The commander of the artillery of the 5th Army, Major General Semyonov and Commissar Tobolkin at the front in 1941. Guard Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Sergeevich Tobolkin went through the entire war. In 1945 he served in the political department of the 140th Aviation Brigade of the 3rd Belorussian Front. Member of the strategic offensive East Prussian operation against the troops of Nazi Germany. The combat path of I.S. Tobolkin has received many awards. Among them are the Order of the Red Banner, two Orders of the Patriotic War, I and II degrees.