Nikolai Afanasievich Safronov, born 1922, M. Khokhly village. Graduated from the Mishkin Pedagogical School in 1940, 1st Leningrad Artillery School. Lieutenant, commander of the firing platoon (41). Captain, Commander of the Artillery Division (45). He fought on the North-Western, Volkhov, Leningrad and 3rd Baltic fronts. Wounded three times. Awarded the Order of the Great Patriotic War of the 1st degree, Red Star, medals. Graduated from the Higher Officer Artillery School. Lieutenant Colonel of the reserve (1959). Head of Civil Defense at the plant, Baranovichi city.