Rank: Red Army soldier. Military branch: Aviation. My uncle, my mother's brother Gorokhova (Kovzel) Natalia Nikitichna, Kovzel Vasily Nikitovich was conscripted (voluntary) on August 20, 1944 to the Civil Aviation School of the Air Fleet, possibly by the Krivoshein District Military Committee, Tomsk region: Aviation school of pilots of Civil Air Fleet, - the cadet, on August 20, 1944 - on November 20, 1944; 1-st training detachment of the West Siberian Department of Civil Air Fleet, - the cadet, on November 20, 1944 - on January 19, 1945. In the Armed Forces of the USSR, he was called up voluntarily on January 19, 1945 to the aviation school through the Krivosheinsky district military Commissariat, Tomsk region. In the Great Patriotic War from January 19, 1945 to May 9, 1945 as part of: 1st Aviation Squadron, 10th Aviation Regiment (commander Major Troepolsky Sergei Alexeevich), 3rd Separate Aviation Red Banner Division of the Civil Aviation Fleet, (Commander of the Guard Colonel Sharykin Serafim Nikolaevich), 2nd Byelorussian Front (Commander of the Troops Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Konstantinovich ROKOSOVSKIY) – aircraft motorist, Red Army soldier. After the war, he entered The Military Engineering School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rostov-on-Don. In 1949, he graduated from the Bridge Construction Faculty of this educational institution. He served as a platoon commander in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, since 1953 in the armed Forces of the USSR. In October 1956, he was dismissed to the reserve due to a significant reduction in the Armed Forces with the rank of "senior Lieutenant". He worked as a construction foreman in the bridge construction team of the city of Tuapse, Krasnodar territory.