an unnamed stream. I completed the task for 14.08.42. Losses of the regiment: 439 people. dead and wounded. (My grandfather was still alive). 1274 SP - 120 people-destroyed the node of resistance PR-ka at the junction of roads (1112), went to the South. the slope of the “Sandy " height, where it was fixed.20.08.42 G. During the entire time, the division repeatedly tried to seize the height and only on the night of 19-20.08.42, 1274 SP crossed the nameless stream at dawn and destroyed the centers of resistance on the North. on the slopes of the height “dotted", mastered them, secured and continued the fight. 1272 SP, while at the North. the banks of an unnamed stream (Zap. height “Sand”), contributed to the fire 1274 SP. 1276 SP from 18.08.42 was in the second echelon at d.Big Oak Trees. The regiment suffered heavy losses in the battle of 15.08.42 for the crossing of an unnamed stream. 25.08.42 g. PR-K three times counterattacked to the company on the site 1272 SP, was repulsed with heavy losses. In 1272 SP there were only 329 people. 1276 SP, having a total of 429 people., having built a battalion in three echelons, 25.08.42 g. comes for the mastery of the height " Dotted”. After the artillery RAID 1-2 echelon 1276 SP broke into the trenches of PR-ka and started a grenade battle. In the morning 1-2 echelon (75 people) repeat. No further information was received from them. 6 messengers sent were killed by snipers of PR-ka before the approach to the height of “Dotted” in the stream, 1 wounded. 3 echelon 30 people - at the height of”Sandy".PR-K attacked our units during the day, but the occupied trenches at the height of "dotted" were held by our fighters. During 27.07.42 g. to 12.09.42 g. 384 SD was in the same place in the district of Vasilyevschina, occupies the defense on the previous lines. Division losses for 03.09.42: 7 people were killed, 13 people were wounded. Losses for 04.09.42: 8 people were killed, 14 people were wounded. Losses for 05.09.42: 10 people were killed, 65 people were wounded. Losses for 06.09.42: 1 person was killed, 24 people were wounded 07.09.42: 11 people were killed, 25 people were wounded. Losses for 08.09.42: 2 people were killed, 9 people were wounded. Losses for 09.09.42: 10 people were killed, 15 people were wounded. Losses for 10.09.42: 1 person was killed, 8 were wounded чел.-http://demjanskij-kotel.blogspot.ru/2011/03/384.html [ http://demjanskij-kotel.blogspot.ru/2011/03/384.html ] Offensive and defensive battles in the area of Vasilyevshchina were conducted until October 2, 1942. From the journal of combat operations 384 SD: "18.10.42 g. division commander Colonel tov. Morozov with the commanders of regiments, the chief of staff and the staff conducted classes on the analysis of operations in the proposed area of action-the village of Vyazovka. According to the plan of the army command in the area of Vyazovka, it was supposed to break through the defense of the Demyansky cauldron and divide the Wehrmacht troops into two halves." The 11th army, which included 384 SD, was to advance from the North, and the 1st shock army was to advance from the South.To achieve the goal, an impressive group of the red army was concentrated in the area of Nora-Lyalino: 384 SD, 127 SBR, 133 SBR, assault battalions 22 and 28 GSD, 55, 282 SD, 947 AP, mortar units and a lot of artillery. During further redeployment to the area of operations to the village of Vyazovka, the troops faced one of the two eternal Russian problems-roads: first, the month of October - autumn thaw, the frosts did not have time to hit; second, the swamp is all around. According to local residents, they had to fight waist-deep in water, literally. From the journal of combat operations 384 SD of October 18, 1942: "the March was made in extremely difficult conditions. The roads along the route are completely unsuitable for movement. The horses were below average fatness. One gun in difficult places could not take even 10-12 horses. Tractors, of which there were only two, often failed, there was not enough fuel. Allocated 1,000 fighters 34 SD within ten days failed to prepare the way of Kropachevo - a Grass - Hole. As a result, the 30-kilometer March of the artillery regiment took four days and only 24.10.42 was concentrated four kilometers East of Nora, that is, in the area of Vyazovka... even with the beginning of a large amount of road work, enemy aircraft increased reconnaissance. Luftwaffe planes flew continuously over the roads - FV-179, XH-126, ME-109. And our vehicles were constantly moving along the roads. In many places, without any disguise, individual guns, RS vehicles, and carts were abandoned in the mud.All this gave away the plan of the command to concentrate troops.If 10-15 days ago in the area of Lyalino-Nora, mortar fire was rare, now artillery and mortars continuously shelled the roads leading to the nearby settlements of Svinoroy and Vyazovka. The enemy's fighter aircraft, along with reconnaissance, began to frequently fire guns and machine guns at infantry, baggage trains, and artillery.The enemy began to pull troops to the area of Vyazovka." From the journal of combat operations 384 SD: "30.10.42 g. at 3.00, the commander's order arrived to attack at 6.00. By the time the order was received in 1272 SP for two hours there was no communication with the battalions. The staff commanders who were sent out with orders to the battalions were delayed, because they did not know the exact location of the battalions. Only at 7.30 did the battalions move to their original positions. These guides from 1230 SP (through which our guides were supposed to attack) also did not know the exact location of the units, and if 1276 SP entered the battle in one section, then 1272 SP entered the battle in a battalion-each battalion began to advance independently wedged in part 370 SD. The commanders of the supporting artillery did not contact our commanders, and those who did did not have a connection within themselves. The commander of 1272 SP did not have an NP. From 9.30 am, the PR-ka aviation continuously bombed the front edge and battle formations of our units in groups of 10-15 Yu-87 and HE-111 aircraft. Having occupied the initial positions already under artillery fire and the influence of aviation 1272 SP and 1276 SP without any art. training, without supporting artillery, they went on the offensive through the battle formations of 370 SD and threw the PR-ka to 400-500 m. Further progress is suspended due to heavy rain, art. fire and counterattack on the right flank." On November 28, 1942, the sixth offensive of the red army begins with the goal of slamming the lid of the Demyansk boiler. This day marked the beginning of the end of 384 SD and its three rifle regiments-1272, 1274 and 1276. From the journal of combat operations 384 SD: "25.11.42 g. An offensive is being prepared to break through the defense of the PR-ka in the district of Strelitsy-Olkhovets-Vyazovka. Our 384 SD, as in the first plan, comes for 126 SBR after mastering it Vyazovka-Olkhovets. Preparation was completed on 27.11.42. Division is concentrated: - 1272 SP-forest edge 1 km South-West OTM. 68.6 (R-n Nora);- 1274 SP-near the Nora - Vyazovka road (6 km from Nora);- 1276 SP - 4 km South-East. Burrows; 28.11.42 g. at 12.00 on the front more than 10 km 11 A went on the offensive, 126 SBR two battalions advancing on Olkhovets-Vyazovka. As a result of all the fighting only on the right flank of the army-43 GSD was successful. 126 SBR did not have success, because it did not know the leading edge of the Ave. When reporting to the division commander, Colonel Moskalik, confirmation was received - to take Olkhovets at night. The battalion was going blindly, who was in front of it, what kind of TROOPS, no commander knew. As a result of this operation, the battalion suffered 86 casualties. killed and wounded, not a meter did not advance to the territory occupied by PR. 29. 11. 42 g. Many commanders (primarily 126 SBR) believed that the front edge of PR-ka passes near Olkhovets-Vyazovka. In front of the front edge there is a blockage from the forest with a system of Bunkers-as if BO. The whole art. the preparation was concentrated in vil'khovets ' - V'yazivka - they are more visible. The forest debris is not visible to art observers, and our artillery could not destroy them. Therefore, all the losses of both 126 SBR and 384 SD were mainly losses from bullet fire from OT from the blockage. The attached tank company (11-T-34) was not successful. 5 tanks deviated from the battle course to the left and got stuck in the swamp. Visibility was poor, it was snowing heavily. 1-2. 12. 42 The division advanced in cooperation with 126 SBR separate assault groups, destroying from PR-ka, prepared for the occupation of Olkhovets. 02. 12. 42 Unexpectedly, the division surrendered its combat section 126 SBR and 170 SD and concentrated on its previous positions before the offensive began. Received the order of the commander of 11 A on the basis of the order of the commander of the front to disband the 384th Siberian rifle division. All personnel and property should be used for staffing other parts of the army." The disbanding of the division during the great Patriotic war meant that there was simply no one to fight in the division, everyone died a brave death, or almost everyone.... This is not surprising: Rifle divisions (regiments, battalions, companies) in the red army during the great Patriotic war_x000D_ did not fight for long. Both in offensive and defensive battles, they were always assigned the most dangerous areas, and combat tasks were often set impossible. Therefore, the enemy very quickly knocked out the personnel of the rifle units. My grandfather, red army soldier Anton Nikiforovich Voitsekhovich, was one of the last to die in the 1276th rifle regiment on the last day of the 384th rifle division - December 1, 1942. According to the personal list of irrevocable losses of the commanding and enlisted personnel of the 1276 rifle regiment of the 384th rifle division, " Anton Nikiforovich Voitsekhovich 1.12.42 was killed in battle East of 1 km d. Vyazovka of the Polavsky district of the Leningrad region". Now it is the Parfinsky district of the Novgorod region. On December 2, 1942, the crumbs of the remaining 384th rifle division were withdrawn 4 kilometers Northwest of Vyazovka. There, by hand, was written "opersvodka No. 0527, to 16.00 2.12.1942, Shtadiv 384" - these data were declassified only in accordance with the order of the Minister of defense of the Russian Federation of may 8, 2007 No. 181 https://pamyat-naroda.ru/dou/?date_begin=01.12.1942&date_end=08.12.1942&division=384+%D1%81%D0%B4 [ https://pamyat-naroda.ru/dou/?date_begin=01.12.1942 & amp;date_end=08.12.1942& division=384+%D1%81% D0%B4 ] : "...1276 JV K.8.00 2.12.42 concentrated in the area of 74.5 3 km South-East of Lyalino and is building shelters for personnel. Losses of the regiment for 1.12.42 in personnel: killed-44, wounded-50". Probably one of the 44 dead was my grandfather. https://pamyat-naroda.ru/warunit/384+%D1%81%D0%B4/ [ https://pamyat-naroda.ru/warunit/384+%D1%81%D0%B4/ ] - here are all wartime maps and official documents related to the material. RESULTS of the DEMYANSK operation The Demyansk salient was held by the Wehrmacht for more than a year in the hope of conducting a large-scale operation to encircle the Soviet troops with converging strikes from the Demyansk and Rzhev areas. In March 1943, the red army still forced the enemy to leave the demyansky bridgehead and retreat across the Lovat river. Almost at the same time, German troops left The Rzhev-Vyazma salient. Thus, even the theoretical possibility of a German offensive in the Moscow direction was eliminated.The Sovinformburo report of March 1, 1943, under the heading "Elimination of the enemy's fortified bridgehead in the Demyansk area", stated: "during eight days of fighting, the troops, relentlessly pursuing the enemy, liberated 302 localities, including the city of Demyansk and the district centers of Lychkovo and zaluchye. An area of 2,350 square kilometers has been cleared of the enemy. During eight days of fighting, our troops captured 3,000 German soldiers and officers.... The enemy left more than 8,000 corpses on the battlefield."It is hardly possible to name the exact losses of the red army in the Demyansk operation. As mentioned above, for example, on August 14, 1942, 1276 SP lost 439 soldiers killed. And this is only one regiment in one day. And how many such heroic regiments and such tragic days were there!?According to the all-Russian book of memory, published in 1995 for the 50th anniversary of the great victory, " 245,511 people shed their blood in the operation near Demyansk. The names of the 88 908 of them are included in the lists of irrecoverable losses". Search engine HEROES the Phrase "the War is over only when the last soldier is buried" belongs to the great Russian commander Alexander Suvorov. And if we follow his wise dictum, the Great Patriotic war will be over for us when the search teams will find the last soldier who died during the fighting of 1941-1945, and who will be buried. From 1990 to 2015, the remains of 28,263 soldiers and officers were raised and buried in the Ramushevsky corridor of the Demyanskiy cauldron. We managed to identify the names of just over 1300 of them. Such a large ratio of unknown heroes and soldiers found with established surnames, among other things, is explained by an unfortunate fact. Each soldier of the red army was given a medallion - a plastic swirling vessel the size of an automatic cartridge case. According to the plan, the red army soldier was supposed to keep a piece of paper in a twisted form, which recorded data about the soldier and his relatives, in case of death. However, most of the soldiers were people, although believers, but superstitious and medallions were not used for their intended purpose. Therefore, search teams often find red army soldiers without a first and last name. Now in the Novgorod region, in the area of the Ramushevsky corridor, unburied soldiers lie almost everywhere on the sites of military operations: under roads that were thoughtlessly built in the post-war period, literally on bones, along the sides of these very routes, in impassable windbreaks, inaccessible swamps-everywhere! Enthusiasts of search teams raise the dead soldiers of the red army from oblivion. In their spare time, search engines - People with a capital letter-bring the end of the great Patriotic war closer: they find and bury soldiers. In 2000, my father, in response to requests, received a notification from the military enlistment office in Topki and the Central archive of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation that his father - Anton Nikiforovich Voitsekhovich-1.12.42 was killed in battle East of 1 km d. Vyazovka. At the Council, our family decided to find the burial place of my grandfather. Very humble your humble servant, as the most advanced unit of society in the field of the Internet, got information about the search teams of the Novgorod region. I was lucky enough to contact and get acquainted with Elena Anatolyevna Tremerova, head of the parfin branch of the "Valley Search expedition". A sympathetic and kind woman offered to take all the documents about the death of her grandfather, come to the urban-type settlement of Parfino and decide on the spot. PARFINO-2003 in June 2003, my father and I were in Parfino. We were greeted as honored guests, family Remirovich placed at home. Search engines immediately said that to get to the place of death of my grandfather, alas, it is impossible - around Vyazovka impassable swamps-unless there is a hypothetical possibility to get to the battlefield on an all-terrain vehicle and then in winter. However, nothing remained of Vyazovka-the village was wiped off the face of the earth by the Germans. Now it is a tract.During the excursions to the places of military operations that Elena Anatolyevna conducted for us, a Solomon's decision was made: to perpetuate the memory of Anton Nikiforovich Voitsekhovich at the cemetery of soldiers in the New Village of the Parfinsky district. This is the nearest burial of soldiers from the place where my grandfather died. The distance from Vyazovka to the New Village is about fifteen kilometers.For registration of documents, we went to the city of Staraya Russa, which is 20 kilometers from Parfino. The military Commissariat there is located on the embankment Of F. M. Dostoevsky, and nearby is the very house-Museum of the great Russian writer, where the genius created "Demons"and" Brothers Karamazov". Commissar Valery Tavarovich Jumaev was with us courteous and hospitable. We talked about the fighting during the war, the life and exploits of search teams. Thanks to Valery Dzhumaev, we immediately issued documents, receiving the official "go-ahead" to perpetuate the memory of our grandfather in a mass grave.In the New Village, we were met by the friendly Yulia Pavlovna Akifyeva, the head of this rural settlement. A nice woman did everything so that the next day on one of the plates of the military burial there was an inscription "Anton Nikiforovich Voitsekhovich, red army soldier, 1897-01.12.1942." Then, of course, there were tears, memories and front-line 100 gr.Many thanks to Elena Anatolyevna Tremerova and her family, Yulia Pavlovna Akifyeva, Valery Tavurovich Dzhumaev and all the people involved for these most important, solemn and mournful hours and minutes of life. PARFINO. A FEW YEARS LATER, in 2012, I invited my son, Nikifor Maximovich Voitsekhovich, to honor the memory of the hero of the great Patriotic war, Anton Nikiforovich Voitsekhovich. The second-grader gladly agreed to a trip to the Novgorod region on may 9. On the 8th, my son and I took part in festive events on Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow. In the capital, we were passing from Chelyabinsk, because direct trains to Parfino from our place of residence do not run. And planes don't fly. On the night of may 9, Elena Anatolyevna and her husband Vasily met us in Parfino. At nine in the morning we were at a solemn meeting, at the cemetery of soldiers in the New Village. The son saw the place where the memory of his great-grandfather is immortalized. And, I think, imbued with the memory that should connect generations of people. Nikifor was also struck by a stele at the entrance to the soldiers ' memorial to the New Village. A stork has built a nest on top of it. The elders of those places once wanted to demolish the stele as it did not fit into the architecture of the memorial complex. But in connection with the birth of a new life there - even if it was a bird-they abandoned their idea.After the rally, we were taken for a long time to the places of other graves and places where the red army soldiers ' excavations had recently ended. We visited near the village of Vasilishina. My grandfather's regiment fought there. It made a lasting impression on my son. You go into the forest a few meters from the road, and there are scattered fragments of mines and grenades, unloaded cartridges of machine guns of the red army and Wehrmacht soldiers, parts of weapons, shot helmets lie.... Scary! And on the hill there is an Orthodox cross, a symbol of the memory of the heroes who have already been raised and those who are yet to be raised. Son Nikifor took a few fragments of mines, ammunition, and a helmet as a souvenir. Some of them he gave to the Museum of the great Patriotic war of his school No. 138 in Chelyabinsk. WHEN Anton Nikiforovich went to war, Vitaly Antonovich-my father-was three years old. In person, he does not remember his father... ... he remembers how the postman brought the funeral… My grandmother, Tatyana Melentyevna wojciechowicz, and my father's sister Pelagia were standing in the kitchen of the hut and weeping with their arms around each other… My father was able to bury his father only after 61 years… At the place of perpetuating the memory of Anton Nikiforovich Wojciechowicz, my father and I took the land. And a little later took this bit of memory on the grave of the wife of my grandfather, my grandmother Tatiana Melentieva. She is buried in the city of Rubtsovsk in the Altai territory. After many decades, the Voytsekhovich couple reunited, even if somewhere up there in Heaven… Here is a tragic story about the war and the connection between generations…

Vanyukhin Nikolay Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Senior sergeant. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Nikolai Ivanovich vanyukhin (16.12.1921-13.8.2009), born in the village of Chinchurino, Tetyushsky district, Tatar ASSR, Russian, member of the Komsomol (5.1944). In 1938, he graduated from Junior high school. He built a school with his father in Yalchiki. At the end of 1939, the family was completely orphaned. In the care of 18-year-old Nicholas and his stepmother were sisters 3, 10 and 13 years old. Worked as a carpenter in the K / z them. "Newspaper Truth." Drafted into the red army by the Tetyushsky RVC 8.3.1942. Until 5.12.1942, he worked in the construction battalion of Voenstroy No. 14 in Kazan. In/rank - GV. private, GV. Serge-t (p. 8.1945), guards senior Sergeant. The post - shooter, the Baker. He served in the 10th guards airborne. Krivoy Rog red banner order of Suvorov 2nd class division. Fighting way: 5.12.1942-25.8.1943-NW front; 25.8.1943 - 15.1.1944 - 2-1st Ukrainian front; 15.1.1944-3rd Ukrainian front. On the NW front in a rifle company 20.3.1943 received a slight wound. From 5.4.1943 became a Baker of the 4th field bakery division. In 1944-participated in the Iasi-Kishinev operation (8), in Romania (3), in Bulgaria (9). in 1945 - in Hungary (beginning 4), Yugoslavia (5). 9.5.1945 met in Graz, Austria. To better supply the soldiers, he offered to bake bread on the front line, building a stove on wheels. For participation in preserving warehouses left by the enemy and for uninterrupted supply of fresh bread to active units during offensive operations in 28.5.1945, he was awarded the medal "for MILITARY MERIT" and 19.8.1945-the order of the RED STAR (https://pamyat-naroda.ru/ [ https://pamyat-naroda.ru/ ] ). Demobilized in 12.1945. Awarded the medal "for the VICTORY OVER GERMANY IN the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1941-1945"; in 1984 - the order of the "PATRIOTIC WAR 2 DEGREE". After the war, he studied as a combine harvester at the Monastery vocational school. Worked in Tetyushskiy MTS, was the foreman of the tractor brigade. The older sisters left for Astrakhan, and the mother and younger sister stayed at home. He got married, rebuilt the house, and built a new one for his eldest son. He was elected as a Deputy and Chairman of the s/ s, a member of the Board of the K/s. Until the age of 74, he worked as a carpenter, carpenter, valenok Feller, bricklayer, and Miller. He was a good organizer and liked to sing songs. Parents: father-Ivan Fedorovich (14.12.1893-7.11.1939), mother - nee Bulygina Nadezhda Timofeevna (30.9.1900 - 28.4.1932). Stepmother-nee Alyoshina Varvara Ivanovna (1898-28.1.1968). Sisters: Alexandra (Kudryashova, 3.12.1924-18.12.2002, Ilinka village. Astrakhan region), Tatiana (Zakharova, 23.1.1929-10.1.2013, Astrakhan), Nina (Ezhova, 3.11.1936-14.3.2015, Yaroslavl, her mother-Alyoshina V. I.). Vanyukhins: uncles-Dmitry, Matvey (1899(8) - 8.3.1942), Daniel (14.12.1900-10.10.1962, Ilinka village, Astrakhan region), Konstantin Fedorovich; aunts-Anastasia (Filatova), Natalia (Prikazchikova, Uzbek SSR, Torez) Fedorovna. Vanyukhin's Nephew Nikolai Danilovich (1925-1943). Wife - ?. Children: Viktor (7.11.1947), Sergey (4.6.1956 - 1.7.2014), Nadezhda (Volkova, 3.12.1951).

Vinogradsky Mikhail Vasilyevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Division: 107th rifle division (1st formation). January 11 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of the first Director of school number 8, a participant in the great Patriotic war, an Excellent student of national education of the RSFSR, a permanent Deputy of the city Executive Committee, a caring teacher and mentor," Director of Directors " — Mikhail Vasilyevich Vinogradsky. From the age of 14, he worked at a factory and studied at the labor Department at the metallurgical Institute. On the Komsomol ticket went to teach, graduated in absentia from the Glukhov state teachers ' Institute. From 1936 to 1941, he was the Director of the Berezkovsky school in the Seredino-Budsky district of the Sumy region. In the first days of the great Patriotic war, Mikhail Vinogradsky was drafted into the Soviet army and sent to the Voronezh front. M. V. Vinogradsky served in the 107th division of the 40th army, which took part in the liberation of our region and the city of Stary Oskol from the Nazi invaders. M. V. Vinogradsky reached Konigsberg, and on may 9, 1945, their regiment was sent to the war with Japan. The war ended for him on September 2, 1945. In December 1945, a young officer who was awarded five medals returned to the village of Kaplino in the Starooskolsky district to his girlfriend Alexandra Strelnikova, who soon became his wife. In 1947, M. V. Vinogradsky was appointed Director of the basic school number 4 at the southern railway. In 1966, M. V. Vinogradskiym was appointed Director of the school-new building number 8, which was located on 72A Proletarskaya street. Soon the school was given the status of the city's main school. We created conditions for creative and fruitful work of teachers and students. From 1970 to 1974, four years in a row, the school won the red banner in the competition to prepare educational institutions for the new school year. It was left in the school forever and now as a relic number 1 is stored in the school Museum "Chronicle". M. V. Vinogradsky passed away on August 25, 1982.

Voronov Gavril Artemovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Sergeant. Called up by the Magnitogorsk city military Commissariat on October 10, 1930 for active service in the 16th rifle regiment of the commander's Department. Dismissed on long-term leave on 30.10.1932. Called for mobilization by the Baymak RVC. Military rank: Sergeant. Military accounting specialty: drivers. Job qualification: squad leader. From 25.03.1942 to August 1942-130 rifle regiment, 1926 in-n of the commander's Department; from August 1942 to December 1945-129 battalion of airfield service of the commander's Department. He was demobilized on 12.12.1945 on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 25.09.1945. Awarded: the medal "For VICTORY over GERMANY in the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR of 1941-1945", the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 9 may 1945, awarded the medal on February 19, 1947 Baimak district (certificate participation in the great Patriotic war Sergeant Voronov Gavrilo Artemovich attached). Participation in campaigns, awards: - gratitude FOR excellent combat actions in the battles for the liberation of the city of KOVEL from the German invaders, order of the Supreme commander-in-chief Marshal of the Soviet Union, comrade STALIN, dated July 6, 1944. - Commendation FOR excellent combat actions in the battles to break through the German defenses West of the city of KOVEL, order of the Supreme commander-in-chief Marshal of the Soviet Union, comrade STALIN, dated July 20, 1944. - Commendation FOR excellent combat actions in the battles for the liberation of the city of HOLM from the German invaders, order of the Supreme commander-in-chief Marshal of the Soviet Union, comrade STALIN, dated July 22, 1944. - Commendation FOR excellent combat actions shown in the battles for the liberation of WARSAW, order of the Supreme commander-in-chief Marshal of the Soviet Union, comrade STALIN, dated January 17, 1945. Commander in / h field mail 49623, Lieutenant Colonel KEDRICK. - Gratitude FOR honest service for the benefit of OUR MOTHERLAND, commander-in-chief of the Soviet occupation forces in Germany, Marshal of the Soviet Union G. ZHUKOV, a member of the Military Council, Lieutenant General TELEGIN. July 31, 1945. - To a COMBAT COLLEAGUE for honest and selfless service in the Polish Army, an invaluable contribution to the liberation and revival of the Polish Republic, to the strengthening of eternal friendship between the red Army and the Polish Army, commander-in-chief of the Polish army, Marshal Polsky-M. GIMERSKY, 11 October 1945. Awarded the medal: - " for the VICTORY over GERMANY in the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR of 1941-1945. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of may 9, 1945, the medal was awarded on February 19, 1947 by the Baymak district military Commissariat. Post-war awards: - JUBILEE MEDAL "Twenty years of victory in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945", on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the medal was awarded on 18.02.1967. - JUBILEE MEDAL "50 years of the Armed forces of the USSR", on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the medal was awarded on 10.10.1969. - BADGE "25 years of VICTORY in the great Patriotic war", for valor and bravery in the great Patriotic war, Ministry of defense of the USSR A. GRECHKO. - VETERAN of LABOR MEDAL, for long-term conscientious work on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Bashkir ASSR of August 21, 1978, the medal was awarded on October 2, 1978. - JUBILEE MEDAL "60 years of the ARMED FORCES of the USSR" in accordance with the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 28, 1978, the medal was awarded on 27.08.1979. - The ORDER "PATRIOTIC WAR of II degree for bravery, fortitude and courage in the fight against the Nazi invaders, and to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the victory of Soviet people in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945", the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on 11 March 1985, No. order 4133838. JUBILEE MEDAL "Forty years of victory in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945", in accordance with the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 12 April 1985. The medal was awarded on may 07, 1985. - JUBILEE MEDAL "70 years of the ARMED FORCES of the USSR" in accordance with the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 28, 1988. The medal was awarded on February 23, 1988 Place of work: Sibay motor transport enterprise. Dismissed on November 13, 1968 due to retirement. Foundation: pension book. The Director of the Sibay ATP V. BYKOV. Awarded a certificate of Honor in connection with the 20th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany by the Soviet Union and for high production performance in the socialist competition. Awarded a certificate of Honor in honor of the 49th anniversary of the Great October and high performance in the socialist competition.

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.

Volik Grigory Fedotovich_x000D_ Rank: Red army Type of troops: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast service, NKVD troops, border guards My grandfather went through the whole war as a simple soldier. He is one of many who went through the entire war from beginning to end, who survived the horror of the war, was wounded more than once, won and returned home. Grigory Fedorovich was called up to the front in June 1941 by the Yeisk military enlistment office of the Krasnodar territory and sent to the 204th auto company. At the beginning of world war II, the 204th motor transport company was part of the 127th rifle division (1st formation) . On June 22, 1941, the division was part of the 25th rifle corps. In early July 1941, the 25th rifle corps was transferred to the Smolensk region. Participated in the battles for the city of Smolensk and South-East of Smolensk. On the night of August 3 to 4, the division crossed the Dnieper river in the Solovyevskaya crossing area, then was withdrawn to the Dorogobuzh area for re-formation. At the end of September 1941, the division was included in the operational group of A. N. Ermakov and moved to the area East of Glukhov, where, as a result of a strong enemy strike, it was pressed against the Kleven river. 3.10.1941 G. the division was moved to Kursk, and in November units of the division fought heavy defensive battles in the area of the city of Tim. 22.12.1941 parts of the division, interacting with the 1st guards and 87th rifle divisions, went on a decisive offensive and, having liberated the settlements of Ivanovka, Perevalochnoye, Marmyzhi, Sukhoi Khutor, Krasnaya Polyana, went to the area of the villages of Plakhovka, Golovanovka, Polevoe, Petrovka. In March 1942, as part of the corps, she participated in the attack on Taganrog.By the end of August 1942 parts of the division in the 37th army of the Northern group of forces of the Transcaucasian front defended on the left flank of the front along the Baksan river. On 04.12.1942, a division of the 37th army suddenly attacked Khaznidon, Toldzgun, and Urukh for the enemy. As a result of a rapid offensive, the guards captured these localities. 06.01.1943 the division fought heavy battles for Nalchik. Having broken through the enemy barrier, the guards broke into the city. Fierce street fighting ensued. By noon, Nalchik was released. On January 11, 1943, the division took part in the liberation of Yessentuki, and on January 17, Cherkessk. On March 9, 1943, simultaneously with the 37th army, the division in the 9th army went on the offensive and attacked Krasnoarmeyskaya. Having captured this station, parts of the division went to the river Channel. In mid-March, the division reached the approaches to the village of Krymskaya, where it took up a strong defense, preparing for the offensive. In September-October 1943, the division participated in the Novorossiysk-Taman offensive as part of the 56th army of the North Caucasus front. In the Crimean offensive operation of 1944, the division fought as part of the Primorye army. 15.04.1944 parts of the division occupied Alushta. In July-August 1944, as part of the 1st Baltic front, the division participated in the Siauliai offensive, and in October in the Memel offensive. The division completed its combat operations in mid-April 1945 by reaching the Baltic sea coast North of Fischhausen (Primorsk). Until December 1945, my grandfather served in the military and then returned home.

Vasiliev Pavel Vasilyevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red army Unit: 109th rifle Leningrad red banner division Pavel VASILIEV-born in 1925 .Participant of the great Patriotic war. Pavel Vasilyevich was born in the village of Gorbovo, Pskov region. In a large, friendly family there were six children. All the men of the farm went to the front on the first day of the war, and soon the Germans "came". Those guys who were not hijacked to work in Germany, the Germans used as a gratuitous force. I had to do what I was told. In winter, the roads were cleared of snow, and in summer they worked in the fields. Any insubordination was severely punished. If a villager was suspected of collaborating with the partisans, the entire family was shot and the houses burned. The neighboring village, Melenka, was burned to the ground, along with the residents. 90 people were burned for communication with the partisans. And when the Germans retreated, they set fire to all the houses in a row. The farm was liberated in 1944. Pavel immediately went to the front. First, he was sent to Kalinin (Tver), then as part of the 109th Leningrad red banner rifle division to Estonia. The Germans fought fiercely in Poland. In one of the battles, Pavel Vasilyevich was seriously wounded. After treatment in Lviv - again in battle. Victory day was celebrated in Bratislava. He returned home four years later. He served in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, and Poland. Returning home in 1949, he married his countryman Claudia, and had three children. Pavel Vassilyevich got a job in the Kalachinsky distance of the way as a track worker. The Vasilyev generation is proud of their grandfather and great-grandfather. Modest, hard-working Pavel Vasilyevich did not like to stand out among others, did not like to talk about the war, believed that he had no special merits. And the medal" for bravery " received in the war, so it's a war, if you got to it, he thought, so you need to fight and there is nothing to hide behind the backs of others. –All I want is that there would never be a war, that the country would create such conditions when everyone could create a good life by honest work.

Wenzel Waldemar Karlovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Lieutenant military _x000D_ Branch of service: Army, Air Force, the Coast Guard, thе Soviet NKVD, the Border Guard._x000D_ _x000D_ Vladimir Kirillovich Ventsov (Wenzel Waldemar Karlovich) was born on September 13, 1924 in the village of Orlovsky in the Marxstadt Canton of the Volga German ASSR (now Marksovsky district of the Saratov region) in a working-class family ethnically German. _x000D_ He came from a family of German colonists of the Volga region, his real name is Waldemar Karlovich Wenzel. Waldemar's mother, nee Rhein Hermine, died in childbirth. Her father, Karl Karlovich Wenzel, moved to Saratov with his son after her death and worked as a hotel doorman. The Wenzels lived in the house No. 4 on Moskovskaya street. In 1939, he graduated eight classes of secondary school No. 9 in Saratov, the same year he was accepted into the Komsomol at school No. 25. Saratov (now Russian classical gymnasium). From 1939 to July 1941, he worked in the dining room of the Saratov law Institute named after D.I. Kursky (adopted by order No. 2 of 27.08.1939) as an assistant cook._x000D_ In 1941, he retired from the SSU (order No. 145 of 02.07.1941) due to the departure of a volunteer of the Red Army. From October 1941, after completing two-month Junior Lieutenant courses, he fought on the Western, South-Western, Bryansk and Central fronts. In 1942, he was re-admitted to the Komsomol under the name of Vladimir Kirillovich Ventsov. In July 1942, he participated in an offensive operation in the Volkhov direction.In 1943, he participated in the battles for the liberation of Oryol. He was killed on September 25, 1943 in the battle for the bridgehead when crossing the Dnieper river near the village of Lyubech in Ukraine. He was buried in a mass grave in the village of Vishnevoe, repkinsky district, Chernihiv region (Ukraine).October 7, 1943, commander of the regiment I.F. Samarkin was presented to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously); the award list described the exploits and heroism of V. K. Wenzel during the fighting since July 1942: in the battles for Anino (July 1942), at the capture of Yazyk (1.1.1943), in the battles for Chegodaev (20.2.1943), Krivchee (July-August 1943), at the crossing of the Dnieper.

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

Full name: SURNAME: Petrov FIRST name: Vladimir PATRONYMIC: Yakovlevich CITY: village Gvazda Vorontsovsky (now Buturlinovsky) district of the Voronezh region DATE of BIRTH: 01.01.1925 DATE of DEATH: 14.01.1945 HISTORY: Rank: Junior Lieutenant. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 49th rifle Roslavl red banner order of Suvorov division. Born in 1925 in the village of Gvazda in the Vorontsovsky (now Buturlinovsky) district of the Voronezh region. His parents, my great-grandmother and great-grandfather, along with their young children, were dekulakized and sent to Kazakhstan, to the village. Samarkand, Karaganda region (now the city of Temirtau), survived the terrible famine and deprivation, but did not lose human dignity and love for the Motherland, raised their children with dignity. He was the youngest son in a large family. Very fond of horses. At the age of 16, he got a camera, after which Volodya became seriously interested in photography. Called up on 30.05.1943 Kirov RVC of the Karaganda region. Kazakh SSR. Until 1944, he was a cadet of the Kharkiv infantry military school, stationed in Namangan, Uzbek SSR, he graduated from the rank of Lieutenant Jr. and sent to the 1st Belarusian front in the 222 infantry regiment 49 Roslavl Infantry division 62 Infantry Neman corps, 33 army commander of the platoon of the 4th rifle company. Killed in action on 14 January 1945 while crossing a bridgehead on the West Bank of the Vistula. Being wounded, he fought to the last under heavy fire, went at the head of his platoon. Awarded the order of the Patriotic war, 2nd class posthumously. While studying in College wrote a touching boyish letters to parents and brothers, but as the time part in the fighting, the rare and more serious became of the letter, it felt as though growing up fast, this 19-year-old student yesterday, younger brother, and pet of the whole family. All these letters, newspaper notes about him, his drawings, and the report card for the 1941-1942 school year are carefully preserved in our family to this day. His friends who returned from the front recalled later that he wrote to them: "The game in the "Chapaya" continues. Only there we have guys fell on purpose, then to get up and again participate in the "war", and if the arm or leg who was scratched, it was considered an accident, then here is a completely different matter...". I don't know exactly how many fights he took part in, he didn't write about it in his letters. According to the memoirs of his comrade, I. Nikulin, on January 14, 1945, his platoon received a task: under cover of night, cross the Vistula, go to the Western edge of the village of Brzec (Brzesce) and cut off the path of the Nazis. When they quickly rushed into the village, the Germans saw that the squad was very small, and opened heavy fire on the platoon. Then the main forces arrived and the task was completed. But at the end of the battle, Volodya was hit by a stray bullet. The order was already received by my great-grandmother and great-grandfather. The family felt very hard about the death of grandfather Volodya. The great-grandmother did not cope with this loss for the rest of her life. My older brothers Ivan and Peter, my grandfather, kept the memory of Volodya all their lives and passed it on to their children. By the way, my father, who was born after the war, was named Vladimir in honor of his uncle. Initially buried in the village. Gmina brześć County Janowiec-puławy on the Bank of the Vistula, presumably reburied in the memorial to Kazimierz Dolny.

Pushkarev Finogen Antonovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Full name: Pushkarev Finogen Antonovich last NAME: Pushkarev FIRST name: Finogen PATRONYMIC: Antonovich CITY: Altai Krai, sorokinsky district, Dubasy village date of BIRTH: 15.07.1918 DATE of DEATH: 04.11.1997 HISTORY: Rank: red army soldier. Military branch: land forces, air force (except for naval aviation), coast guard, NKVD troops, border guards. Division: 92nd rifle division (1st formation). Fewer and fewer survivors of the war and its historic finale-the Victory Parade on red square in Moscow on June 24, 1945. At the same time, the immortal feat of the Soviet people and their Armed Forces, which saved the world from the fascist plague, is becoming more and more significant for new generations. After more than half a century since the victory, it is obvious that It is not a thing of the past. Victory is alive and relevant today. Present and future generations need it as a vivid example of service to their Fatherland. The great VICTORY day IS coming! I, my daughter, want to tell you about my father Pushkarev Finogen Antonovich-a wonderful person dear to our heart. Pushkarev Finogen Antonovich-was born on 15.07.1918, in the village of Dubasy in the Sorokinsky district of the Altai territory. He lived a long and happy life with our mother as a blast furnace the S. Pushkareva. Raised 9 children. We, the children, gave our parents 18 grandchildren, and our children already have children, so they will be great-grandchildren to our parents, and there are 30 of them,and there are even five great-great-grandchildren. But, parents died long ago and many grandchildren were born without our parents. When the war started, my parents lived in the village, the Chulym district of Novosibirsk region, and they already had two children. When my father was called up for war, in may 1942, he and my mother already had three children, and the youngest son was not even a month old. Dad was called up for military service from the Chulym RVC, Novosibirsk region - in may 1942, so at 23 years old..., 24 years old was only in July. And, he got right to the most advanced, on lake Ladoga. There was a terrible mess...., the head could not be raised... There was no water and they drank water from under the corpses... that had time to pour rain... It was very hard for my father to remember this later, in peacetime.., and always with tears in his eyes and did not like to talk about it... And, my DAD managed to fight for 2.5 months from may 1942 to 30.08.1942. On 30.08.1942, the Pope was severely wounded in the right leg, the entire leg was "torn" from the hip to the foot (shrapnel wound), and the commander was fatally wounded in the head - they were nearby. A mine exploded. The Pope was saved by prayer: "Live help", it was sewn under his collar... He said so himself...The leg was miraculously not removed by the surgeon. Man! Thanks to this surgeon, dad was left with a leg - because it was all torn from the hip to the foot.... and he asked my dad, and dad was already dying of blood loss.... and the surgeon said to him: "Well, Pushkarev, everything is in your hands, use all your remaining strength and move your leg, if only I see something flinch... I'll leave my leg!" And God grant health to this miracle doctor, if he is alive! The surgeon saw... - the little finger twitched at the foot!!! The leg was operated on and saved! Then our dad spent six months in hospitals. With 30.08.1942 year 26.02.1943 year. Our father was declared unfit for military service-order of the NKO of the USSR No. 356 of 1942. Pushkarev Finogen Antonovich received state awards during military service: the medal "for military merit" - certificate: Z No. 571557 and the medal"for the Victory over Germany". Award for the soldier: Pushkarev Finogen Antonovich year of birth: 15.07.1918 place of birth: Altai territory, sorokinsky district, Dubasy village award document number: 86, date of award document: 06.04.1985 entry number: 1517193895, order of the Patriotic war I degree the Order was established on may 20, 1942. This is the first award of the great Patriotic war. The order was awarded to soldiers and commanders who showed bravery, perseverance and courage in battle. Pushkarev Finogen Antonovich returned home 06.03.1943, marked by Chulym RVC. Then for a long time I walked on crutches, then a cane for many years. Disability of the 2nd group-WWII. Still, our dad didn't lose heart. Built a huge and very beautiful house! He was a carpenter and carpenter and naturally planted more than one tree and raised 6 sons and three daughters! 04.11.1997, at the 80th year of life, the heart of our daddy, such a beautiful and wonderful person, a veteran of war and labor, a loving father and grandfather, stopped. He is alive in the memory of his relatives, friends and acquaintances. Only it is a pity that I did not live to see the Great holiday – the 70th anniversary of the great Victory!

Ponomarev Anatoly Yegorovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Full name: Anatoly Ponomarev last NAME: Ponomarev FIRST name: Anatoly PATRONYMIC: Yegorovich CITY: D. Baksheev Dor DATE of BIRTH: 26.11.1926 DATE of DEATH: 26.11.2005 HISTORY: Title: Red army Unit: 356th rifle Kalinkovichi red banner order of Suvorov division of the Vistula-Oder operation in 1945. Offensive operation of the 1st Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian fronts with the assistance of the left wing of the 2nd Belorussian and right wing of the 4th Ukrainian fronts. As a result of the Vistula-Oder operation, the Soviet Army defeated the German-fascist troops in Poland, crossed the Oder river and captured bridgeheads on its Western Bank. Military operations were transferred to the Central regions of Nazi Germany. From the memoirs of Anatoly Yegorovich: - I, a boy still, as I now understand, was called up for military service in April 1944. He served first in the reserve regiments, trained as a signalman, and in January 1945 was sent to the front. On January 12, our offensive in Poland began. My task was to provide communication from headquarters to the battalion commander. We crossed the Vistula river and went further forward. They were already approaching the Oder. The battle raged. Well, I probably managed to prove myself somehow. Our battalion commander says to the squad leader: "Give me Ponomarev, so that the connection is reliable." When I received an order, I slung the coil of telephone cable over my back and went where I was told. The battle was terrible, and our rifle unit participated in it, and the artillery and aviation were involved in it. Our commander was given a stereo tube in a haystack so that he could control the actions of the unit, and I kept in touch. Soon the Germans spotted us and started shelling our location. A German shell exploded and I was shot in the right leg. At first I thought it was as if someone had slapped my leg with a big stick. He fell, then crawled to the side, and there was a communications girl sitting there. What happened, he asks: "I Answer: I must have been injured, something like my leg is raw." Barely took off my boot! my leg is covered in blood... This girl bandaged my leg. I somehow hobbled back 20 meters, and again the shelling of our positions continued. I don't remember how I got to the dugout, where I hid for a while.Then a cart came, they took me to the medical center, where I was immediately taken to the operating table, the doctor performed an operation, took a splinter from my leg, loaded me on a train, and to the city of Lodz, to the hospital. On may 3, 1945, they had a second operation and continued to treat it.I well remember the Day of Victory. It was a nice Sunny day. Suddenly, behind the wall, in the doctors 'office, a gramophone started playing, I remember the song:" at sunset, a guy walks near my house... " What is it? And people come to our ward with bouquets of flowers. Poles. They congratulate us on our victory, give us flowers and gifts. From them we learned that we won this war. After being discharged from the hospital, my military service continued in the artillery as a radiotelephonist. Served in Germany. On November 17, 1950, he was dismissed to the reserve. He returned home, worked first on the collective farm at various jobs, then graduated from the courses of machine operators and worked in the" red dawn " as a machine operator until retirement. (from the newspaper "dawn of the North" from 16.01.2001. V. Navolotsky)

Full name: Ivan Paukov SURNAME: Paukov FIRST name: Ivan PATRONYMIC: Yevgenyevich CITY: stanitsa Mekenskaya, Republic of Chechnya date of BIRTH: 12.11.1912 DATE of DEATH: 18.12.1994 HISTORY: My great-grandfather was born in Chechnya. before the war, he worked as a tractor driver on the Rossiya collective farm and was a leading producer. When the Great Patriotic War began, my great-grandfather was not immediately called to the front. During the first year of the war, the grandfather of armor was in his collective farm, he was given the task to hide the collective farm equipment from the Nazis and protect it. Behind the village where my grandfather lived, there was a ravine, and there his team pulled all the equipment and disguised it with branches, grass, everything they could. A year later, my great-grandfather was called to the front at the age of 39. He got into the infantry. On horseback, my grandfather brought weapons and ammunition to the soldiers, and from the battlefield took the wounded to the hospital. He saved many soldiers. Then my great-grandfather became a driver, driving a Lieutenant General. My great-grandfather went through the roads of war a lot, told me how he liberated Poland. One of the most terrible memories of that war for him was the release of prisoners from a concentration camp in the city of Lublin. In this concentration camp there was a monstrous treatment and destruction of people. Sick, hungry, weak people were forced to work hard, dissatisfied people were beaten, and given to dogs to eat. On the territory of the concentration camp there were several crematoriums where people were burned, including children. When my great-grandfather told me about it, he cried. My great-grandfather fought at the front until the end of the war and did not reach Berlin for a while. My great-grandfather was awarded medals and orders for his military services. Order of the red star, order of the Patriotic war, medal "for the victory over Germany", medal "for the defense of the Caucasus", many medals of the war participant. My grandfather and father kept them and cherish them as a memory of my great-grandfather and that terrible war. Great-grandfather experienced a lot during the war, saw many horrors, but remained a kind, sympathetic, noble person until the end of his life. He always helped his family, acquaintances, and friends in trouble. He was not broken by this brutal war. After the war, he worked in his native collective farm "Russia". He was very hardworking, loved his Homeland, his family. He lived with my great-grandmother, whom he loved very much, for 60 years. He raised three sons as honest, decent people. Already in his old age, my grandfather had to go through another war - the Chechen war, he had to give up everything and move to the children in the city of Svetlograd. He died in 1994 at the age of 83 and is buried in Svetlograd. The military enlistment office erected a monument to my grandfather as a participant in the war. We visit his grave with the whole family and take care of it. All my relatives have a bright memory of my great-grandfather Ivan Paukov.