Philip Podgorbunskikh was born in 1903 in the village of Maly-Berkut, Shadrinsky District (formerly Olkhovsky District), Kurgan Region. Before the wae was engaged in hunting. Was called to the front by the Olkhovsky District Military Commissariat in the fall of 1941. Ordinary rifleman, was in the last battle in February 1942, died at Rzhev. Buried in a mass grave. The photo was taken before being he was sent to the front.