Rank: Red Army. Type of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except for naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops. Subdivision: 30th Guards Rifle Riga Red Banner Division. Kashirin Konstantin Petrovich was born in Astrakhan, Stalingrad region (in military pass - Stalingrad). His mother died and his father was killed by a cable on the ship on which he was captain. At that time Constantine was 6 years old when his aunt - his father's sister - brought him to Stalingrad. He finished the first grade of primary school in 1917. He graduated as an electrician. The pre-war life is not known. In the Red Army he was drafted on June 26, 1941 by the RVC tractor factory of Stalingrad as a telephonist of the rifle regiment of the 98th Guard, the 30th rifle division of the Guard with red banner. The 30th Red Banner Rifle Division of the Riga Guard was a military unit of USSR in the Great Patriotic War. It goes back to the 238th Red Banner Rifle Division, which was transformed into the 30th Guard Rifle Division for its military services in the Battle of Moscow on May 24, 1942. On April 21, 1942, after months of uninterrupted fighting on the Yugra River near Yukhnov, the 238th Rifle Division was transferred 6-8 km from the front line to the reserve of the 49th Guard Division on April 3, 1942. On May 3, 1942, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Flag for his heroism in the fighting against the Nazi invaders by decree of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of USSR and the division commander, Colonel G. P. Korotkov was awarded the rank of Major General. Three weeks later another good news came: by order of the People's Commissar for Defense of USSR on 25 May 1942, the 238th Rifle Division was transformed into the 30th Guard. It consisted of the rifle regiments 94, 96 and 98 of the Guard. The division was commanded by: Colonel Kirillov Maxim Gavrilovich (11.05.1942 - 15.05.1942), was arrested on 14 July 1942 and shot as traitor to the fatherland for the defeat at Smolensk in accordance with article 58-1 "B" of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR; - Kuleshov Andrey Danilovich (21.05.1942-17.01.1944), Colonel, from 27.11.1942 - Major General; - Isaev Mikhail Alexandrovich (18.01.1944-05.11.1944), Colonel, from 03.06.1944 - Major General; - Fadeikin Ivan Anisimovich (06.11.1944-16.02.1945), Lieutenant Colonel; - Isaev Mikhail Aleksandrovich (17.02.1945-09.05.1945), Major General 98th Guard SP: - Degtyarev Alexey Dmitrievich (23.04.1942-28.12.1942); - Komarov Nikolay Alekseevich (28.12.1942-30.01.1943); - Degtyarev Alexey Dmitrievich (30.01.1943-15.11.1943); - Fadeikin Ivan Anisimovich (18.10.1943-31.08.1944); - Kolodyazhny Ivan Kalistratovich (04.04.1944-18.04.1944); - Vlasov Nikolay Nikolaevich (11.11.1944-15.11.1945); - Myznikov Ivan Ivanovich (22.11.1945-15.05.1946). In August 1942 the 30th Guard Rifle Division was transferred to the 33rd Army with the task of leading an offensive in the direction of Rzhev. At that time the division numbered about 11 thousand people. The division fought in the bloody battles of Rshev and Yelnya in the Pskov region and crossed the Western Dvina. About the heroic actions of the Red Army soldier Koshirin K.P. say his awards: on December 04, 1942 he was awarded the Order of the Red Star № 64081. "In the period from April 20, 1943 to April 27, 1943, Konstantin Petrovich Kashirin, a Red Army soldier connected with the headquarters of the Guard Regiment, despite heavy machine-gun and mortar fire by the enemy, always handed over the orders of the command to the advanced units in time and exactly. He fulfilled his duties conscientiously and accurately. "By order № 5 of April 28, 1943 he was awarded the Medal" for military merit " № 27708". By the order № 027/n of August 16, 1943 the Red Army soldier K.P. Kashmirin was awarded the Medal" for bravery № 16344. The award is dated 12 January 1945. From the award list of August 14, 1943: "As liaison officer of the Battalion Commander, Kashirin ensured the timely and rapid transmission of orders of the Battalion Commander to the Unit Commanders as well as the delivery of reports. During the attack Kashirin marched in the infantry combat units and broke into the German trenches together with them, handing over valuable enemy documents to the battalion headquarters. (He was handed over to the Order of the Red Star). By order of October 10, 1943 the Red Army soldier Kashirin K. P. was awarded the "Medal of Bravery" No. 466081. Repeatedly, in addition to his duties as a telephone operator, he went to the secret service, extracted languages and captured German officers. He reached the climax of his fighting past on October 13, 1943. By order of the Chief of Staff of the Guard, Major Mironov, the Red Army soldier K. Р. Kashirin was ordered to blow up the enemy bunker at the time of the general offensive! This task was carried out at the cost of severe wounds on the right leg, right arm and right shoulder. For the execution of a combat mission he was awarded the Order of Glory 3 degrees (23 January 1944). Until 23 March 1944 he was in hospital for treatment of injuries and was discharged on that day due to illness. In 1945 he married Elena Romanova, a native of Stalingrad, born in 1920. After he refused an apartment on Mira Street in the city center, they built their house on Dar-Gora. They could not have kids Because of the wound of Konstantin Petrovich, so they took a little girl from the baby's house and adopted her. According to the stories of his daughter, he had to shoot a Soviet officer who, in front of her young children, crossed the line of what was permissible and abused a woman. For this case, Kashirin was sent to the penal battalion. During the war, Konstantin Petrovich had eight wounds, including light, heavy and 4 contusions. He returned from the war as an invalid with a splinter under his heart and a switch in his groin. He was mentally disturbed, but always remained an honest and decent person. Kashirin Konstantin Petrovich was a very hardworking man, who devoted himself to work as an electrician of the 7th generation. He died on 14 April 1969 from the consequences of his wounds.