Heroes and feats

On June 22, 1941, the Baranovichi Regional Military Commissariat of the Byelorussian SSR sent my grandfather, Dmitry Troshchenko, to the 10th Army of the Western Front. There, my grandfather, being at that time a purely civilian man, received the title of Political Instructor and the position of Deputy Chief of the Political Department for the Komsomol of the rear units and institutions of the army. Together with the 10th Army, Dmitry escaped the encirclement, participated in the battle of Moscow, and in November 1942 was awarded the Medal For Military Merit as a senior political officer. The formation of the 544th Mortar Regiment within the 10th Army began in December 1942. My grandfather became a party organizer there. The regiment joined the fighting at the end of January 1943 in the Kirov fortified region on the Western Front. In May 1943, after the reform of the Red Army, Dmitry became the Deputy Commander of the Regiment for Political Affairs with the rank of a Captain. In October, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree and received the rank of Major. In April 1944, the 544th Mortar Regiment was transferred from the subordination of the 10th Army of the Western Front to the Reserve of the Main Command, after which it was constantly used in various combat areas and in different divisions and armies of the 2nd Belorussian Front. Dmitry together with the regiment participated in the operation Bagration, liberated Belarus. In Poland, the regiment took the Osowiec fortress almost without the support of an infantry on August 14, 1944. This fortress was well known from the First World War. For this achievement, the regiment was awarded the honorary title "Osowieckiy" by order of the NKO #0294 of September 1. For the battle on July 9 near the Belarusian village of Leshnitsa, my grandfather was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree in September, although a regimental commander presented him as to the Order of the Red Banner. Later Dmitry participated in the liberation of Poland, in the Konigsberg and Pomeranian operations. At a critical moment in the battle for Polish village Olshany of the Mazovian Voivodeship grandfather took command of the regiment on January 23, 1945 and commanded it until January 29. He was one of the first to cross the border of East Prussia together with infantry. For this, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, the regiment was awarded the Order of Kutuzov 3rd degree on February 19, 1945 for breaking through the German defense North of Warsaw and the Order of Alexander Nevskiy for the capture of Gdansk (Danzig) on May 17. Dmitry ended the war in Germany, North of Berlin, on the river Elda in the city of Neustadt and after the Victory received Medals For the Defense of Moscow, For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, For the Capture of Koenigsberg, and the Polish Medal Victory and Freedom.

Anatoly Tantsyrev was born in 1907 at the Khilok station in the Petrovsko-Zavodsky District of the Trans-Baikal territory, in the family of a railway worker. His father was Peter Tantsyrev, a heating engineer. Mother – Maria, by profession a primary school teacher. Anatoly was the third child in the family. There were four of them, three brothers and a sister: Andrey, Arkadiy, Anatoliy and Galina. Parents taught their children to work early. The mother was often ill, and the children had to clean the house themselves, cook, work on the farm, and milk the cow. The children had everything: skis, skates, a boat, hunting rifles, musical instruments. My great-grandfather played mandolin in a string orchestra in his youth, my sister played piano, and my brother Arkadiy tuned the piano. The children were allowed to play everything except wind instruments, due to the fact that the brass players were often invited to ritual events that ended with a stormy feast. Thanks to this upbringing, none of the members of this family abused alcohol, and the great-grandfather did not take a drop of alcohol in his mouth for whole his life. Even in the years of war at the front he replaced hundred grams of alcohol with chocolate. His parents were not members of the Communist party, but had progressive views. A circle of social Democrats was gathering in their apartment. Peter taught mathematics at night school on a voluntary basis. They had a large house in Ulan-Ude, and part of the house was rented out to tenants. The Mladov brothers, who were exiled from Central Russia for their democratic views, lived with them. One of them, Alexander, was a doctor, and the other, Grigoriy, was a writer, at the Ulan–Ude school he taught literature. In his spare time, he led a literary club, where he taught children to write poetry. Together they published a literary newspaper with the works of the club members. As a children's writer, Grigory Mladov, who wrote under the pseudonym Eugene Korablev, wrote the story "Four and Krak", the prototypes of which were the children of the Tantsyrev family, one copy of which is now stored in the Fundamental Library of the State University of Irkutsk. The daughter of Alexander's second brother was Tatyana Mladova, a biologist and researcher at the Limnological Institute on lake Baikal, with whom my great-grandfather corresponded for the rest of his life. In the 1930s, the family of the revolutionary Postyshev lived in the Tantsyrev apartment. Pavel himself rarely appeared, but his wife and son Lenya lived there. After they left, the Tantsyrevs corresponded for a long time with Postyshev's wife, Tatyana, but when the Postyshev family began to be harassed by the authorities, Tatyana stopped correspondence in order not to harm the Tantsyrev family. Anatoly maternal cousin, Yevgenia Cheremnykh, was the niece of the founder of the "Okna ROSTA"(a series of posters created by Soviet poets and artists who worked in the system of the Russian Telegraph Agency (ROSTA)) Mikhail Cheremnykh, who later worked with Vladimir Mayakovsky. Anatoly Petrovich received his secondary education in Ulan-Ude. He entered the Tomsk Polytechnic Technical School, where he received an education as a zoo technician - pig breeder. His future wife Ekaterina Ivanenko studied at the same institution, where he met her. After graduating from the technical school, they were assigned as zoo technicians to the Byronovskiy State Farm in the Taishet District of the Irkutsk Region, where they got married in 1936. However, they did not work there for long time. After a while, they moved to a state farm near Ulan-Ude, which was located in a very good location, not far from the railway. They lived there quite a bit, because the state farm was transformed into a collective farm, and they did not want to work on the collective farm. They moved to Nizhneudinskiy District. In 1937, the arrests began. The chief zoo technician of the state farm was arrested. My great-grandfather was ordered to start to work in this position. But he did not want to take the place of a repressed person and asked the regional authorities to transfer him to the Usolskiy State Farm, where he was repeatedly invited by the first Director of the farm, Luka Gorlov. Here he began to work as a chief zoo technician and his wife as a zoo technician on a farm. On June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War began, and on the 23rd, he was drafted into the Red Army. Prior to this time, he was relieved from service as an agricultural specialist. My great-grandmother was left with three small children and an old sick mother to perform her duties at the state farm. They did not even have time to say goodbye. All the women around them wept as they saw their husbands off to war, and Ekaterina was forced to accept the zoo technician's business in a hurry, to receive his instructions for the work. Anatoly trained in the Chita Region, because he did not serve in the army before as an agricultural specialist. His military path began on the Don Front at Stalingrad in June 1942, then fought on the Steppe Front, the 703rd Rifle Regiment of the 233rd Kremenchug Rifle Division of the Second Ukrainian Front and ended the war on the Third Ukrainian Front, which reached Vienna. He participated in the battle of Orel-Kursk, crossing the Danube, the liberation of Kharkov and Poltava, in the defense of Stalingrad, took part in the liberation of Bulgaria, Romania, and Yugoslavia. He saw the German field Marshal Paulus, when he and his army surrendered in 1943. During the liberation of Romania, in Bucharest, one of the soldiers, passing by the Palace of King Mihai, knocked on the gate. Mihai was informed of their arrival and invited the soldiers, including Anatoly to enter. King Mihai talked to them, and throughout the conversation was very surprised that the Russian soldier did not drink alcohol. Preserved book of the Red Army soldier Anatoly Tantsyrev records that from July 17, 1942 to August 12, 1942, he fought on the Don Front, and then was in captivity, from November 20, 1942 to February 7, 1943 again on the Don Front, then the Steppe Front, the Second Ukrainian Front, in 1943 and 1944, he was twice shell-shocked. Anatoly ended the war with the 3d Ukrainian front in Austria on May 16, 1945. Only in the fall, September 28, 1945, great-grandfather returned home. Anatoly hasd military awards: the Medal For the Liberation of Belgrade, the Medal For Courage, the Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, the Medal For the Defense of Stalingrad, the Order of Glory 3rd degree, the Order of the Great Patriotic War 2nd degree, and many commemorative medals. Anatoly was awarded "Certificates of Gratitude" – for crossing the Danube, for the liberation of Poltava, Kremenchug, Zvenigorodka, Shpola, Smely, Boguslav, Kanev, Belgrade, Znamenka. All his awards, as a relic, are still kept in our family. His wife Catherine Tantsereva during the war was not at the front, but worked in the rear. She worked at the state farm as a zoo technician, replacing her husband. At the end of the war, she was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor, commemorative medals For Valiant Labor During the Great Patriotic War, and in peacetime, she was awarded a ticket to the exhibition of achievements of the national economy. Her mother Anna Ivanenko, who lived with her until the end of her days (helped with the housework, looked after the children, washed, cleaned), in the past had with her husband Luka (he was a cabinetmaker) an Inn in Ust-Medveditsa, where she kept house: washed, cleaned, ironed clothes, made beds, cooked food for guests. All her life she was proud of the fact that when Semyon Budyonny with his cavalry army, passing through Ust-Medveditsa, stopped at their Inn and she herself treated him to food prepared with her own hands. Anatoly's father, Peter Tantsyrev, worked in the rear as a locomotive operator throughout the war. Brother Arkady trained soldiers in the training unit in the city of Chita. Brother Andrey fought on the Eastern front. Sister Galina worked in the Ministry of Forestry throughout the war. Anatoly did not like to talk about the war, and when he watched films about that time, he often cried. After the war, Anatoly continued to work as the chief zoo technician at the Usolskiy State Farm. For his excellent work, he was awarded a ticket for the trip to Moscow at Central Exibition, in which was stated that comrade A. Tantsyrev was invited to Moscow from August 15 to August 19, 1954 at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition of 1954 as a member of Pressinoukogu Usolsky District of the Irkutsk Region. Anatoly received a small silver medal for achievements in the field of cattle breeding, issued by the Main Committee of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. Even at the front, when the troops (and he fought in the infantry) passed through Bulgaria, Romania, he was delighted with the gardens that stretched everywhere. After returning from the front, the following spring of 1946, he planted a garden in his estate, with apples, cherries, raspberries, currants, and began to work on landscaping the village. He planted poplars and acacia trees on the streets, and villagers began to plant berry bushes in their homesteads, which were brought from a nursery located in the Cheremkhovskiy District. In the early 50s, a state farm garden was laid, where raspberries, currants, canadian cherries, yellow plums grew and bore fruit well. For his work in 1955, he received a commemorative medal in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Michurin for organizing the landscaping of the village. No one else in our region has such a medal. In honor of this event, the street where Anatoly lived was named Michurin street.

On that July morning, all the inhabitants of the village of Namakonovo, as usual, got up with the first roosters. There was a lot of work on the collective farm and one have to do everything in a day, but... at six o'clock in the morning on the radio came the terrible news - the war… In the military enlistment office, the doors were not closed around the clock. One by one, my father and his brothers went to the front. At that time, Nikolay was just sixteen. With hope, he entered the military enlistment office. The military Commissar, having looked at the documents, said how he cut it off: "Young, we need them in the rear," and went about his business as if no one was in the room but him and his papers. "Young" was a word Nikolay had heard for almost a year, But his persistence was crowned with success. He received a summons. At the beginning of 1942, Nikolay got near Irkutsk to the Malta station, where a regiment was being formed to be sent to the front. The regiment was lined up in the evening. The list that the chief of staff read out included Nikolay and his brother, so they found themselves in the Ulyanovsk Tank School. They studied hard, because all the cadets had a dream to get to the front as soon as possible. In April 1944, they graduated from the school. Nikolai became a Second Lieutenant, and later a Deputy Company Commander. The division, where Second Lieutenant Sivov arrived, was sent to the front immediately after formation. Upon arrival in the regiment, Nikolay's comrades came to the regiment commander, where the division commander, General A. Krasnov, was present at the time, with the only request that their tank be commanded by Nikolay Sivov… After listening carefully to the young guys, talking to Nikolay, and looking closely, the division commander appointed him a tank commander. When our troops were finishing off the enemy in his own lair, the 371st Vitebsk Red Banner Rifle Division, in which Nikolay served, was transferred to the far East to fight the Japanese enemies in April 1945. They arrived at the city of Mudanzas. It was heavily fortified on one side and the other side was covered by a wide river Mudanzas. There was a reinforced concrete bridge across the river. The enemy used it to deliver military supplies and food to the city. The bridge played a very important role for the division, as every soldier understood. The road running along the river to the place was clearly visible and therefore was under fire from a rock that sagged over the river. The infantry could not pass this section of three or four kilometers long. Only tanks could pass through here. General A. Krasnov called to his tank commanders and asked: "Do you want to go to the head patrol to the bridge and hold out there until the rest of the forces arrive? It is a responsible task with a high risk”. Everyone was willing to go! The commander of the regiment, after some considerations, decided to send Second Lieutenant N. Sivov and Second Lieutenant D. Makarov to the patrol. The crews were supplied with additional ammunition. Nikolay Sivov was appointed a leader. The guys agreed that the tanks should not lag behind each other and could skip this segment at maximum speed. They got through… They fired from all types of weapons. Now the had to wait for the arrival of the rest of the forces. Hold on… These were difficult hours of battle for both crews. Communication with the regiment commander was not stable. Nikolay reported that the battle continued and they were waiting for reinforcements, but they did not arrive soon. After two of our tanks got through, the enemy blew up the rock and it cut off the path to the bridge. Nikolay understood this perfectly, and the connection with the regimental commander was cut off abruptly. They were running out of ammunition, but had to hold on. They were already shooting from machine guns. Twas no communication. All guys made a decision at the end of ammunition to blow up themselves and tanks, but not to surrender! They did not have to do that. Having cleared the road, the regiment made it in time. The bridge was intact. The city was completely liberated. For this feat, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the crews of Second Lieutenant N. Sivov and D. Makarov were awarded the Orders of the Red Star. A day later, the radio brought good news about the end of the war. During the war, Nikolay Sivov was awarded Orders of the Red Star, Patriotic War of 1st degree and the Great Patriotic war 2nd degree , the Medals of Marshal Zhukov, For Military Merit, For the Victory over Japan, a number of other medals, and a sign Veteran of 1941-1945. Captain N. Sivov continued to perform difficult but honorable service as a tank officer after the war. Injuries at the front, sleepless nights, attacks - all this did not pass without a trace. In 1958, Major N. Sivov retired from the Soviet army.

Marian Slovachevsky (1910 - early 2000s). My grandmother's cousin. Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree. Deputy Commander of group three of the underground sabotage organization "Patriot" of the Nikolaev Region, Ukrainian SSR. The group consisted of about 30 guerrillas, underground fighters of Nikolaev Region. The groups were managed by Fyodor Klyuyevsky and his Deputy, a resident of the village of Kiselevka, Maryan Slovachevsky through leaders of groups of 3-5 fighters. Fyodor and Maryan were well aware that there could be no partisan mobile detachments, as in the civil war, in our steppe region. Therefore, they organized underground work in a different way. They equipped radio stations in Nikolaev, at the station Greigovo and in the village of Kiselevka for listening to "sovinformbyuro", conducted more than 800 sessions of radio posts, distributed about 4 thousand leaflets. They got their people to work for the occupiers: on railway transport, military facilities, in agriculture (in the leadership of the Regional administration of German state property, in the farms of Zhovtnevy, Snigerevsky, Bashtansky Districts). In the autumn of 1942, in the spring and autumn of 1943, the fighters of Klyuyevsky, by artificially infecting livestock with foot-and-mouth disease, disrupted the invaders' campaign of mass slaughter and theft of cattle. In addition, underground fighters conducted reconnaissance work of defensive structures on the outskirts of Nikolaev, released about 200 prisoners sent by the Nazis to Germany, and about 75 prisoners of war from the concentration camps "Temvod" and "Vodokachka" and transit trains. The liberated were transported to the Znamenskiy forests in the Kirovograd Region, to the partisans. They collected weapons and ammunition, arranged caches for their storage, prepared people for armed actions against the invaders when the front was approaching. From April 1942, Fyodor Klyuyevsky became the leader of group 3 of the underground sabotage organization "Patriot". They successfully implemented their actions from September 1941 to March 28, 1944. During this time, they destroyed about 60 enemy soldiers and officers, 1 locomotive, 14 wagons and platforms, 4 tanks, 3 Ferdinands ,2 wagons of shells, 35 tons of fuel, 2 aircraft, a battery building, 1 armored personnel carrier, 2 cars, 1 fuel tanker, 2 motorcycles, as well as about 50 wagons of agricultural products, 12 kilometers of railway, etc. Underground fighters constantly kept in touch with the Headquarters of the partisan movement of the 3rd and 4th Ukrainian Fronts and the underground resistance of the city of Nikolaev. From January 1942 to December 1943, the intelligence information collected by the group about the Nazis was transmitted behind the front line through the partisan detachments of the Znamenskiy forests. In the first days of November 1943, Stanislav Grinkevich, Peter Zubovich, and Marjan Slovachevsky derailed the military echelon of the Nazis on the Zaselje-Novopetrovka stage. Train traffic was suspended for 2 days. On March 1, 1944, Mikhail Shevchenko, a demolition man of the 3rd Ukrainian Front from the special group of captain Ivan Grishin, arrived to Fyodor Klyuyevsky at the Greigovo station. He arrived to perform a special task, but the unexpected happened — the head of the operation, Ivan Grishin, disappeared. After an unsuccessful search for him, on March 5, Fyodor Klyuyevsky began preparing his group for the task of the command of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. Maryan Slovachevsky, Stanislav Grinkevich, Semyon Lyakin, Pavel Zinkevich, using the technology of the Shevchenko bomber, completed the task of the command on March 12, 1944. It consisted of disabling the railway section of the Nikolaev-Zaselye route. An armored personnel carrier, which was going ahead of two railway trains accompanied by an armored train to Snigirevka, was blown up by two anti-tank mines and two artillery shells three kilometers from the station Zaselye. In the morning, our planes bombed the trains. Romanians and fascists could not escape by train from Snigirevka to the defensive lines around Nikolaev. What Grishin's special group had to do together with T. Morozov's organization was done by the sabotage and intelligence group #3 "Patriot", under the leadership of Fyodor Klyuyevsky. Group #3 - "Patriot" participated in detection and capture of 22 executioners of Nikolaev Rigeon, five of whom on January 12, 1946 were hanged on the gallows established by them opposite the house #36 on Soviet Street. The headquarters of the Partisan Movement of the 3rd Ukrainian Front recognized Fyodor Klyuyevsky as an active underground fighter, and the State Security Committee of the Soviet Union (KGB) as an experienced intelligence officer. His experience was used for training young officers in the years of the Great Patriotic War. Maryan Slovachevsky - honorary citizen of the city of Nikolaev. For a long time headed the Department of education of the Nikolaev District. He died in the early 2000s.

Had multiple injuries. Seriously wounded on 27.05.1943 in Belgorod, lightly wounded 06.08.1943 near Poltava, severely wounded 15.04.1944 in Ternopil, easily wounded 08.08.1944 in the village of Kuzmina, Drohobych Region, easily wounded 15.03.1945 on the 1st Ukrainian front. Member of the Komsomol since June 1943. Komsomol ticket 19352576. Participant of the Great Patriotic War since 1943: April 1943 - October 1943, the Southern Front, October 1943 - January 1944, the 4th Ukrainian Front, January 1944 - April 1945, the 1st Ukrainian Front, from April 1945, the 4th Ukrainian Front. The first award he received at the age of 19, the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree. During the counterattack of enemy infantry and tanks in the area of Mokre on 22.08.1944, despite the heavy shelling of the enemy artillery of the 3rd Battery, the Red Army soldier Stepkin, under enemy fire, provided rapid loading of the gun. The counterattack of enemy tanks and infantry was repulsed, while 6 machine-gun points, 2 observation posts and up to 25 enemy soldiers and officers were destroyed. He received the Medal For Bravery (30.01.1945) for the battles in the Cracow area. From 12.01.1945 through 20.01.1945 comrade Styopkin while in combat formations of attacking infantry and being exposed to rifle and machine-gun fire of the enemy, corrected fire of our artillery, at the same time discovered one 81 mm mortar battary and 2 machine-gun points of the enemy, which, according to provided parameters, were promptly destroyed. He was awarded the Order of Glory 2nd degree by the government on 21.05.1945. In battles to break through the enemy's defenses beyond the Oder River in the area of Schneidenburg and the subsequent fighting on the approaches to the city of Leobschutz from 15.03.1945 to 24.03.1945, being in the infantry battle formations, conducted continuous monitoring of the enemy's actions, despite heavy rifle and machine-gun fire, discovered one 119 mm mortar battery, two 105 mm artillery batteries, four machine-gun points, which were suppressed and partially destroyed by our artillery fire, which made possible for our advancing infantry to move forward. In May 1945, during the breakthrough of the enemy's defense and making a raid behind enemy lines in the Prague area from 04.05.1945 to 09.05.1945, the commander of the intelligence Department, comrade Stepkin, while scouting the location of the enemy forces, found one enemy armored personnel carrier in an ambush, and blew up with an anti-tank grenade and destroyed the crew of the enemy armored personnel carrier with an automatic burst. For this feat, Ivan was awarded the Order of the Red Star on 24.05.1945.

He died a brave death defending Smolensk My grandfather Nikonor Sysolyatin was born on August 7, 1902 in the village of Okinichi, Kirov Region, Arbazhsky District. Before the war, he was the Chairman of the collective farm of the Yarashinsky village Council. At the front, my grandfather was a Specialist, served as a squad leader of the 950th Rifle Regiment of the 274th Yartsevskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Division under the command of Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Shulga, and then went missing. My mother, Nikonor's daughter, was only three years old when the terrible news came about her father, whom she remembers from the only photo sent from the front. Anastasia, my grandmother, could not believe in the death of her husband for a long time, especially since there was a mistake in the death notice, instead of the name Nikonor, Nikolay was indicated. Only 40 years after the war, my mother was able to collect information about my grandfather and found out that he died in battle on September 3, 1943, on the 804th day of the Great Patriotic War, fighting for the city of Smolensk. He died two weeks before its liberation, when the troops of the 31st Army of the Western Front broke the enemy's resistance and on September 16 cleared the city of the Nazis. I continued to search for the exact burial site of my grandfather and for several years tried unsuccessfully to gather any information. And only in the anniversary year of 2015, thanks to the help of young people of historical forum "SmolBattle", I have received the supporting documents that my grandfather was buried near the village of Radygino Yartsevo district of Smolensk Region. He is currently buried in a mass grave at the military cemetery #3, located near the village of Petrovo in the district of Yartsevo, Smolensk Region, 15 kilometers from the city of Yartsevo. This military cemetery consists of 12 burial mounds measuring 2x3 meters and surrounded by black metal posts connected by chains. Inside the fence there is a monument - a sculpture of a single soldier made of marble chips. On its pedestal is a cast iron plate with the inscription: "Eternal memory of the heroes who fell in the battles for the freedom and independence of our Motherland in 1941-1945". Officers, sergeants, and soldiers of the 82nd Red Banner Rifle Division, 274th, 359th Rifle Divisions, 529th Anti-tank Artillery Regiment, 90th Separate Pontoon-bridge Battalion, 72nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd Guards Motorcycle Regiment, 233rd Assault Aviation Division, and 133 Guards Aviation Bomber Regiment who took part in the defense and liberation of the Yartsevsky District and died bravely in the battles for their Homeland are buried in this military cemetery. In 1954-1958, remains of 4047 soldiers who died in 74 villages of the Yartsevsky District were reburied at the cemetery. Names of only 3,914 are known. In 1995 the monument was reconstructed by sculptor A. Chibisov. On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory, remains of 5 655 soldiers were buried at the military cemetery in Petrovo. Among them senior officers: Colonel Nikolay Ilmenkov, who died on September 1, 1943; Major Nikolay Rymaszewski, who died of wounds on June 5, 1944; Major Fyodor Chapaikin, who died on September 6, 1943, Major Leno Shchetinin, who died on сентября 4, 1943. A feature of the military cemetery in the village of Petrovo is the place where the remains of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Lieutenant Alexey kholzunov – Deputy Squadron Commander of the 32nd Guards Fighter Air Regiment (210th Fighter Air Division, 1st Fighter Air Corps, 3rd Air Army, Kalinin Front), who by February 1943 had made 265 sorties, shot down 12 enemy aircraft in 87 air battles. A. Kholzunov, who was awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, and medals, died on March 7, 1943. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on May 1, 1943. 3,728 soldiers and officers of the Soviet army who died in the war with the Nazi invaders were also reburied in the city of Yartsevo in the Smolensk region, ten years after Victory Day.

Pakhom Ilyich was called into the army on the second recruitment in October 1914, then the recruits were gathered in the city of Belebey, they were trained for 3 months of combat training, taught to walk in formation, distinguish between junior and senior officers, taught to handle a rifle, machine gun and other soldier skills ... From the memoirs of Pakhom Ilyich: “On February 10, 1915, I was already at the front in the 224th Yukhnov regiment of the 1st company, our regiment was commanded by Colonel Raksimovich, and the battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Whatman, a German, is a very good man, since he repeatedly saved the battalion from death. The half-company was always on reconnaissance. We had few machine guns, no more than four, there was not enough artillery equipment either, so when we went on the offensive, the Germans did not allow us to move forward. " Further, he writes that they were taken to the city of Kovno (Kaunas), a fortress in Lithuania, a few days later they were transferred to Riga on the coast, and then under the city of Shauliai, this is how our army went inland from the Masurian swamps on the offensive “On the approaches to the city there were strengthening wire fences 10 meters, so we stopped. The left flank broke through the German defenses and we rushed into the breakthrough and reached the city of Siauliai and beyond. In this battle on my account was one, I took two prisoners. Outside the city began a mountainous and forested area. The offensive stopped. In the evening, the kitchen came and fed. We heard that there was a strong cannonade on the left flank. Whatman knew that the units were defeated, the Germans broke through the front and we were surrounded. The commander and Whatman himself were killed, 10 people remained from the battalion, hiding in the forest we ate berries, and a few days later we were caught. Our captivity took place under heavy machine-gun fire and surrounded by cavalry detachments, about 2 thousand people gathered along the entire front, in captivity I met my half-company second lieutenant Shipovich. " In the spring of 1916, Pakhom Ilyich found himself in East Prussia in the village of Branny, and he and several other soldiers were handed out as farm workers. We worked during the day, and at night we were taken to the camp. The Germans fed the captives so poorly, that many fell from powerlessness, those who could bring, if possible, bread to the camp, thus feeding their weak brothers. A year later, Pakhom Ilyich was transferred to another owner. At the new owner, he performed all types of agricultural work. Sometimes the owner asked to leave the captive workers for the night in order to continue the working day, then he stayed overnight in a stone shed, where they hid food and dug for escape. “That night, the three of us fled, not reaching the border, three days later we were found in the cemetery by local residents, the soldiers of the commandant's office arrested us, then interrogations, beatings, shackles, a transit prison. And so three times escape, arrest, beatings, chains, prison, return to work, until the autumn of 1918. "

Skvortsova Maria Danilovna has come a long and glorious career. She was born on April 5, 1925 in the village of Ramenye, Borisoglebsk District, Yaroslavl Region, in the family of a middle-class peasant. She studied at the Nevukovskaya secondary school. She graduated from only 7 classes, since the war began. During wartime, Maria Danilovna worked in the collective farm fields, helped to grow bread, potatoes, beets. All this was sent to the front. In addition, Maria Danilovna, like many fellow villagers, dug trenches, manually sawed three-meter thick logs. It was very difficult. Hunger, cold. The bottoms of light coats froze to the ground. They worked under the slogan "Everything for the front, everything for victory." These words gave strength and confidence. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated June 6, 1945, Maria Danilovna was awarded the medal "For Valouros Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." At the end of the war, Maria Danilovna continued to work on the collective farm. It was necessary to restore the economy, build a new life. In 1948, Maria Danilovna moved to Yaroslavl, got married, gave birth to a son and a daughter. At first she worked as a nanny in a kindergarten, and then she was accepted to the Yaroslavl Radio Plant as a player collector. For high production performance Maria Danilovna was awarded with the sign "Winner of the socialist competition 1969". They even wrote about her in the radio factory newspaper. The article was called "The team is proud of her." In 1970, Maria Danilovna moved to shop 46 as a knitter. The products of this workshop were made for space. And again Maria Danilovna is a shock worker. In 1975 she was awarded the "Winner of Socialist Labor 1975" badge. Maria Danilovna worked at the Yaroslavl Radio Plant for 40 years. In 1980, on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, she was awarded the medal "Veteran of Labor for Long-term Conscientious Work". In 1995, Maria Danilovna was awarded the jubilee medal "50 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." ".

Tukhtasinov Ismail was born in the city of Margelan, Uzbek SSR. At the end of 1941, he volunteered for the front as part of the 94th separate rifle brigade, which was being formed in Fergana. He was a young journalist, but in the war he studied and became an artilleryman. In 1942 he was already a gun commander and fought on the Southwestern Front. As part of the 21st Army of the Stalingrad Front, he participated in heavy and bloody defensive battles for the city of Stalingrad, participated in breaking through the enemy defense on the Don River near the city of Serafimovich, surrounded, captured and eliminated by the Stalingrad group of Nazi German troops of Field Marshal Paulus. He was seriously wounded. In December 1942 he was awarded the medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad". However, this medal found him only in April 1966. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star on September 26, 1943. "During the battle for the Slavyanka settlement of the Dnepropetrovsk region, gunner I. Tukhtasinov from the 76mm cannon destroyed one tank, burned one car with ammunition and destroyed up to 16 Nazis" (TsAMO Fund 33 inventory 686044 storage units 845) Awarded a medal for courage 28.02 .1944. "In the battle for the colony No. 7 of the Dnepropetrovsk region, his cannon with direct fire under enemy artillery and mortar fire destroyed one gun, two observation posts and suppressed two machine guns" (TsAMO Fund 33 inventory 690,155 storage units 1882). As part of the 3rd Guards Army, he reached Budapest, where he was seriously wounded. In May 1945 he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. After being wounded, he could no longer fight and in May 1945 he returned to his native Fergana. Awarded with: the Order of the Patriotic War I degree, the Order of the Red Star, the medal "For Courage", the medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", the medal "For Military Merit". He returned to his favorite journalistic work and until the end of his life he wrote about his comrades in arms, difficult war years, about the courage and dedication of Soviet soldiers who gave their lives so that we live in peace.

Drafted into the army on November 7, 1941, he was enrolled in the courses of officers of the Gomel Infantry Command School in the city of Taldy Kurgan. On January 1, 1942, he took the military oath. In July 1942 he was released from the school with the rank of foreman. Admitted to the 93rd Infantry Regiment of the 76th Infantry Division of the 1st Belorussian Front. Since Nikolai knew the Kazakh language, he was appointed to command a platoon of Kazakhs. Once he was summoned to a special department of the NKVD: "We order you to learn Magyar, Romanian and German languages immediately." Nicholay was given texts and sent to the front line to agitate the enemy. For courage during campaigning he was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". Has 2 severe and 1 light wounds. For the Kursk-Belgorod operation, in the battles for the liberation of the city of Kovel, he timely provided the company with food and ammunition, when it was on the right bank of the Turya River under enemy fire, which provided the offensive, was awarded the medal "For Courage" on July 10, 1944. In October 1944 year, was seriously wounded in the spine, he was taken by plane to a field hospital in the city of Lublin, after a month of treatment he was sent to a hospital in Moscow, to evacuation hospital 5020. At the end of December 1944, he was transported to Sochi, lay motionless for eight months. He met the end of the Second World War in the same place, was awarded the medal "For Victory over Germany." In August 1945 he was dismissed from the ranks of the Red Army. Order of the Patriotic War II degree of 03/11/1985, Document No. 84. Forty years later, in honor of the anniversary date of the Victory in 1985, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR restored this award. The Order of the Great Patriotic War of the 2nd degree was received by those veterans of the Great Patriotic War who, for various reasons, could not receive the first degree during the hostilities. Thanks to this, almost all the veterans who survived were awarded . Drafted into the army on November 7, 1941, was enrolled in the officers' course of the Gomel Infantry Command School in the city of Taldy Kurgan. On January 1, 1942, he took the military oath. In July 1942, he was released from the school with the rank of foreman. Admitted to the 93rd Infantry Regiment of the 76th Infantry Division of the 1st Belorussian Front of the Komsomol since 1942. Since Nikolai knew the Kazakh language, he was appointed to command a platoon of Kazakhs. Once he was summoned to the "Special Department of the NKVD" “Nikolai was given texts and sent to the front line to agitate the enemy. For courage during campaigning, he was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". He had 2 severe and one light wounds. For the Kursk-Belgorod operation, in the battles for the liberation of the city of Kovel, he timely provided the company with food and ammunition when it was on the right bank of the Turya River near enemy fire, which provided the offensive. Awarded with the Medal "For Courage" on July 10, 1944. In October 1944, he was seriously wounded in the spine, he was taken by plane to a field hospital in the city of Lublin, after a month of treatment he was sent to a hospital in Moscow, to the eco-hospital 5020. At the end of December 1944 year was transported to Sochi, lay motionless for eight months. He met the end of the Second World War in the same place, was awarded the medal “For victory over Germany,” In August 1945 he was dismissed from the ranks of the Red Army. Order of the Patriotic War II degree from 03/11/1985. Document No. 84. Forty years later, in honor of the anniversary date of the Victory, in 1985, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR restored this award. The Order of the Great Patriotic War of the 2nd degree was received by those veterans of the Great Patriotic War who, for various reasons, could not receive the first degree during the hostilities. Thanks to this, almost all the veterans who survived were awarded . After the end of the Second World War and treatment from a hospital in Sochi, he returned home to Kazakhstan, to Konstantinovka. In 1947, Solonsky Petr Filippovich went to his uncle in the village of Kolpak, Chkalovsk region. Comrade Shura worked as a tractor driver in Kherson, and during and after the war, there was sorely lack of tractor drivers. By hook or by crook, they lured tractor drivers to the collective farm. The chairman of the farm Grigory Filippovich Tsyganets and the foreman Nikolai Iosifovich Ivanchenko pestered Nikolai Semyonovich: why do you live in Kolpak in your uncle's family? Join our team, we have such a beauty that you won't find such a beauty in the Kolpak! Take the accordion and let us introduce you to her. We will ride there and back in the chairman's tarantas. Comrade Shura was persuaded: entice him to stay with us to work. You will be a groom, half of the lads from the war did not return. And comrade Shura liked the accordionist.

Serbin Grigory Fedorovich was born on October 20, 1920, a native of the village. Titovka, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Territory (modern Yegoryevsky District, Altai Territory). After graduating from the Rubtsovsk Pedagogical School, specializing in "elementary school teacher", Serbin Grigory Fedorovich was sent to work in the Kaminsky NSSH of the Aleisky district. From August 1939 he worked there as a primary school teacher, head teacher, and then director of a school. Due to the lack of teachers, he taught biology and chemistry. In February 1940 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. He participated in the battles of the Great Patriotic War from June 22, 1941 to May 9, 1945 as part of the Western, South-Western, 3rd Belorussian fronts. Since April 1943 he has been a member of the CPSU. He fought on the territory of Belarus, near Kursk, Voronezh. As part of the 622 rifle regiment of the 124th rifle division, with the rank of senior sergeant-assistant to the commander of the PTR platoon, he took part in the battles at Stalingrad. In 1943, for military services, the 124th rifle division was renamed the 50th Guards rifle division, and the 622th regiment was renamed the 150th Guards rifle regiment. Grigory Fedorovich liberated Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, East Prussia. During the war , he had two wounds, the first was received on January 11, 1942 in the Kursk region, and the second on January 16, 1945 in East Prussia. He was awarded two Orders of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree and five medals: "For Military Merit" (1942), "For Military Merit" (1943), "For the Defense of Stalingrad" (1943), "For Courage" (1945), "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." (1945). After the war, Grigory Fedorovich devoted himself to teaching, graduating in absentia from the Barnaul State Teachers' Institute with a degree in mathematics and physics, and then from the Barnaul State Pedagogical Institute. He worked as a mathematics teacher, head teacher, 27 years old (1956 - 1983) - the permanent director of the Srostinsky secondary school of the Yegoryevsky district of the Altai Territory. He died on his birthday on October 20, 1994

Savchuk Galina Gavrilovna (maiden name - Chesnokova) was born on February 14, 1921 in the city of Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk region. After graduating from school number 8 and the Zlatoust pedagogical school, she returned to school number 8. She worked as a teacher of Russian language and literature. In January 1942, she was voluntarily sent to Moscow to attend courses for junior political workers. After graduation, she was sent to serve in the political department of the 69th separate naval rifle brigade, which was part of the 7th separate army of the Karelian Front, which defended the borders along the Svir River. Later, before the start of the Svirsk-Petrozavodsk offensive operation in 1944, the brigade conducted an active defense on the Svirsk defensive line. In March 1944, the 7th separate army as part of the Karelian Front began to actively prepare for offensive battles. During the Svir-Petrozavodsk offensive operation, the brigade liberated Svyatozero, Pryazha, Kindasovo and Essoila from the enemy. They began the operation on 06/19/1944. Being in the first echelon of the army, the brigade fought to eliminate the enemy bridgehead on the left bank of the Svir River near the village of Svir-3. On the night of June 20-21, 1944, the city of Svirstroy was liberated. Having forced the Svir River in the Ascension area, the brigade continued to pursue the retreating enemy along the right bank in the direction of the town of Lodeinoe Pole. For active participation in the preparation of the operation and displayed courage, Lieutenant G.G. Chesnokova was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". After the completion of the Svir-Petrozavodsk operation, in mid-September 1944, the brigade was transferred to the Polar region to the Murmansk direction to the Kola station, from where, from 10/07/1944, as part of the 127 light rifle corps of the 14th army of the Karelian Front, took part in the Petsamo-Kirkinesk offensive operation ... For bravery and perseverance, the brigade's personnel was awarded government awards, incl. Lieutenant G.G. Chesnokova - the medal "For the Defense of the Soviet Arctic". In January 1945, the light infantry corps and their brigades were reorganized into mountain rifle corps, and at the beginning of February the 69th separate mountain rifle Pechenga Red Banner Order of the Red Star brigade, consisting of the 127 light mountain rifle corps, entered the 38th Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front. From February to May 20, 1945, the brigade conducted continuous offensive battles in Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia. In March 1945, the brigade took part in the Moravian-Ostrava offensive, fought fierce battles for Moravian Ostrava, then liberated Stermberg. In late March - early April 1945, the brigade's units took part in the liberation of cities and towns in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. 69 Pechenga Mountain Rifle Red Banner Orders of Bogdan Khmelnitsky and the Red Star Brigade of 127 Light Mountain Rifle Red Banner Corps of the 1st Guards Army ended the war by participating in the Prague operation on May 12, 1945 in the city of Pardubice in the vicinity of Prague. For the conscientious fulfillment of the tasks of the command and the shown courage and valor, Senior Lieutenant Savchuk G.G. was awarded the Order of the Red Star. The material was prepared by Alexander Alexandrovich Savchuk's son 15.04.2

Born in 1918 in the village of Komarovo, Yuryevets District, Ivanovo Region, into a peasant family.He had Primary education - 4 grades. He worked on the collective farm "Forward in Lenin's way" as a combine operator, tractor driver of a wide profile. Member of the CPSU. Distinguished himself during the war from 23 to 24 August 1944, when he participated in the landing operation. 10/30/1939 was drafted into the Red Army. He served in the 4th section of the railway company of the Black Sea Fleet until April 1943 as a cadet, commander of the track section. April 1943 - July 1946 the commander of the machine-gun section of the 384th separate Nikolaev battalion of the marines. Participated in the Second World War from September 1943 to May 9, 1945 with the military rank of sergeant. He was the commander of a branch of the 384 ONBMP tank machine gun. A brief description of military merit: At dawn on August 24, 1944, 285 people from the 384th separate battalion of the marines were landed in the area of ​​the village of Zhebriyany "(until 1945, now Primorskoe, Odessa region, Ukraine). “Acted as an assistant gunner. In battles, he showed himself to be persistent and courageous. Under heavy machine-gun fire, he moved with a machine gun to new positions. When the Germans tried to launch a counterattack, Stroev and Romanchuk rushed to the rescue of our riflemen, and under heavy enemy fire advanced to the flank. The flank fire of the Stroev machine gun forced the attacking Germans to lie down. On retirement com. squads out of action, s-nt Stroyev replaced the gunner, acting as a gunner Sergeant Stroyev showed exceptional courage and stamina, despising death, stood firmly in the position he had reached, and with his machine gun fired off 3 enemy counterattacks. Did a lot of damage and spread panic. The crew suppressed 2 enemy firing points, destroyed 1 machine gun and killed up to 40 enemy soldiers. 47 soldiers and officers were taken prisoner and 10 carts with military equipment and weapons were repulsed. For the display of exceptional courage and perseverance in battle, he deserves a government award. " No. 123c of September 27, 1944 "for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the Command on the Front against the Nazi invaders and the valor and courage shown at the same time", the commander of the tank machine gun section of the 384th separate Nikolaev battalion of the marine corps, Red Army sergeant NN Stroyev. was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Also Stroyev N.N. was awarded: the medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus", the medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." , sign "25 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War", Jubilee medal "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR". In the post-war period N.N. Stroyev returned to the Ivanovo region, where he continued to work as a tractor driver, combine driver in his native collective farm. With his wife - Stroeva Anastasia Yegoryevna (worker of the WWII rear) they lived together for over 55 years. Raised eight children.

By the beginning of 1941, my grandfather had already completed his military service in the Far East and worked as the chairman of the "Okhotnik" and "Boevik" collective farms in the Oktyabrsky village council of the Svechinsky district of the Kirov region. Before the war he was in charge of the Svechinskaya MTS (he was deputy director). From the assembly point to Leningrad, the machine-gun company of the 11th rifle division of the 320th rifle regiment of the 54th army. July 6, 1941 entered into battle with the Nazis. Difficult battles during the retreat period: 20 attacks per day, then the hardest battles near Narva, battles for Kingissep. The grandfather served as the head of the radio station. In the area of ​​Oranienbaum they fought to the death! The first wound near the Strelno station, near Peterhof. “With a bandaged head I was driving in the back of a truck to the hospital. Because of the concussion, he did not understand those around him very well, but he heard someone shout: "Smertin!" These were fellow countrymen P. Belkin and A. Yarovikov. They reported my injury in letters home, and rumors reached my parents and wife that I was killed. " Two weeks later, great-grandfather is back on the front lines. “Hill 120 was in the offensive zone, to which the Germans stubbornly held on. Many of our guys died, but they took the height. ”And the Germans cut off a group from the regiment, and for 22 days the grandfather and his comrades were surrounded. Every day there were battles, food was thrown from planes at night, there was not enough ammunition. At this height, he was wounded a second time. On February 17, 1942, they left the encirclement with battles. In March, the entire group was awarded, and the grandfather received his first award. Then in March he was admitted to the party. “The personal account of the revenge of the Germans. In one battle, he killed 7 fascists, and in total in 1942 - 13. In the spring of 1942 they were on the defensive in the Leningrad swamps, and then as part of the Second Shock Army of the Volkhov Front, participated in Operation Iskra - breaking the blockade, as deputy commander of the communications company. Later - study at the Murom military school on the courses of command personnel, he graduated in February 1944. The war was going on in Europe. Upon its liberation, Lublin (Poland) liberated Auschwitz. I saw with my own eyes the stores of hair and stores of children's and women's shoes. “Even for us, the military, it was scary to be on the territory of this camp: gas chambers, dungeons, crematoria ...” - writes the grandfather. In September 1944, beyond the Vistula, they occupied the Sandomirovsky bridgehead. For these battles, my grandfather received the Order of the Red Star. “... Voltin and Glebov. These are the places that you don't want to remember. How can one forget how the last Fritzes were killed on the east bank near the Oder River. There were stubborn battles and dangerous moments ... ”(from the entries in the diary). The battles on the way to the Oder River, crossing it, took a bridgehead near the town of Kustrin. The Berlin operation began. On March 15, 1945, he writes in his diary: "Today is a good sunny spring day, and there is a lot of animation at the front." Pyotr Kirillovich ended the war in Berlin, took part in the assault on the capital of the Reich as part of a separate breakthrough artillery corps RGK 1002 deartment of communications battalion as a company commander. On April 16, 1945, a powerful artillery barrage began. "I was raised by some kind of terrible hum, although I went to bed at 3 o'clock and slept very soundly." “The Oder was lit up with thousands of lights. The sky was colored with a continuous glow. When they went on the offensive and took prisoners, the commander of the German company Paul Harte said, “The Russian artillery drove everyone crazy this morning. More than half of the company of soldiers was killed. I have never seen such a fire from your side. Many soldiers were speechless, and several soldiers turned gray in just an hour. " “... The advancement of our troops proceeded slowly, because the Germans mined the roads. Our corps was given the right to fire the first salvo on the outskirts of Berlin and the Reichstag. We left our signatures on the walls of the Reichstag ... "Entries from the diary:" ... 04/19/1945 At 17 o'clock the 1st division of the 24th corps was the first to open fire on the outskirts of Berlin. The enemy is still fighting hard. These sluts, Germans, shoot from windows, from attics. 04/20/1945 - I had to live in the Hertskhorm wing in a barrack where our Russian prisoners of war and slaves, driven to Germany, lived. I find an inscription on the wall: "They are being hijacked from friends, they are not giving a fraternal meeting" (signed by 29 people) 04/21/1945 - 9 am - all our formations have a 15-minute artillery attack on the Reichstag. The fighting in Berlin is stubborn and dangerous. 05/01/1945 - Extremely tense situation, and the tasks are very important. Here comes the holiday! No matter how hard it is, but in my heart I am satisfied that I am alive, and we celebrate this holiday almost in the very center of the fascist den. 05/02/1945 - The enemy could not withstand our blow, and Berlin surrendered. This is our great victory! This is a victory for our weapons, our army. 05/09/1945 - Victory Day over Germany is a big holiday. I cannot express the feelings that I experience on this day ... ”Great-grandfather met Victory Day in the town of Grunfeld. “I was the duty officer. At 3 o'clock in the morning I hear the soldiers shouting: “Captain! Captain!" it turned out that the long-awaited Victory Day had come for me. The command awarded me the Order of the Patriotic War II degree for the Berlin operation (I was the commander of the radio line) ... ".

My dad, Sobachkin Vladimir Gavrilovich was born on February 24, 1918 in the village of Alexandriiskaya in the North Caucasus Territory. In 1933, the family moved to Moscow. In 1937 he was a student at a steam locomotive technical school. In November, they took their father, Sobachkin Gavriil Semenovich, who worked as the head of educational unit of one of the Moscow schools (shot in February 1938). Then they took their mother, Elizaveta Ivanovna Sobachkina, 8 years old in the camps. The younger brother was placed in an orphanage, and dad was sentenced on 24.06.38 as an a Public Enemy for 5 years from 29.12.1937.From December 1937 to December 1942 he was in the labor camps of the NKVD: Medvezhyegorsk camp, Karelo-Finnish SSR, Solikamsk camp, Perm region, with. Borovskoe, Solikamsk. Released on December 29, 1942, volunteered for the war. Was drafted to Solikamsk in February 1943. From March 1943 to September 1945 - served in the ranks of the army. Awarded: 1943 - Medal "For Courage", 1944 - Order of the Red Star, 1945 - Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw", Medal "For Victory over Germany". He fought - 2nd Belorussian Front, 118th Guards Red Banner Regiment, 37th Guards Rifle Division. Commander of the artillery control squad, guard senior sergeant. From the beginning of hostilities on the Kursk-Oryol Bulge and to the shores of the Baltic Sea (Rostock), he was always on the front line, worked as a senior reconnaissance officer in a 120-mm mortar battery, penal battalion. He was promoted to the post of commander of the command department For the courage shown during the breakthrough of the enemy's defense in the area of ​​N of the item. Kalinovichi was awarded the medal "For Courage". In the battles during the crossing of the Western Bug, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star for personal heroism. When breaking through the heavily fortified enemy defense south-west of Zhlobin, he received gratitude from the commander of the 18th Red Banner Infantry Corps. Repeatedly received orders of thanks from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief: November 18, 1943 for the liberation of Rechitsa; the crossing of the Oder The Military Council of the Army announced gratitude; July 8, 1944 for the capture of the city of Baranovichi; from May 1, 1945 for the capture of the cities of Stralsund, Grimmen, Demmin, Malkhin, Waren, Wesenberg; of March 6, 1945 for the liberation of the town of Grudziandz (Graudenz); dated June 28, 1944 for the release of the railway. Osipovichi node; of March 7, 1945 for the liberation of the cities of Gnev and Starograd; of March 30, 1945 for the liberation of Gdansk (Danzig); of April 26, 1945 for the forcing of the eastern and western Oder and for the capture of the main city of Stettin in Pomerania. Three times he was wounded. He refused hospitalization. Demobilized from the ranks of the Red Army in November 1945 (Freiburg, Germany). Nowhere to go, no home, no family. It was not allowed to stay in big cities. They offered a choice of three cities, one of them - Dnepropetrovsk. The commander offered to go to Dnepropetrovsk, to the Southern Machine Building Plant. So I stayed there. Rehabilitated in April 1957. In peacetime, my father worked at various large factories in Dnepropetrovsk. The last place of work - the head of the Kharkov Institute "Ukrgipromash" in Dnepropetrovsk. As a war veteran, he was invited to school for lessons in Courage. He kept up a correspondence with the children from the orphanage in Volgograd, came to visit them, brought gifts. He died in 1980.