Rank: Private Branch of Service: Ground Troops, Air Force (except Naval Aviation), Coast Guard Services, NKVD Troops, Border Troops. Unit: 371st Rifle Division, Vitebsk, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov. Alexander was born in the city of Gorky into a respected family of the head of the Nizhny Novgorod Criminal Investigation Department. After finishing school, he immediately started working at the railway depot as a fitter-mechanic. When World War II broke out, he volunteered for the front. However, at the start of the war, his regiment fell into encirclement, and the Germans captured him and other soldiers. Together with a group of comrades, Alexander escaped. Later, after wandering briefly through the woods, their small band of surviving soldiers encountered a military unit. That's how Barokin A.I. joined regular army ranks again. Alexander successfully fought in Belarus until 1943, when once again he and his fellow soldiers fell into German encirclement and captivity. Yet another successful escape ensued. After fleeing the camp, Alexander met Belarusian partisans in the forest and stayed with them to fight against the Nazis, setting ambushes on German transport, sabotaging railways, and burning houses where sleeping Germans resided. In 1944, when Belarus was fully liberated from German invaders, Alexander rejoined the regular army. His final letter to his mother dates back to 1945 (Eastern Prussia). Alexander Ivanovich was very brave and fearless. Apparently, a German bullet caught up with him and fatally wounded the Russian soldier-liberator. He is listed as missing in action to this day.