The photo shows Lieutenant Vasily Boldyrev (right), the Commander of the Kotov Partisan Group with his partisan friend in 1945. Vasily Boldyrev (1922-1972) was born in the village of Vikulovo, Tyumen Region. He was called to the front as a cadet of the Second Omsk Military Infantry School in July 1941. In the Battle of Kursk in July 1943, he commanded a company in the 241st Guards Regiment. For two days, seventeen survivors from the entire company of soldiers held the height near Ponyri station. Stunned by an exploding mine, Vasily was captured. He escaped from captivity in early 1945. He was a leader of a partisan detachment in Czechoslovakia.