My father, Dmitry Yakovlevich Krivikov, was born on February 28, 1912 in Kirsanovka in Mariinsky district of Kemerovo region in Russia. Primary education. During the pre-war period, he married and lived with his family in Malinovka, then in Taiga, in Zyryansky district of Tomsk region. He worked as a pilot of Kashtanovsky Association of the Forest industry, at the logging station on Chulym river (a tributary of Ob). In 1941, he called up by Zyryansky Local Military Commitee of Novosibirsk region. Dmitry Yakovlevich Krivikov served in the 1368th anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the 25th anti-aircraft artillery division of the Reserve of the Main Command (1368 zenap 25 zenad of RMK). From April to October 1943 - the Central frontline. From October 1943 to August 1944 – 1st Ukrainian frontline. In 1944 he joined the CPSU (b). I remember my father sent a lot of letters-triangles with the stamp "Checked by the military censorship". My father was awarded the order of Patriotic war of the II degree, order of Glory of the III degree, order of the Red Star, medals "for courage" and "for victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945". In the commendation list of Dmitry Yakovlevich the following were written: "Squad leader Sergeant Kruikov participated in the several breakthroughs of enemy defenses in areas of Aola Mihova on 26-27 October 1944, in the area of Sobrice Uzhgorod on 23 November 1944, in the area of Bachkov on the north from Sechevitze on 9 Dec 1944. Every time the gun of Sergeant Krivikov performed the assigned combat task with honor, causing great damage to the enemy's equipment and manpower. Accurate fire of its guns destroyed: 7 machine-gun points, 2 anti-tank guns, an observation post and up to 50 enemy soldiers and officers, caused a lot of damage in small arms, allowing our infantry to successfully advance..." When in the fall of 1945 my father returned home from a military unit located in Ukraine, near Novgorod-Volynsky, Zhytomyr region, our relatives and friends started to visit our house. They talk about the war and about the places visited by the farther. I especially remember, how my father was telling me about the battle on September 9, 1944. My dad commanded a fire platoon of anti-aircraft guns. He said that on that day after the fight, in calm moments, he got in mind that it was his birthday – he turned 20 years old. On October 13, 1944 for this battle, my father was awarded the order of the red Star. After the war, my father lived with his family in the village of Krasnye Orly in Mariinsky district of the Kemerovo region. He served as an operative in the Ministry of internal Affairs. He died on June 2, 1953 at the same place, in Krasnye Orly. Buried with volleys of revolvers of the operatitional services.