Shatskikh Dmitry Nikiforovich was born on November 7, 1907 in the village. Sine-Lipyagi, Khokholsky District, Voronezh Region. Before the war he worked on a collective farm. In 1941 he was called to defend the Motherland. He fought in Belarus near Brest, some of them were surrounded. For two months they fought out of the encirclement. We reached Voronezh, and with army units were sent to fight near Kursk. He was captured there, escaped and fought again, reached Poland. In 1944 he was seriously wounded - he tore off his left arm. He was treated for a long time in the hospital, and there he learned about the Victory. He had awards: "For Military Merit", the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War II degree, the medal "For Victory over Germany."