Averin Victor Ivanovich
CITY: Panino village, Pavlovsky district, Gorky region DATE OF BIRTH: 02.02.1923 DATE OF DEATH: 01.10.2002 HISTORY: Title: corporal. Type of troops: artillery. Unit: 268th Rifle Mginskaya Red Banner Division. My grandfather, Viktor Ivanovich Averin, born on 02.02.1923, was called up to the front in May 1942. He ended up in the 73rd naval rifle brigade, which took part in breaking the blockade of Leningrad - he was appointed a Komsomol organizer of the company. Grandfather was a machine gunner and submachine gunner, he was all the time on the front line. During the breakthrough, when their brigade advanced 6-7 km, in one of the battles he was wounded and contused for the first time. The orderlies took him to the hospital. After he recovered, he was sent to the 55th Marine Rifle Brigade. In one of the hard battles with the elite Nazi SS division near Leningrad, my grandfather was wounded a second time and he was sent to the hospital, where the splinters were removed and his wounds were stitched up. When grandfather received medical treatment, he was sent to the 947 rifle regiment of the 268 rifle division, which was fighting in the Leningrad region. It was 1943. The German troops were still strong and the fighting was heavy and deadly. The battles did not stop for a single day, they only subsided at night, and in the morning our soldiers again went on the attack with the enemy. Grandfather was a good machine gunner and from his machine gun "Maxim" successfully repulsed all the counterattacks of the Nazis. During his entire stay on the front line, my grandfather never retreated. In one of the heavy battles with the enemy on October 24, 1943, my grandfather was severely wounded in his right arm, he was taken to a hospital in the city of Leningrad, where he underwent surgery and was treated for almost six months, but his right hand did not work and he could no longer fight. In April 1944, doctors recognized him as a war invalid and sent him to the rear. For participation in the battles, my grandfather was awarded 10 medals. And in 1954-1956. grandfather participated in the development of virgin and fallow lands, for which he was awarded a medal. My grandfather lived until 2002 in the city of Kostanay, Republic of Kazakhstan. He had a very good family and was a wonderful grandfather!
Averin Victor Ivanovich
CITY: Panino village, Pavlovsky district, Gorky region DATE OF BIRTH: 02.02.1923 DATE OF DEATH: 01.10.2002 HISTORY: Title: corporal. Type of troops: artillery. Unit: 268th Rifle Mginskaya Red Banner Division. My grandfather, Viktor Ivanovich Averin, born on 02.02.1923, was called up to the front in May 1942. He ended up in the 73rd naval rifle brigade, which took part in breaking the blockade of Leningrad - he was appointed a Komsomol organizer of the company. Grandfather was a machine gunner and submachine gunner, he was all the time on the front line. During the breakthrough, when their brigade advanced 6-7 km, in one of the battles he was wounded and contused for the first time. The orderlies took him to the hospital. After he recovered, he was sent to the 55th Marine Rifle Brigade. In one of the hard battles with the elite Nazi SS division near Leningrad, my grandfather was wounded a second time and he was sent to the hospital, where the splinters were removed and his wounds were stitched up. When grandfather received medical treatment, he was sent to the 947 rifle regiment of the 268 rifle division, which was fighting in the Leningrad region. It was 1943. The German troops were still strong and the fighting was heavy and deadly. The battles did not stop for a single day, they only subsided at night, and in the morning our soldiers again went on the attack with the enemy. Grandfather was a good machine gunner and from his machine gun "Maxim" successfully repulsed all the counterattacks of the Nazis. During his entire stay on the front line, my grandfather never retreated. In one of the heavy battles with the enemy on October 24, 1943, my grandfather was severely wounded in his right arm, he was taken to a hospital in the city of Leningrad, where he underwent surgery and was treated for almost six months, but his right hand did not work and he could no longer fight. In April 1944, doctors recognized him as a war invalid and sent him to the rear. For participation in the battles, my grandfather was awarded 10 medals. And in 1954-1956. grandfather participated in the development of virgin and fallow lands, for which he was awarded a medal. My grandfather lived until 2002 in the city of Kostanay, Republic of Kazakhstan. He had a very good family and was a wonderful grandfather!
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