60 Sentyurin, Vladimir Ivanovich Rank: Leiutenant General, Hero of the Soviet Union Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except for naval Aviation), Coastal Service, NKVD troops, Border Troops Subdivision: 62nd Guards Rifle Zvenigorod-Budapest Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division Sentyurin Vladimir Ivanovich is a participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, son of close friends of my family. His father, Ivan Mikhailovich Sentyurin, was the director of the “ 20 Let Oktyabrya” sovkhoz. The life of Vladimir Ivanovich: Vladimir Ivanovich Sentyurin (1918-1997) was a Leiutenant General of the Internal Troops of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943). Vladimir Sentyurin was born on January 20, 1918 in Pavlodar. After graduating from High School, he worked as a driver at a sovkhoz. In November 1938 Sentyurin was drafted into the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. In 1941 he graduated from the Tambov Infantry School. Since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War he was on its fronts. He was wounded twice in battles. By September 1943, Guards Major Vladimir Sentyurin commanded a Battalion of the 182nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 62nd Guards Rifle Division of the 37th Army of the Steppe Front. He distinguished himself during the battle for the Dnieper. On September 28, 1943, Sentyurin's Battalion crossed the Dnieper near the village of Kutsevolovka, Onufrievsky District, Kirovograd Region, Ukrainian SSR, and captured a foot strong on its western bank, after which it successfully held it, repelling seven German counterattacks. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 20, 1943, for "courage and heroism shown in the fight against the German invaders", Guards Major Vladimir Sentyurin was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal numbered 3527. After the end of the war, he continued to serve in the Internal Troops of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1951, Sentyurin graduated from the Military Institute of the USSR Ministry of State Security, in 1961 - from the Military Academy of the General Staff. In June 1979, with the rank of Leiutenant General Sentyurin was transferred to the reserve. He lived in Moscow. He died on August 5, 1997, was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow. He was an Honored Worker of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was also awarded the Orders of the Red Banner and the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of the Red Star and a number of medals.