Tank troops

History:_x000D_ Mikhail Mikheev was born on May 1, 1920 in the village of Voetskoye, Baryshsky Ddistrict, Ulyanovsk Region._x000D_ Participant of the Great Patriotic War. Tanker. The Captain of the reserve. Awarded two Orders of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree, 18 medals._x000D_ Representative of the legendary dynasty of Soviet tankers – nine Mikheev brothers: Viktor, Pavel, Fedor, Vladimir, Ivan, Alexander, Mikhail, Semen and Peter. On the eve of the war, five of them graduated from the Ulyanovsk Tank School, with the permission of the People's Commissar of Defense, the Mikheev tank company was created, in which six older brothers served. Viktor became the company commander, Vladimir became the Deputy, and Pavel, Fyodor, and Ivan were appointed platoon commanders. Alexander was a driver in this company. From the very first days of the war with Nazi Germany, the company of the Mikheev brothers smashed the enemy. They were more than once distinguished by their courage and bravery in battles. The platoon commander Ivan Mikheev was killed, then another brother, a mechanic-driver Alexander. The four Mikheevs continued to fight the German invaders. Viktor became the commander of the heavy tank battalion, and Pavel became his Deputy. For their skilful combat actions, Vladimir and Viktor were appointed company commanders. The Mikheev brothers fought bravely in the summer of 1942 near Barvenkovo and Kharkov. In these battles, Viktor was seriously wounded, and Vladimir was shell-shocked. Then, the tank brothers fought on different fronts of the Great Patriotic War. And Vladimir Mikheev, having already become the commander of the 36th Guards Tank Regiment, participated in the Battle on Berlin. And made the inscription on the wall of the defeated Reichstag on behalf of his family: "The end of fascism. Mikheevs in Berlin. Long live Victory!"_x000D_ The battle tradition of the seniors was continued by a tank crew consisting of the younger Mikheevs. Michael, Simon and Peter fought bravely in the battles with the Japanese militarists. Their tank, which was commanded by my father Mikhail Mikheev, went over eight hundred kilometers almost all of Manchuria on the road, through mountain passes, smashing the mountain formations of the Kwantung army. As part of the troops of the 259th Separate Tank Brigade, the 25th Army, and the 1st Far Eastern Front, the tank crew of the younger Mikheev brothers participated in the liberation of several cities. They met the end of the war on the Pacific coast. For courage and bravery in the battles to defeat Nazi Germany and militaristic Japan, nine brothers Mikheev were awarded a total of 85 military orders and medals._x000D_ Mikhail Mikheev died on September 23, 2003.

He was born in 1918 in the village of Sushikha, where his family used to live for a short time. He returned to his native place after the war in 1946. _x000D_ There he had lived for 58 years with my wife, raised his sons, and worked selflessly. He retired in 1978. He went through the war from the first day to the last. In 1938, he was called up to serve in the Red Army, sent to the Far East on the border. In July-August 1938 near lake Khasan, in 1939 on the Territory of Mongolia, near the Khalkhin Gol participated in battles with units of the Kwantung army of the Japanese. _x000D_ In 1940, he was demobilized, later studied at Automobile School and was sent to the Jewish Autonomous Region of the Khabarovsk Territory, worked as a driver at a mine, lived in the forest in tents. Many could not stand the harsh conditions and left. He heard about the beginning of the war at work. A day or two later, he received a summons from the military recruitment office. He was called up in June 1941 from the Far East, from the city of Blagoveshchensk. At first, he guarded the border in the Far East. _x000D_ In October 1941, his military unit was transferred to the west near Moscow. Then he fought at Tula, Kharkov, Belgorod, Oryol, on the Kursk Bulge. _x000D_ He was three times wounded and concussed. At first, he was a driver, in 1942 he was bombed, the car caught fire, his comrades pulled him out concussed, he was in the hospital, his eardrum was damaged, and his ear ached until 1947. _x000D_ In 1942-1943, he fought in the 19th Tank Brigade as a Tank-man. In 1943, he was wounded in the right arm, and was hospitalized for 3 months. He was cured and returned to the front line, where a mine exploded nearby in one of the combats, and his entire back was riddled with shrapnel. Again the hospital, the fragments were removed surgically and with the help of a magnet, 3 months on the recovery and again to the front in early May, 1943. _x000D_ He participated in the historical tank battle of Kursk Bulge. He burned twice in a car, once in a tank. Twice he had to cross the Dnieper. It was one of the bloodiest and terrible battle of WWII. They crossed to the opposite bank whenever they had to. And both times they found themselves on a steep right bank of the river that hung over the water like a sheer wall. For these combats, he was awarded the orders of the Red Star and the Patriotic War, twice the medal For Courage. _x000D_ These were the dear awards for a veteran of all that he had. On March 12, 1944, he was wounded by a sniper's bullet in the cheek (the veteran still remembers this date and marks it as his second birth), the bullet went through, knocking out his teeth and grazing his tongue. It took six long months of treatment first in Moscow, then in Chelyabinsk. At first the doctors put a gag in the mouth at night to prevent the wound from drying, it was very hard. _x000D_ After the hospital, he became a member of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in 1944 in Romania near the city of Pitesti, liberating the capital of Austria, Vienna. He celebrated Victory in May 1945 in Austria, participated in the Prague operation as part of the 6th Guards Tank Army, took part in the destruction of the remaining group of Nazi troops in Czechoslovakia, from July 1945 until the demobilization in the city of Jihlava, Czechoslovakia. _x000D_ During the war years, he was an infantryman, tankman, and signalman. After the announcement of the German surrender and the end of the war, he did not return home immediately. He ended the war in Czechoslovakia in 1946. 50 years after the end of the war, he was awarded the order of the Red Star for the tank battle on the Kursk Bulge. He came home to Sushikha, went to work in the kolkhoz "Lenin's Victory", and on January 1, 1949, he was enrolled in the Ust-Lukovskaya MTS, which was responsible for kolkhoz equipment, as a tractor driver, where he worked on a DT-54 tractor. He received certificates, diplomas and valuable prizes for good performance for his work. _x000D_ He got married, in 1949 his son Vladimir was born. A year later, in 1950, his wife passed away and left him alone with a small child. After some time he married Shura Baklanova, gave birth to 3 more sons: the elder Nikolai drowned in childhood, Sergei and Anatoly live with their families in Ust-Lukovka and Sushikha. On July 1, 1958, in connection with the reorganization of MTS, he was transferred to work at the Lenin kolkhoz. In 1961, the Lukovsky Sovkhoz was established, which consisted of 4 villages: Lukovsky, Susica, Rogalevo and Tarpaulin with Central office in the village of Kersey. _x000D_ On February 21, 1961, Yakov Nesterovich joined the staff of the Lukovsky sovkhoz as a combine harvester. In 1963, there was a disorganization of the economy, as part of the Lukovsky, there remained 2 branches: Lukovskoe and Sushinskoe. Yakov Nesterovich worked for 18 years as a combine harvester, repeatedly received commendations, diplomas, was awarded a badge of honor, the medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands", the VDNH medal. He retired in July 1978.

Alexander Pavlovich Miklyaev was born on December 20, 1921 in Michurinsk, Tambov Region. Graduated from 8 classes. He was called up on 06.07.1940 by Michurinsky Military Commissariat of the Tambov Region in the rank of Sergeant of the position of mechanic driver. He served in the 144th Brigade, a Division of the 448th Battalion, 3rd Company. _x000D_ He had been participant of the Great Patriotic War since June 1942 on the Western, Kalinin, Steppe and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. He took part in the battle of Kursk 05.07.1943-23.08.1943, liberated Ukraine, Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic from the enemy. He finished the war near Prague on 11.05.1945. On August 20, 1944, during the breakthrough of the heavily fortified enemy defenses in the area of Height 177. _x000D_ The crew of the T-34 tank destroyed 1 cannon, 1 bunker and 25 enemy soldiers and officers. For exemplary performance of combat missions on the front against the German invaders and for the courage and bravery shown in this case, Comrade A. P. Miklyaev was awarded the state award of the Order of Glory, 3rd degree. _x000D_ Comrade Miklyaev especially distinguished himself in the battles for the liberation of the city of Truda. Under enemy artillery fire on the battlefield 8.10.1944 he eliminated damage to the tank engine and continued the pursuit. His tank was the first to break into the village of Touren on 11.10.1944, where the tracks of his tank crushed a gun, a machine gun and 12 enemy soldiers. In the battles for Cluj, comrade Miklyaev obeyed the orders of the command in an exemplary manner, and was among the first to break into Cluj on 11.10.1944 and continue his constant pursuit. In the battles for the possession of Abon, comrade Miklyaev acted exceptionally boldly and bravely, overcame marshy places on the approaches to Abon. On 5.11.1944 he was among the first to cut the railway and shosse Abon-Salnok. As part of the crew, he destroyed: 2 cannons, 3 machine guns, a mortar and 20 enemy infantry men. _x000D_ For this feat, comrade Miklyaev was awarded the state award of the order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree. During participation in combat operations, he was twice wounded. Awards: Order of Glory, 3rd degree; Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, medal “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”._x000D_ He was discharged from the reserve on November 20, 1945, with the rank of Guards Senior Sergeant. After demobilization, he worked on the Michurinsk railway until his retirement in 1980. He was married and had two daughters and three grandchildren. He passed away in November 1998.

Malofeev Konstantin Stepanovich _x000D_ _x000D_ CITY: Ulyanovsk region, Sursky district, S. Kazuha _x000D_ DATE OF BIRTH: 01.02.1925 _x000D_ DATE OF DEATH: - _x000D_ HISTORY: _x000D_ _x000D_ The story "the Fate of an ordinary soldier Konstantin" is dedicated to his great-uncle, Konstantin Stepanovich Malofeev, who was a participant in the Great Patriotic War and went to Berlin. During the war, my uncle was wounded several times, but he still returned to the front after the hospital to his friends-fellow soldiers. That was the strength of will to win. The story is based on the recollections of my uncle. From the author. The Great Patriotic War is an epic of unprecedented heroism of our people. And no matter how many generations pass, people will return again and again to the Victory that the Russian soldier had brought to the world. Our people got this victory at a high price, millions of people died, and many returned with severe wounds that bother their hearts and were not able to heal. For the younger generation, war is history, a sacred memory of those who died on the battlefields. This is our pain, our hope… Years will pass, but the immortal exploits of our brave, steadfast soldiers who wrote the glorious pages of Victory in the heroic chronicle of the Great Patriotic War will never disappear from the memory of our people. I especially want to tell you about the exploits of my close relatives, who bore all the hardships of that brutal war on their shoulders. And my great-niece wanted to tell me about her great-uncle, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Konstantin Stepanovich Malofeev. I will not only tell you about my uncle in this story, but more than one event was held for the younger generation. I'm proud of my uncle, and may he rest in peace. He will always live in my heart and I will tell my children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren about him. And as long as we keep, transmit and remember those who gave them to us. We will be able to overcome everything. They corresponded with their uncle until the last days of his death. So let's not forget about the greatest feat that the Russian people have accomplished! After all, they are all defenders who were not afraid to shed their blood in the name of the Motherland! In the name of the future life! With the story "the Fate of an ordinary soldier Konstantin" she took part in the all - Russian literary contest "Heroes of the great Victory-2016" and received a certificate of participation and a semi-finalist Diploma for the story. Also with the story "the Fate of an ordinary soldier Konstantin" I took part in a competition for writing librarians, and my story was included in the literary, artistic, historical and local lore magazine "Vesi" special issue-2017 ("Libraries of Russia" part -2). The fate of an ordinary soldier Constantine. In a peasant family, Polina and Stepan Malofeyev in the village of Knyazhukha, Sursky district, Ulyanovsk region, the long-awaited firstborn was born, and they named him Konstantin. The Malofeyev family had many children, and they had three more sons – heroes: Victor, Eugene, and Anatoly. Constantine was the oldest of the brothers. He grew up a very curious and intelligent son. And so passed a carefree and cheerful childhood, and Konstantin went to school. But, however, the war disrupted all his plans, did not give him the opportunity to continue studying further after the end of the seven-year period. A treacherous enemy has suddenly attacked our Homeland, and the entire nation is in grave danger. All the men in the village were conscripted into the Soviet Army. There were only women, old people and children left in the village. The head of the Malofeyev family, Stepan, was also called to the front, and Konstantin remained in charge of the house, and was an assistant for his mother and for his brothers. The war made everyone grow up at once. And before the draft to the front, Kostya worked on a collective farm, ploughed, sowed, harvested crops, it was not easy, but he managed, because he had responsibility for his younger brothers and his beloved mother, Polina. The war was in full swing. The house Malofeeva it's bad news, came to funerals, that Stephen died in battle against the enemy. And after this news, Constantine decided that he would avenge his father's death on his enemies. Kostya told his mother and brothers that now it was time for him to stand up for the Motherland and his family. At the end of 1942, Konstantin finally received a summons from the military Commissariat. When my mother found out that her assistant Kostya would soon leave his father's house and go to war with the enemy. She would not survive if he died, because Pauline had already lost her husband and did not want to lose her son. Polina saw off her beloved son Kostya to the war. She was very worried and worried about her son. Polina made the sign of the cross over him and placed the living animals to her heart, so that they would protect and keep him from destruction. After being conscripted into the Soviet Army, before being sent to the front, Konstantin was sent to a sniper school in Inzu, Ulyanovsk region. It was difficult to learn, since the training of snipers was accelerated, but Kostya passed the training successfully. The year 1943 came, after completing accelerated courses in the sniper school, private Konstantin was sent to the second Ukrainian front in the 278th guards rifle regiment, which was formed near Kharkiv. And from that moment, he began his frontline workdays. Their regiment took part in the attack on Kirovograd, the battle was deadly, the regiment was thinning every day, there were no replacements and there were fewer and fewer soldiers left. And now there were only seven men left of their regiment, who had fought the enemy to the last. Near the village of Novgorodki, the fighter Kostya Malofeev and his comrades faced the Germans closely, and in this deadly battle private Konstantin was wounded, but thanks to the scout, he was taken from the battlefield, as he could not move himself. In a field hospital, he underwent two complex operations, but the operations did not help, and Kostya was upset that he would be commis-sioned and sent home, and he did not want to go home, he wanted to return to the ranks of the Soviet Army and continue to fight, and save his Homeland from the invaders. The doctors send Kostya to the deep rear, to the town of Buzuluk in the Orenburg region, where he again goes to the operating table, and endures several more operations after which he lay in the hospital for another four months away from his comrades. But he did not give up hope, fighting with his illness to return to the front again. Kostya told his wounded comrades what had happened to him before he was wounded. Here is one episode of military operations that private Constantine told his fellow soldiers: "they were making their way to the designated place and suddenly out of nowhere, an enemy plane appeared, a German vulture, came in three times and circled over our heads, raked with a machine gun, wanted to destroy us, and we remained alive and unharmed, the enemy failed to overcome us, Russian snipers. We were saved by a miracle and our guardian angels." And so, finally, the treatment ended and Kostya was sent to Sverdlovsk in the 39th tank training regiment. After completing his training there, Konstantin receives an appointment and becomes a commander of a gun, and goes to the front. They were brought to the Sandomierz bridgehead of the first Ukrainian front in the third tank army, commanded by General Rybalko. From here again, Kosti began fighting and the liberation of Polish cities such as Kielce, Wloszczowa, Lubliniec, częstochowa. Then freed the coast with his fellow soldiers city of Silesia, Opole, Wroslaw, bolesławiec, Forst. Kostya and his companions did not seem to have gone far in the fight against the enemy, but it was difficult. As Konstantin himself recalls: "Our soldiers fought to the death, only 600 thousand of our comrades died during the liberation of Poland." Personally, Kostya himself was in mortal danger several times, but death retreated from him, you can just say lucky, and he was also protected by his mother's prayers, which she put to his heart. And so Konstantin received a secret mission from the command, for which task he was well prepared. That night there was heavy rain and terrible darkness, and because of the bad weather Constantine lost his way and attacked a German ambush. But he was not confused and the task command performed. The next combat mission took place, when crossing the Oder, their tank had to break up a German column. Ahead was a railway with a high embankment and the tank could not immediately overcome the railway track. At this time, Konstantin was already a tank commander. When the tank cleared the railway track, the tank commander poked his head out of the hatch to see if they had arrived in the right direction. Suddenly, he saw several German soldiers ahead of him behind the embankment, who were lying down and did not think of retreating. Konstantin immediately jumped out of the tank and found himself alone among the Germans, and in his hand he had only a revolver, which contained only seven rounds. The Germans started firing, but he did not give up and fired at them with his revolver. Part of the Germans were destroyed, and the rest they suppressed with a tank. The task was done again. The command for the performance of this task awarded Konstantin the order of the "red star" for combat actions and the defeat of the enemy column. But after such a fight, Kostya was hit by a German bomb and was covered with earth's soil. He was shell-shocked and speechless. Thanks to my comrades, Konstantin recalled, who found me and dug me up. Fellow soldiers_x000D_ thought that he had died and wanted to bury him in a mass grave. But then, Konstantin began to come to himself. His comrades, he did not hear what they were asking him about. After a few hours, his hearing began to return, and he heard the sound of his tank's engine. Our troops were moving closer and closer to Germany. And now Berlin is not far away. Near Berlin, Konstantin's tank and another were on an ambush mission. The Germans made a psychic attack, but our troops stood to the death and our troops won the battle. The Germans who remained alive began to retreat. From April 16 to may 2, our soldiers stormed Berlin. On one of the streets it was necessary to conduct a reconnaissance and the honor fell to the crew of Constantine. During this operation, the tank was hit, burned, and the crew itself miraculously survived. A few days later, Kostya and his crew received another tank and continued to fight further. For his actions in the liberation of Berlin, Konstantin was awarded the order of the Patriotic war II degree and the medal for the"Capture of Berlin". Our soldiers liberated the German cities one by one: Cottbus, Lubens, Riza, and others. On may 2, we left Berlin, it was necessary to take Dresden and liberate Prague, Czechoslovakia. For the liberation of Prague, Konstantin was awarded another medal. he already has three orders and 14 medals on his chest. The war ended, our people liberated the Motherland from its enemies, but it was a shame that our soldiers continued to die. They continued to fight the Ukrainian internationalists, fought for about a year near the Carpathians. We were fighting in Lviv, and again Konstantin almost died in a fight with the internationalists in one of the battles, he was fired at by a machine gun, he miraculously survived. After the war, Konstantin served in the army for almost 8 years and was demobilized in 1950. He returned to his native village Kazuha, where he met his only love. He married and together with his beloved wife Anechka moved to the city of Kanash, where they lived together in a happy marriage for 55 years and raised three children Alexander, Antonina and Yuri. My great-uncle Konstantin Stepanovich lived his life with dignity. His life was full of numerous trials directly related to the Great Patriotic War. He was able to bear the full weight of the war on his shoulders, no matter what the victims. For bravery, fortitude and courage Konstantin Stepanovich was awarded the order of Patriotic war II degree, order of red star, medals "For victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", "For liberation of Prague", "For taking of Berlin" medal of Zhukov and many commemorative medals. I am very proud of my uncle, who is no longer with us, and his services to the Fatherland. I will never forget it, and I will always remember it. It lives in my heart, in the family album. _x000D_ I don't remember the date of death. Malofeeva, S. A. Fate of the Private Constantine / S. A. Malofeeva. Ulyanovsk, 2018, 8 p.: illustrations (Samizdat) _x000D_ Great-niece of Konstantin Stepanovich Malofeeva Svetlana Aleksandrovna

Mavzyutov Gazis Zagrukovich _x000D_ _x000D_ My grandfather Gazis Zagrukovich Mavzyutov was born on November 24, 1924 in the village of Abdulovo, Cherdaklinsky district. He lost his father early, who perished in the GULAG camps. As a child, he mastered several professions to feed his sick mother, younger sister and himself - a schoolboy. Immediately after the Day of Farewell Bell at school on 22nd of June, he went to the military registration and enlistment office. He was sent to the Moscow region, where a new tank corps was being formed. Gazis became the gunner of the T-34 tank gun of 213rd Tank Brigade, later renamed 15th Guards Tank Brigade of 1st Guards Don Tank Corps. He was baptized under fire on November 19, 1942 in the Stalingrad direction. The brigade had been in continuous combat until February 2, 1943. Having lost many tanks and people in the combat, the brigade was withdrawn from combats and sent to Tula. There they received a replenishment of personnel and new machines. The 1st Guards Don Tank Corps was preparing for combat on the Kursk Bulge ... Mavzyutov burned in a tank, was wounded many times, but survived. _x000D_ Being a disabled WWII veteran, he became a successful leader who won honor and respect among several generations of residents of the Ulyanovsk region. He began his career in the village of Abdulovo, where he worked in the Malo-Kandala Communist Department as a propagandist and deputy head of the propaganda and agitation department of the district party committee. Since 1950 (at the age of 26) he worked as the first secretary of the Staro-Kulatkinsky Communist Department. In November 1955, he became the head of the regional newspaper Znamya Lenina. After a while the energetic leader was recommended as the first secretary of the Novomalyklinsky district committee. From January 1965 to March 1982 he became the first secretary of the Melekess Communist Department (up to retirement due to disability). _x000D_ “Under his leadership, the Melekess district achieved great success in the economy, agriculture, social sphere, and cultural life. In the morning it was impossible to find him in his office, he went to the fields, to the farms or shops. All managers and many specialists He remembered birthdays of all his managers and specialists, was aware of their everyday problems, knew about their children. " From March 1982 to 1998 he was a Director of the Melekess Agricultural College. Author of a book on the development of agriculture._x000D_ "After retiring, he began to work at the Melekessky agricultural technical school, was director, taught political economy, led the section of agriculture. He showed the particularaties of agronomy in his garden. Gazis Mavzyutov began construction of a new building of the technical school. Under his leadership, trees, bushes, flowers were planted here." _x000D_ The memorial plaque on the house of Gazis Mavzyutov was opened on April 21, 2012 in Dimitrovgrad on the Angarskaya street. Gazis Zagrukovich Mavzyutov was buried at the Muslim Muslim cemetery. _x000D_ Awards: G.Z. Mavzyutov was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, medals "For Courage", "For Military Merit", "For the Defense of Stalingrad." Labor achivements of Gazis Zagrukovich were marked with two Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the medal "In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin", two gold, two silver medals of the Exhibition of Economic Achievements, numerous certificates and badges. _x000D_ He was awarded the title "Honorary Citizen of the Ulyanovsk Region" and entered in the Golden Book of Honor of the Ulyanovsk Region in 2000. He was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of the Melekess District" and entered the Book of Honor of the Melekess District in 2003.

Rank: Captain. Type of troops: Armored and mechanized troops. My grandfather, captain Ivan Sinelnikov, born on April 7, 1905 like many of his contemporaries was called to the front in June 1941. In his native, small, county town of Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh region. My grandmother Natalia Sinelnikova stayed with three small children - a son Yuri, born in 1930, a daughter Rimma, born in 1932 and a son Veniamin, born in 1939. In November 1941 my grandmother had a fourth child, my father Igor, who was not destined to see his father, my grandfather alive, but I will tell more about this this later. In the early summer of 1942 with the advance of the German-fascist invaders and the occupation of the area, my grandmother had to run on foot with four children, including a six-month-old infant in her arms, along with the large population of the city from the advancing enemy troops into the country. She told me about one case when they almost died during their flee. During the raid by enemy aircraft, the grandmother tried to hide in some basement, which was already full of people and she was simply not allowed there due to lack of free space. She hid with the children in the nearest shed, covering the children with what came to hand. After the raid, coming out of the barn, she learnt that the basement, where they were not allowed to hide was hit by a bomb and everyone was killed. After the liberation of the Ostrogozhsk district from the Nazi invaders in January 1943, the grandmother and her children returned home, but there she was waiting for the terrible news - the notification that her husband, captain Ivan SINELNIKOV, born on April 7, 1905, chief of staff of the battalion of the 70th tank brigade, 5 tank corps, 33 Army, Western front was missing. She waited for him for the rest of her life, hoped that he would return and raised four children alone. She wrote everywhere she could in order to find him, or at least to find out where he was buried but it was in vain. Then my mother continued the search after they got married with my father, and only after almost 50 years after the end of the Great Patriotic war, thanks to the work of our searchers, the place of his burial was discovered. On the site obd-memorial.ru there is full information about it. During the operation "Mars" (the Second Rzhev - Sychevskaya operation from 25.11.1942 to 20.12.1942) on December 12, 1942, he was wounded (through shrapnel wound of the left knee joint with joint damage. Anemia. Sepsis.). He was taken to the mobile field hospital No.482 for the treatment on December 16, 1942. He died of wounds on January 12, 1943. Buried in village Poletkina, Zubtsovsky district, Kalinin (Tver) region, the new cemetery on the south side, the first grave No.55. He was reburied in a mass grave of Zubtsov Memorial complex of Tver region, Moskovskaya Gora by order of the Executive Committee of the Zubtsov district No.120 dated 20.07.1955. On may 9, 1995 my father, his older brother Yuri and I visited the mass grave where my grandfather was buried in the city of Zubtsovo, Tver region. From there, we brought a handful of earth for my grandmother, who was still alive at the time. God rest her soul. On April 7 this year, we celebrate the 110th anniversary of the birth of our front-line soldier. I REMEMBER! I'M PROUD! ETERNAL GLORY TO THE LIVING! ETERNAL MEMORY TO THE FALLEN! I'll come to you in May, will sit on a bench in silence and whisper: "Hello, my grandfather... Thank you for the Victory. ... for me, ... for us, ... for silence."'

Orlov Grigorii Ivanovich

Derevyanko Semyon Mikhailovich Rank: Red army soldier Type of troops: Armored and mechanized troops Division: 1 tank red banner division war Veteran retired Colonel. He was born into a poor peasant family. In 1912, Semyon's parents Mikhail Filippovich and Maria Minaevna moved from the village of Takhty in the Stavropol territory to the village of Irinovka in Kazakhstan, where they lived and worked all their lives, acquiring a second homeland. After finishing primary school in Irinovka, young Senya entered and attended high school in the district center of Urjar. In connection with the shortage of teachers, the education Department of the district appointed a 10-grader Seeds Derevyanko, like student learning, teacher, place middle school, and two years later head of the educational part of the irinovskaya school. At the same time, a young teacher Derevyanko Sm, along with adult farmers, worked in Irinovka in the collective farm "New life". In January 1941, an 18-year-old boy was drafted into the Red Army by the Urdzhar district military Commissariat of the Semipalatinsk region and enlisted as a red army soldier in the 49th tank brigade in the city of Stanislav in Ukraine. As a young, educated, grasping and agile red army tankman, Semyon Mikhailovich Derevyanko quickly mastered the Suvorov "science of winning", comprehended the formidable technique-the tank, its weapons, so as to hit the enemy without a miss, and in the simplicity of his soul helped his fellow comrades in mastering the tactical and technical data of the tank. Here, in this city, he was caught by the war with Nazi Germany, which turned and crossed out all his plans and dreams, changed the fate of a person. In August 1941, the command of the tank brigade sent a tankman Sm. Derevyanko, as an excellent student of combat training in the military officer school in Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky city), where for about a year he studied at the radio Telegraph Department. But, shortly before the end of the accelerated course of training, in 1942, cadet Derevyanko was seconded to the Kalinin front, where he fought as part of the 1st guards tank brigade under the command of the famous major General of the tank forces M. E. Katukov. Young red army tankman Semyon Derevyanko in 1942, while on the Kalinin front, learned a lot from the guards, especially in the battles near the city of Bely, where there were fierce battles with Hitler's troops. This combat experience was useful to him in further battles to beat the enemy in the guards, especially on the Kursk bulge. In 1941-1942, after the expulsion of the Nazis from the territory of the Kalinin and Moscow regions, in January-February 1943, the 1st tank army was formed, which included the 64th tank brigade, where Semyon Derevyanko served. - The tank army arrived at the Kursk bulge, - tankman Derevyanko recalls, - from the reserve of the Supreme high command headquarters from the North-West near Kursk, where it was located on the Psel river in the second echelon after the 6th guards army of General I. M. Chistyakov, as part of the Voronezh front. The 1st tank army was assigned a combat task by the higher command: to defeat the advancing German-fascist troops in the Belgorod direction. As expected, early in the morning on July 5, 1943, the enemy launched an offensive on the Kursk bulge according to the "Citadel" plan. Against the 6th guards army and the 1st tank army in our defense zone, the 48th tank corps under the command of the experienced and treacherous General Manstein led the offensive. "For ten days and nights, our 64th tank brigade, like the entire tank army," recalls S. M. Derevyanko, " fought fierce, persistent defensive battles with a powerful strong enemy. But I especially remember the tank battles in the area of the city of Yakovlevo in the Kursk (now Belgorod) region, where literally there were duels between our and German tanks at close range. Tanks were ablaze from shell bursts, and the ground was on fire. The sky was black, the clanking of tank tracks and the roar of shells made the tankmen deaf, but they, despising death, bravely fought for their Homeland, defending every inch of their land. — The complexity of tank battles was also in the fact, - adds the brave tankman Semyon Derevyanko, - that the Nazis used new tanks "Tigers" and "Panthers", which had powerful armor and weapons. For example, the Tiger tank had 80 mm armor, and 100 mm in the frontal part, and was armed with an 88 mm gun that could penetrate the armor of the main Soviet tanks. Our tank shells did not penetrate the armor of German tanks, so we had to shoot only sub-caliber shells, and they were extremely lacking, since our industry was just mastering the production of these shells. However, our tankers managed to get into the vulnerable places of German tanks, through the viewing slots and at close range to disable them. And only on July 16, our troops forced the enemy to go on the defensive in stubborn battles. After a short respite, a tankman from Kazakhstan of the 64th tank brigade of the 1st tank army, Semyon Derevyanko, bravely fought the enemy for almost the entire month of July, knocked out two German tanks, and completed his combat mission. For bravery, fortitude and skill in the battle of Yakovlev, the command of the 64th tank brigade awarded S. M. Derevyanko the military rank of senior Sergeant and awarded him the medal "for bravery". "This was my first and therefore my most expensive award," he said. A great and memorable event in the life of a front-line tankman S. M. Derevyanko was his meeting 30 years later with the citizens of the city of Yakovlevo, which he was liberating from the Nazis. This meeting of tankmen of the 64th tank brigade resulted in a big and joyful city holiday of citizens and their liberators, which had a great educational value for the younger generation. Semyon Mikhailovich was invited to this meeting by the former commander of the 64th tank brigade, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, retired Colonel I. N. Boyko, whose Derevyanko was the head of the radio station. There was no end to their joy. At this exciting, unforgettable meeting, he also met and talked for the first time in 30 years with his fellow soldier in the brigade I. T. Efremov, with whom they fought together on the Kursk bulge, and then, without parting, reached Berlin, experiencing the bitterness of defeats and the joy of victories. The battle of Kursk did not end with a battle biography for the tankman S. M. Derevyanko, he and his glorious 64 tank brigade and 1 tank army, which in subsequent operations served as a sword that cut through the enemy's grouping, passed the battle path from the Kursk salient to Berlin, where he signed on the Reichstag! As part of the 1st Ukrainian front (former Voronezh), combat tankman S. Derevyanko liberated the cities of Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Chertkov, Chernivtsi, crossed the Dniester, bug, San, Vistula rivers, participated in the battles on the Sandomierz bridgehead, stormed the Seelow heights in Germany. For successful battles with Hitler's troops, the 1st tank army was renamed the 1st guards tank army on April 25, 1944, which has a certain contribution from our countryman-Kazakhstani S. M. Derevyanko. "Once to my tank crew," S. M. recalls. Derevyanko — - the command set a combat task: to force the Dniester river under water, to break in from the North of the railway station of Chernivtsi, to seize a bridgehead, to take control of the station and prevent the departure of German echelons with equipment and people to the West. A brigade and a tank army followed the crew across the river. The assigned combat task for the crew was completed successfully. For this feat, Semyon Derevyanko was awarded the order of the red Star by the command of the 64th tank brigade and appointed commander of a tank platoon. And here is how the city of Chertkov in the Ternopil region was liberated, says S. Derevyanko: "at dawn on March 23, 1944, our 64th tank brigade suddenly approached the city for the enemy, rapidly attacked the fascists so that they did not even understand where such a breakthrough of the tankers came from. As a result of a short but fierce battle with the enemy, the city of Chertkov was liberated from the Nazis. Citizens warmly and cordially thanked the tankers for their liberation from German slavery." In 1976, war veteran Semyon Mikhailovich Derevyanko was lucky enough to attend a meeting of war veterans with the residents of this city. — With what great joy, - recalls Semyon Mikhailovich, - the war veterans saw the huge changes that took place on the liberated Ukrainian land: many new buildings were built: residential buildings, hospitals, schools, kindergartens, cultural centers, cinemas… War veterans visited factories, construction sites, fields of the Progress collective farm, and livestock farms. And everywhere they were welcomed as relatives. Especially exciting were the meetings of the tank driver-teacher with school students, to whom he told about the war, about the exploits of the front-line soldiers. Victory day — may 9, 1945 - the commander of the guard company, senior Lieutenant S. M. Derevyanko, met in the defeated Berlin for treatment in the sanitary part of the brigade after two wounds in the battles for Berlin. In the battle for the capture of Berlin guards senior Lieutenant S. M. Derevyanko was awarded the medal "for military merit", the certificate of command of the 1st guards tank army and received a commendation from the Supreme Commander of the country. Almaty section of participants in the assault and capture of Berlin, where Sm. Derevyanko, annually celebrates may 2 as the day of the capture of Berlin, as a great celebration of the Victory of our troops and as a tribute to the memory of fallen soldiers in the fight against Nazi Germany. In December 1945, tank officer S. M. Derevyanko was discharged from the army as a specialist teacher and returned to his native village of Irinovka in the Semipalatinsk region. Already in March 1946, he was appointed head teacher of the irinovskaya secondary school, and in 1948 became its Director. When in 1957 he became the headmaster of Urjar secondary school, he also showed a positive side in this field. On the recommendation of the Ministry of education of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Semyon Derevyanko was transferred to Alma-ATA in 1971 and appointed Director of secondary school No. 52. At this school, he worked as a principal for about thirty years. Semyon Mikhailovich has a total teaching experience of more than 60 years. That's really someone to take an example from. It is characteristic that S. M. Derevyanko not only taught and educated the younger generation, but also studied himself. In 1952, he successfully graduated from the pedagogical Institute, and in 1954 from the Kazakh State University on-the-job. He also constantly worked on himself in order to keep up with the modern requirements of pedagogy, to be above his subordinates in order to successfully lead the school team. S. M. Derevyanko was awarded the order of the red banner of Labor for many years of conscientious work and skilful upbringing of the young generation. Is it a worthy addition to the three medals and 18 medals. Semyon Mikhailovich has the title of Honorary teacher of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic school and was awarded a diploma Of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic and a diploma of an Honorary citizen of Almaty.

Demin Boris Andreevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: In October 1940, Boris Demin became a cadet of the 301st tank battalion and studied to become a medium tank commander, and from October 1941 to December 1944 at the front he was a t-26 and T-34 tank commander in various tank brigades. The crew of Boris Demin's tank received its first baptism of fire at the very beginning of the war on June 29, 1941, behind Velikiye Luki, near the Leningrad-Kiev highway. "...an armored car appeared from the forest opening on the highway. Black swastikas spasmodically wriggled their spider legs on the armor, on the frontal shield-an unnaturally lean lion with a greedily gaping mouth. "So that's what the gate," thought Boris, and gave abruptly, the command " armor-piercing!". - Yes! - Fire!The first shell passed higher. The fascists opened fire randomly ,but the second sight was accurate: the armored car flashed a torch....One by one, Soviet tankers sent deadly projectiles into the forehead of the crawling fascist tanks and armored vehicles, shouting-for the Motherland! During the fighting in 1944 from his gun Demin BA destroyed 7 guns and 1 mortar battery, five machine-gun batteries, machine-gunned 2 enemy anti-tank guns and 2 machine guns, three vehicles and 200 enemy soldiers and officers. On a light tank, Boris Demin fought with the enemy on the fronts at the beginning of the great Patriotic war, stood guard at the borders with Manchuria, where selected Japanese samurai troops were waiting for the signal to attack. As part of the Korsun red banner tank regiment of the troops of the First Baltic front, the is tank, where the gun commander was guard Sergeant Boris Demin, approached the city of shauliai in January 1945. The troops Of the third Belorussian front were part of Prussia. A powerful wedge of our tank troops dismembered the Hitlerite troops and in Libava there was a hundred thousand enemy group in the cauldron. The command set the regiments the task of destroying the Nazi troops locked in a mousetrap. In these battles, the personal account of the gun commander Boris Demin recorded the destruction of two heavy and five medium tanks - "tigers"and " Panthers". "

Dubinin (Slavinsky) Ivan_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Second Lieutenant. Type of troops: Armored and mechanized troops. The soldier's real name is Ivan Vladimirovich Slavinsky. In his youth, he was stripped of his rights and sentenced to exile to the North as a member of the kulak family of the second category. Data from the book "History of dekulakization": "on January 30, 1930, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) adopted a resolution "on measures to eliminate kulak farms in areas of continuous collectivization". According to the decree, fists were divided into three categories: 1. The counter-revolutionary Aktiv, the organizers of terrorist acts and revolts. 2. The rest of the counter-revolutionary asset consists of the wealthiest kulaks and half-cashiers. 3. The remaining fists. Heads of kulak families of the first category were arrested, and cases of their actions were referred to special committees consisting of representatives of the OGPU, regional committees (kraikoms) VKP (b) and the Prosecutor's office. Family members of kulaks of the first category and kulaks of the second category were subject to eviction to remote areas of the USSR or remote areas of the region, territory, Republic for special settlement. Kulaks, of the third category, settled within the district on specially allocated land for them." Fleeing from exile, Ivan took the surname Dubinin. Under this name, since 1935, he studied at a tank school in the West of the USSR. From the first days of the war, as a second Lieutenant, Ivan fought on the border. During the following months, he led a tank platoon of the 30th tank brigade. In the battle of Uman, he fought against the mountain division "Edelweiss". Once in the Uman cauldron, he was captured along with 100,000 Soviet prisoners of war. The tanker's parents were notified that he was missing. At this time, Ivan was in a concentration camp for prisoners of war in Moscow. Vladimir-Volynsky. In the camp, prisoners were not given food, and Ivan's colleagues and friends died one by one. Ivan held out for almost a year, and died of starvation a week before the prisoners were released to the city for work, which meant salvation from starvation. Before his 30th birthday, the officer did not live only 6 days... In captivity, Ivan Dubinin-Slavinsky showed real heroism: despite the repressions directed against him in his youth by the Soviet authorities, the officer remained faithful to the oath, and, refusing to be recruited into the Cossack units of the Wehrmacht, preferred death by starvation.

Dolgich Ivan Petrovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Until 1940, he lived and studied on a collective farm, then, together with his mother and four brothers, he moved to Baku and got a job. From January 1941, he was assigned to the military enlistment office, where he studied military Affairs-weapons, tactics,and combat. On March 13, 1942, Ivan Petrovich volunteered for the red army. First of all, he was sent to the city of Ordzhonikidze in the airborne brigade, where he took the military oath and studied military Affairs for 12 – 14 hours. They were trained in parachuting, jump training, weapons training, combat tactics, and fire training. In may 1942, he was sent to the North Caucasus front, where he was enlisted as a gunner of the seventy-six millimeter field gun. From June 1942 to January 1943, he was on the defensive of the 32nd Guards red banner rifle division, the 80th Guards rifle regiment, and the seventy-six millimeter cannon division in the Kuban. On August 5, 1943, their regiment went on the offensive and conducted a deep-echeloned defense in the Kuban, liberating the Taman Peninsula and the city of Taman. Then he went along the Kerch Strait, moved to Kerch. On December 4, 1943, Ivan Petrovich was wounded in a fierce and bloody battle and transferred to the Taman Peninsula, where he underwent surgery. After the operation, he was sent to a hospital in Derbent, and then to Baku in a tank training regiment. In may, he graduated from the tank regimental school, after which he went to the second Ukrainian front, to Moldova and to the firing positions near Iasi. On August 20, 1944, at Iasi, he took part in a large – scale, well-prepared Iasi-Kishinev offensive, during which their regiment broke through the front, liberated Moldova and reached the Romanian border, liberating Sibiu, Ploiesti and Focsani. Ivan Petrovich recalls that in Romania they were greeted very cordially and warmly. Then the regiment reached Hungary, where on September 15, Ivan Petrovich was wounded for the second time – two armor-piercing shells hit the tank. After the operation, he was transferred to Luhansk, and then to Kislovodsk, where he lay from November to March. From the memoirs of Ivan Petrovich: "We're sleeping, we don't know anything... at about four in the morning... the nurse found a stick, banging on the door, it almost fell off its hinges. Open the door: - You why, you that?! – she goes: - Guys, the war is over!, - we, as I remember, were lying on the beds, all jumped on this sister, a few minutes were in this state… I can't even tell you." After the war, Ivan Petrovich was sent to Pyatigorsk in a tank training regiment to train as a driver.

George Ivanovich Ryazantsev_x000D_ _x000D_ Title: Foreman of the armed forces: Armored and mechanized troops was Born on January 8, 1922 in the village of Makhovoy Prival in the Bolsherechensky district of the Omsk region. Graduated from six classes. Before the war, he worked as a tractor driver on the collective farm "Zavety Ilyicha". On September 15, 1939, he was drafted into the red Army in the regimental school of a tank unit. In 1941, he was assigned to the 427th tank regiment as a Sergeant major. He was injured. He took part in the battles for Brest. After the war, he continued to work as a tractor driver on the collective farm "Zavety Ilyicha". Awarded the red Star "For courage", "For defense of Leningrad", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic war" (20-, 25-, 50-anniversary of great Victory). Georgy Ivanovich Ryazantsev was drafted into the army in 1939. He joined the tank forces, graduated from the regimental school of the tank school, and served in the 192nd unit of the 427th Siberian tank regiment. The war found him there. Sergeant Riazantsev went to travel on his T-34 on its roads, comprehending to the smallest subtleties the specialty of a mechanic-driver of medium tanks. "I think the T-34 tanks won the war. They are like pike, nimble, everywhere passed without much difficulty. You can't deny them stamina, speed, and strength. We won a lot of battles and attacks on our T-34s, plowed countless hectares of land - after the war... " from Kokchetav, part was transferred to Podolsk, then-towards the Dnieper. Your order here and get the tanker Ryazantsev. For the capture of the Dnieper. He was wounded and was in the hospital. "But alive... But our loader Kolya Kichigin, tank commander Ivan Starostin was not lucky - they were killed. At different times. And major Zinoviev was killed. And many of our brother tankers were killed on the battlefields. It was a long road to Germany..."The heaviest battle took place in the area of Frankfurt am Oder. Georgy Ivanovich remembered him with a special solemnity and pain: "We came to the Oder in April of' 45. At night. There are countless forces on both sides. Order: only forward! The river is not very wide, but stormy, mountainous. The current frightens with power, foreshadowing trouble. And then the savvy of our commanders came to the rescue: "Illuminate the opposite shore with searchlights! Proceed to the crossing!" Tanks roared, guns thundered, and everyone jumped into the water. Before our eyes, 8-10 cars immediately went to the bottom, the rest crossed. And a bloody battle ensued on the enemy's shore. Our helmets couldn't protect us from the roar, and many of us were permanently deafened by the twenty-four-hour attack... Then they moved on to Potsdam, remembering the fallen in battle, avenging those who will never see the sun again, will not hear the trills of the Nightingale... " a Thousand kilometers separated the tankman Riazantsev from Berlin, when he was severely concussed. The brave soldier lost his speech and hearing, thought he would remain a cripple forever. But his body was strong, and his spirit was hardy. In 1946, he returned home from the hospital, then went to raise virgin land, and later - to Bashkiria. On his tank, he plowed, sowed, harrowed the land, removing only the tower from it, then moved to a tractor. He started a family and had three daughters. They gave grandchildren (six), grandchildren-great-grandchildren (eleven). There is no longer a soldier of the great Patriotic war, but his family continues.

Rassokhin Ivan Lazarevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Red Army soldier. _x000D_ Type of troops: Armored and mechanized Troops. _x000D_ Division: the 1-st Panzer Red Banner Division. Ivan Lazarevich Rassokhin was born on may 20, 1922 in the village of Shuravino in the Shatrovskiy district of the Kurgan region in a large family (8 brothers and sisters). In 1935, he came to the village of Sagra in the Verkhe-Pyshminsky district of the Sverdlovsk region. Here he remained for permanent residence, hanging out with his nieces and younger sister. In order to take a tractor driver's course, he went to his native village to get a birth certificate, but the documents were lost after the death of his parents. I had to restore them, and in order to be older and go to study as a tractor driver, my grandfather deliberately added an extra year to his age, because they took courses from the age of 14, and he was only 13.From this point on, the grandfather's date of birth is may 20, 1922, not 1923. After completing the course, my grandfather worked as a tractor driver in the timber industry until 1941. When the war began, he, like many residents of the country, did not stay away, but was eager to go to the front (he was only 18 years old at that time). The assigned year also helped him here, after training as a tank driver and radio operator, he fought as part of the 1-st guards tank brigade. The brigade was transferred to the most severe battles. In one of the battles at the river crossing, my grandfather's tank was hit and almost completely submerged in water. The entire crew of the tank was killed, but the grandfather was still alive! Although he was badly injured and shell-shocked. On the second day after the battle, it was accidentally discovered by passing Russian troops. My grandfather was taken to the hospital, after treatment, he could no longer control the tank and was sent to train as a gunner of the “Katyusha” anti-aircraft multiple-launch rocket launcher.

Boris Sergeevich commanded the 50th tank division, the 150th tank brigade, was chief of staff of the 17th tank Corps, commander of the 9th tank Corps, by order of the Supreme Commander 0181 dated 05.07.44, the corps was given the name "Bobruisk". On July 16, 1944, at 9:00 a.m., Major General Boris Sergeevich Bakharov of the tank forces went to check the defense section of the 23rd tank brigade in the Shakuna area (Belarus) and, having jumped to the bridge 1 km west of Kazemirovka, was fired from a German anti-tank cannon, and was killed by a direct hit in the neck cavity. He was buried on July 20, 1944 in Bobruisk on Victory Square. He was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner (1943, 1944), the Orders of Kutuzov I and II degrees (1944).

Rakhmanov Minnegarif Iskhakovich_x000D_ _x000D_ My grandfather Rakhmanov Minnegarif Iskhakovich was born on July 3, 1925 in the village of Atabayevo, Laishevsky district, Tatar ASSR. When he was 15 years old, they left the village to recruit in the city of Astrakhan.In 1941, the war began. In 1942, my grandfather volunteered for the war, because at that time he was 17 years old, first he went through military training and in the fall of 1942 he went to the front. In 1943 he participated in the battle of Stalingrad, it was the first award, the medal of valor. In 1943 in December, during a tank battle his tank was hit, he received a shrapnel wound in the leg and in the arm, the fight was night and until he was found and taken to the hospital was that he had frostbitten feet, he was taken to the hospital and amputated his left leg, and right leg healed, but as a result of shrapnel wounds to his leg all the time was sick and needed additional surgery and treatment. He ended up in a Kazan hospital and was treated for two months. In the hospital, he was seen by a fellow villager, Minnegarif strictly warned that his parents would not find out about his injuries. In 1944, he was again in the Kazan hospital, old wounds made themselves felt. They wanted to amputate the second one. But the war again reminded of itself, the second leg, but the treatment gave results, the wounds healed. The story was repeated again, he again met with a fellow villager and this time his injuries were reported in his native village, to his parents. Mother Minnegalieva Karim apa rounds of all the hospitals of Kazan, has not yet found her son. Minnegarif said that in the village he would be a burden and he will not find a job, and wanted to live in the home for the disabled. His mother didn't want to hear about it and brought him home. As they say, houses and walls help. His health improved. He got married, completed accounting courses in Sabah, and started working on a collective farm as an accountant. The wounds were not intolerable, and the second leg had to be amputated. At this time, he already had three children and a life partner. He had to learn to walk in prosthetics. He was a strong man, and pain plagued all his life. He continued to work and worked for 40 years and raised four children. His wife's eldest son was from her first marriage, and his wife's first husband died at the front. He never divided children into his own and others' and treated his wife's son as his own. He never complained about his pain, learned to drive a car and left work like all people at 60. He supported his family in prosperity and raised decent children. Soon there were also long-awaited grandchildren. Minigrip didn't like to ask for help from the state. In recent years, he lived with his son Damir. My grandfather Rakhmanov Minnegarif Iskhakovich was born on July 3, 1925 in the village of Atabayevo, Laishevsky district, Tatar ASSR. When he was 15 years old, they left the village to recruit in the city of Astrakhan. In 1941, the war began. In 1942, my grandfather volunteered for the war, because at that time he was 17 years old, first he passed military training and, in the fall of 1942, he went to the front. In 1943, he participated in the battle of Stalingrad, where he received the first award, the medal for bravery." In December 1943, during a tank battle, his tank was hit, he received a shrapnel wound in the legs and arm, the battle was night and while he was found and taken to the medical unit, it turned out that he frostbitten his legs, he was transferred to the hospital and amputated his left leg, and the right leg healed, but as a result of shrapnel wounds, his leg was always sore and required additional operations and treatment. He ended up in a Kazan hospital and was treated for two months. In the hospital, he was seen by a fellow villager, Minnegarif strictly warned that his parents would not find out about his injuries. In 1944, he was again in the Kazan hospital, old wounds made themselves felt. They wanted to amputate the second leg, but the treatment gave results, the wounds healed. The story was repeated again, he again met with a fellow villager and this time his injuries were reported in his native village, to his parents. Mother Mineraria - Karim apa rounds of all the hospitals of Kazan, has not yet found her son. Minnegarif said that in the village he would be a burden and he will not find a job, and wanted to live in the home for the disabled. His mother didn't want to hear about it and brought him home. As they say, houses and walls help. His health improved. He got married, completed accounting courses at the SBAH, and started working as an accountant on a collective farm. The wounds were not intolerable, and the second leg had to be amputated. At this time, he already had three children and a life partner. IHe had to learn to walk in prosthetics. He was a strong man, and pain plagued all his life. He continued to work and worked for 40 years and raised four children. His wife's eldest son was from her first marriage, and his wife's first husband died at the front. He never divided children into his own and others' and treated his wife's son as his own. He never complained about his pain, learned to drive a car and left work like all people at 60. He supported his family in prosperity and raised decent children. Soon there were also long-awaited grandchildren. Minigrip didn't like to ask for help from the state. In recent years, he lived with his son Damir. Suffered two heart attacks and from the third heart exhausted by military wounds could not stand it he died at 75 years of a heart attack. A special place in his life is occupied by his tender feelings for his wife, who devoted her entire life to a legless invalid, she was 9 years older than Minnegarif and all her life loved, respected and cared for him. There was always understanding and incredible love between them. The memory of him as a participant in the great Patriotic war, as a strong-minded person is kept in the memory of his relatives and fellow villagers.