CITY: Tula DATE OF BIRTH: 02/08/1924 DATE OF DEATH: 05/24/2017 HISTORY: When the Great Patriotic War began, Lev Dmitrievich Abakumov graduated from the 9th grade of high school. When he came to the recruiting office with a request to send him to the front line, he was refused, citing his age. A year later, after graduating from the 10th grade of high school, he came to the military registration and enlistment office again and was sent to the Leningrad military school for accelerated courses for the training of miners. But again they failed to get to the front. In 1943, by order of Commander-in-Chief I.V. Stalin, Lev Dmitrievich was sent to study at the Higher Military Engineering School of the Red Army (the future Kuibyshev Academy). In 1948 he graduated from the Academy with the rank of a military civil engineer and a junior lieutenant. Abakumov L.D. served in the active army for 32 years. He served in Rivne, Lviv region, Klyosov, Leningrad region, in Arkhangelsk, Chukotka, in Moscow. He worked at the Central Design Institute of the Ministry of Defense as a chief project engineer. He was directly involved in the construction of the Baikonur cosmodrome. He was engaged in the construction of ground-based facilities necessary for tracking space satellites and ships from the Earth. As a specialist in the construction of antenna systems, he was sent to Cuba and Mongolia. After leaving the Armed Forces, he worked as a civil engineer. In 1991 he retired. But he couldn’t sit around. Died Abakumov L.D. May 24, 2017 at the age of 93. For many years and impeccable service in the army, Colonel Abakumov Lev Dmitrievich was awarded the following awards: Medals: "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." "XX Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"; "XXX Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"; "XXXX years of victory in the Great Patriotic War"; "50 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War"; "55 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War"; "60 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War"; "In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Soviet army and navy"; “In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918-1958. "; "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; “For military valor in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of VI Lenin”; Jubilee medal "Veteran of the Baikonur Cosmodrome"; "For Service in the Far East"; “120 years since the birth of I.V. Stalin "; "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow."