Heroes and feats

Rank: soldier of the Red Army. Type of service: - ground troops, - air force (except naval aviation), - coast guard, troops of the NKVD, - border guard. Before the war he lived with his family in the Sverdlovsk region, Turinskiy District, Nasarovo village. There he worked as an accountant. He was married to Maria Varvolomeevna Sosnovsky (1908-1994) and had two children: a daughter, Alla (1929-2017), and a son, Evgeny (1934-1941). He was drafted into the army on 30.08.1941. In Irbit all soldiers were loaded into freight cars and transported away. Pavel wrote his only letter from the war in Krasnoufimsk, on the way to the front, in September 1941: "Good day, Marusya, Alya, Zhenya and Tasya. How do you live? We live ok. We got on the train and went to Krasnoufimsk together: Vydrin, Poznyshev, Botalov, Georgy Markov. We will be there in the evening. Marusya, I forgot to tell you that Zhenya must go to school. That is it, we are off. It's 6 in the morning. When we get there, I will write to you. 01.09.41, Pavel Kachurin - turinskiy district, Ustinovskii rural Council, the Farm Nazarovo, to Kokorina Maria Varfolomeeva". In December 1941, after Pavel's death, Kochurin received a letter with a "note" containing information about Pavel (date of birth, place of residence, full name of his wife, called by the Turin Military Recruitment Office). The letter was sent from Vasily Skvortsov, Pavel's colleague. It was written: "Good afternoon, Pavel Kochurin's family, wife and children. I inform you that your husband Pavel Kochurin was killed. We are in the direction of Volokolamsk, in the village of Smolnikova". With this letter, his wife Maria went to the village council of the village, where she was sent to the office of conscription, where all this was taken from her. They said they would make an application. After that we received a missing persons report, because Pavel did not have the "posthumous note" that Skwortsow had taken from the dead man. So he was killed around November 1941.

Rank: red army soldier. Type of service: - ground forces, - air force (except naval aviation), - Coastal Service, troops of the NKVD, - Border Guard. Kurinov Ivan Petrovich. The "Friendly" Team. On June 22, at exactly 4 o'clock, a fascist bomb fell on Soviet soil. Alarming shell bursts disturbed the peaceful work of millions of people. Komsomol members and Communists, at the call of the Communist party, rose up to defend their beloved Motherland. The terrible echo of the war reached our village. Our fathers and grandfathers went to the front. They were leaving, accompanied by the cries of mothers, wives, children, and the curse of the enemy. They carried in their hearts a burning hatred for the invaders of a foreign land. They stood in close-knit ranks and fought, not sparing their blood, not thinking about their lives. They fought for their Homeland, but each went into battle for his native piece of land, where his life years were spent, where his family remained. When the war began, Kurinov Ivan Petrovich was sixteen years old. He hated fascists and asked to go to the front to take revenge on them, to take revenge with all his might for their brazen invasion of another’s land. But he was only sixteen. Ivan realized that he and thousands of others just like him had to study to justify the feats of their fathers, to help them in a fierce battle with the enemy. They must not lose heart, must show their resilience and firmness in difficult conditions, must fight against adversity, so that the fascists would never see the weakness of the Russian people, no matter how difficult it was for them. And if they hadn’t have that willpower, how would they have been able to bear all the weight of the war, which lay on their shoulders? Ivan saw how difficult it was for his mother, and he was there for her in difficult moments. He tried his best to smooth her sorrows and helped her with everything. Time passed quickly. Ivan was already eighteen. And the war was still rumbling. The fascists wanted to seize Russian land in several months, to settle accounts with the Soviet people, but this attempt failed, and they took out their anger out on civilians, on the old and the little. Those were unprecedented atrocities. Ivan lived that life every day, listening to reports on the situation at the front. And then there was the long-awaited summons…He had to serve in Mogilev infantry school. And exactly six months later, Ivan was already at the front of the Patriotic War as part of the 292nd rifle regiment as a machine-gunner. The battles took place in the Oryol-Kursk-Belgorod direction. In one of these raging battles, Ivan Petrovich was wounded in his right leg and arm. He was on medical treatment in a medical unit. After the recovery, he returned to the front. But such was his fate. He was wounded again and was in the hospital for almost six months. He returned home on January 4, 1944 as a second-degree invalid. Ivan Petrovich spent a little time at the front. But the horrors of war that he had to experience, were remembered for a long time. In a short time, his temples went gray. ” Let our children and grandchildren honorably carry in their hearts the memory of the heroes who fought for their happiness, but shall they never be frightened bt the horrors of war, " said Ivan Petrovich. Ivan Petrovich Kurinov worked decently in his native collective farm. He was a cheerful, friendly person with an open soul. His fellow villagers loved him, and many turned for advice. And he could come to the aid at any moment, point out the right way out of a difficult situation. Ivan Petrovich loved his native village and its people with all his heart. And this is the most important thing in life. People loved him, and he reciprocated them. In such way you live a fun and happy life. So lived Ivan Petrovich.

He was born in 1927. The memory is alive of the kilometers of war that were passed by the cadet of the training battalion of the 99th reserve rifle regiment of the 33rd Murom reserve rifle division, and then-the commander of the machine-gun crew - he was called up for military service at the age of 17, 140 days before the victory over Nazi Germany. He served in the training battalion of the 99th reserve rifle regiment of the 33rd Murom reserve rifle division. Ivan Filippovich marched the heavy roads of Manchuria, participated in the crossing of the Bolshoy Khingan ridge, and more than once looked death in the face. He has a combat award "For Combat Merit", was awarded the medal "For the victory over Japan". For the construction of the Ulan Bator-Beijing railway, he was awarded the medal "For Valorous Labor" in honor of the 100th anniversary of V.I.Lenin's birth. From the memoirs of Ivan Filippovich: "I welcomed Victory day in the guard shift for the protection of military facility at Mordovskovo station, Gorky region. It is not far from the ancient city of Murom. The capitulation of Germany was reported to the chief of the guard by telephone. In the evening, we handed over the protected object to the new guard unit. We returned to the barracks, handed over our weapons and ammunition, and joined the cheering colleagues and residents of the garrison. A month later, we were given new uniforms and sent by rail to the East. The final destination of transportation was Bayan-Tyumen station in the Mongolian People's Republic. We settled down in tents on the bank of the river Kerurgen. The 16th mechanized brigade of the 7th mechanized corps, which had arrived from defeated Germany, was stationed in the valley of this river. We joined as a replenishment of this combat unit, which was part of the Trans-Baikal front, commanded by Marshal R.Ya.Malinovsky. Here I was appointed commander of a machine-gun squad and received combat weapons: a Maxim machine gun, carbines, and ammunition. We were located in tents, went out to the field every day for tactical training, but did not dig trenches and did not shoot from small arms and tank weapons. Postal correspondence was forbidden to all personnel. We could neither receive nor send letters. Headquarters and tankers were forbidden to use radio communication, it was impossible to conduct reconnaissance of the probable enemy. All these restrictions were aimed at ensuring the secrecy of our troops in Mongolia in the run-up to the outbreak of war. From the Kerugen river, our military unit was relocated in vehicles to a waiting area in an empty, waterless hilly steppe, where training sessions were continued. One day in early August, at night after lights-out signal, we were roused by the "Alarm" signal and sent on foot with full combat equipment to the area of combat concentration. We walked all night, falling asleep, falling down, but getting up and continuing to walk. It was only at dawn that we arrived at the place designated by the command near the border with Manchuria. On the night of August 9, 1945, we were each given a 3-day dry ration of food and brought to the battle positions of the T-34 tanks, on which we were to act as a combat landing force. Before dawn, in the dark, the platoon commander lined us up at the tanks and informed us that the Soviet government had declared war on Japan, pointed at the tank on which my machine-gun squad was to take part in the battles, and warned us that we could leave the tank strictly at his command. Then he ordered "To the cars" and the squad with the Maxim machine gun was located on the tank's armor. We installed the machine gun at the very top of the tank, on the turret. At dawn, the tank column began to move. The Japanese did not put up any serious resistance, and the Japanese army cavalry unit that jumped out to meet us was quickly shot by our advance party. The beginning of our offensive was unexpected by the Japanese command. The measures taken by our command to ensure the secrecy of the concentration of our troops in Mongolia were justified. Our column of tanks kept moving. By the end of the day, we stopped at some distance from the Buddhist temple on the lonely slope of Datsan hill. That’s how the first day of the war ended. At nightfall, we, the paratroopers, stood guard over the tank, and the crew rested. We performed such security functions during the following nights as well. Later, on our way, we came across herds of cattle, sheep, and horses, but there were no people with them. We were surprised to see on some of the horses a burnt brand in the form of a swastika-a curved cross. Our rear lines with food and water were hopelessly behind. The battalion's Komsorg responded to our soldiers ' claims: "We must switch to pasture", that is, to get food on our own. In this regard, I remember the case when the tank commander gave the Mongolian Arat his cap, and he gave a live ram in return. At this time, the column began to move and the ram was dragged onto the tank and so it was transported alive until the column stopped the march. In the foothills of the Bolshoi Khingan, we ran out of fuel for tanks. For some reason, the tankers called it "gasoil". We stood there for two days until the planes delivered diesel fuel in barrels. It started raining and the rainy days began. Under these conditions, the tanks could hardly overcome the passes of the Bplshoi Khingan. One tank could not hold its own on the slope of a mountain ridge and rolled down into a small gorge, where it ran into its right side, but did not fall, kept its stern on the caterpillars. The crew got out and waited for help from the technical support company moving in the rear of the column. We continued along the pass as part of the column and reached the Eastern side of the mountain range. Before us stretched the Manchurian plain, with cultivated fields and small Chinese settlements. The inhabitants greeted us enthusiastically, shouting: "Shanga, Shanga!» - and gave a thumbs-up. We finished the campaign when we reached the railway, where the advance detachmet of our brigade was already located. On the night of September 3, the tankers received a radio message about the surrender of Japan. World war II was over.... But my service to my Motherland and state continued for almost 11 years. After serving in the Soviet Army, Ivan Filippovich Balabay worked as an investigator in the Ussuri Prosecutor's office. In 1964, Ivan Filippovich was promoted to Prosecutor of the Border region. Later, he headed the inter-district Ussurian Prosecutor's office, where he worked for almost 10 years. Ivan Filippovich now lives in the city of Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai. He is the only veteran of the Great Patriotic War who served in the Prosecutor's office of Primorsky Krai after the war years.

Rank: Junior Sergeant. Branch of service: army, air force (except marine aviation), Coast Guard, the troops of the NKVD, Border Troops. My grandfather, Mikhail Kalinin, volunteered for military service at the age of 17 in 1944. During the distribution, he was sent to the troops of the Far East. During the Soviet-Japanese war, he took an active part in military operations. He served in the 1113th separate reconnaissance company from September 10, 1944 to September 03, 1945. After the end of the war and the declared victory over Japan, he remained in the army for another 5 years. Place of service-Khabarovsk territory, China. He was proud of being a scout, valued the scout badge. He told stories about how they had to get the "tongue". Recalling the time spent in China as part of the Soviet troops, he spoke warmly about the Chinese, told how they were friendly to the soldiers of the Red Army. My grandfather even learned to speak a little Chinese. The total length of service in the Armed Forces was 6 years and 4 months. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War II degree( number of award document: 176, date of award document: 06.11.1985). After demobilization in 1950, my grandfather returned to Arkhangelsk region in the city of Nyandoma. He was accepted into the locomotive depot as a steam engine stoker. He worked at the Nyandom Locomotive Depot for 31 years, having worked his way up from a steam engine stoker to a locomotive driver. There he met his future wife, Kalinina Klavdia Ivanovna, with whom he lived in marriage for 53 years. They had three children and five grandchildren. After retirement, together with his wife, he moved to the city of Arkhangelsk, and there he worked for another 8 years as an Elevator operator. He died at the age of 77 in Arkhangelsk.

Division: 13th Rifle Division of Dagestan. There is very little data about him. He went through the entire war all the way to Berlin. He came from a working-class family, grew up without a father. He was an only child in his family, since his sister died in infancy. From the first days of military operations, he was drafted into the Soviet army, he was a member of the partisan unit of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Major-General Mikhail Naumov. Then, he joined the Armenian division named after A. Mikoyan. He participated in the famous 65-day raid, which was almost 2,400 kilometers long across Ukraine to the Belarusian Polesie. He fought in the Bryansk region, participated in a partisan operation - the explosion of the "Blue bridge" in the Zhukovsky district. Together with the detachment, he carried out raids to the southern outskirts of the Sumy region, in the area of the Khinelsky and Bryansk forests. Eliminated the movement of enemy trains on sections of Sumy - Kharkov and Sumy - Konotop. He fought in the Ukraine, on the night of September 16-17, he participated in the defeat of the Potievsky garrison stronghold, fought in Warsaw, where in 1942 he was captured near Warsaw in Demblin, then he and five other prisoners managed to escape, one of them, who was wounded, he almost carried. From February 1 to May 1, 1943, the unit (under the command of M. I. Naumov) went through Sumy, Kursk, Sumy (for the second time), Poltava, Kirovograd, Odessa, Vinnytsia, Kiev and Zhytomyr regions, then through the Polesie region of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. So, they passed 2400 km through the deep rear of the enemy. During that time, the unit had 47 battles and clashes with enemy forces. Then, he joined the partisan unit of the Armenian partisans "Pobeda", in the Caucasian brigade of M. I. Naumov-the detachment named after A. I. Mikoyan. He participated in the liberation of Prague, where he was wounded in December 1943. The certificate of injury says: exit bullet wound to the right hip. He was treated in a surgical military field hospital, has a certificate of a disabled person of the Patriotic War. After treatment, he continued his military journey to Berlin. He has a letter of gratitude from Joseph Stalin, awards and orders.

He was born in 1926. After the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he worked in Kemerovo at a factory, sorting out engines for tanks. The 16-year-old had to work 12 hours a day. He went to the front at the age of 17. He remembered the failed attack when they broke into the village, but the Germans put almost everyone down with gunfire. In order not to surrender, Gennady put a grenade in his breast pocket and picked up the pin. The Germans were afraid of Russian soldiers, so they walked along the edge of the site, finishing off the wounded, but did not go deep. Gennady was lying for a long time and only at night made his way to our trenches. Gennady Matveyevich reached Konigsberg with Soviet troops, participated in the battle for this city, was wounded in the battle and welcomed Victory in the hospital. In total, during the war, he was twice wounded and shell-shocked. On May 9, Gennady Matveyevich always remembered his comrade-in-arms Alexander Arbuzov. One night everyone was sitting in a dugout, and only one person could fit in the narrow passage. Gennady Matveyevich was standing, breathing the fresh night air. It was just getting lighter. Alexander came up to him and said: "Enough, let the others breathe." Gennady went down, and Alexander took his place and immediately fell, receiving a fatal wound. Everyone in the dugout said that the sniper was shooting at Gennady, and Alexander took the bullet. This event had always remained in the memory of Gennady Matveevich, and on May 9, he always cried, remembering his comrade-in-arms. After the war, Gennady Matveyevich received a higher education and returned to Kemerovo, where he began working as a Director of the school of accountants. He became a mentor to all his nephews whose fathers did not return from the front, and made them study to ensure their successful future. Gennady Matveyevich worked in different cities of the country, helping to raise the industry. In Tambov, he worked at a machine-building plant, the ARTI plant, in the management of local industry. He was highly respected everywhere. Gennady Matveyevich told little about the war and never complained that his wounds, received during the war, were bothering him. Gennady Matveyevich died in 1986

Rank: Red Army soldier. Kraynev Nikolay Stepanovich was a rifleman of the 7th rifle company of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 667th rifle regiment of the 218th rifle division of the 6th army of the 1st Ukrainian front, a Red Army soldier. He was born in 1924 to a peasant family in Tikhomirovka farm, now Sovetsky district of the Stavropol territory. He was Russian. He graduated from 7th grade of Junior high school. Worked at a collective farm. In August 1942, he was conscripted to the Red Army by the Alexander RVC of the Stavropol territory. He was in the battles of the Great Patriotic War since October 1942. He fought on the 1st Ukrainian front. On December 17, 1944, the enemy, under the cover of heavy mortar and artillery fire, undertook reconnaissance of the fighting in the defense area of the 7th rifle company, intending to capture the unnamed height. During the battle, a group of up to 20 Hitlerites managed to break through to our trenches. Throwing combustible mixture and grenades into the trench, the Nazis tried to capture the machine guns and light machine guns with their units. During this battle, the rifleman of the 7th rifle company of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 667th rifle regiment, a Red army soldier N. S. Kraynev, realized that he could not cope with two Hitlerites. Not wanting to be captured by them, the brave shooter blew up the remaining anti-tank grenade, the explosion of which killed both Nazis and killing himself. He was buried in the village of Vinyary, 12 kilometers North of the city of Sandomir (Poland). By the Decree of the Presidium of the Upper Soviet of the USSR dated April 10, 1945 for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the battle against German invaders and the displayed courage and heroism, the Red Army soldier Krainev Nikolai Stepanovich was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Awarded the Order of Lenin (10.01.1945), the medal " For Courage "(23.10.1994).

Rank: Lieutenant. Military Branch: Armored and mechanized troops. The men’s line of my family dates back to 1901. It was then when my first known paternal ancestor, Nikolai Mikhailovich Kolodyazhny, was born. During the turmoil, he was lost, and ended up in an orphanage, from where he was soon taken by one of the landowners. All his childhood, he was a simple boy, helping with the household, grazing cattle, walking with his peers, learning to read and write. When the October revolution started, he added 3 years to join the Red Army. During the civil war, he crossed Sivash as part of the 26th rifle regiment. He was seriously wounded in the fighting. After the civil war, he came to Simferopol, where he took courses for road masters. Having quickly mastered the profession, he proved to be a good master in Simferopol, after which he was sent to Yevpatoria to build a road to Donuzlav. Then he was sent to Bakhchisarai as the head of a group of "road builders" to repair and lay roads in its surroundings. While working on roads, Nikolai Mikhailovich simultaneously mastered the "art" of the leader, finding an approach and improving the work of each master of his team. In 1935, he was appointed head of the district road construction department in Ichki (now the village of Sovetsky). Working as the head of the road Department, he was engaged not only in roads, but also in landscaping roadsides, installing signs. After working for three years as the head of the road Department, miraculously avoiding reprisals, thanks to his fruitful work on the improvement of the district, he becomes the Chairman of the Ichkinsky district Executive Committee. The Chairman continues to improve Ikinci district. Here are the data provided by the Museum in the village of Sovetsky: "in 1940, the right to participate in the all-Union agricultural exhibition was granted to 100 leading MTS employees. Thus, the village of Sovetskoye becomes a major agricultural center of the Crimea. A Creamery plant operated on the territory of the village. The socio-cultural infrastructure was developing. There were three libraries in the village! In 1937, the seven-year-long Ichkinsky school was transformed into a secondary school, where about 300 children began to study. In 1938, a sports stadium was built in Sovetsky, and a summer sports school was organized in 1939. Demographic indicators indicate the flourishing of the village. At the beginning of 1941, approximately 5,400 people lived in it, and Sovetsky received the status of an urban-type settlement." But in 1941, the peaceful, prosperous life of people was destroyed by a terrible war. Immediately after its beginning and the advance of the fascists to the Crimea, the leaders of all the villages of the Crimea were gathered and given instructions. Nikolai Mikhailovich gets the task to collect all the documentation, money and wealth of the village in a short time and take it to Krasnodar. Preparations for evacuation began. In a few days, trucks with documents and jewelry were collected. And went to the ferry crossing. It's hard to imagine what a burden of responsibility my great-grandfather had. Everything ended successfully, the documents and money were delivered and handed over safely to the Bank. Due to the fact that at that time Nikolai Mikhailovich was 40 years old, and he worked in a high-ranking position, besides, he was wounded after the civil war, he was not drafted into the army and was free. But the great-grandfather did not want to stay aside and wanted to help his homeland, so in the Krasnodar territory he volunteered for the war. He was sent to the Saratov higher military school, where he received the rank of second Lieutenant and the specialty of a tank driver. A tank division was formed from graduates of the school and sent to Omsk in 1942. It was from there that my great-grandfather went to the front line. Further I know nothing about my great-grandfather’s combat path, because the database sites of the archives of the Ministry of Defense do not provide any information, and the request to the Central archive of the Ministry of Defense has remained unanswered for several months. However, I can say with confidence that my great-grandfather participated in many operations, as evidenced by his medals and Orders: "For Combat Service", "For the Defense of the Caucasus", "For the Fictory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War in 1941-1945.". A large number of Guards badges. It is known that my great-grandfather reached Germany with the Red Army. As a person who restored and built more than one road, he was offered to become a commandant in one of the German settlements in Germany, to help "raise" the infrastructure. However, Nikolai Mikhailovich refused, explaining his answer by the fact that he is a purely civil person, and is not ready to live and work so far from his native lands, which also needed to be restored after the liberation of the Crimea from the Nazi invaders. After the war, the great-grandfather returned to the Soviet Union, where he was offered to take his post, but the great-grandfather refused, because in his opinion, there was already a literate and intelligent person in this position. In September 1945, he took the post of Chairman of the Zuysky district Executive Committee. A year later, he received an offer to become Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of Simferopol! He accepted the offer and worked in Simferopol until 1948. At the end of 1948, he was transferred and appointed head of an Elevator in the village of Oktyabrskoye. In 1950, he moved to Dzhankoy and headed the district road Department. He was in charge of road repairs in the Voinka-Dzhankoy-Nizhnegorsk-Belogorsk section, laying new roads. After retirement, he worked as a Party Secretary of the Dzhankoy inter-collective farm construction. The story of my great-grandfather's life shows the history of an entire epoch by the example of the fate of one person. The era of people who were able to fight for themselves, for their children, for a bright future. Throughout the life of my great-grandfather, he faced difficulties, being a poor little boy without a family and a home, he was able to become a respected person who helped his native country for decades. And we, the current generation, should follow the example of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers, who didn’t spare themselves working hard for the benefit of the country and were able to fight for a bright future. It doesn't matter if you're in a tank at war, or at a factory at a machine, or in hospitals, helping the wounded. In peacetime, leading collective farms or village councils, teaching children at school, or harvesting crops in the field, everyone understood that he was responsible for the future, for the next generation!

Education: military - Pushkin Tank College, general secondary school. In the Armed Forces of the USSR since 1941. He participated in the Great Patriotic War from February 1942 to 1944. By order of GUK NKO No. 0790 of 02.10.1942, after graduating from the Pushkin automobile technical school, he was awarded the military rank of "Junior Lieutenant". From October 1942 to January 1943, he was a tank commander of the 30th separate tank training regiment in the city of Omsk. From January to May 1943, he was a tank commander of the 13th guards tank brigade of the 4th guards tank corps. From May to June 1943, he was the commander of the tank of the 3rd Reserve Training Tank Regiment. From June to August 1943, he was a tank commander of the 22nd separate guards tank regiment. From August to December 1943, he was treated because of a wound in the evacuation hospital No. 1959. From December 1943 to April 1944, he was a tank commander of the 22nd separate tank regiment. He was wounded in action on April 8, 1944. From April to June 1944, he was being treated for the wound. From June to September 1944, he was a tank commander of the 6th separate tank brigade. By order of GU BT and MV KA No. 019 of 06.10.1944, he was appointed commander of a tank platoon of the Sivash tank school. By order of BT and MV KA No. 0322 of 30.08.1945, he was awarded the military rank of "Lieutenant". According to the service record, during his time in the company, N. P. Bogdanov proved to be a disciplined officer. Working as a tank platoon commander, he knew his business well, both the material part of the tank and the tank weapons. He proved to be tactically competent, politically developed, demanding of himself and his subordinates. In public places, he behaved tactfully, was polite in conversations, actively participated in public work, conducted educational work among subordinates, and also worked on himself. By order of the MVO No. 05542 of 28.09.1946, the platoon commander of the tank battalion of the Guards Sivash Red Banner Tank Battalion Lieutenant Bogdanov Nikolai Pavlovich, was dismissed to the reserve under article 43 of item "a". After the end of the Great Patriotic War, he lived in the Arkhangelsk region. On February 27, 1955, Bogdanov Nikolay Pavlovich was elected as a deputy of Krasnovsk Village Council of Workers' Deputies of Priozerny district of Arkhangelsk region of RSFSR from constituency № 24.

Rank: Red Army soldier. Division: 368th Pechenga Red Banner rifle division. He was called up in 1941 and fought until October 11, 1942. According to this date, he was injured and taken to the hospital already dead. He was buried in the village of Patrikeevna, Oshta district, Vologda region. Currently, the village Patrikeevna does not exist, since several villages have been combined. Two villages were formed: Upper Vodlitsa and Lower Vodlitsa and now in the village of Oshta, Vologda region, Vytegra district stands a memorial to soldiers who fought in these places. Oshta residents remember their defenders and honor their memory. In the center of the village, an obelisk with the names of the dead soldiers whose names were identified was erected on a mass grave. A monument "The enemy was stopped here" was erected on the defense line. In the village of Vodlitsa, which is located ten kilometers from Oshta, there is a monument to those who died during mine clearance. In the village of Oshta there is a branch of the Vytegorsky Museum of local lore, one of the sections of which is dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, the defenders of the frontier. The Oshta secondary school has a Museum of Military Glory, which most fully reflects the combat exploits of soldiers of the 272nd and 368th rifle divisions. Philip Tikhonovich Kugaevsky, a Red Army soldier, was also buried there. He fought on the banks of lake Onega and lake Ladoga in the 368th rifle division and 1228th rifle regiment. 368 Pechenga Red Banner rifle division was formed in autumn 1941 in Tyumen. According to the Directive of the Stavka VGK No. 004275 to the commander of the Sibvo troops on the formation of the 58th reserve army on November 2, 1941, the division was included in the 58th reserve army and by November 7, 1941, it was ordered to prepare the division for transfer to Vytegra. From 6 to 10 November 1941, the division was loaded into wagons and sent to Nyandoma station. From here, in 10 days, the division covered 340 kilometers on foot across the snow-covered virgin land to the front line to Vytegra and on November 23, 1941, occupied the designated defense line. Then, the 368th rifle division as part of the 58th reserve army from March 7, 1942, in accordance with the order to the troops of the 7th separate army No. 00194 of March 14, 1942, became part of the troops of the 1st operational group of the 7th separate Army. Based on the Directive of the Supreme high command Headquarters No. 994055 and order of the 7th separate Army No. OP / 00492 of June 15, 1942, the 1st operational group was re-formed into the 4th rifle corps. At the entrance to the professional College No. 18 (Permyakova street, 3 k. 1) in Tyumen, there is a monument to soldiers and officers of the 368th Siberian rifle division. The Lyceum has had a Museum of the 368th division since 1974. Currently, in the village of Oshta, Vologda region, Vytegorsky district, there is a memorial to the soldiers who fought in these places.

In 1939, my great-grandfather was drafted into the Red Army in the 503rd artillery regiment (SV) and immediately received a baptism of fire on the border with Poland. Military unit field mail No. 78092 Name: OAD Subordination: 253 OSBR (503 gap) 91 rifle division. Bolkhovitnev E. S. passed the combat path from 22.06.1941 to 09.05.1945 from the native walls of the house to Germany, liberated the following cities and towns: - Slavyansk (Donbass), order of 08.09.1943 b/n; - Kirovograd, order of 08.01.1944 b / n; - Seget (Hungary), order of 11.10.1944 b / n; - Cluj (Hungary), order of 11.10.1944 b/ n – - Solnok (the largest railway junction), Cluj (Hungary), order of 04.11.1944 b/n; – in the mountains of Vertesh-Hedsheg (West of Budapest) during the breakthrough of the German defense, order of 25.03.1945 No. 308; – Estergom, Nesmey, Felshe-Galla, Tata, order of 25.03.1945 No. 308; – Gyor, (Hungary), Koma-Rom (Hungary), order of 25.03.1945 # 315;-Budapest (Hungary), order of 13.02.1945 # 277; – Madyaroar (Hungary), order of 03.04.1945 # 329; – Kremitsa (Hungary), order of 03.04.1945 # 329; – Gollabruni (Austria), order of 08.05.1945 # 357; – Stockerau (Austria), order of 08.05.1945 # 357; - Bruck (Austria), order No. 331 of 05.04.1945; – Malatski (Austria), order No. 331 of 05.04.1945; – Banovtse (Austria), order No. 331 of 05.04.1945; – Prov (Austria), order No. 331 of 05.04.1945; – Korneiburg (Austria), order No. 337 of 15.04.1945; – Floridsdorf (Austria), order No. 337 of 15.04.1945. In 1943, E. S. Bolkhovitnev was wounded. After the Great Patriotic War, the 503rd artillery regiment (SV) was transferred to the far East (in Manchuria) and only in May 1946, my great-grandfather was dismissed to the reserve. During his service in the Red Army my great-grandfather was awarded combat awards: the Badge of Distinction "Excellent Artillery Worker", the Medal "For Budapest", the Medal "For Combat Services", the Medal "For Bravery", the Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.In 1946 he came to the Kuban, and settled in the village Basak-2, Vyselkovsky district of Krasnodar region, where he married Bolhovitinova (Tkachenko) Lyubov Karpovna (she also participated in the war) and they had two daughters Vera (1948) and Valentina (1954). All labor activity of my great-grandfather was on the farm "Electrosila", Vyselkovsky district of Krasnodar region, where he was awarded with diplomas and badge "Striker of Communist Labor" and in 1979 was awarded the medal "Veteran of Labor. Throughout his life, great-grandfather was not much of a talker and did not like to talk about the horrors of war and was limited only to dry, reserved words, leaing the military theme, he went to his workshop and sang the song "Gunners" – this was his favorite song. In March 1985, my great-grandfather was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War I degree. On holidays, celebrations, when visiting, as soon as the topic of war came up, he would stop talking and say through his teeth: "It was very difficult there, but we hit them first in 39, and then won in 45! No one else will come near us. Sleep well! " and then he could become silent and withdraw into himself. Our entire family loves him, is proud and mourns the loss of my great-grandfather!

Rank: Major. Branch of the armed forces: Military and political composition. Before the war, my grandfather, Mikhail Ivanovich Kabanov was born in the village of Pustotino Simeon district (now Korablinskiy) Ryazan region on October 28, 1905. In 1927, while working in the village of Archangel in the Ryazan region, he met and married my grandmother Valikova Marfa Ivanovna, where she worked as a paramedic in a hospital. In the same year, Mikhail Ivanovich joined the CPSU (b). The first daughter Vera was born in the same village of Archangel in 1928. The second – Olga – in 1930 in Ryazan. In 1933, Mikhail Ivanovich graduated from the Ryazan Pedagogical Institute as a teacher of history. Immediately after graduation, he was assigned to work as the Director of school No. 1 in the city of Ryazan. From 1935 to 1937, he worked as an inspector of the RONO, then from the beginning of 1938 to the beginning of 1940 –as head of the GorONO. Then he was transferred to work in the editorial office of the newspaper "Stalinskoe Znamya". On October 25, 1941, when he was already at the front, his youngest daughter, Natalia, my mother, was born. During the war, the story of the battle path will begin with a fragment of Mikhail Ivanovich's autobiography: "on July 3, 1941, on mobilization, I was drafted into the Red Army. Before that, I did not serve in the army, because during the draft in 1927 I was released from the register under article 36 (heart disease), but in 1933 I was awarded the title of reserve political officer, since 1939 – senior political officer. On mobilization, I was appointed military Commissar of the 536th separate motor transport battalion, the 14th automobile brigade, formed in the city of Ryazan. Until October 1941, I was in Moscow with the Motor Battalion, and as the reserve of the Commander-in-Chief (we) performed tasks of the General Staff Auto Department. In October, our battalion was transferred to the 10th airborne brigade, which operated as part of the 43rd army, Western front, Maloyaroslavets direction. In February 1942, due to the recall of the brigade for re-formation, our battalion moved to the reserve of the Western front. In April 1942, the battalion was integrated into the newly created 48th army in the area of Yelets, Bryansk front. In January 1943, I was appointed a lecturer in the political Department of the 48th army. I served in this position until it was disbanded and the Kazan military district was created on its basis." So, Mikhail Ivanovich served as a senior political officer and battalion Commissar in the 536th motor transport battalion, and then as a lecturer in the political Department of the 48th army. First, let us say a few words about the post of military Commissar. That position was not invented in Russia and long before the establishment of Soviet power. The Commissar in a military unit was appointed by the political leadership of the state to control the command and personnel. The Soviet government introduced this position during the Civil War to control "military experts" - former officers of the tsarist army, not all of whom were loyal. After the Civil war, the function of controlling the commanders was then taken away from the Commissars and Deputy commanders in the political part, replaced only by the educational function, then returned again. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the political staff of the army had no control functions, the deputies were only educators and agitators. However, very soon, in July 1941, the Institute of Commissars was restored, and several tens of thousands of Communists were urgently mobilized into the army as political fighters. Among them was Mikhail Ivanovich. I do not fully understand why, despite his health exemption from military service, he was promoted to the rank of political worker. But, since the year of awarding the title coincides with the year of graduation, I assume that some military training was included in the general program. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it became fashionable to criticize everything related to communist ideology. The Commissars also got it. They were accused of only interfering with their commanders and sitting at their headquarters. Of course, people are different, but when I studied the issue of Commissars, I found a very simple criterion for their activities. Among the political staff, the losses were the same as among other officers, so most of the political staff was holing up a headquarters! Among the bright examples of heroism of political workers, everyone remembers political instructor Vasily Georgievich Klochkov. In 1942, when the situation at the fronts was stabilized, one-man command was re-introduced, and the political fighters again became only educators. We will focus on these events later, but for now we will turn to the harsh days of October 1941, when the catastrophe near Moscow seemed inevitable. The 10th airborne brigade, to which the 536th Autobatic Battalion was assigned, was moved to positions on the Nara river on October 20, 1941. The defense from Naro-Fominsk to Serpukhov along the Nara river was held by the 43rd army. The enemy was unable to overcome this borderline. On October 21, 1941, the first battalion of the brigade was preparing a defensive strip at the Inino-Gorki-Olkhovo section (this is a section of the Warsaw highway 40 km southwest of Podolsk), the second battalion was defending Kresty; the third one - Stremilovo. On October 24, 1941 it defends Gorki-Olkhovo and goes into counterattack. On October 26, 1941, the brigade reached the Eastern Bank of the Nara river 1.5 kilometers South of the Gorki district. On October 27, 1941, the 2nd and 3rd battalions left the Eastern outskirts of the Gorki district and fought for the capture of the Olkhovka district and in the direction of the Cherpishnya district. On October 29, 1941, it was placed along the Northern Bank of the Nara river near the village of Stremilovo, together with parts of the 93rd rifle division and the 24th tank brigade, where it held the defense until December 1941. On December 18, the 10th airborne brigade, along with other units, went on the offensive, which resulted in the liberation of Maloyaroslavets on January 2, 1942, and Medyn on January 14. At the end of January, the brigade was withdrawn from combat and sent to re-form. The heroic city - Maloyaroslavets, in 1812 there was a heavy battle as well, and in 1941-early 1942 there were also very heavy battles. Not far from these places is the village of Tarutino, where Kutuzov's army was stationed in 1812. Troops of the army of the 2nd formation of the 48th army, which included the 536th motorized battalion, in April 1942 took up defense west of the city of Novosil. In late June-July 1942, they fought heavy defensive battles in the Yelets direction, during which they retreated to the line of Bolshoy Malinovets, Zalegoshch (55 km East of the city of Orel), Seteneva, Svetitsky (30 km West of the city of Livny) and firmly held it until February 1943. In June 1942, Mikhail Ivanovich was awarded the rank of battalion Commissar, which corresponds to the general military rank of Major. On October 9, 1942, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On Establishment of Full Unity and Abolition of the Institute of Military Commissars in the Red Army", the Institute of Commissars was replaced by the Institute of Deputy commanders for Political Affairs. Deputies was responsible for the education of personnel and was fully obeyed the commander. All Commissars were re-certified and received standard army and navy ranks; when re-certified, the rank was given a step lower. On November 5, 1942, Mikhail Ivanovich was awarded the rank of captain, which is one step lower than the rank of battalion Commissar. It is written that the Institute of Military Commissars was abolished in many respects due to a huge shortage of command personnel, and a significant part of the Commissars were transferred to command positions. In the personal file of Mikhail Ivanovich stored in TSAMO, I found the following document, dated 30 November 1942 – " Presentation of the Military Council of the Bryansk Front": Captain M.I. Kabanov is submitted for approval as the Deputy Commander for the political part of the 536th Independent Motor Transport Battalion. At work of the Deputy Commander for the political part of the Motor Transport Battalion, comrade Kabanov proved to be a capable and energetic and thoughtful worker. Despite the fact that comrade Kabanov had no experience of party-political work in army conditions, he quickly mastered the forms and methods of party-political work in the Red Army. In his work, comrade Kabanov shows initiative, understands all the issues of life and living of subordinates, himself is directly connected with the masses, daily and specifically provides practical assistance to secretaries of party and Komsomol organizations in setting up intra-party and educational work. As a party leader, comrade Kabanov is a good and capable agitator, and he himself often makes reports and talks for the battalion staff. He is disciplined, demanding of himself and his subordinates. He works hard to improve his military knowledge and requires his subordinates to do so. The position he occupies is appropriate. The Military Council is petitioning for the approval of Comrade Kabanov as deputy commander of the 536th Independent Motor Transport Battalion's political part. Signed by Major-General Khalyuzin, commander of the 48th Army. In early 1943, Mikhail Ivanovich was transferred to the position of lecturer in the political Department of the 48th army. In February 1943, the 48th army launched an offensive in the direction of Maloarkhangelsk. By February 23, it reached the border southwest of Novosil, north of Maloarkhangelsk. In March, Mikhail Ivanovich was awarded the rank of Major. In the summer of 1943, the 48th army participated in the Battle of the Northern front of the Kursk bulge as part of the Central front. On July 5-11, 1943, a defensive operation took place in the Oryol-Kursk direction, followed by an operational pause (July 12-14) and a counterattack with an exit to the frontier before the German offensive (July 15-18). This battle is also part of the Kursk strategic defense operation (July 5-23, 1943). For participation in this battle, M. I. Kabanov was awarded the Order of "Patriotic War II degree". Brief description of his merits from the award sheet (based on archived materials of the site https://pamyat-naroda.ru/ [ https://pamyat-naroda.ru/ ] ): Major KaABANOV works as a POARM’s lecturer (of the political Department of the 48th army). When the divisions were on the defensive, com. Kabanov has repeatedly been at the frontline, providing great assistance to the command and the party political apparatus in the practical implementation of the instructions of the Military Council of the Army and the directives of the Head of the PURKKA (the main political Directorate of the RKKA) on the organization of party and political work at the frontline. On 5-6 July at when the Germans attacked, POARM was sent to 73rd SD (Rifle Division) and 471st JV (Rifle Regiment). Units of this regiment withstood 2 enemy attacks. Tov. KABANOV, being in the 2nd and 3rd companies of this regiment, did a lot of work to strengthen the resistance. For example, the 2nd company was attacked by the enemy's force reconnaissance. The company stubbornly maintained its line, the soldiers and commanders of this unit successfully repulsed the fierce attack of the enemy, inflicting great damage. At the end of the battle, tov. KABANOV helped the command of the regiment in summing up the results of this battle and identifying distinguished soldiers and commanders, their heroic deeds and high military skill became the property of the entire personnel of the regiment and division. From July 14 to 25, Major KABANOV was in 399 RD, where he provided effective assistance to the command and political apparatus in bringing the Central Front Military Council and the command's combat orders to the personnel. Working in 1345 RP 399 RD, tov. KABANOV did a lot of work with the Red Army personnel of the 1st battalion, as a result of which the battalion successfully broke through the enemy defenses in the Khoroshevsky area and thereby opened the way to the depth of the enemy defense to other parts of the division. Tov. KABANOV, being in the battle formations of 1345 RP, inspired the personnel with his passionate Bolshevik words, personal courage and bravery for the command's combat mission. As a result, the regiment occupied a number of settlements (Preobrazhenskoye, 1 and 2 Pozdeyevo, Borisoglebsky, etc.). These settlements are located 40...50 km South-East of Orel. The next major operation in which the 48th army took part was the Chernigov-Pripyat offensive (August 26-September 30, 1943). This operation was the first stage of the battle of the Dnieper. On September 3, Soviet troops reached Desna north of the city of Novgorod-Seversky, crossed the Seim river, liberated Konotop on September 6, and Novgorod-Seversky was liberated on September 16. Then the Central front was redirected from Kiev to Gomel direction. On September 21, Chernigov was liberated. The 48th army seized the bridgehead on the right bank of the Sozh river. Further, the number of bridgeheads was increased. The advance of the troops during the operation was 300-320 km in 30 days. In our family archive there is a photo taken on September 8, 1943 in the city of Seredina-Buda. On the back of it there is the following inscription: "Here is our entrance to this quiet Ukrainian town. The photo was taken right at the entrance to the city after a 130-kilometer incredibly dusty road." The photo shows five officers with dusty, dark faces, but wide, white-toothed smiles. They probably still had many kilometers to go that month. In 1943, the 48th army, already part of the Belorussian front, took part in another operation that went down in history as the Gomel-Rechitsa offensive. It was held from 10 to 30 November. During this operation, the city of Gomel was liberated on November 26, and the enemy's defenses were breached in a strip 100 km wide and 130 km deep. Mikhail Ivanovich was awarded the Order of the Red Star for his participation in the Gomel-Rechitsa operation, as well as in a private operation that the army conducted in early 1944 in the Bobruisk direction. Below is the text from the award list. Major KABANOV M. I., lecturer of the Political Department of the Army, from 16 to 22 November 1943 participated in the battle for Rechitsa, was personally involved in the training of personnel, 616 rifle regiment 194 RD, who first broke into the city and successfully broke enemy's resistance, was the first to reach the South-Eastern outskirts of the city. Major tov. KABANOV, together with the regiment's political workers, spoke directly with the personnel of the 1st Security Service Company (rifle battalion), targeting fighters, sergeants and officers for the quickest release of the working village occupied by the Germans. On the night of 18-19, he took part in the battle near the railway station, helped the regiment's command successfully complete the task, as a result of which the Germans were knocked out of the state farm and the working village. From February 14, 1944 to February 22, he was in the 96th Special Forces 338 SP 3 SB, conducted conversations in all companies of the battalion about the art of attack according to KHARLAMOV's article, paying special attention to the training of machine gunners and their role in battle. Units of this regiment, developing a successful offensive of 331 SP, almost without loss to themselves knocked the Germans out of the forest and captured the road. Being in the 331 JV of this division, he prepared the agitators of the units for their work in the offensive, as a result of which on February 19, the regiment skillfully used fire on the move to clear the village of Korma from the Germans and saddled the road.. Major KABANOV, as a lecturer of POARM' has done a lot of work on the education of officers, sergeants and enlisted personnel and has great authority among soldiers and officers. In the summer of 1944, the 48th army as part of the 1st Belorussian front participated in the Grand Belarusian offensive operation Bagration. During this operation, the 48th army captured the city of Zhlobin (June 26), Bobruisk (June 29) and reached the area South of Surazh. In August-early September, it marched with battles for about 150 km and reached the Narev river, where it went on the defensive. In 1945, the 48th army as part of the 2nd Belorussian, from February 11, the 3rd Belorussian fronts participated in the East Prussian strategic operation, during which its formations reached the Frisches Haff (Vistula) Bay on March 25, where they went on the defensive. Another preserved photo, taken on March 25, 1945, shows Mikhail Ivanovich with fellow soldiers in the city of Tigengof (near Gdansk). In February 1945, Mikhail Ivanovich was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Next, the text from the award list. From January 15 to January 20, tov. KABANOV as a representative of the army Department worked in 96 SD, mainly in 338 SP. On the night of 17.1.45, 338 SP was assigned the task of capturing the village of Romanov. Comrade Kabanov, together with the command and the political apparatus, checked the units' readiness for a combat mission at night. He personally worked to prepare the personnel for the task. Units of the regiment rapidly attacked the enemy and at dawn captured the area, as a result of which the enemy was finally shot down from the last intermediate line, and this ensured the rapid pursuit of the retreating enemy. Working in 3 battalions of this regiment, Comrade Kabanov told the personnel about the Red Army's remarkable victories in the period of calmness, showed the valiant way of the 48th Army with a map in his hands, and convincingly told about the heroes of the army and their military skills. In addition to his direct propaganda and outreach work, Comrade Kabanov was actively engaged in rewarding distinguished heroes, evacuating wounded from the battlefield, burial of dead comrades, catering, pulling up the rear and other urgent issues of combat practice. The village of Romanovo is located on the territory of modern Poland near the town of Makow Mazowiecki. On April 10, during the East Prussian operation, the Konigsberg fortress was taken. Mikhail Ivanovich was awarded the medal "For the Capture of Konigsberg". Mikhail Ivanovich, like many other front-line soldiers, did not like to talk about the war. But one funny incident that happened at the end of the war has been preserved in our family legend. In 1945, in East Prussia, an American soldier somehow got into the location of the unit where Mikhail Ivanovich served. No one in our military knew a word of English. And only the grandfather proudly asked the American: "Du Yu drink whiskey"? He was just happy to hear his native speech. It is a pity that this phrase was the only one that my grandfather could put together in English. After the war, Mikhail Ivanovich remained in the army. He served as a lecturer, inspector of military educational institutions. In July 1958, he was transferred to the position of Deputy head of the faculty of foreign languages at the Military diplomatic Academy. Participated in the deployment of the faculty, which was created on the basis of the former Military Institute of foreign languages closed in 1955. In October 1959, Mikhail Ivanovich was declared unfit for military service in peacetime due to health reasons and was dismissed to the reserve with the rank of Colonel. As a civilian, he taught at a technical school. In addition, he worked as a lecturer at the society "Znanie", lectured on the international situation. He died in 1991.

Rank: Junior Lieutenant Troops: Artillery Division: 10th tank division. Grandmother's brother, Alexander Kuznetsov, was born in 1923, and died in 1945. He was only 22 years old. He was called up to the front on March 28, 1942, immediately from the tank school. He didn't have any children, he didn't even have time to get married, but he managed to give his life for our Country. Alexander Yefimovich was awarded the "Order of the Red Star" and the "Order of the First Degree Patriotic War" He received his first order in November 1944. During the battles to liberate the Baltic States in the areas of Auce, Tevede, Kovari, Tultsy, the commander of the self-propelled gun, Junior Lieutenant Kuznetsov, proved to be a courageous and fearless officer. In the battle for the enemy's stronghold, Kutse, moving with his car in the forward detachment, found two enemy anti-tank guns, which did not allow the advance of our tanks and infantry. With well-aimed fire from a self-propelled gun, Alexander Kuznetsov destroyed one of the enemy's guns and suppressed the fire of the second, thus freeing the way for tanks and infantry. In the battle for the village of Tultsy, with a bold and decisive maneuver, he outflanked the enemy and with well-aimed shots lit the enemy's self-propelled gun "Ferdinand", destroyed two mortars and about a dozen soldiers and officers. For his bravery and courage, he was presented for the government award. He was awarded the second order posthumously in January 1945. The award list says: "In the battles with the German invaders for the heavily fortified enemy defense center Naydenburg, Junior Lieutenant Kuznetsov showed an example of courage, selflessness and heroism. Acting with his self-propelled gun all the time in the vanguard, tov. Kuznetsov boldly and rapidly broke into the enemy's battle formations, destroying the enemy's firing points and infantry on his way with cannon fire and caterpillars." In this battle, my grandfather hit a self-propelled gun of the enemy, destroyed three anti-tank guns, four machine-gun points and more than a platoon of Nazis. Among the first, he broke into the city of Naydenburg, smashing the enemy through the streets of the city, shooting them at point-blank range. The grandfather's car was set on fire by an enemy shell, but despite this, he continued to pursue the enemy, remaining in the burning car until the end. Alexander Kuznetsov died the death of the brave and was buried in Germany on the southern outskirts of Osterode

Rank: Red Army soldier. The soldier's page is run by his granddaughter Chernyshova (Kryazheva) Tatyana Ivanovna, head of the territorial Department of the village Tanzara. Kryazhev Fyodor Stepanovich (my grandfather) 1918-1990 years of life. He was a hard-working man. Before the war, he worked as Chairman of the collective farm "II five-year plan". It is known that on the first day of the war, he spoke at a rally calling on everyone to go to the front without waiting for mobilization, and that he would be the first to do so! Here is how it is written in the book of Torgashin M. P.: "In the early morning of June 24, the forty-first, more than 300 mobilized people who were born in 1918-1905, gathered at the village council, and twice as many of their accompanying wives, parents, relatives, children. The Secretary made a roll call, noted in the lists those who were already in the district military Commissariat yesterday, they were told: "Come with everyone." Young Chairman Fyodor Kryazhev kept his word at the rally on June 22. Early the next morning, on a red stallion, he went to the first Secretary of the district party Committee, Mikhail Fedotovich. He convinced the Secretary to release him from work and send him to the front. Lieutenant Fedya Kryazhev was appointed a political officer and together with his comrades and fellow villagers, he goes to the front. A political fighter is a special political agitator, not only by his word, but, most importantly, by his example. The political fighters were always among the soldiers and in front of the soldiers in battle, appointed from the Communists and Komsomol members. From the book " On two fronts»: "Captain Fyodor Stepanovich Kryazhev volunteered for the Army and has been at the front since June of the forty-first. In the summer of 1941, together with the troops in unequal battles, he retreated in the Central direction. Participated in the Smolensk defense, in the battle of Yelnya, defended Moscow, was seriously wounded. After the hospital, he was sent to the Western front near Vyazma. Fyodor did not know that his younger 18-year-old brother Mikhail was fighting here somewhere nearby, and he did not know under what circumstances his brother died so absurdly. Here he received a letter from his wife. She announces the birth of his son Ivan. In these battles, Fyodor Kryazhev was wounded again. Again the hospital, and then sent to the troops of the 1st Belorussian front. He took part in the liberation of Minsk and Brest. Fyodor did not know that his countrymen Vladimir Chiganov and Ivan Torgashin were fighting in the same guards division near Brest. Both were seriously injured and almost simultaneously sent for long-term treatment to a hospital in the city of Morshansk, Tambov region. The battle route of the guard of captain Fyodor Kryazhev went west through Warsaw, Poznań to Berlin. He participated in the storming of Zelowskih fortifications— heights on the outskirts of Berlin. Here, in April 1945, Fyodor Kryazhev was seriously wounded for the third time...

Rank: Senior Sergeant. Type of service: - Ground Forces, - Air Force (except naval aviation), - Coast Guard, troops of the NKVD, - Border Guard. Division: 124th rifle division (1st formation). I'm proud of my great-grandfather! Ivan Zakharovich Koltashov was born on June 24, 1916 in the village of Koltashovo in the Ketovsky district in a simple peasant family. He graduated from the 4th grade of primary school, worked in his native village. In 1937, Ivan was drafted into the army, and until December 1939, he served as a radio operator at the military infantry school. After that, he was transferred as a driver to the 1024th aviation head warehouse. The war for Ivan Zakharovich began in Finland (in February 1940). At that time, no one imagined that a more terrible enemy was coming from the West to the country. Already in October, Ivan returned home, thinking-for good. He brought with him a young wife, Anna, whom he met in Belarus when he was a radio operator. But Ivan Koltashov did not stay "in civilian life" for long: already on June 1, 1941, he was called up for mobilization by the Vargashinsky military Commissariat and he was enlisted as a driver in the 500th automobile battalion. So began the long front-line road of the Trans-Ural soldier. The fact that our country was in danger from Germany, the soldiers who have been in the fighting, guessed-no wonder they were called up in early June. But despite all the assumptions and guesses, the war began unexpectedly for them. Ivan Zakharovich spent the entire war on the front line, but fate favored him – he did not even receive a single wound in fierce battles. He served in the 124th separate auto company. His car sped forward through the whistling of bullets and the roar of explosions, eluding the German bombers. Sometimes, he barely managed to jump out of the car as it splashed into pieces. Lying on the side of the road, covered with earth, Ivan realized that death had again passed within a step of him. So, there was still hope to return home, to see his family. Military roads led Ivan Koltashov further to the West. Behind him were the liberated cities, the mass graves that broke the heart of the one looking at them. And the war ended for Ivan on the other side of the earth-on the far Eastern borders of our homeland, where the Kwantung army of Japanese samurai was defeated. Only in June 1946 did the soldier return home with orders and medals on his chest. He was awarded: the Order of "Red Star", - medals "For combat services", - "For the capture of Koenigsberg", - "For the victory over Germany", - "For the victory over Japan” And in peacetime, Ivan Zakharovich did not let go of the steering wheel - he worked as a driver in the district Executive Committee, sanitary epidemiological station, hospital. And only at times, when hunting or fishing, he remembered his front-line road. He was always distinguished by modesty, kindness, and hard work. Together with Anna Stepanovna, they raised six children.