Tereshkin Sergei Nikitovich Title: My maternal great-grandfather TERESHKIN SERGEY NIKITOVICH (25/10/191829/12/1992) participated in the Great Patriotic war in 1942 on the South-Western, 3rd Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian Fronts. He was orn on October 25, 1918. Place of birth: Mordovskaya ASSR, Temnikovsky R-n, d. Ivanovka. Graduated after the 4th form. Before the war, he worked in Moscow in the NCO plant No. 358. In the He joined the Red in 1942. Place of call: Kuntsevo RVC. Rank: GV. private. Unit, division, position: 1) Unit #35, Air Defense platoon, gunner (December 1941-April 1942); 2) 101st Guards Rifle Regiment of the 35th Guards Rifle Division, gunner (April 1942-October 1945); 3) 63rd branch of the 26th SMERSH Rifle Company of the 8th Guards Army, gunner (October 1945 - may 1946). AWARDS: 6 medals, of which 2 - "For BRAVERY", 2 - "For MILITARY MERIT", 1- "For the VICTORY OVER GERMANY in the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR of 1941-1945", 1 - "For the LIBERATION of WARSAW"; "Order of the PATRIOTIC WAR II CLASS"; "ORDER of the RED STAR", as well as numerous commemorative medals, including: "20 YEARS of VICTORY IN the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945", "25 YEARS of VICTORY IN the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR", "30 YEARS of VICTORY IN the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945", "40 YEARS of VICTORY IN the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945", "60 YEARS of the USSR ARMED FORCES", "70 years of the ARMED FORCES of the USSR". During the war, there was one bullet wound through the left arm. Awarded thanks: 1) COMMENDATION by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union comrade Stalin, dated 31.01.1945. No. 266 to the participant of the German border crossing and the invasion of the branderbur province; 2) GRATITUDE by order of the Supreme Commander-in-chief Marshal of the Soviet Union comrade Stalin of 23.04.1945 No. 339 for breaking through the heavily fortified, deeply echeloned enemy defenses, capturing the cities of Frankfurt am Oder, Vandlin, Oranienburg, Birkenwerder, Hennigsdorf, Pankov, Friedrichsfelde, Karlshorst, kepenik and invading the German capital Berlin 3) gratitude by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union comrade Stalin, dated 02.05.1945, No. 359 For mastering the city of Berlin. Of orders on rewarding and supporting documents hereto 1) No. 18/n from: 30.09.1943 Published: 101 Guards Rifle Regiment 35 Lozova Guards Red Banner Rifle Division 6 army of the South-Western Front Medal "FOR MILITARY MERIT" "Liaison of the 5th infantry company of the 2nd infantry battalion of the guard of the red army Tereshkin Sergei Nikitovich for maintaining the uninterrupted communication of the commander with the battalion commander and the regiment under gun and submachine-gun fire and bombing by enemy aircraft, ensuring the orderly management of the fight for human settlements: Vinino, Braganca, Nastasyevka" (was wounded); 2) No. 53/n from: 11.09.1944 Issued: 101 Guards Rifle Regiment 35 Guards Rifle Lozovskaya Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division 8 Guards Army of the 1st Belorussian front medal "for BRAVERY" "Tereshkin Sergei Nikitovich for the fact that he when crossing the Radomka river and capturing the village of mark shooting from personal weapons destroyed 2 German soldiers and 1 officer, and in during the attack on enemy positions suppressed enemy machine gun fire"; 3) No. 67/n from: 27.02.1945 issued: 101 Guards Rifle Regiment 35 Guards Rifle Lozovskaya Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division 8 Guards Army of the 1st Belorussian Front medal "for BRAVERY" "For the fact that he was in the battle for the village of Bzhuza 15.01.45, breaking out among the first in the village, destroyed 3 German soldiers"; 4) No. 176/n from: 20.05.1945 published: 35th Guards Rifle Division "Order of the Red Star""28.04.45 given in battle during the storming of one of the strongly fortified houses of the 112 quarter of Berlin.Tereshkin, breaking into the house with grenades, destroyed the enemy's light submachine gun with its crew. 3 German soldiers and 6 Hitlerites were captured, which contributed to the successful capture of the house and the further advance of the company." Also on 10.01.1977 he was awarded the badge "WINNER of the SOCIALIST COMPETITION IN 1976". After the war, he worked as a loader, bricklayer, and carpenter at the Zlatoust metallurgical plant named after Stalin, a carpenter for the construction of houses for teachers, a bricklayer at Semiozerny SMU. Married to my great-grandmother Anastasia Tereshkina, they had 7 children: 2 sons and 5 daughters. So, my great-grandparents have 14 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren today. My great-grandfather died on 29.12.1992 at the age of 74. DESPITE THE FACT THAT I DID NOT FIND MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER DURING HIS LIFETIME, I AM VERY PROUD OF HIS FEAT AND THE FEAT OF ALL OUR PEOPLE! YOUR FEAT IS IMMORTAL! REMEMBER! LOVE! PROUD! Information provided by great-granddaughter Yulia Kruglova. Hear me from the depths of time, you are my native, my legendary great-grandfather! And from above, looking at the saved world, find yourself among other names. I am proud to join the Immortal regiment, because the memory of you is sacred to my heart, and to remember the feat of every soldier for the great-grandchildren of Victory is the highest duty! Let the people of my country stand in line, let the villages, cities, villages of their heroes remember their righteous faces, full of great dignity. So that their glory will survive the centuries, so that our children remember this, so that they know the price of that Holy Victory, join the ranks of the Immortal regiment!