Gusov Vladimir Semenovich Rank: Captain. Type of troops: Armored and mechanized troops. Participant of 3 wars, WWII Veteran, Labor Veteran. Gusov Vladimir Semenovich was born in the city of Ordzhonikidze in 1913 in the family of an employee - teacher Gusov Semyon Petrovich. In 1930 he graduated from high school. He left for Moscow to study, graduated from the Central Institute of Labor, worked in the Stalmost trust in Moscow, the Ordzhonikidze VRZ plant. In 1935 he entered the Institute of Mineral Resources in Moscow. In 1937 he was drafted into the Soviet Army using a special kit. In the Red Army, he graduated from the Military-Political School - became the political instructor of the battery in the Searchlight Regiment of the Air Defense. In 1939 he was sent to the Finnish front. After the Finnish war, retraining and service in the 6th Guards Red Banner Army. Vladimir Semenovich Gusov was at the forefront for almost the entire war, starting with the artillery of a 120 m / m battery and tank units, with which one of the first burst into the approaches to Prague Square, suppressing the desperate resistance of the Nazis. For courage and valor shown in the battles for the liberation and capture of the cities of Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, etc., he was awarded orders and medals. Here is what the Council of War Veterans of the 6th Guards Red Banner Tank Army writes on June 14, 1963: “You, Vladimir Semyonovich, a soldier of the Soviet Armed Forces since 1937, have worthily passed the glorious labor and combat path of a soldier of the Soviet Army from a soldier to a political instructor of a battery, battalion , the commander of a tank company. Years of service in the famous Soviet Armed Forces, participation in battles on the North-Western, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Ukrainian and Trans-Baikal fronts were for you a wonderful school of life, military and ideological-political training, readiness for defense our Socialist Fatherland. From the first days of the Great Patriotic War, you courageously defended our Motherland from the German fascist invaders. You are worthily distinguished by our Leninist Party and the Soviet government with high military awards: 22nd Guards. Port Arthur, Red Banner, orders of Kutuzov, Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky, tank brigade of the 5th Guards, Stalingrad-Kiev Order of Lenin, tank corps of the former 6th Red Banner Tank Army. You were and are an example of militancy and passion in work and friendship with front-line comrades. " After the Victory over German fascism, the war for Vladimir Semenovich Gusov, as well as for many other soldiers of the Soviet Army, did not end. As part of a mechanized cavalry group under the command of I.A. Pliev, he participated in the defeat of Japanese militarism in Manchuria, where V.S. Gusov set an example of courage and heroism. So the war for Vladimir Semenovich ended on September 2, 1945 after the defeat of militarist Japan. For which he also deservedly received the Mongolian award. Demobilized in 1948. Arrived in Ordzhonikidze and worked in the Road Construction Department in various positions. After retirement he continued to engage in social work. Gusov Vladimir Semenovich was awarded many military and labor awards, gratitude and diplomas. Marital status - Spouse Zinaida Danilovna. Children - daughter Diana, sons Ruslan and Taimuraz. Granddaughters Vera, Natalia and Dzerassa. Great-granddaughter Sofia.