Rank: Senior lieutenant. Division: 73rd rifle division (1st formation). MY GRANDFATHER. Grigory Babenko (OCTOBER 19, 1925-MARCH 11, 1984, Matveevo-Kurgan district). He started the war in 1942 at the battle of Stalingrad, claiming one year, he was 16 years old. He spent the entire war in field intelligence. Suffered several injuries, concussion. He Liberated Ukraine And Belarus. I met the victory in Konigsberg. Knight of the order of the red Star, awarded the order of Glory, 12 battle medals. Participant of the Victory parade on red square in 1945 After the war, he continued to serve in the Kuril Islands. In 1951, he was transferred to the service in Zaporozhye. He served in the Soviet army until 1971. For the remaining years, he worked as a school teacher, devoting his time to Patriotic education of young people. He died in 1984. MY GRANDMOTHER, Babenko (Molodtsova) Raisa Andreyevna (DECEMBER 1, 1929-OCTOBER 1, 2005). As a child, she survived the Great Patriotic war. After the war, she moved with her family to the Rostov region, the village of Alekseevka, Matveevo-Kurgan district. My grandfather, returning from the Kuril Islands for the first time after the war on vacation in his native village of Alekseevka, met my grandmother. We met at a friend's party. They entered an unequal battle to the accompaniment of the accordion, trying to dance each other. Grisha and then came out the winner, thanks to the wisdom of Raechka, who succumbed in time and forever remained a faithful wife and friend, giving him two daughters, my mother Alyona and aunt Sveta. We remember you and are proud of you! Granddaughter, Alice Piskun (date of birth: February 9, 1988; Ukraine, Zaporozhye; place of residence: Republic of Crimea, Yalta)