Semyon Nikolaevich Ivanov (right) The first Mari cameraman. Born in the village of Mari Chodrayal, Kuzhenersky District, Mari ASSR. War years: 1939 - 1946 (The White Finnish War. The Great Patriotic War. The Japanese War) During the Great Patriotic War was a driver of a car and an armored personnel carrier with the rank of corporal. He served in an anti-tank battalion (a separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion of air defense), took out guns and wounded from the battlefield. Source: Yambatrov Yu.N. family archive