Heroes and feats

Rank: Junior military technician. Type of troops: Signal troops. She was born in the Ulyanovsk region, Bazarno-Syzgan district, Bazarno-Syzgan village. Member of the CPSU since 1948. Education - secondary. The main civilian profession is a typist. Rank: Junior military technician. Type of troops: Signal troops. She was born in the Ulyanovsk region, Bazarno-Syzgan district, Bazarno-Syzgan village. Member of the CPSU since 1948. Education - secondary. The main civilian profession is a typist. The draft commission at the Bazarno-Syzgan district military commissariat of the Ulyanovsk region was called up to the unit in July 1942. In 1945, on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 25.09.45, she was demobilized to the reserve. She took the oath of office on October 2, 1942 at the 58th district school of junior aviation specialists. Was awarded the rank of junior sergeant.

The stingy lines of the Military ID inform us that my grandfather's military service began in May 1937 with a call to active service. Alagulov Alexey Vasilievich took part in the Finnish War. In December 1940 he was demobilized. But the peaceful life was not long. In 1941, the Great Patriotic War began and already on June 23, 1941, the grandfather became the defender of the Fatherland. In the "Public electronic bank of documents" The feat of the people in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. " we found information about the awards and exploits of his grandfather, who fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War until its very end, and from April 1943 was in active military service in the Directorate of the 6th Guards Army. Senior sergeant A.V. Alagulov the badge "Guard" was awarded on the basis of the Directive of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command on April 17, 1943. Having carefully studied the documents, we realized that the driver's professional skills were useful to him in the war. The characteristic of Aleksey Vasilyevich Alagulov reads: “Comrade Alagulov since September 1944 has been the head of the evacuation and transport department. He proved himself to be a disciplined, conscientious commander. The vehicle fleet is always kept in good condition. Resourceful, technically literate. Gives everything to ensure the uninterrupted evacuation of the wounded and the delivery of food for the wounded. For military deeds committed from 09/01/1944 to 02/17/1945. grandfather was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". I celebrated Victory Day on May 10, 1945 in Latvia, in the city of Rezekne. In the battles for the liberation of this city in those days, about two and a half thousand people died. But my grandfather returned home only in November 1945 after demobilization. The Motherland did not forget its Soldier. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, grandfather was repeatedly awarded with jubilee medals on the occasion of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. On November 27, 1982, my grandfather's heart stopped beating. He was only 67 years old. All his awards and documents related to him are carefully kept in our family. In the family album there are photographs in which he is still quite young.

HISTORY: My grandfather Akimov Sergei Nikolaevich was born in the village of Russkaya Tsilna of the Bogdashkinsky (Tsilninsky) district of the Ulyanovsk region in 1905. On June 22, 1941, the war entered the life of the Akimov family. Akimov S.N. I went to war at the age of 36, my grandmother and six children remained in the rear. In the ranks of the Red Army from July 7, 1941, he served as a corporal, as a line supervisor of the 852nd separate cable-pole company (signalman) in the 1st Guards Tank Army. He participated in the battles on the Kursk Bulge, in the liberation of Ukraine, in particular, in the combat operation "6th strike" - the defeat of the Germans in Western Ukraine (July-August 1944), the Lvov-Sandomierz offensive, the defeat of the Germans in Poland (January- February 1945). He liberated Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, participated in the East Pomeranian offensive operation (February-March 1945), in the Berlin offensive operation (04/16/1945 - 05/08/1945), took part in the capture of Berlin, Quote from the award list: "Brief specific statement of a military feat: on March 3, 1945 corporal Akimov S.N., working as a line supervisor, in a difficult combat situation in the area of ​​the village. Klandstadt (Germany) (1st Belorussian Front), went to eliminate damage to the communication line going to Observation Point 11 GTK. After removing the damage, corporal Akimov S.N. was suddenly fired at by a group of enemy machine gunners, despising the mortal danger, Lance corporal Akimov S.N. on his bellies got to the second damaged section of the communication line and repaired the damage. Lance corporal Akimov S.N. provided uninterrupted wire communication with Observation Point 11 GTK. For courage, courage, resourcefulness I present corporal Akimov S.N. to the Government award with the Order of the Red Star ... ". He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the second degree, medals "For Courage", "For Military Merit", "For the Liberation of Warsaw", "For the Capture of Berlin", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", as well as commemorative medals ... In addition, Akimov S.N. Gratitude was announced by the Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov; The commander of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Guard, Colonel-General of Tank Forces M. Katukov, noted his heroic participation in the historical battles to capture Berlin. He returned home on 08/13/1945, worked as an accountant on a collective farm. Died on 02/26/1992.

Military biography of Major, Commissioner Khecho Vartanovich Airapetov Khecho Vartanovich Airapetov was born on January 21, 1906 in the village of Khndzoresk, Gorisinsky District, Armenian SSR, into the family of an oil worker. On June 28, 1941, at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Khecho Vartanovich, despite the presence of armor, volunteered for the Moscow people's militia. He was assigned to a separate sapper battalion of the 139th rifle division of the Kirovsky region as a political instructor. In September 1941, being the commissar of the 7th separate communications battalion of the 43rd army, he took a direct part in the bloody battles, in the defeat of the Germans near Moscow on the Maloyaroslavetsky, Medynsky, Yukhnovsky and Yelninsky directions. In 1942 he was seriously wounded and was being treated in the city of Podolsk. After leaving the hospital as a disabled person of the Patriotic War, he continued to serve until the end of the war. Comrade Airapetov Khecho Vartanovich was sent to political work on the Transcaucasian Front, where he was elected a member of the front party commission - deputy secretary of the party commission of the political department of the rear of the Transcaucasian Front and the Tbilisi District. As a commissar of the head food warehouse of the People’s Commissariat No. 205, in difficult off-road conditions, on donkeys, he took part in providing food and fodder for the front troops on the passes of the Transcaucasian mountains. In 1944 Airapetov Kh.V. received from Comrade Stalin I.V. two thanks for the uninterrupted provision of food and fodder to the troops of the Transcaucasian Front. From the chief of the rear of the Red Army, General A.V. Khrulev received a personalized watch and gratitude. At the end of the war in 1946, after demobilization, comrade Airapetov was appointed first deputy, acting head of the Glavkhladoprom of the USSR Ministry of Myasomolprom. Having done a great job of guiding the restoration of destroyed refrigerators and the construction of new ones. In connection with the reorganization of the Ministry, H.V. Airapetov was appointed in January 1955 as the director of the refrigeration plant No. 3, and then in 1959, by way of strengthening, the director of the refrigeration plant No. 7, where he worked for about 20 years. He died on February 24, 1985. Awarded with government awards: 1943 - Medal "For Military Merit" 1944 - Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus" 1944 - Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree 1944 - Medal "For the Defense of Moscow" 1945 - Medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941 –1945 " 1947 - Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree 1948 - "In memory of the 800th anniversary of Moscow" 1966 - Order of the Red Banner of Labor 1976 - "Honored Worker of Trade of the RSFSR" (awarded the title) 19 - Medal "For Valiant Labor" 1978 - Sign "60 years of the Soviet army ". For many years of fruitful work, he was awarded the Certificate of Merit of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR. World War II veteran, labor veteran. Personal pensioner of federal significance.

Khludenyov Mikhail Vladimirovich was born on December 4, 1917. In 1935-1939. studied at the Kuibyshev Planning and Economic Institute in Kuibyshev (now Samara). An economist-planner by education. Member of the CPSU (b). In November 1939 he was drafted into the ranks of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. He began his service as a Red Army soldier in the 47th mechanized regiment. Participated in the liberation of Bessarabia from the Romanians in 1940. He was trained in the regimental school for the preparation of junior political instructors. Since November 1940 - deputy. political leader of the company. He guarded the pipeline in the area of ​​Bender. Participated in the Great Patriotic War from June 22, 1941 as deputy political commander of a company, 47 mechanized regiment, 15 motorized divisions, 2 motorized corps, 9 army, Southern Front. He fought in defensive battles on the river. Dniester, staunchly repelling the strikes of the superior forces of the German fascist and Romanian troops of the Army Group South. In July 1941, the 15th mechanized division was transferred to the Uman sector as part of the 6th Army of the Southwestern Front. Khludenyov M.V. falls into the encirclement near Uman, where the division is actually destroyed, some of the division fighters left the encirclement until the beginning of September 1941. Near Uman Khludenev MV was wounded by a shell fragment in the leg, was captured. Contained along with other prisoners in a huge pit near Uman. Escapes from captivity. He fights against the Nazis until August 8, 1942, when he is taken prisoner again. IHewent through a chain of concentration camps. He escaped several times, including with the help of French prisoners of war, but was captured and returned to the camp. Liberated by the advancing Red Army in the spring of 1945. Having passed the filtration check, since April 15, 1945 - a private soldier of the 287th Guards Silesian Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment of the 95th Guards Rifle Division of the 1st Ukrainian Front. As part of a tank landing, he liberated Prague on May 9, 1945. He was awarded the medal "For Victory over Germany". After demobilization in 1946 he returned to Orenburg. He married Shmoilova Anna Romanovna. He gave birth to and raised two daughters - Vera and Tamara. He built his house on the street. Akulova (the so-called "Arenda" or "Renda" area). He worked at the Orenburg knitwear factory as a chief economist-planner. He was not reinstated in the party, he re-joined the CPSU in the early 1960s. He was a member of the regional party committee. He retired in the second half of the 1970s. In 1985, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Victory, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War. He died on June 2, 1997, and was buried in Orenburg.

Type of troops: Artillery. Division: 172nd Infantry Division (1st Formation). On the radio, Pavlo's grandfather learned about the attack by the German army on the Soviet Union. He was called up to the front by mobilization of the Kamensk Military Commissariat of the Moldavian ASSR on April 17, 1944, as a recruit he was enrolled in the 172 rifle division. I learned that not only young men were called recruits, but even elderly people who had just started military activities ... Studying the chronology of military operations in the spring of 1944, I learned that Pavel Ivanovich was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army on the day when Umansko ended - Botoshan operation, as a result of which the right-bank Ukraine and part of Moldova, including our Transnistria, were liberated. After the end of the Uman-Botoshan operation, the front troops carried out measures to consolidate the liberated territory and bring the troops in order: staffing, repairing military equipment and weapons, organizing a rear service, but on May 14, the 34th Guards Corps began to break through the enemy's defenses in the area between Dubossary and Grigoriopol ... It was in these battles that grandfather Pavlo took part. On the right bank of the Dniester there was the Sherpeni bridgehead, it occupied a plot of land 7-8 km along the front, about 3-4 km deep. The bridgehead was dug up and down with trenches and communication trenches, dug-outs, shelters for horses, firing positions of artillery pieces and mortars. There were trenches ten paces from the coast - the third line of defense. The Germans created a defense around the bridgehead. By July, the rifle corps took up defensive positions in the area of ​​the villages of Shibki and Butor. To repel the attacks of German tanks, a large number of guns were put forward. The enemy troops were defeated. For the first time, my grandfather faced terrible events: injuries of other people, death, the whistle of bullets and the bursting of shells, with exploits and betrayal, here he was seriously wounded in July 1944. Grandfather Pavlo told his children that he did not remember the very moment of the injury. He woke up in the 3807 hospital and was treated there until March 1945. He was treated in the city of Rybnitsa. For the mother, the injury of her son was a terrible pain. And then, having found out where her son was being treated, she walked on foot from the village of Valyadynka to the city of Rybnitsa. Studying the hostilities in the spring of 1944, on the territory of Moldova, I learned that on March 24 Kamenka was liberated from the Nazis, on March 30 - Rybnitsa, on April 12 - Dubossary, Grigoriopol, Tiraspol. By mid-April all Transnistria was liberated from the enemy. After a long treatment, grandfather Pavlo was again in the ranks of the 147th rifle regiment. He participated in the battles during the liberation of Hungary, a few days before the end of the war, the old wound made itself felt and on May 5, 1945, Private Kharhalup again ended up in the 4439 evacuation hospital, where he was treated until August 1945. Grandfather Pavlo met the victorious May 1945 in the hospital. It was a long-awaited and joyful event for all soldiers. And then the long way home, the joy of meeting. Grandfather returned from the war alive, and he devoted his whole life to his family, children and the restoration of the Republic, the Motherland for which he shed blood. All relatives are proud of their hero. Participation in the Great Patriotic War, I think, is already heroism. In peacetime, Kharkhalup Pavel Ivanovich, worked on a collective farm, raised the farm. Together with his wife, Kharhalup Irina Ivanovna, they raised four children: Mikhail, Maria, Peter and Anna. Kharkhalup Pavel Ivanovich died in 2009

Leonid Lazarevich was born on 01 (02). 12.1907 in the city of Nikolaev, district Golaya Pristan’ in a simple family. His father was a craftsman and his mother was a housewife. The family was large, Leonid was 11 children (the youngest). Leonid Lazarevich worked at the plant as a mechanic, before being drafted into the army. He got to serve in the Navy, in the Baltic. He served as a turbine driver on a warship in Kronstadt. After completing his military service, Leonid went to work on about. Sakhalin and worked there on the construction of the Okha - Komsomolsk-on-Amur oil pipeline in an engineering position, for which he was awarded the badge of the People's Commissar of the Fuel Industry "Excellence in Socialist Competition". Upon completion of construction, he was sent to the ministry to receive a referral to a new job. So he ended up in the Primorsky Territory and worked as a deputy manager of the Artemugol trust of the Primorskugol Combine system. At the beginning of the war, he had a reservation from mobilization into the active army and continued to work in the trust until early 1942. He went to the front as a volunteer. Leonid Lazarevich fought on the 1st Belorussian Front with the rank of junior lieutenant commander of the SU-76 1888 self-propelled artillery regiment of the 17th Guards Tank Oryol Red Banner Brigade of the 1st Guards Tank Don Red Banner Order of Suvorov Corps. Participated in his unit in the Kalinkovichi-Mozyr operation in the Nizhnie Kozlovichi-Turovichi sector. For these battles, Junior Lieutenant Haykis Leonid Lazarevich was awarded the Order of the Red Star. Quote from the award list: “Entering the battle as the commander of the gun, comrade. Haykis from 01/11/1944 to 01/14/1944, in cooperation with the 17th tank brigade in the Nizhnie Kozlovichi sector, Turovichi showed courage and courage. Comrade Haykis was the first to break into enemy defenses in his self-propelled gun, and when the battery commander was killed in battle, Haykis immediately assumed command of the battery. His battery destroyed three dugouts with soldiers, two light machine guns, destroyed a self-propelled gun and up to 50 soldiers and officers. For skillful leadership in battle, for decisiveness, courage and courage, he is presented with a government award - the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree. The commander of the 17th Guards Tank Oryol Red Banner Brigade issued a resolution: “I am awarding a government award - the Order of the Red Star.” 15, in the fact that her husband, the commander of the SU-76 battery of the 1888 self-propelled artillery Valkavsky regiment, Junior Lieutenant Haykis Leonid Lazarevich, in the battles for the socialist Motherland, faithful to the military oath, showing heroism and courage, died on February 08, 1944. Buried with surrender military honors of the BSSR, Parich region, forest to the south of 1 km, Terebulin. "

Alexander Korneevich Kharchenko was born on December 5, 1918 in a peasant family. In 1927, at the age of nine, with his parents, he arrived in the village of Uzhur (now the city of Uzhursky District of the Krasnoyarsk Territory). In 1935 he graduated from six classes and started working as a worker of the 10th distance of the way to Uzhur station. In 1938 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army, where in 1939 he joined the Komsomol. Demobilized in 1940 due to illness. After returning, he worked as the head of the Uzhur District House of Culture. In March 1942 he was drafted into the Red Army. From June 12, 1944, Kharchenko was in the active army on the 2nd Belorussian Front. On June 27, 1944, the scout of the 364th rifle regiment of the 139th rifle division of the 50th army, Sergeant Major Kharchenko, as part of a group that included Senior Lieutenant Melnov, Junior Lieutenant Paikov, Sergeant Major Kirillov, Sergeant Major Khalmanov, Junior Sergeant Ivanov, under heavy fire the enemy, using improvised means, overcame the Dnieper River near the village of Buinichi, Mogilev district, Mogilev region of the Republic of Belarus, seized a bridgehead on the opposite bank. With machine gun fire and grenades, a group of scouts destroyed the enemy firing points, which ensured the passage of the entire battalion to the right bank of the Dnieper. With the seizure of the bridgehead, a red flag was erected on one of the houses in the village of Buinichi, which inspired the Soviet soldiers and brought confusion to the enemy's camp. On July 2, 1944, the commander of the 364th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Petrov, Sergeant Major Khalmanov was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. From June 19 to June 20, 1944, in the battles for the village of Pogorana, Grodno district of the Grodno region, the commander of the pedestrian reconnaissance section of the 1st rifle battalion of the 364th rifle regiment of the 139th rifle division, Sergeant Major Kharchenko personally destroyed 7 German soldiers and one German officer, during a counterattack enemy participated in repelling it. On August 12, 1944, a candidate for membership in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, Sergeant Major Kharchenko, died in battles for the city - the fortress of Osovets Poland. He was buried on the southwestern outskirts of the village of Mryki (Polish Mroczki), now the rural Gmina Trzchanne (Polish Gmina Trzcianne), Monki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. Awards • Medal "Gold Star" of the Hero of the Soviet Union No. 5422 (24.03.1945); • Order of Lenin (03.24.1945); Order of Glory 3rd degree (09/07/1944). Memory- The Hero's name is engraved in gold letters in the Hall of Glory of the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in the Victory Park of Moscow. In 1967, Proletarskaya Street in the town of Uzhur, Uzhursky District, Krasnoyarsk Territory was renamed into Kharchenko Street. The name of Kharchenko was assigned to secondary school No. 1 of the city of Uzhur. In the city of Uzhur, a bust of A.K. Kharchenko.

My great-grandfather was drafted into the ranks of the RRK on September 1, 1941 and sent to Omsk to study in a mortar school based on the Omsk Infantry School. On November 10, 1941, he, together with other Surgutyans from Omsk, were sent by echelons first to Padyuga, Arkhangelsk region, and then, at the beginning of February 1942, to the Kalinin front, to the Ostashkovo area, where they arrived on 02/12/1942. From where they made a heavy march to Nelidovo in the Tver (Kalinin) region. Not much has been written about the plight of our troops in this area and the fighting - our losses were too great. Stubborn battles were fought for every piece of land. Many of our fellow countrymen were also killed. From a letter dated 30.03.42 (without amendments) “I further inform that Smirnova A.I. haven't seen it for a long time. I saw it in Paduga, but I haven't seen it here. I do not know not alive. Their school took part in the battle. I do not know not alive. Some of the Surgut guys are no longer alive - Toropchaninov, Semyon Popov and others were killed. I haven't seen Spirin for a long time. Chutin is not killed…. In addition, I also inform you that Comrade Komlev was killed on March 25 or 26 with a mine ... ”Great-grandfather fought in the 22nd Army, 362th Infantry Division, 1210th Infantry Regiment, in the minibatalion, first in a supply platoon, and from 09.06.42 in the 2nd mortar company. From a letter dated April 25, 1942 “For the third month now we have been expecting that they will soon change, but we cannot wait for the change so far. Spring is already in full swing here. Almost all snow melted in 4-5 days. The weather is good and my heart is happy, so hunt and fish if I was at home…. Of the Surgut guys, I see only Korobov. I haven’t seen any nepokoev somewhere in the courses of political instructors… ”From the last letter of 12.06.42 -“ At the moment I am in almost the same place in the Kalinin region, only from the supply platoon I was transferred to the ministry on June 9th. Now I am in the company together with Nikolai Chernomysovsky Tugorinov. His family lives on the Black Cape in Zaton ... We are standing in the forest on the front line, we are on the defensive. We are at a distance of 3-4 km from the German .. Every night a machine gun and a mortar crackle, but we listened and do not pay attention, as if this is the way it should be ... " In March 1943, my great-grandmother Agniya Efimovna received a Notice that on 04/07/1942 her husband, Khudyakov Georgy Ilyich, was missing while at the front. Exactly 69 years after the death of 07/02/2011, the remains of my grandfather, and with him the remains of three more soldiers, were found in the Vetka tract in the Oleninsky district of the Tver region, the village of Young Tud. There are still 13 military letters from great-grandfather. Written in pencil, they are difficult to read. The first letter, written on 19.09.41, came from the city of Omsk, PO Box 3534. The last letter was written on 12.06.42. The address in the letter: 1421 field post, 1210 s \ n, mortar battalion, 2nd miner. Red Army soldier Khudyakov G.I. The name of my great-grandfather, like the names of many people from Surgut who did not return from the war, are forever carved on the slabs of the Monument of Glory in Surgut.

Death camp. During the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), many prisoners of war ended up in concentration camps. I want to tell you about my grandfather, who was involved in an underground partisan movement, because of that he was captured by the Germans. During the years of occupation, the Nazis carried out about 150 punitive operations, during which they completely destroyed 5,445 villages. There were about 250 Soviet prisoner of war camps on the territory of Belarus. This was due to the fact that Borisov was a railway junction on the way to Moscow. The Germans wanted to get there quickly from Brest, so a partisan movement was created to defend the country. The partisans blew up trains in the direction of Moscow and German echelons. My grandfather - Khomich Ivan Yemelyanovich - was born on April 28, 1902 in the village of Gora, Borisov district, Minsk region. During the hostilities, he disappeared (approximately in 1944-1945). After the end of the war, my grandmother requested information on her lost husband. The response from the German archives shocked everyone. At first, Ivan Emelyanovich was kept in a camp near Borisov, from which he twice tried to escape, but it did not work ... Later, the partisans tried to buy my grandfather from the Germans, but luck bypassed him twice. After a while, in a huge composition, he and the rest of the prisoners were taken in columns to Germany. Then he ended up in one of the largest and most terrible camps - Buchenwald (from August 15, 1944 to April 1945). As you know, about 250 thousand people were imprisoned in this camp, where most of them were barbarously killed. To this day, the camp documentation on medical experiments on prisoners has been preserved. Prisoners were infected with terrible diseases such as tuberculosis and typhus. After Buchenwald, Khomich Ivan ends up in the Dachau camp. As you know, this camp was also engaged in medical experiments, where the main goal was to study the possibility of controlling people's behavior. On May 9, 1945, my grandfather was released, but on May 10 (the next day) he dies at the walls of the Dachau camp. As we know from archival data, the death was associated with diarrhea, which he received in connection with the experiments. In the village of Glivina, Borisov district, a stele was installed for partisans who fought in the Borisov region during the war. Khomich Ivan Yemelyanovich is included in the list of “missing” (personal number of the prisoner 73582). I am immensely proud of my ancestry and endlessly grateful to my grandfather for the clear sky above my head. We have never seen him or will see each other, but I will forever preserve his history as a memory of a brave soldier.

Khirny Ivan Ivanovich was born on June 6, 1922 in the village of Elshanka, Orenburg region. 06/14/1941 he was drafted into the army. This is how he himself recalls this time. Recorded from the personal memoirs of I. I. Khirny "I was drafted into active service in the army on June 14, 1941. There were 75 of us from Saraktash, almost everyone knew each other, they saw us off merrily with accordions, guitars, songs and dances. I thought that we were parting with family and friends for a long time, and some forever. The war began unexpectedly for us, we did not reach our destination. On June 20, 1941, at dusk, we arrived in the city of Kiev. And on June 21, 1941, at 4 am, German planes began to bomb Kiev. All at this time from the road, tired asleep in the location of the military unit, we could not immediately figure out what was happening, all around explosions, roar, smoke and fire, people cry for help. After the bombing we were all barely gathered. the song says exactly at 4 o'clock, Kiev was bombed and we were told that the war had begun. From the first day we saw the horror of the war and the blood of comrades. I was enlisted in the 436th separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion of the air defense. I had to master military equipment in the field in eye groin and trenches. For a week, the young anti-aircraft gunners explained each number of duties to us, and soon we stood up as a barrier for the capital of Ukraine. For the first time we saw the Germans, what they were doing with our cities, villages, how much grief they brought to the inhabitants of Ukraine. Seeing all this, we quickly mastered military technology and hatred of the enemy, and began to defend the city from enemy air raids. The enemy was superior in strength, we suffered heavy losses, and we experienced the bitterness of retreat. At the end of 1941 we were sent to be re-formed and replenished with human reserves and military equipment. In March 1942, we were sent to the Northern Donets near Kharkov, where fierce battles were going on. The enemy was rushing to Voronezh, we were transferred to Voronezh, South-Western Front. The enemy was striving for the Volga. On June 4, 1942, I was wounded in both legs, I was in hospitals in the city of Engels on the Volga for 2 months and 2 months in the city of Orsk, Orenburg region. He was discharged from the hospital on October 9, 1942. to the reserve regiment. 1943 - Ufa, School of foremen. At the beginning of 1944. back to the front. Met the Victory Day in Romania, Bucharest. "Ivan Ivanovich was awarded: the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree; the Order of Glory; the Order of the Red Banner of Labor; the medal" For the Defense of Stalingrad "; the" Veteran of Labor "medal.

Born into a peasant family, survived the famine of 1933. He began his career at the age of 13 at a water pumping station. Was drafted into the Red Army in 1938 in the 4th narrow-gauge railway battalion. The beginning of the war, June 22, 1941 met on the territory of Western Belarus,station Gromy of the Polotsk region. With the remnants of the battalion, they retreated to Vitebsk, took part in the defense of the city, then retreated to Smolensk, where they restored the railway lines. All this time, Georgy Melantievich kept the banner of the regiment, which included the 4th narrow-gauge railway battalion. Thanks to this selfless act, the regiment was not disbanded. Then Georgy Melantievich ended up in the health regiment in the town of Kulebaki, Gorky region, then he was trained as a Sherman tank driver. From the 52nd company of the 4th narrow-gauge railway battalion it was transferred to the 55th Armored Train Division. The location of the armored locomotive st. Gorbachevo of the Kursk road. The armored steam locomotive carried its combat service on the Skuratovo-Chern-Mtsensk-Tula line, the armored steam locomotive was serviced at the Likhabori depot (Moscow) - Moscow Kurskaya 2. During the hostilities near Mtsensk, the carriages in which our soldiers and officers were located took place. The carriages began to roll back to the front line. An armored steam locomotive under the control of the machinist Sergeant Georgy Melantievich overtook the cars and towed them to a safe distance. The fascists were shocked by such actions and did not offer proper resistance. Taking part in the battles near the city of Mtsensk, the armored locomotive under the control of Georgy Melantyevich inflicted a major defeat on the German troops and left the battle without loss. For the shown courage and loyalty, the command gave the Gratitude. By order of the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Railways, he was demobilized in 1944 to rebuild the country. In the civil service, Georgy Melantievich proved himself from the best side, he was awarded certificates and awards for conscientious work. They wrote about him in the newspaper "Put Ilyich" for January 6, 1961. Received the title of the best in the profession. He was an unusually talented, humble and hardworking person.

Nikolai Konstantinovich Kholodov was born on May 26, 1924 in the city of Mariupol, Donetsk region, Ukraine. In 1941, after graduating from high school in the city of Mariupol, he studied under an accelerated program at the A.K.Serov Bataisk Aviation School of Pilots (Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots named after Hero of the Soviet Union A.K.Serov, Russia, Krasnodar). During the Great Patriotic War, senior sergeant Nikolai Konstantinovich Kholodov served in the 5th separate company for ground support of aircraft on the territory of Belarus. On January 10, 1949, Nikolai Konstantinovich Kholodov and Evgenia Dmitrievna Zaremba (Kholodova) registered a marriage in the Berestovitsky registry office of the Grodno region. Senior Sergeant Nikolai Konstantinovich Kholodov demobilized from the army in 1949 and returned to Mariupol with his wife. Nikolay Konstantinovich Kholodov died on February 1, 1986 in the city of Mariupol, Donetsk region, Ukraine. Awards: By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 9, 1945, he was awarded the medal "FOR VICTORY OVER GERMANY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945." On behalf of the PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE USSR, the medal was presented on May 13, 1947. Commander of the 5th department. Companies ZOS Art. l-nt Babich, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 22, 1948, was awarded the jubilee medal "XXX Years of the Soviet Army and Fleet" On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the medal was awarded on February 21, 1949. l-nt Babich was awarded the jubilee medal "THIRTY YEARS OF VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR of 1941-1945" by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated April 25, 1975. On behalf of the PRESIDIUM of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the medal was awarded to the Military Commissar of the Ordzhonikidze RVK of the city of Zhdanov, Donetsk region, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on April 12, 1985, he was awarded the jubilee medal "FORTY YEARS OF VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR" 1941-1945. On behalf of the PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL of the USSR, the medal was presented on May 24, 1985 by the Military Commissioner of the Ordzhonikidze RVC of the city of Zhdanov, Donetsk region.

They say that the outcome of the war also depended on one soldier. My grandfather, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Khokhryakov, was also such a soldier. Born on December 24, 1918 in the village of Senyashur, Debesskiy district of the Udmurt ASSR. My family was more fortunate than many others: Grandfather, having survived the horrors of the war, managed to return alive, but with a serious wound to the head. It all started well. Grandfather began his service as a Red Army soldier on 01/01/1940. The service was easy for a young soldier, still, a strong country boy! He quickly mastered the wisdom of soldier science. Let his grandfather begin his battle as a member of: military unit 432 howitzer regiment General Reserve Artillery 30 A Karelian Front (432 howitzer regiment General Reserve Artillery, 30 A KalF, 30 A, KalF) from the Smolensk defensive battle. For the feat accomplished on July 30, 1942, grandfather was awarded the Medal "For Courage". After a severe wound in the head, on July 19, 1944, he was sent to the hospital. After prolonged treatment, he returned to his homeland in June one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. In honor of the 40th anniversary of Victory on 04/06/1985, my grandfather was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree. Every year, a severe combat wound made itself felt more and more often. But, despite this, together with his grandmother, he was able to raise worthy 2 sons and a daughter. He also talked about the need to protect the world and be worthy citizens of your country. After a long illness, my grandfather died on March 30, 1990. People are passing away, and the memory of them will live for centuries in their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren.… Grandfather has grown up a worthy replacement. When the time came to pay the sacred debt to the Motherland, his sons and grandchildren joined the soldiers' ranks. Grandfather's front-line items are carefully kept in our family: a medal, an order, a military ID and photographs that have turned yellow from time to time. Reviewing the pictures, I understand that victory does not get old. A hundred years will pass, and she will be as young in our hearts as in the bright forty-fifth, because the soldiers who procured her were dazzlingly young. I am very proud of my grandfather! Throughout the war, he defended his homeland from the Nazis, not sparing his strength and health, and made a great contribution to the Victory!

Born on November 13, 1923, in the village of Gushchino, Bobrovo-Dvorsky District, Kursk Region, in the family of a collective farmer. Before the war he studied at a secondary school in the Kursk region. Without finishing school, in October 1941 he was drafted into the Red Army and sent to the 224th artillery regiment in the Ulyanovsk region, the city of Melekess, where he became a scout. In March 1942, the regiment was transferred to the Western Front near the town of Sukhinichi and joined the 58th Infantry Division. The division fought offensive battles in the zone of the 50th Army in the direction of the Warsaw highway. Here he received the baptism of fire. In March 1943, he left for retraining in the 11th training tank regiment in Sverdlovsk, where he was trained as a tank gunner-radio operator. In March 1944, the regiment received new equipment from the factory - T-34 tanks and was sent to the 1st Ukrainian Front near Shepetovka, where it joined the 3rd tank brigade of the 4th Guards Tank Corps. At this time, battles of the 60th Army under the command of General Chernyakhovsky were going on here. The regiment began its combat path. Pyotr Vasilievich was a gunner-radio operator of a T-34 tank, firing from a cannon and a machine gun of a T-34 tank. Due to heavy losses in equipment and personnel, the regiment was withdrawn from the battle. After the replenishment, the regiment moved to Ternopil and took part in battles in this direction with units of the 1st Guards Army. In mid-April 1944, a heavy tank battle was fought at the Lozova station near Ternopil with units of the 4th German Tank Army. Pyotr Vasilievich was a tower gunner, firing from a cannon and a tank machine gun. For this tank battle, Pyotr Vasilyevich was awarded the medal "For Courage". Petr Vasilyevich was transferred to the 1728 Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (1728 glanders), where he became the loader of the SAU-85. With this regiment, he attacked Warsaw, liberated the lands of Poland. His self-propelled gun accompanied infantry and tanks in battle on the 1st Belorussian Front. In January 1945, a tank regiment took part in the Vistula-Oder operation. In February 1945, 1728 glanders attacked as part of the 3rd Shock Army in the direction of Schneidemühl. The battles to eliminate the Nazi troops lasted until February 14. The regiment continued to move rapidly to the west together with units of the 3rd Shock Army and reached the Oder Bay north of Stetin. Here they were fired upon by German ships in the bay. 1728 glanders took part in the Berlin operation. They advanced in the north of Berlin and all the time supported our infantry with fire. The regiment launched its last attack and went to Alexanderplatz. Here the hostilities ended. Victory Day was celebrated in Berlin. Until the summer of 1945, the regiment was in Berlin. The regiment was renamed the 120th Guards Tank Regiment. The personnel of the regiment was sent to the Union in the city of Leninokan of the Armenian SSR. Pyotr Vasilievich, with the rank of guard petty officer, was assigned to the production manager of the regiment headquarters. He served in it until 1948. After demobilization from the ranks of the Red Army, he entered to work in the Kashira RVK. In 1949 he was transferred to work in the Department of the Ministry of StateSecurity, station Kashira Moscow District. In 1949 he got married. In 1958 he graduated from the Moscow Chemical and Pharmaceutical College. After graduating from technical school, he worked at the Moscow Plant of Medicines № 2. He died at the age of 86 and was buried in Moscow. Pyotr Vasilyevich has two daughters, a grandson and a granddaughter. Our grandfather went through the entire war, fought on the Western Front from April 1942 to March 1944, on the 1st Ukrainian Front from May 1944 to December 1944 and on the 1st Belorussian Front from January 1, 1945. He was awarded two medals "For Courage", in 1944 and 1945. Among the awards are the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, the medal "For Military Merit", the medal "For the capture of Berlin", the medal "For the liberation of Warsaw", the medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945". In this war, two of his siblings were killed. Senior - Kharitonov Roman Vasilievich (1911 - 01/07/1944). He served in the 36th separate guards fighter anti-tank artillery battalion of the 31st guards rifle division, was a senior lieutenant in the guards, in the position of commander of 2 batteries of 45 mm guns (artilleryman). In 1941 he was wounded, severely wounded by shrapnel in the chest. In 1943 he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. He died of his wounds on January 7, 1944. He was buried in the Vitebsk region, Gorodok district, Belyanka village, western outskirts (TsAMO data on the primary burial site). Medium - Egor Vasilievich Kharitonov (07.21.1921 - 08.22.1943). Gun commander, guard foreman of the 60th Guards Tank Regiment of the 5th Shock Army. Killed in action on August 22, 1943 in the Rostov region, Kuibyshevsky district, 196.0. Burned down in a tank. He was buried in a mass grave in the Lugansk region, Rovenki, Novo-Darievsky p / s, Kalinovka village (according to the website of the Memorial OBD). Parents died in 1942.