Rank: Sergeant Branch of service: Signal Troops Unit: 360th Nevelskaya Double Red Banner Rifle Division My great-great-grandfather Andrey Koludarov was born on October 30, 1912 in the working village of Kamskoye Ustye of the Kamsko-Ustinsky District of the Tatar ASSR, near the city of Kazan. In 1932, he married my great-great-grandmother Anastasia, and in 1934, my great-grandfather Alexander Koludarov was born. In 1941, the Great Patriotic War began, and my great-great-grandfather was at the front of the war to defend our great and beloved Homeland. He was 29 years old. During the war, he was a signalman and served as a radio operator for the regiment commander. He went on reconnaissance, was always on the front line of fire. He served as a Sergeant. He participated in the heroic defense of Moscow at Velikiye Luki as part of the division. Only 25 people came out of the battle alive, including my great-great-grandfather Andrey. How many comrades died before his eyes, how many emotions and grief passed through his heart, how many times he was covered with earth, and how many times bullets flew over his head! Apparently, the guardian angel was protecting him so that he would return safe and sound. During all the battles of the division, he personally provided the division headquarters with radio communications. He participated in the offensive battles for Velikiye Luki, Nevel, in the Vitebsk Region, kept uninterrupted communication with the regiments in difficult combat conditions. He was a participant in the liberation battles for Belarus and the Soviet Baltic States, in the offensive battles for Polotsk, Kraslava, Dvins. Andrey finished the war in Berlin and returned home in the summer of 1945. But, unfortunately, he did not live a very long time. He died on January 8, 1971. He was just 59 years old. We all remember and love him. May his memory be eternal!