Kovalevsky Nikolai Pavlovich
Korotkov Grigory Danilovich
Belorukov Veniamin Stepanovich
Alexander Gerasimovich Kondakov
Kruglikov Abram Borisovich
Bezrukov Philip Ivanovich
Krasotkin Alexey Epifanov
Koshelev Nikolay Vasilyevich
Baymurzin Gayaz Islametdinovich
Kalinin Pyotr Nikolaevich
Dmitry Vasilievich Kustov
Bezrukov Philip Ivanovich

Bezrukov Philip Ivanovich

Born in 1921 in a peasant family. Graduated from primary school. Worked as a carpenter. Since 1938 he lived in Chelyabinsk, worked as an auxiliary engine driver. In the Soviet Army since 1941. Since June 1941 participant of the Great Patriotic War, miner of the 10th Guard Special Battalion of Miners (43rd Army, Kalinin Front) Komsomol guards Private Bezrukov 8-12. 5. In 1943, as part of a reconnaissance and sabotage group, carried out a combat mission behind enemy lines. In the night of 22 April 1943, thirty miners led by Senior Lieutenant Dubovitsky were thrown behind enemy lines by plane in the Witebsk forest. The order is: "Assigned: Destruction of enemy communications on the railway Vitebsk-Smolensk ". They were divided into groups of five or six people, one of whom was led by the guard soldier Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Kolosov. These included Senior Sergeant Vladimir Goryachev, Junior Sergeant Vyacheslav Efimov and private individuals Ivan Bazalev, Philip Bezrukov and Mikhail Myagky. Many glorious deeds were performed by miners. They blew up bridges, derailed trains and carried out technical surveys. On May 8, Kolosov's group was given another task: to blow up a train on the Goliki - Lelevinskaya section of the Vitebsk - Smolensk line and to blow up a bridge on the highway between these cities. They moved during the night. The target was near. But now the fascists were on their trail. We must take up the fight. Soon they heard dogs barking, and the fascists appeared. They were running in a thick line. Six automatic weapons hit simultaneously. The first attack was repulsed. Fleeing from the bullets, the Nazis climbed into the bushes at the edge of the forest, and there the laid mines were blown up. The fight lasted two hours. The Nazis raised rifles and mortars. The miners began to retreat into a small swamp behind the hill. And near the left cracks, landmines were laid, and when the punishers hurried for a new attack, they turned on the contact. There was a deafening explosion, the Nazis blew up. Six guards were killed. But they paid dearly for their lives and annihilated 126 Hitlerists. The heroic title of Soviet Union was awarded posthumously on 04.06.1944. The Order of Lenin was awarded. He was buried in the village Mikulino Rudnjanskij district in a mass grave, forever inscribed in the lists of the military unit.

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