Rank: Red Army Soldiers Branch of Service: Land Forces, Air Force (except for Naval Aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD troops, Border Guard. Born in 1919 in the village of Chaltyr, Myasnikovsky District, Rostov Region. After finishing seven years of school, he started to work. There were hungry years, it was necessary to work to earn food. Got a job in Chaltyr. He worked as a locksmith for the Lenzavod in Rostov-on-Don since 1935. He repaired locomotives. He received a driver's license in 1938 and worked as a driver of the Director of the MTM of the Myasnikovsky District in the village of Chaltyr. He was called up for military service in Moldova in 1939. He was transferred to the Finnish front in November 1939, where he participated in the Soviet-Finnish war. He was a driver, carried shells and ammunition to the front line, and took out wounded soldiers from the battlefield. Repeatedly subjected to bombing, mortar and artillery fire, as well as machine-gun fire from enemy aircraft. Thanks to his courage, bravery and dexterity, he remained alive until the end of the Soviet-Finnish war. After the end of the Finnish war, he was sent again to Moldavia (Bessarabia), but this time to the territory that Romania returned to the USSR, which it captured in 1918. In a letter dated 5.12.1940, he wrote that he was transferred to the infirmary in an ambulance and asked that they send him a photo of his son (Vladimir). In February 1941, as a trustworthy participant in the war, As a trustworthy participant of the war he was sent on a mission to Central Asia in February 1941 for a replenishment of the Red Army with recruits and military equipment. In a letter dated February 28, 1941, he wrote: "Mom, I am currently in Central Asia. I was sent there on the 22nd. I write sitting in the car. We are going for the sixth day. We will arrive at our destination (Kyzyl-Orda) in two days. If things go well, I might stop by on my way home." This trip was completed successfully, and on the way back he visited home. In a letter dated 8.07.1941, he wrote: "Mother, now you know that the war started on June 22. When you receive my letter, write a response and tell us the address of Aristakes (his brother, who at that time was studying at the commander's courses in the Leningrad region). How's he doing?” His last address: Active Red Army 163rd field post station #161-SP. The Last letter was on 8.09.1941, where he wrote: "I'm alive and well… Don't worry about us, live in peace and quiet. Let Vladimir grow up while we protect our Motherland. The time will come when we will return home." Unfortunately, during the German occupation of the village of Chaltyr, Vladimir fell ill and died. There were fellow villagers in the regiment where Kalust served and fought, and they often communicated with each other. After the war ended, one of them returned. He said that their regiment was surrounded by the Germans, and they were all captured. When the Germans began to ask about the specialty, Kalust said that he worked as a cook, although he had never worked as a cook. He was appointed a cook. At the last meeting with a fellow villager, Kalust said that he was going to escape from captivity. Nothing concrete is known about his futher fate.