Konovalov Mikhail Fedorovich
The military rank is Senior Lieutenant. Mikhail Konovalov is the participant in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. When the war started, he was 16 years old, so until the summer of 1943, he worked on a collective farm. It was difficult, the working day started very early, and one had to work 14 -16 hours a day, regardless of the weather. When he was 18 years old, a summons came from the military enlistment office, and he went to the Infantry school, which he graduated in July 1944, and was sent to the front. He began fighting in August 1944 in Moldova, in an Infantry regiment, with the rank of second Lieutenant, as a platoon commander. It was not easy, because he was only 19 years old, and under his command there were already thirty people. He took his first fight in Romania, when his platoon was ordered to take a small village. In that action, they managed not only to obey order, but also to avoid casualties. This fight, the very first, was for my great-grandfather the hardest he remembered for a lifetime! Then there were Yugoslavia and Hungary, a continuous offensive, battles, awards, losses of military friends. From fatigue, his soldiers fell asleep right on the move, passing 20-30 kilometers a day with fights! Once he himself almost died, falling asleep on the move, when the platoon was walking along the steep Bank of the Danube River. He was saved by a tall bush that blocked the way to the cliff! The fighting on the outskirts of Budapest in February 1945 was particularly difficult. In one of these battles, my great-grandfather was wounded and a bullet hit his arm. He met the Victory on May 9, 1945 in the hospital, with the rank of Senior Lieutenant. He always remembered this day with great warmth, especially the joyful soldier's salute from all the barrels into the May night sky and the tears of joy that they had defeated the hated enemy and survived in spite of everything! After the end of the war, Mikhail Fyodorovich received the profession of a tractor driver, worked hard on the collective farm, growing bread, restoring everything that the war had destroyed and as a reward he recived the medals and orders,but only now for labor success. He died in 2004 at the age of 79, having lived a decent life and left a good memory of himself.
Konovalov Mikhail Fedorovich
The military rank is Senior Lieutenant. Mikhail Konovalov is the participant in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. When the war started, he was 16 years old, so until the summer of 1943, he worked on a collective farm. It was difficult, the working day started very early, and one had to work 14 -16 hours a day, regardless of the weather. When he was 18 years old, a summons came from the military enlistment office, and he went to the Infantry school, which he graduated in July 1944, and was sent to the front. He began fighting in August 1944 in Moldova, in an Infantry regiment, with the rank of second Lieutenant, as a platoon commander. It was not easy, because he was only 19 years old, and under his command there were already thirty people. He took his first fight in Romania, when his platoon was ordered to take a small village. In that action, they managed not only to obey order, but also to avoid casualties. This fight, the very first, was for my great-grandfather the hardest he remembered for a lifetime! Then there were Yugoslavia and Hungary, a continuous offensive, battles, awards, losses of military friends. From fatigue, his soldiers fell asleep right on the move, passing 20-30 kilometers a day with fights! Once he himself almost died, falling asleep on the move, when the platoon was walking along the steep Bank of the Danube River. He was saved by a tall bush that blocked the way to the cliff! The fighting on the outskirts of Budapest in February 1945 was particularly difficult. In one of these battles, my great-grandfather was wounded and a bullet hit his arm. He met the Victory on May 9, 1945 in the hospital, with the rank of Senior Lieutenant. He always remembered this day with great warmth, especially the joyful soldier's salute from all the barrels into the May night sky and the tears of joy that they had defeated the hated enemy and survived in spite of everything! After the end of the war, Mikhail Fyodorovich received the profession of a tractor driver, worked hard on the collective farm, growing bread, restoring everything that the war had destroyed and as a reward he recived the medals and orders,but only now for labor success. He died in 2004 at the age of 79, having lived a decent life and left a good memory of himself.
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