Rank: captain. Subdivision: 81st Guards Rifle Krasnograd Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division. Description of personal military feat for 1 Order of the Red Star. In the first battle on August 23, south-west of the Smetskie settlement, the mortar battery was tasked with destroying two machine-gun emplacements and its crew. The battery fulfilled the task, the enemy was repulsed and the firing points were destroyed. In the battles for the village Ozerki, the mortar battery was incapacitated and partially destroyed up to a platoon of enemy machine gunners. As a result of mortar fire 3 M.S.B. was able to force the Vitebet River and occupy the village of Ozerki. Under heavy artillery fire and mine bombardment the battery fired from open fire positions. During the fighting since August 22nd the battery suffered minor personnel losses, material and vehicles have been completely preserved. Kaznin I.A. also does a lot of public relations work, a member of the Presidium of the Z M. S. B, and recently, i.e. since September 5th, he has temporarily assumed the duties of the commander of the 3rd Motor Rifle Battalion. Description of personal combat performance for 2 Orders of the Red Star. On July 9, 1943, the enemy up to 2 battalions of infantry from the Kreid patrol in the Belgorod region went on the offensive against the location of the 2 battalion, trying to surround it, Comrade Kaznin, leading the 6th rifle company, skillfully inflicted a counterattack. The enemy retreated, leaving the infantry battalion killed. On July 12, 1943, in the area of the village of Kleymenova, in the defense area of the 2nd battalion, the enemy's machine gunners penetrated, threatening the danger of encircling the battalion's command post. Comrade Kaznin himself personally leading the battalion reserve, a platoon of submachine gunners, knocked the Germans out of the forest in a heated battle, restored their previous position, while destroying the enemy infantry to a platoon. On July 14, 1943, when the 2nd battalion attacked the village of Ryndinka, occupied by the enemy, Comrade Kaznin himself personally led the 5th and 6th rifle companies, breaking through the enemy's leading edge and occupied its trenches. During the battle, he personally supervised the evacuation of the wounded from the battlefield. Description of personal military feat for the Order of the Patriotic War II degree On August 8, 1943, when attacking the village of Ziberovka, Comrade Kaznin allocated 3 platoons of machine gunners and went on the offensive. Machine gunners quickly entered the village and after a one-hour battle the village was cleared by the German invaders. Trophies were captured: 2 guns, 4 horses, 4 machine guns and 2 warehouses with feed. On 9 August 1943, during the attack on the village of Veseloe, a secret service was sent ahead to discover that the enemy fortress was located in a brick factory. At night they crossed the water line and drove the Germans out of the trenches, destroying up to 30 enemy soldiers and officers. On August 12, 1943, when attacking the village of Tsirkuny, Comrade Kaznin went with the headquarters to the infantry battle formations, clearly controlled the battle and quick dashes, under the cover of mortar fire, the battalion approached the enemy. The enemy could not withstand the onslaught of Russian soldiers and withdrew indiscriminately, leaving up to 40 corpses on the battlefield. He was killed in action on 6 December 1943 when he took Hill 179.7. Novo-Prazhsky District, Kirovograd region, Ukrainian SSR. He was buried in the area of hill 179.7. In 1957 he was reburied in a mass grave. New Prague, Alexandria district, Kirovograd region, Ukraine. The grave is sponsored by Novoprazhskaya Secondary School No 1.