The photograph depicts Pyotr Zhelonkin. Born in Sernur village, Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. During the war he served in artillery, was the commander of the unit "Katyusha". In one of the battles, Lieutenant Zhelonkin and his unit destroyed a large German force. For this feat he was awarded the "Order of Alexander Nevsky", which was presented after the 30th anniversary of Victory, because they considered him dead. After the war he lived in the village of Morki, worked as a mathematics teacher.