Heroes and feats

Born into a family of farm laborers. From an early age he worked for the local landowner Martens. In the period 1908-1912 he graduated from the parish school in the village of Dmitrievo, Kasimovsky district. From 1912 to 1918 - a laborer at the St. Petersburg Cartridge Plant. In 1917-1918, a Red Guard, a member of the people's squad of the cartridge plant, was among Lenin's guards when he arrived at the Finland Station in April 1917. He took part in the evacuation of the cartridge plant to Simbirsk. From 1919-1922 - a soldier of the Red Army. Participant of the first Finnish war - 1918-1920. Member of the Civil War. A clerk at the headquarters of the 2nd division, 13th rifle regiment, 5th Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army R.S.F.S.R. under the leadership of M.N. Tukhachevsky, Eastern and Southern Front. He fought against the Kornilov shock battalions. In 1922 he was demobilized, returned to his homeland and in the period from 1922 to 1925 was in charge of the Koverskaya hut-reading room. In July 1925 he became a candidate member of the CPSU (b) of the Kasimov Party organization of the Ryazan province, and in July 1926 he became a member of the CPSU (b). From 1933 to 1935 - propagandist of the Zhukovsky district committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, pos. Zhukovka, Oryol region. Graduated in absentia in 1932-1937. Leningrad Political and Educational Institute. NK Krupskaya NK, Faculty of History, specialty teacher of history, propagandist. From 1935 to 1941 - editor and deputy editor of the Leninsky Klich newspaper, Zhukovsky district, Oryol region. From 1934 to 1941 - instructor (sergeant of the State Security Service), head of the department (acts of civil status (OAGS), secretary of the party committee, chairman of the party committee (lieutenant of the State Security Service, see photo, army rank: senior political instructor-captain) of the primary party organization at the NKVD regional department for Zhukovsky district of the Western region, after September 27, 1937, Oryol region.In September 1941, he was mobilized into the ranks of the Red Army as commissar of the battalion (captain) of the 129th separate rifle brigade.September 5, 1942, he was wounded and sent to the military hospital in Volokolamsk After recovering he worked as an agitator for the regiment of the 1st Ukrainian Front.Demobilized in February 1946. Awarded the medal "For Courage" and the Order of the Red Star and other military awards.After the war he worked as a teacher, own correspondent for a number of newspapers, secretary, deputy editor, newspaper editor "Leninsky Klich" Zhukovsky district of the Bryansk region.

Khodakovskaya (Shemyakina) Maria Andreevna was born on February 6, 1922 in the city of Yaloturovsk, Tyumen region. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, home front worker. From 1941 to December 1945, she worked at the Tyumen distance of the LM Kaganovich railway track - a repair worker and a foreman of a track measuring trolley. It was a truly titanic work to restore the railway and railway bridges after the explosions and during the hostilities. Maria Andreevna's works were marked with awards and gratitude, including cash prizes - for the skillful use of internal resources and the use of non-standard working methods. She was awarded several medals, including the “Defender of the Fatherland” medal. During the war, she lost her husband and two sons. The first husband was killed, died at the front. Two of her young sons died of pneumonia - there was not enough medicine, all medicines went to the front. In 1944, she met Nikolai Pavlovich Khodakovsky, her future second husband - to whom she was faithful and devoted to the end of her life, even after his death, and from whom she gave birth to 4 children (three daughters and a son). He was sent from the city of Chita to the Tyumen region as a mechanic and a hammer to restore the railway, steam locomotives and carriages. We worked together in the same field for the sake of common Victory. In August 1945, their eldest daughter was born. In 1946 they were transferred to Chita. Since 1948, Maria Andreevna lived with her family in the city of Korosten, Zhytomyr region, in Ukraine. In the Korosten depot she worked on the railroad as a switchman, and also worked at a confectionery factory. In addition, there was a needlewoman - with her own hands, with her little daughters, she made artificial flowers, boutonnieres, wedding (and not only) wreaths, which were sold even in Leningrad. Throughout her life she helped people and even cured diseases. Maria Andreevna was an incredible person with a strong spirit. She died on December 19, 2013, having lived for almost 92 years. She was buried in her historical homeland, in the city of Yalutorovsk, Tyumen region.

My grandmother Katya is 95 years old. Russian beautiful woman. A face with wrinkles that betray such a difficult life path behind his shoulders, kind eyes, hands folded in humility on his knees. She never condemned anyone, did not impose her opinion, she prayed fervently and sincerely for everyone. She was 17 when the war began. My father immediately went to the front. The elder sister followed. My grandmother was also eager to leave, but my mother would not let me in: “As I am alone with small children, I need an assistant,” she complained. There were five more children in the family, small is smaller. The tanks drove into the village of Staro-Mikhailovskoye without a fight, the German soldiers scattered to their homes in search of Russian soldiers and looting. Mother hid her grandmother and sister in the cellar, fearing violence from the daring Prussians, who felt they were masters in a foreign land. Having torn the lock into the cellar, the German saw two girls huddled together, trembling with fear. He looked into the frightened children's eyes and regretted, did not touch, apparently, he remembered his own. Fighting began on New Year's Eve. The snow turned scarlet, corpses lay everywhere. The village passed from hand to hand. To help the family, my grandmother got a job on the railway as a tanker for steam locomotives. Echelons of military personnel (military echelons) went to the front, taking away military equipment and artillery. The soldiers were transported in the same trains. When planes with a black cross appeared in the sky, they announced their barracks position. People were hiding from the bombing in barrels of water. Later, my grandmother with the same young girls blew up German trains. "Was it scary, grandma?" “Of course it's scary. People, guns - everything flew in different directions. But we covered our face with our hands so as not to damage the beauty (smiles). What endurance must one have to talk so calmly about these horrors of war ?! And at the same time not to become bitter, not to become embittered, to remain a loving mother, grandmother, great- and even great-great-grandmother. Later, my grandmother was transferred to work in the frontline zone in Kaluga, where she unloaded coal. The hardest work paid off in full: the ration was given out for all the young members of the family: a little flour, cereals, a handful of sugar, salt, matches, soap and mixed fat - a modest prosperity fed the whole family. In 43, during the retreat, the Germans burned entire villages behind them. The turn came to Staro-Mikhailovskaya. The distraught mother (my great-grandmother) jumped out of the hut and rushed barefoot through the snow towards the Germans, shouting in despair: "Pan, Sieben Kindern!" (Sir, seven children!). The German who was taken aback by such assertiveness, who had begun to set fire to our house, the last one in the village, retreated in shock, and did not finish his dirty deed. The house, burnt, but intact, served as a haven for the cold winter for an entire village. Our family was lucky: they survived the famine, my grandfather returned from the front wounded, but alive. And we, children of peacetime, every time we meet, we ask grandmother to tell about those distant times when the meaning of life was in life itself.

My grandfather - Khazheev Ivan Shanidaevich was born on 03/23/1920 in the village. Tatuy Ekhirit-Bulagatsky district of Irkutsk region. When he was 5 years old, his mother died. In 1929, his father and many other relatives were repressed, thus at the age of 9 he was left alone. From the age of 9, my grandfather worked in the commune, while working in the commune he studied in high school. In 1938 he entered the mathematics courses at the ISU, after these courses he entered the 3rd year of the workers' faculty. 06/24/1941 was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army as a private and sent to the artillery courses in the village. Antipikha of the Chita region. In December 1941, as part of a combined brigade, he was sent to the front, where he first participated in battles near Kalinin. In the first battle, the brigade repulsed 8 attacks in 5 hours of battle, but the Germans were able to surround the brigade and the brigade commander, Zhiganov, decided to break through to his own. Only 50 people left the encirclement. Later, the survivors were sent to the city of Likhoslavl, where the 270th Infantry Demidov Red Banner Division was formed. My grandfather received the rank of senior sergeant, at the same time he was appointed to the position of gun commander of the 810th artillery regiment in the 270 SDKD. In August 1942, 270 SDKD took up defensive positions along the left bank of the Don River. On January 16, 1943, a division as part of the 6th Guards Army, in which my grandfather fought, took part in the Ostrogzh-Rossoshan military operation. On January 29, 1943, the city of Stary Oskol was liberated, by 01/27/1943 the Ostrogzh-Rossoshan operation was completed, as a result of which 15 enemy divisions were destroyed and surrounded. On February 16, 1943, 270 SDKD was the first to enter the city of Kharkov and, together with other units of the Red Army, successfully liberated. In March 1943, the division fought stubborn battles in the area of ​​Poltava, was surrounded, in April-May 1943, withdrew from the encirclement. From July 17 to July 28, 1943, my grandfather took part in a grandiose battle - the Kursk Bulge in the Belgorod direction, on July 26, 1943 270 SDKD liberated the city of Belgorod, for which the Commander-in-Chief issued an order. On September 21, 1943, the city of Demidov was released, for which the 270 SDKD was named "Demidovskaya". Demidovs will break through everywhere No wonder he is different in battles, Demidov is proudly called His hardened part These verses are dedicated to 270 SDKD. Since the fall of 1943, my grandfather fought in Belarus, liberating such settlements as: Bolshie Zhary, Zvezda, Avdeevsky forest. On July 4, 1944, the city of Polotsk was liberated, for which 270 SDKD was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. On July 27, 1944, the city of Daugavpils and about 200 settlements in Latvia was liberated, participated in the defeat of the Kurland group of Germans. 05/09/1945 my grandfather met on the shores of the Baltic Sea. My grandfather went through the war from private to senior lieutenant - battery commander; from June 1941 to May 1945, he was twice shell-shocked, repeatedly wounded. Awards: 1) Order of the Red Star; 2) Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree; 3) Medal "For Military Merit"; 4) Medal "For Victory over Germany" 5) Has 3 commendations from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief My grandfather is a Hero!

Khramtsov Petr Ivanovich was born in the village of Sterkhovo, Sargatsky District, Omsk Region in 1914. Red Army soldier (private) of a separate tank destroyer division of the 58th separate rifle brigade of the 54th army of the Volkhov front. Called up in 1942 by the Sargat Military Commissariat of the Omsk region. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War II degree, medals, including "For the Defense of Leningrad", "For Victory over Germany." Participant in the military operation "Iskra" to break the blockade of Leningrad in 1942-1943. January 30, 1943 is the date of the end of Operation Iskra. The headquarters of the Supreme Command ordered the troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts to inflict "additional blows from the flanks" in order to encircle the enemy's MGinsko-Sinyavin grouping. According to the final plan of the offensive, starting from February 8, 1943, the 54th Army of the Volkhov Front from the Smerdyn area (Smerdynskaya offensive operation) delivered "flank strikes". Thus, on February 10, 1943, the Smerdynsk offensive operation began. Having broken through the enemy's defense sector between the Makaryevskaya Pustyn 'and Smerdynia, our units stumbled upon a well-planned second defensive zone saturated with engineering structures. Insufficient artillery support, terrain conditions affected the course of the offensive. Enemy reserves began to accumulate on the flanks. On February 14, 1943, reserves were thrown into the offensive: the 58th separate rifle brigade, numbering 5463 people, including Siberians and the 7th Guards Tank Brigade, which were combined into a mobile group. After February 16, the offensive of the entire strike group of the 54th Army was suspended. In response, the Germans launched a series of attacks from the flanks and along the Lezna River, cut off part of the units of the mobile group of Soviet troops. On the night of February 20-21, the encircled units of the 58th brigade made their way to the army units with huge losses. A little more than 100 people left the entourage. On February 20, the offensive of the 54th Army was suspended. Soviet troops went on the defensive. The 58th brigade was awarded the rank of the Guards. For 12 days, from 10 to 22 February 1943, this area became an absolute hell, our soldiers performed hundreds of feats, thousands of lives were given in the name of protecting Leningrad in the forests and swamps of the Tosno region. The fallen 58th separate rifle brigade of the 54th army of the Volkhov front, which took part in that operation, included private Petr Ivanovich Khramtsov. Khramtsov P.I. listed as missing in the period from 14 to 22 February 1943 in the Smerdyn area of ​​the Tosno district of the Leningrad region. Khramtsov P.I. On February 18, 1943, he received a shrapnel wound in his legs and was being treated in 2229 Surgical Field Mobile Hospital (HPPG). From the memoirs of P.I. Khramtsov, told by his daughter L.P. Parygina. “… Being on the battlefield after another attack at dusk on February 18 with broken legs among the dead, he believed death was not so much from blood loss as from freezing. Help came from a sanitary dog, who found me, alive, among the corpses, and saved me from death. There was no strength to bandage himself with bandages from the medical bag attached to the collar. He pulled out a special stick from the collar and put it in the dog's teeth. After a while, the dog brought me an orderly and then, in a harness, brought me to the medical center, then I got to the evacuation hospital ... ”.

Tsvetkov Konstantin Nikolaevich was born on August 1, 1895 in the village of Dektyanoe, Ryazan region. Born into the family of a Moscow nobleman. He studied at the Ryazan men's gymnasium, from which he graduated in 1913. In the same year he tried to enter the Moscow Agricultural Academy, but could not pass the exams and entered the law faculty of Moscow University. After studying for two years at the university, he was drafted into military service and sent to the student battalion (Moscow, Spassky barracks), and from there to the Vilna military school. In January 1916, he graduated from the school with the rank of ensign and was appointed a junior officer in the 201st infantry reserve regiment, which was stationed in the city of Yelets. Until November 1917, he fought on the North-Western Front as part of the 70th Ryazhsky Infantry Regiment of the 18th Infantry Division of the 14th Corps of the 5th Army in positions. In July 1919, he was appointed to the headquarters of the Southern Front, authorized for communications in the Voronezh fortified region. From June 1938 to July 1941, Colonel Tsvetkov taught at the L.M. Kaganovich Military Transport Academy, was: a senior teacher of firepower training, then a teacher and senior teacher of the tactics department. On July 2, 1941, he was appointed to the post of commander of the 27th separate brigade of the Northern, then the Leningrad front. At the beginning of November 1942, he was assigned to the active army - deputy commander of the 6th rifle division of the 10th reserve army of the Supreme High Command Headquarters. Upon recertification, in January 1943 he received the rank of colonel. Since February 1943, the division, as part of the 6th Army of the Southwestern Front, participated in the Kharkov offensive operation, in the liberation of the cities of Balakleya and Krasnograd. In May 1943, Colonel Tsvetkov was appointed commander of the 41st Guards Rifle Division, which he commanded until June 1947. The division under his leadership participated in the Battle of Kursk, the Belgorod-Kharkov offensive, the battle for the Dnieper, in the Kirovograd, then in the Korsun-Shevchenko offensive operations. He was badly wounded twice. On October 25, 1944, Colonel Tsvetkov K.N. was awarded the rank of Major General. Under the leadership of Major General Tsvetkov, the division took part in the Budapest and Vienna offensive operations. In August 1947, he became deputy head of the general tactics department of the S.M.Budyonny Military Academy of Communications. He died at the age of 53, from a heart attack while swimming on July 3, 1949. He was buried at the Bogoslovskoye Cemetery in Leningrad.

Tsarev Alexey Ignatievich was born on December 27, 1912 in the village of Anokhino, Nerekhtsky district, Kostroma region. In the early 30s, on a Komsomol ticket, he was sent to the construction of a new city - Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Then, when the Tsarev family moved to live in Sereda, Alexey Ignatievich enrolled in a construction brigade and was engaged in the construction of buildings in the city there. In June 1941, Tsarev A.I. was summoned to the Furmanovsky city military enlistment office. At first, he delivered summons to future soldiers. In July 1941, Tsarev A.I. They sent him to the front, his wife, pregnant with twins, Tsareva Varvara Ivanovna, with two young daughters, remained at home. During the war Tsarev A.I. was a sapper. Since August 28, 1941, with the rank of junior sergeant, he took part in the hostilities of the 1219th rifle regiment of the 185th rifle division as deputy political instructor. These were battles near the city of Rzhev, where about 1.5 million people were killed, wounded and taken prisoner. The detachment where Tsarev A.I. served was surrounded in the area of ​​the village of Stupino. Alexei Ignatievich was wounded in the leg and a shrapnel shell in the head, woke up already in a concentration camp. The news came to his relatives: “He disappeared without a trace in the battles near Rzhev. February 21, 1942 ". According to the documents, Tsarev A.AND. was in captivity from February 26, 1942 to May 15, 1945. After his release, Aleksey Ignatievich underwent a check, which lasted from June 12 to November 11, 1945. First Tsarev A.I. was in the camp of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 273 of the city of Yelsk, then worked in the bakery of the military unit P / p 67945. After checking, he was transferred to the 91st separate bridge-building battalion as the commander of the department, where he served until October 1946. Home Tsarev A.I. returned at the end of 1946. The exhaustion of his body was very strong, but his wife was able to leave him. And after the war, three more daughters were born in their family: Vera, Nadezhda and Lyubov. Alexei Ignatievich worked first as a fighter in the fire station number 17 in the city of Furmanov, then at the spinning and weaving factory number 2 as a repairman, assistant foreman, and in the last years of his life as a watchman. The former front-line soldier who shed blood on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War was awarded: the medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", the Order of the Patriotic War II degree, the badge "Front-line soldier 1941-1945", Zhukov's medal, jubilee medals. Tsarev A.I. passed away at 94 with his family.

Rank: Junior Lieutenant Type of Troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops Subdivision: 75th Infantry Division (1st formation) Tsukalov Ignat Romanovich was drafted into the Red Army in October 1936. From October 1936 to September 1938 - a Red Army soldier of the 6th local separate battalion of the 73rd Infantry Division of the Siberian Military District. From September 1938 to April 23, 1939 - a cadet of the Courses of Junior Lieutenants at the 21st Rifle Regiment of the 73rd Rifle Division of the Siberian Military District.On April 23, 1939 he was awarded the rank of Junior Lieutenant, until November 20, 1939 - the commander of a rifle platoon of the 21st Rifle Regiment of the 73rd rifle division. from November 20, 1939 to February 29, 1940 - commander of a rifle platoon of the 152nd rifle regiment of the 94th rifle division of the ZabVO. From  February 1940, by order of the People’s Commissariat of the USSR, he was assigned to the commander of the 115th rifle regiment of the 75th rifle division, appointed commander of the rifle platoon of the 6th rifle company of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 115th rifle regiment of the 75th rifle division. Member of the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 19, 1940, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star for courage and heroism shown in battles with the White Finns. He met the Great Patriotic War on June 22, 1941 as part of the 115th Infantry Regiment in the area of ​​the town of Malorita, Brest Region. He died on June 22-23, 1941, covering the retreat of units of the 115th Infantry Regiment in the area of ​​the Melovaya Gora tract (5 km south-west of Malorita). Was considered missing. Buried at the Mound of Glory near the Melovaya Gora.

Type of troops: the USSR Navy and the Naval Forces of the NKVD border troops. Tsvetkov Evgeny Grigorievich (03/18/1925 - 05/16/2012). Member of the Great Patriotic War, captain of the 1st rank, mechanical engineer, candidate of technical sciences. Was born in the village. Stoylovka, Vyazemsky District, Smolensk Region, then moved with his parents to Moscow, where he graduated from high school and met the war, worked at a defense plant. Then he entered the VVMIU named after Dzherzhinsky. On May 1, 1943, he took the military oath. In the period from 09.22.44 to 05.09.1945, he served in units that were part of the DKBF (Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet) and the Leningrad Front. Participant of the Victory Parade on June 24, 1945. After the war, a real Russian sailor - an officer without fear and reproach, the best of husbands and fathers served in the ranks of the Navy for more than 37 years, as in the war years, went on campaigns, including under the command the legendary Lunin (commander of b / h - 4 and b / h - 5 warships of the Navy), wrote more than 35 scientific papers, taught and headed the department at VVMURE named after Popova, was a senior assistant and a member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of the Navy of the USSR Ministry of Defense. 06/26/1980 retired and, until July 1994, continued to strengthen the defense capability of the Motherland at the posts of leading designers of OKTB "Start", "Orbit", "Perspektiva", MAIS, etc. He was marked by numerous letters of commendation and gratitude from the commanders of the Navy, ministers and deputy. ministers of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Awarded with orders: For service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd degree 15933 Ж № 446215 (04/30/1975); Patriotic War 2 nd degree N ° 362848 Order No. 6714870 (11.03.85). Medals: "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." L No. 0296994 * (17.01.47); "XXX years of the Soviet Army and Navy" (01.03.49); "For courage" d No. 9498828 (04.02.55); "For military valor" (15.04.70); "Twenty years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945." А No. 5620728 * (12.03.66); "For impeccable service in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 2nd degree (22.02.60); "For impeccable service in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 1st degree (65); "Thirty years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." (05/07/75); "Forty years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945." (09/01/85); "40 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (08.06.58); "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (23.02.68); "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (02.22.78); Commemorative jubilee medal "60 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45"; "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (02.88); "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (26.06.80); 50 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. "F No. 16305230 (22.03.95);" 60 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45. "A No. 7396850 (11.04.05);" 65 years of Victory in Great Patriotic War 1941-45 "A No. 4601507 (12.22.09); Zhukov's medal G No. 0691648 (02.19.96); medal" In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow "B No. 0951859; medal" 300 years of the Russian Fleet "A No. 0940372 (10.02.96); commemorative sign of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy "100 years to the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union N.G. Kuznetsov "Moscow 2004;" Veteran 1941-1945 "on May 9, 2000; badge" Veteran DKBF "(certificate No. 25702, 05/30/2000); public non-governmental medal" Centenary of the Russian Submarine Forces "; honorary badge of the Union of Seamen - Navy submariners in honor of the 50th anniversary of the nuclear submarine fleet of the Fatherland, etc.

Type of troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops Subdivision: 80th Infantry Division of the Order of Lenin named after the proletariat of Donbass In the fall of 1938, my father, Tsarevsky Ivan Trofimovich, was drafted into the army and sent to study in the Gorky military-political school, after which he was appointed political instructor in the 80th rifle division named after the proletariat of Donbass of the 6th army of the Kiev Special Military District. In May 1941 he was enrolled in the Kiev Military Academy, but did not have to study there. Already on June 18, the military unit was transferred to the western border by alarm at night. According to the order, exercises of the 6th Army were planned there. Father's rifle regiment met the beginning of the war on the outskirts of the city of Ternopil. With heavy fighting, the army retreated east towards Kiev. My father recalled that at that moment there was no support from tanks and aircraft, there were no modern weapons. The armament of the rifle regiment consisted of 2 light machine guns, 2 machine guns and rifles of the 1891 model. And with this weapon, retreating, the fighters showed heroism and courage. His father received his military award, the Order of the Red Banner, for the defeat of a Nazi column by a company near Vinnitsa. Our two armies, the 6th and 12th, in the Uman region, already practically without weapons, were surrounded in August 1941. Those who could not get out of the encirclement were captured. But in fierce battles, the enemy's advance was delayed for a long time. A few days before the complete encirclement, the father was seriously wounded and evacuated to the hospital. This is the only reason he survived, but at 24 he became disabled. Father is no longer, but the bitter memory of those 42 days of his terrible war - the medal "For the Defense of Kiev", the Order of the Red Banner and the Patriotic War - are kept in our family.

Tsugai Alexander Ivanovich born in 1911 during the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 worked in the gold mines of Siberia in the Kemerovo region, mined gold on the rivers Kundat and Berikul. Hundreds, thousands of Siberians wanted to go to the front, but at this difficult time for the country there was a special need for precious metal. Gold at all times is the main currency value of the state, and during the war the country especially needed it. And therefore, the main task for gold miners was formulated by the Soviet government extremely harshly: to extract the maximum possible amount of gold for the country's treasury! The precious metal was required by the USSR for the purchase of military equipment, food, medicine and much more from foreign countries. Since Tsugay A.I. was a very good prospector (gold miners were called prospectors for their efforts in gold mining), he was given a reservation, that is, exemption from service at the front. Reservations were given to highly qualified specialists and engineering and technical personnel of defense and strategically important industries and economies. Prospectors worked 12-14 hours a day, work was interrupted only for sleep and lunch. But no one complained about the difficult conditions, on the contrary, people felt a general patriotic enthusiasm and tried to work as best as possible. The plan was always overfulfilled. Conscientious and selfless work was appreciated: Alexander Ivanovich Tsugai was awarded the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945". This medal was established by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated June 6, 1945. Tsugay A.I. with his valiant and selfless work, he contributed to the victory of the Soviet Union over Germany in the Great Patriotic War.

Tsvetkova (Zhuchkova) Nina Timofeevna (03/16/1929 - 11/23/2015) Born, raised and studied in Moscow, on the Arbat. During the Great Patriotic War, she studied at school and worked in school training and production workshops for sewing uniforms for the army and in hospitals. After the Great Patriotic War, she worked in the Ministry of Communications and maternity hospital № 3 named after Gruerman as HR instructor and clerk. In 1950 she married a participant in the Great Patriotic War, naval officer Tsvetkov Yevgeny Grigorievich and left with him to his places of service. She lived with him in perfect harmony until his death, for over 62 years.

Family heirlooms: My great-great-grandfather - Tsymbal Grigory Anisimovich, was born in 1906 in the village of Pobiyna, Zhashkovsky district, Cherkasy region. And my great-grandmother, Tsymbal Varvara Akimovna, was born in 1911 in the city of Verkhneudinsk (later Ulan-Ude) of the Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the family of wealthy peasants Maria and Akim Kaidalov. She was the 13th child, the youngest daughter. Parents had a large farm, hired workers, since there were many children, and funds were needed to raise them. Akim was an officer of the tsarist army, so the whole family lived in the area of ​​the military unit. In the city, this area is still called Divisionnaya station, because the area was formed near a railway station with a military purpose. All this predetermined my grandmother's profession. She became a salesman in a store on the territory of a military unit, where she met Grigory Tsymbal. He served in Budyonny's cavalry division with the rank of major. In July 1936, Varvara Akimovna married Grigory Anisimovich. They had children, Gennady and Galina. Great-grandfather Grisha affectionately called his beloved Valyusha. It seemed to him that Varvara was a rude name, and Valya was gentle and affectionate. Soon Grigory was transferred to the service in the city of Grodno of the Belarusian Republic, where he moved with his family. Varvara got a job in a kindergarten as a teacher. They lived very amicably and happily, but soon the war began. Grigory was sent to the front, and Varvara, having gathered the children, was forced to flee from the Nazis from Grodno to her homeland in Verkhneudinsk. The journey home was long and terrible. The trains on which they traveled were bombed more than once. During one such German raid, she and her children took refuge under a bridge where a rivulet flowed. Taking two children in her arms, she stood for a long time in the icy water until everything calmed down. Her hands fell down from the weight themselves, but she was afraid to chill the children. Then they made their way to the nearest settlement for a long time to continue their way home. So Varvara and her children got home. Her mother, brothers and sisters lived in her homeland. She was able to return to her previous job, to trade. She worked as a salesman in a military trade department. Here she waited for the end of the war. But in 1943 the funeral came. Her beloved husband Grisha died in battle. In an unconscious state, Varvara tore up the funeral. In the archival data for the Republic of Buryatia, there is a record that my great-great-grandfather Grigory Anisimovich Tsymbal, died in battle on 11/12/1943 and was buried in the Ukraine in the city of Kanev. There is no data in our family about the awards of my great-great-grandfather. Only photographs and letters from the front have survived. These are our invaluable family heirlooms. Gregory was very fond of his family and tried to write to his relatives as often as possible. Letters are written with great love, beautiful handwriting. He wished both his wife and children good health, and asked to write him letters more often, as he misses them very much. Varvara Akimovna remained faithful to her husband. She did not marry again and gave all her love to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Until the end of her life, great-great-grandmother Varvara lived in our family. She always remembered the war, was afraid of hunger. She stored cereals and pasta in large quantities, as well as salt and matches, they were in every closet. These were stocks for a rainy day. Great-grandmother Varya never cried. She said that she cried all the tears during the war. Now I understand what she had to go through ... In 1998, my grandmother died. But the memory of her, of her husband Grisha, of their great and faithful love is passed on in our family from generation to generation. Their military and labor feat and thousands more like them gave us the opportunity to live and be happy. My parents gave me the beautiful name Varvara in honor of my great-great-grandmother. Years will pass, but I will never forget my great-great-grandmother Varya and great-great-grandfather Grisha.

Rank: Junior Sergeant. Type of troops: artillery. Subdivision: 339 rifle Rostov-Taman Brandenburg Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division. In 1934, at the age of 16, he came to the Gidropribor plant in Feodosia and worked as a mechanic. In the fall of 1941, when the Germans approached Feodosia, the plant had to be urgently evacuated. Grigory Mikhailovich took part in the evacuation, but did not have time to evacuate himself, so he was forced to leave for the podillia. In April 1944, after the liberation of Feodosia from the fascist invaders, he was drafted to serve in the Red Army. He served on the 1st Belorussian Front of the 339th Infantry Division. Grigory Mikhailovich participated in the Great Patriotic War from May 10, 1944 to May 9, 1945 as part of the 1133 rifle regiment in a breakthrough on the river. Vistula, crossing the river Oder, in a breakthrough on the river Oder, in the liquidation of the fascist group in the south-east of Berlin, was wounded in the head during the fighting (02/06/1945). For participation in hostilities he was awarded two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, medals "For the capture of Berlin", "For the liberation of Warsaw", "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." Had four thanks to Stalin. Demobilized from the Soviet Army in June 1946. Immediately after demobilization, he returned to the Gidropribor plant, where he worked until his retirement in 1980. For many years of impeccable work and active social activity, he was awarded the honorary title of Veteran of Labor in 1972. Throughout his career, Grigory Mikhailovich was awarded numerous certificates, labor medals, medals for the anniversary dates of the Great Patriotic War.

Title: Military jurist of the 1st rank Type of troops: Military-legal staff Tsallagov Boris Vladimirovich, on August 25, 1941, being in his 3rd year, he volunteered for the front and, in the direction of the Smolninsky military registration and enlistment office, was assigned to the Karelian Front, as a trainee military investigator of the prosecutor's office of the 14 Army. The troops of the 14th Army of the Karelian Front fought, at that time, heavy defensive battles, repelling the frenzied onslaught of Hitler's troops in the Arctic, in the Murmansk direction. After 2 months of service, he worked independently as a military investigator of the 52nd rifle division, which operated in the most important direction to cover Murmansk. In January 1942, the 72nd Separate Marine Rifle Brigade and B.V. Tsallagov was appointed military investigator of the prosecutor's office of this brigade, participated in the Murmansk operation in the spring of 1942, and then in stubborn defensive battles on the Zapadnaya Litsa River. The year 1944 has come, the year of decisive victories, the year of the expulsion of the fascists from the territory of Soviet Karelia. BV Tsallagov was awarded the military rank - "Major of Justice" and he was appointed military prosecutor of the 21st Perm Red Banner Infantry Division. As part of this division, dad took part in offensive battles in the Murmansk direction, in expelling the enemy from the Soviet Arctic. Our troops fought to advance to the west up to 120 km, reached the border with Finland. In these days Tsallagov B.V. was awarded the Order of the "Red Star". At the beginning of November, the 21st rifle division, consisting of the 133rd rifle corps, was loaded into the echelon and arrived in Romania, where it entered the battle. In February 1945, 21 rifle divisions were sent to the III Ukrainian Front in Hungary. Father takes part in fierce battles in the area of ​​Lake Balaton, the cities of Szekesfehervar, Veszprem, Szombathely. Bright Day of Victory Tsallagov B.V. met in Austria.