Heroes and feats

Full name: Ponikarov Alexander Ilyich _x000D_ PATRONYMIC: I. the CITY: the village Ulyankovo Apastovsky district of the Tatar Republic _x000D_ DATE of BIRTH: 10.02.1919 _x000D_ DATE of DEATH: 30.09.1999 _x000D_ _x000D_ HISTORY: Alexander was born February 10, 1919 in the village Ulanovo Apastovsky district of the Tatar Republic. The family had seven children, Sasha was the middle one. He left unique memories. "Six months later, we, young people, were sent to study at the Shimanovsky Federal educational institution (factory apprenticeship). In 1939, after graduating from the Federal law school, I was drafted into the red army. From 1939 to 1940-th years he studied at the regimental school in Bashkiria, located in the small district town Davlekanovo. In the center of the town there was a Park where my friend and I walked in the evenings and met Bashkir girls. The friend was a Tatar, he spoke freely with his girlfriend. I didn't know either Bashkir or Tatar, so we just walked around the Park with the girl, but when we got together, a friend translated each other's words for us. So we were friends for eight months. At the end of the regimental school, I was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. For further service, they were sent to The Kamyshlov camps of the disciplinary battalion. Kamyshlov has a hilly area, many lakes, and a forest. The convicts were soldiers who were guilty in the army: those who were late from discharge, who violated discipline. They lived in the barracks closely, the air was stale, especially after the night. There was no lavatory, and there were cisterns in the barracks that were used at night. During the day, the tanks were removed from the barracks. The penal guards worked on the construction of farms, pigsties, went to the forest for sand and clay, we accompanied them and guarded them. In my spare time, I visited the library, took interesting books, and read a lot. Three months later, I was transferred to the Kungur camps in a rifle unit. Here I served as a squad leader and was trained with the platoon commander. By the beginning of 1941, we were transported in freight cars to the Belarusian forests, near the border. Tents were pitched in the woods and classes were held. Since June 1941, I participated in the great Patriotic war as part of the 385 rifle regiment of the Ural military district, and participated in reconnaissance operations on the Western Dvina. Immediately after the Declaration of war in June 1941, we went along the Western Dvina river to meet the Germans. On the roads they saw dead and burned soldiers, horses, burned cars. The war was felt everywhere. The first to join the battle were the cadets of the officer school. We were armed with 1881-30 rifles (Mosin rifle), while the Germans had submachine guns. In the future, the fighting stopped, and we began to retreat along the Western Dvina. We went at night, we wanted to sleep, we went and slept, sometimes we had to fight the Germans. They tried to surround us, dropped troops in front of us, and we dug in. Aircraft bombed from the air. It was raining, we were sitting in the trenches in the water, starving, because the Germans destroyed our base with food. The civilian population retreated with us. They fought their way through the front line. In one of the battles at the end of 1941, I was wounded in the leg. After undergoing treatment in the hospital, I was sent with a team of convalescents to the rear, in the city of Ufa. In Ufa, I graduated from Junior Lieutenant courses. He continued his service in Bashkiria in the Alka military camps. In 1942, he returned to service. He served as a platoon commander, preparing for the front line fighters. Before the end of the war, he prepared 18 platoons for the front. In 1944, I was sent to the course "shot". It was a famous military educational institution for retraining and advanced training of commanders. Graduates of the courses perfectly coped with the management of their units in the most difficult combat situation, always timely and accurately completed the assigned combat tasks. After completing the course in 1945-1946, he served in the Furman district military Commissariat as an instructor of the fourth part. Here we lived as a citizen, went to dances in the evenings, met girls. In may 1945, the war ended. I was awarded medals: "For military merits", "for the Victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945","for impeccable service in the Soviet army". In 1946, the military enlistment office sent me to remote areas to check on physical education classes in schools. There were no textbooks in schools, they wrote on scraps of Newspapers, and some children did not have winter shoes. People lived in poverty, starving, some sleeping in their shacks on straw, there were many sick people-complete poverty. I got from village to village on foot, in the spring it became more difficult to get there, my feet were wet and there was no place to dry. After returning to the military enlistment office, I wrote a report about the trip, but no one in the military enlistment office needed it. I felt empty inside. At one of the evenings in the village, I noticed a girl named Tamara, a very decent and beautiful Ural Cossack. Her character was cheerful. We went to the club to dance, sometimes going to parties. We spent a lot of time together in her little room. I was genuinely attached to her. She would have been a wonderful wife, but the time was hard and I couldn't offer her anything. Tamara was a young, pretty woman who could arrange her own life well. And I didn't have my own place, I didn't have any money. I was starving, always hungry. A loaf of bread cost 100 rubles, herring-15 rubles fish. Rations were given for a day-800 g of bread, a little grain, all this was too little for the life of even one person, and even more so for a family. The war robbed me of the years when people usually take care of the girls and marry. Then I studied until I was 40, and later it turned out to be quite difficult to get married. In 1946, I was discharged from the army with the military rank of "senior Lieutenant of a combined-arms unit" and returned to Kazan. I went to night school in the eighth grade. Then he went to the Kazan art school, where he graduated in 1953. I went to Leningrad to continue my studies. He entered the Leningrad higher industrial art school named after Mukhina, majoring in "artist of decorative and applied arts".

Village of Maksimovo, Melenkovsky District_x000D_ DATE OF BIRTH: 14.08.1913_x000D_ Panin Stepan was born on August 1, old style (August 14, new) in 1913 in the village of Maksimovo, Melenkovsky District._x000D_ He worked on for the Mezinovskiy factory "Izoplit" as a press operator untilo 31.10.1941 . Then he was sent to the front as a private. from 1.02.1941 to 2.01.1942 he served in the 8th detachment of the bridge railway battalion. During this period, his battalion performed tasks protecting railway structures on the South-Western Railway in Ukraine. He took part in the fight against sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the enemy. _x000D_ He was sent to the 4th detachment of the bridge railway regiment of the Moscow Military District from 2.01.1942 to 2.08.1942.The task of the battalion was to restore bridges that were destroyed by the enemy, many bridges were mined and they had to clear them. When Stalingrad was liberated, the Nazis retreated and began to destroy bridges along the entire front. It was necessary to restore them as soon as possible. Their detachment was bombed several times._x000D_ Private Panin was transferred to the 9th Separate Bridge Railway Battalion, the 2nd Baltic Front on August 2, 1942. After the blockade, the battalion built a new railway Shlisselburg-Polyana, by f which the first train arrived in Leningrad on February 7, 1943, after blockade was lifted. He and some other soldiers were transferred to the 41st Rifle Regiment of the 219th Rifle Division of the 2nd Baltic Front on April 24, 1944. My grandfather was wunded in the arm on June 23 and sent to the hospital. He was there until July 11, 1944. The 219th Division was awarded the honorary title “Idritskaya" on July 13, 1944 for its successful actions in the Idritskaya Operation._x000D_ The division entered the territory of Latvia on 17.07.1944. He receives a second wound in the head 14.08.1944. This bullet remained with him forever._x000D_ After the hospital on 2.11.1944, he returns to his division and took part in the Riga operation. Due to a shortage of officers, he was sent to the Second Lieutenant course in December 1944, for six months. After completing the course, he was sent to the 196th Rifle Division as a Platoon Commander. His platoon took part in the battles in the area of the Gulf of Riga and the city of Tukums, the disarmament of the Kurland Group of German army._x000D_ Although May 9 was declared a Victory Day, the Nazis were still on our land and the division continued to destroy and capture the Germans. My grandfather returned home on May 21, 1946.

Kalinin Region, Rzhevsky District, village of Galushkina_x000D_ 02.05.1913 - 14.11.1976_x000D_ My father - Mikhail Pushkin was born in 1913, a native of the Rzhevsky District, village of Golyshkino, is a participant of the Great Patriotic War._x000D_ My father and mother Pushkin (Shitikova) Anna got married in 1938, and they had my older sister Svetlana._x000D_ My father was a soldier (96th Aviation Regiment, aircraft mechanic, Sergeant Major). He took part in the Finnish company from January 1939 to March 1939._x000D_ Before the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, my father and his family were sent to Belarus. That is where the war caught them._x000D_ My father left home at 4 am on June 22, 1941 and separated from his family for four years. My mother and my sister, like all servicemen’s families, were gathered at 10 am, put on trucks and taken away. But this did not last long, until the first bombing. The trucks were smashed, thanks God they were still alive, and then they got as far as they could. My mother was able to reach Rzhev only by the end of June. In Vyazma, she came under heavy bombardment and almost lost my sister. Arriving in Rzhevsky District the village of Golyshkino to her husband's parents, then could not evacuate futher as the wife of a serviceman, because she was pregnant and gave birth to a boy (lived only 4 months). And ended up in the occupation for long, terrible seventeen months. To her luck and the luck of grandparents, there were no traitors in the village, and no one betrayed to the Germans that her husband was a Red Army Commander. After all, in addition to my father, grandparents had two more sons and a grandson who were at war (Pushkins Fyodor, Peter and Vasily)._x000D_ The village of Golyshkino was liberated from the Germans on August 19, 1942 and next to the village, an air regiment was stationed. Workers in the canteen were needed there, and my mother began to bake bread for the soldiers._x000D_ My father was transferred to the 566th Solnechnogorsk Ground-attack Aviation Regiment with the rank of Sergeant and with this regiment he went through the entire war. He did not like to talk about the war._x000D_ Mikhail Pushkin participated in the defense of Moscow and was awarded the Medal for the Defense of Moscow. He was awarded the Medal for the Defense of Leningrad on December 22, 1942. He was awarded the Medal For Bravery in 1942. He was awarded two orders of the Red Star in 1944 and 1945. Gratitude was also expressed for participation in the battles for the capture of Tallinn, Narva, Kinigeberg and the complete lifting of the siege of Leningrad. Only by awards, Orders and Red Army books, we can judge the difficult years of my father's war._x000D_ After the liberation of Rzhev in 1943, my father found out that his family was alive and living in the village of Golyshkino. He returned from the war only on December 24, 1945. Soon he got involved in hard work. It was necessary to restore the plant @80 in Rzhev ("Elektromekhanika")._x000D_ He worked there from 1946 to 1972. For good work, he was awarded the title the Plant Labor Veteran._x000D_ My brother Nikolay and I were born in our family._x000D_ In 1976, after a serious illness, my father died and then my mother. Eternal memory to them.

Ivan Pyatykh was born in 1922 in the Ryazan (now Lipetsk) Region, Ranenburgsky District, the village of Krivopolyanye in a large peasant family._x000D_ Ivan was drafted into the Red Army by the Ranenburg District Military Commissariat of the Ryazan Region in December 1941. He received military training, and from February 1942 took part in combat operations as a private of the 74th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 25th Guards Sinelnikovo-Budapest Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rrifle Division._x000D_ The 74th Guards Rifle Regiment in February 1943 began to break into the rear of the enemy's Kharkov group to encircle it. In these battles, Private Ivan Pyatykh proved to be an observant and brave shooter. The enemy launched a counteroffensive in the Kharkov direction in March._x000D_ In a heavy and bloody fighting Ivan was seriously wounded in the leg and was sent to the hospital. In the fierce battles on the South-Western Front with the German-fascist invaders, for heroism and courage shown in the battles, Ivan Pyatykh was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree. Ivan was treated in the hospital._x000D_ The medical Commission found him unfit for military service in February 21, 1944. He was discharged on March 2, 1944 and return home. He worked as a foreman of Civil Defense. He worked honestly, selflessly, and enjoyed respect and authority among his colleagues. Guardsman of the front became a guardsman of the rear. Times were hard, but people lived together, looked forward to Victory with hope, and met it on May 9, 1945 with tears of joy and bitterness of loss. After the war, in 1946, Ivan got married. Soon a son, Nikolay, was born, and two years later, in 1948, a daughter, Lyuba._x000D_ The post-war period was hungry. But the family lived happily, in respect and love for each other. But this happiness was interrupted by Ivan’s unexpected death. He died from a serious injury received from a cart that overturned on him in 1955._x000D_ The heroic life of Ivan Pyatykh, as well as many Russian people who defended our Homeland from the German invaders, will forever remain in our memory and their feat will be a moral guideline of our life.

Trubchevsk, Bryansk Region_x000D_ 04.04.1914 - 07.10.1998_x000D_ Georgy Polyakov was born in 1914._x000D_ He was called up for military service in the Baltic Fleet in 1936, where he was trained and received a military specialty as a boiler technician._x000D_ He arrived for further service in early 1937 on the patrol ship "Groza", which was part of the Northern Fleet formed in 1933._x000D_ The beginning of the Northern Fleet was marked by the transfer of several ships from the Baltic, through the White Sea-Baltic canal to Murmansk._x000D_ There were destroyers Uritsky and Kuibyshev, the patrol ships Uragan, Groza and Smerch, as well as the submarines Decembrist and Narodovolets._x000D_ It was a special purpose expedition._x000D_ Georgy Polyakov was transferred to the patrol ship Smerch as the commander of the engine room in the same of 1937. The main task of the patrol ships was to escort convoys that went from England to Murmansk and Arkhangelsk with loads of military equipment and food for the Soviet army, which ultimately played a big role in our victory._x000D_ The Finnish war began in 1939. The patrol ship Smerch participated in it._x000D_ During the Great Patriotic War, the crew of the Smerch participated in military operations that were of great importance for our victory. During the bombing in the summer of 1942, two bombs hit the ship, and it sank. But it was soon raised and repaired._x000D_ At this time, my grandfather was transferred to the patrol service on the ship "Smerch", on which he served until the summer of 1943, participating in combats in the Barents and White seas, again accompanying convoys, protecting them from enemy submarines and also destroying enemy manpower on the shores._x000D_ After our troops and Navy liberated the Soviet Arctic in 1943, he was transferred to ship repair shop, where he served until January 1946._x000D_ For his participation in the fighting to liberate the Soviet Arctic, he was awarded the Medal For the Defense of the Northern Arctic, the Admiral Nakhimov Medal and the Medal For the Victory over Germany in 1945._x000D_ After the war, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War._x000D_ The memory of our sailors-heroes is immortalized in the Museum of the Northern Fleet in the city of Murmansk, where an entire hall with exhibits from the Great Patriotic War is devoted to patrol ships, destroyers and submarines. There are also the side inscription of the ship "Groza", a photo of my grandfather and his book “Naval Affairs", which he saved from the time of war.

Village of Alansky, Irkutsk Region_x000D_ 25.04.1900 - 09.05.1958_x000D_ Born on April 25, 1900. Mikhail served in the Red Army from 1919. He was a member of the party – a member of the VKB(b) since 1925. He participated in the Civil War and in subsequent military operations to protect the USSR. In 1919, as member of the Combined Cadet Brigade on the Southern Front, he fought against Wrangel and Makhno._x000D_ He took part in the fight against banditry in the Far East as a member of the 86th Cavalry Regiment in 1920-1921, and the conflict on Eastern Chinese Railroad in 1923-1924._x000D_ In November 1941, from Irkutsk, with the rank of _x000D_ _x000D_ As a Quartermaster of the 3rd rank, he was sent from Irkutsk to the headquarters of the Leningrad Front in November 1941. According to available information, he did not return to the place of service. Mikhail as it turned out from Leningrad was sent to the front, where he took part in the battles._x000D_ During his long service in the Red Army, he gained a lot of experience, and this experience was skillfully applied in the combat operations of army units to defeat the German invaders._x000D_ During the offensive operations of the army troops, contributed to the success of combat operations. In the award lists that I found, my grandfather was described as a hardworking, disciplined, experienced and executory officer. Under enemy fire, regardless of life, he achieved the staffing of rifle companies. When he went to combat units, he assisted the command in training personnel and in using them correctly in combat operations. Grandfather's front-line path ran from Leningrad, where he participated in the defense and liberation of the city, then as a member of the 2nd Shock Army, grandfather participated in the liberation of Estonia, Konigsberg and the territory of Poland, where he met the end of the war over fascism._x000D_ He was awarded many orders and medals:_x000D_ Order of the Patriotic war 2nd degree (90027),_x000D_ Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree (100956),_x000D_ Order of the Red Banner (139172),_x000D_ Order of Lenin (32591),_x000D_ Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree (189983),_x000D_ Order of the Red Banner (19536),_x000D_ Medal For the Defense of Leningrad,_x000D_ Medal For the Capture of Konigsberg,_x000D_ Medal For the Victory over Germany,_x000D_ Jubilee medal XX Years of the Workers and Peasants Red Army,_x000D_ Jubilee medal XXX Years of the Soviet Army and Navy._x000D_ The Patriotic War was over, but not for my grandfather. As an experienced officer, he was sent to the Far East to defeat the Japanese invaders._x000D_ At the end of the war, the Soviet government offered him several options for living. He chose the city of Kursk. My grandfather was given a plot of land in the center of the city. On this plot, he built a house and planted a large garden. Before the war, Mikhail painted a lot and very well. His paintings still adorn our family homes. And in peacetime, he continued to do what he loved, painting. He gave his paintings to the City, museums, and schools. These paintings still adorn city institutions._x000D_ Mikhail died on Victory Day, May 9, 1958. He was buried at the Nikitsky Cemetery in Kursk, where there is a memorial to the soldiers fallen at war and the eternal flame of memory is burning._x000D_ Of course, it is a pity that I did not have to talk to him. I would have learned from him more about how they spent a lifetime winning the victory over fascism. Our grandfathers fulfilled his duty to the Motherland with honor, showed courage, valor, indomitable will to win, and defended the freedom and independence of our country._x000D_ I am immensely proud that I had such a grandfather, Mikhail Panov, and that we have such a great people. I bow my head to the memory of the fallen and those who did not live to this day, having died of wounds and diseases after the Great Patriotic War._x000D_ "No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten"._x000D_ We must always remember this and not forget how valuable our freedom is.

Stavropol Region, Kochubeevsky District, village of Belomechetskaya_x000D_ 08.15.1926 - 12.28.2019_x000D_ After the Nazi occupation, until March 1944, he worked at the Belomechetskaya Motor-tractor station, Voroshilov collective. He worked on a tractor and harvester._x000D_ He was drafted into the Red Army in March 1944. He studied at the sniper school in Maykop for five months. Together with a group of snipers of the 1st Belorussian Front he was sent to the Vistula River bridgehead in Poland in August 1944._x000D_ Participated in the battles within the 8th Guards Army, commanded by V. Chuikov, in the 82nd Zaporozhye Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Division, 244th Guards Rifle Regiment, after the capture of Berlin, it was awarded the title "Berlinskiy"._x000D_ These military formations became famous during the battle of Stalingrad. Vasily fought in these famous troops. He had a chance to go through the battle path in their composition from the Vistula River (Poland) to Berlin. Participated in the German defense breakthrough on the Vistula bridgehead, South of Warsaw, in the liberation of Warsaw, the capture of Poznań and the Poznań fortress, where there were particularly fierce battles._x000D_ They smashed the Germans on their territory in Kustria, the Oder bridgehead, and the Seelow Heights on the approach to Berlin. He participated in the crossing of the Oder and Schiree Rivers, and in the assault on Berlin. In the battle for the Reichstag, he was seriously wounded on April 27, 1945._x000D_ He participated in combat operations first as a sniper in a rifle company. Then he volunteered for the battalion intelligence service. He was a commander of intelligence. He had to participate in the capture of informers, in combat reconnaissance and other intelligence activities._x000D_ He was wounded and treated in a hospital in Berlin. After recovery, he continued to serve in the Group of Soviet Occupation Troops in Germany in his regiment until November 1950. He served altogeher about seven years._x000D_ He was awarded medals for participation in military operations: For the Liberation of Warsaw, For the Capture of Berlin, For the Victory over Germany, Orders of Glory of the 3rd and 2nd degree, Patriotic War 1st degree._x000D_ In recent years, he has been engaged in veteran activities. For 25 years, he was the Chairman of the veterans' organization. The Museum was established in November 1989, on his initiative, and he remained its Director until June 2001.

Village of Elenovka, Voronovitsky district, Vinnytsia region_x000D_ 17.08.1918 - 17.07.2015_x000D_ Pravdyuk Ivan was born on August 18, 1918 in the village of Elenovka, Voronovitsky District, Vinnytsa Region._x000D_ In 1926, he went to a village school. He finished only 6 classes, as he was forced to work, helping his parents around the house._x000D_ In 1937, he entered the Driver's Course._x000D_ He was drafted into the army in October 1938 and served in the Far East._x000D_ He was a driver, in the battle of Khasan he delivered artillery shells._x000D_ He had leave for his homela in April 1941._x000D_ He met the Great Patriotic War in June._x000D_ From Vinnytsia, he was sent to the city of Kozyatin, and from there to Mtsensk, where he was appointed Deputy Platoon Commander. From Mtsensk, he was sent to the city of Rzhevsk (at that time, the Kalinin Region) and served in the 142nd Brigade of the Armored Reconnaissance Company. He fought with the German invaders at Kobeliaki and Reshetilovka in the Poltava Region of the Ukrainian SSR. With fights he reached Voroshilovograd, and then to Kharkov._x000D_ Then in 1942 his unit was surrounded (Kharkov-Slavyansk-Barvenkovo)._x000D_ They left the encirclement through Novoshakhtinsk, and then Rostov._x000D_ Came from Rostov to Bataysk._x000D_ They fought as far as Armavir, where Ivan was wounded. He was in a hospital in the Kropotkino District of Kuban._x000D_ From the hospital, he was sent to a newly formed regiment in the Stavropol Region._x000D_ He was assigned to a machine gun company._x000D_ He was sent to the Chelyabinsk Military School in 1943, where he was trained as a driver._x000D_ In the rank of Sergeant, he was assigned to Bessonovka, and then to Gorokhovets, where he commanded a training platoon._x000D_ He joined the 8th Mortar Brigade of the Belorussian Front n 1944, with it he reached Konisberg._x000D_ At Koenisberg, he received a second wound and a concussion. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Medal For Military Merit, the Medal For the Capture of Kenisberg at the end of April 1944._x000D_ I. Pravdyuk received the Order of the Red Star for military exploits, because the red star is a distinctive sign of Soviet soldiers._x000D_ In commemoration of the Great Victory won by the Soviet people over the fascist invaders, on May 9, 1945, the Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 was established._x000D_ Ivan finished the Great Patriotic War in East Prussia. He was discharged on May 8, 1945 in Koenisberg. He also worked there after the war and carried out restoration work until 1950._x000D_ From there, he was sent to Vinnytsia, where he worked as a wheeled vehicle instructor in a military unit._x000D_ He moved to the city of Donetsk in 1953, where in the military unit he worked as a driver for the Stalino (at that time the so-called Budenovskiy convoy) transport company._x000D_ During his work for the transport company, for selfless work, he was awarded two Orders of Lenin, the title "Honored Transport Worker of the Ukrainian SSR, the title of the Hero of Socialist Labor.

Izhevsk_x000D_ 11.10.1917 - 09.21.1961_x000D_ Russian. Colonel (19.11.1955). In the Navy since 1939._x000D_ Graduated from the Lesgaft Institute of Physical Culture in Leningrad (1939). Teacher of physical training at the K. Voroshilov Navy Academy (7.1939-07.1941). Participant of the Great Patriotic War._x000D_ Commander of a platoon of foot scouts (07-10.1941), Chief of the 2nd part of the Headquarters of the 4th Marine Brigade (10.1941-09.1942), Commander of the Mortar Platoon of the 260th Marine Brigade of the coastal defense of the Main Naval Base (09-10.1942), Commander of the training of land units of the Directorate of the Island sector of the Baltic Fleet (10.1942-02.1943), Chief of the Imtellegence of the Baltic (08.1944-05.1946), Libava (since may 1946) naval base._x000D_ During the war, he took direct part in the following combat operations:_x000D_ - 07-08.1941 - landing on the islands Mantinsaari, Lokulansaari, Rakhmasaari of Ladoga Lake, crossing the Neva River and subsequent battles in the area of Moscow Dubrovka on the "Nevsky pyatachok" (09-10. 1941 seriously wounded);_x000D_ - 11.1941 - crossing of the Neva river in the district of Teplobeton (4 km South of Shlisselburg);_x000D_ - 12.1941-03.1942 - reconnaissance operations on the enemy coast in the Districts of Lipki-Shlisselburg and Shlisselburg-Ivanovo rapids._x000D_ - end of 1942-04. 1944 - reconnaissance operations on the Northern (Finnish) and southern (German) coast of the Gulf of Finland;_x000D_ - 05-07.1944 - the operation to capture Islands of the Gulf of Vyborg;_x000D_ - 10.1944-05.1945 - the operations for the liberation of the Baltic States._x000D_ VAK of intelligence officers of the General Staff of the armed forces (09.1949-02.1950)._x000D_ In the intelligence departments of the GSVG (1950-1953)._x000D_ In the Navy intelligence units (1952-1953)._x000D_ Deputy Commander of the naval intelligence point of the Black Sea Fleet Headquarters near Ochakov (09.1953-11.11.1954). Commander of the 561st Separate Intelligence Point of the Headquarters of the 4th Navy (Baltic Fleet) (11.1954-03.1960)._x000D_ Awarded: two Orders of the Red Banner (1943, 1944), Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree (1945), two Orders of the Red Star (1954, 1957), medals For the Defense of Leningrad, for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War, For Military Merit, etc._x000D_ He died after a serious illness on 09.21.1961 in Leningrad, and was buried at the Bolsheokhtinsky Cemetery.

Roman Panteleev was born in 1923 in the village of Dmitrievka, Izhmorsky Вistrict, Kemerovo Кegion._x000D_ At the age of eighteen, Roman went to war._x000D_ In October 1942, Roman was called up for military service, served in the on of the 2nd Belorussian Front as a simple gunner who shot down Nazi planes. _x000D_ In a rank of Sergeant Major, he carried out combat missions as an Assistant Platoon Commander of the 144th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment. During the war, Roman reached the city of Breslau, where he met the long-awaited victory._x000D_ He was repeatedly awarded orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Generalissimo of the Soviet Union, comrade Stalin, and letters of thanks from the Commander of the 2nd Belorussian Front, K. Rokossovsky, Member of the Military Council of the 2nd Belorussian Front N. Subbotin, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Belorussian Front A. Bogolyubov:_x000D_ - By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 9, 1945, Panteleev Roman was awarded the Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945;_x000D_ - In accordance with the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 1965, he was awarded the jubilee Medal Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945;_x000D_ - In accordance with the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 25, 1975, he was awarded the Medal Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945;_x000D_ - In accordance with the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 12, 1985, he was awarded the jubilee Medal Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945;_x000D_ - Awarded the jubilee Medal 50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945;_x000D_ - In accordance with the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of February 28, 2004, he was awarded the jubilee Medal 60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945;_x000D_ - Awarded the jubilee Medal 60 years of Liberation of the Republic of Belarus from the Nazi Invaders on behalf of the President of the Republic of Belarus;_x000D_ - In accordance with the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 26, 1967, he was awarded the jubilee Medal 50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR;_x000D_ - In accordance with the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 28, 1978, awarded the Medal 60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR;_x000D_ - In accordance with the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 28, 1988, he was awarded the jubilee Medal 70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR»;_x000D_ - In accordance with the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of February 19,1996, he was awarded the Zhukov Medal;_x000D_ - In accordance with the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 11, 1985, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree for bravery, fortitude and courage shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders and in commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."_x000D_ Roman Panteleev was awarded the badge "Front-Line Soldier 1941-1945" by Minister of Defense of the USSR Marshal of the Soviet Union A. Grechko for valor and bravery in the Great Patriotic War._x000D_ Roman Yakovlevich lived his life in a large and friendly family. He died on March 19, 2009.

30.06.1923 - 28.06.1997_x000D_ Unfortunately, I learned the story of my great-grandmother not from her personally, but from my grandmother._x000D_ Before the war, she worked at the Progress Factory and had a "reservation" from being drafted into the army, but at that time, almost from every family someone went to the front, and my great-grandmother did not want to be an exception. With her friends (Tasya Luzikova and Lena Baiduganova), she went to the Kemerovo Military Commissariat and they asked to be sent to the front. They were sent to the Podolsk Women's Sniper School. They took the oath on May 1, 1944, and Raisa continued her service as a Specialist in the 322nd Rifle Regiment. During her service, she was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major. During the period of military operations, she personally destroyed 8 German soldiers, this was recorded in her personal book of a sniper-fighter of the Nazis._x000D_ My great-grandmother said very little about her service. But even at the front, a girl was still a girl. Although it was impossible to keep any diaries containing information of a military nature, she kept a Songbook that has been preserved in our family to this day. And according to some records, one can navigate in which places the great-grandmother was at one time or another (For example: "February 22, 1945 in the city of Paranga", "April 5, 1945 M. Rossitten")._x000D_ We learn about the end of the war from its last entry: "We are in the field, on the way to Lubava, but being about 20 kilometers away, we learned about the victory, as we were all happy, because this fight belonged to us, the last and decisive. The soldiers are delighted, everyone is having fun, everywhere you can hear songs, laughter, firing from all kinds of guns, in the evening a movie... Yes, what a joy for us. Here are the girls coming to me. Now memories will begin. This is the end of my writing."_x000D_ She was awarded the Medal For Bravery by order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 5, 1945. She was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 11, 1985. She was awarded the Zhukov medal by order of the President of the Russian Federation of January 19, 1996,._x000D_ We still keep her army documents and photos in our house, which we review every May 9, remembering our great-grandmother.

Sverdlovsk region, Sukholozhsky District, village of Shata_x000D_ The Great Patriotic War..._x000D_ How many stories have we heard about brave soldiers, brave sailors, pilots, tankmen who performed dizzying feats at the cost of unthinkable effort, labor and blood, and often at the cost of their own lives. In addition to the familiar names recorded in books and Chronicles, there were many millions of unknown names in the war. Those who honestly fought, but did not become famous for a loud feat, those whose names remained on the battlefield. One of these soldiers was my grandfather Nikolay Prokin._x000D_ My family cherishes the memory of him in memories and photo albums. This story was told to me by my grandfather himself. Nikolayi was born in 1908 in the Urals. He grew up as an ordinary boy, studied, and by the age of eighteen joined the Fire Department. However, by the age of 33, his life had changed dramatically, as well as the fate of millions of Soviet people. It was in 1941._x000D_ The bloodiest war in history has begun._x000D_ As a Communist, my grandfather went to the front in the first ranks. He fought on the 1st Ukrainian Front, was a Platoon Commander. The first days were the hardest ones for young soldiers. It was the first time grandfather had seen so many deaths, felt the pain of loss of friends._x000D_ In one of the battles, near the city of Rivne (Ukraine), the battalion in which my grandfather fought, was surrounded and captured by the Nazis. Nikolay and his comrades, hoping to escape from captivity and return to the front, managed to bury their party cards, remembering the secret place._x000D_ The prisoners were driven under escort for several days. A column was guarded by dogs. When they passed through villages and hamlets, local residents, among whom were mostly women, old people and children, thrust hastily collected food into the hands of captured soldiers. My grandfather said that it was very encouraging for them, supported the belief that they were loved and expected in their native land._x000D_ In the head of Nicholay other prisoners was one thought: "Run". But to run not only for the sake of salvation, but to run to fulfill the duty, to continue to fight the Nazis. The soldiers carefully considered their escape plan and tried to escape twice, but failed. They were caught, severely beaten, and returned. This did not break them, their intentions remained firm. Grandfather could not accept the fact that the enemies were capturing the most dear to him. The faces of his wife and three children who remained in the distant rear near Sverdlovsk often appeared before his eyes. He could not forget them and kept telling himself: "We need to survive and escape!"_x000D_ Chance helped him. Passing through one of the villages, Nikolay and his friend slipped through the wide-open gate. There was shooting, shouting of guards, barking of dogs. But the desire for freedom overcame the fear. The soldiers slipped through the dilapidated buildings and disappeared in the woods. Joy filled their hearts, but now it was necessary to find their own, and this was not easy. Emaciated and exhausted, the fugitives reached the front line only a month later. Then it was a small matter - to run to Russian trenches under the cover of night and then, finally, enjoy the sounds of their native speech._x000D_ However, the reception of compatriots turned out to be not as warm and friendly as the escaped prisoners had expected. Nikolay and his friend could not find their documents and because of this they were almost accused of treason. Fortunately, everything was resolved: they believed them, and once on the front line, our soldiers returned to the ranks._x000D_ Soon his Majesty-chance again helped my grandfather to get rid of the shadow of distrust. His battalion came to the places where he had once been captured. Nikolay found his Party ID and proved to everyone that he did not betray his Homeland!_x000D_ In the ranks of the Soviet troops Nikolay reached Poland, where the Great Patriotic War had ended for him. Probably, all the difficulties that my grandfather endured during the war cannot be described in words. The authorities appreciated all what he did for the Great Victory. Nikolay Prokin was awarded the Order of the Great Patriotic War and many other medals. His name was inscribed in the city's Book of Honor, and he was invited to the capital more than once to participate in the Victory Parade on Red Square._x000D_ Our country remembers and honors people like my grandfather, there could be no Victory without them. Thank them very much! After all, wherever our soldier was, at the front, at the labor machine, behind enemy lines or in captivity of the fascist camps, everywhere he did everything in his power to bring the hour of victory closer. Perhaps the name of this soldier was not familiar to schoolchildren, but if he were in the place of Alexander Matrosov, I am sure he would not hesitate to close the embrasure with his chest. The faithful service of such ordinary soldiers, like a grain of a large mosaic, formed a majestic picture of War and Victory.

Vyshne Bolshoe village, Volovsky District_x000D_ 06.05.1925 - 21.11.1985_x000D_ Rank: Red Army Soldier_x000D_ Brancho of Service: Artillery_x000D_ As I read and listen to stories about front-line soldiers, I often think about my great-grandfather, whom I never saw, because he died before I was born. My great-grandfather could tell me a lot about the events of those long-past years._x000D_ Today I would like to tell the story of my great-grandfather Yegor Podoprikhin, who courageously and steadfastly fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. My great-grandfather Yegor Podoprikhin was born on May 6, 1925. Yegor was named after George the Victorious. He was at school when the war started. He was barely 16 years old in 1941. Since there was virtually no way for him to go to the front (he was a minor), he added two years to his age, because he wanted to defend his Homeland, like his peers. When he was drafted into the Red Army, he was trained at an intelligence school. After becoming a scout, he began his military service. The place of service was determined on the 2nd Belorussian Front. On the way to the place of service, the soldiers arranged hand fights among themselfs. Despite his short stature, great-grandfather was stocky, and always remained the winner._x000D_ Every veteran who went througt the Great Patriotic War had his own feat. My great-grandfather was no exception. One day, he obeyed the order of the command of the unit and captured a prisoner ("language") - a very important officer. He turned out to be a Major of the German army, who provided important information about the location of German units. This information ensured the successful offensive of the Red Army. For this feat Yegor Podoprikhin was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree._x000D_ In the Battle of Berlin, he moved as a member of a reconnaissance group on motorcycles. They were ambushed. A battle ensued, great-grandfather was wounded by two bullets in the leg. After being treated in the hospital, in November of 1945, he returned to his native village Vyshne Bolshoe of the Volovsky District. He married my great-grandmother Maria. They had five sons Alexander, Nikolay, Vasily, Vladimir, Yuri and one daughter - my grandmother, Nadezhda Karlina, whom they raised decent people, despite the hardships of the post-war time._x000D_ My grandmother, for example, worked almost all her life as a Director of kindergarten. Despite his disability, my great-grandfather worked all his life as a tractor driver for the Rodina collective farm._x000D_ My great-grandfather died on November 21, 1985. Many years have passed since then. But every time we see his photo from the family album, my grandmother's eyes are covered with a haze. And I understand very well why, when there were celebrations in our house, my grandmother always raised a glass to the fact that there would be no war. This photo is very precious to our family. The picture was taken seventy years ago. This photo is the only memory of my great-grandfather. We, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, honor his memory and are grateful to him for his contribution to the Great Victory. And I wrote a poem dedicated to my great-grandfather._x000D_ Dedicated to my great-grandfather_x000D_ My great-grandfather Yegor in the forty-first_x000D_ He was called to the front, like everyone else._x000D_ Even if he was not a General, he was a_x000D_ Scout in the war, Even_x000D_ though he was not tall, he felled the_x000D_ Fascists like a forest._x000D_ Was taken prisoner by the "language" and not only,_x000D_ Like a bull in a melee._x000D_ Well, in the break between fights, He_x000D_ gave his comrades a fight._x000D_ Come out healthy guys:_x000D_ - Fight? Well, who's the hero here?_x000D_ And then_x000D_ my great-grandfather Egor comes Out of the crowd._x000D_ "Ivanitch, are you sure?"_x000D_ - Yes, I, well, let's get started.…_x000D_ Since then, he has been the strongest in the company,_x000D_ No one could compare to him._x000D_ The soldiers won the Victory!!!_x000D_ Thank you, family, God bless you all!_x000D_ I am proud that I had such a great-grandfather_x000D_ Author: Maria Ternovskaya, 15 years old_x000D_ Agronomist of the Lebedyansky District of the Lipetsk Region

01.01.1913 - 01.01.1996_x000D_ Rank: Red Army Soldier_x000D_ Branch of Service: Land Forces, Air Force (except for Naval Aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD troops, Border Guard._x000D_ Unit: 32nd Red Banner Rifle Division._x000D_ My grandmother's older brother, Alexey Polyakov was born in 1913 in the village of Pogorelovka, Volchkovsky Volost, Kozlovsky Uyezd, Tambov Province (today - Petrovsky, during the war - Volchkovsky District, Tambov Region), the 1st child in a large peasant family (eight children, two of whom died in infancy) of Kozma and Polyakov._x000D_ Education - primary, 4 classes. Mechanic. Son of an "enemy of the people" (father shot in 1938, posthumously rehabilitated). Passed active service in the period from 1933 to 1935, then worked on the construction of the Moscow metro. He was married, and his son Vladimir was born in 1941. (during the war). Called up by the Volchkovsky District Militart Commissariate of the Tambov Region on August 26, 1941 in the 113th Rifle Rediment of the 32nd Rifle Division. He fought as an ordinary rifleman in the infantry. Participated of the defense of Moscow. He was captured by Germans on January 5, 1942._x000D_ During this period, 32nd Rifle Division launched an offensive Northwest of the Naro-Fominsk District near the village of Obukhovo. According to his stories, everything happened as follows: "the German got into another counterattack. The fire was just a hurricane. Despite this, the officers persistently demanded to advance. But as soon as the soldiers got up from the trenches, we were literally "mowed down" by a hail of bullets and shrapnel. By chance, only a few people were left alive, including me. So he was captured... " As a prisoner of war, he worked for the burgher in what is now Poland. During the entire war, there was no news from him - in the winter of 1942, the family was handed a state notice of "missing persons". Released on May 3, 1945. Then he served in 218 AZSP as a tractor driver,-restored the city of Breslau (now Polish Wroclaw). Demobilized on December 12, 1945._x000D_ His sister, my grandmother, described return home in this way: "it was a common winter day. My mother went to a meeting of the village Council, only Shura (my sister) and I were at home. First they heard a knock, then Shura saw Alexey's silhouette through the window and screamed. There was so much joy! But time passes – and the mother is still not there. Alexey himself went to the village Council. It turned out that the mother could not pay some tax on time and boldly replied: "Where will I get the money? If someone had lost it, I would have found it and paid." The Chairman got angry with her and, along with a group of other defaulters (about 6 women), locked them in a back room after the meeting. When my brother found out about this, he went straight to the Chairman, took him by the breast and said, “While we were fighting there, you bullied our mothers here!” and made him let all the prisoners out of the back room."_x000D_ After the war, he was a construction worker._x000D_ Most of his life he lived in his native village, and in his old age he and his wife moved to Domodedovo, Moscow Region._x000D_ He didn't like to talk about the war. I remember him as a silent, modest and reserved person.

Village of Verkh-Kamyshenka, Sorokinsky District, Altay Region_x000D_ Branch of service: Army, Air Force (except for Naval Aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD troops, Border Guards._x000D_ My great-grandfather, Alexey lotnikov was born on March 28, 1910 in the village of Verkh-Kamyshenka in the Sorokinsky District of the Altai Region. He went to primary school and worked for a collective farm. He went to the front in September 1941, after completing a driver's course in Barnaul. He got to the 1st Baltic Front._x000D_ On the site" Feat of the people" I found the order #18/n from: 01.11.1944 Medal For Courage “to award the rifleman of the 5th Rifle Company Guards Private Plotnikov Alexey for the fact that in the battles near the village of Morphogtay 12.10.44, weth the fire of his sub-machine gun, showing courage and bravery, destroyed 7 German soldiers and officers."_x000D_ My grandfather was seriously wounded in October 1944, and spent a long time in a hospital. It was not until January 1945 that he returned home. At home, he worked honestly for the collective farm all his life. He was awarded the medal Veteran of Labor, that was probably not easier than to get any military award._x000D_ There is only one of his front-line photos is kept in the family. One where the great-grandfather is a rifleman of the 33rd Regiment of the 84th Guards Division of the 1st Baltic Front (in the center). Perhaps someone would recognize their relatives from the photos in the album?_x000D_ Unfortunately, I didn't know my grandfather personally - he died when my mother was 11 years old. My mother remembers him talking about the war. How terrible it was at Stalingrad - the water in the Volga River was red with blood, how they dragged guns on themselves, how they fell under German bullets and under their own. And my grandmother remembers his stories about the liberation of Sevastopol - all night the soldiers stood in the waters of Sivash under the bursts of enemy bullets and shells. It's a pity that I don't know much about his battle path. Only a few documents tell us where he shed his blood - Stalingrad, Sevastopol, Leningrad._x000D_ And in the family album with black-and-white photos, grandfather Alexey looks tired, kind and definitely our own, although familiar only from stories. It is terrible to imagine what he saw at that time. Thank you for the clear sky above, grandpa. Thank you for life. We know, we remember, we are proud!