Military branch: Artillery. Nadezhda Mikhailovna Kulchitskaya (née Rodionova) was born on 10 August 1924 in Moscow. In the first days of the Great Patriotic War she asked the district military commissariat to send her to the front. The military recruiting office refused because she was not yet 18 years old, but offered to enroll her in short typewriting courses. In June 1941 she joined the I. A. Likhachev Automobile factory as a machine operator, and in January she was transferred as a drill driver. At the same time she took courses in the management of the military recruiting office. In June 1942, on the set of the Komsomol, a civilian section of the medical staff was designed by 12 guard rifle corps, which served 11 members of the army (North-West Front) as stenographers and typists. The scope of work was very large: reports, orders, lists. She slept 2-3 hours a day and typed again. In August 1943 the Corps Headquarters came under heavy mortar fire. A fragment of an exploding mine smashed the back of the chair on which Nadezhda Mikhailovna was sitting and carried out an important task, but she continued her work and finished it on time. When I came out of the shelter, I saw a horrible picture: The bodies of the dead people were everywhere, they were even lying on the trees. For her courage, bravery and valor Nadezhda Mikhailovna was awarded the medal "for military merits". From May 1944 Nadezhda Mikhailovna was employed as a typist in the 11th Guard Cannon Artillery Regiment, which was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ignatiy Kulchitsky. In June 1944, Colonel I. V. Kultschitsky was transferred to the position of a typist in the political department of the brigade headquarters with the appointment of Colonel I. V. Kultschitsky as commander of the 36th Cannon Artillery Brigade of the Guard (2nd Baltic Sea Front) Nadezhda Mikhailovna Soon afterwards Nadeshda Michajlowna and Ignatius Vikentievich married, and during the war and throughout her life Nadezhda Mikhailovna followed her husband. As part of the brigade, she took part in the fighting for Staraya Russa, near Riga, and in the liberation of Romania. On May 9, 1945, in the capital of Romania, Bucharest, the 36th cannon artillery of the Novosokolniki Guard with red banner command of the Suvorov Brigade (this name was given to her for successful combat operations on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War) met. On November 1, 1946 Nadezhda Mikhailovna left the service. In 1947 the Brigade was moved to Manglisi in Georgia, where a daughter, Jeannette, was born in 1948. One month after the birth of their daughter, the family moved with the infant to the new place of service of I. V. Kulchitsky on Sakhalin Island. Nadezhda Mikhailovna took an active part in the social life of the garrison: she took part in amateur performances, was a soloist of the choir of the wives of the officers. In 1953 a daughter, Irina, was born. After the demobilization of I. V. Kulchitski in November 1956 the family moved to Gorky. Here Nadeshda Mikhailovna studied for three years, from 1958 to 1961, in the courses of cutting and sewing in the house of the officers, which she completed with distinction. From 1964 to 1979 she worked as a fashion designer in the studio of the Model House in Gorki. Nadezhda Mikhailovna was highly appreciated by customers, employees and the management of the studio. For her successful work she repeatedly received certificates of honor. After her retirement in 1979 she dedicated the rest of her life to her family and grandchildren. She passed away on April 18, 2012, in eternal memory of our beloved mother, grandmother, mother-in-law.