Rank: Red Army Soldier Branch of Sevice: Land Forces, Air Force (except for Naval Aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD troops, Border Guard Unit: 276th Temryuk Double Red Banner Rifle division Peter Batyaikin was born in 1921 in the village of Kabaevo, Dubensky District, Mordovian ASSR. He graduated from seven classes of the Kabaevo School, after graduation he worked for a collective farm. He left for Baku in 1938. There he worked as a paramilitary guard at an oil factory. He was called up to the front in 1941 and sent to join the newly formed the 2nd Airborne brigade of the 2nd Airborne Corps. It was defeated earlier and lost up to one-third of its personnel. It was stationed at that time in Ordzhonekidze. The 2nd Airborne Corps was renamed the 32nd Guards Rifle Division in May 1942, and the 2nd Airborne Brigade was renamed the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment. The division defended the Taman Peninsula from May 1942 to August 1942. He participated in the defense of Tuapse from August 1942 to October 1942. Rear intelligence of the front as a scout - from October 1942 to October 1944. Bogun Partisan Detachment, Chapaev Compound under the command of I. Balyuta (Czechoslovakia) - from October 1944 to the end of November 1944. After breaking out of the encirclement on November 28, 1944, he was sent to the 276th Rifle Division in the 876th Rifle Regiment, presumably in the 4th Battalion. Participated in the liberation of Czechoslovakia, Poland. Was seriously wounded by a shrapnel in the head in the town of Kuruv, near Lublin (Poland) on January 31, 1945. Was demobilized in November 1945. He returned to his native village of Kabaevo. He moved to Kurdyukovskaya station, Shelkovsky District, Chechen-Ingush ASSR in 1954. Worked as a carpenter for a state farm. He died and was buried in the villadge of Kurdyukovskaya. My grandfather did not tell me anything about the war - he kept silent, apparently, the memories were too heavy. All information received from relatives, archives and remnants of documents, as well as the site "Memory of the People" and the Internet, thank you all very much.