CITY: s. Buyanovo, Krasnensky District, Smolensk Region DATE OF BIRTH: 04/17/1918 DATE OF DEATH: 04/29/2002 HISTORY: Title: Major Branch of the Army: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops Subdivision: 5th Guards Gomel Long-Range Aviation Division Artyukh Alexandra Grigorievna (maiden name Kovaleva) was born on April 17, 1918 in the village of Buyanovo, Krasnensky District, Smolensk Region. In 1938 she finished 10 classes of school No. 523, which was located on Mira Avenue, Moscow, entered Moscow Hydrometeorological Institute and dreamed of becoming an oceanologist. In August 1941, the institute was reorganized into the Higher Military Hydrometeorological Institute of the Red Army. The students were offered the choice of either voluntarily joining the Red Army and continuing their studies, or continuing their studies in other educational institutions. Everyone decided to voluntarily join the ranks of the Red Army. All summer, students dug anti-tank defensive ditches on the outskirts of Moscow. They were on duty on the roofs, extinguishing incendiary bombs, including Alexander Kovalev. They took part with enthusiasm in the defense of Moscow. In October 1941, Alexandra Grigorievna Kovaleva was enrolled as a cadet at the Higher Military Hydrometeorological Institute. The military profession of a hydrologist is especially dangerous and involves the work of building crossings and bridges. The students completed their studies during the evacuation in the city of Leninabad. In June 1943, Alexandra Grigorievna Kovaleva was sent to the active forces. She served in the 4th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps of Long-Range Aviation in the rank of lieutenant, then in the rank of guard engineer-captain. The building was named Gomel. The rest of the students were also sent to the front, in the army. The airfields where the weather bureau were located were often bombed. We worked day and night. They flew to the front line to investigate weather conditions. Alexandra Grigorievna met the news of the victory over Nazi Germany on the territory of Poland, in the city of Rzeszow near Krakow. There she met her husband Artyukh Grigory Fedorovich. For participation in the Great Patriotic War and subsequent service in the Soviet Army, she was awarded the following awards: - Order of the Red Star. Entry in the Order Book dated August 1, 1945. -Medal "For Military Merit". Awarded on March 21, 1947. -Medal "For the capture of Budapest" awarded on March 30, 1946. (-Medal "For the capture of Berlin" -Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945." -Memorial medal "In memory of the 800th anniversary of Moscow 1147-1947" - "For the defeat of a German tank group and the capture of the city of Szekesfehervar , Mor, Zirez, Veszprem, Yenning "-" For the completion of the defeat of the Konigsberg group of German troops "-" For the capture of the capital of Germany, the city of Berlin "After the war, Alexandra Grigorievna served in the Air Force in military unit 13736 in the Ostafyevo garrison until 1968. Alexandra Grigorievna throughout her life had an active life position and showed herself in public work with veterans, being a member of the Council of WWII Veterans. Was a member of the Russian Union of Reserve Officers, a veteran of the Air Force. Artyukh Alexandra Grigorievna was engaged in raising children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, lived 84 years and died 29 April 2002 from a stroke.Artyukh Alexandra Grigorievna was buried at the Nikolo-Khovanskoye cemetery.