Heroes and feats

Rank: Leiutenant Branch: Ground Forces He went to the front on July 17, 1941. He was a Leiutenant. From August 1941 to August 1942 he fought on the Southern Front, then, after being wounded, from September to November 1942 on the North Caucasian Front, and after another injury, in October-November 1943 on the Belorussian Front. During the war, he served in the Cavalry, then as the commander of an armored platform on an armored train, and then as a gun commander of the 1001 self-propelled Artillery Regiment of the 1st Don Mechanized Corps of the Belorussian Front. In 1941, in the battles near Novo-Moskovsky (Dnepropetrovsk region), he knocked out 2 Nazi tanks, during the battles for the city of Pavlograd (Zaporozhye region) he destroyed cars and trucks, 4 motorcycles, 7 Nazis and took another prisoner. In August 1942, during the battles for the town of Prokhladny (Kabardino-Balkaria), he knocked out one tank, two trucks and destroyed 15 enemy soldiers and officers. In November 1943, he took part in breaking through the Nazi defense in the Loev-Rechitsa area (Belorussian SSR), during the battles he destroyed 2 tanks and 2 self-propelled assault guns of the Nazis. On November 19, 1943, my grandfather was seriously wounded by an explosive bullet in the leg when, during the battles in the Loev-Rechitsa area, he pulled out a wounded fellow soldier. This injury resulted in the amputation of the leg, after which, in August 1944, he was demobilized from the army. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War II degree, the medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" and jubilee medals. After the war, he worked as the head of the Evpatoria Construction office, and then as the Chief Engineer of the Krymvodkhoz / Krymvodstroy, an organization that drilled artesian wells in the Crimea. He passed away in 1984. The results of his work (artesian wells) came in handy after Crimea returned home, when the North Crimean Canal was blocked.

Branch of troops: Communications troops Pavel Ivanovich Seliverstov was born in the village. Fedorovo, Susaninsky district, Kostroma region. Military electrical engineer, 1939 graduated from the Electrical Engineering Academy of Communications R.K.K.A. named after Budyonny in Leningrad. On June 22, 1941 he served in Kiev, where the war caught him. He fought in the Central Front, Southwestern Front, Voronezh Front, Central and 1st Belorussian Front. He commanded a field reconnaissance radio station and reconnaissance department, was engaged in establishing communications and sending radio operators to the rear of the enemy. He retreated from Kiev to Stalingrad and advanced from Stalingrad to Berlin. He is the member of the Battle of Stalingrad. During the war he was awarded four Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degree, 2 medals "For Military Merit", as well as medals "For the Defense of Stalingrad", "For the liberation of Kiev", "For Liberation of Warsaw", "For Capture of Berlin "," For Victory over Germany ", was awarded the Polish medal. He graduated from the war with the rank of Leiutenant Colonel. After the war he served in the occupation forces in Germany in Babelsberg. He retired and worked as a Chief Engineer at radio factories in Ryazan, Molodechno, head of a special design bureau in Irkutsk, head of the NOT department at a plant in Alagir. He met his wife Starikova Alexandra Timofeevna at the front near Stalingrad. Alexandra Timofeevna, a native of the village of Chigorak, Boresoglebsk District, Voronezh Region, was voluntarily drafted into the army at the age of 18 and served as a decoder, a participant in the Battle of Stalingrad, was wounded. After the war, already Alexandra Timofeevna Seliverstova, lived with her family in Germany for several years. She raised three daughters. Together they lived for over 50 years and died within one year. All the years until their death, they corresponded with their front-line friends. After Pavel Ivanovich's demise, his family received a letter from Poltava from N. Butakov:“... I received your letter with the sad news of the death of Pavel Ivanovich, a worthy citizen of the country and a military leader to whom we, his former subordinates during the war, owe the preservation of health and life... We will keep the memory of Pavel Ivanovich in our hearts. On May 28, my daughter and I will lay flowers on the memorial stone of communications workers at the grave of the Unknown Soldier in honor of our dear Pavel Ivanovich ...”.

Rank: Corporal Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except for naval Aviation), Coastal Service, troops of the NKVD, Border Troops I want to tell a little about my grandfather on my mother’s side, Sanaev Ivan Gerasimovich. He was born on 28.12.1913 in the village. Warmazeyka of the Bolsheignatovsky region of the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in a peasant family, Mordvin by nationality. In that hard time of hunger, at the age of 11, having received a 2nd grade education, he began to work as a handyman on a local kolkhoz. Subsequently, he received a civilian profession as a concrete worker. On November 22, 1935, at the age of 22, he was drafted into the Armed Forces and enlisted in a Rifle Regiment as a rifleman, received the rank of Corporal and the position of gunner. He served for 2 years and on 11/10/1937 was transferred to the reserve. On December 22, 1941, at the age of 28, he was called up for mobilization for the Great Patriotic War by the Verkh-Chebulinsky District of the Novosibirsk Region and was assigned to 72 Separate naval Rifle Brigade in a Separate company of anti-tank rifles by a Corporal gunner (14th Army), later 72 Separate naval Rifle Brigade, submachine gunner Battalion, 3rd company, Corporal - shooter. And from 01/01/1945 to 11/16/1945 -he was in the western Rifle Regiment. He fought on the Karelian front in the Murmansk front. A bit of history about the 72nd Rifle Brigade: The brigade was formed in the city of Kargat, Novosibirsk region (Siberian military district) in the fall of 1941. At the end of the formation through Murmansk, she was sent to the Kola Peninsula, to the area between the Sredny Peninsula and Lake Onega, where she arrived in February 1942, took up positions along the Zapadnaya Litsa River at the 44th kilometer, held the defense there until 1944. In April-May 1942, she took part in an unsuccessful offensive against enemy defenses at the turn of the river. In 1943 it was redeployed a little, took up positions on the Baburinskaya hill. From 10/07/1944 he took part in the Petsamo-Kirkenes operation, took part in the liberation of Pechenga. Having made a bypass maneuver, 10/10/1944 cut the Petsamo-Salmijärvi road west of Luoyarvi, repulsed dozens of enemy attacks, then on 10/13/1944 cut the Petsamo-Tarnet road, closing the escape route from Petsamo to the west, then supported the attack on Nikel. On 10/27/1944 it cleared the city of Neiden from the enemy. In January 1945, the brigade was reorganized into a mountain Rifle Brigade. In February 1945, it was transferred to Czechoslovakia, where from 24.03.1945 it participated in the Moravian-Ostrava offensive operation, starting an offensive in the Zorau area, covered more than 40 kilometers with battles, crossed the Oder, seized a foot strong on the other side, and entered Ostrava on April 30, 1945 ... It ended the war by participating in the Prague operation. The last combat in the battles in the west took on 05/12/1945, with German units breaking through to the west. On 09/25/1945 my grandfather was demobilized from the army by age. During the war he was twice seriously wounded, in the left arm and chest. Awarded with: - the medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." - the medal "For the Defense of the Soviet Arctic". He returned from the war to his native village. He worked as a fireman at the Nadezhdinsky distillery, later - the Nadezhdinsky starch drying plant. In 1947 he married my grandmother Anastasia. 6 children were born. After retirement and until the end of his life he was engaged in beekeeping. He died in January 1984 at the age of 70. Thanks to the efforts of our grandfathers, we are their descendants, happy and live in a free country. I am very proud of my Grandfather.

Rank: Senior Sergeant Branch of troops: Artillery Subdivision: 268th Rifle Mginskaya Red Banner Division Tuchin Porfiry Mikhailovich was called up to the war to mobilize the Ekaterinovskiy Commissariat on July 3, 1941 in 799 Artillery Regiment, headquarters battery, recon, commander of the computing department until September 1945. In the battles in the Sinyavino area, being at the forefront, under heavy enemy artillery fire, my father and his reconnassance unit spotted 3 machine-gun bunkers, 2 mortar batteries, 4 dugouts that hindered the advance of the infantry. The artillery fire destroyed everything, which made it possible to occupy the front trenches. For this efforts he was awarded the medal "For Military Merit" on 08/26/1943. From September 1945 to October 1945 he was the commander of the computing department of the 801st Artillery Regiment. In battles in the area of the village of Usikorko, being in the combat formations of the infantry, he found and spotted 4 enemy firing points, which were destroyed by artillery fire. For military efforts in the area of the village of Usikorko he was awarded the medal "For Courage" on 06/25/1944. He was demobilized on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated September 25, 1945 from October 25, 1945. Awards: "For the Defense of Leningrad" on July 3, 1943, "For Victory over Germany" on March 11, 1946. After the war, P. M. Tuchin was engaged in party and economic work in the Yekaterinovsky, Oktyabrsky, Sakmarsky districts of the Orenburg region. He worked as the Chairman of the kolkhoz named after XX11 party congress of the Oktyabrsky district. After working for 10 years, he was sent to the lagging neighboring kolkhoz named after XX1 Party Congress. Giving all his strength, energy, all of himself, he worked for another 10 years as the Chairman of his native kolkhoz. Porfiry Mikhailovich led a great public work, was a member of the district committee of the CPSU, a deputy of the district and regional Councils of People's Deputies of several convocations. He was a propagandist of the Society Znanie, paid much attention to the military-patriotic education of youth. He often spoke to schoolchildren and youth of the village with his memories of the Second World War. For his selfless pile and successes in the development of agricultural production, the rise of the economy, he was awarded medals and orders for labour "Labor Red Banner" and "Badge of Honor". He passed away in Orenburg on May 31, 1982. He was buried in the village of Sergeevka, Sakmarsky district, Orenburg region. I remember!! I'm proud!! Thank you so much for such a wonderful project, because a person is alive as long as he is remembered! When the last veteran leaves, And the quiet will cover the mass graves, Let there be MEMORY, like a sacred temple !!!

Title: Red Army Soldier Alexey Ivanovich Solovov, was born in 1913 on the Moiseevsky farm of the Novo-Nikolaevsky district of the Volgograd region into a peasant family. In the 1920s the family moved to Borisoglebsk. Alexey Ivanovich graduated from the 4th grade, received the specialty of a driver. In 1935 he was called up to combat service by the Borisoglebsk Commissariat, served as a rifleman in the 135 Separate Construction Battalion, was demobilized in 1937. On December 9, 1941, he was called up to the front for mobilization. He passed the War of the Guard as a Private in the 40th Separate Guards Mortar Division, fought on the Western, 2nd Ukrainian, 3rd Ukrainian, Transbaikal fronts. He drove cars along the Road of Life, drove the legendary Katyusha multiple rocket launcher. During hostilities in the Kishinev area on April 16, 1944, while delivering ammunition to the base, he was subjected to the strongest bombing of enemy aircraft, with a skillful maneuver he removed the vehicle with ammunition from the bombing area. He restored the damaged car in 1.5 hours and, in spite of the terminating enemy air raids, delivered ammunition to the front line on time. When crossing the Dniester River on April 17, with the help of berths under machine-gun fire from aircraft, he kept a ferry on the mooring ropes, abandoned by the service personnel of the crossing. After that, he ensured the withdrawal of cars from the ferry to the shore. For his heroism, courage and courage in May 1944, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. In August-September 1945, as part of the 40th Separate Guards Mortar Division, he participated in the war with Japan. In overcoming the passes of B. Khingan, Aleksey Ivanovich skillfully conducted a combat installation "Katyusha" across off-road and swampy terrain. For the entire march passed from the Mongolian People's Republic to the area of concentration of troops, his car had no breakdowns or accidents, passed the route without assistance. In September 1945 Solovov A.I. was awarded the medal "For Courage". Aleksey Ivanovich Solovov was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Medal “For Courage”, the Medal “For Victory Over Germany”, The Medal “For The Victory Over Japan”, Medal “For Liberation Of Prague”, The Order Of The Patriotic War II Degree. After the war he got married and worked in a passenger car fleet as a bus driver. Alexey Ivanovich died in 1999 at the 87th year of his life.

Rank: Leiutenant Branch of troops: Aviation Subdivision: 2nd Mixed Aviation Division Sedov Anatoly Nikolaevich is a participant of the Great Patriotic War, fighter pilot, Knight of the Order of the Patriotic War I and II degree, Order of the Red Banner, Order of the Red Star, Order of Alexander Nevsky, medals "For courage", "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." etc. Sedov Anatoly Nikolaevich was born on March 5, 1922 in the village of Baranovka, Kurilovsky district, Saratov region, since 1925 he lived in the city of Volsk, Saratov province in the family of a railway worker. In 1939, Anatoly Sedov was drafted into the army, from where he was sent by the command to a Military Aviation School. At the final exams, he passed most of the subjects with excellent marks and became a fighter pilot. After graduating from college in 1940, he was sent to one of the Aviation units. At the front of the Patriotic War, he has been participating since July 1941 in 321 BBAPs to 3 TAPs. Being in 321 BBAP made 24 sorties on the PE-3 aircraft to bomb the enemy troops. During a raid on the enemy garrison in Velikiye Luki, finding point 3A of the enemy, which was firing at a group of aircraft, he was out of order from a dive and silenced him with his fire. While carrying out a combat mission on January 6, 1943, the enemy's 3A was hit and followed home on one engine, was attacked by enemy ME-109f fighters. His plane caught fire in the air. Courageously fighting enemy fighters, his crew shot down the enemy aircraft, despite the flames of their aircraft, they continued to fight. It was only when the plane became uncontrollable that the crew was thrown out by parachute, and the last one left the plane, being wounded. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for excellent performance of the command assignment. After the hospital, he returned and continued service in 3 TAPs since March 1943, he had been working at LI-2, during this time he has flown over 1000 hours on the plane and made about 400 hundred cross-country flights to relocate aviation units to the front line. In total, transported 840 people and 58 tons of cargo. Until the end of the war, he worked on the transportation of goods and personnel, both on long-distance flights Moscow-Kiev and back, and on domestic transportation. After the end of the war, he lived in the city of Moscow and worked in Civil Aviation, on a strategic reconnaissance bomber RS in command. After finishing his career as a pilot, he retired and moved to the city of Samara for permanent residence. Anatoly Nikolayevich died on June 18, 2005 at the age of 84, and was buried there.

Rank: Sergeant Branch of troops: Artillery Subdivision: 71st Guards Rifle Kharkiv-Vitebsk Order of Lenin Red Banner Division Military path: My grandfather,Smolyaninov Fedor Vasilyevich, went long and heroic military path. He was drafted into the 151st Artillery Regiment at the very beginning of the war, in June 1941. The youngest daughter of my grandfather, at that time, was not even a month old. As part of the 71st Rifle Division, my grandfather went through many battles, fought on the Don and Voronezh fronts, as well as on the 1st and 2nd Baltic fronts. Fyodor Vasilyevich took part in the battles for Konigsberg and Polotsk, and defended Stalingrad. My grandfather was wounded more than once, once seriously. After being treated in the hospital, he was given a short leave and returned home. After a short rehabilitation, my grandfather returned to the front. Since 1943, Fedor Vasilyevich fought for Ukraine, took part in the Kiev operation, known as the crossing of the Dnieper. After the end of the Battle of the Dnieper, the division continues to operate as part of the 1st Ukrainian Front. Since October 1944, the division has been part of the 1st Belorussian Front. Later, until the end of the war, the division fights on the territory of Northern Poland. From January 1945, my grandfather took part in the East Prussian offensive. During this operation, he had a chance to fight for Modlin, Torun, Chojnitz and Danzig. My grandfather was awarded many medals and orders. Fyodor Vasilyevich received the Order of the Red Star for a heroic effort. Under heavy shelling in a combat, he fixed three vehicles, and in the immediate vicinity of the enemy brought them to a given point in the location of the forces of the red army. My great-grandfather was awarded the medal "For Valor". During combat for the city of Polotsk, in the territory overseen by the enemy, with heavy artillery fire, he, neglecting the danger, repaired and put out of fire broken car. Life path (life story after the victory): After the Victory, my grandfather returned to his native village Shumilovka, Tambov region, to his family, his wife Daria Nikitichna and 5 children. Until his retirement, Fyodor Vasilyevich worked as a driver at a sovkhoz. He traveled both on a gasoline tanker and on a "gait", a small truck equipped as a workshop to help in the fields during the harvesting campaign. My grandfather was a mechanic and had extensive experience working with machines, including during the war, and always helped him to quickly repair broken cleaning equipment. After retirement, my grandfather continued to work as a groom on the farm, as he was very fond of horses. Indeed, in the regular army, even before the war, my grandfather served in the Cavalry. Fyodor Vasilyevich lived a long life after the war. He had two more children, a son in 1946 and a daughter at the very beginning of 1953. This is the youngest, 7th daughter was my mother, Galina Fedorovna. I hardly remember my grandfather, because he died in 1984, I was very little. But, I heard many stories of my mother about her heroic father. Our war Veteran participateв in: Kursk Bulge, Liberation of Konigsberg, combats for Polotsk, Battle for Stalingrad, Liberation of Warsaw.

Rank: Major Branch of troops: Artillery From February 1940 to September 1942 he was a cadet of the Automobile School at the Omsk Artillery Command. From September 1942 to July 1943 he was a Divisional Artillery Supply Chief on the Kalinin front. From February 1943 to December 1943 he was at the North-Western Front. From December 1943 to May 1945 he was at the Central Front, 1st Belorussian Front. My great-grandfather, from 1940 to September 1942, studied at the Omsk Automobile School under the Artillery Administration, after which he was sent as the commander of a reconnaissance group to the 20th Anti-Tank Destroyer Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Brigade, which was part of the North-Western Front. At this time, heavy fighting took place near the city of Staraya Russa. My grandfather said that one day his group captured a very valuable "tongue", an officer of the German army. From his testimony, our command learned about the plans for the offensive of the fascist troops in their sector. For this my grandfather was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". In June 1943, its unit took part in breaking through the heavily fortified German defenses west of the city of Kovel with access to the Western Bug River. My great-grandfather recalled:“A column of tanks was advancing on us. Our battalion suffered heavy losses. One of the crews of the anti-tank gun was killed, and the commander directed me and my driver to the gun. We drove up to the cannon in a truck and took up defenses. The column of tanks passed through a narrow place, and when we knocked out the first and the last tanks with the remaining two shells, it was trapped and destroyed. " In this battle, my grandfather was seriously wounded and contused. For his heroism he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. After recovering in September 1943, he was sent to the Central Front in his brigade as the chief of artillery supplies of the division. At this time, an incident happened to him, which I heard about in our family. Once, during the offensive of our troops, my grandfather saw his younger brother, who ran away from home to the front. From that moment until the end of the war, they served together. As part of the 1st Belorussian Front in the summer of 1944, he participated in the liberation of the cities of Minsk, Mozovetsky, Sedlets, Lukov of Belarus. In autumn 1944 he took part in the capture of the Prague Fortress. My grandfather recalled: One evening, walking through the brigade's location, I saw three suspicious people in civilian clothes. At my shout, they rushed to run, opening fire on me. The fighters arrived in time to the sound of the shots, and together we arrested them. In the commandant's office it turned out that these were recons, an oberleutenant and two privates. They carried out reconnaissance at the location of our brigade. " For the operation to arrest the saboteurs, Ivan Petrovich was awarded the Order of the Red Star. In January 1945, the medal "For Liberation of Warsaw" was added to the remaining awards. In March 1945, during the capture of the city of Altdam, the unit commanded by the great-grandfather destroyed the guard at the junction station and seized two fuel tanks. All vehicles going into battle were filled with this fuel. For the heroism shown Starikov I.P. was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. Grandfather also took part in the capture of the cities of Spandau and Potsdam. He celebrated Victory Day in Berlin, for which he was awarded the medal "For the capture of Berlin".

Rank: Red Army Soldier Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except for naval Aviation), Coastal Service, NKVD troops, Border Troops. Division: 289th Infantry Division (2nd Formation). Semichev Alexander Nikolaevich was born in 1900 in the village of Knyazhaya, Vologda region. At the age of 27, he went to a friend in Novosibirsk. There he graduated from the courses of accountants. Then he was sent to Altai, where an artel was created. In Altai, he met his future wife Nadezhda Alekseevna. Before the war, his older children were born, Valya and Tolya. So the family was established. In Altai, he worked in his profession. He also worked in Dushanbe, Pereyaslavl-Zalessky in the areas of work. Subsequently, the work brought him to the Lopasnensky district of the Moscow region. At this time the war began and Alexander Nikolaevich was 41 years old. He is sent to serve on the Karelian front (north of the Arkhangelsk region). At the front he was a private machine gunner of the 1st machine gun company of the 1048th Rifle Regiment of the 289th Rifle divisions (2-formations). Participated in the Svirsk-Petrozavodsk offensive operation (June 21 - August 9, 1944) of the Soviet troops of the left wing of the Karelian Front. He miraculously survived after a mine exploded next to him. After the war, Alexander Nikolayevich worked as a Chief Accountant at the Novy sovkhoz in the town of Klin, and in 1961 he retired and returned to his family in Lopasnensky district for permanent residence, where his daughter Alexandra Alexandrovna was born. For courage and efforts before the Fatherland, Alexander Nikolaevich received the Order of the Red Star and the Order of Glory of the third degree. He passed away from a serious illness in 1974. He buried at the place of residence.

Rank: Colonel Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval Aviation), Coastal Service, NKVD troops Border Subdivision: 416th Taganrog Rifle Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division On September 5, 1941, he was mobilized into the Red Army and sent to the city of Kostroma, where he completed refresher courses for command personnel to be appointed commander of a sapper Battalion. Then he continued his service on the Western Front as the Commander of a Separate Sapper Battalion No. 1714, and then as the commander of a Separate Sapper Battalion of the 416th Rifle Division. On April 26, 1945, on the outskirts of Berlin, the sappers of his division cleared a narrow area through which the tanks were to pass. It was impossible to waste a minute to accomplish this mission, and the tankers refused to advance along this section, because they were afraid to go astray and blown up. Without hesitation, my great-grandfather threw on a raincoat and ran through the cleared area, commanding the tankers to follow him. The line was successfully taken. Our family always proudly recalls this act as heroic. For all the time of participation in the Great Patriotic War, the great-grandfather has established himself only on the positive side. He has earned many awards. These are the orders of "Patriotic War I and II degrees", "Red Star", "Red Banner", as well as medals "For the Defense of the Caucasus", "For the victory over Germany in the Patriotic War of 1941-45.", "For the capture of Berlin." , "For the Liberation of Warsaw" and "For Military Merit". My great-grandfather died on June 26, 1956 from heart disease in Moscow as head of the Engineering Department of the Special Construction Directorate of the Defense Ministry at the age of 46.

Rank: Guards Captain My dad, Ivan Dmitrievich Smirnov, is a Guards Captain. He fought from the first day of the war - from June 22, 1941 until the end. Participant of the battle near Moscow in the Volokolamsk front. Since May 1943 he fought in the 137th Separate Guards Communications Battalion of the 16th Guards Rifle Corps of the 11th Guards Army as an assistant chief of staff. He helped to establish uninterrupted communications to the Command. He was located directly in the places of work to restore the communication disrupted by the enemy, being repeatedly exposed to enemy fire. He performed all missions of the command accurately and in the shortest possible time, communication was restored and worked steadily. When the corps was relocated in 1944 to the area of the village Cherno-Kovali was the battalion's convoy commander. On the way, the convoy was attacked several times by enemy aircraft. He skillfully dispersed the machines, as a result the equipment and personnel were completely saved. During the capture of the city and fortress of Konigsberg and Pillau in 1945, as an assistant to the head of the personnel department, he performed the missions of the command to establish an officer corps accounting, to staff the combat units with an officer corps. Being directly in the units during the combat, he managed to correctly place the officers in positions to perform the combat missions set by the Army Council. During the assault on the city of Konigsberg, most of the time he was in the rifle battalions, timely replacing the left the ranks officers with other officers in reserve. In any combat situation, he provided the command and higher headquarters in a timely manner with all the necessary data on the status and manning of the officer corps. It's such a coincidence that dad's birthday is the beginning of the war on June 22. It turned out that my father's birthday is really a sad holiday for the rest of his life. My dad was an amazingly tactful, intelligent, educated and handsome person. He didn't like to talk about the war. Eternal memory to him ... No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten

Tolstykh Porfiry Ivanovich at the age of 17 went to his elder sister Stepanida in Turinsk. A year later he was drafted into the army. Returning home, he worked on timber rafting, here his health deteriorated greatly, he could not walk. But thanks to his strong character, he got to his feet. In 1942, in the front of the Turin Military Commissariat, he graduated from a driving course and in 1943 he volunteered for the front. His military awards are kept: the Order of the Patriotic War, two medals "For Military Merit" and a medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War." Together with them lies a letter from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Comrade Stalin and four thanks of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union Comrade Stalin for excellent military operations. Among them is an old shabby diary. Porfiry Ivanovich made some notes regarding the path of his Guards Ural Volunteer Tank Corps. Here are the lines from this diary: “This corps had passed a hard way. It was in the midst of the Great Patriotic War, the beginning of 1943. The workers of the Urals put forward the idea of establishing a volunteer tank corps. The Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Perm regional committees submitted this proposal to the Central Committee of the CPSU. 100,000 applications were submitted. On March 11, 1943, the name was given: 30th Ural Volunteer Tank Corps. On April 10, the corps was formed. On May 1, 1943, we took the military oath. On July 18 we launched an offensive. On July 24, 1943, they began their combat path in the area of the city of Kozelsk. This is how our first journey began. The Urals fought bravely. In January 1944, the Ural Corps was deployed south to the 1st Ukrainian Front. The Urals began to attack. The enemy began to retreat in panic. This happened with the enemy division of the Soviet Union SS-Totenkopfverbände (Death's Head). Our tankers crushed the best Führer division near Khvorostkov with their tanks' tracks. It was especially hard to take Kamensk-Podolsk. There was an enemy garrison of five thousand men. All night 24-25 and in the afternoon of March 25 there was a struggle for the Turkish Fortress. On the morning of March 26, the city was taken. Then they went to liberate Poland. The enemy threw 60 tanks, 50 armored personnel carriers, 15 self-propelled guns, divisions, artillery. 12 counterattacks had to be recaptured by the Sverdlovsk brigade. The Ural corps was breaking through to the Oder. The Polish population came out to meet the glorious tankers. Experienced tankers took the city of Burzein in half an hour. The battle for the Oder was inscribed in the history of glorious deeds. After a short break, the corps went to the city of Lubin. This city was in the ring of our tanks. On April 2, 1945, the Urals withdrew from the fighting, and on April 11 they were in a new front to Berlin. In the battles for Berlin, the Ural Corps destroyed: 18,209 enemy soldiers and officers, captured 18,134 people, destroyed 16 aircraft, 33 medium tanks, 10 Tiger tanks and many other equipment. ” I would like to add lines from the letter Comrade Stalin, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Union: “For successful hostilities, as part of a formation, in breaking through the German defense on the western bank of the Narew River, north of Warsaw, and during the liberation of the cities of Pshasnysh (Prasnysh), Bytuv (Byutov), Gdansk (Danzig), at the capture of the cities of Marienburg, Chojnice (Konitz), Stralsund, Grimmen, Demin, Malkhin, Waren, Wesenberg, Barth, Bad Doberan, Neubuko, Warin, Wittenberg, Anklam, Friedland, Neubrandenburg, Lichen, Greifswald, Treptz and Greifeswald, Treptz, Neustrelle you, Tolstykh Porfiry Ivanovich, have been awarded ten commendations from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Comrade Stalin. "

Branch of troops: Artillery He is a participant in 4 military campaigns of the first half of the twentieth century, participated in: 1) the 1st World War; 2) The Civil War in Russia 1917-1922. (on the side of the Red Army); 3) the Soviet-Finnish war; 4) the Great Patriotic War. According to the documents, on December 12, 1917, he was drafted by the Ranenburg military commanders of the Ryazan province, recognized as fit for combat service and enlisted in the cadres of the old army. This happened even before the October Revolution. On October 1, 1918, he was called up to mobilize the Ranenburg Commissariat of the Ryazan Region to participate in the Civil War on the side of the Red Army. From October 1918 to April 1919 he served in the 1st Moscow Partisan Regiment. Was injured. He was treated in a hospital. From December 1919 to September 1921 he served in the 2nd Separate local Rifle Battalion as a shooter. On September 14, 1921 he was transferred to the reserve. From 1939 - 1940 he took part in the Soviet-Finnish war. On January 29, 1942, he was called up to mobilize the Troekurovsky Commissariat of the Ryazan region. From January 1942 to March 1942 he served in the 40th Infantry Brigade, 135th Guards Artillery Uzhgorod Regiment. Position was a shooter. He was seriously wounded. From March 1942 to August 1942 he was treated at the hospital No. 1656 in the city of Chkalov (Orenburg). Then he fought in the 135th Guards Uzhgorod Artillery Regiment, the 293rd Infantry Division (which was later honorably renamed the 66th Guards Infantry Poltava Red Banner Division). Participated in the Battle of Stalingrad. He fought at the Kursk Bulge. He fought in Ukraine. Liberated the city of Poltava. He was fighting in Hungary. He participated in the capture of the city of Budapest. Reached the Austrian Alps. He ended the war in Austria. Demobilized on September 4, 1945 on the basis of the law of the USSR Supreme Soviet of June 23, 1945. He was awarded the following awards: 1) Medal "For Military Merit" No. 3148634 on August 21, 1945; 2) Medal "For Military Merit" No. 1126614 September 12, 1944; 3) Medal "For Military Merit" No. 2142456 May 21, 1945; 4) Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad" on September 6, 1943; 5) Medal "For the capture of Budapest" on April 1, 1947; 6) Medal "For Victory over Germany" on December 26, 1946; 7) Medal "For Courage" (this is indirectly mentioned in the order for another award). 8) and 9) Awarded with two orders (the documents for the orders have not been preserved). While at war, Tyunin Yegor Andreevich in October 1944 became a member of the Communist Party, card number 6907694. After the Great Patriotic War, Yegor Andreevich Tyunin was promoted to Chairman of the kolkhoz. He was married once, had ten children. Tyunin Yegor Andreevich died on April 27, 1962 from esophageal cancer.

Rank: Red Army Soldier Branch of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except for naval Aviation), Coastal Service, NKVD troops, Border Troops Conscripted service in 1926 - 1929 in the 25th Regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (shooter) Mobilized on November 5, 1941 by the Vagai military enlistment office from. Vagai, Vagai district, Omsk region in the rank of Red Army Soldier in the position of Mortarman, drafted into the Rifle Regiment 1228, 2nd Rifle company. He was a gunner in an anti-tank defense platoon, from April 1943 he was a gun commander. He took part in the battles for the liberation of the Volga region (1942), fought on the Karelian front (1944), and liberated the Soviet Arctic (1944). Has gratitude from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief - Marshal of the Soviet Union - IV Stalin: "For crossing the Svir River" on June 24, 1944; "For the liberation of the city of Petrozavodsk" on June 29, 1944; "For breaking through the defense of the city of Petsamo" (at the time of liberation - Finland) on October 15, 1944; "For the liberation of the city of Kirkenes" (Norway) on October 20, 1944; (during the Second World War, it was subjected to massive bomb strikes - 320 air raids were made on the city); "For Liberation of the Pechenga region" on November 7, 1944. From 1941 to 1944 German troops unsuccessfully tried to break through to Murmansk, at that time it was the only ice-free port in our North.In the fall of 1944, Soviet troops managed to break through the front. For his participation in these operations, his grandfather was awarded the medal "For the Defense of the Soviet Arctic" (a rare award). He had no injuries or concussions. My grandfather finished the war with the rank of Artillery Sergeant, the commander of an anti-tank artillery gun. Demobilized on July 22, 1945. He returned home only in the spring of 1946, since almost all the way back home was on foot. Awards: The badge "25 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"; Medals: "For the defense of the Soviet Arctic"; "For the victory over Germany"; Jubilee medals: "20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War", "30 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"; "40 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"; "50 years of the USSR Armed Forces"; "60 years of the USSR Armed Forces." He passed away in May 1989

Rank: Senior Sergeant Branch of troops: Armored and mechanized troops Before the war he was a driver in a "lorry" (Gas AA). He was drafted into the army in 1941 and, together with the car, got to the 3rd Ukrainian Front. Throughout the war he served the front line by car. He transported ammunition, food, various household goods and delivered the wounded to the rear. Once he was carrying the wounded in the back of a "lorry" in a hilly area. Suddenly, a mortar shelling of the road began from one of the hills. Mine hit right in the back of the car. Exploded in the back, killing the wounded. The cabin collapsed, but Fyodor Vasilyevich survived. Shrapnel hurt his back. He was treated in a hospital, after which he was transferred to another car - an open passenger car "Willis", in which he drove the military leader (unfortunately, the name is unknown). The front was then located in Hungary. On September 25, 1944, before the upcoming battle near the city of Szekesfehervar, he and the commander went to inspect the combat positions, but were unexpectedly blown up by a mine. The mine exploded right from the side of the commander, who died on the spot from shrapnel, and ricocheted to the left, shattering Fyodor Vasilyevich's fingers on his left foot. Since the injury occurred on the front line, it was impossible to provide him with proper assistance in time. He was transported to Ukraine, to evacuation hospital No. 5807 in Dneprodzerzhinsk, where he ended up only on October 21, 1944. As a result, the wound festered and blood poisoning began. At the hospital, the doctor said that the leg should be amputated up to the knee, otherwise Fyodor Vasilyevich would not live long. However, he categorically did not want to become a one-legged invalid and begged not to cut off his leg. The doctor replied that he could only cut off the foot, but that the wounded would live a maximum of several months to 5 years. Fyodor Vasilyevich agreed. The doctor cut off the foot, but the strength of character and the will to live won, and Fedor Vasilyevich lived not only more than 5 years, but only 3 days did not live to see his 90th birthday. However, all his life the wound reminded of itself: it hurt and "shot through", he had to make a special shoe and block and wear it all his life to compensate for the missing foot. Upon returning from the front, he continued to work as a driver in the organization "Vodosvet" in the city of Prokhladny KBASSR and worked there until 1959, until a decree was issued banning the disabled from working in such professions. Then he moved to the machinists of the pumping station at the water intake, where he worked until retirement.