He was born in 1926. After the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he worked in Kemerovo at a factory, sorting out engines for tanks. The 16-year-old had to work 12 hours a day. He went to the front at the age of 17. He remembered the failed attack when they broke into the village, but the Germans put almost everyone down with gunfire. In order not to surrender, Gennady put a grenade in his breast pocket and picked up the pin. The Germans were afraid of Russian soldiers, so they walked along the edge of the site, finishing off the wounded, but did not go deep. Gennady was lying for a long time and only at night made his way to our trenches. Gennady Matveyevich reached Konigsberg with Soviet troops, participated in the battle for this city, was wounded in the battle and welcomed Victory in the hospital. In total, during the war, he was twice wounded and shell-shocked. On May 9, Gennady Matveyevich always remembered his comrade-in-arms Alexander Arbuzov. One night everyone was sitting in a dugout, and only one person could fit in the narrow passage. Gennady Matveyevich was standing, breathing the fresh night air. It was just getting lighter. Alexander came up to him and said: "Enough, let the others breathe." Gennady went down, and Alexander took his place and immediately fell, receiving a fatal wound. Everyone in the dugout said that the sniper was shooting at Gennady, and Alexander took the bullet. This event had always remained in the memory of Gennady Matveevich, and on May 9, he always cried, remembering his comrade-in-arms. After the war, Gennady Matveyevich received a higher education and returned to Kemerovo, where he began working as a Director of the school of accountants. He became a mentor to all his nephews whose fathers did not return from the front, and made them study to ensure their successful future. Gennady Matveyevich worked in different cities of the country, helping to raise the industry. In Tambov, he worked at a machine-building plant, the ARTI plant, in the management of local industry. He was highly respected everywhere. Gennady Matveyevich told little about the war and never complained that his wounds, received during the war, were bothering him. Gennady Matveyevich died in 1986