Heroes and feats

Commander of the 1st mortar company of the 438th rifle regiment (129 Orel Red Banner order of Kutuzov rifle division, 40th rifle corps, 3rd army, 3rd Belorussian front), captain. Russian. Graduated from 5th grade. Worked on a collective farm. In 1938, he moved to the city of Krasny Luch. Work on mine. From September 14, 1941-in the Red Army. He graduated from courses for Junior lieutenants. Since November 1941-in the active army. He fought on the Western, North-Western, Bryansk, Belorussian, 2nd and 3rd Belorussian fronts as a platoon commander and mortar company commander. He took part in the defense of Moscow, Demyansk, Starorusskaya, Oryol, Bryansk, Gomel-Rechitsa, Bobruisk, Minsk, Bialystok and East Prussian operations. He was wounded three times in battles. In the battles on the territory of East Prussia (February-March 1945), on February 6, 1945, as the commander of an assault group, he conducted a thorough reconnaissance of an important fortified stronghold near the city of Wormditt, captured it with demonstrative actions from the front and a decisive maneuver in the flank. During the battle, up to 120 enemy soldiers and large trophies were destroyed and 20 captured. The capture of an important German stronghold contributed to the capture of the city of Wormditt. On March 23, during the liquidation of the enemy group near the city of Heiligenbail, he destroyed 3 enemy firing points and several groups of German soldiers with mortar fire. Moving forward together with attacking rifle units, destroyed enemy pockets of resistance. Died in this battle. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from June 29, 1945 for exemplary performance of fighting tasks of command at the front struggle with German invaders and displaying courage and heroism of captain Kiriakou Vasily Fedorovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously. He was buried in Melzak in East Prussia. Awarded the order of Lenin (29 June 1945), the Red Banner (8 October 1942), Alexander Nevsky (19 February 1945), 2 orders of the Patriotic War of 1 degree (21 September 1944 8 October 1944), order of the Patriotic War 2 degree (8 October 1943), medal "For the defense of Moscow" (1 May 1944).

Branch of military: Artillery. division: Gumbinnen orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov artillery division breakthrough. Rank: Senior sergeant. Kurmakaev Mustafa Musalimovich was born on September 13, 1918 in the village of Kiryushkino, Starokulatkinsky district. Called up for military service by the Lopatinsky RVC of the Penza region (Saratov). Since September 1938. until January 1939. he was a cadet in the 5923 artillery regiment. In January 1939. transferred as commander of the 122 mm howitzer squad to the 105th light artillery regiment. In March 1939. transferred as a gun commander to 216 howitzer artillery regiment. Since March 1942. - participant of the great Patriotic War in the 9th Guards cannon artillery brigade. From May 1943 - commander of the 1106th rifle regiment of the 331st Proletarian rifle, Bryansk-Smolensk twice Red Banner, order of Suvorov division. Western front. Participated in the Smolensk offensive operation in the summer and autumn of 1943. October 17, 1943 he was seriously injured. He was also wounded on February 3 and March 25, 1944. Since March 1944. transferred as a commander of a 122 mm howitzer gun to the 158 heavy howitzer art. brigade in the 3rd Belorussian front. Participated in the capture of Gumbinnen. Commander of fire platoon 12 of battery 158 of the Gumbinnen heavy howitzer artillery brigade of destruction 10 art. Gumbinnen division of the RGC breakthrough. Later, as part of the 11th guards Army, he participated in the assault on Konigsberg and Pillau. Extract from the archive:"In the battles with the German-fascist invaders, he showed courage and bravery. Replaced the retired commander of the fire platoon tov. Kurmakaev proved to be a brave and resourceful commander. 05.03.45 in the area of Kukenen platoon tov. Kurmakaeva destroyed the bunker AND suppressed a battery of enemy heavy-throwers. 18.03.45 in the area of Nossuden fire guns tov. Kurmakaev destroyed a house with firing points and suppressed a heavy machine gun of the enemy. 22.03.45 in the area of Rauschnen, he fired at the Harbor on the Baltic sea coast-Rosenberg and destroyed three houses with firing points and destroyed up to thirty Nazis. "by Order of May 01, 1945, No. 92/n was awarded the order of the "red star”. Exact information about other awards is unknown. On October 27, 1945. He was dismissed to the reserve according to the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 25, 1945. Date of death: January 29, 1977

Branch of military: Armored and mechanized troops When the war began, Pyotr Fedoseevich was 16 years old. They didn't take him to the front. After completing short-term courses, young Peter got a job as an assistant locomotive driver. He helped transport cargo on the Siberian railway. They worked around the clock. Entire defense factories were evacuated to Siberia. Equipment and ammunition were delivered to the front line. A year later, he became a duty officer at the station in Tatarsk, Novosibirsk region. On September 19, 1943, he was called up for active service and sent to the tank unit of the 4th separate tank regiment. Peter was the third in a large family, where everyone respected his father very much and obeyed him implicitly. He and his two older brothers were used to hard work and discipline. Therefore, the service of a young soldier did not seem difficult, and it is a great honor to become a tank driver! The first battle changed all ideas about the War. Such a horror of having to kill and the sight of already killed enemies and Soviet soldiers, he did not experience either before the war or after. In a day, the young man became a stern man and a reliable battle companion. I had to rescue crew members from a burning tank, bury friends, and be saved myself when an enemy shell hit the t-34 And the most shell-shocked and burned man was carried out by the soldiers. After the hospital, Pyotr Fedoseyevich returned to the front and liberated Europe as part of the 181st tank brigade of the 110th tank regiment. I received news of the end of the war in Austria. Supreme commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union vol. Stalin declared gratitude: - for excellent defensive actions, reflection of 2 Panzer divisions that went on the offensive in the area South-West of the city of Budapest, for the defeat of these divisions and the capture of the cities of Mor, Zirez 21 03. 1945 - For the capture of Zalaserseg and 30 03.1945 g. - for excellent defensive and offensive operations South of lake Balaton and the capture of the cities of Warsaw, Karshend and Sevtgottardz 31.03.1945 -for the capture of the city of Vienna 14.04.1945. After the War, Pyotr Fedoseyevich returned to Siberia to his former work. But young people are difficult to keep in place, and when he learned about the lack of railway workers on Sakhalin, he came without hesitation. He worked as a reserve station attendant at all stations of southern Sakhalin. I witnessed a very important event for the island's economy: the installation of a connecting railway line between the East and West coasts at the Ilinskoe station. After his marriage, he remained on duty at the station in the city of Chekhov. Then he moved to compilers and worked on the same shift with his wife. Who did not know laziness, kept very good physical shape. At the age of 65, he continued to form railway trains, moving along the tracks at a run. Not all young and healthy colleagues could keep up with him. No one saw him tired or irritated. With jokes, jokes, he did any difficult work. He could come in from the night shift and go out again at night, replacing a sick colleague. For conscientiousness and responsibility, he was awarded The "veteran of labor" medal.

Branch of military: Land Forces, Air Forces (except naval aviation), Coast Guards, NKVD troops, Border Guards My grandfather Kapitonov Ivan Afanasievich lived in Moscow until October 1942 and worked at a military enterprise in the Sokol metro area. His family (wife and three children) together with the company were to be evacuated to the city of Kuibyshev (now Samara), but he refused. On October 3, 1942, he was called to the front as a mortar man in the commandant's platoon of the 84th Separate Marine Rifle brigade. Field post office No. 978 (owned by 84 Omsbr). In early August 1942, 84 Omsbr was transferred to the North Caucasus in Gudermes and became part of the 9th Army of the Northern group of troops of the Transcaucasian Front. In October 1942, parts of the brigade occupied the defense of the Elkhot gate to prevent the enemy from passing through the Elkhot gorge to the city of Ordzhonikidze and having access to oil. Defensive battles were fought for a month, but on November 2, fresh German units (supported by tanks, artillery, and dive bombers) broke through the defenses. After persistent fighting, on December 1-2, 1942, they had to start withdrawing in the direction of the settlements of Krasnogor and Mostidzakh in the Digor district of North Ossetia. Until December 9, the brigade had some success in its sector, but on December 10, 1942, by order of the command, it began to withdraw and took up defense along the Eastern Bank of the Hotaldon river (West of the cities of Michurino, Kirovo Digorsky district). On December 24, 1942, the brigade again launched an offensive on the city of Ardon. Overcoming strong resistance and repelling enemy counterattacks, the city was recaptured, and by the end of the day the city of Digora was liberated. My grandmother (his wife) received letters from the front, which spoke of heavy fighting (this was indicated by special signs in the text, previously discussed with her). He was a mortar man, and also had to mine and defuse mines. On the night of December 24 to 25, after heavy fighting, the rifle brigade was assigned the task of marching Digora-Adon-Darg-Koch, where they concentrated on a short rest, where they were also waiting for replenishment, new equipment and weapons. On January 16, after an offensive operation, the cities of the Caucasian Mineral Waters were liberated. The enemy was driven back to the line of cities Cherkessk-Kursavka-Sergeevka. That they are on vacation and there was a last letter. In January, there were no more letters. I received a notification that in January-March 1943 he went missing....unfortunately, no letters and documents were preserved - during the War, the house in Moscow burned down after the bombing... there was Only a response from the military enlistment office to my grandmother's request from 1946 that the private was missing...

Born on January 25, 1913 in the Kirov region, Oparinsky district. My grandfather, Vasily Firsovich Kokoulin, served in the Workers 'and peasants' Red Army from 1932 to 1935. After leaving the reserve, he graduated from the faculty of LABOR at the Kirov pedagogical Institute (history teacher), worked in a school. He was conscripted into the red army in July 1941. He received his baptism of fire on the Leningrad front in a reconnaissance company. He fought in the army., had the rank of Sergeant. In December 1942, during the defense of Leningrad during a reconnaissance operation on the neutral front line, he was seriously wounded by fragments of an enemy mine. Lost an arm, severe injuries to the leg, chest and abdomen. Until night I lay in the snow (there was a retreat). Only at night, the scouts were able to drag the grandfather to their territory on their greatcoats. He was immediately evacuated to a military hospital in Leningrad. Soon the city was besieged and my grandfather was in besieged Leningrad, undergoing treatment in a hospital. On the "Road of life" through lake Ladoga was evacuated to the "Mainland". During the transition (according to my grandfather's stories), two fascist planes flew into a convoy of ambulances. They flew so low that my grandfather "saw the face of a fascist pilot." Some of the cars were destroyed, their car survived. Having survived a serious injury, hypothermia, hunger, weakness, the grandfather was treated for a long time. he was discharged with a disability. Discharged with the rank of petty officer. After that, he returned home to the Kostroma region, went to work at a school as a history teacher, political worker, and Director of a seven-year school in the Bogovarovsky district of the Kostroma region. Awarded the title "excellent student of national education of the USSR". He was awarded 11 medals and various distinctions. In 1970, he moved to the Crimean region, where he was an active participant in Patriotic education in schools and youth organizations, and the Council of veterans. I'm proud of my grandfather.

Rank: Red Army Branch of military: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast service, NKVD troops, border guard Division: 129th rifle division (1st formation) My grandfather, Vasily Ivanovich Kostylev, worked on a collective farm before the war. He was a foreman, farm Manager, and before the war – Secretary of the Zaretsky village Council of the Makaryevsky district of the Kostroma region. In July 1941, he went to the front. First, he fought on the Western front, then the 129th rifle division, where his great-grandfather was a telephone operator, was transferred to the Northwest as part of the 1st shock army. The North-Western front, whose formations were fighting in the area of Staraya Russa – is perhaps the most famous front of the great Patriotic War." And if there is poetry in the war, we were a page of prose, " Mikhail Matusovsky said about the North-Western front. In February 1942, an offensive operation began near Demyansk (Staro-Russian district of Leningrad, now Novgorod region) to encircle and destroy six divisions of the 16th German army (100,000 soldiers and officers). Hitler called the Demyansk bridgehead "a pistol aimed at the heart of Russia" and demanded to keep it at all costs. The offensive of our troops began on February 13, even before the approach of artillery and tanks. Overloaded supply stations did not allow the army to create head warehouses of ammunition, fuel and food by the beginning of the offensive. Snowstorms on February 13-14 further complicated the situation. On February 15-17, the weather was clear. This was in the hands of the enemy's aircraft, which bombed and shelled the battle formations of our units. Despite the most difficult conditions, by February 20, the enemy was surrounded. The Demyansky cauldron, which became a hellish cauldron for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and officers of both the red army and the fascists, held the enemy aviation units that were so lacking at Stalingrad. Front-line correspondent Boris Bialik dedicated the following lines to the soldiers of the North-Western front: "they wrote less about you than about others. You were rewarded less frequently and more sparingly. Almost no solemn order of the Supreme Commander was dedicated to you. After all, you haven't taken cities for a long time. You didn't take anything. You only went back a little through the swamps and came back a little. But because you retreated a little, and because you were advancing again, you could take cities on other fronts. And how much each little one cost you. Glory to the soldiers of the Bolotny front! " on January 23, 1942, my grandfather wrote the last very short letter, in which he reported that their unit was being sent to a new location. And soon my grandmother received one after another two funerals, which read: "Your husband, Vasily Ivanovich Kostylev, born in 1905, in the battle for the Socialist Homeland, loyal to the military oath, showing heroism and courage, was killed on 18.02.42. g. in d. Andronovo (and in another – 15.02.42 in the village of Bolshye Grivy) Staro-Russkiy district of the Leningrad region". At the request of the village Council, whether there was an error, the regiment received a response that " the notification was made on the basis of documents found when the victim was killed. The village of Andronovo and Large Manes are close by. The fighting for these villages took place from 15.02 to 18.02 42 years." Along with the notice from the regiment, they sent a photo from the party ticket – the only one left from my grandfather. And there are still letters. Short, touching, with questions about the house, about children, with bows to relatives and friends. Not a word about the war. And about yourself: "...don't worry, currently alive and well." Letter from the front a Crumpled piece of paper, glued together in a triangle, marked "Military censorship checked", as you were waiting, losing peace, the most welcome greetings to the front. In pencil, in an illegible handwriting, hastily written line after line. Each letter is painfully familiar, each reads: "How are you at home? Is the bread removed? Is there a lot of hay mown? It's a pity that the potatoes are not very good. Give my regards to the kids. You really feel sorry for them, don't scold them too much. I know you have a hard time on your own, and you're both On the farm and at home. Be careful, don't get sick, Take care of yourself and your children." The minutes of calm passed quickly, and the letter was too short. And just a few words about myself: "Don't worry, I'm alive and well." A crumpled piece of paper, glued together in a triangle, with a stamp: "Military censorship checked" for Many years as a memory we keep about my grandfather, who did not return from the war. (Limonova Olga Anatolyevna) In 2015, I found the burial place of my grandfather in a mass grave in the village of Braklovitsy in the Starorussky district of the Novgorod region. In the summer of 2016, my niece and I visited the grave. Seventy years have passed since the great Victory. I'm finally coming to you.

Rank: Red army soldier. Branch of service: Army, Air forces (except naval aviation), Coast Guards, the troops of the NKVD, Border Guards. Division: 44th cavalry division. My grandfather, Kuzma Mikhailovich Kitaev, was born on 13.12.1910. in the village of Ermish, Temnikovsky uyezd, Tambov province (now Ryazan region), in a well-to-do family of a descendant of Odnodvortsev (great-grandfather Mikhail was engaged in flour milling, owned a mill, and a strong farm). Before the war he lived and worked in the city of Namangan, Uzbek SSR. In July 1941, he was called up by the Namangan GRVK to join the red Army and was assigned to the 44th cavalry division, which was formed in the Tashkent region near the city of Chirchik. From August 27 to September 17, 1941, the division, as part of the 4th cavalry corps of the 53rd army, participated in the joint British-Soviet operation to occupy Iran (operation Consent), whose government, at that time, was loyal to Nazi Germany, which posed a real threat to the southern borders of our homeland. Until the end of October 1941 44 cavalry division stationed in the city of Mashhad (Iran), after which he was sent to the Western front near Moscow. As a telephone operator of the 29th separate communications squadron, as part of the division, my grandfather passed the crucible of the Moscow battle. In April 1942, after heavy human losses, the 44th cavalry division was disbanded. My grandfather served in the 1st Guards Cavalry corps. Since May 1943, the senior telephone operator of the battery of the 49th separate guards mortar division (the famous "Katyusha") in the corps, which was renamed the 1st Guards Cavalry Zhytomyr red banner Corps.SNK of the Ukrainian SSR. South-Western front, since October 1943-1 Ukrainian. The liberation of Ukraine (in August 1944, for fighting near Zhulkiv, Western Ukraine, my grandfather was awarded the medal "for bravery"), Poland. Finally, Germany. After the Victory and demobilization, my grandfather married (second marriage, first son-Yuri Kuzmich born in 1936) to my grandmother-Vera Trushkina, who worked at a factory in Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod) during the War. My father Mikhail Kuzmich was born in 1946, and in 1951. my aunt-Valentina Kuzminichna (the family at that time lived in Gorky). In 1953, my grandfather, on the Komsomol ticket, went to Kazakhstan on virgin Land, and then took his family to a new place. In peacetime, my grandfather worked as an accountant. In the summer of 1978, after a serious illness, he died. He was buried in the cemetery of the village of Kirovskoye in the Leninsky (now Uzunkolsky) district of the Kostanay region. Low bow and eternal memory to my grandfather! In my memory, he remained a kind and cheerful person.

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel. Branch of military: aviation. Division: 279th fighter aviation red banner division. Born on August 4, 1921 in the village of Gushchino, Oryol region. Arriving in Moscow, he got a job at the ZIS plant (aka ZIL) as an electrician. In the late 1930s, he signed up for an aeroclub near Moscow, which was based in the city of Reutov. After entering flight school, as a cadet, he flew the U-2 (Po-2), I-16, Yak-1. Since May 1943, Junior Lieutenant I. A. Yegorov in the active army. He fought in the 92nd IAC (279th IAD, 6th IAC, 16th Air army) on La-5 and La-7 aircraft. He was shot down twice (both times on the Kursk bulge: near the villages of Ponyri and Sevsk). It is mentioned in the famous book " 16th Air army...": "on September 14, 1943, four La-5s from the 6th IAK covered the advancing troops on the battlefield. The group was headed by Irkutsk Junior Lieutenant A. p. Soluyanov. Together with him, his younger brother Alexander fought in a pair. The second pair consisted of Lieutenant V. M. Vikhlyaev and second Lieutenant I. A. Yegorov. Meeting four FW-190s, the Soluyanov brothers suddenly attacked them. One" Fokker " was shot down by Soluyanov Jr., after which the enemy disappeared. Soon the pilots saw up to 25 Ju-87s under the cover of a large number of fighters that were heading to bomb our troops. Four Soviet fighters immediately launched an attack and engaged in a battle that lasted 25 minutes. "Lavochkin" came out victorious. The enemy bombers failed to complete their mission. They dropped their bombs without purpose and turned back to their own territory. The Soviet four shot down 3 Junkers and 3 Focke-wulfs in this battle. The battle score of the four brave falcons grew from day to day. In the summer offensive battles, the Soluyanov brothers, Vikhlyaev and Yegorov conducted 31 air battles and shot down 24 enemy aircraft. During these battles, Lieutenant Vikhlyaev destroyed 8, the Soluyanov brothers - 10, and Junior Lieutenant Yegorov - 6 enemy aircraft." In total, during the war, senior Lieutenant I. A. Egorov made 243 sorties (150 of them-to cover attack aircraft), conducted 53 air battles, personally shot down 10 aircraft (4 FW-190, 1 Me-109, 4 Ju-87, 1 Ne-111) and 1 Ju-52 was counted as a group victory. After the end of the war, Ivan Alekseyevich served for some time in Austria and Hungary. He flew La-9, La-11, MiG-15, MiG-17 aircraft. He retired in 1959 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He worked at the Rubin plant (Moscow region), and then - in the Ministry of Civil Aviation of the USSR. He retired in 1986. He died on June 21, 2005. Awarded the order of the red banner (three times), world war II 2nd degree, red Star (twice); medals: "For bravery", "for the capture of Vienna", "for the capture of Budapest" and others.

Rank: Lieutenant-colonel. My great-grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Vasilyevich Yeremeyev was born in 1913. In 1941-1945, he served in Transbaikalia, in the special forces, preparing soldiers for the front. During the Great Patriotic War, 16 divisions were sent from Transbaikalia to the battlefields – about 300 thousand people, more than 2 thousand guns, about 1.5 thousand tanks. In the summer of 1945, three months after the Victory, some of our troops went to the far East – there was the War with an ally of Nazi Germany-with Japan. Japan was very aggressive at the time. But on August 6, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. At dawn on August 9, the victorious army, which included my great-grandfather, launched an offensive against the nearly one and a half million Kwantung army. The Soviet-Japanese battle lasted a little less than a month. Our command has developed a Grand plan to encircle and capture the enemy. Soon the Japanese troops were defeated, Japan capitulated, and our soldiers went home. My great-grandfather also returned, but not immediately. It was necessary to disarm the enemy. After the War, great-grandfather Dima continued his service. In 1949, he was sent to the Leningrad military district, a special purpose unit. In 1953-1955, he served in Czechoslovakia as an adviser to the chief of Slovak counterintelligence. My great-grandfather has many awards, including the order of the Patriotic War I and II degrees, the order of the red star, the medals "for bravery", "for military merit", "for the victory over Germany", "for the victory over Japan". Every year on May 9, my great-grandfather put on his military uniform and went to the Victory parade with his children and grandchildren. Great-grandfather Dima died in 1993, shortly before the birth of his first great-grandson, who was named Dmitry. Every year on May 9, our family still comes to the Eternal flame to worship fallen soldiers. In memory of great-grandfather Dima, my father and my brother give flowers to veterans who are still alive.

Rank: Junior Lieutenant. On 19.08.1941, I was drafted into the Red army by the Novozybkovsky city military Commissariat of the Bryansk region. By that time, German troops occupied the city of Gomel. German tanks, having broken through the defense of our troops in the Smolensk direction, moved to Bryansk. We could not travel by rail to the city from Novozybkovo to our destination. Our team of 69 people selected to man the internal troops of the NKVD at 23 hours was sent on foot, giving us 3 carts drawn by horses for things. We went to the city of Orel mostly at night. Passed, areas such as Pagari, Starodub. Trubchevsk is within 500 km. Upon arrival at the station Zmeevka it is 50 km. from the city of Orel, we were placed in the buildings of the state farm: a school, a club. They began to conduct classes with us, and also involved us in the restoration of railway tracks after German air raids. In September 1941, a train arrived at Zmeevka station and we were sent to our destination. I arrived in Saratov-2, we were shod, dressed and enlisted in the 121 regiment of the NKVD troops of the 33rd division. At the end of the training center, I was assigned to the team for the defense of the bridge over the Solyanka river. The headquarters of the company was located at r. Red Kut. When the fighting with the Germans began on the outskirts of Stalingrad, an anti-aircraft battery was installed to defend the bridge over the Solyanka river. In cooperation with anti-aircraft gunners, the garrison personnel repeatedly repelled a German air RAID on a protected object, which contributed to the regular delivery of military supplies for the defeat of the Germans at Stalingrad. So I served in the 121st regiment of the internal troops of the NKVD until January 1945. The regiment, in addition to solving the main tasks, was involved in performing tasks to ensure the combat activity of troops within the rear borders of the 2nd Stalingrad front.

Emelyanov Vasily Sergeevich, was born on September 25, 1919, in Kirovograd. He was drafted into the Soviet Army in 1939 from the city of Kharkiv, served in the Odessa military district, in a tank unit as a t-34 driver. Participated in military operations to liberate Bessarabia from the Romanian occupation. The beginning of the War in 1941 found him in the city of Nikolaev. The tank unit where he served held the defense, but was defeated by the enemy. The unit was returned to Kharkiv for re-formation, where it was equipped with equipment and created 2 tank brigades for the defense of the city of Kharkiv. On the other front line were 4 German Panzer divisions. There were heavy battles, the city of Kharkiv changed hands twice, and as a result, our tank units were defeated. He continued to fight in the infantry division. In 1942, he was wounded, and on his return from the hospital to the army, he fought near Voronezh on the Steppe front. Since August 1943, he again serves in a tank unit, takes part in the liberation of his native Kharkiv. After difficult battles for the city, the unit moves further to Kiev. At the end of December 1943, as part of the 1st Ukrainian front under the command of army General Nikolai Fedorovich Vatutin, he participated in the Korsun-Shevchenko operation. In the battle, his tank was hit again, and again wounded. After treatment, the red army man is transferred to ZIS-5 and entrusted to carry the guard of General Vatutin. In 1944, again in a tank division, he participated in the liberation of the Polish cities of Lublin and Radom, for which his division was awarded the title of Guards Radom. In these battles, the tank is hit again, again in the infantry and again wounded, hospital and again to the front. In May 1945, he reached Berlin on a tank, signed on the Brandenburg gate "We are from Kharkiv!". After the Victory day, he was sent to continue his service in the garrison, which was stationed on the island of rügen, Germany, where he was on combat duty to detain saboteurs from German submarines still cruising in Baltic waters until 1946. He finished his service in 1947 in Konigsberg, in the song and dance ensemble of the Baltic military district. Passing the stages of the combat path, he received 4 injuries, 2 of which were severe. For participation in combat operations has awards: "Order of Glory" III degree and II degree, "Order of the red banner", "Order of the red Star", medals" for bravery "and "for military merit". In January 1970 he was awarded jubilee medals: "Twenty years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR". He died on September 19, 1981 and was buried in the city of Yenakievo.

Evgamukov Zalim Kamatovich was born on September 1, 1918, in the village of Loovsko-Kubansky of the North Caucasus Soviet Republic. Since 1939, after studying at a pedagogical school in Cherkessk, he lived in the village of Psyzh and worked as a primary school teacher at a local school. He was drafted into the Red Frmy nn October 20, 1941. At that time, everyone who went to the front was driven by a high sense of duty. Each of them took the oath, expressing their willingness to give their blood and lives for the Motherland, for its freedom, and to beat the fascists without sparing any effort. Zalim Kamatovich were sent on short courses in Mozdok and became a mortar man. While fighting on the bridgeheads with the superior forces of the Nazis, the private Yevgamukov was wounded in the head on June 5, 1942. Since January 1943, he was a gunner of the battalion mortar No.82 as part of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 777th rifle regiment of the 227th Temryuk rifle division of the North Caucasus front and participated in the battles to liberate the Krasnodar territory from the enemy. On the Taman Peninsula on September 9, 1943, when repelling an enemy landing, he was wounded in the leg and ended up in a hospital (Labinskaya station). Then, after the liberation of the Taman Peninsula, during the liberation of the city of Temryuk, Corporal Yevgamukov, as the commander of a division of a rifle company in the 339th rifle Taman division, participated in the sea-borne landing. In April 1944, he was awarded the order of the Red Star by the division command for his valor and bravery. In the same year, he participated in the battles for the liberation of Kerch. In May 1944, as part of the 339th rifle Taman Red Banner Order of Suvorov division of the 16th rifle corps of the 56th army, the commander of the 45-mm guns, Corporal Yevgamukov, skillfully suppressed three enemy machine-gun points and smashed two enemy earth and timber bunkers in the battle for the city of Sevastopol. On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was awarded of the order of the Patriotic war, 2nd Class for exemplary performance of combat tasks of the front command and for his combat skills. After the capture of Sapun Mountain and the liberation of Sevastopol, Yevgamukov's gun crew participated in the destruction of the enemy at Cape Chersonesos. Then he took part in the crossing of the Vistula and the liberation of Poland in January 1945 as the commander of the mortar company 1137 Rostov Rifle Regiment. Sergeant First Class Evgamukov Zalim Kamatovic as a part of the 339th Infantry Division of the Taman Red Banner order of Suvorov Division of the 16th rifle corps of the 33th army participated in the largest Warsaw-Poznan front offensive operation of the troops of the 1st Belorussian front (commander—Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov. The operation was held on 14 January—3 February 1945, as a part of the strategic Vistula-Oder offensive operation). Starting a breakthrough in several sections with a total width of 34 km, the troops of the 1st Belorussian front expanded it along the front to 500 km and advanced to a depth of 500 km by the end of the operation, liberating the entire Western part of Poland in their band. Early in the morning of January 14, 1945, by a surprise attack of advanced battalions from the Magnushevsky and Pulavsky bridgeheads on a front of over 100 km, the troops of the 1st Belorussian front went on the offensive, within an hour they advanced on 2-3 km. The mortar crew under the command of Z. K. Yevgamukov, together with the advancing infantry, participated in the battles at the Pulavsky bridgehead. The fascists fought fiercely. During the breakthrough of the German defense on the West Bank of the Vistula river, Sergeant First Class Yevgamukov destroyed two 81-mm mortars and an enemy machine gun, thereby ensuring the advance of the infantry. During the repulse of the counterattack, ignoring the danger, he moved to the battle lines of the battalion and destroyed 22 German soldiers and officers. The 33rd army, which then went on the offensive, broke through the enemy's defenses to a depth of 20 km. On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Yevgamukov was awarded of the order of the Patriotic war, 2nd class, for exemplary performance of combat tasks of the front command and for valor and courage shown in this operation. In that battle, Zalim Kamatovich received a second severe penetrating wound to the head and was sent to the evacuation hospital No. 3474 in Lublin. So, on January 14, 1945, the war was ended for the Sergeant First Class in Poland. While being treated in hospitals of the 2nd Belorussian front troops after injuries received in battles with the German invaders, he was awarded the order of the Patriotic war, 1st Class. In November 1945, he was transferred to the Saratov special neurosurgical evacuation hospital No. 1056. with a diagnosis of "tangential shrapnel penetrating wound of the right occipital region of head with complications". He survived, thanks to experienced neurosurgeons, the care of nurse Alexandra (unfortunately, her data is not available in the photo and the search of it was unsuccessful). In the spring of 1947, accompanied by nurse Alexandra, Zalim returned to the North Caucasus. He had paralyzed left half of the body, unintelligible, slow speech and had no ability to move independently, (conclusion of the military medical Commission: "disabled person of group I"). So began the peaceful life of Zalim Kamatovich. Only personal courage, a huge will and a thirst for life, multiplied by daily hard work and high demands on himself allowed the 29-year-old soldier to "return to service".

Rank: Red Army Soldier. Corps: Land forces, air force (except naval aviation), coast guard, NKVD troops, border guards. He was born in the family of the priest Yeremeyev Illarion Mironovich and his wife Paraskeva Grigoryevna. In the 30s his family was repressed and exiled to the Northern Urals. Mikhail Eremeev participated in the Civil war and the fight against basmachism in Turkestan, probably served in the Cheka, OGPU or NKVD, was twice wounded. He was drafted to the front by the Saratov regional military commissariat on June 14, 1943. He fought as an intelligence man of the 768th Rifle Regiment of the 138th Rifle Carpathian Red Banner Order of Suvorov division. On November 8, 1943, he was shell-shocked. He was awarded of the Medal "For Courage". On Desember 31, 1943, being in combat protection of the Tyasmin river in the area of Novoselitsa-Subbotovo, acting together with the partisan detachment he participated in repelling the enemy's attack, where he showed personal courage inspired the rest of the soldiers. The attack was repulsed. On February 3, 1944, being a mounted liaison of the regiment commander with the division commander in the area of Kavunovka under heavy machine-gun and gun fire from enemy tanks, neglecting his life, he timely delivered a report, so that the enemy was damaged in manpower and Red Army soldiers repulsed enemy attack. Mikhail Eremeev was awarded of the Order of the Glory, 3rd Class. On September 19, 1944 in the battles for overcoming the Carpathian Mountains, in difficult terrain, fearlessly and courageously performing individual tasks of the division commander, he scouted the area with a length of 15 km. and personally cleared the mined areas, which made it possible for the fastest connection of the 768th Rifle Regiment with the Division. Mikhail Eremeev was awarded of the Order of the Red Star. On October 17, 1944, being in intelligence at night he fearlessly completed a combat mission and broke into the Szigeti. On December 2, 1944 during the intelligence operation he noticed a group of Madyar soldiers, attacked them and captured 10 soldiers. After the war, he served as a Psalmist in the Church of St. George in Sloboda village, Pervouralsky district, Sverdlovsk region. He was buried in the parish cemetery.

Rank: Corporal. Corps: Artillery. Unit: 1st Panzer Moscow Proletarian order of Lenin Red Banner Division. He was born in 1921 in the Krasnodar region. As a child, he actively played sports and dreamed of becoming a circus performer. As a young man, he joined a troupe of a circus touring the South of Russia and performed gymnastic routines for about a year. In 1940, he was called up for service in the Red Army by the Vannovsky regional military commissariat of the Krasnodar territory. He was a participant of the war since June 22, 1941 – Western front), from June 1942 – Bryansk front, from December 1942-Kalinin front, from June 1943-Voronezh front, from December 1943 – 1st Ukrainian front. Military post – Guard Private First Class, gunner of the anti-aircraft artillery division 1st Order Lenin Tank Brigade. He participated in the battles on the Kursk bulge, the battles near Prokhorovka, etc. Pavel Ennik was awarded of Order of the Patriotic war 2nd Class, two medals "For Courage" and others. Summary of personal combat feat: Order on awarding of the medal "For Courage" 06.01.44: "In the battles with the German invaders the soldier showed courage and fearlessness. Working as an anti-aircraft gunner, his gun during the great Patriotic war shot down 8 enemy aircraft. On January 2, 1944 over the battle lines of parts the plane PR-ka "X-III" appeared, which bombed and shelled the battle lines of our troops. Ennik first opened accurate and intense fire and shot it down." Order on awarding the medal "For Courage" 08.06.45: "the Gunner of the 1st battery, Private First Class Ennik Pavel Grigoryevich, for destroying 5 firing points, 2 mortars and destroying 18 Hitlerites in the battles for the liberation of the city of Ungersky Brod and Zlin." Ennik finished the war in Czechoslovakia. On April 21, 1945 in one of the battles, he was seriously wounded. He met the victory in the hospital. After the war, he graduated from the Ashgabat pedagogical school and special courses for speech and language therapists in Moscow. Most of his life he worked as a teacher and tutor in an orphanage in Krasnaya Polyana. He died on February 3, 2016.

Rank: Colonel. Corps: Artillery. Division: 82nd Motorized Rifle Division. He was born on May 30, 1923 at the Vygonichi station in the Bryansk region. Nationality: Russian. Religion: Orthodox. Member of the CPSU since 1942. In 1940, he graduated from the 3rd Moscow special artillery school and was sent as an excellent student to the 3rd Leningrad artillery school. On June 22, 1941, he engaged in household work in summer camps in Luga. At 12 o'clock in the afternoon, the school was alerted. At the general design, the head of the school, Colonel Sanko, announced to cadets about the treacherous attack of the Nazis on the homeland. On June 26, 1941, the second division of the school was loaded into the echelon, and cadets moved along the route Pskov - Ostrov - Siauliai. Many cities were liberated. With fierce fighting, they took part in the encirclement and capture of Berlin from 30.04.1945 to 02.05.1945, and on May 9, 1945, the brigade under the command of Colonel Selivanchik was one of the first to approach prague, the capital of the Czechoslovak Republic, freeing it from the German invaders. On May 9, 1945, Emelianenko Vladimir finished the war as a battery commander with the military rank of Captain. He was awarded of medal "For Courage", “For the liberation of Vyazma” (12.03.1943). During the assault in one of the houses, Vladimir with the intelligence man Potylitsin captured two Germans with important documents. Vladimir was awarded of the order of the Patriotic war, 2nd class, for participation in the battles on the Kursk bulge. He was awarded of the Order of the Red Star for participating in the battles for Lviv and Przemyslany, Order of the Patriotic war 1st class for the liberation of Petrakow in Poland, Order of Kutuzov 3rd degree No. 561 for crossing the Oder river, Medal "For combat service", Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic war 1st class in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Victory. He died in 2001 with the rank of Colonel (awarded of 3 orders, was wounded twice).