General - Major Sorokin Pyotr Vasilyevich. Born in 1896 in Belev, Tula region. Participant in three wars. The Great Patriotic War affected the fates of all countrymen, especially the defenders of the Motherland: soldiers and officers. The first baptism of fire of the division commander Sorokin was received during the defense of the Sea of Azov, and ended the war near Berlin. Wounds, contusions, the Battle of Stalingrad, battles for the liberation of the Auschwitz (Auschwitz) and Birkenau concentration camps, the Oder crossing... There is no list of all of them. Over the years, he has been awarded four Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Lenin, the Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad" and other battle awards.