My great-grandfather was drafted into the ranks of the RRK on September 1, 1941 and sent to Omsk to study in a mortar school based on the Omsk Infantry School. On November 10, 1941, he, together with other Surgutyans from Omsk, were sent by echelons first to Padyuga, Arkhangelsk region, and then, at the beginning of February 1942, to the Kalinin front, to the Ostashkovo area, where they arrived on 02/12/1942. From where they made a heavy march to Nelidovo in the Tver (Kalinin) region. Not much has been written about the plight of our troops in this area and the fighting - our losses were too great. Stubborn battles were fought for every piece of land. Many of our fellow countrymen were also killed. From a letter dated 30.03.42 (without amendments) “I further inform that Smirnova A.I. haven't seen it for a long time. I saw it in Paduga, but I haven't seen it here. I do not know not alive. Their school took part in the battle. I do not know not alive. Some of the Surgut guys are no longer alive - Toropchaninov, Semyon Popov and others were killed. I haven't seen Spirin for a long time. Chutin is not killed…. In addition, I also inform you that Comrade Komlev was killed on March 25 or 26 with a mine ... ”Great-grandfather fought in the 22nd Army, 362th Infantry Division, 1210th Infantry Regiment, in the minibatalion, first in a supply platoon, and from 09.06.42 in the 2nd mortar company. From a letter dated April 25, 1942 “For the third month now we have been expecting that they will soon change, but we cannot wait for the change so far. Spring is already in full swing here. Almost all snow melted in 4-5 days. The weather is good and my heart is happy, so hunt and fish if I was at home…. Of the Surgut guys, I see only Korobov. I haven’t seen any nepokoev somewhere in the courses of political instructors… ”From the last letter of 12.06.42 -“ At the moment I am in almost the same place in the Kalinin region, only from the supply platoon I was transferred to the ministry on June 9th. Now I am in the company together with Nikolai Chernomysovsky Tugorinov. His family lives on the Black Cape in Zaton ... We are standing in the forest on the front line, we are on the defensive. We are at a distance of 3-4 km from the German .. Every night a machine gun and a mortar crackle, but we listened and do not pay attention, as if this is the way it should be ... " In March 1943, my great-grandmother Agniya Efimovna received a Notice that on 04/07/1942 her husband, Khudyakov Georgy Ilyich, was missing while at the front. Exactly 69 years after the death of 07/02/2011, the remains of my grandfather, and with him the remains of three more soldiers, were found in the Vetka tract in the Oleninsky district of the Tver region, the village of Young Tud. There are still 13 military letters from great-grandfather. Written in pencil, they are difficult to read. The first letter, written on 19.09.41, came from the city of Omsk, PO Box 3534. The last letter was written on 12.06.42. The address in the letter: 1421 field post, 1210 s \ n, mortar battalion, 2nd miner. Red Army soldier Khudyakov G.I. The name of my great-grandfather, like the names of many people from Surgut who did not return from the war, are forever carved on the slabs of the Monument of Glory in Surgut.