Rank: senior political officer. Branch of the armed forces: military and political composition. Division: 294th rifle Cherkasy red banner order of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky division. Born, lived and actively worked in his native village of Dmitrievka in Tambov region, studied at the higher art school in Kursk, member of the CPSU (b) since 1931.party card number 1895742. There was a farm. the head of the state farm "giant" of the Oryol region - the first grain state farm, took an active part in collectivization, an active party leader. Twice married (the first wife died, leaving four children), from the second marriage three more daughters were born - only seven children. Called up to the ranks of the red army on mobilization 16.07.1941 and sent to the disposal of the military unit 294 of the city of Lipetsk. He fought in the 294th rifle division, formed in the Oryol military district of Lipetsk. The division arrived from the place of formation by rail to the city of Volkhov, where it became part of the 54th Army. By order of the 54th Army, the division was assigned the task of moving to a tough defense at the turn of Tortolovo, Gaitolovo, and shingle Lipka (which is about 10-11 km northeast of the large settlement of mga, Leningrad region), with the leading edge along the Eastern Bank of the Chernaya river. On the specified line, the division defended from 16.10.1941 to 01.02.1942. Killed on 20.10.1941, buried in a Mass grave in the village of Mishkino. Mga of the Leningrad region. The remains were moved to the sinyavinsky heights memorial complex - this land remembers the bloody battles of 1941-1943, it preserves the memory of the heroes who liberated it. Many legends exist in the family about the Affairs in the village, the exploits of the famous bright ancestor. One of them paints a touching picture: Serafim Petrovich, leaving for the war, carries the youngest infant daughter Svetlana in his arms, accompanied by all his large family, relatives and fellow villagers. He left seven children orphaned, and three were taken to an orphanage, because there was nothing to feed the growing children in difficult times of hunger. 10 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren. My great-grandfather was a true patriot of his homeland, a life-loving truth-teller, an ideological Communist, a principled leader, a brave, courageous, resolute man, a loving, tender husband and father.