CITY: Krasnoufimsk, Ural region. DATE OF BIRTH: 01/12/1904 DATE OF DEATH: 04/14/1942 HISTORY: Title: Colonel Type of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops Subdivision: 160th Infantry Division My grandfather Lunegov Boris Alexandrovich was career military - colonel, in the pre-war period he served in Armenia, Georgia. When the war began, he and his family lived in Tula and from the very first days of the war he led the defense of the city of Tula, which was located not far from Moscow, and the Germans were rapidly approaching Tula, trying to capture the city's arms factories, and then freely pass to Moscow. From January to April 1942, the 160th rifle division as part of the 33rd Army of the Western Front participated in the Rzhev-Vyazemsk operation. It was an offensive operation within the framework of the Battle of Moscow. The 33rd Army, consisting of the troops of the Western Front, broke through to the rear of the enemy in the direction of Vyazma. German troops, having received reinforcements, launched a counterattack and cut off the 33rd army from the main forces. The army fought surrounded. All attempts of our troops to break through to help the encircled troops were unsuccessful. On April 20, the offensive operations of our troops were stopped. The encircled units and formations were ordered to leave the encirclement, from which few emerged. The army commander was mortally wounded during the breakthrough. Lunegov B.A. was appointed to the post in April 1942 when the 33rd Army was surrounded. From a letter from the son of a colleague, it is known that a plane was sent for him,which came under fire from the Germans, the plane crashed. The Ministry of Defense replied that he was missing. Awarded the Order of the Red Banner (Order No. 063 of the Commander of the Western Front, General of the Army G.K. Zhukov of January 22, 1942)