DATE OF BIRTH: 01/28/1918 DATE OF DEATH: 09/01/1991 HISTORY: Title: Sergeant. Subdivision: 340th Sumy-Kiev Red Banner Infantry Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division. He was born in 1918 in the village of Doronino, Vologda Oblast. At the beginning of the war, he studied at the Chuguev Military Aviation School, this is in Ukraine. In 1938 he was drafted by the Vologda military registration and enlistment office into the ranks of the Red Army. Served as assistant platoon commander of the 1144th Infantry Regiment of the 340th Infantry Division of the Western Front. From December 1941 to December 15, 1942, he was in the 1144 Specialit subunit 340 Infantry Division of the Western Front. In January 1942, during street battles for Kaluga, Sergeant Lazarev replaced the seriously wounded platoon commander. German tanks launched a counterattack on the rifle unit, which included Sergeant Lazarev, Sergeant Lazarev set fire to two enemy tanks with grenades and Molotov cocktails, and destroyed the tank crews with automatic bursts, for which the battalion commander declared gratitude. December 15, 1942 during the offensive north of the station Yelets he was seriously wounded by a mine fragment in his right shoulder, with which he lived all his life. Evacuated to a hospital for treatment, later declared unfit for military service. After being wounded, he worked as a military commander of the Semiderevenskaya elementary school of the Turundayevsky s / s. For his courage in defending the Motherland, he was awarded the medal "For Courage". There were also awards, but they were not preserved for years ago, only a few photographs remained. Grandpa was always a smiling person and even after the war he did not lose his desire for life and faith in the best. He died in September 1991.