Semyon Nikolaevich Ivanov The first Mari cameraman. Born in the village of Mari Chodrayal, Kuzhenersky District, Mari ASSR. War years: 1939 - 1946 (The White Finnish War. The Great Patriotic War. The Japanese War) The Great Patriotic War was a driver of a car and an armored personnel carrier, with the rank of corporal. He served in an anti-tank battalion (Separate anti-aircraft artillery air defense battalion), took out guns and wounded from the battlefield. He was surrounded, was wounded, seriously shell-shocked. After the hospitals, he again joined the ranks of the Soviet Army. He photographed a lot at the front.