He was born in 1919 in theMalinovka village, Novosibirsk region. He met his brothers in Moscow, at the station. Pavel (brother) had a bar of soap in his backpack. He quickly left them and sold this piece, and bought a bottle of moonshine. They drank, hugged and parted on different sides. Fedor Vasilyevich served in the Soviet Army for 25 years. He had many wounds, served in Tallinn, Estonian SSR with the rank of Colonel. He died on March 3, 2012 at the age of 93.