Kirdyanov Matvey Ivanovich, Guard Colonel, born in 1908, in Sergach district of Gorkiy region. List of awards: Order of Red Star (April 13th, 1942), Order of Red Banner (September, 15th, 1943), Order of Suvorov, III class (March, 5th, 1944), Order of Alexander Nevsky (January, 28th, 1945), Order of Red Banner (October, 18th 1942), Order World War II class (February, 16th, 1943), Order of Red Star (November, 6th 1945) medal "For Military Merit" (November, 3rd, 1944), Medal "For Defense of Stalingrad" (June, 2nd, 1943), Medal "For Victory over Germany in Great For the Patriotic War of 1941-1945 " (May, 9th, 1945)