Heroes and feats

Innokenty Ivanovich Golubev was born in 1912, in Blagoveshchensk. Participant of the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945. During the breakout of the Narva Bay coast defense, the fascist command was convinced that it would not allow the Soviet landing, and if any forces could land, they would inevitably be thrown into the sea. Now we know that the crews of the ships and the landing battalion of submachine gunners fought a fierce battle with the enemy at Merikul for landing and finally won. The commander of a platoon of submachine gunners of the 3rd company, Lieutenant Innokenty Ivanovich Golubev rushed to the artillery position located on the top of the slope to ensure the landing of the remaining paratroopers. The paratroopers climbed the slope and, without hesitation, rushed to attack the battery. This is how the episode was described in the Nazi newspaper ""Rindelecht"" on February 26, 1944: ""The enemy is discouraged by our battery and decides to attack it with a frontal attack to protect their bridgehead. About a hundred men are attacking the battery, the other three hundred are trying to expand the bridgehead to the South. It's an audacious idea to attack the battery from the front. The enemy focuses on the edge of the valley in a chain, the enemy grenade launcher begins to fire at the battery. With loud Cheers, a chain of Bolsheviks appears within sight... it is Not surprising that a platoon of courageous paratroopers in the eyes of the Nazis turned into a larger unit. However, recognizing both the desperate courage of the paratroopers and the audacity with which they went to the battery and forced it to transfer fire to themselves, the author did not say that the paratroopers achieved their main goal. Boris Konstantinovich Pineyev, a participant of that unprecedented attack, says that Golubev's platoon managed to stop the enemy battery for half an hour. Breaking into the location of the Nazis, the machine gunners drove them away from the guns. Many of the Nazi artillerymen found their death on their own battery. Officer Golubev was also killed in this battle. He led the soldiers to storm the battery. His soldiers saved their comrades who were landing on the merekul coast. He wrote to his sister, Golubeva Anna Ivanovna with conviction that he looked with hope at the stars of the Kremlin, waiting for the salvation of the world. He had done all he could to make that hope come true."

Type of Army: Aviation. Glushchenko Trofim Firsovich was born in 1911. Before the war, he worked at the airport in Boryspol. He participated in the battles against the German-fascist invaders from June 22,1941 as an air gunner-radio operator, then he studied navigation and passed external tests. He was awarded in 1941 by the Medal ""For bravery"" and the Order of the ""Patriotic war of the 1st class""( according to the documents of awarding archive), as well as the Medal ""For the defense of the Caucasus"". In the night from December 22 to December 23,1944, he did not return from a combat mission and was listed as missing. The entire group of aircraft did not return. In 2014, it was possible to find out the tragic circumstances of the death. It happened that three Li-2 aircraft took off (each with a crew of 6 people) to bomb the railway junction of Zvolen (Slovakia).Two planes collided on the approach to Zvolen at an altitude of 4000 m. The bombs were dropped in an emergency. Metelkin, who was in the same crew as Glushchenko, survived and their plane fell apart. As Metelkin wrote in the post-war period that he could not jump out with a parachute, he woke up on the ground, in the wreckage of the plane. The second plane completely burned down. At the same time, the third plane also crashed on the way back, one person- Orekhov- survived(Tereshchenko, Anatoliy Stepanovich - Book: ""Commander Of The Reconnaissance Group. Behind the front line "" - Page 72). It was possible to determine the combat mission with the help of Orekhov's award list, and the fate of the death of aircraft from Metelkin's story. Trofim Firsovich left a family - his wife and daughter. His daughter is my grandmother, and I am his great-granddaughter. The Victory, the names of our heroes and the pain that every Soviet family had to endure will not be erased from memory!"

Rank: Sergeant. Type of Army: Engineers Corps.My beloved grandfather Ganskoy Alexander Fedorovich,the pride of our family, was born on September 30, 1917 in the village of Tatarbunary, Ukrainian SSR, Odessa region. My grandfather spent his childhood and youth in Kiev. From 1937 to 1940, A. F. Ganskoy served in the ranks of the Red Army as an air gunner and radio operator. He served in the police since 1940. He lived in the city of Belgorod-Dniester, Novorossiysk street,17 before the war. In March 1942, he was drafted to the front. Place of call: Belorechensk RVC, Krasnodar territory, Belorechensk district. He served as the Commander of the Anti-aircraft Machine-gun Platoon of the 97th Separate Motorized pontoon-bridge Svir Order of the Red Star Battalion of the 26th Sapper brigade of the 8th Sapper Army of the Southern and later Transcaucasian Front, 56th Army of the North Caucasus Front, 7th Army and 14th Army of the Karelian front, ( March 6, 1942- July 15, 1947). From July 2,1944, the Batallion was renamed the 97th Separate motorized pontoon bridge Svirsky Order of the Red Star Battalion. During battles he was woundedby shrapnel to the spine (non-operable, lived with shrapnel all his life). Rewards: 1. Order of the ""Red star» for Kerch-Eltigen amphibious operation in October 31-December 11, 1943. Description of the feat: ""Comrade Ganskoy showed a courageous and excellent work in the construction of piers. The work was carried out under enemy shelling, in stormy weather. The task was completed fully,which made the landing units possible"" 2. The Medal ""For the defense of the Caucasus"" 3. The Medal ""For the defense of the Soviet Arctic"" 4. Gratitude for the Petsamo-Kirkenes operation 5.The Medal ""For the victory over Germany"" 6. The Order of the ""Patriotic war of 2nd class"" 7. The Medal ""40 years of victory in the great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"" 8. The Medal ""50 years of the armed forces of the USSR"" 9. The Medal ""70 years of the Armed forces of the USSR ""10. The Medal ""For valiant labor "". He was the member of the Komsomol since 1943. After the war, none of the relatives and friends were left alive and my grandfather came to Altai, where he worked for 30 years on the West Siberian railway (Losikha-Bayunovo,Primorye). In 1947, Ganskoy married Natalia Ivanovna Dergunova and later they had four children: a son, Viktor, and daughters: Valentina, Lyudmila (my mother) and Nadezhda. His labor path is the following: for 30 years A. F. Ganskoy worked on the West Siberian railway of the Altai branch. For valiant work, the grandfather is included in the book of honor of the Biysk railways. My grandfather lived a wonderful, bright life. On July 13, 1989, my grandfather passed away. He was buried in the cemetery of Ovchinnikovo of the Altai territory. Combat path: 97th Separate Motorized pontoon-bridge Svirsky Order of the Red Star Battalion of the 26th Sapper Brigade of the 8th Sapper Army of the Southern and later Transcaucasian Front; 56th Army of the North Caucasus Front; 7th Army and 14th Army of the Karelian Front. In the active army, key dates: 1. In summer of 1942 he provided the retreat of the troops of the southern front. 2. In 1942-1943, he conducted defensive and offensive actions in the Caucasus. In may 1943, the battalion was assigned to the tank group of the North Caucasus front ( the 5th Guards Tank Brigade and the 63rd Tank Brigade), and provided the group's actions to liberate the village of Krymskaya. During the course of the fighting, he provided the crossing of troops across the Adagum, Second and Shibik rivers. Directly involved in the management of this operation was Marshal G.K. Zhukov, who was at the observation post of the 56th Army of the North Caucasus front. 3. In the fall of 1943 placed out of Commission in reserve. 4. In may 1944, he was transferred to the Svir defensive line, where he provided the crossing of the 7th Army troops through the Svir, and then through other water barriers. 5. In September 1944, he was transferred to the Arctic region, where he took part in the Petsamo-Kirkenes operation, ensuring the crossing of the Pechenga river. In the twenties of October 1944, supporting the troops of the 99th Rifle Corps, together with the 20th Motorized Assault Engineering and Sapper Brigade, he directed crossings over lake Salmi-Yarvi, Lang fjord, and Bek fjord, creating conditions for the assault on Kirkenes. After the end of the operation, he remained in the 14th Army and did not take part in the fighting again. History of formation of the 97th Datallion: it was formed in October 1941 in Bataysk, Rostov region and became part of the 26th Sapper Brigade of the 8th Sapper Army under No. 1606 Separate Sapper battalion. The battalion was re-formed on March 9, 1942 in Rostov-on-don, after which it was assigned the name of the 97th Separate pontoon bridge Battalion, which became part of the engineering forces of the Southern Front. Battalion commander: Senior Lieutenant Lukyanov .Military Commissar: political Commissar Solomonov. Chief of staff: military engineer of the 3rd rank Ryabov L. D. Technical assistant to the battalion commander: military engineer of the 3rd rank Maksimtsev N.E. Party organization Secretary: Captain Ignatenko. Komsomol Secretary: Timofeev. The battalion consisted of: • the 1st pontoon company (commander quartermaster technician of the 1st rank Bulgachev I. A.) • the 2nd pontoon company ( commander Lieutenant Kravchenko I. F.) • technical platoon (commander Junior Lieutenant Kalinichenko) • anti-aircraft machine gun platoon, (commander Lieutenant Dombrovsky V. V.) • management platoon • technical and repair and transport platoon • platoon of ammunition, fodder and baggage supplies • medical unit (430 people). But if many pontoon-bridge battalions were motorized that is the entire pontoon-bridge fleet was transported by motor vehicles, that is, the 97th battalion transported property by water transport on barges. The 97th Anti-aircraft machine gun platoon: 1. Commander- Lieutenant Vasily Ivanovich Apushev. 2. Commander of the anti-aircraft machine-gun platoon Sergeant Alexander Fedorovich Ganskoy. 3. Commander of the anti-aircraft machine-gun platoon Sergeant Majdannik Ikhil Leibovich 4.Machine gunner of the anti-aircraft machine gun platoon Red Army Aibulatov Berkulat. Timeline of combat operations 97 OPMB: 1. from March to July 1942, the personnel of the 97th battalion, together with the workers of the Rostov factories ""Red don"" and ""Red Banner"", were engaged in the manufacture of a pontoon bridge Park. 2.13.07.1942, by order of the chief of staff of the Engineering Troops of the southern Front No. 120521, commander Lukyanov was ordered to "" ... relocate the 97th battalion by water to Belaya Kalitva. The time of arrival to the place of deployment is 17.07.1942"". On the same day, at 15.00, the battalion's property (KMP-26 ferry fleet) from the pier of the Rostov plant ""Red Fleet"" was loaded onto the barge No. 29 and sent along the route Rostov – on – don – Belaya Kalitva, accompanied by a group of battalion soldiers consisting of 115 people (from 1 company platoon with a team – 45 people, from 2 company platoon with a team – 45 people, bridge platoon with a platoon commander-17 people, household Department-8 people). The rest of the personnel of the battalion 14.07.1942 at 14.00 in the number of: * 256 people boarded the ship ""comrade"" and departed from the pier ""Aksai"" to a new location • * 59 people as part of the repair and transport platoon, headquarters management and ammunition moved to a new destination in several vehicles. 3. However, already on the way, due to changes in the operational situation at the front, the 97th battalion received a new order from the chief of staff of the Engineering Troops of the southern Front "" ... to build a pontoon bridge over the river together with the 98th opmb. Don in the area of art. Razdorskaya"". 4. Chronology of the Razdorskaya crossing over the don river (18.07.1942-22.07.1942): the Chronology is described in detail in the book by Anatoly Viktorovich Shatokhin ""Years scorched by war"" Chronicle-documentary narration. Two thousand eight The book tells about the events in the area of the village of Razdorskaya in July 1942 and January-February 1943. The book presents the scheme of military operations on the territory of the village. Anatoly Viktorovich Shatokhin kindly gave me a copy of his book. Excerpts from the book: ""the first signs of the retreat of our troops for residents of the village of Razdorskaya and neighboring localities were the appearance of refugees from Ukraine, Belarus and the Northern regions of the Rostov region, a huge number of cattle being driven to the rear, columns of tractors, combines and other agricultural and military equipment. In the village of Romanovskaya (most), Bronnitskaya, Tsymlyanskaya, Konstantinovskaya, Nikolaevskaya, Razdorskaya, Melekhovskaya, bagaevskaya, Aksay, ferry crossings were working and bridges were built that could not cope with such a mass of people, livestock and equipment. Sedimentation sites were organized in the area of these localities, where the order of crossing was established. There was a steady stream of people. At the crossings, there was a strict order - first military equipment and soldiers, then the civilian population. A huge stream of enemy troops moved rapidly South, accompanied by the air corps of the 4th German air fleet, which bombed railway stations, highway junctions and bridges, and continuously stormed the retreating red Army units from the air. The situation of the Soviet troops was difficult. Most of the artillery fell behind, there was little aviation, many rear institutions and bases lost contact with their formations, and there was not enough ammunition, fuel, and food. Scattered front-line and army engineering units, moving in the General flow of retreating troops, were in most cases deprived of communication with their superiors and acted on their own initiative. To the best of their abilities and capabilities, they helped the field troops break away from the enemy. However, in the conditions of flat terrain and dry weather, which allowed enemy columns to move off-road, the barriers installed by sappers on the roads were ineffective. There was no time, effort, or money to set up the barrier lanes. Significant assistance to the retreating troops during this period was provided by pontoon bridge units, whose personnel performed their duty with selfless courage. Today, with full confidence, we can name those who in July 1942 organized the crossing in the village of Razdorskaya and provided the retreating red Army troops with the opportunity to cross to the left Bank of the don. Those who at the cost of their own lives under a shower of bullets and bombs of enemy aircraft, connecting the two banks of the don river with thin threads of crossings ready to break at any moment saved hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers and civilians. The ones we didn't know about until today. 37th OEMB (separate motorized pontoon-bridge battalion) later received the name 37th separate motorized pontoon-bridge Polotsk, Orders of Bogdan Khmelnitsky and the red Star battalion of the southern, North Caucasus front, 9th pontoon-bridge brigade of the 2nd and 3rd Belorussian Front, TRANS-Baikal front in (25.06.1941-15.08.1946). 97th OPMB (separate pontoon-bridge battalion) of the 26th sapper brigade of the 8th Sapper Army of the southern and later Transcaucasian front, 56th Army of the North Caucasus Front, 7th Army and 14th Army of the Karelian front, Belomorsky VO (06.03.1942-15.07.1947). 98th OPMB, formed on 06.03.1942 from 1614 osapb (separate sapper battalion). 15.07.1943 year renamed in 137 ompmb. 170 th OIB (separate engineering battalion) of the southern, North Caucasus, Transcaucasian fronts. 19.06.1942 re-formed from 170 omstb (separate bridge-building battalion). 10.09.1943 renamed 131 OIB (separate engineer battalion), the war ended on 09.05.1945.. History of the Razdorskaya ferry.On July 16, 1942, he was the first in the village of Razdorskaya to organize a ferry crossing over the river. Don 37th OMPMB was part of the southern Front. The battalion arrived in the village Razdorskaya near the village of Klokovo in Kharkiv region, where the battalion in early July 1942, brought the ferry across the river. Seversky Donets, ensuring the withdrawal of our troops to new frontiers.Three ferries and two barges of the 37th OMPMB were brought to the village of Razdorskaya for six days continuously transported people and equipment. With the approach of the evening of July 18, 1942, a pontoon bridge was built to the don river of the 97th and 98th OMPMB near the village of Razdorskaya. """"The greatest damage caused by enemy aircraft fire during the night RAID was inflicted on the pontoon bridge that was built by the 97 and 98 battalions. From a direct hit of bombs in the pontoon bridge, the platoon commander of the 97th OPMB, Junior Lieutenant laipanov M. I., was killed, and ordinary pontooners Maly, Nedviga, and Goloshchapov were wounded, who, despite their injuries, did not leave the crossing, bringing together the broken links of the bridge until the end of the air RAID. During the air RAID, 82 half-pontoons were smashed (which is more than 80% of the bridge's fleet). Due to the fact that further bridge building was not possible, and the bridge ceased to exist, as well as there was no possibility of evacuation of the ferry Park, the command of 97 and 98 pontoon bridge battalions decided to destroy the remaining small part of the bridge Park, which was undermined and flooded on the left Bank of the don river in the area where the pontoon bridge was built. In the period from 18.07 to 22.07.1942, the forces of 97 and 98 OPMB were transported (skipped) over a pontoon bridge: • 10 units - 37 of the Army; • 3 parts - 8 Sapper army; • 12 parts - 9 Army; • 2 parts - vuos; • 4 parts - 24 Army; • 1 part - 21 Army; • 2 parts - 27 Army; • 4 parts - 38 Army; • 2 parts - 12 Army; Of them: • Cavalry corps – 1; • Rifle divisions – 8; • Artpolk – 3; Also: • cars – 115; • guns – 32; • tractor with trailer – 13; • wagons – 1,300; • cattle (2 herds) – 1,000 heads; • people – 85,000!!!! (in 4 days, 85 thousand people were transported!!!) Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians passed through the crossing under continuous shelling and bombing, and thousands of tons of national economic cargo were transported. It became the crossing of life for many people fleeing from the advancing German troops. In total, according to preliminary data, more than 10,000 soldiers, red Army officers and civilians who were evacuated to the rear of the USSR died and went missing in the area of the Razdorskaya ferry. The Razdorskaya ferry is also mentioned in the book ""On the battle lines of the Caucasus"". Essays on engineering support for the battle of the Caucasus in the great Patriotic war. Author: badanin B. V. M.: Voenizdat, 1962. - 152 p. - Circulation 15,000. ""Significant assistance to the troops during this period was provided by pontoon bridge units, whose personnel performed their duty with selfless courage. This was the case, for example, when the formations of the 9th and 37th armies retreated beyond the don. In the village of Razdorskaya, the 37th pontoon bridge battalion organized a ferry crossing over the don. Three ferries continuously transported people and equipment for six days. With the approach to the river of the 97th and 98th pontoon bridge battalions, a pontoon bridge from the DMP parks was built in the same area. The entire area of the crossing was continuously bombed by Nazi aircraft. But the pontoons, despite the losses, quickly repaired the damage and, having fulfilled their duty to the end, provided a crossing not only for military formations,but also for many civil organizations and the local population who were evacuated to the South. "" 22.07.1942.Time 03: 00 Personnel of 97 and 98 pontoon bridge battalions left the area of the Razdorskaya ferry and went along the route: Razdorskaya-Susatsky-Kalinin-Vesely-Pozdeyevka-Novomikhailovskaya (Krasnodar territory). 5. from 22.07 to 06.09.1942, 97 OPMB performed combat missions for the construction of bridges, road repairs and construction of defensive structures as part of the law firm 6. May 1943. Battle for the village of Krymskaya companies of the pontoon bridge battalion were aimed at organizing crossings over the Adagum, Second and Shibik rivers. Marshal G. K. Zhukov, who was at the observation post of the 56th army of the North Caucasus front, took a direct part in leading this operation. From the observation post of the commander of the 56th army A. A. Grechko, where G. K. Zhukov was located, the village of Krymskaya and the entire panorama of the air and ground battle were clearly visible.: ""I've seen a lot of fights, but I've never seen such fierce ones. The bravery of Soviet soldiers knows no bounds."" 7.Kerch-Eltigen landing operation (31 October — 11 December 1943), the Largest airborne operation of world war II troops of the North Caucasian front (from November 20, 1943 — a Separate Maritime army), the black sea fleet and Azov military flotilla conducted for the liberation of the Kerch Peninsula. The result of the operation was the capture of a bridgehead on the Crimean Peninsula.Short,specific presentation of the personal battle feat or merits of the Ghana F. A.: ""Compartment tov.The Ghana samples showed a courageous and excellent work in the construction of piers on the spit the Pig. The work was carried out under enemy shelling, in stormy weather. Excellent work tov.Ganskoy ensured the timely completion of the task - the construction of marinas, which made it possible to land landing units on time. For courage and bravery and excellent performance of tasks tov.""But the command, having evaluated the contribution of the Department to the outcome of the operation, by order No. 0151/n of the 56th army, awarded Sergeant A. F. Gansky the order of the red star. 8. in the Fall of 1943, 97 OPMB was placed in reserve. 9. in may 1944, 97 OPMB transferred to the Svir defensive line Provided the crossing of the 7th army troops across the Svir river, and then through other water barriers. The Svir-Petrozavodsk operation (June 21, 1944-August 9, 1944) was an offensive operation by Soviet troops of the left wing of the Karelian front, as well as the Ladoga and Onega flotillas, against Finnish troops in South Karelia.Part of the Vyborg-Petrozavodsk strategic offensive operation. By June 24, the Svir was forced along its entire length. On 24 June 1944. Moscow saluted the victory on the Svir. For military exploits, 44 units and formations of the Karelian front were awarded the title ""Svirsky"" (including 97 Opmbprivoenno title ""Svirsky""), and 51 soldiers were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. The outcome of the Svir-Petrozavodsk operation was of great importance: Karelia was liberated, large military forces were released to participate in combat operations on other fronts. Soviet troops defeated the enemy, advanced in the Western and South-Western directions for 110-250 kilometers, liberated most of the Karelo-Finnish SSR and, thus, created the prerequisites for Finland's exit from the war. 10. in September 1944, the OMPB was transferred to the Arctic, where it took part in the Petsamo-Kirkenes operation, providing crossing of the Pechenga river from 12 to 16.10.1944. Petsamo-Kirkenes operation-offensive combat operations of the Karelian front and the Northern fleet of the Soviet Navy against Wehrmacht troops in Northern Finland in the Petsamo region and in Northern Norway from October 7 to November 1, 1944 during world war II.The actions of the 99th rifle corps were provided by the 20th assault brigade and the 97th separate pontoon bridge battalion . Using service equipment and improvised means, the engineering troops, almost without delaying the pace of the offensive, brought crossings over lake Salmi-yarvi, lang fjord, Bek fjord and created conditions for the assault of the last stronghold of the German fascist troops in the Far North of the city of Kirkenes. "" from 12 to 16 October 1944. completing the task, the sappers of the 109th, 64th assault, 97th and 30th pontoon, 31st army engineer battalions equipped 10 crossing points, including 6 bridges, 4 of which entered service within the first day after the advance units reached the river (Petsamo-yok). The actions of the 99th rifle corps were provided by the 20th assault brigade and the 97th separate pontoon bridge battalion.""Engineering troops in the battle for the Soviet Homeland. Cirlin A.D., Biryukov P. I., Istomin V. P., Fedoseev E. N. Voenizdat, 1970. 11. in October 20, 1944, the OPMB, supporting the troops of the 99th rifle corps, together with the 20th motorized assault engineering and sapper brigade, directed crossings over lake Salmi-yarvi, lang fjord, Bek fjord, creating conditions for the assault on Kirkenes(Norway). 12. after the end of the Petsamo-Kirkenes operation, 97 OMPMB remained in the 14th army and did not take part in combat operations again. From the memoirs of Hero of the Soviet Union Grigory Yakovlevich Smirnov (37 separate motorized pontoon bridge battalion):""Pontooners' military labor is hard. The specifics of pontoon troops are special. If other types of troops can use shelters in the initial positions for personnel and equipment during bomb attacks and artillery raids of the enemy, then pontoons do not have this opportunity. They serve pontoons, ferries, bridges and are always on the water-they ensure the survivability of watercraft. Ferries and pontoons have some maneuverability, of course relative and almost does not protect them from direct hit by bombs and shells. And water, of course, has never been a saving and protective environment, even from shrapnel. In the war, pontoons were called ""regular penalty boxers"". Why? Because of the guilty fighter from any of the armed forces gets in a penal battalion for a short time only. Either he manages to atone for his guilt with blood (then he is rehabilitated), or when completing the task, he remains lying in the ground. And the pontoon is always under fire, always in the state - ""penalty box"". When advancing, the pontoons in front of the troops organize a crossing, being on the water, and when withdrawing, they are always behind everyone, until they cross the last soldier, cart, car, and so on, and almost always the pontoons are overtaken by the enemy, stepping on their tail. In addition to the fact that at this time you have to fight off the enemy, you also need to disassemble the ferries and load the property on the cars. And this is never without victims. And this pontoon technology is constant throughout the war. Of course, a person gets used to everything, as they say in a scientific way, adapts. And, indeed, pontooners are brave, hardy, courageous fighters who look death in the eye boldly and firmly. Pontooners are selfless war workers. "" no matter what difficult life circumstances, my grandfather always remained a bright and truly kind Person! He's a real Hero! He's my pride! Glory To The Heroes Of The Great Patriotic War!!!"

Fyodor Ivanovich came to Asbest in 1933. He got a job as a foundry worker at the mechanical plant of the Soyuzasbest trust. After finishing a collage in 1935 with foundry-molder profession, he was appointed to master of the foundry, then he was appointed to be the head in 1935. A month before the war, he finished the foundry faculty's advanced training course "Modern technological processes in foundry production". The evacuated plant urgently needed equipment. New railcars were quickly built, the shop was expanded and orders from evacuated defense enterprises were fulfilled, and then the task was received to cast armored antitank shell casings. There were only women and girls in the shop. They worked as befits on the frontline. During all years of the war, workers at the plant worked 12-16 hours without days off nor vacations. The standards were met by 150-200 percent. The people's Commissariat of building materials industry of the USSR in 1942 awarded distinguished workers and technical officers "high achiever of socialist competition Parkostroyeniya of the USSR" for the successful fulfillment of special tasks on production of defence products and preaperation of spaces for placement of special-purpose products, active participation in socialist competition. Four Of 18 factory workers were from the foundry, including the head of the iron foundry, Fyodor Ivanovich Gorbunov. In 1943, Bessemer steel was first produced at the mechanical plant. The plant was awarded the Banner of the State Defense Committee for producing of products for the front. It is left for eternal storage in the collective of "Southcrest". After the end of the war, the restoration of destroyed cities and villages began. The trust "Southcrest" took part in it as well. The asbestos industry quickly began to develop. The country needed technically competent people. In 1952, Fyodor Ivanovich was seconded to the Asbestos mining technical school to study. In March 1954, the mining technician was accepted as the shift Manager of the crushing and sorting complex of factory No. 5. In 1955, the factory produced its first products. In 1955 Fedor Ivanovich Gorbunov was awarded by the sign of "excellent person of socialist competition of the Ministry of construction materials” for the successful completion of tasks on construction enterprises of the asbestos industry of the trust "Southcrest"". In 1956, he retrired, but he was in touch with the plant, being a member of the party, and actively participated in public life of the Veterans ' Council.

Born in an Russian Orthodox family. On February 13, 1913, he was baptized in the Trinity Cathedral in Stavropol. In 1935, he married and moved to the city of Bataysk for permanent residence. Eugene and his wife Vera, on the purchased land plot, on their own, built a stuffed house (reeds and clay), consisting of a corridor and 2 rooms with stove heating. Later, also on their own, the couple built an Adobe barn. The Gnilovsky house was equipped with electricity and radio communication. A well has been dug in the yard to collect water. In addition, the couple got a farm: a cow and 15 rabbits in several cages, which were made by the owner himself. Eugene had a good job in a building company located in Zheleznodorozhny district in Rostov-on-don, and his wife Vera was a housewife. In June 1941, the radio announced about the attack by fascist invaders on the borders of the USSR and the beginning of the war. Just the next day, a "horseman" rode through the streets of the town of Bataisk on a horse and delivered summonses to every house about the must to come to the city military enlistment office for further direction to the front. For about a month, initial military training was conducted for the entire male population of Bataysk town in the town Park. Men were trained to handle weapons, shoot targets, and march. Defenders of the Motherland were placed on a train, in freight wagons, popularly called "calves". And the train moved to the front. Around the beginning of October 1941, the Gnilovsky family received a notification that Yevgeny Mikhailovich Gnilovsky had gone missing on September 17, 1941. In accordance with the data of Control on account of the lost and missing privates and sergeant stuff of the Ministry of the Armed forces of the USSR, as well as the data of 221 Separate rifle Suvorov order battalion on August 26, 1946, stated that accordion to the credentials of 941 riffle Suvorov order regiment, there is no connection near Moscow with the private Gnilovsky Evgeny Mikhailovich on 19 July 1941; but since September 17, 1941 he was listed as missing and wanted. According to the data of the military Commissariat of Leningrad region for the city of Vyborg and the Vyborg district dated December 20, 2013, Gnilovsky Evgeny Mikhailovich, born in 1913, served in the 265 rifle division, part of the 941 rifle regiment, which in July-September 1941 fought in the Vyborg district near the settlements of Antrea, Sairala (now Kamennogorsk urban settlement). It is likely That Gnilovsky Yevgeny Mikhailovich went missing in one of the battles in the area. Later, his wife Vera, throughout her life, tried to find information about her husband, with the hope of at least finding a grave for bow.

Rank: Red army soldier. Branch of service: land forces, air force (except marine aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD, border troops. Division: 338th rifle division (1st formation). WINNER: "When they say that the Great Patriotic war went through every family,this is not an exaggeration. My grandfather, grandmother, three great-grandfathers, and their brothers fought in my family. One great-grandfather and one of his sons were killed, all the others, fortunately, returned home. My grandfather, Nikolai Sergeevich Golubev, a native of the village of Ivanisovo in the Pereslavl district, went to the front in 1942, when he reached military age. He served in a reconnaissance company, twice brought the enemy, twice was wounded in the back and arm and was in a military hospital. One spring, he had to spend a whole day in a swamp up to his waist in cold water, where they were driven by the Germans. During the war, my grandfather corresponded with his wife-my grandmother-Maria Dmitrievna. They fought on different fronts, they often lost each other and then found each. Their fate connected them, as they say, from their early years - they were classmates, then fellow students, and were able to get married only after the war in 1950. My grandmother went to the war on the Komsomol ticket from the second year of pedagogical school. She fiished a three-month course on radio operator and served in Yaroslavl as a corporal in the air defense forces of the North-Western front as a radiotelegraph operator. She transmitted reports of enemy aircraft to command posts and anti-aircraft units. She was wounded and awarded the medal for Military merit. Immediately after the end of the war, my grandfather entered the Moscow military school named after the Supreme Soviet, and after graduation he was appointed as an officer to serve in Germany. After coming back from Germany, he served in a unit that built military airfields. Unfortunately, I didn't find my grandfather alive, and I didn't have a chance to ask him about everything. My parents said that he was a captain, a company commander. He, as a veteran of the great Patriotic war, was lucky to participate twice in the parade on Red square. In 1969, , he died at the age of 45 after a serious illness. My grandfather is buried at the war memorial cemetery in the center of Kursk. This city happened to be the last place of his service and the place of my birth – my small homeland. I often look at the photos of my grandmother, her medals, and remember that as a child I heard from her about the war… One of the photos was taken in Germany in 1945 with the inscription on the back: "To Marusya for memory from Nicholay on his return from vacation." The picture shows a very young man, with a jaunty hat on his head. There is pride In all his appearance! A real winner! My dear grandmother is no longer here. And there are so many things I would like to ask her! How often we don't appreciate what we have and start to appreciate it when we lose it. My mother and I often visited my grandfather's older brother, Vasily Sergeevich. He went through the whole war, he was a pilot. After the war, he mastered the civil profession and lived to an old age. What a storyteller he was! Every visit to his house was a special day for me. Vasily Sergeyevich sat on the sofa and started telling stories about how he flew to the forest to the partisans: “Night, flying over the forest to the partisans. I see bonfires below, it means I need to land. But the bonfires could have been lit by the Germans, and it is not clear whom you will land to... I make a circle, fly over the fires again, but I still have to land. What happiness!our guys!" And now imagine my state when recently I read on the website" Feat of the people” in the link about award documents: “On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet to award Golubev Vasily Sergeevich the medal "for bravery" for a bold night flight. Despite the fire of anti-aircraft artillery, delivered to the target six paratroopers-bombers." I also found about my grandfather: "Scout platoon of foot reconnaissance regiment of Red army Golubev Nikolai Sergeevich award the medal “for bravery" for the fact that during the offensive battles under heavy enemy fire continuously provided communication with the right neighbor and carried the wounded commander from the battlefield." It is no accident that my great-grandfather Sergey Akimovich was proud of his sons and their exploits. One son defended the Motherland on earth, the other-in the sky. Now it is our duty to remember the feat of our ancestors, the feat of our people. I remember, I'm proud!

Rank: Senior lieutenant. Military branch: aviation. Unit: 1st guards rifle division. Gabisov Akim Tukanovich is my grandfather on the paternal side. He was born in 1916 in the family of the teacher Taukan Konstantinovich Gabisov and the mother, kindergarden teacher Tsallagova Vera Alekseevna in the village of Verkhny Sadon in the Alagirsky district of the North Ossetian ASSR. In 1921, he began his studies at the Tsrau school, and after finishing in 1932, he entered the North Ossetian pedagogical College . He started his career in 1935. In 1940, he was drafted into Red Army by the district military Commissariat of the Alagirsky district of North Ossetia. In 1941, he graduated from the Melitopol Military Flight School. In the rank of senior Sergeant passed the entire war. Received the Medal "for military merit". As a teacher of Russian language and literature, my grandfather was an example for many young soldiers and officers. Here is an excerpt from the characteristics of the unit commander: "Comrade Gabisov A. T. during his stay in the unit proved to be a highly disciplined Sergeant. In the performance of his official duty is impeccable, Executive. Perseverance in work, initiative, energy, firmness in their decisions are the main qualities of Comrade Gabisov A. T. Working on the education of the soldiers, showed a truly Bolshevik attitude. A group of political studies, headed by Comrade Gabisov A. T., on inspection checks received an excellent rating throughout the service. Comrade Gabisov A. T. during the entire service was an excellent member of the unit. During his stay in the unit, he does not have a single comment on his service and work. Gabisov A. T. carried out a large teaching work on the combat improvement of the summer and technical staff. " Akim Taukanovich, also participated in the fighting against the Japanese imperialists. After returning from The Soviet Army, he spent 44 years of his life working in a school. He Worked as a teacher, assistant principal, Director of the seven-year public school #1. For his merits in the great Patriotic war and labor peace, Mayor Tukanovich Gabisov was awarded the order of Patriotic war 1 degree, Medals "For military merit", "For victory over Germany" "For victory over Japan" "For labour difference", "For valiant labor. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin". Akim Tukanovich Gabisov took an active part in public life of the district. For more than ten years, he was elected Chairman of the district Committee of the trade Union of public education workers. An honest, kind, just man, he enjoyed a well-deserved authority and respect among the people. He was an excellent student, honored teacher of the North Ossetian ASSR. Akim Gabisov and his wife Madzayeva Zareta Ilasovna, a wonderful person with a sympathetic and kind heart, a geography teacher, lived a difficult but happy life together. They Raised a son and daughter. Eternal memory to the heroes!

On the third day of the war, universal fitter of local telephone exchange, father of two children, Dmitry Vasilyevich Goreslavets were mobilized to Worker-Peasant Red Army by Priishim military Commissariat of North Kazakhstan Region to defend the Fatherland. He took an accelerated course of training for artillery and mortar operators in the training camp. From July 1941 He commanded a mortar crew at the front, as part of the 162nd rifle division of the 501st regiment, with the rank of Sergeant. From 1941 to January, 9, 1943, the regiment participated in battles as part of the South-Western front in the Kharkov direction, Izyum, Barvenkovo, Novo-Mikhailovsk, and fought in the North Caucasus. In the first months of the war, ensuring the withdrawal of our units, mortar battery by command and under the threat of encirclement has moved to the front of the defense, and by their fire held back the advance of the Nazis. Having fulfilled the order, the mortar men found themselves in the "temporarily occupied territory", and they had to reach the dislocations of their troops by their own. Those who left the encirclement were sent for re-formation after a mandatory check. Since the summer of 1943, after inspections and re-formation of the personnel of the "encircled", he continued to fight as part of the 155 Army Cannon Artillery Novorossiysk-Sevastopol Red banner 2nd degree Suvorov order Brigade (abbreviated APABR) as a motorcycle recon. On October 24, 1944, the commander of the 155th APABR awarded Dmitry Vasilyevich the medal "for the defense of the Caucasus". In 1944, as part of the 1st Ukrainian front during the period of fighting to destroy the encircled enemy group in the area of Zolochiv in Ukraine, in the battles to expand and hold the bridgehead at the Vistula river in Poland. On October 12, 1944, By order of the commander, he was awarded the order of the Red Star. The 155th APABR as part of the 1st Ukrainian front fought its way to the liberation of Europe: Poland, German Silesia, Dresden, Prague, and ended the war in the Austrian city of Amstetten. In July 1945, Dmitry Vasilyevich was awarded a" Certificate of Gratitude "from the commander of the 1st Ukrainian front, Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Stepanovich Konev, medals" for the liberation of Prague","for the victory over Germany". Demobilized in November 1945.

My great-grandfather, Nikolai Mikhailovich Gushchin, was born in 1911 on the Bogucharovo sovkhoz (state farm) in the Leninsky district. He finished two classes of primary school. In 1933, he was drafted into the army in the 110th artillery regiment as a telephone operator. On August 12, 1933, he was dismissed to the reserve. Title: Senior sergeant. Type of service: - ground forces, - air force (except naval aviation), - the coast guard, troops of the NKVD, - the border guards. He left for the front on June 28, 1941 (at that time he was 30 years old). My great-grandfather was sent to the Leningrad front. From June 1941 to March 1942, he was a Rifleman, and from March 1942 to March 1945 he was a signalman and soon became the head of the telephone exchange and senior Sergeant of the three-hundredth guards rifle regiment of the third battalion. On December 22, 1942, while defending Leningrad, he and his fellow soldiers came under fire, and in order to hide from the enemy, they lay in a swamp for 3 days and ate moss and forest berries. Nikolay Mikhailovich Guschin was awarded: the medal "For defense of Leningrad" because in the battle for Malaya Boudikha village on February,13, 1944, he contributed smooth management of the fight, restoring the connection between the command posts of the regiment and the battalion under heavy mortar and machine-gun fire that - 30.07.1945 (third Baltic front) He was awarded the medal "for bravery" for the fact that in the battle of July 25, 1944 on the outskirts of Voroshilino village, he eliminated nine breakthroughs in the telephone line despite the deadly danger, under heavy enemy fire, and did not allow even 1-minute break in communication between the companies - 16.02.1945 (second Ukrainian front) awarded the "Red Star Order" for his work as the head of the Central telephone exchange in the offensive battle from January 24 to January 28, 1945 on the outskirts of Beuten town in difficult combat conditions, when the enemy had a strong combat impact, my grandfather promptly deployed the connection center and promptly provided telephone lines to the battalions, which led the battle. Despite frequent cuts of the connection line by enemy fire, more than 12 cuts were personally eliminated, which contributed to the successful outcome of the battle. In the battle of February 7, 1945 for Kefendorf town, my grandfather provided continuous telephone connection with the units, which led the battle for 12 hours in open terrain and heavy enemy fire. At the end of the war, Nikolai Mikhaylovich Gushchin received a commendation from Stalin. Only two men of the entire regiment survived. Soldiers of the Soviet army thought that they were deserters and took them prisoner. My grandfather was held captive for three days, then released after realizing that he had saved the guard flag. All his life he worked as a tractor driver. He retired only when he was 82 years old. My great-grandfather went through the war almost without injuries and received many awards. He finished his way in Budapest. I am proud of my great-grandfather and grateful to him for peaceful sky above my head.

Gury Nikolaevich Gordeev was born in 1923 in Voskresenskaya Salovka village, Ruzaevsky district, Mordovian ASSR. On April,23, 1943 G. N. Gordeev was drafted by Ruzaevsky military Commisariate for military service and sent to the 491st separate machine-gun artillery battalion of the 159th Dniester Red banner, 2nd degree B. Khmelnitsky order Fortified Area of the 40th Army of 2nd Ukrainian front. Rank: Junior Sergeant. Branch of service: artillery. The 159th fortified Area fought as part of the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian fronts (from December,13, 1943 to January,01, 1945). Having received sufficient combat experience, Junior Sergeant Gordeev was appointed to the position of commander of the 76 mm gun of the artillery division. On April 9, 1944, the gun of Junior Sergeant G. N. Gordeev destroyed 2 light machine guns under heavy enemy fire and as part of the battery suppressed the enemy's mortar battery, which contributed to the assault and occupation of Vama city (Romania ). For the accomplished feat, Junior Sergeant Gury Nikolaevich Gordeev was awarded the state award of the Red Star Order" (On November, 1944). On April, 30, 1945 in the battle for Chabun town, putting their guns in the battle formations of the infantry, Junior Sergeant Gordeev destroyed 2 machine guns and up to 15 Nazis by direct fire from his gun, thus he contributed to the success of the advancing our infantry. For the accomplished feat, Junior Sergeant Gury Nikolaevich Gordeev was awarded the state award “the order of Glory of the 3rd degree”. For the accomplished feats in the frontlines of Great Patriotic War, Junior Sergeant Gordeev Gury Nikolaevich was awarded the order of "Great Patriotic war of 2nd degree" (April, 6, 1985)

Yakov Nikitovich Gabov Branch of service: army, air force (except naval aviation), the coast guard, the troops of the NKVD, border troops. Division: 150th rifle division (1st formation). Yakov Nikitovich Gabov went through the entire war and ended it on the Western front with the rank of senior Lieutenant. But he was drafted to the front in very beginning of Great Patriotic war, on June 22, 1941. He was wounded three times, and showed bravery and bravery in battle. As a senior political officer of the 4th Separate Rifle battalion of the 150th Rifle brigade, he raised and strengthened the spirit of the soldiers in every possible way. He especially distinguished himself in the battles near the village of Khlepen in Smolensk region, where, after losing battles, in 1942, the fascists strengthened themselves on the steep Bank of the Vazuza river. For three days our 148th and 150th brigades tried in vain to dislodge the enemy from the village, suffering serious losses. Then Ilya Mikhailovich Podberezin, the commander of the 150th brigade, suggested a diversionary maneuver: on the night of November 29, 1942, two groups of fighters attacked the German bunker from the East and West, thereby causing fire on themselves. And at this time, the main capture group of 47 soldiers of Lieutenant Dorofeenko and 12 volunteers of the assistant commander Yakov Gabov made their way, under cover of darkness to the Khlepen Church captured by the Nazis and knocked them out of it. Soldiers under the command of Yakov Gabov blocked the entrance to the Church with bricks and defended it for 36 hours, despite heavy fire from the Nazis and their use of smoke bombs. The Church was defended, and at dawn on December 1, our soldiers occupied the village of Khlepen. An important bridgehead of the fascists with numerous bunkers ceased to exist. On February 14, 1943 Yakov Nikitich Gabov was awarded the order of Patriotic war of 1 degree for the operation near Chlepen. Here, at the front, there was another happy event - he met his future wife Nina Danilovna Pisachkina, who was the typist of the 150th division. In February, the young couple got a vacation for a few days and went to Moscow, where they got married. Then a bit later, Nina, was sent from the front to Moscow to her parents because of her pregnancy. After the fighting in the Rzhev-Vyazma direction, the brigades were re-formed. On October 10, 1943, Yakov Gabov was awarded the order of the red Star. Having become a commander, he skillfully trained agitators and editors of combat leaflets to strengthen the mood of the fighters before crossing the Dnieper. Yakov Nikitich directly carried out all the political and mass work in the divisions himself. During the crossing of the Dnieper, he was among the soldiers in the most dangerous areas, setting an example of courage and bravery to the privates. It also helped to avoid significant losses. Then he was already in the rank of senior Lieutenant of the 594th Rifle regiment of the 207th Rifle division of the Western front. Yakov Nikitovich liberated Prague, and after the war, having managed to see his daughter Nina, who was born in Moscow, soon left for work in the Baltic States. There Yakov Nikitich taught history at a school in Riga and later became its Director. Unfortunately, the marriage with Nina Danilovna did not survive, and she raised her daughter alone. In 1965, daughter Nina married Igor Raulevich, grandson of the famous Kazakh writer Sabir Sharipov and son of another veteran of the great Patriotic war - Raul Sabirovich. Yakov Nikitovich's granddaughter, Valeria, was born in this marriage. Traditionally, on Victory day, veterans of the 150th rifle division gathered in Moscow, near Khlepn, in Karmanovo and Sychevka, in the places of fierce battles during the great Patriotic war. They also gathered together in Riga, and even went to the village to visit Yuri Gagarin's parents.

Dmitry Andreevich Glukhov (November 7, 1906-November 11, 1943) was a captain of the 3rd rank of the Soviet Navy, a participant in the great Patriotic war, and a Hero of the Soviet Union (1944). Dmitry Glukhov was born on November 7, 1906 in the village of Khmelino (now-Cherepovets district of Vologda region) in a peasant family. He finished five grades of Junior high school and worked as a steamboat sailor on the Sheksna river. In 1928, Glukhov was drafted to serve in the Workers 'and peasants' Red Fleet. Since 1929, he served in the Black sea fleet, first on the cruiser "Comintern", then on the patrol boat “Albatross". He was a coxswain, boatswain, assistant commander. Finished the command staff courses. Before the war, he commanded a sea hunter unit. He was on the front from the first day of the Great Patriotic war. Boats of the Glukhov’s unit were the first among the vessels of the Black sea fleet to open fire on the enemy, and later the last to leave Ochakov, Odessa and AK-Mechet. Dmitry Glukhov's unit participated in the defense of Sevastopol, often making crossings to Novorossiysk. Glukhov was seriously wounded in the fighting. After being discharged from the hospital, he became the commander of the 1st division of patrol boats. Participated in the battles for Novorossiysk, Taman Peninsula and Crimea. On the night of October 31 to November 1, 1943, Glukhov's division protected ships that landed troops near the village of Eltigen (now within the city of Kerch). The division's boats supported the paratroopers with fire during their actions on land. Thereafter, Dmitry Glukhov carried out the transfer of new units, ammunition and food across the Kerch Strait to the captured bridgehead. When the division was attacked by enemy ships one night, the crew of Glukhov's boat sank a barge and hit the enemy's boat. On November 8, 1943, while the division's boats were unloading on the Crimean coast, two shells exploded on Glukhov's boat, fatally wounded him. On November 11, Dmitry Glukhov died from his injuries. He was buried in the city of Poti in Georgia. 3rd rank captain Dmitry Glukhov was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for "exemplary performance of command assignments at the front against the German invaders and showing courage and heroism" by the Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council of 22 January 1944,. He was also awarded two orders of Lenin, two orders of the Red banner, and the order of Suvorov, 3rd class. Streets in Novorossiysk and Sevastopol are named after Dmitry Andreevich Glukhov, as well as the ship of the Ministry of river fleet.

Sergey Andreevich Galkin (1917-30.06.1999) Galkin Sergey Andreevich was born on June 1, 1917 in the family of a worker in the town of Kus, Chelyabinsk region. He finished seven grades of school and entered the Zlatoust industrial college named after Anosov in September 1934. In 1938, he graduated with honors from the college and on July 10, 1938, he started working as an engineer at the Kusinsky machine-building plant in the Department of the chief mechanic of the plant. On August 31, 1938, he left the factory for conscription into the Soviet Army. September 1938 - December 1939-Military school. From December 1939 to March 13, 1940, he fought on the Karelian isthmus. It was the war with Finland. He was awarded the title: Military technician of 2nd rank. Since June 22, 1941 on the fronts of the Great Patriotic war: the southern front, the South-Western front, the 1st, 2nd, 4th fronts. He was wounded twice during the war. Firstly, wounded in 1941 on July 26 near Tiraspol (in the stomach, right leg, right arm, severely contused). He was in hospitals. On May 18, 1942, he was seriously wounded in the left arm. He was in hospitals. And again he came back to fight after injuries. In 1943, he was promoted to senior Lieutenant. For military services, he was awarded orders: “Red star”, order of the Patriotic war of I degree, Order of the Red banner", Order of "Patriotic war of I degree." Medals: "For military services", " for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic war of 1941-1945. From December,10, 1947 to October, 10, 1948 he was a student of the Higher officer school. He served in the Armed forces until October, 13, 1958. He served in Odessa, in Nizhyn of Chernihov region, in the village of Yelizovo on the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the city of Kaunas in Lithuania. He was discharged with the rank of major, because of his illness related to the injuries received in the Great Patriotic war. In 1958, he came to Kusa with his family. On October, 21, 1960, he was employed at the machine-building plant as an instrument engineer. Then he worked as a warehouse Manager. Retired from the factory on June, 8, 1972 From 1975 to 1980 he worked as a duty officer in the District military enlistment office. He was the Chairman of the Military-Patriotic section of the Council of veterans, a member of the DOSAAF district Committee. Awarded medals: Veteran of labor, 20 years of Victory, 30 years of Victory, 40 years of Victory, 30 years of the Soviet Army, 40 years of the Soviet Army, 50 years of the Armed Forces, 60 years of the Armed Forces, 70 years of the Armed Forces, 100 years since the birth of G. K. Zhukov, Veteran of the 1st guards. Armies. Awarded with the following Badges: Graduation Badge of the Tula Weapons and technical school, Badge "25 years of victory", Badge "35 years of victory", Badge "25 years of the Soviet Veterans Committee", Badge "Veteran of the 62nd guards division", Badge "Veteran of the Chelyabinsk region". Sergey Galkin is a veteran of 2 wars, a veteran of the 62nd guards division, a veteran of the 1st guards Army, a labor veteran, a veteran of the Chelyabinsk region, a Disabled person of II group of the World war. On June 30, 1999, he passed away.

My great-grandfather, Mikhail Gubin was born on December 17, 1916 in the village of Dubrova, Tarnogsky district, Vologda region. This is the father of my grandmother Nekrasova Vera Mikhailovna. When the Great Patriotic war began, my great-grandfather served in the Soviet Army in Siberia in the city of Leninsk-Kuznetsk, in the 570th rifle regiment. He was 25 years old at the time. Young soldiers were immediately sent to the front. My great-grandfather was an private soldier who served in the 527th mortar regiment in the Kalinin direction. He was shell-shocked and seriously wounded in the leg In one of the battles near the city of Velikiye Luki,. For a whole year, he was treated in a hospital in the city of Karaganda. He was commissioned, but in March 1943 was again drafted to the Soviet Army. He took driver courses. He was sent to be a driver in the Stalingrad Red banner Kutuzov order and Suvorov order division., he brought ammunition by a ZIS-5 trгck to the front line of the front. He was awarded the badge "Excellent driver". Participated in the Iasi-Kishinev operation, then liberated the city of Bucharest in Romania, and the cities of Belgorod, Varna, Burgas, and Yambol in Bulgaria. Awarded the medal "for the liberation of Belgorod". He celebrated Victory Day in Hungary in the city of Budapest. Awarded with medals: "For valour", "For military merit", "For victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic war of 1941-1945", the Order of the Patriotic war of 1st degree (March 11, 1985), for bravery, fortitude and courage displayed in the struggle with German-fascist invaders and to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the victory of Soviet people in the Great Patriotic war of 1941-1945, commemorative medals. Grandmother Vera carefully keeps all her great-grandfather's awards. Mikhail Gubin died on December 23, 1994, and was buried in the Potsky Churchyard of Verkhovsky rural settlement of Tarnogsky district, Vologda region.

Gardi Gulmurodov was born on March 16, 1919 in the village of Skat in the Komsomolobodsky district of the Tajik SSR. After finishing school and receiving secondary education, in 1938 he began working as a primary school teacher in a rural school. In November 1939, he was drafted into the Soviet army. Then, because of Nazi Germany attack and beginning of the war, he participated in the Great Patriotic War from June 1941. Gardi Gulmurodov reached from Stalingrad to Berlin during the second world war. During the war he served in intelligence near Stalingrad as the commander of the detachment 121st of Cavalry regiment; as the Sergeantmajor of 62nd motor mechanics brigade; as a Sergeantmajor in a mortar squad; as an assistant commander of a platoon. He left the Armed forces in the rank of Guard Sergeant. In 1942, during the next intelligence activity, he was surrounded together with his colleagues by the fascist army for 6 months. After icing of the Volga river, Gardi Gulmurodov and his colleagues were able to cross the river and reach the regiment. During this period, he was injured several times and received inflammation of the body, which later developed into chronic asthma. During the second world war, Gardi Gulmurodov was also a rocket artillery gunner. He was a participant in the Victory Parade in 1945 on Red Square. After the end of the second world war in 1946, he returned to the village of Sangvor in the Tajik SSR. On his return, until 1952, he was Director of a rural school, inspector of the Department of local public education, head of the Department in the district Council of people's deputies. In 1952, together with their family and relatives, they moved to the Vakhsh valley in the Jilikul district. He continued his career as an inspector of the financial Department of the district Executive Committee of Dzhilikul. In the same year, Gardi Gulmurodov was elected Chairman of the Kalinin collective farm in the Panj district. For 17 years, he was the Chairman of the collective farm, and during this period the collective farm has become one of the leading collective farms in the district and region. Gardi Gulmurodov actively participated in public life of the district. During the years of his work, he was a Deputy at various levels, namely: 1. 1952-1989-Deputy of the Village Council 2. 1959-1967-Deputy of the district Council of people's deputies 3. 1963-1967. - Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR. On May 28, 1994, Gardi Gulmurodov died and was buried in the Dzhilikul district. For his services, Gardi Gulmurodov was awarded the following diplomas and medals: 1. Medal "For Bravery" by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on June,15, 1943 2. The medal "For defense of Stalingrad" by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on April,30, 1944 3. Medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1945, 4. The order of the Red Star by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on August, 31, 1947 5. Medal "for labor valor" by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on February,12, 1955 6. Certificate of Honor of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR from December, 03,1957 7. Medal "for labor valor" by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on January,17,1957 8. medal of the participant of the all-Union agricultural exhibition in 1957. 9. Honorary diploma of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR on December, 28, 1959. 10. Honorary diploma of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR on December,02, 1964. 11. Medal "Twenty years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on 02/23/1966. 12. Medal "Forty years of Victory in the great Patriotic War 1941-1945" by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 05/05/1985. 13. Medal "50 years of Armed forces of the USSR" by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 06/14/1969. 14. The medal "For valiant labor. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin " by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 04/07/1970 15. Diploma from Kumsangir district Committee of the Communist party of the Tajik SSR on 11/15/1974. 16. The sign "Winner of Socialist competition of 1974" on 04/23/1975. 17. The medal "Veteran of Labour" by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on 02/04/1976. 18. Medal "Thirty years of Victory in the great Patriotic War 1941-1945" by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on 03/01/1976. 19. Medal "60 years of the Armed forces of the USSR" by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 06/28/1979. 20. Certificate of honor from Jilikul district military Commissariat in honor of the 39th anniversary of the Victory of 1984 21. Jubilee certificate from Kurgan-Tyubinskaya regional Committee of the Communist party of Tajikistan and Executive Committee of regional Soviet of people's deputies for their active participation in economic and cultural development and with respect to the 50th anniversary of the development of the Vakhsh valley from 01/28/1984. 22. Order of the Patriotic War of II degree by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 03/11/1985. 23. Medal "70 years of Armed forces of the USSR" by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 02/22/1988 .