Heroes and feats

Rank: Colonel _x000D_ Division: 365th Red Banner Infantry Division. _x000D_ In the spring of 1939, a Major came to the Nikitskaya school and began to agitate the children to enter military schools. And eight tenth graders disappeared, dropping out of school. A month later, the “missing” were found in the Kharkov, where they studied at various military schools. The director of the school, together with the teachers, had to travel 180 km to Kharkov in order to take final exams from the "fugitives" and issue secondary education certificates. _x000D_ On May 15, 1941 Zinovy graduated from the course of the Kharkov Military Infantry School. The First Deputy People's Commissar for Defense of the SSR, Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny, came to graduation and handed the young Lieutenant Z.A. Sibirtsev a diploma with honors. As one of the best, he was sent to the Kiev Special Military District (at that time the most prestigious), where he was appointed Commander of the anti-aircraft machine gun platoon of 475th Infantry Regiment of the 53rd Infantry Division. But a peaceful service did not last long, the war began quite soon. Their Rifle Regiment, as part of the Southwestern Front, went into action against the German invaders. It was the third day of the war, and my grandfather was the Deputy Commander of a machine-gun company. _x000D_ The attack of the armed enemy was strong, the division had leave its positions and retreat. The 475th Rifle Regiment was left for cover. The forces were not equal: out of ammunition, having lost weapons and personnel, the remnants of the regiment were surrounded in the Rzhishchensky forests near Kiev. _x000D_ Once in the rear of the Germans, they began to leave the encirclement. Exhausted by cold and hunger, they had been on their way to the Soviet troops for more than 200 days. Only 400 soldiers and the commanders of their regiment and joined soldiers of other military units managed to get out of the encirclement. Having united with its division, the hastily reformed Regiment again entered the hostilities to defeat the enemy. German troops were advancing to Moscow. The situation on the Western Front was challenging, defensive battles were fought in all directions. An important area of the heroic combat for Moscow on the left flank of the Mozhaisk line of defense was the Maloyaroslavets sector of the front. Stubborn battles were fought on Maloyaroslavets land. Divisions from the Far East and other fronts were hastily deployed here again. The 43rd army of Major General Golubev K.D. fought In the Podolsk sector, and the 53rd Rifle Division was in its composition. Its Commander was Colonel A.F. Naumov. The division firmly held the defenses in the Kamenskoye, Tarutino, Kresty, Stremilovo zone, did not retreat a single step until the Soviet troops launched a counteroffensive near Moscow. _x000D_ On January 7, 1942, in a combat near the village of Ilyinka, Kaluga Region, Zinovy Ageevich was wounded and ended up in a hospital. After recovery, he was again sent to the front. But he fought in the 40th Separate Red Banner Rifle Brigade, which became famous in the battles near Moscow, for which he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. He was promoted to the military rank of “Captain” and became chief of staff of 1st Separate Infantry Battalion. The young Commander fought bravely, distinguished himself by competent conduct of the combat, therefore he was in good standing with the command of the Brigade. Directly from the front line in the battles for the Dorogobuzh, my grandfather was recalled from the front and sent to the Solnechnogorsk for the Higher courses of Command Personnel called "Shot" named after Marshal of the Soviet Union B.M. Shaposhnikov. _x000D_ In June, at the "Shot" course, there was a selection of excellent students for further study at the Frunze Military Academy. The Head of the courses, Lieutenant-General Smirnov, and Marshal G.K. Zhukov, who arrived, talked personally with each candidate. After a short conversation, Z.A. Sibirtsev was given the order: “Tomorrow you leave for the city of Moscow to the Academy.” _x000D_ So Captain Z.A. Sibirtsev in July 1943 became a student of the Frunze Military Academy. The study at the Academy was very intense, but the young officers-listeners, and among them were experienced front-line soldiers, order-bearers, tirelessly mastered the knowledge of military science. _x000D_ The long-awaited Victory Day was celebrated in Moscow, within the walls of the Academy. Then there was the world famous Victory Parade on June 24, 1945. My grandfather took part in this parade as part of the column of the oldest academy in the country, which was given the honor to lead the Moscow garrison in this parade. On October 10, 1947, students graduated from the Frunze Military Academy. Upon completion of his studies, Captain Z.A. Sibirtsev was sent to the Far East, where he served in military units for more than 10 years. For a year he served in the operational department of the headquarters of 5th army of the Primorsky Military District, then until July 1954 he was an officer of the operational headquarters of 25th army of the Primorsky Military District. _x000D_ From July 1954 to May 1957 he served as Head of the Air Defense Department of the 3rd Panzer Division of 25th Army of the Far Eastern Military District,then, until April 1959, he was the Head of the Air defense department of the 46th Panzer Division of 25th Army of the Far East Military District. _x000D_ On March 8, 1958 he was awarded the rank of Colonel. In April 1959 he was transferred to the command of the troops of the North Caucasian Military District, until October 1961 he was the Head of 2nd section of the Stavropol Military Commissariat of the North Caucasus Military District. _x000D_ In October 1961, Colonel Z.A. Sibirtsev was sent to the post of military Comissar of the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Region of the Stavropol Territory. He served in the responsible work of the Military Comissar for 13 years. On October 25, 1974, he would have been transferred to the reserve, but in civilian life he worked as a member of the regional party committee, was in the thick of the social and political life of the country and the republic. In March 2004 Z. A. Sibirtsev was invited to Sochi to a plenary meeting of the public forum of the peoples of the Caucasus and southern Russia, where repeated meetings and conversations with Russian President V. V. Putin took place. _x000D_ In May 2005, Zinovy Ageevich was invited to Moscow to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Victory as a guest of honor and as a participant in the Victory parade. He was present at all the ceremonial events held by Russian President Vladimir Putin in honor of the Great Victory. _x000D_ For military work Zinovy Ageevich has more than 30 state awards: two Orders of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of 1st degree, medals "For Military Merit", "For Defense of Moscow", "For Victory over Germany" "Georgy Zhukov", "For Impeccable Military Service", "For Services to the Fatherland" II degree, jubilee and others.

Rank: Captain _x000D_ Fragment of the memoirs of Elena Ivanovna Mikitenko, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of German philology, Kalmyk State University. _x000D_ When I came for a job interview at the department as a Laboratory Assistant after graduation, the Head of the Department of Foreign Languages of the Kalmyk State University, Nikolay Pavlovich Serov, asked me: “Are you good at typing?” _x000D_ It was January 1973. Nikolai Pavlovich was the Head of the Department for two years. _x000D_ My ability to type was not an idle issue. At that time there was a great shortage of paper printed teaching materials not only for the specialty “Roman-Germanic languages” (as our specialty was called then), but also for other specialties where English and German were taught as a foreign language. Nikolai Pavlovich himself created many manuals, so I had to work hard on a typewriter, or rather on typewriters, since I had to insert words, sentences, comments, tasks, etc. in Russian into a foreign text. _x000D_ In the future, these typing skills were useful to me. While studying in graduate school, I published my articles and typed dissertation. The Head of the Department was taking good care of his staff. He was interested in attracting more young specialists to the department, so he writing to Moscow State University, to the Gorky Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. He especially tried to recruit men. At that time, many talented young people were invited by Nikolai Pavlovich: Kolodko Vasily, Shevnin Anatoly, Avilov Sergey, Kornachik Alexander, Mikitenko Yuri and others, to work at our department. _x000D_ In those days, it was quite common to work side by side with war veterans. And Nikolai Pavlovich, at 50, was a veteran of the Great Patriotic War and had state awards "For Victory over Germany" and the jubilee medals "30 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War", "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR". He spoke little about this, was modest, claiming that he had little to fight, since he was drafted at the end of the war, at the beginning of 1944. He served as a trumpeter in the regimental orchestra, but in special situations he had to use real weapons. Therefore, his love for music is understandable. Nikolai Pavlovich knew well, loved and appreciated classical music and songs of the war years. Nikolai Pavlovich was always cheerful, fit and in a good spirits. Few people guessed that he had suffered from severe asthma since the war years. Therefore, he was anxiously concerned about his health: he was a vegetarian, he drank water only from a spring, he even washed himself with rainwater, (then the rainwater was clean). _x000D_ I was amazed that his son Pavlusha 5 years old talked with Nikolai Pavlovich in English. Few people were able to teach their children a foreign language. Nikolai Pavlovich knew English well, he lectured on the lexicology of the English language, on the theory of translation and especially liked to analyze the texts of the original and the translated parts; he had many published works on this subject. _x000D_ This skill formed the basis for instructing English for graduate students who were preparing to pass the candidate science minimum requirements in a foreign language. For him there was no obstacle in translating a text in any field of science, since at home Nikolai Pavlovich had many dictionaries for a variety of specialties. Today it is easy to translate any word, but then you had to run to the library, find a special dictionary or reference book. _x000D_ Nikolai Pavlovich treated the students kindly, he felt young being around them. We had always passed his exams and tests, he did not skimp on grades! For many years Nikolai Pavlovich Serov successfully headed the Department of Foreign Languages. _x000D_ After dividing the department into two: the Department of English Philology and the Department of Foreign Languages, he worked for only a few years, but then he had to leave the department for health reasons. We have preserved in our memory the image of our colleague Nikolai Pavlovich Serov, the defender of this country in the Great Patriotic War!

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel _x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery _x000D_ A boy was born in a large and friendly peasant family on October 25, 1919 in the small mountain village of Urada, Shamil District. They named him Magomed. The boy was brought up in excellent Dagestan traditions: respect for elders, courage, love for his land, devotion to his people, reverent attitude towards women, towards mountain culture. _x000D_ Knowing that there is little fertile land in Dagestan, Magomed dreamed of turning the Gidatlinskaya valley into a blooming garden, to be an an agronomist. He plunged headlong into student life. In addition to studying, he fell in love with sports: volleyball, basketball, high jumping, was fond of shooting. In 1939 there was anxiety in the air, tension is felt, people talking about war in Spain, the Japanese aggression on Lake Khasol and Khalkhin Gol, the ideas of fascism about the Aryan nation. This atmosphere called for vigilance, for increased military training. Magomed changed his mind and firmly decided to become a military man. _x000D_ Being the third year of the Agricultural Institute, he transferred to the Krasnodar Military Infantry School. It was hard for a freedom-loving Dagestani to obey someone else's will! The Company Commander spent more than one hour convincing the young man that in the army it was necessary to follow the Commander's orders. The Commander's sincerity, his delicacy, was also remembered by the young man for life, for future military leader. _x000D_ Since the first days of the war, Tankaev had been at the front. He commanded a platoon, a company, a regiment. Everywhere he showed himself to be a competent, caring commander. This is confirmed by the lines from the award list: “... Magomed Tankaevich could be seen only where it was especially hard for his soldiers. Sombre by complexion, he was completely blackened by stress ... "_x000D_ Those regiments commanded by Magomed were highly awarded: 823 Red Banner Rifle Regiment for the assault and capture of the city of Debica and successful actions in the Lvov-Sandomierz operation were given the honorary name" Dembitsky "; the 460th Regiment was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky for valor and courage displayed during capture of Rybnik. _x000D_ The Victory Day on May 9, 1945 Magomed Tankaev had celebrated in the liberated Prague. But the war for Magomed Tankayevich on May 9 did not end. He still had to fight with a fierce retreat and defeat of the enemy. By the end of the war M. Tankaev was in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. For feats of arms during the Patriotic War, our countryman was awarded three Orders of the Red Banner and the Order of the Patriotic War of the first degree, many medals. _x000D_ After the war, Magomed Tankayevich decided to remain in the Armed Forces, to serve the Motherland with faith and truth. But since he was firmly convinced that knowledge was needed for military affairs, in 1948 he graduated from the Frunze Military Academy, and in 1960 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces. And both did with a gold medal.

Rank: Captain _x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery _x000D_ My grandfather, Staratonov Nikolai Prokhorovich, was born in 1923, in the village. Lamskoe, Volynsky District, Oryol Region (now Stanovlyansky District, Lipetsk Region), in a peasant family. When the Great Patriotic War began, he was only nineteen years old. In July 1941, Nikolai Prokhorovich Staratonov was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army in the Volyn Commissariat. And he took part in military operations from June 1942, as indicated in the documents. There is reason to believe that this year he could have been in a military school. Until 1943, we know nothing about the military fate of Nikolai Prokhorovich Staratonov. We could not find information on the Internet either. It is known for certain that until July 1943 my grandfather fought on the Western and Bryansk fronts. Specific information about the military unit or at least the army in which N.P. Staratonov could be located during this period we don’t have. _x000D_ At home we used to have two Orders of the Patriotic War, I and II degree left from Uncle Nilolay. One of them was intact, and another was split by a shell, only half of it remained with a piece of his tunic. These orders were brought later to the parents by Nikolai's friends. Unfortunately, they were stolen. _x000D_ The Order of Alexander Nevsky was not issued, we only have a temporary certificate of awarding. At the time Staratonov, Nikolai Prokhorovich had the rank of Guard Senior Lieutenant and commanded a control platoon of the division of the 60th Guards Corps Artillery Regiment, which was part of the 61st Army. _x000D_ He was destined to be a part of the Kurksk Bulge, the key battle of WWII in terms of its scale, the forces and means involved, the tension, the results and political consequences. During the offensive battles from 11 to 20 July 1943 on the city of Bolkhov in the area of the villages of Tolkachevo - Bagrinovo he adjusted the division's fire for infantry. As a result, 2 mortar batteries, 1 Artillery battery, 12 enemy firing points and up to 2 companies of enemy infantry were destroyed. _x000D_ On July 14, 43 he organized a repulse of the enemy's counterattack by battalion force, and at the same time adjusted the division's fire on the counter-attacking infantry and German firing points. The counterattack was repulsed with heavy losses for the enemy: up to two infantry companies killed and wounded, 1 self-propelled gun and 2 direct-fire guns. _x000D_ For his courage in the fight against the enemy, my grandfather was nominated for the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. On October 19, 1943, in the Hatka-Udalivka area on the Braginka River, he moved his battery to an open firing position and with direct fire made two passes in the barbed wire, destroyed 3 firing points and one direct-fire gun. As a result, a supported infantry unit, on the offensive, knocked the Germans out of the first trenches, occupied them and began to pursue the enemy. _x000D_ From the 19th to 25th October 1943, my grandfather pursued the enemy to the settlement of Maly Avtyutsevichi with the infantry with fire and wheels. _x000D_ From 8th to 14th January 1944, during the breakthrough of the enemy's defenses in the Aleksandrovka area, Golevitsy and Kalinkovichi Staratonov Nikolay neutralized the enemy's front edge by direct fire, allowing the infantry to knock the enemy out of the first trenches and break into the southern outskirts of the village Aleksandrovka, destroying: 5 machine-gun points, one machine-gun bunker, one separate gun. After the breakthrough, together with the infantry, he pursued the enemy beyond the outskirts of Kalinkovichi, where he suppressed the fire of three machine guns and one battery. For this feat he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky. _x000D_ My grandfather also was distinguished on the Baltic front. As the Commander of the 3rd battery of the 60th Guards Corps Artillery Kobrin Red Banner Regiment of the Guard, Captain Nikolai Prokhorovich Staratonov on the approaches to Riga in the Laugas area on September 30 and October 1, 1944 repelled three enemy counterattacks with battery fire, scattering and partially destroying up to 2 companies of the German infantry, suppressed two machine guns and destroyed one 75 mm cannon. _x000D_ In the combat east of the Sigulda line on September 5, 1944t, he discovered a concentration of enemy infantry, up to a battalion, preparing for a counterattack and, opening battery fire, destroyed more than 30 German soldiers and officers. _x000D_ On October 10, in the Vesturi Region, with battery fire, he suppressed the enemy's mortar battery and destroyed the heavy machine gun, which was an obstacle with the advance of our infantry, thereby ensuring the crossing of the Maza-Jugla River. For his courage in the above combat, my grandfather was presented with a state award, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree. _x000D_ The soldier’s fate kept him, he had passed the Western, Bryansk, Belorussian and Baltic fronts with no scratch. _x000D_ However, he was not destined to return home. On March 5, 1945, just two months before the Victory, Nikolai Prokhorovich Staratonov passed away. And only 70 years later did we find out where Nikolai was buried. _x000D_ As a result of our searches, it was found out that the Commander of the 3rd battery of the 60th Guards Corps Artillery Kobrin Red Banner Guards Regiment, Captain Nikolai Prokhorovich Staratonov, died of wounds on 03/05/1945. _x000D_ The primary burial place is the village of Zaghelev, now Sadlovo in Poland. On July 23, 1952, he and 14 other soldiers were reburied in Stargard at the Stargard-Szczecinski International Military Cemetery. Now he rests in mass grave number 42. Eternal Glory!

Rank: Red Army soldier _x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces_x000D_ Subdivision: 413th Infantry Brest Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division _x000D_ During the Great Patriotic War, my Father had been a communication technician. He never said anything about the war. Apparently the memories were hard. But my father told me one story, which I remember and consider it heroic: _x000D_ “The communication line with the command was cut off. As far as I remember from the story, there were two attempts to connect the lines, but they were unsuccessful. The soldiers were killed. My father shocked and seriously wounded. He received a shrapnel wound in his right forearm with a fracture of the radius. The connection was restored.” _x000D_ Vladimir Maksimovich Soloviev was called up for active military service on August 3, 1941 and sent to the war. He participated in battles, military campaigns of the 1320th Infantry Regiment as a telephone operator for cable lines from July 1942 to March 1943. _x000D_ One of the key roles was assigned to the 50th Army, including 413 Rifle Division, in the defeat of the opposing enemy group in the area of height called Zaitseva Gora. Storming of Zaitseva Gora is one of the most tragic combats of the Great Patriotic War. People call Zaitseva Gora "the Height of Death." _x000D_ At the combat for Zaitseva GoraV.M. Soloviev was seriously wounded on March _x000D_ 14, 1943. Until August 20, 1943, he was undergoing treatment at evacuation hospital number 1244 in Leninsk-Kuznetsk, Kemerovo Region. He was recognized as fit for non-combatant service due to limitation of the right elbow joint and was transferred to the reserve. _x000D_ In January 1945 he was again drafted into the army as a telephone operator in the 641st Infantry Regiment, which continued on its way in Poland. After the successful East Pomeranian operation in March 1945, 165th Infantry Division was withdrawn to rest, and the 70th Army to the reserve. V.M. Soloviev was enlisted in other troops and continued his combat path in the battles for Konigsberg. _x000D_ V.M. Soloviev had participated in combats as part of the 997th Königsberg Infantry Order of Kutuzov the 3rd degree Regiment as a shooter in the rank of private since April 1945. He was wounded in the right thigh in East Prussia. Victory Day Soloviev V.M. I celebrated at the hospital. _x000D_ After treatment in a mobile field hospital p / p 40309 (704), after Victory Day, he continued to serve in the 997th Infantry Regiment of the 263rd Division of the 43rd Army in East Germany. In October 1945 he was demobilized into the reserve. _x000D_ Dad lived a good life after the war. All his long life he worked for prosperity of this country. Нe raised 8 children, aal of them are worthy members of our society. He left behind a large offspring of 19 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

Suleimanov Ibragim Bagomedovich was born in 1911, in the village of Urakhi, Darginsky District, Dagestan Region (now Sergokalinsky District of the Republic of Dagestan), into a peasant family. In 1937 he graduated from the Sergokala pedagogical school, after which he worked at the Urakhin Secondary School and the Gubden incomplete school. In the summer of 1941, he was drafted by the Karabudakhkent Military Commissariat of the Dagestan SSR. _x000D_ Since August 1941, he served as a line supervisor, and then as a Senior line supervisor of the cable-pole company of 14th Separate Motorized Rifle Communications Battalion as part of the 353rd Rifle Division of the 3rd rifle corps of the 56th army. From August to October 1941 he had been a participant in the defense of Odessa. For heroic deeds during battles and exemplary performance of command assignments, he was awarded two medals “For Courage” and a medal “For Military Merit”. From December 1941 to April 1942 he took part in the defense of Sevastopol. _x000D_ In January 1942 he was awarded the third medal “For Courage” for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command. Since July 1942 he participated in hostilities on the Main Caucasian ridge. For courage shown in the combat missions of the command by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 12, 1942, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. After successfully completing the mission, he was sent to Tuapse. Since December 1942, he took part in intense battles for Tuapse in the Region of the Kamenistaya, Dva Brata, Semashkho and Indyuk mountains, as well as in the Goytkh pass area. For courage shown in these battles, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. _x000D_ In September-November 1943 he took part in the Melitopol and Kerch-Eltigen offensive operations. In April 1944 he took part in hostilities in a number of Crimean cities. _x000D_ Also, from March to April 1944, he actively was taking part in the Odessa offensive operation. During the hostilities in the Odessa Region, he was blown up by a mine and lost his right leg. He barely managed to survive. _x000D_ For courage and heroism during the expulsion of the Nazi invaders from the territory of the Ukrainian SSR, by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the guard Senior Seargeant Suleimanov Ibrahim Bagomedovich is awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of 1st degree. _x000D_ In 1945 he was demobilized with the status of a disabled person of the Great Patriotic War of the first group. He returned to his homeland and for several years had been working at the sovkhoz named after Hamid Dalgat in the village of Urakhi. _x000D_ In 1964 he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor for labor achievements. He was an honored teacher of the Dagestan ASSR. In 1985 he was awarded the second Order of the Patriotic War of 1st degree in honor of the 40th anniversary of Victory. _x000D_ In 1993 he passed away of cardiac arrest at the age of 84. He was buried in his native village. _x000D_ Awards: Order of the Red Banner, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War I degree (twice) , Order of the Badge of Honor, Medal ‘For Courage” (three times), Medal ‘For Military Merit”, Medal ‘For Defense of the Caucasus”, Medal ‘For Defense of Odessa”, Medal ‘For Defense of Sevastopol”, Medal ‘For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945” and other medals.

Rank: Red Army Soldier _x000D_ Missing in action 00.12.1941. Document specifying losses: report No. 59494, type of report: reports of the post-war period, date of report 09/07/1946 Specified parts of 4th division. _x000D_ I am asking for help to find the missing person! I am looking for the brother of my grandmother Kolousova (Stolyarova) Vera Sergeevna (born May 6, 1931, a native of the Ulyanovsk Region, Inzensky District, the village of Shuvatovo). _x000D_ In the first days of the Second World War, my grandfather was called to the front. In which direction the train departed, there is no information from the military ID. My grandmother, while she was alive, was looking for information about him and took to the regional military registration and enlistment office the only photograph of her brother, which was lost in the archive. _x000D_ Previously, I wanted to find the original photo to the family archive, to fulfill the will of my grandmother. _x000D_ In the photo Alexander is 16 years old, he is in Chelyabinsk. The photo was sent by Kakleeva Nadezhda Ananyevna, the daughter of a participant in three wars. _x000D_ Alexander’s mother: Stolyarova Theodosya Evdokimovna (Davydovna) (09.09.1890-09.02.1952) passed away at 61 due to cardiovascular insufficiency. She rests on 5th block of the Mitrofanovskoye cemetery. _x000D_ Theodosya's children: Volodya, Alexander, Vera, Anna (passed away young). The only relative left is a niece, named Alexandra in honor of her uncle, Shura (Maiden Stolyarov) Gebel, is still alive, but she does not remember much. Search teams are informed and search throughout this country. _x000D_ The Earth reveals the long-awaited facts about the death of relatives and friends. The lost information may have appeared ... Please, help me find it! I would be glad to receive any information and ask you to inform me via email: gartungm@mail.ru Best regards, Maria Valerievna Hartung

Branch of troops: Communications troops _x000D_ A short autobiography of grandfather and grandmother from a personal diary on March 1, 2004: _x000D_ “I, Ilya Ivanovich Tolstolutsky, was born on July 28, 1923, in a family of five children, in the village of Medvezhye, Melovatsky District. I graduated from 4th grades in Medvezhye, and then 7 grades at Yasenovskaya school. In 1938 I graduated from the FZO school (factory training at the plant named after Dzerzhinsky) for the repair of steam locomotives in the city of Voronezh. I worked as a fitter repairing fittings on steam locomotives. _x000D_ In September 1941 I was drafted into the active army. I served and fought in communications units (telephone communications), at first, at the Western front, and in 1942 I was transported to the Far East. In 1945 I took part in the war with Japan. After the end of the war with Japan, I was sent to the workers' battalion in Vladivostok. I worked on loading and unloading ships. In April 1947 I was demobilized. Thus, I returned to my native village Medvezhye only 6 years later. I worked in kolkhoz in various agricultural jobs. In 1948 I met a girl named Ulyana from the village of Yasenovka. _x000D_ Belovolova Ulyana Vasilievna was born on June 20, 1928. In November 1948 we got married. In 1950, our daughter Galya was born. Since 13 years old, Ulya had worked in the kolkhoz at all jobs: she grazed, fed and rode bulls, horses, was a milkmaid, a pig shepherd, a cook, a watchman, a loader in all agricultural work, graduated from 3 classes of school. _x000D_ We settled in the village of Yasenovka. I began to work in kolkhoz. I rode horses and bulls. I was a foreman of a field-crop team, head of a grain warehouse, head of a poultry farm, a foreman of a vegetable garden team. _x000D_ Since 1958 I have been working as an accountant of a tractor team until my retirement in 1983. For health reasons, Ulyana Vasilievna from 1976 until her retirement in 1983 worked at home, in a vegetable garden of 0.52 hectares, we grew all vegetables for themselves and sold the surplus to other villages and the city of Kalach. The farm had a cow, sheep, pigs, geese, chickens, ducks, goats. Ulyana's mother, Dunya, who was disabled, provided great help with the household chores. She nursed not only her granddaughter Galya, but also her great-grandchildren Seryozha and Tanya. She lived for 83 years. _x000D_ In 1959, our Tolstolutskys family dismantled their old house and built a new one, rebuilt a barn, a basement, made a kitchen of stone and clay, dug a well in the courtyard, led water into the courtyard and a vegetable garden. All work was done by hand. In the kolkhoz labor was paid poorly, and very little bread was given. We made extra from the garden, and went to the Rostov Region for grain. We baked plain black bread. There were high taxes, as well as mandatory surrender to the state of meat, eggs, milk, wool, animal skins, and everything for nothing. _x000D_ Until 1960, no money was paid for work at all, only workdays. Already retired, in 1986 we sold the house, moved to Kalach, bought a new house and installed gas pipes. _x000D_ “Perhaps this is all, if God prolongs life, then I will add something else ... ”_x000D_ For such labors, my whole life passed. In the kolkhoz, the Tolstolutsky family was respected, they were called godfathers, there were 12 gods and 46 godfathers. We lived in peace with Ulyana Vasilievna, 63 years old, who passed away in 2011. They raised their daughter Galya, grandchildren Seryozha and Tanya, and help raise six great-grandchildren. Family relationships are a model for grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Rank: Military Technician of 2nd rank _x000D_ Branch of troops: the USSR Navy and the Naval Forces of the NKVD border troops. _x000D_ My father, Ilya Mikhailovich Saveliev, was born on July 30, 1919 in the Tver Region of Russia. In 1933, after finishing 7 classes, he came to Leningrad and entered the Construction Technical School, which he graduated in 1937. Then he was called up for short courses at the Leningrad Naval Academy. After graduating from the academy, he briefly served at the base of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet in Tallinn. In 1940 he was sent to serve in Kiev, where in August 1941, at the age of 23, he began his front-line service as Chief of 1st supply fuel department of the Logistics Department of the Pinsk Military Flotilla. _x000D_ Once fighting with the Germans on land, Ilya Mikhailovich Savelyev was surrounded. At combat he was wounded and contused, his left arm was shot through, (despite the fact that he was left-handed), and a bullet was stuck in his thigh. Due to concussion and pain, he lost consciousness. At night, he woke up and crawled to the nearest village, where a local peasant woman provided him with first aid. When the wounds began to heal, he made his way through the territory occupied by the Germans to Kiev, where my mother, Menshikova Klavdia Dmitrievna, used to live. _x000D_ She hid him in a specially walled part of her apartment, so that the German patrol would not find him during a sudden check and nursed him until Kiev was liberated by the Red Army. When Kiev was liberated at the end of 1943, my father voluntarily came to the military commandant's office of the Red Army and again went to fight as part of the 180th Rifle Division (2nd formation) of the 2nd Ukrainian Front and 106th Rifle Division (3rd formation) of the 1st Ukrainian Front. _x000D_ But for the fact that he, being a Soviet officer and being surrounded, did not shoot himself, the officer's shoulder straps were torn from him in the commandant's office and he ended the war as a Private. _x000D_ After the victory, he was sent to special camps in the north of Russia. Such was the fate of the Soviet officers who were surrounded. After several months of camps, Ilya Savelyev returned to the construction profession and worked in Leningrad from 1946 to 1957 as a foreman and head of a workshop. In the summer of 1957, he returned to Kiev, and in the fall of 1957 he was officially rehabilitated. He got back his officer rank, given military awards and a monetary reward of 3,000 rubles. _x000D_ Since 1957, Ilya Savelyev had worked at the Kiev State Design Institute of Light Industry as a leading engineer and group leader. Не was sent from the institute to Mongolia and worked from 1961 to 1964 as the chief consultant of a tannery in Ulan Bator. He enjoyed the honor and respect. Due to a combat wound in his left hand, he learned to draw complex drawings with his right hand. He passed away in Kiev in June 1981 and was buried with military honors.

Subdivision: 242nd Taman Mountain Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov_x000D_ Tribunsky Nikolay Tarasovich was born on October, 25 1923 in the village Salnikovo (now Pervomaisky District of Altai Territory) in a peasant family. He had been enlisted to the Red Army since October 1941, participated in war combats since December 1941. He was a recon of the 690th Brigade Regiment (126th Brigade, 2nd Guards Army, 4th Ukrainian Front)._x000D_ On 12.4.1944 as part of reconnaissance group he destroyed 5 Nazis and captured several prisoners in Sevastopol (Crimea, Ukraine). On 05/31/1944 he was awarded the Order of Glory, (242nd Alpine Division, the 3rd Alpine Corps, 1st Guards Army, 4th Ukrainian front). _x000D_ Senior Sergeant made several raids deep into the rear of the enemy, captured and personally exterminated more than 15 Nazis 17.12.44-4.01.45. On On 4.01.45 one of the first in a group of recons broke into the enemy location in the area of Bardejov (Slovakia), struck 3 sub-machine gunners with point-blank fire, and captured 1 prisoner. On 05.02.45 Tribunsky awarded the Order of Glory of 3 degree, on 24.10.66 he was re-awarded the Order of Glory of 1st degree. Commanding a capture group, on the night of 05.02.45 at the station Gucisko (southern city of Rabka, Poland) killed 4 Nazis and took 1 prisoner. On the night of 20.02.45 in the area of Nowy Sacz (Poland), covering the retreat of the capture group with the “tongue”, he struck 5 infantry. On 24.3.45 Tribunsky was awarded the Order of Glory of 2nd degree. _x000D_ In January 1946 he was demobilized. In 1956 he graduated from the Barnaul Accounting and Credit College and worked as a Chief Accountant of the Altai Regional Committee of the Communist Party. He lived in the city of Barnaul. He passed away on June 25, 1996.

I want to tell you about my great-grandfather Sinkov Alexander Yakovlevich, who went through the entire war from the beginning to the victorious end. Alexander was born in 1911 in the village of Alekseevka, Pochep District, Bryansk Region. From the first days of the war he was called up to the front. At home, my great-grandfather left a family: his wife Praskovya and three children. It was not easy for them to survive in the harsh wartime. Hunger, cold and death were everywhere. They wandered through the kolkhoz fields and picked frozen potatoes, which they called "nausea," and baked pancakes from them. During the bombing of Pochep, a shell fell on the house where the eldest son Alexander was. He was instantly killed. At this time, great-grandfather fought for Moscow in heavy bloody battles and could not protect his family. My grandmother, Sokolova Lyudmila Aleksandrovna, keeps a page of the Selskaya Nov 'newspaper with an article about her father, in which he gave an interview for the 40th anniversary of the combat for Moscow. Here is what my great-grandfather said about the combat for the capital. _x000D_ “It was very cold fall of 1941. We Russians, accustomed to frost, bore them relatively easily. But the Nazis were freezing even in sheepskin coats stolen from our peasants. Even Russian nature was at war with the hated enemy. The fighting was fierce. I was wounded, but I stayed in the ranks with my comrades, I could not leave the last line. There was nowhere to go, Moscow was behind us! We vowed to die, but not to step back. I remember a combat in the Volokolamsk area, when a machine gun mowed down the enemy until it was impossible to touch because of the heat. _x000D_ The Germans rolled back, suffering huge losses. Here I saw the captured enemies for the first time. Much happened for the first time just near Moscow … Here we witnessed rocket mortars, affectionately called ”Katyusha" by the soldiers. That fall I first had the opportunity to attend a military parade in Moscow. An unforgettable impression remained forever in my memory. Imagine what this parade meant for us in front-line Moscow…_x000D_ Then we realized that the enemy would never capture our capital. For the first time near Moscow I had to shoot from an anti-tank gun and walked with it many kilometers of military roads. We were approaching the Victory Day in the distant cold and stormy forty-first. _x000D_ Awards: medal "For Defense of Moscow" on February 27, 1945; gratitude for participation in the Victory parade of June 26, 1945; medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" on October 19, 1945; jubilee medal "Thirty years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" on May 9, 1975; jubilee medal "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" on January 15, 1979. _x000D_ But this is not the whole story about my hero. Our family archive contains the newspaper "Selskaya nov" dated February 14, 1970, No. 19, where a whole page is devoted to Sinkov Alexander Yakovlevich, my great-grandfather! Here's what I learned from reading the article. _x000D_ “When the last gunshots of the Great Patriotic War passed away down, announcing to the whole world about the Victory over the worst enemy of mankind - fascism, our soldiers began to return to peaceful labor. The front-line soldier Alexander Yakovlevich Sinkov also returned to his native lands. He took off his battered, dusty soldier's overcoat, changed into civilian clothes and went to look for a job. At that time, workers were needed literally in all areas of agricultural production destroyed by the enemy, and Alexander Yakovlevich was immediately offered the position of head of the warehouse of spare parts and materials for agricultural machines, as well as mineral fertilizers and pesticides. He always was an attentive and patient listener of who ever turns to him, If a sowing or harvesting campaign takes place on kolkhoz fields, then Alexander Yakovlevich, even on weekends and holidays, very rarely leaves his work. He knows that on such days the fate of the harvest is on the line, so all the machines in the fields work with great stress, at any hour a part may fail and require urgent replacement. He knew how to fight and work great. Unfortunately, a terrible tragedy happened in the life of the great-grandfather, having survived all the difficulties and horrors of war, already in peacetime, his wife Praskovya passed away, leaving two children. A few years later, my grandfather married again to the beauty of Pochep, Vera Filippovna Larionenko, my great-grandmother. _x000D_ The children of the great-grandfather from his first marriage had grown up by that time and left the parental home. In 1957 my grandmother, Lyudmila, was born. Only on May 9, with some incomprehensible feeling, he put on his jacket with the medals glittered, shimmering in the spring sun, and went to a link-up with those who understood him more than we did, and indulged in memories.

He was born in the village of Nikolskoye, Mezhdurechensky District, Vologda Region. He began his career in 1938, as a livestock technician, after graduating from the Gryazovets Agricultural Technical school. In 1939 he was drafted into the border troops. He passed military service near Brest, where he faced the Nazis, with the rank of Starshina. He retreated with regular units to the Luga line, where, after being reorganized, he was sent to the regular army and began participating in the Leningrad defensive operation. _x000D_ During the Leningrad Siege, he took part not only in the defense of the city, but also in the construction of the “Road of Life”, across Lake Ladoga. Due to his serious health condition, he was evacuated to a hospital near Moscow. After recovering in 1943, he graduated from Artillery courses as a Commander of the Katyusha rocket launcher battery, with the rank of Lieutenant. t|e Took part in the liberation of Budapest, Vienna, Koenigsberg. _x000D_ At Konigsberg, as the Commander of the BM-13 division, he received a severe concussion and was sent to the hospital, where he celebrated Victory. _x000D_ After the end of the war, he was commissioned with the rank of Guard Captain and began work as an agronomist in the Vologda Region. In 1946 he graduated from the Vologda regional party school and until 1949 worked in the District party committee in the town of Kirillov in the Vologda Region, then in the apparatus of the Vologda party committee. He worked in party and people's control bodies. After retirement, he headed the regional Council for Nature Protection. He passed away in 1986 in Vologda. He was buried at the Poshekhonskoye cemetery.

Rank: Junior Seargeant, Hero of the Soviet Union_x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces _x000D_ Subdivision: Kalinin 48th Ropsha Ropsha Red Banner Division _x000D_ Sobyanin Gavriil Epifanovich was participant of the WWI and the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, Hero of the Soviet Union. Gavriil Epifanovich Sobyanin was born in the village of Shaitanovka, Cherdyn District, Perm Region. In 1914-1916 Gavriil Epifanovich took part in the First World War. In 1918, his family moved to the Berezovsky District for permanent residence. When the Great Patriotic War began, in August 1942 he volunteered for the front. He served as a sniper rifleman of the 301st Infantry Regiment of the 48th Ropsha Red Banner Division named after M.I. Kalinin of 2nd Baltic Front. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, medals "For Courage" and "For Military Merit." He passed away on December 23, 1944 in the combat for the stronghold of Garozas in the Libava District of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic. _x000D_ For courage and devotion to the oath on June 29, 1945, Sobyanin Gavriil Epifanovich was posthumously awarded the title of “Hero of the Soviet Union” with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. In September 2009, the archival department of the administration of the Berezovsky District invited the general educational institutions of the district to take part in the search and research action “Places of military glory of our fellow countrymen during the Great Patriotic War”, dedicated to 65th anniversary of Victory. The activists of the local club under the leadership of Lydia Volkova have found the burial place of the Hero of the Soviet Union Gabriel Epifanovich Sobyanin. It is located in Latvia in the village of Kursishi, Saldus Region, at the Kursishi brotherly military cemetery.

Rank: Red Army_x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery_x000D_ Division: 89th Infantry Division (1st Formation). _x000D_ My paternal grandfather, Vasily Konstantinovich Sergeev, was born in 1908 in the village of Shcherbinino, Orekhovo-Zuevsky District, Moscow Region. In 1919 he graduated from the 3rd grade of the Primary School in Orekhovo-Zuev. He had never been a Komsomol member or a party member. He had a civilian specialty as a lubricator. _x000D_ Fortunately, Vasily Konstantinovich's military ID was preserved, according to which I tried to restore the combat path of my grandfather. Military ID No. 794125 was issued on March 25, 1948._x000D_ In October 1930, at the age of 22, he was drafted by the Orekhovo-Zuevsky city military registration and enlistment office into the ranks of the Red Army for urgent military service. In the army, he served as an ordinary soldier of 1st military registration specialty (riflemen, machine gunners) as a shooter. _x000D_ It is noteworthy that before the beginning of the Second World War, he was mobilized by the Orekhovo-Zuevsky city military registration and enlistment office on April 4, 1941, in the 89th Rifle Regiment, under which he took the oath on the first day of the war on June 22 and as part of which he fought until February 28, 1942. _x000D_ Surprisingly, how the numbers in the family echo: I, his granddaughter, have a birthday on February 28th. Perhaps it was on this day in 1942 that grandfather Vasily was wounded in combat. _x000D_ From April 28, 1942 to June 1942, Vasily Konstantinovich was recovering from his wounds in evacuation hospital No. 1658 in Orenburg. During the WWII in the period from July 11, 1941 to January 1, 1946, the hospital was located in two buildings: in 4th building of the Orenburg State Pedagogical University at st. Pushkinskaya, 18 and School number 30 on the street. Sovetskaya, d. 24. Having recovered, the grandfather again went to the front. From June 1942 he fought in 37th Infantry Regiment, until he was again wounded on January 4, 1944. _x000D_ This time, the wound led to disability: a blind bullet wound in the left thigh with damage to the femur bone and sciatic nerve. And again evacuation hospital No. 1798 in Gorky from January 14, 1944 to April 29, 1944. The therapeutic department of the sorting evacuation hospital No. 1798 was deployed on the basis of city hospital No. 30 of the Kanavinsky District of Nizhny Novgorod, in the building of the former labor exchange. An important role in the development of the hospital was played by the organization on its basis of the Department of Faculty Therapy of the Gorky Medical Institute, which functioned from 1937 to 1941, i.e. before the start of the Great Patriotic War. _x000D_ On April 29, 1944, Vasily Konstantinovich was declared unfit for military service. On May 30, 1946, Vasily Konstantinovich was awarded the medal “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”. _x000D_ After the war he returned to his native town of Orekhovo-Zuevo and met my grandmother, Elena Egorovna Atlanova, born in 1905. Where and how my grandfather Vasily ended his life, I do not know.

Title: Junior Seargeant, Hero of the Soviet Union_x000D_ Branch of troops: Ground Forces_x000D_ Subdivision: Panfilov 8th Guards Rifle Rezhitskaya Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division _x000D_ Junior Sergeant Pyotr Dmitrievich Stemasov is the first Hero of the Soviet Union of the 316th Rifle Division. The Commander of the Radio Department of the 289th anti-tank Artillery Regiment of the 316th Rifle Division, Junior Sergeant Pyotr Stemasov in the battles near Moscow, provided radio communication of the battery with firing positions on October 25, 1941, replaced the out-of-order gunner and, together with the artillerymen, knocked out nine enemy tanks ... _x000D_ In the sector of the 1073rd Regiment of 316 Suvorov Division, the Nazi units broke through the defenses and made their way to join the tankers in Ostashevo. All the guns were already on alert. At two in the morning on October 25, the entire personnel of the 289th Regiment was raised to their feet. For half a day, the Spas-Ryukhov anti-tank area was grinding the fascist tanks. _x000D_ The fifth battery of Senior Lieutenant Belyakov, which discovered the enemy earlier than others, knocked out 11 tanks, Kapatsin's battery seventeen and the remaining batteries eighteen tanks. The battlefield was covered with smoke. Visibility has deteriorated. At the Kapatsyn battery, one gun was silent in the midst of hostilities. Kapatsyn sene Junior Seargeant Stemasov to clarify a combat situation. The gun carriage was covered with ground, and only the tractor driver Chobotov and the gunner Nerov survived. _x000D_ Stemasov, Chobotov and Neronov quickly dug up the gun carriage. The panorama was broken on the gun and the gunner ran to the spare. But the tanks were approaching, and they had to aim through the barrel. _x000D_ The first shot to test was fired at a haystack. The second time Stemasov aimed at the approaching tank, together with Chobotov, he again loaded the gun. A shot followed, “the tank shuddered, stopped and burst into flames.” _x000D_ Neronov returned with a spare panorama, the gun became fully operational. In a short time, the three of them knocked out seven tanks, but did not notice how a large group of enemy tanks from the side entered the rear. But even at these critical moments, Stemasov and his comrades were not at a loss. _x000D_ By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 9, 1941, for the exemplary fulfillment of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German enemy invaders, and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Junior Sergeant Peter Dmitrievich Stemasov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and a medal " Golden Star". In 1945 he graduated from 2nd year of the Military Academy named after F.E.Dzerzhinsky, in 1948 from the Higher Officer Artillery School, and in 1954 from the courses for officers. _x000D_ Since 1960, Major P.D.Stemasov had been in reserve. He lived in the city of Vitebsk. Before leaving for a well-deserved retirement, he worked at a factory of electrical measuring instruments. Retired Colonel P.D. Stemasov passed away on November 18, 2000. Buried in Vitebsk. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War of 1st degree, the Red Star, "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" of the 3rd degree, and medals. _x000D_ In the city of Vitebsk, a memorial plaque is installed on the house where the Hero lived.