Rank: Lieutenant. Branch of service: Artillery. Askold Makarovich bugasov was born in the village of Znamenka in the Znamensky district of the Tambov region on October 16, 1924. In 1941, the family (parents Makar Zakharovich and Anna Hrisanfovna, brother Gennady (according to documents, a Genius) and sister Nina) lived in the city of Astrakhan. Askold Makarovich went to the front of the great Patriotic war as a volunteer in July 1941 at the age of less than 17. Within 6-7 months, he was trained at the military school of Krasnodar p / ya 76/11. At the end of the school, having received the rank of Lieutenant of artillery, he was sent to the front. He commanded a battery and participated in many battles. He was seriously wounded near the Kursk Bulge. He said that during the battle, a close gap almost completely covered him with earth. When the fighting had subsided, one of the men in his battery saw a boot covered with earth and exclaimed: "Look at this! Boots like our battalion commander!» The soldiers began to dig, found and saved their commander. After the hospital Askold Kravchuk returned to the front. In 1943, Askold Makarovich, at the age of 19, was the commander of the fourth battery of the 1218th anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the 13th anti-aircraft artillery division of the RGC of the 1st Belorussian front. On August 18, 1943, in a battle in the village of Karachev, Ruzhnovsky village Council, he was wounded in the head. He was treated in the medical unit of his regiment for two weeks. As soon as I felt a little easier, I ran away from the infirmary to my battery and started my duties. There were no objections from the regiment's command. He went through the war to Berlin, was awarded awards. In 1945, his V/h 51141-L. Askold's younger brother Genius (Gennady), who went to the front straight from the 10th grade of school in 1944, died in March 1945, and Askold Makarovich himself was saved by fate. At the end of the war, Askold Makarovich remained in Germany until 1946 in the area of Weimar (Thuringia) with his comrades-in-arms captain Demin and senior Lieutenant Akinazi (there is a photo in the family archive). After returning to Astrakhan, Askold Makarovich married, raised two daughters, Yevgenia and Tatiana, and worked. He was a modest man who did not like to talk about his exploits, about the war. I was very worried about the death of my younger brother. Askold Makarovich died on July 12, 1994, a little short of his seventieth birthday. He was buried with his parents and relatives at the Trusovsky cemetery in Astrakhan. We are proud of Askold Makarovich. We believe that his name must be included in the chronicle of the heroes of the great Patriotic war.