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Culin Semyon Ivanovich

Date of birth: 1908. He finished 4 grades of the elementary school in 1921. By Nationality-Russian, civil specialty-accountant, social status- peasant-collective farmer, party-since January 1943 the member of the CPSU (b). In 14.09.1930 Ruzaevsky RVC of the Mordovian ASSR recognized him as the suitable staff for non-combat service and he enlisted in the reserve. Called on mobilization by the Staro-Shaigovsky district military Commissariat of the Mordovian ASSSR on September 27, 1941 in the 403 separate chemical protection company-a chemist (from 30.09.1941 to 15.07.1945). from January 11, 1941. until may 9, 1945. participated in the great Patriotic war as a member of the 403 separate chemical defense company – a chemist. During the great Patriotic war, he received a shrapnel wound in the head (05.11.1943). on December 8, 1942, the red army soldier Kulin Semyon Ivanovich was assigned to the assault group of the 1099 rifle regiment with the task of destroying tanks, bunkers and dugouts of the enemy with bottles of fuel and grenades. When approaching the height of the Mzencheva group of fighters, which included the red army soldier Kulin Si, was ordered to destroy the bunker, which recently moved to the unit. Under gun and machine-gun fire, the red army soldier S. I. Kulin was the first to break into the enemy's trenches. With rifle fire, he destroyed two Hitlerites. On February 22, 1943, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR awarded the medal "for BRAVERY!" No. 232648 of 22.02.1943 for exemplary performance of combat tasks of the command at the front in the fight against the German invaders and for showing valor and courage. In addition, he was awarded the medal "for the defense of Moscow!" - March 24, 1945., the medal "for the defense of Leningrad!" - 09.04.1945. With 15.07.1945 G. for 05.10.1945 G. he served in a separate reserve battalion of the 326th rifle division of the Western front as a Rifleman. He was demobilized on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 05.09.1945. The warrior-winner of the red army Culino Semyon Ivanovich, the gratitude of the Supreme Commander Marshal of the Soviet Union comrade Stalin for the great fighting against the Nazi invaders during the great Patriotic war For the conquest of the city of Roslavl, 25 September 1943.; For the conquest of the Island, 21 July 1944.; For the possession of the city of Tartu (Yuriev-Derpt) , 25 August 1944.; For the capture of the city of Saalfeld, No. 246 – January 23, 1945; for the breakthrough to the coast of the Danzig Bay and the capture of the city of Marienburg, No. 256 – January 26, 1945; for the capture of the city of Starograd, No. 294 – March 7, 1945; for the capture of the city and fortress of Gdansk (Danzig), No. 319 – March 30, 1945; for the capture of the city of Anklam, No. 351 – April 29, 1945; for the Greifswald, No. 352 – April 30, 1945; for the capture of Stralsund, No. 354 - may 1, 1945; for the capture of the port and naval base of swinemunde, No. 362-may 5, 1945; for the capture of the island of rügen, No. 363 – may 6, 1945. On July 8, 1969, Kulin Semyon Ivanovich was awarded the jubilee medal "50 Of the armed forces of the USSR". To the 30th anniversary of victory in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945. on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Semyon Kulin was awarded the jubilee medal "Thirty years of victory in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945" on March 8, 1975

Kisliy Georgiy Pavlovich

Kisliy Georgiy Pavlovich was born on August 8, 1927. When the Great Patriotic war began, he was 14 years old. At that time, he lived in the Azov, he was an ordinary teenager, herding cows with the other the boys. In 1942, the Germans came to Azov. Georgiy, as well as many residents of Azov were taken prisoner. First they were loaded on a barge and moved to Rostov-on-don. Then all were loaded in the trade train, like animals, and were transported all over Russia for a long time. They were driven for a month, until they arrived in Germany in the city of Ilm. At the distribution point, all the Russians were lined up in a line, the "baurs" (buyers) came and chose the labor force from the arrivals. And all who remained were put back in the train and taken to the concentration camp. Thus, he ended up in the friedrichshofen concentration camp. They were forced to work there. Later, Georgiy went to the tank factory "Maybach Motorenbau", where they made engines for tanks. Those who had an education were sent to the factory, while the rest were sent to the construction of the plant. He had a chance to unload wagons with construction materials. Bags weighing 50 kilograms were thrown on the teenager's back from the car. Then he was transferred to the factory as a sharpener of parts. For any offense, the Germans beat them with whips. They were escorted to and from the factory with the guns. The food was very bad: for breakfast, coffee without anything, you can say water, for lunch, balanda, for dinner-three potatoes and a piece of bread. There was a garbage can at the factory, and he and a friend climbed into it searching something to eat. Once the German saw this and hit Georgiy with a cord very hard, he lost consciousness. When he woke up, the German continued to strike his back. Georgiy told us that the German beat like a madman until he was stopped by the other guards. His back was black after that, it was very hard to walk, but he was still forced to work. He said that there were both good and bad people among the Germans. There was a German Communist foreman at the factory who treated them well, asked them how they were doing, brought them home, brought them something to eat, and talked with them about the news from the front. As Georgiy said, he supported them. He also warned them about approaching of Anglo-American and French troops, and advised them to flee. Why run? But because the Germans drove all their prisoners into the basements and filled them with water, or drove them into sheds and set them on fire. But everyone really wanted to live. Therefore, Georgiy and two other brave men decided to escape, ran away to the village, hiding in the groves and forests. They met the French army, which sent them to their own. A commandant's regiment consisted of 1,500 former prisoners, was formed. In the autumn of 1945, my grandfather arrived in Poland in the city of Winter waters. And from there he got to Volgograd, where went to work at the factory, got married. And with his wife and daughter, he returned to his native Azov. Georgiy was more fortunate than millions of prisoners. After the war, he had big family, five children, and many grandchildren. He lived a long, happy life.

Kruglikov Evsey Zinovievich

Kapkin Vasily Alekseevich

Vasily Kapkin's military career began in September 1939, when he, a soninsky boy, and 70 other conscripts from Lukoyanovsky district were sent to serve to the far East. There was fighting with Japan. While they were getting there, the fighting ended. Vasily was sent to the 76th border squad for the service on the banks of Amur river, while 1941 arrived. The 102nd far Eastern rifle division was formed from the border guards. Fierce fighting began. The machine gunner Kapkin conducted his first battle with the Nazis outside the city of Yelets. There he got his first injuries. After the hospital, he was sent to a tank school near Moscow. Four months later, the driver Vasily Kapkin became a crew member of t-34 tank in the 76th tank division (1943). The Division moved with the fighting, liberating Leningrad region and the Baltic republics. Near Nevel, tanks moved under the heavy German artillery fire. Kapkin's tank was hit. Vasily Alekseevich began to get out of the tank through the hatch, but the German machine gunners kept the tankers at gunpoint. The radio operator, gunner and tank commander were killed, while Vasily, wounded in the leg, managed to get out of the tank and crawl away. The battle escalated. The wounded driver was picked up by the tankers of the next battalion. And then there was the hospital. As a result of severe injuries and concussion, tankman Kapkin was demobilized and returned to his native village. He was awarded the order of Glory of the 3rd degree, the Patriotic war of the 1st degree and the medal for Bravery. In peacetime, Vasily Alekseevich worked well for the benefit of his collective farm. Awards for peaceful labor were added to the Military awards – the order of Lenin, the Badge of Honor, the medal "for valiant labor". For a long time he worked as a foreman of a tractor brigade in Sonino. And every year the team achieved high performance. V. A. Kapkin, a Communist, was always distinguished by the fact that he always treated the tasks assigned to him with the great responsibility and was a demanding leader. Integrity - that's what helped him in his work. He always believed in his comrades, realizing that only faith in them, in their dedication, in their firm male shoulder, can solve the most difficult cases. Until the last days of his life, he was active in the public work.

Korepanov Nikolay Kirillovich

Before the war, he worked as a projectionist. Was married. His wife's name was Alexandra Yakovlevna. He called her Shura, Shurochka. He was called up in 1942, when he already had 4 children. My mother (his daughter) was not even 1 year old when he was taken to the war. He died on 16.02.1944. We didn't know anything about his front-line life until 1989, when the Belarusian "search engine" Yevgeny Ivanov wrote to us from Gomel. From his letter, we learned that he spent the last battle in Belarus in Sirotinsky district (now Shumilinsky). He was a part of the tank landing. In December 1943, he was among the first ones, who broke into Gorodok, the district center of Vitebsk region - he was awarded for this action the order of the red star and received a wristwatch from General Bagramyan. His name is listed in the encyclopedia "Memory" (chronicle of Shumilinsky district of the Belarusian SSR), published in Minsk in 1985 (page 408). This reference book also contains information about his burial in the village of Yazvino, Shumilinsky district, in a mass grave. Several letters/envelopes sent by him from the war have been preserved. Just a few from his letters: 07.06.1943. "Good day, Shura, a letter from your husband Kolya..., I saw how they are living in the collective farm (note-Kozonika district), it's even creepy to see: 42 houses, and 8 working horses. They try to plow on cows and bulls. Only women.... Shura, when I receive a letter, I am so happy, but when I think about the life in the villages, I feel so sad. How will you feed us (approx. - soldier), Shura, if you live like this?! Please write letters more often. ... Say hi to all the guys. Getting the letters, I feel alive, I kiss, I hug". 07.01.1944 " Good day, Shura. A letter from your husband. I have received your letter, I thank you so much. .. Shura, I am resting now, I got a wound in my eyes with a small fragment, I can't see well. I'll probably wear glasses. I sent you a transfer of 500 rubles, my two-month earnings, as a gift for the guys for, at the front we do not need money. Kolya."

Kiselev Konstantin Fedorovich

Konstantin Fyodorovich Kiselev (08.06.1915-03.08.2006), major General of the engineering forces, military engineer. Born in 1915 in a large peasant family, in the village of Streletskaya Sloboda, Pokrovskaya volost, Tambov province. My father was engaged in agriculture, and had 2 classes of education in a rural school. The Soviet government opened the possibility for all children of Fyodor Lukyanovich Kiselyov to finish high school and get a higher education. After the revolution, the brothers and sisters went to different cities of the big country: Kazan, Moscow, Cheboksary, Chelyabinsk. Konstantin ended up in Chelyabinsk and finished seven-years school in 1930. Then he took part in the construction of the Chelyabinsk tractor plant. In 1932, he returned to Tambov, where he studied in a construction technical school, qualifying as a construction technician. He built a machine and tractor station in Ardatov, Gorky region, and a power plant in Chelyabinsk. In November 1937, he was drafted into the Red army, and this event changed the entire fate of Konstantin Fedorovich. His profession found its application in the military service, where he made an outstanding career. Since September 1938, he studied at the military engineering Academy of the red army named after V. V. Kuibyshev, whose teachers were the best engineers of our country and are known all over the world – G. G. Karlsen, V. M. Keldysh, D. M. Karbyshev and others. On the eve of the war, Lieutenant Kiselev was sent to undergo industrial practice in the 71st Department of the chief of construction (UNS) in Grodno, to build defensive lines in the 68th fortified area, in the area of the 3rd army. At the same time, Lieutenant-General of the engineering troops D. M. Karbyshev was also here with an inspection. At dawn on June 22, Kiselyov was awakened by frequent and strong explosions from German airstrikes. Grodno was glowing. The evacuation of the Academy cadets was hasty, but it took a long time to get to Moscow. Only in early July of 1941, Konstantin arrived in the capital. Soon, the personnel Department of the Main military engineering Department of the red army (MMED RA) sent him to the 6th Department of the Department of military engineering training of MMED RA as a camouflage engineer. The camouflage engineer at the front was faced with the task of creating false fortifications, airfields, warehouses, crossings and hiding from enemy aircraft, reconnaissance of real objects. To prevent attempts to transfer fascist troops from the middle Don in order to unblock the Stalingrad ring, operation Small Saturn was developed. Several armies were involved, including the 6th army of the Voronezh front. The offensive was scheduled to begin on December 16, 1942. Changeable weather, the nature of the river flow, the terrain- everything had to be taken into account in creating an ice crossing. As a head of the group, Kiselev was sent to the night reconnaissance in order to measure the width and depth of the river, the thickness of the ice, the speed of the current, and find convenient exits for tanks and infantry to the opposite bank of Don. When the scouts on the ice of the river noticed the German "Heinkel", the machine-gun fire from the attack aircraft, passed next to Kiselyov, miraculously not hitting him. On 16 December at 9 hours 30 minutes, our troops started an attack. The 172nd rifle division crossed Don through the ice crossing created by Kiselev. The Nazi troops discovered the crossing point and opened fire with mortars and artillery. At that moment, an instant decision was required to restore or choose new paths to pass through the ice. Konstantin Fyodorovich, not paying attention to the whistling fragments, with self-control and calmness completed the task. For his feat, K. F. Kiselyov was awarded the medal "for bravery". In the summer of 1943, on the Voronezh front, where Konstantin Fyodorovich Kiselyov continued to fight, there was a task to defeat the Belgorod-Kharkiv enemy group. The plan for this operation was codenamed "Commander Rumyantsev". To hide the real location of the strike from the Germans, the commander of the Voronezh front ordered the large-scale camouflage actions to create the false locations for allegedly significant tank, artillery and rifle formations. Captain Kiselev, senior engineer of the technical Department of engineering staff, was responsible for engineering and camouflage activities. Under his leadership, more than two hundred collapsible models of artillery guns were built from improvised materials (poles, brushwood). Two hundred and fifty ready-made models of tanks were brought by rail. Stuffed people were collected from brushwood and wire. It was also necessary to create the appearance of daily unloading-unloading of equipment, weapons and ammunition at Lokinskaya railway station. As a result, the enemy had the impression that a Soviet strike was preparing in that area in the direction of Sumy. From August 2 to August 5, German bombers flew 145 times to these false targets, dropping about 800 bombs with a total weight of 120 tons. It was one of these difficult days, when the explosions plowed the ground, leaving no buildings and structures, and when captain Kiselyov performed his feat. At the next RAID of enemy aircraft, in order to disguise "objects", the sappers under the leadership of Kiselyov created a smoke screen. This served the several purposes: first, the enemy gave the impression of the importance of the goal, second, the bombers could not hit the target accurately, and third, the lighting of bonfires by sappers was supposed to show that the bombs allegedly fell on the target. The latter was the most difficult test, since it was necessary to light fires in the pitch-black hell of bombs bursting around. At one point, when there was no one to light it, Kiselyov tried to break through to the point in a car with a driver. The explosion destroyed the car and killed the driver, but the captain completed the task. On the day of the most severe bombing, on August 5, 1943, the enemy hastily moved two divisions to the wrong direction. And the troops of the Voronezh front in another place went on the offensive in the direction of Kharkiv. The plan of disinformation of the enemy was executed brilliantly. The strike forces of the Soviet units during the preparation of the operation were not subjected to an air attack. For his feat, captain Kiselyov was awarded the order of the red Star. At the end of 1943, already in the rank of Major, Konstantin Fedorovich was retired to continue his studies at the Academy, which had just returned from evacuation. In Moscow, he met Victory… In 1985, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Victory, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic war of the I degree. Konstantin Fyodorovich Kiselyov died on August 3, 2015, at the age of 91.

Kulagin Ivan Mikhailovich

My great-grandfather, Ivan Kulagin, was born in 1911. He was called to the front up from Novosibirsk region on the second day of the war. He began to fight in Smolensk as part of a special battalion of the 24th army, which is also called the "Siberian". Until August 30, 1941, they held the defense near the city of Yelnya, then drove back the Germans. Until the winter of 1942, they did not allow the movement of the Nazis on the roads, preparing for the offensive near Moscow. Ivan Mikhailovich's memories of the events of 1941-1942 were published later in a local newspaper: "We held the highway to Moscow. Everyone was in the same mood and with the same goal – to defeat the fascists as soon as possible and finish the war. We had to go only forward, only forward, because Moscow was behind us. And the fascists began their offensive. The earth was burning under us, everything was spinning. Few of our battalion survived. And then there was Moscow! I arrived there on may 1, 1942 and it was terrible to look at it. It was dark all around, all windows were dark, there was no soul in the streets, and during the day – strings of people walked, wagons drove. Even now, a lump rises in my throat when I remember the raids of the Nazi bombers. I don't want to see our capital like this again." In Moscow, my great-grandfather was sent to a mortar school, after graduation he was sent to the Volkhov front. He fought there until he was seriously wounded. In 1943, after the hospital, he returned as an invalid to Novomikhailovka, Novosibirsk region, where he lived all his life. For military services, he was awarded ten government awards, including the order of the Patriotic war of the II degree and the order of the red Star. In 1985, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Victory, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic war of the I degree. He was married before the war. He saw my great-grandmother Maria just once and immediately sent matchmakers. Ivan and Marya – that's how they were called in the village. The first daughter was born before the war, the second child, the son-when the great-grandfather was at the front for a month. They had five children and nine grandchildren. At the front, he lost an eye, carried shrapnel, and one of his hands didn't work. At first he worked as a caretaker, then developed a wounded hand and worked until retirement as a carpenter. My great-grandfather, Ivan Mikhailovich Kulagin, died on April 16, 1995, at the age of almost 84. My mother remembers her grandfather as a very kind and positive person who loved to mess with his grandchildren. He sang front-line songs with them and most often – "Katyusha".

Kleshnin Nikolay Sergeevich

Born on 28.04.1925 in Noviki in Korenisko district of Mari ASSR. On 01.01.1943, at the age of 17 called by Eshkolitsky district military Commissariat up. According to the official sources, in the period from September 1943 to January 1945, he served as a telephone operator in the 120th mortar regiment, which was a part of the 5th separate mortar brigade on the Volkhov's frontlines. 5th mortar Novgorod red banner of the order of Alexander Nevsky brigade is well known for the fact that since July 16, 1944 pursued the enemy by its fire, continuously supported the 7th and 123rd rifle corps, ensured the breakthrough of enemy defenses to the south from Ostrov. Operating in the infantry battle formations for all this period, regardless of the blown up roads, bridges, the brigade successfully performed the combat tasks, crossing rivers on rafts, bypassing fords. So Blue and False rivers were crossed. The brigade dispersed and destroyed the enemy's manpower up to 1,200 soldiers and officers, repelled 10 counterattacks. The regiments of the brigade took an active part in the battle for Kalinkino, during the breakthrough of the defense and on the middle boundaries of Vysh-Gorodok, Vilaka, Lyepna. On July 31, the brigade fought at Malupe station, where the enemy held back the Soviet infantry. On April 21, 1945, the brigade fired its first salvo in Berlin and, together with advanced infantry units, broke into the outskirts of the city. The Act №2 of January 24, 1946 was published in open sources and said: "Today I, the commander of the first Brest Mortar brigade named after the Order of Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky, Colonel Virkalov S.A., awarded the medals "for the CAPTURE of BERLIN" the staff of the brigade units and divisions in accordance with the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 9, 1945, namely...". Senior Sergeant Kleshnin Nikolay Sergeevich is in the list of awardees under 55th number. In another public document- the order No. 07-n of May 5, 1945 - it was said concerning the 120th mortar regiment of the 5th Novgorod red banner brigade of the 1st Belorussian front named after the order of Alexander Nevsky: "on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, I award the medal "for bravery"...to the Signalman of the 2nd division control platoon, senior Sergeant KLESHNIN Nikolai Sergeevich, for his feat in Berlin on April 28, 1945, when he despite of the heavy machine-gun and mortar fire of the enemy, fulfilled the task of the command in an exemplary manner. In 20 minutes, he connected the command observation post with the division headquarters and made possible to open fire and destroy the enemy up." The order was signed by the Chief of staff, captain Sergeev. Nikolai Kleshnin was also awarded the order of the Patriotic war of the II degree, the medal "for military merit". At the end of the great Patriotic war, Nikolai Kleshnin continued to serve in the active army, graduated from the school of sergeants. From May 1946 to April 1947 he served as a squad leader in the 64th guards mortar Svir Red banner regiment of the rocket artillery, from April 1947 to June 1950 - as a commander of Communications Department of the 65th heavy mortar regiment. Retired in June 1950 with the rank of "senior Sergeant". Nikolai Sergeevich and his family came to Boguchansky district in 1979. Then Nikolai Sergeevich had been living in the village of Manzya for a long time, working in Kaulets chemical farm. In 1992, he moved to Nizhneteryansk to live with his son. On his cemetery monument in Nizhneteryansk, it is indicated that the front-line soldier died in June 1993.

Kurochkin Ivan Nikonorovich

Kurochkin Ivan Nikonorovich was born in August 1921 in Seredichi, Oryol region, in a working peasant family with many children. After seven years, he finished Bolkhov pedagogical school and was sent to work to Narykov elementary school. I. Kurochkin in the winter of 1939 was drafted into the army by Bolkhov Local Military Committee of Oryol region. He began his service at the regimental school in Borisoglebsk, Voronezh region. In the first days of the war, I. Kurochkin was prematurely awarded the rank of Sergeant and was enlisted as an artillery gunner of the 327th rifle division, which fought as part of the 2nd shock army on the Volkhov's frontline. From the memories of Kurochkin Ivan Nikonorovich: "In the winter of 1941 there were bloody battles near Meat Bor, Lyuban, Malaya Vishera. The troops were in a lack of transport, food and weapons. Yet, by mid-January, the army managed to break through the enemy's defensive line and move in the direction of the 54th army, but the connection did not occur. The Germans pulled several fresh divisions up to Myasny Bor and by the spring of 1942 narrowed the neck of the "bag", where the 2nd shock army of General Vlasov was blocked - at night the General with the several subordinates surrendered to Germans voluntarily. This betrayal cost the lives of many thousands of warriors. Military leaders with their regiments and divisions tried to get out of the encirclement in groups, but together with the soldiers they either died in an unequal battle, or were captured." On April 30, 1942, I. N. Kurochkin, a mortar commander of a separate mortar division, was awarded the order of the red Star for exemplary performance of combat tasks of the command. But I. Kurochkin did not receive the award, because in June 1942, after the unsuccessful breakthrough, like many other comrades, he was captured. He was saved from starvation due to his selection for the agricultural work in a German farmer in Lamsdorf, where Ivan was working for about a year. Then he was transferred to the concentration camp in Poland in Katowice area, where the prisoner Kurochkin worked in mining. From there, together with his comrades, our countryman tried to escape, but the attempt failed. After his escape, Kurochkin was transferred to another concentration camp in Austria, where he remained until his release on may 8, 1945. After verification by the special Department, I. N. Kurochkin was rehabilitated and as a searchlight operator joined the searchlight company, serving in Austria for another year. In may 1946, I. N. Kurochkin was discharged and moved to his brother in Oktyabrsky in Komsomolsky district of Ivanovo region. He worked as a primary school teacher in Oktyabrskaya high school. In 1953, he graduated from the Ivanovo pedagogical Institute in absentia and began working as a teacher of Russian language and literature, then taught drawing, painting and labor training. I. N. Kurochkin introduced the world of beauty to the students and painted in watercolors and oils. His passion for visual arts was transferred to his students. After retirement, he was a Chairman of the Council of veterans of Oktyabrsky for many years. In 1985, on the 40th anniversary of the Victory, Ivan Nikonorovich Kurochkin was awarded the order of the Patriotic war of the II degree

Kozlov Vladimir Mikhailovich

Vladimir Mikhailovich Kozlov, a veteran of the great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Born on 1.03.1924 in Teplostan, Sechenovsky district Gorky region. When the war began, he was 17 years old. On September 28, 1942 he was called up by the Local Military Committee of Frunze in Ivanovo, Ivanovo region. That time he lived at the address: 32, Dalny lane, Ivanovo. Before the call-up he was trained in the school of gunners. He fought on the Leningrad and 3rd Baltic frontlines, in the 690th fighter-anti-tank artillery regiment of the 55th and 67th armies. A corporal, then a Sergeant, he was also a gun commander. Baltiets. Participated in the liberation of besieged Leningrad. On March 19, 1943, in one of the fierce battles for Leningrad, he was seriously wounded. After Leningrad evacuation hospital, he returned to service again. As part of the 3rd Baltic front, he participated in Pskov-Ostrovskaya operation, which began on July 17, 1944. On July 20 of the same year, during massive attacks by enemy artillery in the areas of firing positions of direct-fire guns, which he commanded, he was seriously wounded, received a concussion, and was listed as dead (his family received a funeral). He was was delivered to Ivanovo ambulance train and got a disability. Vladimir Mikhailovich said: "that day we defended the height. The fight was unequal and very brutal. Our task was not to give our positions up at any costs. The fighting continued for several days and nights. Fires burned all around. Explosions were heard in nearby localities. We suffered heavy losses. I was among the dead. The command sent funeral letters to the relatives of the victims... After that battle, when the sanitary services passed through the battlefields, I was literally pulled out of the ground. I was shell-shocked, unconscious, only my legs were sticking out. When I woke up, I realized that I was in a train car. I asked a friend on the shelf: "Where are we going?" He replied: "To the hospital in Ivanovo." When I arrived at the hospital, I thought: "To be in Ivanovo and not to be at home?" Then I asked the "sister" to leave and promised to return by the morning. On crutches, with a leg up to the waist in a cast, through the window, with the help of neighbors in the ward, I went home. The night road on one leg was not easy. I came to the house and started knocking. I heared my mother's voice: "Who's there?" "It's me, Volodya! - answer. - Go away, my dear man, don't joke like that, we got a funeral for Volodya!"- my mother replied. I, upset, sat down on the porch and suddenly, not believing my eyes, I saw Verka (sister) (and during the war, the girls ran to the dance): - Volodya, is that you?! We buried you! with a cry of joy, my sister threw her arms around my neck. - Mom, mom! This is our Volodya! ... When my mother opened the door and saw me alive, she fainted. They kept her awake until morning. I have to go back. Fortunately for me, my neighbor had a horse. They loaded me into a cart and took me to the hospital. This was my first meeting with my family after the resurrection. During the war I was injured several times. Awarded the order of Patriotic war of the I degree, a medal "For defense of Leningrad", medal "For Victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945", the badge "Veteran DKBF", and many anniversary medals. After the war, he lived and worked in Ivanovo. He was married and had six children.

ALEXEY PETROVICH KUZMIN

Alexey Petrovich Kuzmin was born in 1914 in Ozery, not far from Moscow. At that time, Russia was ruled by Tsar Nicholas II. In August 1914, the first world war began and his father went to the front, the mother was left alone with three children. In October 1917, the civil war began. His childhood was spent on the street. He studied well at the school, and loved Russian language and literature. He finished 10 degrees. In 1935 he entered the Labor faculty at the training plant in Ozery. From 05.1936 to 06.1937, he served in the 5th airborne regiment of the far Eastern front. From 1938 to 1940, he was a head of the Department of Records management of 53d air bases of the 25 army. There are hundreds skydives on his account. The war caught him when he was a head of the 5th Department of the 625th battalion of the 25th army. From 04.1942 to 05.1943 he was appointed a commander of a rifle platoon of the 156th infantry regiment of the 25th army. From 05.1943 to 08.1943, a commander of the rifle platoon of the 556th rifle regiment 169 SD. On August 6, 1943, during the liberation of Oryol, he injured the left leg. Until November 1943, he was treated at the evacuation hospital № 3840. And back to the front! On 12 January 1944, on the 2nd Baltic front, he was seriously wounded in the shoulder (concussion). Until April 1944 he was treated in the hospital number 1327 in Nikolsk. He met the victory on Kalinin's frontline as a commander of the rifle platoon of the 63rd page of the 150th SD regiment. He got a military rank of a senior Lieutenant. My grandfather did not like to talk about the war, but he loved to read war memorials (series of books). He was very literate and educated. He did not return home after the war, as there was no place to go. His parents were killed in the bombing and his house burned down. His brother was killed at the front, his sister was captured. Grandfather went to the North, to Tsiglomen in Arkhangelsk region, met my grandmother and lived all his life there. He worked at the woodworking plant number 7, as a master of the 6th category. He gave more than 35 years to the plant, received the title of veteran of labor, and even was awarded the Veteran of labor medal! When I was 10, my grandfather took custody of me, and I started to live with my grandparents. My grandfather taught me a lot, and I will always remember him! But on April 14, 1995, two inhumans broke into our house and brutally killed my grandfather, my grandfather fought with them for a long time, but they were able to knock him down and kill him.... so tragically in peacetime, he lost his life. Defending our homeland, shedding his blood for peace, happiness, he was deprived of life ... ETERNAL MEMORY TO THE HEROES

Coshko Ismail Tuovich

Coshko Ismail Tuovich (1924-1992). To the front of Ismail Tuovich was called by Teuchezhsky Local Military Commitee of Teuchezhsky district of Adygei Autonomous region in Krasnodar region. On February 1, 1943, he was promoted to Junior Sergeant of the workers and peasants Red Army (RA). Participated in the great Patriotic war from February 1943 to 1949. Went through the whole war. In 1944, he was severely concussed. After the war, he was still in the Soviet army until 1949. Participated in the battles as a part of the 902nd artillery regiment of the 353rd rifle division. This division was formed in Novorossiysk in August 1941. During the fighting in the north of Rostov-on-don, the devision suffered the serious losses. To fill them, the division received 2500 untrained fighters with 4 roths of Caucasians who did not speak Russian. In the autumn of 1942, the 353rd rifle division took part in the Tuapse defensive operation. On September 25, when the Germans began their offensive, the division was part of the 56th army, defending the area from Cherkasovsky to the city of Old Believers. In early 1944, the 353rd rifle division participated in Nikopol-Kryvorozhskoy Operation and as the result the devision, together with the other units of the 46th army, liberated Kryvyi Rih on February 22. Subsequently, the division took part in Bereznegovato-Snigirevsk (March 6 — March 18, 1944), Odessa (March 26, 1944 — April 14, 1944) and Iasi-Kishinev(August 20 — 29, 1944) operations. It liberated the Romanian Constanta and the Bulgarian Shumen. In September 1944, it was one of the first entered Sofia, then until the end of the war stayed in Bulgaria, not taking part in hostilities. In 1946 the division was transformed into the southern group of forces (SGF). During the great Patriotic war, he was a topographical scout, discovering the important topographical information: maps and diagrams of the location of German troops. He was one of the first, who went out to investigate the location of the German invaders. He participated in the operations of the liberation of the Motherland, from Krasnodar to Berlin. He was awarded the Order of Glory of the 2nd and 3rd degree. For the liberation of Krivoy Rog and heroism in combat, was awarded the Order of Glory of the 1st degree, but instead of the Order he asked to go to the vacation at home, and in 1944 he, as an exceptional case, was allowed to go home to parents and that may be saved his life. From archival documents of the red Army and Navy during the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945 it became known that "when breaking through the enemy defenses near the village of Rascaeti in Moldavian SSR the comrade Coshko detected 15 enemy targets. Among them: 4 PTO guns, a 1.75 mm battery, 2 mortar batteries, 5 OT, which were suppressed and destroyed by our artillery fire. On 23.08.1944, Junior Sergeant Coshko as part of the infantry battle formations, participated in the destruction of the enemy group near the Plakhteevka. At the same time, he destroyed 8 Germans and 6 Romanians by his weapon. Comrade Coshko is the division's Komsomol member and the editor of the combat leaflet, he actively participates in the life of the division, and is an excellent student of combat and political training. For the courage and bravery, Koshko deserves to be awarded the order of Glory of the III degree". In 1944, my grandfather was seriously injured and was hospitalized. While being treated after being wounded, he wrote the poems " Hans igyogu "("Hans's Road") and "Salam shosehy "("Greetings to you"), which were published in the newspaper "socialist Adygea".

Krivikov Dmitry Yakovlevich

My father, Dmitry Yakovlevich Krivikov, was born on February 28, 1912 in Kirsanovka in Mariinsky district of Kemerovo region in Russia. Primary education. During the pre-war period, he married and lived with his family in Malinovka, then in Taiga, in Zyryansky district of Tomsk region. He worked as a pilot of Kashtanovsky Association of the Forest industry, at the logging station on Chulym river (a tributary of Ob). In 1941, he called up by Zyryansky Local Military Commitee of Novosibirsk region. Dmitry Yakovlevich Krivikov served in the 1368th anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the 25th anti-aircraft artillery division of the Reserve of the Main Command (1368 zenap 25 zenad of RMK). From April to October 1943 - the Central frontline. From October 1943 to August 1944 – 1st Ukrainian frontline. In 1944 he joined the CPSU (b). I remember my father sent a lot of letters-triangles with the stamp "Checked by the military censorship". My father was awarded the order of Patriotic war of the II degree, order of Glory of the III degree, order of the Red Star, medals "for courage" and "for victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945". In the commendation list of Dmitry Yakovlevich the following were written: "Squad leader Sergeant Kruikov participated in the several breakthroughs of enemy defenses in areas of Aola Mihova on 26-27 October 1944, in the area of Sobrice Uzhgorod on 23 November 1944, in the area of Bachkov on the north from Sechevitze on 9 Dec 1944. Every time the gun of Sergeant Krivikov performed the assigned combat task with honor, causing great damage to the enemy's equipment and manpower. Accurate fire of its guns destroyed: 7 machine-gun points, 2 anti-tank guns, an observation post and up to 50 enemy soldiers and officers, caused a lot of damage in small arms, allowing our infantry to successfully advance..." When in the fall of 1945 my father returned home from a military unit located in Ukraine, near Novgorod-Volynsky, Zhytomyr region, our relatives and friends started to visit our house. They talk about the war and about the places visited by the farther. I especially remember, how my father was telling me about the battle on September 9, 1944. My dad commanded a fire platoon of anti-aircraft guns. He said that on that day after the fight, in calm moments, he got in mind that it was his birthday – he turned 20 years old. On October 13, 1944 for this battle, my father was awarded the order of the red Star. After the war, my father lived with his family in the village of Krasnye Orly in Mariinsky district of the Kemerovo region. He served as an operative in the Ministry of internal Affairs. He died on June 2, 1953 at the same place, in Krasnye Orly. Buried with volleys of revolvers of the operatitional services.

Maxim Semenovich Kovalev

Was born in 1915 in Novaya Teplovka, Buzuluk district, Chkalov (Orenburg) region. His parents were farmers, and there were three children in the family: the eldest Matryona, Marfa and Maxim. In 1921, when Maxim was 6 years old, the starvation period arrived to the country. Their father, Semyon, took the whole family to Siberia to save them from the starvation. We rode on a horsed cart for the whole summer. It was already the fall, when they found a place and hired themselves as employees. The owners provided them house and food. Matryona's older sister died and was buried in Siberia. In 1923, Kovalev's family returned to the native village, to their home. Children were brought up in labor and rigor. Maxim was literate, when they returned, he went to school, finished 7 classes - that time it was considered as a high level of education. Marfa - my future great-grandmother, finished 3 graded of the parochial school, but that time the girls studied very rarely. Maxim got married before the war. With his wife Olga, they had two children in the peaceful pre-war period: a son, Nikolai, and a daughter, Lyuba. in January 1942 Maxim called up. In total, 117 people went to the front from the small village in those terrible days. Just few of them returned home. In the center of Novaya Teplovka there is a monument to the soldiers who died in the first battles of that terrible war. Documents that were carefully kept by his family, “speak” about the soldier's fate of Maxim's great-grandfather. He went to the front in January 1942, was a soldier of the 23rd separate telegraph-construction Stettin roth NKO -USSR named after the order of the red Star. Information from his preserved "Book of the red army": position - line supervisor in a roth of signalmen; personal property- cap, overcoat, tunic, cotton trousers, undershirt, long Johns, footcloths, boots, belt, satchel and bowler hat; technical equipment and weapons-carbine. These pieces were everything that the soldier Maxim Kovalev owned. The following record about the participation of Kovalev in the battles: until February 1943 - the Central front; February, March, April 1943-the North-Western front; from April 1943 to January 1944 - the Central front again, then-the Belarusian front. As part of his native company, he took part in the liberation of Belarus, then in fighting in the territory of Pomerania, where they stormed the German defense points on the outskirts of Danzig, the city and fortress of Danzig, the main city of Pomerania and the large seaport of Stetten(Stettin). A very interesting document has been preserved - a manuscript of gratitude. The document is issued as an order signed by the unit commander (Spiridonov). It follows that private Kovalev Maxim Semenovich got gratitudes from the Supreme commander-in-Chief, Marshal of the Soviet Union Stalin for the difference in the battles with the Nazi invaders: first for participating in the liberation of our cities (in Belarus), then for the mastery of cities in Pomerania, Germany. The dates of the liberation of cities (or the capture of German cities), the numbers of orders for awards are listed. Total number of orders concerning the private Kovalev - at least 15, the last one № 360 - for the capture of Bart, Bad, Doberon, Witenberg; and in the end- for connecting Russians with the British troops on May 3-5, 1945." Due to the severe head contusion, these days were the last days of the war for soldier Kovalev. Another, no less interesting document has been preserved-from July 31, 1945. It is on a large sheet and decorated colorfully - Thank you letter. This document was signed by Marshal of the Soviet Union, Commander of the 2nd Belorussian front K. K. Rokossovskiy, a member of the military Council of the front, Lieutenant-General N. Subbotin, and chief of staff of the front, Colonel-General A. Bogolyubov. It was written:“To you, a valiant warrior of the Red army, who was fighting against the Nazi invaders, fought in the 2nd Belorussian front and was awarded commendation by the orders of the Supreme Commander, Generalissimo of the Soviet Union of comrade STALIN, the front Military Council deliver this letter of gratitude as the memory of the great Patriotic war. We wish you good health and new success in your future working life for the benefit of our great Socialist Motherland.” His wife Olga and children saw Maxim Semyonovich, their husband and father, only in 1946. Until that time, he was treating in the hospital. While there, Maxim Semyonovich wrote his family a letter in which he promised to return soon and did not mention that he was so seriously wounded. The letter is still cherished by his daughter, as a family heirloom. He returned almost blind after a severe concussion, but with a great hope for recovery and a desire to live. Maxim Semyonovich could not work, he was tormented by terrible headaches. No one could ease his suffering. Maxim Semyonovich's wife and children saw his agony, they pitied him, took care of him. Maxim Semyonovich died on April 7, 1948, in his native village of Novaya Teplovka, where my grandmother Olya was born and lived as a child, and is buried in the village cemetery. There is a plot where the entire Kovalev family buried: Maxim Kovalev, his parents - father Semyon, mother Anisya, wife Olga, son Nikolai . After many years, his daughter, Lyubov Maksimovna Kovaleva, graduated from the medical school and began to help people. As a child, she realized how important and necessary this profession was. Maxim's daughter Lyubov Maksimovna is with her family, and we all cherish the memory of Maxim Semyonovich, his heroism and his soldier's fate.