Suiargulov Iusup Akhmetovich
Yusup Akhmetovich Suyargulov is the only living veteran of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Baymaksky District, who fought in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
The retired Senior Police Sergeant, Suyargulov Yusup Akhmetovich, was born on January 25, 1925 in a large peasant family in the village of Khusainovo, Orenburg region. In 1933 the family moved to Baimak, and in January 1943, when Yusup Akhmetovich was not yet 18 years old, he was drafted to the front. He still recalls how a group of just over 10 people had to walk to the city of Magnitogorsk, where they were sent by train to the city of Ufa to a recruiting station. Then they were transported to a training center in Totsk, Orenburg region.
As the veteran recalls, because of the terrible famine, many young soldiers rushed to the front as soon as possible. Closer to the winter of 1943, Yusup Akhmetovich was sent to the front and, in January 1944, received his first baptism of fire in battles as part of the 347th Separate company of machine gunners of the III Ukrainian Front. He takes part in the battles for the liberation of the cities of Kharkov, Kiev, participates in the forcing of the Dnieper, Rava rivers, the liberation of Moldova. He took part in the battles for the liberation of Budapest and Vienna. Victory Day found Yusup Akhmetovich in the capital of Austria. During his participation in the battles, he was twice wounded. After demobilization in 1946 he worked as a laborer in various organizations of the city and district. In 1949, he entered the service of the internal affairs bodies and from that moment until the retirement in 1975 he served with dignity in the Baymak GROVD as a policeman. For the glorious military path on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, heroism and courage, Yusup Akhmetovich was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree and the Order of the Red Star.
During the period of service in the internal affairs bodies, he was awarded medals "For impeccable service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs" of all three degrees and other numerous awards. For many years, being on a well-deserved rest, Yusup Akhmetovich was and remains an activist of public life and the veteran movement in his native institution.