Rank: Sergeant Branch of Service: Armored and Mechanized Troops Yakov Bezusov was born in 1905 in the village of Sandata, Salsky District, Rostov Region, in a peasant family. He was called up to the front of the Great Patriotic War by the Zimovnikovskiy District Military Commissariat on February 5, 1944. He became a Guards private, anti-tank rifleman, ani-tank company, of the 1st Rifle Battalion, 3rd Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Brigade, 1st Guards Order of Lenin Mechanized Corps. In October 1941, All the livestock of horses and the cattle of the Zimovnikovsky stud farm #163 and 12 other farms of the Don Region and North Caucasus was evacuated beyond the Volga River. Herds of horses and cattle march to Stalingrad. A difficult test for people and animals was the crossing of the Volga River. In the first day, up to 5,000 horses were transported. Then the storm and icing started, and 4,000 heads remained on the right Bank of the Volga, with no grazing closer than 50 km away. They had to wait two weeks for appropriate conditions for further crossing. The horse herds suffered heavy losses due to lack of premises, lack of food, and they died during the crossing. However, most of the animals were saved. It would be no exaggeration to say that the people who overcame the hardships of the evacuation were real heroes. These were Yakov Bezusov, Serafim Gorbachev, Josef Ryabko and others. Very soon, Yakov Bezusov showed himself in a battle - on the front of the Great Patriotic War. From the Award List of February 8, 1945: Guards Red Army soldier Ya. Bezusov in an offensive battle with his anti-tank gun destroyed two machine-gun points, and he fired on the move, keeping the rifle on the shoulder of his assistant, so his crew advanced to the outskirts of the city. In the city Yakov Bezusov, with his well-aimed fire, destroyed the Hitlerites who were hiding in houses, opening intense fire on the attic, where the enemy's submachine gunners were located and hindered the platoon's progress. Because of these actions, some of the Nazis were killed, and some fled. Conclusion: deserved a government award the Order of the Red Star. Signed: Commander of the 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion, Guards Major Kozubenko. From the Award List of March 28, 1945: Guards Sergeant Yakov Bezusov in the battle during the capture of the village on March 21, 1945, showed courage and bravery and under enemy fire, being on the left flank of hill 196. The enemy's armored personnel carrier, standing in ambush, hindered the advance of our infantry. Guards Sergeant Yakov Bezusov acting boldly, crawled close to the enemy armored personnel carrier and with accurate fire from his anti-tank rifle knocked out 1 German personnel carrier and 4 German soldiers. During the attack on the village of Yanshlan, the enemy sitting on the Church opned a devastating fire at our soldiers from a machine gun, and did not allow the infantry to advance. Comrade Yakov Bezusov received the task-to remove the enemy from the bell tower and comrade Bezusov accurately silenced the enemy machine gun. That made it possible for the infantry to advance. Conclusion: Yakov Bezusov was awarded with the Order of the Red Star by the Government. Signed: Commander of the 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion, Guards Major Kozubenko. During the war Yakov Bezusovgetting was injured, had a well-deserved medal For Couradge (February 1945), Orders of the Red Star, the Patriotic War 2nd degree and many other medals. He continued his career in Zimovnikovskiy Budennyi Stud farm #163, where for a long time worked as a foreman of the herdsmen and at other positions. Yakov Bezusov until the end of his life lived at Zimovnikovsky stud farm #163 - Kamyshev farm. Together with his wife Maria, they raisedand gave a start in life to their four children, two of whom live in the Kamyshev farm -Ivan Bezusov and Alexandra Shcherbakova. The youngest son Yuri Bezusov lives in Salsk, the youngest daughter Raisa Daurova lives in Rostov-on-Don. Yakov Bezusov died in 1989, at the age of 84. He outlived his wife Maria Bezusova by 10 years. The couple was buried in the village cemetery of the Kamyshev farm.