Kalishin Vasily Fedorovich - junior sergeant in the army from the beginning of the war until the victory over Germany. Fought on the Western, South-Western, Stalingrad, Bryansk and 1st Ukrainian fronts. He participated in the Stalingrad and Kursk battles, liberated Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Germany. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded on November 17, 1943 for the courage and valor shown during the crossing of the Dnieper and holding the bridgehead on the right bank of the river. In the battles for Berlin, Dresden, Prague he participated in battles as the commander of a reconnaissance company.