CITY: Vladimirovka, Nikolaev region, Ukrainian SSR DATE OF BIRTH: 01/07/1920 DATE OF DEATH: 05/28/1960 HISTORY: Title: Lieutenant. My grandfather Artamonov Nikolai Nikolayevich was born on January 7, 1920, in the village. Vladimirovka, Nikolaev region of the Ukrainian SSR. On September 01, 1940 he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army by the Vladimir Military Commissariat. Prior to the Second World War, he served in the 22nd Light Tank Brigade, 4th Army of the Belarusian Special Military District. This part was in the city of Brest-Litovsk, 8 km west of the city, near the German border. The war caught my grandfather on the first day, June 22, 1941. With an unexpected massive onslaught of German troops, their brigade did not accept the battle - it retreated. During the retreat, part of the brigade's personnel arrived in the city of Novo-Zybkov, Byelorussian SSR. New military units were formed in Novo-Zybkov. When the German troops approached, these still not fully formed units retreated in the direction of Mogilev. In Mogilev, at the beginning of July 1941, grandfather was sent to the headquarters of 25 Mech. corps - combatant department for the position of Senior clerk. Already in August 1941. This mech. corps was disbanded and the headquarters of the Bryansk Front was formed on the basis of the corps headquarters and other headquarters of the formation, where grandfather served in the front personnel department. In September 1941. He was transferred to the personnel department of the 50th Army. For the excellent performance of his duties, my grandfather was awarded a silver cigarette case, this is what is written in his description: “... knows how to keep a military secret. In a difficult situation in 1941 near Tula, being cut off from the Headquarters, he completely preserved the Office of the Department and delivered it to the headquarters ... "And in 1944, for the timely fulfillment of his functional duties, my grandfather was awarded the Order of the" Red Star ". Description of the feat: "Senior lieutenant of a / s Artamonov has been working in the personnel department of the 50th army since the organization of the army. For 3 years of work in the department, he grew from a clerk to an assistant chief of the 2nd section. Throughout his work, he does exceptional work with timely execution of the tasks of the Command. Quickly and avoiding mistakes, he works out the award material for the report to the Military Council of the Army.In the most difficult conditions of daily movement on the way for the advancing units, Comrade Artamonov managed to ensure the removal of medals of orders for awarding and immediately brings them to the attention of the commanders of the units. delivery of orders and medals to units and formations, with this task Comrade Artamonov always copes well. 08/07/1944 southeast of Minsk in the area of ​​the village of Dobrenev, the enemy trying to get out of the encirclement with a group of about 300 people attacked the army headquarters, a short battle began to destroy this group. Comrade Artamonov calmly and courageously carried out all the instructed by the chief, he was instructed to take the car with the documents to a safe place. Despising the danger to life under the enemy's automatic rifle fire, Comrade Artamonov loaded orders and property onto the car and took the car to a safe place. "