Rank: Major Arkady Yegorovich was born in the Kirov region. It was 1939. The echoes of the impending war soared, but no one wanted to believe it was possible. He was called up for military service. He served in Tuapse on the 16th separate railway battery. On the night of June 22, 1941, Private Isupov was at the searchlight point, seven kilometers from the unit. Already approaching the unit, I saw an unusual revival. "War!" - Shouted a familiar sailor: "Germany has declared war on us!" And soon he was sent to a searchlight company in the front line. He will remember the fourth of July for the rest of his life. He arrived in Sevastopol at a time when the air raid was going on. The sensation was terrible, the earth trembled, it seemed that it swayed like a deck, explosions, screams. Then I got used to it. The worst thing was when there was a "star raid" - 50-60 German planes blew up the sky ... They also had to cover the city and the most important objects. In one of these raids, an air wave also concussed Arkady Yegorovich. A week of treatment, and then to Anapa, to the 36th separate anti-aircraft artillery division, to cover the aviation regiment ... At the front, there were changes, and the Germans were driven from their native land. On May 9, 1945, they were in Ochakovo, in dugouts, when Senior Lieutenant Kuryshev literally burst in at night. And he shouted: "Lads, victory, the war is over!" And then it began: they shot, shouted, hugged. There were also front-line 100 grams. But the war was not over. They were sent to Sevastopol, where they provided minesweeping. Only in March 1947 did Arkady Yegorovich returned home. “I believed and will believe that we won thanks to the steadfastness of Soviet soldiers,” Isupov says. About how Arkady Yegorovich fought testify: - Order of the Red Star - Order of the Patriotic War of the second degree - Medal for the defense of Sevastopol - Medal for the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 - Zhukov medal - Jubilee medal Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet - Jubilee medal of 20 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 - Jubilee medal of 50 years of the armed forces of the USSR - Jubilee medal for valiant labor, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin - sign of the winner of the socialist competition in 1973 Jubilee medal of 30 years of victory in Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 - Anniversary medal 60 years of the armed forces of the USSR - Anniversary medal 40 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 - Anniversary medal 70 years of the armed forces of the USSR - Anniversary medal 50 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941 -1945 - medal 300 years of the Russian fleet - Sign of the Front-line soldier 1941-1945 He died on May 24, 2004. Eternal memory to him!