Heroes and feats

Alexey Ivanovich Skurlatov Title: Senior Sergeant. Branch of service: Artillery. Division: 188th Rifle Lower Dnieper Red Banner division. During World War II Alexey Ivanovich Skurlatov fought in the 3rd Ukrainian front and was twice awarded the Order of the Red Star for courage - in January and in August 1944. However, during the war years, information about the first of these awards was lost. Nowadays, studying the documents of the Central archive of the Russian Ministry of Defense, enthusiasts have come across the lost documents on awarding the order with the missing record of delivery. It is expected that in September 2012 the Order of the Red Star will be sent to the military Commissariat of the Altai territory, where the war hero is living now, and will be awarded to Alexey Skurlatov. As noted in the award leaflet, Sergeant Skurlatov performed a combat feat in January 1944 as a part of the 234th Artillery Regiment of the 188th Rifle Division of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. "Moving in the infantry battle formations and not paying attention to the artillery barrage," the document says, " the Sergeant, not stopping even for a moment, observing the enemy, promptly discovered his firing points." According to the archives, at the time of the enemy's counterattack, Skurlatov destroyed two German soldiers with the personal weapon. After being wounded, he refused to leave the battlefield and continued to conduct intensive shelling of enemy positions. Later, due to a serious injury, Skurlatov was transferred to the communications officer, and in 1944 restored the telephone line Plovdiv-Sofia. In Plovdiv, Alexey Ivanovich became friends with a Bulgarian worker - an employee of the telephone exchange Metodi Vitanov. According to one version, it was him who gave the photo of Alexey Skurlatov to the Bulgarian sculptor Vasil Rodoslavov. Based on this image, the sculptor created a monument to the Soviet soldier-liberator "Alyosha", installed on the "Hill of Liberators" in Plovdiv in 1954. The monument, which can be seen from almost anywhere in the city, was put up on November 7, 1957. The monument, which can be seen from almost anywhere in the city, was inaugurated on November 7, 1957. The 11-meter-high sculpture of a Soviet soldier made of reinforced concrete is placed on a 6-meter pedestal covered with granite. The warrior's face is turned to the East, and in his hand is a PPSH submachine gun, pointing the muzzle at the ground. The monument, which can be seen from almost anywhere in the city, was inaugurated on November 7, 1957. The Song "Alyosha". «The Russian soldier of Bulgaria» Soviet song with lyrics by the poet Konstantin Vanshenkin and composer Eduard Kolmanovsky dedicated the monument to Soviet soldiers "Alyosha" in Plovdiv, Bulgaria as a symbol of remembrance to all Soviet soldiers who died during the liberation of Bulgaria from Nazi occupation during World War II. REWARDS : Order of the Great Patriotic War of II class, two Orders of the Red Star, Zhukov Medal, Medal "For courage", Medal "In commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin", Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", jubilee medal "20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945", jubilee medal "30 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945", jubilee medal "40 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945", jubilee medal "50 years of Victory in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945" jubilee medal "60 years The victory in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945", jubilee medal "65 years of Victory in the great Patriotic war 1941-1945", Medal "Veteran of labour", Medal "Veteran of Armed Forces of the USSR" Medal "For development of virgin lands", jubilee medal "50 years Armed forces of the USSR", jubilee medal "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", jubilee medal "70 years of Armed forces of USSR", Order "For merit to the Altai territory", Bulgarian Medal of the 1st class Bulgaria "65 years of Victory over fascism".

Suetin Vasily Petrovich Branch of service: Land Forces, Air Forces (except for Marine Aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD, border troops. Division: 175th Rifle Ural-Kovel Red Banner division of the order of Kutuzov . On June 24, 1941, Vasily SUETIN was drafted into the Red Army and sent to serve in the 3rd Submachine gun company of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Motorcycle Rifle Regiment of the Separate motorcycle rifle of the order of Lenin named after F. Dzerzhinsky (the special purpose division of the NKVD of the USSR). On June 26, 1941, he took the oath again. Until January 17, 1943, he served in the Separate Operational Purpose Division in Moscow. Barracks of the regiment were located in Protopopovsky side street, They protected state objects. On the 18th of January, 1943 Vasily Petrovich, as part of a team of 350 Red Army men and Junior commanders, was sent to Sverdlovsk, where the Ural Rifle Division of the Separate NKVD Army was being formed. In early February 1943, parts of the Ural Division of the NKVD (along with the rest of the divisions of the Separate Army of the NKVD) were transferred to Yelets, where they were announced to be transferred from the NKVD to the Red Army. The Revdinsky regiment became the 278th Revdinsky Rifle Regiment of the 175th Ural Rifle Division (3 formations). The Separate Army of the NKVD was transformed into the 70th Army and became a part of the Central Front. On the 9th of March 1943 at 02.00 fighters of the 278 th Revdinskiy Regiment without artillery preparation, without tank support and without any recon exploration of the area attacked heavily fortified positions of the 5th Rotorized Rergiment of the 12th Panzer Division pf the 9th Army of the Wehrmacht (Army group Centre) in Uspensky farm and the villge of May. They were waist-deep in snow under heavy rifle-machine-gun, mortar and artillery fire on the barbed wire of well-fortified strongpoints. The village was captured. The enemy actively counterattacked with the support of 6 tanks and heavy artillery fire. For 3 days of fighting, according to various sources, the loss of killed and wounded amounted to 35-40% of the personnel. Despite the heroism of soldiers, the combat task was not completed, and Uspensky farm was abandoned. In this battle, 20 officers, 44 sergeants and 94 Red Army men were killed. One officer, 23 Junior commanders and 109 Red Army men were missing. Casualties were 26 officers, 45 sergeants, and 245 Red Army men. Totaly 607 people. This is more than 25 % of the regiment's personnel who participated in the battle. I believe that my grandfather, Vasily Petrovich Suetin, a Red Amy soldier, also died in this battle, because my grandmother never received a single letter from him after February 1943. He loved her very much, and would have written to her from the front or from the hospital. Most likely the grandfather lost in the area of Uspensky farm, May village or the village of Svetly Luch, Oryol region, together with his friends from v: Senior Sergeant Yakov Tsvetkov, Junior Sergeant Vasily Kozlov, Red Army soldiers Alexey Buchin, Ulyanov Ivan Vladimirovich, Stepashkin Ivan Timofeevich, Zavyalov Trofim Pavlovich, Durandin Ivan Pavlovich, Dolotov Nikolai Vasilyevich and hundreds of other soldiers and commanders of the 278th Revdinsky Regiment. The enemy also suffered heavy losses in this battle: 144 soldiers and officers were killed, 176 were wounded, and two were captured. My mother has only one photo of her father and my grandfather Vasily. This photo was taken around 1935, when he was 28 years old. But for me my grandfather is still alive! As long as we remember him — he is with us!

Zoya Mikhailovna Stolyarova Stolyarova was born on February 23 in 1918, in Tim, Kursk region. In 1934, Stolyarova Z. M. graduated from 7 classes and entered the Timsky subtechnical school. After finishing her first year, she went to the city of Lublin, Moscow region, where she entered the Federal medical school at the Koganovich factory, majoring in wood modeling. In 1936, she came to a factory. While being at school, Zoya Mikhailovna decided to become a pilot. Realizing her long-held dream, she began studying at the Aero club in 1939. In the same year, she was sent to the Ulyanovsk aviation school of flight instructors. After graduating in 1940, Zoya Mikhailovna went to work as an instructor pilot in the Aero club of the Railway district of Moscow, where she worked until October 1941. On October 10, 1941, Zoya Mikhailovna was mobilized. After receiving a combat vehicle, she became a pilot of the 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment, the first female aviation regiment in history. During the war, she made more than 200 flights, went all the way from the walls of Stalingrad to the capital of Austria - Vienna. For military services she was awarded the Order of the Red Star and three medals. In 1946, she was discharged from the army as a reserve Lieutenant. In the post-war years she was awarded the medal "For valiant labor", was repeatedly awarded certificates of Honor and memorable gifts. After the war, Stolyarova Z. M. worked as a teacher on the aircraft cycle of the DOSAAF city Committee in the city of Troitsk. From 1963 to 1970, she was elected to the city Council and served as Secretary of the Executive Committee. In 1970, due to a sharp deterioration in health, Zoya Mikhailovna was released from her duties. Throughout the life of Stolyarova Z. M. she was a wise mentor and educator of young people, often gave lectures and reports. Since 1981, she headed the Front-line friends club on a voluntary basis. On October 28, 1987, Zoya Stolyarova was awarded the title "Honorary citizen of the city of Troitsk"for outstanding services. On December 9, 1990, Z. M. Stolyarova died at the age of 73. She was buried in the city of Troitsk.

Trinkman Anatoly Grigorievich Born on March 16, 1918 in Bryansk. In 1928, the village of Petrovskoye was relocated to the Dnepropetrovsk region. He graduated from 10 classes. On September 14, 1938, he was drafted into the Red Army. In 1941, he graduated from the Lieutenant courses in the Transbaikal Military District and was at the front from the first days of the war. The war ended in Germany, in Berlin. He was wounded three times, two of them seriously. Disabled person of the great Patriotic War of the 2nd group. He died on November 26, 1996. Married, 2 children (a son and a daughter), eldest grandson followed in the footsteps of his grandfather. To the award list about the Order of the Red Banner: “There were heavy rains and soil was scattered over the fields. He hit a big fascist car with a howitzer. It was deployed on the highway, and direct fire shot anyone who tried to clear the highway. And our troops were coming from behind. The Germans were trapped.” The division commander recommended that captain Trinkman would have been presented with the title Hero of the Soviet Union, but then because of his surname (German or Jewish), the presentation for awarding the Order of the Red Banner was replaced, and in the end one staff officer took his order, correcting the order number, so he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky. He told me that if an offensive was being prepared, the company foreman always gave the soldiers clean underwear, it was the law. He had adjutant Sasha Safarov, a Tatar young man. They fought together to the Victory (he was a desperate boy). On both of Sasha's hands, his index fingers were bitten until they bled, because he was standing up to guard the commander's sleep, and he put his finger in his mouth, and if he fell asleep, his teeth bit the finger, and he immediately woke up. So he gave his commander a rest. In general, his soldiers loved him very much, and they followed their commander into fire and water. His marriage was a legend: in August of 1945, after the hospital, he went to visit his relatives. On the train, he met a beautiful girl, he liked her, but she got off three stops before him. He waited for her at the station for a day when she would return to Dnepropetrovsk and went with her. So they met, the relations lasted just for two days, he made a proposal, but she did not agree. Then guards Captain Trinnkman took out his personal gun and said: either you marry me or you will be killed and I will commit a suicide. And my mother (she was 18 years old at the time) says: "I was young, scared, and agreed." They lived till the Golden wedding. He died in 1996.

Maxim Petrovich Tikhonin Title: Red Army soldier. I am proud of my great-grandfather! My great-grandfather, Maxim Petrovich Tikhonin, was born on August 15, 1910 in the village of Chelbak in the Asinovsky district. Unfortunately, he is no more with us. He died on June 6, 1980. I was not there yet, but the memory of all my relatives preserved the kindest and brightest feelings about him. Small in stature, with kind little wrinkles around his eyes, my grandfather always smiled and joked. My mother's sister remembers: "I remember how he brought black fragrant hot bread from a store. How he cooked cedar cones in the garden in a cast iron pot. How he brought fragrant strawberries from the mowing, and from my grandfather's palm the berry seemed to be the most delicious in the world...". My grandfather told us how he was captured by the Germans and stayed with them for 9 months. It was in the Ukraine. His comrades and he mowed hay for German horses. And the Germans fed prisoners with sunflower seeds. The grandfather gave his cap, and the German poured "food". Worse than starvation were, perhaps, only lice that ate prisoners of war. The area was surrounded by barbed wire and guarded day and night. My grandfather told me that the Germans loved him for his humor, flexible mind and great efficiency. And they called him "Max." The Germans trusted him and did not suspect that the grandfather had long planned to escape from captivity. And this is how it happened. One day my grandfather and his friend were driving hay in a cart. They were guarded by two Germans who played an accordion and sang songs. The grandfather took advantage of the moment, together with his friend, attacked the German soldiers and shot them. They threw the Germans off the cart, took off their uniforms, and changed into German clothes. And then they went to a rye field. Then they waded through the water so that the German dogs would not get on the trail. Finally they came to Russians. This is how he was able to leave captivity. Subsequently, he was awarded the Order of the Great Patriotic War. The grandfather was seriously wounded five times: shot through the palm, shoulder, and had shrapnel wounds to the head. He was treated in military hospitals in Moscow and Kiev. Throughout his life, his grandfather was tormented by fragments that remained in his head and periodically made themselves felt. My grandfather has many military medals and orders. After the war, he worked for many years as a blacksmith at a consumer service plant. I lived for fifty years with my wife, my great-grandmother Ulyana Yakovlevna. They raised four daughters. My soul is filled with pride for my great-grandfather. After all, his life has been a part of a great human feat for the sake of happiness and peace on a huge planet called Earth.

Sergeyev Mikhail Andreevich Mikhail Sergeev was born on the 19th of November, 1925, in Kazakh SSR, North Kazakhstan region, Bulaevsky district, Konyukhovo village. He served in the Red Army since January 1, 1943. Mikhail was only 17 years old on November 19, 1942, so he was not immediately sent to the front. First, he was sent to the 18th Separate school of excellent marksmen of sniper training-Ashgabat (Turkmen SSR). And only a year later, he found himself in the Gorokhovets camps near the city of Gorky, where units were being formed to be sent to the front. At the front from 09.01. to 09.02.1944. Corporal. Sniper. He participated in the Kalinkovichi-Mozyr operation of the Belarusian front as part of the 65th army of the 1201st Rifle Regiment of the 354th Rifle Division (later the Kalinkovichi of the order of Lenin and the Red Banner of the order of Suvorov). During an attack on German positions near the village of Gorokhovishchi (Gorokhovichi) on February 9, 1944, Mikhail Sergeev was seriously wounded by a mine fragment in the knee joint with bone damage. This is how he recalled later: "We were advancing on the German positions on a snow-covered field under heavy mortar and machine-gun fire. Our commander was immediately killed by a direct hit to the head by a mine. I only remember a tree standing alone in this field. It was next to him that I was hurt. A mine exploded somewhere behind them. The explosion sent me sprawling on my stomach, face down in the snow, my left leg bent up at the knee. I hadn't really felt the pain yet, but lay there, afraid that stray bullets might hit my leg. I couldn't bend my leg. Suddenly the leg was violently jerked, it stretched out along the body. As it turned out later, the bullet went through the muscle below the knee and threw the leg. But a fragment of a mine pierced the bone of the kneecap of the left leg. I don't remember exactly how quickly, but help arrived. They were not orderlies, but two of my classmates from our rifle platoon. The boys wrapped something around my wounds and dragged me on my back through the snow to our trenches. I didn't lose consciousness, but the pain was just terrible. The guys dragged me, and they envied me, repeating the words that I remembered for a lifetime: "You're lucky, Mishka, now you're going to the hospital, and then you're going HOME!!!" And so it happened later. Only at first I was lucky with the captain of the medical service, who saved my leg in a military field hospital. I wish I could remember his last name. The ambulance train took us to the rear for many days. As it turned out - to a hospital in the town of Orsk, Orenburg region. There I lay in a cast for six months. There was also pain, and there were lice under the cast, which made the leg itch worse than the pain in the wounds. Most of the wounded were still beardless boys. So most of all I rememberhow we were shy of the young nurses who served us in the hospital. One mature nurse who entered our ward always asked loudly:"where is the blue-eyed one?" she would go to my bed and say, " Well, how are you? How are you doing, blue eyes?" If I started complaining of pain, she would start humming to me from Utesov : "After all, you are a SAILOR, MISHKA, a sailor does not cry and does not lose his spirits ever!" That's how I waited for her arrival and somehow it became easier after that." After finishing treatment in hospital No. 3640 in the city of Orsk, Orenburg region, in August 1944, he was declared unfit for military service by the medical Commission and sent to the reserve. He came back home to the village of Kamyshlovo, where his elder brother Gennady and sister Rufina lived after being wounded. For a long time he moved on crutches, and then - with a cane. The wound periodically opened and required treatment. This continued throughout his life until his death in January 1996. Mikhail marriedRimma Nikolaevna Belousova in 1952 , a teacher of Russian language and literature, who came to work at a local school. At the Kara-Guga station, where he moved with his family, his sons Vyacheslav (1953) and Viktor (1955) were born. He graduated from an school for adult workers. Leter he worked in various organizations. He joined the CPSU (b), then worked for many years in the party and Soviet bodies.He received a correspondence higher education, having graduated from the Higher Party School in the city of Alma-ATA. Labor veteran. Holder of three orders of "Badge of Honor", various medals and certificates of honor. He went to different places of military glory of the Great Patriotic War, visited Belarus and the place of his wounds at the village of Gorokhovye. He was a member of the Council of veterans of the Second World war of the Bulaevsky district of the North Kazakhstan region and headed it. He collected a library of memoirs of Soviet military chiefs. He was buried in the Forest cemetery of Yekaterinburg. Has combat awards: Order of the Great Patriotic War I of the 1st class # of the Order 488982 Order book #062673 Medal "For military merit" 3009689 from June 15, 1948.

Sannikov Peter Alexandrovich Title: Senior Lieutenant. Branch of the army: Artillery Division: 29th Red Banner Artillery Division breakthrough. My great-grandfather Sannikov Pyotr Alexandrovich went through the whole war, was a real combat officer. He began on the North-Western front and finished in the Kuril Islands, where he took part in the far Eastern campaign against the Japanese Kwantung Army. He lived a difficult and eventful life that affected the fate of our Motherland and the entire nation. I consider him a hero, victory Day on may 9 is our family holiday. The events described below are taken from an autobiography written by my great-grandfather personally. Pyotr Alexandrovich was born in 1918 in the village of Savali in Malmyzhsky district of Kirov region in a large family with 5 children. This year marks the 100th anniversary of his birth. My father and mother were middle-class peasants, engaged in agriculture before the Revolution and after it. They joined the collective farm in 1929 and died in 1941. My great-grandfather graduated from the 7th grade of lower secondary school in Malmyzh in 1934, then studied at the Malmyzh school Lespromuch as a tractor driver. From 1936 to 1938, he worked as a tractor driver in the Malmyzhskaya MTS. In September 1938, he was drafted into the armed forces of the USSR. From October of 1938 to February of 1940, he was a division school cadet in the 3rd Separate Anti-aircraft Artillery Division of the NKVD troops. From February of 1940 to July of 1942, commander of the instrument section in the 29th Separate Anti-aircraft Artillery Division of the North-Western front. In July 1942, he was promoted to the position of platoon commander. From July 1942 to February 1947, commander of a fire platoon in the 29th Separate Anti-aircraft Artillery Division of the RGKA of the North-Western front, the 2nd Baltic front and the DKV. From February to April 1947, he was a battery commander in the 2nd Separate Anti-aircraft Artillery Division of the DKV. He participated in military operations from the first day of the Great Patriotic War until the end of the war in the Far East. He had no injuries and was not a prisoner of war. For fighting against Nazi Germany, Pyotr Alexandrovich was awarded the order of the red Star in 1943, the medal for Victory over Germany in 1945, and the medal for Victory over Japan in September 1945. In the far East in 1946, my great-grandfather met his future wife and my great-grandmother Maria Kosteychuk. They married on September 14, 1946, and the first of their three daughters was born in 1947. After being discharged from the army in 1947, Pyotr Alexandrovich worked in the Malmyzhsky city Council as a house Manager. From January 1, 1948 to September 1, 1950, he was the head of the Remstroykontory. Then he was appointed Manager of the Malmyzhsky communtrust of the Ministry of Public Utilities. While working in this position, he built a hydroelectric power station on the Shoshma river in the city, which solved the problem of energy supply to the city and nearby settlements. The post-war years were very difficult for the family, instead of a salary, the great-grandfather brought government bonds often. The farm and vegetable garden helped out. War years in the field and hard work after the war undermined the health of my great-grandfather. He died of tuberculosis in 1969 at the age of 50 and was buried in the town of Malmyzh. Dedication of daughter Svetlana to her father on his 100th birthday: Passed away at fifty-Defender of the Motherland. Fate took him away from life, and he was a great Talent! He finished the evening school with honors, built the “Savalka” power station, defended the Dam by jumping into the icy water, and killed the villagers in dugouts. He learned to play balalika himself, learned to weave bast shoes, he learned to weave, on the life of a peasant did not dare to grumble - he wanted to know everything, to pass life with dignity... And how he sang ! ... He played chess also, was a Poet, and wrote poetry ... In electricity, he wanted to become an engineer, but death managed to take his life! In the consciousness of died-to live wanted to! I left my talents to all my children... A bright comet flew through the sky and the trace of fire has not disappeared till this day !!

Stepanenko Fyodor Gavrilovich was born on the 27th of June, 1921 in the village of Kazinka, Kursavsky district. In 1940, he graduated from the Circassian pedagogical school and was drafted into the army. He served in Moscow in a special Separate Squadron of NGOs, currently the Presidential Regiment. He graduated from the regimental school with the rank of Sergeant before the war. He began to fight in the 43rd Cavalry Regiment of the 50th division. At the end of 1941, while commanding a machine-gun car, he came under fire and was shell-shocked. While he was getting to the regiment, a funeral was sent home. At the end of December of the same year, he took part in battles near the village of Palashkino, where the famous Major General Dovator died. In January of 1942, he was wounded near the village of Ratkovo near Moscow, and was treated in a hospital for three months. In April, he was sent to a Lieutenant's course, and at the end, he was left at the school. In 1943, he was assigned to the 42nd Rifle Division as a platoon commander of anti-tank guns. With this division, he passed through Belarus, Poland, crossing the Oder and Elbe. He met the victory with the rank of Senior Lieutenant, commander of an anti-aircraft machine-gun company near Berlin. After the war, he continued to serve in Germany. In December of 1946, he was discharged as a specialist and teacher. In early 1947, he worked as a primary school teacher at school No. 11 in Cherkessk. In June of 1947, he started working at the Circassian pedagogical school as a methodologist inspector, a laboratory assistant in the physics Department, and a teacher. He was a Director of St. George's seven years of school also, high school Dehtiarivska Kochubeevskogo district of Stavropol Krai, teacher of biology, geography, operating a tractor in the Ivanovo high school. Then, for more than 18 years, he taught military Affairs at the Ivanovo secondary school, and retired from this position in 1989. He had 52 years of work experience. For many years Fyodor Gavrilovich headed the Council of veterans, the Council of disabled people of the Great Patriotic War in the villge of Ivanovo, Kochubeyevsky district, Stavropol territory. In 2000, he was awarded the rank of captain (by the personal order of V. Putin), as well as the Cossack rank of Podesaul. Fedor Gavrilovich Stepanenko has the following battle awards: 1. Order of the "Patriotic war of I class"; 2. Order of the "Patriotic war of II class"; 3. Order of the "Red star"; 4. The medal "For defense of Moscow"; 5. Medal "For the capture of königsberg"; 6. Medal "For liberation of Warsaw"; 7. Medal "For victory over Germany". Together with his wife Vera Tikhonovna Stepanenko F. G. raised a son and daughter, with whom they lived inseparably for 53 years. On December 14, 2014, Fyodor Gavrilovich died. After an illness-he suffered a massive stroke. He was buried in the cemetery of Ivanovskoye village next to his wife.

Stafeev Longin Pavlovich Title: Starshina. Military branch: Aviation. My grandfather Stafeev Longin Pavlovich came from the village of Podnavoloc (Olonets province) (now the Kondopoga district of the Republic of Karelia). He was drafted into the Red Army in 1939 and sent to the District school of Junior aviation specialists of South Caucausus military district (Baku), where he received the specialty of an aircraft mechanic. After graduation, grandfather Longin was sent to the 50th Fighter Aviation Regiment for further service. The regiment was located 45 km from Baku at the railway station Nasosnaya, where he served until 1942 as an aviation motorist. The regiment was tasked with the air defense of Baku and the pumping station that provided (and still provides) the city of Baku with fresh water. The army lacked aviation specialists, so several soldiers of the regiment, including Longin Pavlovich, were sent to the District school of aircraft mechanics of South Caucausus Military District (75 km from Tbilisi). The program in the classroom was intensie – 12 class hours and 1 hour of self-training. After graduating from high school and majoring in aviation mechanics, Stafeev was sent to the newly formed fighter aviation regiment (near Tbilisi), which was then sent to the active army. From August of 1942 until the end of the war, grandfather Longin was in the active army on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War as a part of the 975th, and then renamed the 117th Guards Red Banner Stanislavsky Fighter Air Regiment. The regiment of Longin Pavlovich, being a part of the Reserve of the Supreme High command, passed a glorious military path during the war. He participated in the battles on the Transcaucasian, North Caucasian, Southern, the 1st and the 3rd Ukrainian Fronts. He participated in the defense of Caucasus as a part of the Black sea group of our troops, in the liberation of the cities of Krasnodar, Rostov, Taganrog, Mariupol, Odessa, Lviv, Iasi, Kishinev, and then took part in fraternal assistance to the peoples of Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Hungary (in this country, my grandfather met the Victory Day) in the liberation from fascism. Grandfather met the Victory day in Hungary with the rank of Guard Sergeant. He has got the following awards: Order of the Red Star, medal "For military merit", medal "For defense of Caucasus", medal "For the liberation of Bulgaria" for participation in the at GrePatriotic war 1944-1945, the medal "For liberation of Belgrade", the medal "For the victory over Germany" and jubilee medals. In August of 1945, Stafeev Longin Pavlovich, as a part of his regiment, left Hungary for Armenia, in Yerevan, and then, in 1946, the 117th Guards IAP relocated to Leninakan. During the fighting, the planes of the grandfather's air regiment destroyed a lot of enemy personnel and equipment. According to his memoirs, only one pilot, Major Gennady Shadrin, shot down 14 enemy aircraft, for which he was soon awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. As an aviation mechanic, Stafeev Longin Pavlovich served the I-16 fighter, which made up to 6 flights a day, arriving from a mission hit, the plane barely reached the airfield and it happened this way often. Aircraft mechanics had no time to sleep: armed with a portable battery lamp, they sent the plane to the tents (blackout) to bring it into combat readiness during the night. The war song is certainly the property of every nation. It is in this songwriting that a huge potential is concentrated, which suggests that a military song can become a pivot in the spiritual unification of the nation and morally help soldiers in war. According to my grandfather's stories, his air regiment had exactly the same instrumental ensemble that was described in the feature film about the Great Patriotic war "Only “old men” go into battle". No wonder this movie was the most favorite of grandpa Longin! Even in peacetime no family holiday was held without grandfather playing the guitar, balalaika or mandolin. I remember this time well, though I was already 7 years old when my grandfather died. Longin Pavlovich Stafeev has not been with us for many years, but his memory is still alive. Our family has preserved photos, military awards, commendations for the excellent military actions of grandfather Longin in the Great Patriotic war, and his Red Army document (book).

Tverdokhleb (Vorozheikina) Elizaveta Vasilevna Our mother, Tverdokhleb (vorozheikina) Elizaveta Vasilyevna was born on December 2, 1919 in the village of Pogromnoye in the Buzuluk district of Chkalov region in a family of peasants. She graduated from 10 classes in 1939 and entered the Stalinabad (now Frunze city) Teachers Institute. She graduated in 1942. From October 3, 1943 to December 31, 1946, she fought on the 3rd Ukrainian front in the SMERSH Counterintelligence Department as an assistant operative with the rank of Second Lieutenant. My mother didn't tell much about her service. We could only guess, looking at her wartime photos and her correspondence with her friends and dad. Their commander, the whole team was lovingly called "DAD". It is known that he had the military rank of major. Military uniform suited young girls-counterintelligence. They were always slim and well-ironed, like models off the fashion catwalk. During the difficult war years, it was the most "fashionable" clothing for girls. With their proud gait, they walked almost all of Europe. One day, in 1946, at a dance party in Bucharest, our father noticed a beautiful woman and decided to get aquainted her. He was very surprised when he was called to meet "Batya" (Dad) in counterintelligence. That's how our parents met. And on December 31, 1946, by order No. 2929 of the MGB of the USSR, my mother was discharged to the reserve with the rank of Second Lieutenant. For feats of arms my mother was awarded the Order "Patriotic War of II class", medal "For victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945", medal "20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945", medal "30 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945", medal "40 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945", medal "50 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945", medal "Zhukov". When the 55th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic war of 1941-1945 was celebrated, she was awarded the badge "Front-Line soldier 1941-1945". On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR March 14, 1956, our mother was given a "Medal of motherhood" of II class. Ror many years of her diligent work on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR by decision of the Executive Committee of the Kuibyshev regional Council of people's deputies on 15 December 1975 our mother was awarded the medal "VETERAN of LABOUR". After leaving the Armed Forces, my mother devoted all her time to our family raising five children. When the younger brothers went to the sixth grade, my mother decided to get a job in the military Commissariat of the Soviet district. For a long time, she participated in draft commissions for the selection of draftees by team. After working for a long time in the military enlistment office, she decided to change her occupation and got a job in the dormitory of the communication cable factory, where she was offered the position of senior teacher. Constant meetings with interesting people of Samara, creative evenings, KVN, concerts dedicated to various topics and holidays, mandatory performances of front-line soldiers-participants of the Great Patriotic war. This is just a small list of events that our mother conducted with the plant's employees. The plant administration has repeatedly awarded her valuable gifts, cash prizes, and certificates of honor for her effective work with young people. In 1967, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the October revolution, veterans of the 611 Peremyshl Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment order of Suvorov invited our parents to Moscow. There were many interesting intimate meetings with friends-veterans. Our parents attended many events: they visited Red Square, laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander garden. They especially remembered the gala evening at the “Seventh heaven” restaurant in the Ostankino TV tower, when the whole of Moscow spread out under their feet. These were unforgettable moments in their lives, it was worth fighting and winning for. Eternal memory to all the soldiers who participated in the liberation of the whole world from fascism, to all the home front workers who forged Victory in the great Patriotic war in the rear!!!

Andrey Fyedorovich Smirnov Division: 350th Rifle Zhytomyr-Sandomierz Red Banner Division of the order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky. My grandfather was born in the village of Koi-Gory Kalikinsky village council of Seredsky (Furmanovsky) district of Ivanovo region on October 30, 1898 in a family of farmers. He participated in three wars. From the first days of the Great Patriotic War, he was called to the front. He was wounded, shell-shocked, frostbitten, but reached Berlin and came back home on September 10, 1945. Awarded the medal "For military merit" (in October 1942, as part of the 1178th Rifle Regiment, in a difficult situation, delivered a package to the division headquarters in the city of Bolokhov, Oryol region). There is a medal "For bravery" (for the hit and burned tank near the city of Zhytomyr in February 1944). Another medal "For bravery" (for the downed armored personnel carrier near the town of Sandomierz on the Vistula river in August 1944). His wife and eight children waited for him throughout the war, and another daughter was born after the war. After returning from the front, my grandfather worked as a senior accountant-financier at the “Krasny dulyapinets” factory, then as a beekeeper at the “Boyets” collective farm. Next, I present an article from a student newspaper dedicated to my grandfather Andrey, which was written by his great-granddaughter Anna Chernikova, a 4th-year student of the faculty of the Russian state University of Romano-Germanic Philology, on the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany: My great-grandfather Andrey Smirnov participated in the First world war (1914-1918), in the Civil war (1917-1920), and then in the great Patriotic war (1941-1945). He served in the infantry, went through the whole war, reached Berlin. When he went to the front in 1941, my grandmother was four years old. At that time, the family had seven children, and his wife Elizabeth Feodorovna was expecting her eighth child. The eldest daughter Kaleria wrote a letter to K. E. Voroshilov with a request to let her father go home in the winter to see her son. It so happened that he knocked out a tank and for bravery and conscientious service, he was released for 10 days on leave. My grandmother remembers this bright moment very well. He had written in advance of his arrival, and every day they went out into the field and looked with bated breath towards the station. That day they noticed their father from afar and ran to meet him. This event was a great happiness for them. There are a lot of interesting stories. Here, for example, is one of them. Andrey Fyodorovich was a religious man and always carried an icon of St. Nicholas In his breast pocket, once it saved his life. A fragment from the shell hit the icon that protected the heart. A real miracle! In General, injuries occurred: the shoulder was hit by an enemy bullet, and after injuring the left hand, I had to become a clerk for a while (he had a very beautiful handwriting). Whenever possible, Andrey Fyodorovich tried to write a letter home, and the family calmed down a little when they learned that their father was alive. The great Patriotic war is not an easy period in the life of the Russian people. Women and children had to work on an equal basis with men, without days off, malnourished, with the last of their strength... Everyone was waiting for the end of the war. A horn at the factory announced that the war was over. Three long urges. The happy news spread very quickly, since every day the children waited for their father to return from Berlin. Later, he said that the Germans were very afraid of Russian soldiers and begged for mercy. But my great-grandfather never killed prisoners or touched women or children. He returned through Poland and six months later he was already home. After the war he worked as an accountant at a textile factory and a lesson for the soul was beekeeping. My grandmother remembers that people came from all over the region to buy honey, which was always made to the best of their ability. Here is a short story about a responsible worker, breadwinner and father of nine children, about my great-grandfather, my hero.

Saushkin Pyotr Vasilyevich Born in 1917, place of birth: Voronezh region, Paninsky district, village of Nikolskoye-1. Russian. He was in the Red Army since February 20, 1939, called in Voronezh region. In the active army he was since July of 1941. Member of the Komsomol since 1942. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1944, party card number 6399176. He was wounded twice: on January 3, 194 near Rzhev, and on October 10, 1943, lightly under farm Opukhliky. By order of the commander of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 46th Guards Rifle Division of the 2nd Baltic Front. Lieutenant Colonel Mikhailov No. 022/N from February 22, 1944 was awarded the medal "For military merit". Guard Sergeant SAUSHKIN Pyotr Vasilyevich for the fact that during the fighting for the village of Babichi-Motovilovo, acting as a gunner with accurate fire of his gun destroyed 2 enemy firing points and suppressed the fire of a mortar battery, which contributed to the advance of the infantry forward and capture the settlements. August 23, 1944 commander of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 46th Guards Rifle Division Guars Colonel Kruglikov signed the award list for the Order of the Red Star to the commander of the gun battery of 76-mm guns Guards Sergeant Saushkin P. V.: "during the forcing of the Western Dvina river comrade Saushkin was veru active in the construction of a raft for crossing the river, quickly adopting the order of battle, and with the fire of his gun supported the advance of our infantry on Beshenkovichi. In the area of settlements Pareniye, Vlasovo accurate fire of the guns he destroyed a weapon emplacement of the enemy, together with the crew. On the 9th of July in 1944 in the area of the village of Chizhuny fire guns suppressed two enemy firing points and destroyed up to a platoon of enemy infantry. The commander of the 46th Guards Rifle Division, Colonel Vasiliev, made a decision: "To award the order of Glory of the 3rd class." On 15 August 1944 he signed the award list for the Order of the Great Patriotic War of the 2nd class for the guards commander of the battery 76-mm guns. Sergeant P. V. Saushkin:"In the battle for the commanding heights of the village Angeleski the enemy opened heavy fire from all weapons and forced to lie our infantry. Saushkin, being with the 1st Rifle Battalion, rolled out his gun to an open firing position and directly suppressed the fire of three enemy firing points with 12 shells, which allowed the infantry to rise to the attack and break into the settlement. On the 28th of July in 1944 the enemy in the same area went on a counterattack, supported by self-propelled guns. Saushkin with his crew opened direct fire on self-propelled guns with seven shells. One self-propelled gun was hit and no longer fired. In addition, noticing the accumulation of enemy infantry, Saushkin opened fire on it directly, as a result, destroyed up to a platoon of enemy infantry, the rest fled. The division commander Colonel Vasiliev made a decision: "Award the Order of the Red Star". On the basis of these two documents, an order was issued by the commander of the 46th Guards Rifle Division of the 1st Baltic Front No. 079/N dated September 20, 1944, which awarded Sergeant Saushkin two orders at once-the Red Star and the Glory of the 3rd class. Already on September 21, 1944, the commander of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment, Major Vladimirsky, presented Sergeant Saushkin to be awarded the order of the Patriotic war of the 1st class:"In the battles against the German invaders when breaking through the heavily fortified enemy defenses on the night of September 13, 1944 in the area of the village of Bunga comrade Saushkin's direct-fire cannon repelled a fierce counterattack of the enemy, who tried to break into our battle lines, while the enemy tank fire was suppressed and up to 10 Germans were destroyed. On the 16th of September in 1944 on the March, the enemy fired at the battery and units from a direct-fire anti-aircraft gun and a self-propelled gun. Saushkin quickly deployed the gun and destroyed the anti-aircraft gun with direct fire and suppressed the fire of the self-propelled gun, which disappeared into the forest. On the 17th of September, 1944 in the area of the village of Pruseni, when the enemy surrounded the regiment from all sides and tried to finally close the ring, Saushkin with his gun direct fire destroyed up to a company of enemy infantry, which allowed the infantry to break through the encirclement ring. Here he also destroyed the enemy's 75-mm cannon and one car." Colonel Vasiliev remains honest to himself: "Award the Order of Glory of the 3rd class." And its order No. 0103/N of September 26, 1944 awards Guards Sergeant Saushkin this order again. On October 10, 1944, the commander of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment, Major Vladimirsky, again issued an award list for the Order of the Patriotic war of the 1st class to the commander of the first crew of the Battery of 76-mm guns, Sergeant Saushkin: "Comrade Saushkin Pyotr Vasilyevich while repelling the enemy's counterattack with 8 tanks on the 7th of October, 1944 at 7 o'clock in the afternoon showed a sample of mastering his weapon to perfection. When the tanks, noticing his gun, quickly rushed to his gun, he with his usual calmness, encouraging his soldiers, opened fire on the tanks and the third shell knocked out one tank (tearing off the tracks), and the second subsequent four shells set fire to. The other tanks increased their fire on the cannon and it was destroyed. Even after that, the crew did not lose their heads, and with grenades in their hands they rushed at the other tanks, throwing anti-tank grenades at them and shooting the paratroopers with automatic fire. Seeing this, the tanks turned suddenly and quickly went back. The counterattack was repulsed. And the division commander guards Colonel Vasiliev again: "Award the order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd class." he was supported by the commander of the Artillery of the 22nd Guards Rifle corps, Colonel Sobolev. And by the order of the commander of the 22nd Guards Rifle corps of the 1st Baltic Front, Major General Chernikov No. 0110 of October 27, 1944, Sergeant Saushkin was awarded the Order of the Patriotic war of the 2nd class. On January 31, 1945, the commander of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Savkin for the third time signs the award list for the Order of the Patriotic war of the 1st class to Sergeant Saushkin: "On the 23rd of January of 1945 while breaking through the enemy's line of defense at the railway track comrade Saushkin supported the attacking groups with his gun, rolled out his gun to an open firing position under heavy machine-gun and mortar fire from the enemy and destroyed two enemy machine guns, one manual, along with their crews, and up to 20 German soldiers and officers with direct fire. On the 26th of January in 1945, when the enemy, supported by tanks and self-propelled guns, launched a series of counterattacks, trying to restore their original position, comrade Saushkin took part in repelling counterattacks. All counterattacks were repulsed, and the tanks turned back.» The division commander Major General Savchuk decided to: "Award the Order of the Red Star." And its order No. 0139/N of February 5, 1945 formalizes this decision. Quite interesting is the design of the award of the medal "For bravery". In the award list of July 18, 1945, the commander of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 46th guards rifle Red Banner Division Lieutenant Colonel Ozersky writed: "During the battles with the German invaders to break through the heavily fortified and deeply echeloned enemy defenses at the railway in the area of the settlements of Brouveri, Clavy, Purmsaty and Siseni from January 23 to 30, 1945, comrade Saushkin, commanding his gun and subsequently replacing the gunner who was out of action, suppressed the enemy's firing point, destroyed two vehicles with ammunition, dispersed and partially destroyed up to a platoon of enemy infantry, which contributed to the successful offensive of our infantry. "The commander of the 46th Guards Rifle Red Banner Division, Major General Savchuk, approved this award list on July 14. And the award was made by order of the commander of the 50th Army, Lieutenant General Ozerov No. 050/N of June 2, 1945.

Sadokhin Pavel Fedorovich Sadokhin Pavel Fedorovich was born in Vishnyakovo village of Kirensky district in Irkutsk region on June 18, 1918. His labor activity he began in 1938, the first of September in Sogdiondonsk elementary school of Bodaibo district. On August 15, 1939, he was appointed a mathematics teacher at an adult evening school in Bodaibo, and then, a year later, he was transferred to Bodaibo high school. On July 15, 1941, Pavel Fyodorovich was released from work at the school due to mobilization in the Red Army. He served in the Artillery with the rank of Senior Sergeant. Sadokhin Pavel Fedorovich came to the Leningrad Front: 42-I and the 2nd shock army 18th Artillery Division RGN, 65 Artillery Brigade of the 1428-th Artillery Regiment, 2 V division, 6th Battery control platoon commander of the Artillery Reconnaissance. The battle experience, like experience of warriors, was not without serious injuries. Two medical certificates have been preserved. The first reference refers to the treatment of severe injuries, starting from July 3, 1944 to March 15, 1945. He underwent operations to excise the tumor of the right Shin and foot, and the exostosis of the right foot was cur. In the second certificate, by the decision of the military medical Commission of the State Cancer Institute from the 10th of March, 1945, he was declared fit for non-combat service with re-examination in three 3 months under the article 46, column 1 "Schedule of diseases" of the order of the NKO of the USSR No. 336 of 1942. "Chairman of the medical Commission SIGNATURE. 20 / III 1945. Kamenny island, 2nd Berezovaya alley, house 2/4." After the end of the war Pavel Fyodorovich came to his wife, children and his students, without whom he could not imagine his future life. He gave 40 years to the school, to thousands and thousands of his students. To all of them. He put into their souls pieces of his knowledge, of his strict and fair attitude to life. He lived in truth, modestly, and wished this to his students and children. He was intelligent, and not in outward manners, but in the essence of his soul. Pavel Fyodorovich had an incredible depth of knowledge in mathematics, the most important areas of science and political life of the country. He always impressed his students, friends and relatives with it. He had a clear mind and a good memory until the last days of his life. We (his children) are grateful to him for all the feats he performed.

Rank: Captain. Military branch: aviation. Biography of veterans of the Great Patriotic War. Our father, Ivan S. Tverdokhleb, graduated from the Stalingrad pilot school in August of 1943 and was sent as a pilot to the front to the 611 Peremyshel Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment order of Suvorov . He was born on May 5, 1922 in the village of Vyhvatnovtsy, Kamianets-Podilsky district, Khmelnytsky region, in the Ukraine in a family of farmers. He graduated from high school in 1939. He went to work as a mathematics teacher and a year later, on August 21, 1940, he entered the Stalingrad pilot school. On the day of the October revolution, November 7, 1940, he took an oath. In August of 1943 he went to the front. He was only 21 at that time. Two months later he was appointed senior pilot. He fought on the Southern, on the 1st, on the 3rd, on the 4th Ukrainian Fronts. He was a first-class fighter pilot. His total flight time was more than 1000 hours. Dad mastered the following aircrafts: PO-2, Ut-2, Uti-2, Uti-4, I-6, Yak-1, Yak-7, Yak-9. His Aviation regiment was a cover regiment. The main task of the regiment was to accompany the bomber planes during their flights, so that they could bomb the positions of the Nazis and return to the home airfield. The discipline of the battle formation during such tasks was very important. He managed to destroy 11 fascist planes without breaking the battle formation. From the stories of my father's combat friend Valentin Rimar, we happened to hear about my own father a story that he has never told us.... In 1977, we had a chance to go to the Ukraine to visit my grandmother Feodosia and grandfather Semyon, and on the way we stopped in Kiev at my father's friend’s house. He told us how in one battle my father's plane was shot down and my father had to jump out of the burning plane. He yanked on the parachute ring. While opening the parachute canopy, one of the slings wrapped around my father's neck, but he did not hesitate, took out a knife and cut off the parachute slings, instantly pulled the ring of the spare parachute and landed safely. In the photo the father is with his friend Valentin from Kiev. Our father had a chance to participate in the battles for the liberation of the Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary and Austria. During his service in the Armed Forces, he was repeatedly awarded. For military exploits dad was twice awarded the combat Order of the Red Star, twice was awarded the order "Patriotic War of II class", medal "For military merit", medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", medal "20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945", medal "30 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945", medal "For the liberation of Belgrade" medal "For the capture of Budapest" medal "For the capture of Vienna". The Minister of the national Assembly of Bulgaria, my father was awarded the medal of the "Great Patriotic war of 1944-1945". Also on August 14, 1948, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR awarded him the medal "XXX years of Soviet Army and Navy" medal "50 years Armed forces of the USSR", medal "60 years of the USSR Armed Forces", medal "40 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic war of 1941-1945". Many of the deeds committed by our people during the great Patriotic war. Finding all the information about our fathers and grandfathers is not an easy task. The website "Feat of the people" was created on the Internet pages. I tried to find all the information about our father's military campaigns, but so far I found only two documents on awarding two orders of the red Star on the site. The commander of the regiment in which my father served wrote the book "I See the enemy", which was published in Kiev in 1981. Uzbek and Ukrainian TV made three films about the heroic deeds of aviators. I want to tell you about another episode that occurred in the regiment where our father fought. These are the memoirs of a member of the Council of veterans of the 611 Fighter Aviation Regiment, fighter pilot L. Arkov. This heroic act took place on January 13, 1943 in the area of the village of Labinskaya, in the Kuban. In an air battle a fellow soldier pilot Nikolai Evseev was shot down. His plane crashed into the territory occupied by Nazi troops. Anatoly Kuksin, who was flying with him in a pair, landed on his I-153 plane next to the friend who was in trouble. Literally in front of the enemies, he took Evseev on the wing and rose into the air, saving the life of the comrade. The Nazis opened a hurricane of fire, but the plane did not get a single hole, successfully soared up and after a while landed safely at its airfield. I am sure that our children and grandchildren will be very interested in learning more about their grandparents by looking at photos of the war years. Below is a copy from the site "Feat of the people" about some of the military affairs of our father Ivan Semyonovich Tverdokhleb. Dad was lucky enough to be at the forefront of the Red Army to liberate his native places, where he was born, studied, and from where he volunteered for the army. For his military achievements, the command awarded him three days of vacation with a visit to his native village. By the decision of the commander, he was provided with an Uti-2 plane and dad and his friend flew. The village did not have an airfield with a runway, so he had to put the plane on a country road, near my parents ' house. Residents of the surrounding villages came to meet the liberator pilots. Dad's friend left for the regiment and three days later came back to pick him up. Already in the peaceful post-war period, our father annually came to his native village of Vykhvatnovtsy to help his parents with household chores. The villagers met him as a hero, telling the young people from mouth to mouth the legend. As if everything had happened exactly as they said. During the time when the village was occupied by Nazi troops, my father and a friend flew in a combat plane and landed right near my parents' house. They ate, drank to the Victory over Germany, and in full view of the Nazis took off and disappeared into the clouds. We often tried to ask dad about his combat missions, but he always said that there was nothing interesting about it. At the end of the war, the 611 Przemysl Red Banner order of Suvorov fighter aviation regiment was stationed in the area of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. Here my dad met Elizabeth, the only woman he loved. They married in their native regiment on August 19, 1946, and a year later, on October 5, their son, Vladimir, was born. Birth registration took place at the Soviet Consulate in Bucharest. If you look at places where our parents' children were born, you can trace the path that the 611th Aviation Regiment returned to the USSR. In February 1950, a daughter, Tatiana, was born in the city of Dzhankoy in the Crimea. From June 1950 to March 1952, dad served as senior flight attendant. In April 1951, a second son, Alexey, was born in Zaporozhye, the Ukraine. In March 1952, he was offered a new position as head of the landing control Command Post. In April 1953, he was appointed adjutant of the squadron. By order of the commander-in-Chief of the air force No. 0109 of January 13, 1953, he was awarded the rank of captain. In August 1954, my mother gave birth to two more sons-twins Alexander and Gennady. They were born in the city of Inza, Ulyanovsk region, where our grandmother Agafya Zakharovna, just granny Gasha, lived at that time. My father's regiment at this time was in the village of Sarata, Odessa region. In one of the photos, my father is with his fellow soldiers after the Victory day parade in 1957 in the garrison of the village of Sarata, near Odessa. As a squadron adjutant, he served until the reduction of the Armed Forces, which occurred in October 1957. By the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force No. 01241 of August 31, 1957, he was dismissed to the reserve with the right to wear a military uniform. After leaving the reserve, my family moved from the military town of Sarata, Odessa region, to the city of Kuibyshev, where my father was offered a position as an air traffic controller at Smyshlyayevka airport. The civil service career was also successful. A year later, a senior dispatcher – and then a shift supervisor. In 1962, his name was entered in the" Book of Honor " of the Kuibyshev air squadron.I n Kuibyshev, a new beautiful Kurumoch airfield was built, and all services from Smyshlyaevka airport moved and began to master new equipment for flight control of aircraft. From 1965 to 1971, he worked as the head of flights of the traffic service, and from 1971 to 1974-the head of the GRDP (main district control center). Our father made a great contribution to the development of the new management system. In December 1973, by order Of the Minister of Defense of the USSR, the Kuibyshev Zonal Center of the Unified Air Traffic Control System was formed. In February 1974, our father was appointed head of the Civil sector of this center. Repeated rationalization proposals were implemented not only in the Kuibyshev Zonal Center, but they were also applied in other Zonal Centers throughout the Union, for which he was encouraged with monetary rewards and certificates. Until November 1984, he headed the Civil sector of the Kuibyshev Zonal center of the Unified Air Traffic Control System. There were eight such zonal centers in the Soviet Union, with the Kuibyshev Zonal Center being the second largest. It was in this center that the new air traffic control system was tested, and then implemented in all other centers. Our family was big and friendly. Parents were able to create all the conditions for us to be comfortable and comfortable, so that we did not feel violated. A sense of freedom and trust was always present in the family. We had someone to take an example from, because our parents were always talked about only in excellent form. They have always been a shining example of a happy married couple for us. Our parents were interested in our Affairs, but they gave us the right to make our own decisions. For which we are very grateful to them. Our parents taught us to see everything beautiful in the world around us and constantly strive for self-development in all directions. Yes, they themselves were constantly interested in innovations taking place in the world. Our father, Ivan Semyonovich, always sought to learn new, unknown things in his profession. At the age of 62, my father went to the city of Leningrad to the Academy of Civil Aviation for advanced training courses. On the November holidays in 1984, my father came to us in Arkhangelsk from Leningrad and we had a great time. For three days we showed him the sights of Arkhangelsk, beautiful mushroom places, magnificent lakes, which are rich in these places. But the holidays quickly flew by, and on November 10, we accompanied my dad to the Arkhangelsk airport of Talagi, from where he flew to the Academy. These were the last days when we could talk to him, watch films that we managed to shoot while on summer vacations in Kuibyshev, Moscow, and Leningrad. He passed away on November 11, 1984 sitting at a desk.... We are all proud of our parents, who gave us the best, the brightest, the most human. They gave all their free time to their children and grandchildren. Eternal memory to all the soldiers who participated in the liberation of the whole world from fascism, to all the home front workers who forged Victory in the Great Patriotic War in the rear!!!

Tkachev Ivan Fedorovich Ivan Fyodorovich Tkachev was born on January 20, 1925 in the village of Alekseyevka, Glushkovsky district, Kursk region. He left for the front in September 1943 at the age of 18. This is how he described the beginning of the fighting in his album: "We went to the East in freight cars in a motley crowd, half-starved, half-cold, without maternal affection, without the simple and unique rural beauty and silence. The young soldier did not have to wander around Russia for long. At the end of 43, we were at the front in the Vitebsk region. Eaglets of my age were sent from all over the country to this area. My fellow villagers were also here: Rudakov N. T., Tkachev P. F., Tkachev V. R. Initially, we were divided into companies and on New year's eve, 1944, at 12 o'clock in the morning, we received our first baptism of fire. After successfully completing the task, freeing the village of Maloe Butchers, getting the first trophies, wine, bread, cheese and other battle trophies, we all three returned to the location, but many Eaglets flew away irrevocably. So began not an easy, unique, incomparable front-line life. After several combat operations, few people were left alive. We went on the defensive, the three of us from the same village were on the defensive. An open winter field, a kind of dugout dug in the trench, a door, a soldier's overcoat, no stove, no firewood. The temperature was the same as on the street, that in the dugout. We ourselves took turns at the post, those who were on duty could lie in the dugout to close their eyes for at least a few minutes, perhaps take a NAP on the frozen ground. Suddenly we woke up from the explosion of shells or get up from hypothermia. We started moving in these 50-60 m of the trench. On the soldier's head flying projectiles, bullets, frost cracking, blowing a Blizzard, standing on post 6 hours, how many thoughts pass in my head-from fatigue, cold, hunger, leans head on the snow-it seemed like an eternity, the infinity... January 18, 1944, the first time I was wounded. My fellow villagers helped me and left me with tears. On March 5 in the same places I was back in battle. On March 24, 1944, I was wounded again, this time in a field hospital until June 22, 1944. On the morning of June 22, we were again divided into parts. I was hit by an anti-tank artillery of 76mm guns in the place of retired soldiers during the breakout of the defense. When we ran to the front line, where there were 76 mm guns (nicknamed "goodbye Motherland" by the soldier). We crossed the Nemon river. One soldier turned on the Bank of the river, scooped up a handful of water, took a SIP, immediately spat, and said to himself, " the water stinks of blood." How much blood had to be poured into this river to make the water look, taste, and smell like blood?.. ..On November 17, 1944, after an hour of artillery preparation, the Troops of the 3rd Belorussian front broke through the enemy's defenses and entered German soil in East Prussia for the first time. Before the artillery preparation, the field was deserted, when the artillery moved the fire deep into the enemy's defenses, at the signal of Katyusha, the attack began. Tanks were the first to appear. An endless line of infantry rose, light guns moved, and aircraft appeared in the air. The roar of engines, shouts of Hooray, near bursting shells, the bodies of the dead, a groan, the field turned into a real Hell ... the Tragedy of our battery (two guns) overtook December 18, 1944. When I finished my lessons at the guns, my heart was heavy, my legs gave way, and I sat down. At this time, a heavy shell fell and decided the fate of two calculations. What power stirred my soul remains a mystery to human souls. After the explosion, I sat with my head and hands down. I was alive, alive, but I was going to die, these thoughts lasted for a few moments, I lay motionless, helpless, alone. After a few moments, my heart began to beat (from many injuries, from the blows of the blast wave, my heart stopped beating). At this time, I began to regain consciousness, I woke up (or rather returned from the other world), waking up from oblivion, I raised my head with my eyes closed, everything was quiet, my soul was in terrible pain and heaviness. At this time, the first thought appeared in my head-where am I, what is wrong with me? I opened my eyes, saw the light, all my uniforms were torn, covered in blood, and my eyes were closed. I was looking for salvation, got to my feet, with a broken bone began to move in the direction of the shelter, but after taking a few steps, I fell, feeling a lot of pain and weakness. Blood was pouring from his mouth. My skin and face were burned on my hands, which left an imprint on my face for the rest of my life. Broken leg, two shrapnel shattered shoulder blade, about two dozen shrapnel in the head. It took a few seconds or minutes, the battalion commander appeared next to me, he was also slightly wounded, and asked what was wrong with you. I was real estate, the alarm and cried. Feeling near me, my last strength and consciousness left me, my life faded. I woke up in a field hospital, tried to remember what happened, but I couldn't remember... ...From this war, after the hospital, I came home on May 1, 1945... The war was still going on for 8 days…