Vasilenko Mikhail Abramovich (1913-1978). Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), Honorary Citizen of Blagoveshchensk (1967). Participated in the war with Germany since August 1941. Passed the combat route from the Volga to Berlin as part of the 1137th artillery regiment 169 1st Artillery Brigade, 14th Artillery Division, 6th Artillery Breakthrough Corps, 5th Shock Army of the 1st Belorussian Front. Lieutenant, fire platoon commander. In the battles for the expansion of the bridgehead on the western bank of the Oder in the Kustrin region (27-28.03.1945), the battery commanded by M.A. Vasilenko, destroyed 22 tanks. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, the Red Star and medals.