Stepan Andreyevich Zhizhin When Katyusha was invented, Stepan Andreyevich started working for her, transporting weapons from the steel plant to the front line, risking his life but doing his duty. One day they were sitting in the car with Commander Smirnov Petro, and at that moment the shell fell right behind them, but not with its head, but with a flashlight, which kept them from exploding.