Heroes and feats

Type of Army: Army, Air Force (except marine aviation), the Coast Guard, the NKVD Border troops. Division: 83rd Guards Rifle Gorodok Red Banner order of Suvorov Division. Vasily Nikiforovich Gaponov was born in 1905 in the Smolensk region. He was married to Tatyana Gaponova and had three daughters. This family lived in the Oryol region, in the city of Ordzhonikidzegrad, Kirov street. Today this is the Bezhitsky district, the city of Bryansk, liberated from the Nazi invaders on September 17, 1943. Vasily Nikiforovich was called to the front from the city of Ordzhonikidzeabad, Orel region by Ordzhonikidzegrad enlistment office. Unfortunately, the exact date is unknown. On November 10, 1943, Vasily Nikiforovich wrote a letter from the front to his wife(my great-grandmother). Here is the text of the letter: ""November 10, 1943.A letter from Vasily Nikiforovich Gaponov. Hello, dear wife Tatyana Ivanovna.First of all, I inform you that I am currently alive and well, and I wish you the same . I inform you that I will join the battle, if I am alive, I will inform everyone about my health. Then good-bye. We will beat the enemy. When you receive my letter, write a response. I'll wait for it. Send to adress:Oryol region, Ordzhonikidzegrad, Kirova street, barrack 31, apartment 7. To:Gaponova Tatyana Ivanovna."" Two letters with almost identical contents were found in the family archive. The first letter, dated by August 22, 1944: ""Hello, comrade Gaponova. I am sending you a reply to your letter.Your husband Gaponov Vasily Nikiforovich left for the hospital due to illness.He didn't come back to our unit.With front-line greetings A. Seryakov."" The second letter, dated by June 26, 1945: ""Gaponova T. I. I Respond to your request.Your husband Gaponov Vasily on December 22,1943 left for the hospital due to illness.A. I. Seryakov ( the author of the first letter) - Major, Deputy commander of the Battalion of the 252nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 83rd Guards Rifle Gorodok Red Banner order of Suvorov Division. In this connection, a possible place of his service was: the 2nd Rifle Battalion of the 252 Guards Rifle Regiment of the 83d Guards Rifle Division. On December 23, 1943, Vasily Nikiforovich was declared missing (according to the website of the memorial, and information from the report on irretrievable losses of December 21, 1945.). On March 9, 2016 Saint Petersburg informed that there is no data about Gaponov Vasily Nikiforovich (born in 1905), as well as in the documents that provided medical support for the Rifle Division (54286 - field mail number) for November-December 1943. Until now, we do not know his fate and the place of his burial. We hope very much that we will be able to find such information soon!!"

Rank: Red Army soldier. Type of Army: Army, Air Force (except marine aviation), the Coast Guard, the troops of the NKVD Border troops. Division: the161st Rifle Division (1st formation). Gritsenko Ignat Kuzmich was a shooter of the 569th Rifle Regiment of the 161st Rifle Division of the 40th Army of the Voronezh Front. He was born on July 26, 1905 in the village of Budilka, now Lebedinsky district, Sumy region (Ukraine) in a peasant family. Ukrainian. Graduated from primary school. In 1923, he moved to Kharkiv, where he worked first as a loader in the transport Department, then as a vulcanizer at the locomotive plant (now the Malyshev plant). He was drafted into the Red Army in 1943 by The Trostyanets district military enlistment office of the Sumy region. Participant of the Great Patriotic War since August 1943. He fought on the Voronezh and 1st Ukrainian Fronts. He served as a rifleman of the 569th Rifle Regiment (the 161st Rifle Division of the 40th Army, Voronezh front). On September 23, 1943, Gritsenko was among the first in the Regiment to cross the Dnieper river near the village of Zarubintsy, Kanevsky district, Cherkasy region (Ukraine). He operated grenades and machine guns skilfully being on the right bank of the river, bursting into the enemy trench and destroying a large number of enemy soldiers and officers. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on October 23, 1943, Red Army soldier Ignat Gritsenko was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union for ""selflessness, perseverance and bravery shown in offensive battles during the crossing of the Dnieper"". He did not have time to receive the order of Lenin and the ""Gold Star"" medal, as he died of a serious wound in a military hospital on November 10, 1943. He was buried in Kiev. He got the order of Lenin on October 23,1943. The name of I. K. Gritsenko is stamped on memorials to the fallen countrymen in the village of Budilka and in the city of Lebedyn. A street in his native village is named after the Hero. The Sumy Museum of local lore, the Museum of the Kharkiv production Association ""Malyshev Plant"" contain materials about I. K. Gritsenko. These are some of them. "" The water was ""boiling"" in the Dnieper at the end of September 1943.Soviet troops began crossing the river. Soldiers of the 569th Rifle Regiment of the 161st Rifle Division were among the first to cross the river. Their task was to capture the bridgehead on the right bank and hold it until the approach of our main forces. In the dark of the autumn night, on rafts, fishing boats and other improvised transport means, the soldiers began to cross the river. Marshal of The Soviet Union K. S. Moskalenko in his book""In the South-West direction"", writes: ""The 569th Regiment also acted boldly and decisively that night. The 2nd Rifle Battalion on improvised means under heavy enemy fire crossed to the West Bank. With a swift attack, he drove the Nazis out of the strong point in Zarubintsy and thereby ensured that the rest of the regiment and division forces crossed the river. By the end of September 23, this division completely, with artillery and attached reinforcement units, crossed to the West Bank, reaching Traktemirov, Lukovits and expanding the bridgehead to a depth of 3 to 4 km."" Private Ignat Gritsenko was one of the first to set foot on the right bank. Boldly acting, he crawled up to enemy firing points and threw grenades at them. He destroyed many fascists in that fierce battle. But the comrades saw the soldier fall. Seriously wounded Ignat Gritsenko was sent to the medical unit, and from there to the hospital. Doctors have long fought for the life of a brave warrior, but the wounds were fatal. According to my mother Gritsenko (now Marchenko) Eleonora Nikolaevna, her grandfather in that battle closed the commander from bullets by his body ."

Rank: Corporal. Type of Army: Land Forces, Air Force (except for naval aviation), Coast Service, NKVD troops, Border Guards. Gorkov Vasily Alexandrovich went to the front in January 1943 with the rank of Red Army soldier, as a sapper-scout of the 114th Engineer-sapper order of the Red Star Battalion. He showed courage and bravery in offensive battles against the German invaders. He resolutely and boldly defended his line during taking the height of 208.9 on August 30,1943. In the rank of the Corporal Vasily Gorkov received the Medal ""For bravery"" (September 3,1943). During the actions in the Carpathians, racon Gorkov completed many combat missions to explore the enemy's front line, engineering reconnaissance of roads, bridges and barriers. On March 20, 1944, while scouting the route, Gorkov was twice wounded by shell fragments, but with a broken arm completed the task and the command received valuable information. For the heroism shown on November 13.1944, he was presented with the Medal ""For military merit"": a Red Army Sapper - scout Gorkov volunteered to go on reconnaissance behind enemy lines. On the night of October 21,1944 with three fellow scouts, he crossed the front line and passed through the enemy's rear along 20 km. He checked the specified lane and scouted the degree and direction of traffic on the roads. For three days, the brave scouts were in the enemy's rear, conducting surveillance. They returned with the valuable information, once again crossing the cutting edge. He first came over the trenches of the enemy,set the location of strip mining in front of the trenches and the task command was completed on time. In May 22,1945 the Corporal Gorkov was in the position of the sapper-scout of the 114th Engineer-sapper order of the Red Star Battalion of the 6th Engineer-sapper Starokonstantinovskaya order of Suvorov Brigade. He was awarded the order of the ""Red Star"". Because of his injury, Vasily Gorkov was demobilized."

Rank: Senior Lieutenant. Type of Army: Army, Air Force (except marine aviation), the Coast Guard, the troops of the NKVD border troops. Division: 239th Red Banner Rifle Division. From the memoirs of Raisa Sergeevna, the wife of Ivan Ivanovich Grachev, we know that after graduating from a Physical Education College in 1931, he was appointed to work as a physical education teacher in a secondary school. In 1942, he was drafted into the active Army. Ivan Ivanovich fought on the Kalinin Front, was the Deputy Commander of the Battalion for political questions of the 817th Rifle Regiment of the 239th Rifle Division. On November 25, 1942, during the liberation of Zubtsov city of Kalinin region, Ivan died. Three children were left. He was reburied from Pedalino village to the brother grave of Zubtsov on Moscow mountain. In 1975, Raisa Sergeevna visited the brother grave with her sons. His former student Zakhorovskaya R. A. recalls :"" I can't keep silent about the physical education teacher Grachev I. I. I studied with him in the 8th-10th grade. In the 5th – 7th grade, I studied at a seven-year school. There was no gym, and the lessons were badly made. It was difficult to learn from Ivan Ivanovich. The lesson began with walking around the hall with turns and formations. If something did not work out for the student, he still achieved. Sometimes we students didn't like his demands. But later we understood much what he wanted from us.There were a lot of athletes, all passed on badges of GTO, BGTO. In 1942, I was drafted into the ranks of our Army. It was very easy for me in the training company. I am very grateful to the teacher for all that he gave me in his physical education classes."""

Type of Army: Land Forces, Air Force (except for naval aviation), Coast Service, NKVD troops, Border Guards. Gridnev Ivan Andreevich, my great-grandfather, was originally from the village of Tantsyrei Borisoglebsky district of the Voronezh region. This is where the Gridnev family comes from. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Gridnev family moved to Popovsky village (now it does not exist). The family did not live very well, they worked very hard to feed themselves. With the advent of Soviet power, collective farms began to be formed, and my great-grandfather immediately joined the collective farm. He got married, and his family started having children: Vasily, Nikolay (my grandfather), and Viktor. On June 22, 1941t he Great Patriotic War began. On September 27.1941 my great-grandfather was mobilized to the front. He got into the 611th Rifle Regiment of the 88th Rifle division, which at that time was fighting a fierce battle on the Karelian front. From military reports: ""By the end of November 1941, the division of 17 thousand personnel originally turnrd to have only 3 thousand people. The division was taken out for re-formation."" It happened on April 29, 1942 at the station Savelovo. Final formation included: the 426th, the 611th, the758th units, the 401st Artillery Regiment and other units. The formation was carried out on the basis of the 39th Rifle Brigade (Commander A.F. Bolotov). On July 9, 1942, the formation of the division was completed, and it was sent to the Western front as part of the 31st Artillery Unit. The division participated in Pogorelov-Gorodishche operation in 1942, led the battles of Rzhev, Zubtsov. For the successful implementation of operations to liberate Belarus, the division was given the honorary name ""Vitebsk"". The division conducted combat operations until May 1945.Reading these lines, you understand how difficult the front-line path of your great-grandfather was. On August 12, 1943, in the battle of Vitebsk, my great-grandfather was seriously wounded in the lung. Until October 1943, he was treated in a hospital. After this injury, he was transferred ""to the second echelon"", worked as a carpenter, built bridges, repaired cars. For conscientious work, Ivan Andreevich was awarded the Medal ""For military merit""(award list of I. A. Gridnev).His name is forever included in the book Soldiers of Victory. Together with his regiment, he went all over Europe, and met victory in Germany. On August 2, 1945, he was discharged from the Army and returned to his native Popovsky village, began to raise our country from ruins. When I was born, my great-grandfather was already very old. In my childhood memories, I remember him as a tall, always smiling old man. I was his eldest great-granddaughter, and he loved me very much. When I visited him, he would play the harmonica and say: ""Girl, dance!». And I danced. In January 1978, my great-grandfather fell ill. He told everyone: ""I'm going to lie down for a while and get up."" But he didn't get up. On January 28, 1978, Ivan Andreevich Gridnev died. I am proud that my ancestor was a Good Simple Soviet Soldier-Ivan Andreevich Gridnev, the Hero of my family! Trofimova N. P., the eldest great-granddaughter of I. A. Gridnev."

Rank: Red ArmySoldier. Type of Army: Land forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), Coast Service, NKVD troops, Border Guards My great-grandfather, Ivan Gavritenkov, is one of those who fought for Victory. My great-grandfather wrote letters from the front line, they are very dear to me. Everything that happened during that wartime was reflected in the lines from the letters. Here are his post-war memories of that terrible time : ""I was drafted into the army in 1939, preparing for demobilization, when suddenly the war began. I started my combat journey from the city of Kalinin in the direction of the city of Bely. We liberated the city of Bely and moved to the West. We made our way across the ice under artillery fire and ended up in a swamp. Then we lost 3 of our comrades from the 4th Unit. Our Commander, a Second Lieutenant, was immediately wounded, and the middle finger of his right hand was torn off by a shrapnel. In a tank that has frozen into the ice, I made him a bandage. He went in the opposite direction, and I ran to catch up with my unit."" Here's what my great-grandfather also recalled: ""Once we were surrounded, we fought for 14 days, we were mostly without food and without ammunition. We shot from carbines and rifles. I remember that before leaving the encirclement, the Germans abandoned fighter aircraft. But still the enemy planes were shot down by our rifles. After that, the Nazis opened fire at the place where the plane fell. It was about 800-900 meters away from us. In the evening, the Nazis sent several hundred soldiers to attack us, after that we received an order to leave the encirclement on our own. That night I was seriously wounded-shell-shocked. I also received severe frostbite of hands and feet of 2nd and 3d degrees. I don't remember how I got to the hospital in the city of Kalinin. But later I returned to the front, many of my friends were already dead, but I continued to fight to the end with the Nazis in the 254th Guards Regiment named after Alexander Matrosov."

My great – grandfather, Vasily Golikov, was killed in July 1943 near Orel. I heard about it and the war in general from my grandmother. Since childhood, I felt that Victory day was a special holiday in our family: with stories about my great-grandmother and great-grandfather, with a minute of silence, with tears, old records, photos and letters from the front. After participating in the Finnish war, the great-grandfather, refusing the armor that was given to employees of defense enterprises, volunteered for the Great Patriotic War. Under fire and bombing, in heat and cold, infantry soldiers shared a harsh and difficult front-line fate. In April 1942, our great-grandfather fell, struck by a bullet and shrapnel. After being seriously injured, he was sent to the hospital, and when he came to his sences, he realized that he was not far from his home, his wife, children, and parents. He immediately reported this and received the good news that his wife was going to see him on a date. This news helped to recover faster. They loved each other, and that was the most beautiful thing in all life. The local trains were delayed and great-grandmother, Golikova Alexandra Antonovna, was two weeks on the road, instead of a day. The hospital was at the same station of her arrival. Passing by the departing train, she suddenly turned her head and almost fainted, when she saw him in the window of the car. She ran after the car, but they had no chance to talk. And then there were the letters between them. Here are excerpts from the letter: ""I am back in my battalion, where I was greeted warmly and joyfully...""; ""We have only been in battle for three days, and already so many successes. Falling under enemy fire, we do not feel fear and are used to the whistle of a bullet, the howling of mines...""; ""We are all grateful to fate for the fact that it did not bypass us, for the fact that our youth fell on heroic years, and we did not stand aside from the historical events of our time."" The first days of July 1943 were the beginning of the failure of the German offensive in the Oryol-Kursk and Belgorod directions. Although on the eve of Hitler announced that this is the last battle for the victory of Germany. German reinforcements were constantly arriving in the Orel area. The Red Army dispelled the fairy tale created by the Nazis that summer is supposedly the season of success and victories of the German Army. Our troops, having crushed the enemy's divisions, first restored the position they occupied before the German offensive on July 5, 1943, and then liquidated the enemy's Orel bridgehead and liberated the cities of Orel, Belgorod, and Kursk. You can only imagine what kind of fights were going on these days! The enemy, driven out of their fortifications, tried to regain their lost positions. In a short time, over a thousand shells and mines were fired at a small section of our front line. At the same time, the Nazis poured a shower of machine-gun and automatic fire on the entire square. The ground groaned under the blows. Suddenly, all that infernal noise stopped. It became clear that the enemy was attacking. He pushed, wanted to break through as soon as possible, because minutes decided success. Some of the soldiers, and my great-grandfather was among them, were surrounded and cut off by the Nazis. Only five were left alive. Even those who were wounded, lay nearby and fired, then the shooting stopped...the Fascists surrounded them from all sides, looking at their pale, chalk-like faces and their tunics wet with blood.... Meanwhile, a letter sent to my great-grandmother the day before (July 17, 1943) was being sent. ""My dear friends, I wish you to work in the rear, for our Motherland! Sparing no effort, as our valiant wars, regardless of the deadly danger, smash and destroy the enemy's equipment and manpower, which is why the German military machine begins to choke on its filthy blood. Please remember that your father,is a participant in the defeat of brutal bandits who encroached on the life and happiness of fathers, mothers and children, on our Sacred Homeland."" Every year on victory day, memory brings us back to the years of danger and anxiety, high patriotism, courage and endurance, heroism and unquenchable love for the Motherland, for a woman, for a family! Let this memory be passed down from one generation to another, and those who fell in battle will always be close to us, as friends, as relatives, as ourselves! Love! Remember! Proud! Happy holiday, happy Victory Day!"

Type of Army: Land forces, Air Force (except for naval aviation), Coast service, NKVD troops, Border Guard. Yevgeny Gudaev was born in 1902. Russian. Place of birth: Arkhangelsk region, Mezensky district, Pogorelets village. Served in the Red Army since 1941. Place of call: RVC Mezen, Arkhangelsk region, Mezen district. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1942. He was the Guard Lieutenant Commander of a platoon of the pedestrian investigation in May 1944. Participant in the Finnish company's battles in 1939-1940. He participated in the battles on the Southern, Stalingrad, and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts. Awarded by the Order of the "Red Star", the Order of the "Patriotic war of 2nd class". I read the article " Mezen meetings. Feat of our fathers ". The author of the article is M. V. Gudaev, a nephew of Evgeny Vasilyevich. The article also contained photos. The residents of the Mezen district and the Arkhangelsk region also contributed to the Victory. Men were fighting at the fronts of the Patriotic War, and women, the elderly and children worked in the rear.Although our family left the Mezen district in 1949 and lived for many years in the village of Shoina, on the Kanin Nos Peninsula, all the ancestral roots remained there, in the Mezen district.My father was from the village of Pogorelets, and my mother was from the village of Koida. Many of our other relatives were scattered by fate in different parts of our large country, but still the Mezen district was our native land. My father was born here, died and is buried in Mezen in 1949. I have already written about my father, Vasily Gudaev, a participant in the great Patriotic war. The material is posted on the site. You can find it here http://grandkid.ru/?p=1604#more-1604.Wrote [ http://grandkid.ru/?p=1604#more-1604.He also wrote about two brothers on his mother's side — Malygin Klavdyi Mironovich (foreman of the 2nd article, commander of SKA-518, 4th division of the SKA OVR» Iokang naval Base of the BF, awarded the Order of the "Patriotic war of 2nd class") and Malygin Dmitry Mironovich (who went missing in August 1941 in the KFSSR, Loukhsky district, railway Loukhi-Kestenga, at the junction of 34 km (now at the village of Sosnovy), Red Army Rifleman of the 611th Rifle Regiment of the 88th Rifle Division). The material is posted on the site. You can find it here http://grandkid.ru/?p=2283#more-2283 [ http://grandkid.ru/?p=2283#more-2283 ] or by watching the second part of the film " Mironovna. War” — http://grandkid.ru/?cat=71&paged=3ince [ http://grandkid.ru/?cat=71&paged=3all ] they are natives of the Mezen district, Arkhangelsk region.In the late fifties, my mother found an opportunity to take me to Mezen to visit my father's grave and introduce me to my family living in the city of Mezen. It was the first time both she and I had flown on a plane. About my impressions of the flight, I wrote a short story "Mezen airport", which can be read at the link http://grandkid.ru/?p=11274#more-11274.Mother [ http://grandkid.ru/?p=11274#more-11274.My mother ] took me to my father's grave and showed me the city. We walked along the Mezen bridges. We looked at the post office building where my father used to work. We also visited the grave of Yevgeny Vasilyevich. By that time, Yevgeny Vasilyevich was no longer alive. We went to visit his wife Anisya, who lived in a Large Settlement with her old mother. Anisya and Eugene had three children. Son Vasily studied at Moscow State University, daughter Lydia lived in another city. The fate of their second son George was tragic. Together with his wife, they were hit by a train. George was killed, and his wife was left without arms and legs. Let the reader forgive me for writing about my relatives. I write because I know about them. The site "Feat of the people" that appeared not so long ago allows us to get information about our relatives, participants of the great Patriotic war. Link to the site http://www.podvignaroda.ru/podvig-flash/ "Let's remember, comrade ... our country was going through a difficult time at the end of the 1941. The enemy stood at the walls of Moscow. I found myself in the siege of Leningrad. The Germans entered the Crimea. And as often happened before, at this difficult moment the party turned to the Communists. A party mobilization was announced. According to this decision, Communists were selected and sent to the front not by the military enlistment office, but by the district party Committee. We needed good party members who could conduct political work among the Red Army. The district party organization, then numbering about 500 people, allocated eighteen Communists to send to the front. All of them were either on armor, or for health reasons were not subject to mobilization at all, as, for example, the teacher from Kamenka A. I. Novikov. and M. I. Lagunov, the braker of the sawmill. It was already 50 years old. It was difficult for the sawmill to part with the only boiler fitter P. F. Maleev, an Executive and highly qualified specialist. On November 13, the mobilized were taken to Kimzha on horseback. And then the way lay through Podolye and Pinega - to Arkhangelsk. On November 17, the mezentsi were already in Arkhangelsk. They joined the Communist battalion, which numbered about 750 people. Pyotr Vladimirovich Mishukov, a pensioner from Tselegory, tells us about the fate of these people: "the Command set us the task of completing military training in 15-20 days, then going as politboys to defend Moscow. However, due to the fact that our troops defeated the German at the walls of the capital, we were detained in Arkhangelsk until March 1942. In March, they were sent to Novorossiysk. The roads were clogged, and it took about a month to get to the Caucasus in tow trucks. We stopped at the Tunnel station before reaching Novorossiysk. Here we made a day's rest, washed in the bath and marched to Anapa, and from there along the Bank of the porya river-to Taman. In Taman, we were put on ships and transported to Kerch. The Strait was heavily bombed by the Germans. They were in Kerch for three days. From there we were transferred under Theodosius, where he distributed politaical at the national army units. Here I parted with my countrymen. So, the Arkhangelsk Communist battalion got to the Crimean front, the fate of which sadly ended in may with the defeat of our armies. A large number of Soviet soldiers died here in battle, drowned in the sea when crossing to the "mainland", many were missing. Among them was the Chairman of the Pogorelsky state farm “Shoots” Stepan Ivanovich Yarkov, a cheerful, cheerful, active person. He finished the course of military Sciences in Arkhangelsk on " 4 " and "5", and went to the front with the idea of honestly fulfilling the duty of a son of the Fatherland and a Communist. A thorny path fell to the share of the former Chairman of the district consumer Union Fyodor Seliverstovich Stryukov. This man left home at the age of fourteen, went to Zaakakurya, became an apprentice engineer on a port tug, and at nineteen became an assistant, and then the captain of a steamer. He served as a cadre in the Navy, and when he returned, he became the head of the water transport Department in Kamenka, which included the fleet serving the plant and port,and then headed the office of motor transport. And everywhere he justified the confidence of the party. In Arkhangelsk, during classes, he broke his leg. However, when he learned that his comrades were going to the front, he was discharged from the hospital ahead of schedule. The situation was such that Fyodor Seliverstovich was captured in the Crimea. On the way, he escaped from the train, wandered for a long time in Ukraine. In the end, he got to the partisans, and in 1943 became the Deputy commander of the detachment. As the red Army advanced, the partisans retreated to the West in accordance with the instructions of the Central headquarters of the partisan movement. And then one day the squad encountered the punishers, many of its soldiers were killed. F. S. Stryukov also fell in that battle. Gave their lives for their Homeland and head teacher of the school Kamensky, Aleksandr Konstantinovich Novikov, Brigadier Belogorskogo farm Ivan myronovych Burdaev, head of construction Department of the workshop Alexey Lemongrass, factory workers Pavel Fedorovich Maleev and Maxim I. Lagunov, employee gorkomhoz Stepan Terentyev, commander of the fire brigade from Kamenka Nikolay Redkin. With military orders returned to Mezen Alexander G. Terentyev from Pechishchi, Peter V. Mishukov from Calegory, Peter Carehow kalinic and Evgeniy Vasilyevich gudev of Mezen, Dmitry Epihin from the Heater. Three of the eighteen Communists who left 31 years ago due to party mobilization now live in the district and actively participate in public life. These are P. K. Korekhov, P. V. Mishukov and D. A. Shchepikhin. The Communists, who went to the front in November 1941, honestly fulfilled the task of the party. It was they, members of the great Bolshevik party, who cemented the ranks of our Army and raised the peoples of the country to repel the enemy. Reference: during the first year of the war, the Mezen district party organization sent more than 50% of its members to the front”" Yes, time is passing. And already our post-war generation is beginning to leave this world. Unfortunately, our childhood was not easy. The post-war years were very hard and hungry. All the more I want to leave the memory of our fathers, the defenders of our Fatherland, to our descendants.In the picture — Eugene V. Gudaev, mentioned along with other veterans of the Mezen district in this article. He has three orders on his chest: the order of the Patriotic war, 2nd class, and two orders of the red banner.E. V. Gudaev - during the war, guard Lieutenant, commander of a platoon of foot reconnaissance of the 15th Guards Airborne Rifle Regiment of the 4th guards Ovruch red banner, order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Airborne division. He fought in the Finnish company, during world war II on the southern, Middle don and Ukrainian fronts. Called up in 1941 by the red army. Born in d. The victim of the Mezen district.Here are a few lines from the award lists:"Being in this position since may 1944, T. Gudaev proved to be a brave and courageous officer. So on July 13, 1944, in the battle to capture a control prisoner, T. Gudaev personally led the capture group and showed an exceptional example of action. Thanks to the clear and strong leadership, the swiftness and bravery of the team, the resilience and perseverance in the battle of the groups cover, courage, and personal involvement so Hudaeva in combat combat task was completed, control the prisoner was taken to headquarters, where he revealed important information about the enemy.” "On April 4, 1945, in the battle for the city of Bratislava, he and his platoon were the first to break into the city, where he personally destroyed 2 enemy soldiers and captured 4 soldiers.On August 20, 1944, when breaking through the enemy line, he showed himself as an experienced, brave scout, in difficult combat conditions he managed to find a weak spot in the enemy's defense, as a result of which the regiment had a good success – the enemy's defense was broken through. In this fierce battle, T. Gudaev, being twice wounded, continued to perform the task of reconnaissance, and only when he finally lost his strength, was taken out of the battlefield. Gudaev in the past combat operations showed an example and examples of courage and bravery.” When I read the article and found out that the men of our far Northern Mezen region fought in the Crimea and many died there, I thought how all this is in tune with today's days. Write about your family. This is necessary and useful for the current generation. I would like to Express my gratitude to Lydia Okhrimenko, who provided me with the materials of the published article. September 10, 2014 Novodvinsk Gudaev M. V.

Rank: Senior Lieutenant.Type of the Army: Land forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), Coast Service, the NKVD troops, Border Guard. Unit: the 93rd Guards Rifle Kharkiv twice Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov division. He must have been a second Lieutenant on long-term duty. And here it is worth admitting that he was very lucky for the second time in his life. After all, it is much better to go to war as an officer than as a private.Mikhail Alekseevich took part in the Patriotic War from June 22, 1941 as part of a Separate Primorye Army. He immediately took part in the border battles in Moldova (June 22, 1941 – July 26, 1941). After receiving a Directive from Moscow to put the troops on alert, it happened at the first hour of the night on June 22. Part of the covering forces had already taken up positions on the border, on June 20-21, aviation was dispersed to reserve airfields, and the district headquarters occupied an equipped field command post near Tiraspol. These measures did not allow the enemy to take the district's troops by surprise.At the beginning of the war, the Primorye Army fought heavy battles, retreating towards Odessa. On August 5, 1941, they was ordered to defend the city to the last possible moment. Grandfather Misha took part in the defense of Odessa (August 5, 1941 - October 16, 1941). He got he Medal ""For the defense of Odessa"".Then he took part in heavy defensive battles in the Crimea, participated in the defense of Sevastopol from September 12, 1941. On January 17, 1942, he was wounded near Sevastopol. Again, he probably had a Medal ""For the defense of Sevastopol"", which was given to all participants (about 52,540 people).Since March 1, 1942 (apparently, after discharge from the hospital), he was assigned to the South-Western front. On July 12, 1942, the Southwestern front was disbanded. The 9th, 28th, 29th, and 57th Armies that were active in it were transferred to the Southern Front, and the 21st Army and 8th Air Army were transferred to the Stalingrad front. According to documents, grandfather Misha fought in the Stalingrad front from July 12, 1942. From this we can conclude that from March 1, 1942, he fought in the 21st Army. On December 8, 1942, he was wounded at Stalingrad. In this case, it is documented that there is a Medal ""For the defense of Stalingrad"", which was given to all participants (about 759,560 people).In December 1943, he joined the newly formed (after being withdrawn to the reserve in September) 93rd Guards Rrifle Division in the 129th Rifle regiment, in which he fought until the end of the war. Personal traces of Mikhail Alekseevich in the military operations of the spring of 1943-spring of 1944 have not yet been found. The documents say that until February 1, 1944, he fought on the Don front. But it was disbanded on February 15, 1943. It is also written that from February 1, 1944 (in a later document from June 4, 1944), he fought as part of the 3rd Ukrainian front. Mixed up in both cases, as the 93rd Rifle Division was incorporated into the 3rd Ukrainian front on March 1, 1944 (before that, the 2nd Ukrainian front).In the spring of 1944, together with his 129 Rifle Regiment of the 93rd Rifle Division, already in the rank of Lieutenant, Mikhail Alekseevich crossed the Dniester and Prut rivers and entered the territory of Romania. The entire division was awarded the order of Suvorov, 2nd class (April 24, 1944) for exemplary performance of command tasks while crossing the Prut river. And on July 21, 1944, Mikhail Alekseevich was personally awarded the Order of the ""Red Star"" with the following wording: ""Comrade Glushkov M. A. an active participant in the Patriotic war since June 1941. He participated in the battles for the Motherland as an officer, was wounded twice in January 1942 near Sevastopol, and in December 1942 near Stalingrad. He participated in the battles as part of the Primorye army on the South-Western, Stalingrad and third Ukrainian fronts.During his time in the regiment, he actively works on the combat training of the scouts entrusted to him, is exceptionally disciplined, exemplary in service.For active participation in the battles for the Motherland and the activity shown to strengthen the combat capability of the regiment, the commander of the platoon of foot scouts, Lieutenant Mikhail Glushkov, should be presented to the government award of the Order of the ""Red Star""(July 14, 1944). Commander of the 129th Rifle Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Gadelshin.""Soldiers of the 93rd rifle division fought bravely in the Iasi-Kishinev offensive operation. During the period from 20 to 28 August, they destroyed and captured several thousand Nazis. The entire division was awarded the order of the red banner (September 15, 1944) for distinguished service in the battle of Ploiesti. On September 18, 1944, for active participation in the Iasi-Kishinev strategic operation, Mikhail Alekseevich personally received the order of the Patriotic war II degree with the following wording: ""Comrade Glushkov M. A. in the battles for the Motherland, 26.08.44 showed bravery, determination and courage. In the area of the town of Gincesti (Kotovsk), Moldavian SSR, during reconnaissance, he met with an enemy group of 200 people (there were 18 scouts). An unequal, short, but hot one ensued, from which the scouts emerged victorious. In this battle, comrade Glushkov did not lose a single person, took 150 Krauts prisoner, including four officers, as well as weapons, equipment and trophies.For skilful leadership of the reconnaissance operation and management of the battle and the courage and perseverance shown at the same time, the commander of the platoon of foot reconnaissance-Lieutenant comrade Glushkov M. A. I present to the government award the order of the ""Patriotic war of the 2nd degree"".August 29, 1944. Commander of the 129th rifle regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Gadelshin.""In September, the 93rd rifle division crossed the Transylvanian Alps and took part in the Debrecen offensive from 6 October. Developing the offensive, the division crossed the state border of Romania with Hungary on October 21 in the Valeo-Lui-Mihai area and from October 29 took part in the Budapest offensive (conducted between October 29, 1944 and February 13, 1945). Further, according to the stories of relatives, Mikhail Alekseevich fought in the Budapest area, was wounded there and remained in the hospital for six months. For the feat performed on March 21, 1945, on April 21, 1945, he was presented to the Order of the red Star with the following wording:""During the fighting, comrade Glushkov encouraged the personnel to perform feats and organized the management of the battle, always being in the forefront of the fighters. On March 21, 1945, having gathered 8 men, he moved forward to the enemy's machine-gun emplacements and despite the enemy's hurricane fire, inspired by the action of comrade Glushkov, the soldiers shouted and captured the enemy's machine-gun emplacements, capturing the enemy's MG-34 machine gun. By firing from it at the enemy, the advance of the infantry was ensured. Comrade Glushkov in previous battles acted boldly and decisively. Comrade Glushkov M. A. is worthy of the government award-the order of the Red star.April 21, 1945. The commander of the 129 infantry regiment Colonel Habarov"".And then on may 26, 1945, for the same feat, he was presented with the order of the Patriotic war II degree with the following wording:""to Award the order of the Patriotic war II degree to senior Lieutenant Mikhail Glushkov, adjutant of the senior I battalion, 129 rifle regiment, 93 rifle Mirgorod red banner order of Suvorov division""."

Rank: Red army soldier. Type of the army: Land forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), Coast Service, the NKVD troops, Border Guard.Unit: the 32nd Guards Rifle Taman Red Banner order of Suvorov Division. Viktor Pavlovich Golovchenko was drafted into the Soviet army at the age of 17 in June 1942 from the Podgorny village , Remontnensky district, Rostov region. In the city of Astrakhan, on the basis of the airborne corps, the 32nd Guards Rifle Division was formed, and Viktor Golovchenko was enlisted in the 80th Regiment of this Division. He fought on the Southern Front. In defensive battles in the steppes of Kalmykia, he was wounded for the first time. Then in 1943 he took part in the liberation of the Rostov region. Then the Mius river was forced under enemy fire. And already in November 1943, he participated in the battles to expand the bridgehead on the Kerch Peninsula. Being an armored car driver with a gun, the PTR knocked out 2 enemy tanks and several cars, and also destroyed a number of machine-gun firing points, for which he was awarded the Medal ""For bravery"". In the same battle, he was wounded. Already as a scout of a separate reconnaissance company, he participated in the liberation of Simferopol, Sevastopol, and the assault on Sapun mountain. The scout profession requires brave, courageous, brave warriors who could capture the ""informers"" with their dexterity and skill and deliver it to their positions without losing their comrades. In the battles for the liberation of the Crimea, Viktor Pavlovich Golovchenko was awarded the Order of ""Glory of the 3d class"" and the Order of the ""Red Star"". Then there was the liberation of Belarus, Lithuania, and Latvia. Taking ""informers"" in the area of shauliai (Lithuania); on the Neman river July-August 1944; in the area of Gumbinnen, Tilsit (East Prussia); on the approaches to the city of Koenigsberg (January 1945). For these successfully completed reconnaissance tasks to capture the ""control informers"", the command of the division's intelligence Department presented Viktor Pavlovich Golovchenko with the second Order of the ""Red Star"" and the Order of the ""Patriotic war of 1st class"". During his service, Viktor Pavlovich was wounded several times, twice seriously. He was discharged from the Army in November 1945. After the war, there were operations to remove fragments and a long recovery of the right hand (due to a severe shrapnel wound to the shoulder joint). Then he started working in peacetime: first as a turner, then, after completing driver's courses, he began working as a truck driver. For justice and honesty, he enjoyed the authority and respect of his fellow villagers. For conscientious work, he was awarded the Medal ""Veteran of labor"". He retired at the age of 60. In April 1999, at the age of 73, Viktor Pavlovich died. Children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are proud of their father, grandfather and great-grandfather."

Rank: Captain. Unfortunately, there are no documents left. There are only photos and memories of the soldier's daughter.We found something in the web. He was born on January 24, 1912 in the Krasnodar territory Surdukovsk (Serdiuky) village in the family of a craftsman. There were five children in the family, Gregory was the eldest. The brothers were also called to the front: - Garagulya Ivan Nikiforovich (1914-1942, missing), Garagulya Vasily Nikiforovich (1920), Garagulya Pyotr Nikiforovich (1927). Grandfather Grisha was called up by the Kropotkin RVC, Krasnodar territory, Kropotkin district in 1932. He served in the 298th Guards Self-propelled Artillery Regiment. He was awarded three times (according to Internet resources): the Medal "" For military merit ""(quote from the Award list: ""Without sparing his strength and life under enemy fire, he delivered fuel for combat vehicles to advanced positions. Thus, he ensured the fulfillment of combat tasks by the regiment to defeat the encircled enemy group"". January 26,1944 - April 6,1944); the Order of he ""Red Star' (""Under the leadership of comrade Garagulya 18 combat vehicles were repaired. Comrade Garagulya showed his initiative in providing spare parts and restoring wheeled transport, as a result of which ammunition and fuel were delivered on time, which made it possible to perform the assigned combat tasks."" July 7,1944- August 8, 1944), the Order of the ""Patriotic war 2nd class"" (""Under enemy artillery and mortar fire, comrad Garagulya personally organized the evacuation of 3 damaged SU-76s from the areas of Kasslau on April 27,1945 and Nauslitz on April 29, 1945. Showed courage and bravery""). After the war in the 1950s, he moved with his wife (Garagulya Maria Nikitovna, January 10,1912- September 3,1983) and children (Viktor, Anatoly and Dina) to Rostov-on-Don.They lived in Chkalovsky and heworked at the Rostselmash plant in the auto-cargo shop as a truck driver."

He was born in 1902 in a large family in the village of Alnashi. At the end of the 7th grade of school, he went to work at the post office. At first, he delivered mail to villages, then, after completing professional courses, became a cashier, then head of the Soyuzpechat Department, and by the beginning of the war he was in the position of Deputy head of the Alnash communications center. He received a summons from the military enlistment office in August 1941. He was sent to the courses of political instructors in the city of Krasnoufimsk, and then to the front. He fought in the foot reconnaissance near Moscow (Vyazma direction, Vazuza river), then on the Belarusian Front. Twice seriously wounded, after the second wound in 1943, he returned to Alnashi as a ""convalescent"". From documents of the Central military archive: ""Gruzdev Ivan Nikolaevich distinguished himself as a Junior political officer of the Foot Reconnaissance Platoon of the 1104th Rifle Regiment of the 331st Rifle Division (20th Army). He personally destroyed 17 fascists with a light machine gun, blew up 2 dugouts with enemy manpower, and captured a German soldier in a reconnaissance battle on August 18, 1942 near Burgovo village. The platoon under his leadership destroyed more than 50 soldiers and officers, blew up 17 dugouts, destroyed 5 machine-gun points, 2 mortar units with servants."" There is also a clipping from the front-line soldier's newspaper about this event, which my grandfather sent in a letter with a request to save it, which the family does to this day. Of course, it has turned yellow from time to time, its cut edges are frayed, but it remains a family treasure and a Testament to those difficult but heroic soldier's everyday life as well as the order book, and his pass to the front, which he had the right to check the calculations. After the end of the war, he worked as head of the Zagotskot office, Chairman of the Alnash village Council, Director of The alnash Creamery, head of the municipal Department of the Executive Committee. He retired in 1962. He died on December 30, 1977."

My mother, Tamara Guseva, was drafted into the Army in 1943 at the age of 17. She graduated from the courses of drivers of the 2nd training automobile regiment in Vyazniki and at the end of the courses was enrolled in the 50th Separate Chemical Protection battalion, in the 2nd company, as a chemical driver. According to the entry in the Red Army book, it happened on January 10, 1944. My mother said that when she arrived at the unit, they looked at her rather skeptically. She was a girl of 18 , 150 cm tall, with 45 kg weight, who wanted to be the driver. Nevertheless, she was allocated a car, a lorry and a ""polutorka"". Thet were going to see how she would cope. In such cars There was no starter at all in those cars, and it was necessary to start with a ""crooked starter"", by turning the handle. They wanted to check how the new super-driver would stast the car... And my mother did it badly in driving school. But then she put the handle in the car, turned it once, and the car started right away! Well, they said she'd be good... A separate chemical protection battalion followed the troops and was not thrown into battle. The command was afraid that the Germans would use chemical weapons and took care of the chemists. So in the beginning, my mother drove potatoes at the rear. In the summer of 1944, Soviet troops entered Poland. She had already fought here. Once the car she was driving was attacked by a German pilot. He made several passes, shooting the car with a machine gun. And my mother was rushing to the forest, hoping to hide there. The pilot was shot down. In Poland, our battalion and headquarters fell behind the main troops and were surrounded. She had to break through. Mom's car was hit by a faustpatron, and it burned down. My mother had to shoot. When I asked her if she had hit the enemy, she always said that everyone was shooting, people were falling, and it was impossible to understand who hit whom. After that battle, the battalion was awarded the Order of the ""Red Star"". On may 2, my mother's unit entered Berlin. It was already close to Victory, but soon the order to move to Prague came.The local population rebelled against the Germans in Prague, and our command sent troops to help. Some of the soldiers, including my mother, rode on tanks with the tank army of General Rybalko. When they arrived in Prague on May 8, it was all over. Local residents greeted the Soviet troops. On the night of May 9, 1945, my mother stood in the car where the battalion banner was installed and guarded it. Suddenly Sergeant Vedernikov appeared and said: ""Guseva, take turns, the war is over!» On this day, for the first time, she drank front-line 100 grams (until now, she regularly gave her vodka to fellow soldiers). And already on May 10, the Red Army soldier Guseva was sent to wokr in the laundry. However, she did not have to work that day – local Czech ladies came, sat her down to drink tea and did everything themselves. Soon the battalion of my mother returned to Berlin, and in June 1945, allwomen were demobilized. The war ended for my mother."

Rank: Corporal. Type of Army: Army, Air Force (except marine aviation), the Coast Guard, the NKVD troops, Border Guards. Semyon Gaidukov was born in 1925 in the Machekhavillage, Hopersky district of the Stalingrad province, RSFSR, USSR (now the village of Kikvidzensky area of the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation) in the family of peasant Vasily Andreevich Gaidukov. Ukrainian. Graduated from seven classes of a rural school. On February 7, 1943 he was drafted into the ranks of the ""Workers and peasants"" Red Army, by the Macheshansky district military Ye served as a Private Rifleman of the 1st Machine-gun Company of the 349th Rifle Regiment of the 26th Rifle Division as part of the 11th and 34th Armies of the North-Western Front (from July 1943, the 26th Rifle Division in front-line subordination). He was militarry ""baptized' in the battle of Staraya Russa. In August 1943, Semyon Vasilyevich was wounded, but quickly returned to service.Due to the disbanding of the North-Western front in November 1943, the 26th Rifle Division was transferred to the 1st Shock Army of the 2nd Baltic Front. In February -early March 1944, Semyon Vasilyevich participated in the old Russian-Novorzhevskaya offensive operation as part of the Leningrad-Novgorod strategic operation. In March, his division was transferred to the 22nd Army and fought positional battles along the German Tank defense line until the summer of 1944.In June 1944, the 26th Rifle Division returned to the 1st Shock Army. C. V. Gaidukov participated in Reicko Dvinskoy, Madona and Riga operations. During the Riga operation, the 26th Rifle Division was transferred to the 46th Army and took part in the Memel operation of the 1st Baltic Front. From October 1944 to mid-January 1945, Semyon Vasilyevich participated in the blockade of the enemy's Kurland group.On January 13, 1945, the East Prussian operation began. Haidukov took part in the Insterburg-Konigsberg operation of the 3rd Belorussian Front, later - in the liquidation of the enemy's Zemland group as part of the 1st Baltic Front, for which he was awarded the Medal ""For bravery"" and promoted to Corporal. On 24 February 1945, the 1st Baltic Front was transformed into the Zemland Task Force and was incorporated into the 3rd Belorussian Front. In April 1945, Corporal S. V. Gaidukov took part in the Konigsberg operation. Semyon Vasilyevich especially distinguished himself during the storming of Konigsberg. The 349th Rifle Regiment was to storm the city from the South on April 6, 1945. When breaking through the enemy's defenses South-East of the village of Medgeten, Corporal Gaidukov with his machine gun climbed to the dominant height of 30.6 and opened heavy fire on German positions from it, destroying more than 60 German soldiers and officers. When breaking through the second line of German trenches on the southern outskirts of the village of Medgeten, Semyon Vasilyevich destroyed 8 enemy soldiers and took 6 more prisoners, after which he captured the headquarters of a mortar battery, where valuable documents were found. In the subsequent battles for Konigsberg, corporal Haidukov was seriously injured and evacuated to a hospital. He did not return to the front. Semyon Vasilyevich met the Victory in the hospital. On April 19, 1945, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Corporal Semyon Vasilyevich Gaidukov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. After recovery, Semyon Vasilyevich was demobilized and returned to his native places. He lived in the village of Ilovlya, Volgograd region, and worked as an inspector of the state insurance of the RSFSR. On June 6, 1996, he died. He was buried in the urban-type settlement of Ilovlya."

Rank: Captain. Type of Army: Army, Air Force (except marine aviation), the Coast Guard, the NKVD border troops. Division: the 74th Guards Rifle lower Dnieper Red Banner order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Shchors Division. Alexander Nikitovich Gudanov was the Commander of a Machine-gun Company of the 226th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 74th Guards Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Army of the 1st Belorussian Front. He worked as an explosive technic on the Petrozavodsk-Murmansk railway line. In March 1942, he was drafted into the Red Army. He participated in the battles of the War war since June 1942. In 1943, he graduated from the Junior Lieutenant course. Passed the battle path from Stalingrad to Berlin. He was wounded twice. His machine-gunners fought bravely in the Ukraine, in Moldavia, on the Vistula and Oder. He distinguished himself in April-may 1945 in the battle for Berlin. During the assault on a heavily fortified object, Alexander Nikitovich, provided the infantry with machine-gun fire to the line of attack. His soldiers drove the Nazis out of the quarter,and the Regiment advanced. Then the path of the attackers was blocked by a canal. Under enemy fire, the company crossed the water barrier and occupied a bridgehead. Alexander Nikitovich was seriously wounded in the leg, but continued to command the soldiers until reinforcements arrived. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the ""Gold Star"" medal for his exemplary performance of the command's combat missions during the Berlin operation and for his courage and heroism. In 1947, with the rank of Captain, Gudanov was dismissed to the reserve. He worked as Chairman of the collective farm, then in various institutions of the city of Kalinin. He lived in Kalinin. He was also awarded the Order of the ""Red banner"", the Order Alexander Nevsky, the Order of Suvorov of 3d class, the Order of ""Red Star"", as well as a number of medals. A street in Dnepropetrovsk is named after Gudanov. A monument to him was erected in Selizharovo."