Heroes and feats

Peter Michailovich Gromozov was born on September, 11, 1918 in Zhguli village, Nemsky district of Kirov region. In 1939, he was drafted into Red army and served in the Far East. Then the war strated, since 1941 he was at the front. He was Commander of transport Department, tank Department, rifle platoon, and after passing the command courses, - commander of a platoon of submachine gunners with the rank of second Lieutenant. Moscow, Tula, Kaluga, Konigsberg, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Germany – this is the battle path of P. M. Gromozov. He was repeatedly wounded and shell-shocked., When crossing the Dnieper river, he received a small piece of lead, remained forever in his body, because surgeons were afraid to remove it. On 09/09/1943 in the battles for Lyutenka village, Poltava region, Ukraine, P. M. Gromozov repelled the counterattacks of the Nazis several times from his machine gun, destroyed 15 Nazis and ensured the advance of his unit. After the war, he participated in the liquidation of an armed bandit underground in Western Ukraine. For personal courage and bravery P. M. Gromozov awarded: twice the medal "for bravery", "for the defense of Moscow", the order of the Patriotic war of the 1st degree, the Zhukov medal and many commemorative medals. Coming back home in 1946, P. M. Gromozov worked in a kolkhoz. He was respected and appreciated for his hard work, diligence, simplicity and sincerity. Fate had dealt him a terrible blow. Son Sasha, commander of the paratrooper squad, died in Afghanistan in 1980. But my father-in-law did not become bitter, until a very old age he never remained idle and loved his relatives. He died at the age of 92, and was buried in Ilinskoe village.

I. M. Gromozon was born on 09/11/1913, in Zhguli village Nolinsky uyezd, Vyatka province. In 1935, he was drafted to Red army for military service. After service in 1938, he worked in the kolkhoz "Dvigatel". During the Soviet-Finnish war (1939-1940), he was drafted for military training, and trained recruits in Kirov. In 1939, he married Ekaterina Petrovna Sheshegova, and in 1940, their son Vasily was born. The war destroyed peaceful life. I. M. Gromozov defended the Homeland from the first days of the war, and finished the war in Berlin. After the war, Ivan Mikhailovich continued working in the kolkhoz "Engine". Since 1946 he worked as the head of a livestock farm. Ivan Mikhailovich Gromozov was an honest and conscientious worker. Thanks to his work, the farm of the kolkhoz grew stronger every year. Kolkhozniks gave Ivan Mikhailovich great authority. In may 1950, the collective farms were enlarged, and the kolkhoz “Dvigatel” became a part of the kolkhoz, named after Kirov, which united five villages. Therefore, since 1950 I. M. Gromozov was as the Deputy Chairman of the kolkhoz named after Kirov, and as the head of the farm. The kolkhoz repeatedly changed its name: "Industria", "Named after I. V. Stalin", "Rassvet", one thing was unchanged - the honest and conscientious work of I. M. Gromozov. For military services, he was awarded the medals "for the victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945", "for the capture of Berlin". In April 1985, on the 40th anniversary of the Victory, Gromozov Ivan Mikhailovich was awarded the order of the Patriotic war of II degree, although he was no longer alive. He was buried in Ilinskoe village. He died early, like all front-line soldiers, at the age of 70. The war never prolong life

Grachev Viktor Vladimirovich (01/19/1924-10/26/2012) - veteran of the great Patriotic war, guard corporal, gunner of the company of machine gunners. He was born and lived all his life in Sadovoe village (formerly Golodaevka) Novospassky district of Ulyanovsk region. During the Great Patriotic war in August 1942, at the age of eighteen, he was drafted into the army. First, he was sent to Morshansk town, Penza region, to the machine-gun and mortar school for the course of a young fighter. When the exercises were held, he was sent to Voronezh region, where the 4th Shock army was being formed. In May 1943, my grandfather, as part of the 202nd rifle regiment of the 68th guards division, was sent to Kursk. In July 1943, additional army forces were needed on the Kursk Bulge, and their regiment was transferred there. After the defeat of the Germans on the Kursk Bulge, Red army drove German troops to the Dnieper. He received his first baptism in fire on August 25, 1943 in Mikhaylovka village, Poltava region. In September 1943, he was awarded the medal "for bravery" for exemplary performance of combat tasks on the front in the fight against the German invaders, and for the valor and courage shown in this case. Then he took part in the crossing of the Dnieper. On October 12, 1943. He was wounded in this difficult battle near Bolshaya Shchuchenka village, Kiev region, and he was treated in a hospital until January 1944. After that, he was sent to Tambov infantry school, where he was appointed as the head of the ammunition depot. In Tambov, my grandfather met the long-awaited Victory. He continued to serve in the army until October 1945. He returned to his native village and worked as a math teacher at Sadovskaya school in Novospassky district of Ulyanovsk region for 40 years. My Grandfather willingly told about historical events of wartime, remembered all the dates, where and when, in what military operations he participated, but did not like to talk about the experienced emotions and impressions, about his exploits and awards. And only once, on the last victory Day of His life, he said that those who say that war is not terrible do not know anything about war.

The story of Tamara Alekseevna Gerasimova, the invalid of I group on sight, Kineshma member of the local organization of all-Russian blind society: "I was born in 1938 in Sladkovo village, Nebilovsky district, Vladimir region. In 1941, the war began. My father, Alexey Nikolaevich Agafanov, went to the front. My mother had three of us: me and two brothers. Sometimes German planes flew in the sky at night. They said they were going to Moscow. My mother wrapped me in a blanket and carried me to the bomb shelter, which was located next to the house - in the basement of the Church. I looked out of the blanket with one eye and saw a tiny plane in the sky, flying very high and humming terribly. My mother worked all day in the kolkhoz. Leaving for work, she gave a task for each of us: to sweep the floor, to saw wood, who to bring water. That was how our life flowed every day. And every day we waited for a letter from the front. When famine began, we ate only potatoes, which we grew in our garden. But it was enough only for winter, in the spring we lived half-starved - there were no potatoes, morу so, bread. We went to the kolkhoz field, looking for rotten potatoes left after the winter. Then my mother baked pancakes from it, we called them nausea, because they were not tasty at all, but there was no other food. If you want to eat, we go to the meadow, pick pipes and eat. I always wanted to eat. One day we received a notification from the front, which reported the death of our father. My mother became weak and often ill. We tried to help her as much as we could. In 1943, my brother Alexander was taken to Red Army. Later, in the end of the war, we a funeral letter about my brother, who died liberating Warsaw. Brother Afanasy was drafted into Red Army in the end of 1944. He will end the war in Berlin. Afanasy will serve in Germany for 7 years. I finished high school in 1956. I started to lose my eyesight abruptly, and received II group of disability. I have lived in Kineshma since 1960. I worked at the educational and production enterprise VOS (All-Soviet Blind Society), engaged in Amateur art. I am a VOS veteran, my work experience is 45 years. I am already 81 years old, but I am an active reader of Kineshma branch # 1. I try to attend events and libraries in Kineshem local organization VOS. Shell I Remember the war? Or maybe it is necessary to remember the war more often? So that our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren know what war is. It's hard to believe how we could survive these difficult years!»

Member of the partisan movement of Belarussia in the special Squad, named after KIROV of Gomel connection since July 8, 1942 to November 25, 1943. Born on August 15, 1918. in the village of Bortniki, Bobruisk district, Mogilev region, in a poor peasant family. My father was a shoemaker and my mother a dressmaker. In winter she sewed clothes and in summer she worked kolkhoz in the field. She was a perfect master of the sickle during harvesting. The farm had a cow, a couple of geese, and a dozen of chickens. Her family had four children - two brothers and two sisters. In 1935 she finished Bobruisk forestry college with the profession of furniture manufacturing technology. She was a Komsomol activist in the colleege, also participated in Amateur activities and in passing the TRP standards. She got married the same year. In the spring of 1936, her son Marik was born. When he came to stay with his grandparents in the summer, he liked to feed geese by hand with his grandmother. In the end of May 1941 her daughter Mariyka was born. In spring of 1941 her husband Mikhail was mobilized and sent to the area of Belostok (possibly for the construction of defensive structures), there he died in the first week of the war. On the 3rd day of the war, thieves (future policemen) stole a cow at night, wrapping the hooves with rags. In the end of June, her mother-in-law sent a horse from Bobruisk to take her relatives to the rear, but this could not be done, since all the roads were already clogged by the Nazis. The old men decided to return home, and Lydia and her sister Sofia, along with their two children, went to distant farms and villages, because local anti-Soviets could give them to the Nazis. The peasants sympathized with the refugees: some gave a slice of bread, some poured a Cup of milk, some gave a bulbina (potato). But everyone was afraid of the punishers, everywhere there were orders not to accept refugees and hand them over to the commandant's office. All residents were supposed to have ausweiss with them. Execution For non-compliance. We had to spend the night in the woods, or in haystacks. Where there were no policemen, you could sleep in a shed or bathhouse. By mid-September, the nights were getting colder and the children's health was getting worse. Marik became ill. A peasant woman in one of the villages was persuaded to accept the boy (her husband was also in the army, everyone believed that the fascists would soon be defeated and our people would return). The informer is unknown, but when, a couple of weeks later, his mother returned to visit her son, she saw only his worn-out shoes. One night the policemen came and dragged him out from behind the stove, where he was hiding in the straw, without even allowing him to put them on. Everything was done quickly, so as not to allow the victim to react and get his bottle of schnapps from the new owners as soon as possible... In those places, in the area of the current Krasny Bereg station, a hospital for wounded German soldiers was located and the point for collecting donor and children's blood was created there. Perhaps the boy was sent to that place where he died. After the war, when I was 6-7 years old, I remember my mother's bitter tears, as she wrung her hands and remembering all this, repeated: "I wish the Germans had killed me." These memories came back to her again and again, leaving a trace in my soul. After leaving this village, having suffered such a mental trauma, my mother lost her breast milk. The baby was doomed. She died in late October or early November. The first snow has fallen... the ground was not frozen yet. When Guderian's German tanks broke into Bortniki in late June and early July, the soldiers began to Rob the peasants, depriving livestock, milk, butter, and lard, but they did not commit any atrocities yet. They were eager to capture the bridges and crossings on the Berezina faster. But a week later, the field gendarmerie, the commandant's office, and the police appeared. The hunt for Communists and Jews began. One day the order was posted: "All Jews must gather by the commandant's office. Take your valuables and food for three days.”My grandparents Vera and Simon Freitman were sent to a ghetto (possibly, in Bobruisk), where all its inhabitants were killed by the spring of 1942. She was not accepted immediately To the partisan detachment, named after Kirov. There were a lot of checks. Her knowledge of Komsomol structures helped, and she also knew German well. Her skills to sew clothes was also useful. She was Accepted as a private on July 8, 1942, where she served until the moment of liberationon by Red Army troops under the command of K. K. Rokossovsky on November 25, 1943. She was awarded the command medals: Partisan of the Patriotic War, for the Victory over Germany, for valiant labor in the great Patriotic War, as well as, in peacetime, the jubilee medal “Twenty years of Victory in the great Patriotic War” and the Jubilee Badge “25 years of Victory in the great Patriotic War”. In peacetime, she worked in regional food industry as an economist, and then in Vodokanaltrest–as a motorist of pumping stations. Her health was severely damaged by the war. She died on March 28, 1978. There is a photo from partisan life-The work of a workshop for repairing uniforms. From the memoirs of her son-Vladimir Nikolaevich Suzdalev. 04/12/2020.

In January 1942, he was sent as the commander of the machine-gun crew of the machine gun to the Kalinin front, to the 91st rifle division. As part of the 117th guards rifle brigade, he took part in the Rzhev-Sychevskaya offensive operation, The Rzhev-Sychevskaya strategic offensive operation, where he bravely and skillfully supported the Riflemen during the battles from November 25 to December 2, 1942. "On November 26, I supported the Riflemen with my machine gun and broke into the enemy's trench with them. The Germans launched a counterattack, and only Grigoriev's machine gun remained in the trench. But he did not lose his head, machine-gun fire destroyed 25 Nazis. The rest lay down and retreated" - this was how his feat was described in the award list of the medal "for bravery". By the end of 1942, he received his first battle wound, fortunately it was light. A couple of months later, in February 1943, he was again wounded in the left shoulder. After receiving recognition of fitness for combat service, he returned to the battlefields, continuing to fight in the 91st rifle division. He participated in Kursk offensive operation, where in the battles for the height of 228, he received the medal "for military merit". In October 1943, he took part in Nevel operation and was wounded on October 6. Exactly a year after the first injury-a fatal combination of circumstances-he was again injured, and this time seriously. A through shrapnel wound to the face with damage to the lower jaw-this was the diagnosis, and the doctors found it was necessary to transfer him to the evacuation hospital in Kazan on December 2, 1943. Y He was in Tatar evacuation hospital until February 1944, where he was commissioned because of injury

My great-grandfather went to school At the age of 7,. At this time, the family moved from the village of Novoplatnirovskaya to the village of Leningradskaya. In addition to his great-grandfather, the family had three more children: an older brother, Nikolai, and 2 younger sisters, Maria and Raisa. My great-grandfather and his brother learned about the war from their parents when they came home from fishing on Sunday afternoon. Nikolai was The first, who left to the front in June 1941, in the age of 19. My great-grandfather was handed the summons to the front from the Leningrad military enlistment office in the summer of 1942. He was not yet 18, and in July 1942 he was fighting as a gunner of the 85th anti-tank artillery division. He fought in the Caucasus, in the Crimea, he was a sniper in the 271st rifle division. As part of the 56th Army, he liberated the city of Taman, where he received his first wound in the leg. He was wounded for th 2nd time In the battle for Stalingrad and sent to the city of Saratov to a hospital. In April 1944, my great-grandfather was wounded for the 3rd time, it was a serious wound in the chest. The explosive bullet passed 2 cm from the heart area and left its mark on the back in the form of a funnel for all life. My great-grandfather was treated in a hospital in Zlatoust town, Chelyabinsk region, where he had several operations. in December 1944, he was commissioned After treatment and worked at a machine-building plant in Zlatoust. During the war, the plant was of defense significance and produced aircraft guns for the front. May 1945. He met Victory day in Zlatoust and only in 1947 my great-grandfather came back to his relatives, to his native village. In 1950, my great-grandfather went to Krasnodar to study, where he met my great-grandmother Maria. In 1957, their daughter, my grandmother, was born, whom they named Rimma. Alexander Evgenyevich gave the name to his daughter in honor of the nurse who had carried him seriously wounded out from the battlefield and saved his life. My great-grandfather was awarded his first award in 1943: the medal "for the defense of the Caucasus", then in 1945 the medal "for the Victory over Germany". All the medals and orders of my great-grandfather are kept in our house, including the "Medal for the battle for Stalingrad", the badge"for valor and bravery in the great Patriotic War". As a participant in the second world war, my great-grandfather was awarded the medals "Thirty years of Victory in the second world war" and "Forty years of Victory". In 1985, the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "For courage, fortitude and courage displayed in the struggle against the Nazi invaders, and in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Victory of Soviet people in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945" was awarded the Order of Patriotic War I degree. My great-grandfather Alexander Evgenyevich Gonzos died on January 4, 1993, he was 68 years old.

Our father, Andrey Tarasovich Golovko, was born in 1925 in Bolshaya Dzhalga village, Stavropol area, in a peasant family. His father, our grandfather, worked on the land, and when the Civil war began, he fought on the side of the Reds. Having the skills of a medic, he helped the wounded and sick. During collectivization, he joined a kolkhoz, had authority among the villagers, was elected as Chairman of the audit Commission, but, despite this, was arrested as an enemy of people and sent to a camp. However, thanks to the efforts of fellow soldiers, former red partisans, and our grandmother Vasilisa Stepanovna, an illiterate woman who got an appointment with Kalinin, after 1.5 years he was acquitted and returned home. All this we know from my father, my father's parents died during the war. My father's family was large and friendly, but only four survived. Parents taught their children to work, instilled love of knowledge. Senior children received special education: senior sister worked as a teacher before the war, brother was a student in a College, but the war started and he went on to study in military school and fought as an officer and returned from the war disabled. Andrey Tarasovich fought for the cavalry as a mortar, was wounded, shell-shocked, awarded military awards: two medals "for Bravery", two medals "for Military Merit", "for the capture of Konigsberg", "for the Victory over Germany". On the website of the Ministry of defense, you can read "Andrey Tarasovich Golovko in the battle for the village of Tsyulen on 05.01.1945 continuously delivered mines to an open firing position under heavy rifle and machine gun fire of the enemy. When his horses were killed, he delivered mines on himself." Then there was a meeting with the Americans on the Elbe, there was Victory. But my father returned home only in 1948, he had to serve conscription in Western Ukraine. After demobilization, he served in the anti-banditry unit in Grozny, at that time there were many more gangs in the mountains. Then he studied at the police school in the city of Kostroma and served in the police in Grozny, Achikulak, Zaterechny, Neftekumsk. Then there was party work in neftekumsky state farm, then work in NGDU. After retiring, he was constantly engaged in public work, was the Chairman of the Council of Veterans, and enjoyed authority among the population.

Emelyan Gavrilovich Gavrilov was born on August 9, 1922 in the village of Dudkino in the Ilyinsky volost of Velizh district of Vitebsk province (now the territory of the Ilyinsky rural settlement of Zapadnodvinsky district of Smolensk region). Immediately after the beginning of the great Patriotic war, Emelyan Gavrilov enlisted as a volunteer and was sent to the Leningrad front. As an private Red army soldier, as an artillery gunnery officer, he took part in the defense of Leningrad from July 1941 to July 1942. After participating in the battles on the Leningrad front, he was sent to study at Leningrad artillery school. From March 1943-Lieutenant, commander of a fire platoon. Then he was sent to the 3rd Ukrainian front, where he fought as part of the 191st guards artillery regiment of the 86th guards rifle division-until the end of the war, until Victory! Awarded the order of Patriotic war of I and II degree, order of Red Star, medals "For defense of Leningrad", "For capture of Budapest", "For capture of Vienna", "For liberation of Belgrade". Extract from the award list of the order of the Patriotic war of II degree (description of the feat): "Working as a fire platoon commander, he always clearly and relentlessly fulfilled his duties to destroy the German invaders. His platoon from 08/18/1943 to 09/02/43 destroyed 4 vehicles, 1 observation post, dispersed and partially destroyed up to a company of infantry. In the battle for Fokino village on 08/31/1943 his platoon was placed in an open firing position. During the artillery and mortar bombardment and aerial bombardment, he fired at the advancing enemy tanks. In this battle, his platoon burned 2 and hit 3 German tanks. Lieutenant Gavrilov, being slightly wounded, decided not to take a step back from the occupied positions — and he did not leave, he was carried away, seriously wounded for the second time, by his own soldiers. The enemy did not pass beyond the line occupied by Gavrilov. Tanks and infantry of the enemy turned back. " after the end of the war, he lived in Leningrad, worked as Cahirman in factory shop. Actively participated in events to celebrate Victory Day, repeatedly met with his fellow soldiers. He passed away in 1997.

Yuri Alexandrovich Gorodnichev was born in Kaluga on May 4, 1924. In may 1942, eighteen-year-old Yura Gorodnichev enlisted in the 108th separate tank brigade, which was at the disposal of the 50th army. With the rank of Sergeant, he was a recon for the control company of the 108 tank brigade of the 9th tank corps. The first military award – the medal "for bravery" - Yuri Alexandrovich received in the summer of 1943 near Kursk. Despite heavy mortar fire, he personally destroyed 8 enemy soldiers personally by his gun, and promptly found a Tiger tank buried in the ground, which allowed it to be destroyed. From 10 to 14 September 1943 In the battles for Uborok village with a group of recons and 5 tanks broke through and went to the North-Western outskirts of the village, where he took up the defense: three enemy counterattacks were repulsed. Personally by Sergeant Yu. A. Gorodnichev destroyed five 5 enemies by his machine gun, two were taken prisoners. He delivered aluable documents about the enemy to headquarters of the unit. And on 11/22/1943 he was awarded the Order of Red Star for that. In battles, which lasted from 06/24/1944 to 08/04/1944 he broke through the enemy's defenses in the area of the Drut river (Belarussia) and provided accurate information about the enemy, which contributed to the implementation of the combat mission. On June 27, 1944 Yu. A. Gorodnichev together with a group of sappers of the Department built the crossing of over the river Dobysna and held it. He was slightly wounded, but did not leave the battlefield, gave himself first aid, and continued to perform the task. For these actions Yu. A. Gorodnichev was awarded the Order of glory of the III degree. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 05/09/1945, he was awarded the medal "for the Victory over Germany".

Born on August 14, 1923 in the village of Aban, Abansky district of Krasnoyarsk Area. He was drafted to the front in 1942 at the age of 19. He was assigned to the 35th reserve regiment, in reconnaissance division. When they reached the town of Kolomna, they decided to go to the regimental school to study artillery. After a short training period, he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and was a gun commander in an anti-tank fighter regiment. Then-platoon commander near the city of Kursk, fought near the city of Kalinin, Velikiye Luky. They destroyed German tanks and infantry. We were bombed by planes and fired glowing rockets. We jumped into the funnel to hide from the bomb, and there was water up to their chest or waist, so they stood or lay in this mud until the bombing stopped. After the howitzer was smashed, Ivan fell into the machine gunners. Near the city of Vitebsk, he was wounded in his leg, lay in hospitals in Gus-Khrustalny town, Vladimir. After the hospital, he fought in the 1st guards mortar brigade. He was shell-shocked, after a shell-shock, he got into the firing squad to load mines into Katyusha . Participated in the capture of Berlin and such cities as Cottbus, Fort, Retibor. "During the performance of official duties, and most importantly in battle, he spared neither his strength nor his health. But the Motherland and we-fighting friends will never forget such sons as Your son. Today, on November 19, 1945, we send him home to your mother's arms. Live, be proud of your son. Thank you for raising your son, for his endurance, endurance, and intransigence to the enemy. "(From the unit commander's letter of thanks to his mother, I. p. Golovanov) Ivan Prokopievich died on 01/14/1996. He was buried in Aban , always joked, supported others. He was buried in the vi

Called up by the Nikolaev District Military Commissariate on June 28, 1941. Private, military unit #07284. Alexey married Maria in 1929. They had foue children, but a son and daughter died of starvation. Survived only by the Nusia and Polina. When Alexey went to the front, everyone cried, saying goodbye to him, as if they knew that he would not return. First, Alexey learned to hold a rifle, shoot, then walk to Stalingrad. They walked for a long time. They wanted to defeat the enemy. On the way to Stalingrad, Alexey found himself not far from his home. He really wanted to visit his wife and see his newborn daughter. Fate had given them the last meeting. Alexey asked for leave from the commander and promised to catch up. It was necessary to go home through the Volga. On his way back, a snowstorm started. He was late. He walked along the Volga River from Kamyshin, and then caught up with the unit that went to Stalingrad. For being late to the unit, he was sent to the front line. The city was ahead. It was impossible to let an enemy pass through it. Together with other soldiers, he stood to the last. Alexei fought at Stalingrad. He was killed in the battle of Stalingrad on January 22, 1943. The victory at Stalingrad was only ten days away. Comrades wrote that he was not afraid of anything, risked his life to save others, always joked, supported others. He was buried in the village of Voropanova (now Gorky) after the battle as a hero. Alexey's wife could not believe it, she kept writing letters to him for a long time and waited for an answer. His name is listed on the Memorial Board in memory of those killed during the Great Patriotic War in the village of Occurance.

Born in 1911, far from the southern Urals. Place of birth – city of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Region. Before the military service, he worked as a turner, and graduated from school in grades seven. Date of conscription - still a peaceful time in the USSR - February 21, 1940. He went through the war from beginning to the end, and endured many ordeals – harsh battles, partisan struggle, the horrors of the first concentration camp, and unjust exile. During his service, he received the rank of Lieutenant and served in the 457th combat regiment. During the war, Mikhail was the Political Officer of a company of the Vorobyov Partisan Detachment and in November 1942 went missing. He went to Dachau – one of the first concentration camps in Germany. All his hands and feet were scarred – because he had escaped from the camp twice, but the Nazis sent dogs on his trail, which tore him alive and dragged him back. This horror lasted for three years, until April 1945, when US soldiers broke into the camp and libirated the prisoners. For another month, he sat on the territory of the camp and waited for the documents to be made for him, so that he could finally return home. But it was not that simple. After all, if one was in a concentration camp, he could give up all his secrets and betray his homeland. Before the war, he was married, but to protect himself, his wife refused him. He walked to the Krasnodar Region, in a ragged robe, weighed only 45 kg. Only then did he learn that he no longer had a wife, and that his own sister was forbidden to talk to him. After three days, he was sent to exile in Chelyabinsk. For a half of his life he tried to prov that he was not an enemy of the people and that he was taken prisoner unconscious. In Chelyabinsk, he met his second wife. His story ended well – he had two daughters and several grandchildren. He finaly was rehabilitated. All his awards and titles were returned, for example, the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree. Died from the effects of the war. One of Dachau's favorite tortures was the vacuum. Its purpose was to study the strains that German pilots could face at high altitudes or when landing with an unexpected drop in pressure and a decrease in oxygen content. Mikhail was paralyzed for the third and last time on October 19, 1986.

Sergey Gavshin was born on September 20, 1907. Place of birth – Udmurt ASSR, Cisowski District, village of Sabanina. Called up for war in 1942 (Udmurt ASSR, Kiyasovsky District, Kiyasovsky District Military Commissariat), sent to PRB 36 ZSD (reception and distribution battalion, reserve rifle division, stationed at the Yuski station UASSR). Arrived in the unit on July 12, 1942. Military unit – 117th Reserve Rifle Regiment. He fought at Rzhev and was wounded, a bullet pierced his lung. Demobilized on July 15, 1942. After being wounded, Sergei was treated in a hospital in Leningrad. He studied at a truck driver's course. The last duty station was 387th Separate Motor Transport Battalion. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree (06.04.1985). His wife, Evdokia Gavshina (Chukhlantseva), was born in the village of Makshaki in the Sarapul District of the Udmurt ASSR (1906-1990). Two brothers of Evdokia - veterans of the Great Patriotic War: Semyon (1910-1942), a private, a Rifleman, went missing; Ilya (born in 1925), returned from the war, was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree. Children: Mikhail (1927-1966), Alexandra (b.1930), Anna (1936–?), Nikolai (1939-2004). Sergey Afanasyevich died on May 5, 1990.

He was admitted to the Soviet Army as a cadet of the command staff of the 4th Separate Pontoon Bridge Regiment (Kaunas) in November 1940, where he served until June 1941. V. Kuzhelev was at the front from the first day of the Great Patriotic War up to the Battle of Berlin. He served as a chemical engineer of the 50th Separate Pontoon-Bridge Battalion on the North-Western Front from June 1941 to November 1945; Petty Officer of the company of the 7th Separate Pontoon-bridge Brigade; Clerk of the 138th Separate Pontoon-bridge Battalion of the 7th Separate Pontoon-bridge Brigade on the 1st Belorussian Front and a Group of Soviet Troops in Germany. Quote from the award list of May 14, 1945: "Repeatedly performed combat missions to force water barriers, being a model of courage and heroism. He especially distinguished himself when building a pontoon bridge over the Odrindnander-Spree canal in the Grube area on the night of April 17-18, 1945. By personal example of courage and bravery, he inspired the soldiers of his unit to heroic feats in the name of the fastest task completion. Under artillery, mortar and small-arms fire of the enemy with his unit built a pontoon bridge to promote the rapid ferry for the troops advancing to the center of Berlin." In November 1945, he was demobilized. He worked for the Ministry of Interal Affairs since August 1948 as an inspector of the accounting Department of the Mogilev School for Retraining Sergeants of the Corps State Security of the USSR on transport. By order of the Ministry of State Security of the USSR in December 1949 S. Kuzhelev received the rank of Second Lieutenant. Later he served there as a senior inspector of the training Department, Head of the Special Office, Deputy Head of the Course for Political Affairs, Senior Inspector of the Personnel Department, Head of the Course. V. Kuzhelev in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the police was dismissed to the reserve of the Soviet Army due to long service on April 2, 1972. Awarded the Order of the Red Star (1945), medals For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (1945), For the Liberation of Warsaw (1945), For the Capture of Berlin (1945), 30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy (1948), 50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR (1967), For Valiant Labor, In commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. Lenin (1970).