Saushkin Pyotr Vasilyevich Born in 1917, place of birth: Voronezh region, Paninsky district, village of Nikolskoye-1. Russian. He was in the Red Army since February 20, 1939, called in Voronezh region. In the active army he was since July of 1941. Member of the Komsomol since 1942. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1944, party card number 6399176. He was wounded twice: on January 3, 194 near Rzhev, and on October 10, 1943, lightly under farm Opukhliky. By order of the commander of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 46th Guards Rifle Division of the 2nd Baltic Front. Lieutenant Colonel Mikhailov No. 022/N from February 22, 1944 was awarded the medal "For military merit". Guard Sergeant SAUSHKIN Pyotr Vasilyevich for the fact that during the fighting for the village of Babichi-Motovilovo, acting as a gunner with accurate fire of his gun destroyed 2 enemy firing points and suppressed the fire of a mortar battery, which contributed to the advance of the infantry forward and capture the settlements. August 23, 1944 commander of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 46th Guards Rifle Division Guars Colonel Kruglikov signed the award list for the Order of the Red Star to the commander of the gun battery of 76-mm guns Guards Sergeant Saushkin P. V.: "during the forcing of the Western Dvina river comrade Saushkin was veru active in the construction of a raft for crossing the river, quickly adopting the order of battle, and with the fire of his gun supported the advance of our infantry on Beshenkovichi. In the area of settlements Pareniye, Vlasovo accurate fire of the guns he destroyed a weapon emplacement of the enemy, together with the crew. On the 9th of July in 1944 in the area of the village of Chizhuny fire guns suppressed two enemy firing points and destroyed up to a platoon of enemy infantry. The commander of the 46th Guards Rifle Division, Colonel Vasiliev, made a decision: "To award the order of Glory of the 3rd class." On 15 August 1944 he signed the award list for the Order of the Great Patriotic War of the 2nd class for the guards commander of the battery 76-mm guns. Sergeant P. V. Saushkin:"In the battle for the commanding heights of the village Angeleski the enemy opened heavy fire from all weapons and forced to lie our infantry. Saushkin, being with the 1st Rifle Battalion, rolled out his gun to an open firing position and directly suppressed the fire of three enemy firing points with 12 shells, which allowed the infantry to rise to the attack and break into the settlement. On the 28th of July in 1944 the enemy in the same area went on a counterattack, supported by self-propelled guns. Saushkin with his crew opened direct fire on self-propelled guns with seven shells. One self-propelled gun was hit and no longer fired. In addition, noticing the accumulation of enemy infantry, Saushkin opened fire on it directly, as a result, destroyed up to a platoon of enemy infantry, the rest fled. The division commander Colonel Vasiliev made a decision: "Award the Order of the Red Star". On the basis of these two documents, an order was issued by the commander of the 46th Guards Rifle Division of the 1st Baltic Front No. 079/N dated September 20, 1944, which awarded Sergeant Saushkin two orders at once-the Red Star and the Glory of the 3rd class. Already on September 21, 1944, the commander of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment, Major Vladimirsky, presented Sergeant Saushkin to be awarded the order of the Patriotic war of the 1st class:"In the battles against the German invaders when breaking through the heavily fortified enemy defenses on the night of September 13, 1944 in the area of the village of Bunga comrade Saushkin's direct-fire cannon repelled a fierce counterattack of the enemy, who tried to break into our battle lines, while the enemy tank fire was suppressed and up to 10 Germans were destroyed. On the 16th of September in 1944 on the March, the enemy fired at the battery and units from a direct-fire anti-aircraft gun and a self-propelled gun. Saushkin quickly deployed the gun and destroyed the anti-aircraft gun with direct fire and suppressed the fire of the self-propelled gun, which disappeared into the forest. On the 17th of September, 1944 in the area of the village of Pruseni, when the enemy surrounded the regiment from all sides and tried to finally close the ring, Saushkin with his gun direct fire destroyed up to a company of enemy infantry, which allowed the infantry to break through the encirclement ring. Here he also destroyed the enemy's 75-mm cannon and one car." Colonel Vasiliev remains honest to himself: "Award the Order of Glory of the 3rd class." And its order No. 0103/N of September 26, 1944 awards Guards Sergeant Saushkin this order again. On October 10, 1944, the commander of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment, Major Vladimirsky, again issued an award list for the Order of the Patriotic war of the 1st class to the commander of the first crew of the Battery of 76-mm guns, Sergeant Saushkin: "Comrade Saushkin Pyotr Vasilyevich while repelling the enemy's counterattack with 8 tanks on the 7th of October, 1944 at 7 o'clock in the afternoon showed a sample of mastering his weapon to perfection. When the tanks, noticing his gun, quickly rushed to his gun, he with his usual calmness, encouraging his soldiers, opened fire on the tanks and the third shell knocked out one tank (tearing off the tracks), and the second subsequent four shells set fire to. The other tanks increased their fire on the cannon and it was destroyed. Even after that, the crew did not lose their heads, and with grenades in their hands they rushed at the other tanks, throwing anti-tank grenades at them and shooting the paratroopers with automatic fire. Seeing this, the tanks turned suddenly and quickly went back. The counterattack was repulsed. And the division commander guards Colonel Vasiliev again: "Award the order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd class." he was supported by the commander of the Artillery of the 22nd Guards Rifle corps, Colonel Sobolev. And by the order of the commander of the 22nd Guards Rifle corps of the 1st Baltic Front, Major General Chernikov No. 0110 of October 27, 1944, Sergeant Saushkin was awarded the Order of the Patriotic war of the 2nd class. On January 31, 1945, the commander of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Savkin for the third time signs the award list for the Order of the Patriotic war of the 1st class to Sergeant Saushkin: "On the 23rd of January of 1945 while breaking through the enemy's line of defense at the railway track comrade Saushkin supported the attacking groups with his gun, rolled out his gun to an open firing position under heavy machine-gun and mortar fire from the enemy and destroyed two enemy machine guns, one manual, along with their crews, and up to 20 German soldiers and officers with direct fire. On the 26th of January in 1945, when the enemy, supported by tanks and self-propelled guns, launched a series of counterattacks, trying to restore their original position, comrade Saushkin took part in repelling counterattacks. All counterattacks were repulsed, and the tanks turned back.» The division commander Major General Savchuk decided to: "Award the Order of the Red Star." And its order No. 0139/N of February 5, 1945 formalizes this decision. Quite interesting is the design of the award of the medal "For bravery". In the award list of July 18, 1945, the commander of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 46th guards rifle Red Banner Division Lieutenant Colonel Ozersky writed: "During the battles with the German invaders to break through the heavily fortified and deeply echeloned enemy defenses at the railway in the area of the settlements of Brouveri, Clavy, Purmsaty and Siseni from January 23 to 30, 1945, comrade Saushkin, commanding his gun and subsequently replacing the gunner who was out of action, suppressed the enemy's firing point, destroyed two vehicles with ammunition, dispersed and partially destroyed up to a platoon of enemy infantry, which contributed to the successful offensive of our infantry. "The commander of the 46th Guards Rifle Red Banner Division, Major General Savchuk, approved this award list on July 14. And the award was made by order of the commander of the 50th Army, Lieutenant General Ozerov No. 050/N of June 2, 1945.