Heroes and feats — photos, page 235

Zaitseva Anna Fedorovna was born on November 14, 1903, in the village of Yurasovo, Glushkovsky district, Kursk region. Previously, there were more than 200 households in this village, but now there is almost no one left there - the village actually does not exist. Earlier in the village of Yurasovo there was the central estate of the Iskra collective farm, in which Anna Fedorovna Zaitseva has worked since the day of its foundation. During the Great Patriotic War, she, like hundreds of her fellow villagers, worked in a field-crop brigade and cultivated fields with sugar beets, grew grain crops - moreover, the front line was next to the village, passed along the Seim River. For some time, part of the Glushkovsky district was occupied by the Nazi troops - and the inhabitants of the village of Yurasovo helped the partisans as much as they could. The collective farmers who managed to evacuate worked in the fields in the unoccupied part of the Kursk region. Almost all of the harvest went to the needs of the front, the collective farmers had only a small portion for food, presented as "workdays". And after the end of the Great Patriotic War, it was not easy, Anna Fedorovna, together with her fellow countrymen, worked from morning till night, helping to restore the national economy destroyed by the war. Later, in the 50s, when the country had already recovered from the consequences of the war, it became easier on the collective farm, it was not necessary to work from dawn to dawn, almost without days off and holidays. Anna Fedorovna worked at the Iskra collective farm until her retirement in 1972, after retiring to a well-deserved rest, devoting herself to her family and raising her grandchildren. Anna Fyodorovna Zaitseva died on July 2, 1986, at the age of 83 - and the fate of this modest, hardworking, kind and selfless woman, like thousands of her fellow countrymen, ordinary rural workers, is an example of everyday labor feat ...

Zernin Sergei Matveevich

Zernin Sergey Matveyevich (10/17/1912 - 01/25/1989) Hero of the Soviet Union. Born on October 30, 1912 in the village of Voznesenka. He graduated from four classes of a rural school. He worked as a tractor driver at the Uisk state farm. From the mid-1930s he lived in the village of Kryzhanovka, where he worked as a tractor driver and combine operator on the collective farm "May Day" of the Larinsky village council of the Uisk district (until 1932). In 1932-1935 he worked at the Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant in the steel workshop. After completing the combine harvester courses in Verkhneuralsk (1936), he was an assistant foreman. In the Red Army since July 1941, in the active army since November 1941. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1943. The gun commander of the 227th artillery regiment (70th Infantry Division, 43rd Army, 3rd Belorussian Front) Sergeant Sergei Zernin in the battles for Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad) with the calculation of his own gun, on April 5-9, 1945, destroyed 3 guns, 4 easel and light machine guns with crews, 2 observation posts, 2 vehicles with military cargo, up to two companies of enemy infantry, which contributed to the successful advancement of rifle units. On April 9, the enemy counterattacked the artillery positions. The gun crew was out of action, and the commander was wounded, but did not leave the battlefield. Standing at the gun, he fired until a counterattack was repelled. After the war he was demobilized, returned to his homeland and lived in the village of Kryzhanovka. He worked as a gamekeeper, was elected chairman of the village council, was the party organizer of the branch of the state farm "Kundravinsky". He died on January 18, 1989, and was buried in the village of Kryzhanovka, Chebarkul District, Chelyabinsk Region The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded on April 19, 1945. Awarded: the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree and medals: "For Courage" and "For the Defense of Moscow".

Zavtrikov Ivan Afanasevich

Ivan Afanasyevich Zavtrikov was born on May 25, 1939, in the village of Drazhnya, Svetlogorsk District, Gomel Region, Byelorussian SSR. During the Great Patriotic War, as a child, Ivan Zavtrikov ended up in the Nazi concentration camp "Ozarichi". From the memoirs of Ivan Afanasyevich: “The war, the Nazi concentration camp, liberation, refugee and the subsequent events of my life were reflected in my memory in separate fragments - and as I grew older, subsequent events became more complete and concise. At first the Germans drove us around and locked us in a barn, apparently were ready to burn us. But then for some reason the barn opened, everyone was pushed out into the street and chased somewhere. Nobody knew where. Along the way, those who fell from exhaustion and could not get up were shot. We ended up in a concentration camp, which was located on an island in the Pinsk swamps (Belarus). Logs were laid for the passage to this island. Those who stumbled and fell into the quagmire could not get out. Those who tried to help were shot ... The liberation of the prisoners of the Ozarichi concentration camp took place after the start of Operation Bagration - the operation to liberate Belarus.

Zlobin Alexander Mikhailovich

Alexander Mikhailovich Zlobin was born on September 1, 1922 in Moscow on Krasnaya Presnya in the family of a housewife and a working printing house. In 1940 he graduated from ten classes. In September he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. He served in Mongolia, received the specialty of a signalman. On June 21, 1941, an order was received to send him to the Higher Military Artillery School in the city of Kemerovo. And on June 22, the Great Patriotic War began. On February 3, 1942, he was sent to the active army. He took part in the battle for Voronezh, was wounded and was discharged. He was awarded the Order of Glory.

Zyabtsev Alexander Petrovich

Zyabtsev Alexander Petrovich, was born on August 21, 1925 in the village of Korovino, Semenovsky village council, Vichugsky district, Ivanovo region. In 1940, Alexander Petrovich graduated from a 7-year school in the city of Vichuga, Ivanovo region. After leaving school, in the pre-war period, he worked as a turner at the Vichugsky machine-building plant. On March 23, 1943, at the age of 17, A.P. Zyabtsev was drafted into active military service and sent to the 2nd mortar regiment, located in the area of the city of Gorokhovets, Gorky region, where he served as a radio operator. From July to December 1943, Alexander Petrovich was a cadet of the 47th Reserve Artillery Regiment. In December 1943, he was sent to the front in the 122nd Rifle Corps as the commander of the radio department, where he served until the end of the Great Patriotic War. During the hostilities, Alexander Petrovich was directly involved in the liberation of the blockade of the city of Leningrad, as well as other cities of the Soviet Union and Europe from the Nazi invaders. For participation in hostilities Zyabtsev A.P. was awarded with combat medals: "For Military Merit", "For the Defense of Leningrad", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", as well as the Order of the Great Patriotic War of the 1st degree, jubilee medals and badges. After the end of the war Zyabtsev A.P. continued to serve in the Soviet army as a radio department commander in the 610th artillery brigade in the city of Omsk and military unit 67777 in the city of Novosibirsk. On March 22, 1950 he was demobilized. Returning to his small homeland, he got a job at the Vichugskaya Spinning and Weaving Factory named after N.R. Shagov, where he worked in various positions: weaving assistant to the foreman, commodity manager of the supply department, head of the sales department, head of the transport department. In 1965 Zyabtsev A.P. graduated from the Vichugsky evening textile technical school, specializing in weaving. He worked at a textile enterprise until his well-deserved retirement, was an exemplary family man. Alexander Petrovich has always been a true patriot of his homeland, he infinitely loved his large family, Russian nature, hunting and passed this love on to his children and grandchildren. Zyabtsev A.P. passed away on June 25, 2012 at the age of 86.

Zakharov Alexey Arkhipovich

Alexey Zakharov was born on April 15, 1923 in the village of Otyassy, Sosnovsky District, Tambov Region. As a young guy, Alexey wrote a statement asking him to send him to the front as a volunteer. Private Zakharov Alexey Arkhipovich was enlisted in the 78th Guards Engineer Battalion. From the first days of the front, Alexei Arkhipovich proved himself to be a brave fighter and a loyal comrade. He received his first baptism of fire in August 1942 on the Don River. A resourceful fighter in the defense of Stalingrad showed himself heroically. Alexey Arkhipovich from the first days of the war was held in high esteem and respect by the command of the unit. At home, in his native village, his parents, three sisters and two brothers were waiting for news from Alexei. In one of his letters, Alexei wrote the following words: “You write why I don’t feel sorry for myself? But they beat cowards more than brave ones. I am always ready to give my life for the Motherland! " After Stalingrad there was the Dnieper. The enemy was firmly established on the right bank, creating a powerful defense there. The Red Army men were tasked with crossing the river, seizing a bridgehead and developing an offensive. Guard Private Alexei Zakharov, under heavy machine gun and mortar fire, made 18 boat trips, ferrying more than 200 soldiers and officers. On the way back he took the wounded. Alexey Arkhipovich showed great ingenuity, courage and courage. But he was then 20 years old. By his example, he drew other Red Army soldiers along with him. They forced the Dnieper and began to beat the enemy further. The government highly appreciated his military achievements. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated January 10, 1944, Komsomol member Alexei Arkhipovich Zakharov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. The war continued. Soldier Zakharov Alexey Arkhipovich in February 1944 receives an important assignment. It was necessary to penetrate into the rear of the enemy, to clarify the forces of the enemy. Returning with the completed assignment, Alexey decided to go to the village of Skitsy, Lipovetsky district, Vinnytsia region, to the house of a local teacher, warm up and take food for his fighters. The teacher's neighbor was a policeman. He quickly informed the Germans about the guest. The Nazis seized the Red Army man and shot him in the moat.

Zaitsev Vasily Grigorievich

Great-grandfather, Zaitsev Vasily Grigorievich, was born into a peasant family. During the Great Patriotic War, he was a sniper of the 1047th Infantry Regiment of the 284th Infantry Division of the 62nd Army of the Stalingrad Front, junior lieutenant. Already in the first battles with the enemy, Zaitsev showed himself to be an outstanding shooter. As a reward, along with the medal "For Courage" he received a sniper rifle. By that time, from a simple "three-line" Zaitsev had killed 32 Nazis. Soon they started talking about him in the regiment, division, army. Zaitsev combined all the qualities inherent in a sniper - visual acuity, sensitive hearing, endurance, composure, endurance, military cunning. He knew how to choose the best positions, to mask them; usually hid from the Nazis where they could not even imagine a Soviet sniper. The renowned sniper beat the enemy mercilessly. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 22, 1943, Junior Lieutenant Vasily Grigorievich Zaitsev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal for courage and military valor shown in battles with the Nazi invaders. Throughout the war, V.G. Zaitsev served in the army, in the ranks of which he began his military career, headed the school. Died on December 15, 1991. He was buried in Kiev, at the Lukyanovskoye military cemetery, although his last wish was to be buried in the Stalingrad land, which he defended. On January 31, 2006, the ashes of Vasily Grigorievich Zaitsev were transported to the hero city of Volgograd, and solemnly reburied at Mamayev Kurgan. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, and medals. By the decision of the Volgograd City Council of People's Deputies of May 7, 1980, he was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of the Hero City of Volgograd" for special services shown in the defense of the city and the defeat of the Nazi troop

Zemlyansky Alexander Ivanovich

Zalyalov Iman Sagetdinovich

Zalyalov Iman Sagitdinovich (Sagdinovich - error in the metric of my mother) (error in metric data on the Internet - Sardinovich), born in 1925, native of the Autonomous Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic - Tatrespublika (now Tatarstan), Tukaevsky district, village Turnutash; Place of call - Voroshilovsky Military Commissariat, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Voroshilovsky district ;. Position - shooter (according to some documents - machine gunner); Front line: in the Red Army since July 1943 (enlisting), in the Patriotic War since November 1943, January 1944 - took part in the Crimean offensive operation, In the Crimean offensive operation of 1944, the 2nd Guards Rifle Taman Red Banner Order of Suvorov, a division named after MI Kalinin, fought as part of the Primorsky Army. In January-February 1944, the division liberated Kerch. Kerch became the arena of fierce battles between Soviet and German troops. The front line passed through Kerch four times, and on April 15, 1944, units of the division occupied Alushta. As a result of the liberation of Crimea, the threat to the southern wing of the Soviet-German front was removed, and the main naval base of the Black Sea Fleet - Sevastopol - was returned. Having recaptured Crimea, the Soviet Union regained full control over the Black Sea, which sharply shook the position of Germany in Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria.

Zykov Leonid Kupriyanovich

In the war from June 22, 1941, at the age of nineteen he went to the front, went through the whole war, and another year after the war he was the commandant of a city in western Ukraine. Skill, courage and courage are his qualities manifested in battles. He fought on the North-Western Front and by personal example inspired the fighters to feats, personally destroyed up to 10 German soldiers and a firing point in one battle. March 12, 1945 with a strong onslaught of the enemy in the area of st. Ziychiuyfalu, being on the defensive with his platoon on the open flank, showed steadfastness and endurance, delaying the retreating infantry, forced it to dig in in its battle formations and take part in repelling the enemy who was entering the flank. Thanks to the skillful organization of fire and endurance, the enemy was thrown back with losses. The order of the command was carried out, the threatening situation was eliminated. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star. And in the period from 04/04/45 to 04/07/45. organized the correct defense of the platoon, in spite of the unfavorable terrain, completed the combat mission and organized the interaction of fire when repelling enemy attacks. He himself was personally directly in the main formations of the platoon, thereby ensuring the repulsion of the enemy's counter-attack. Despite the injury, in the difficult time of the battle he did not leave the battlefield, but continued to fight until the enemy withdrew to his positions. Platoon Zykov L.K. was always ahead, destroying a large number of German soldiers and firing points. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree on April 15, 1945.

Zakharov Alexey Leontievich

Born on 11/10/1920 in the village. Bolshoy Bugodak of the Verkhneuralsky district of the Chelyabinsk region. My grandfather was drafted to the front on May 20, 1942 at the age of 22. He served in the 116th Guards Separate Signal Battalion as a line supervisor, where he was awarded on 08.21.1943 - "Order of the Patriotic War, II degree." The feat that he accomplished, I accidentally found in old clippings of army papers: “The brave and brave fighter Zakharov, even during the Corps' spontaneous operations, repeatedly restored communications under enemy fire. On August 4, 1943, at 6:30 pm, the enemy with heavy artillery fire at the edge of the forest, south-west of Avdeevka, Smolensk region, damaged the communication line in several places. Comrade Zakharov was the first to run out to correct the line, without waiting for the ceasefire. While correcting the line, he fell under the bombing of enemy aircraft and was wounded in the head by shrapnel. Overcoming the pain and not paying attention to the flowing blood, he continued to restore communication in his area. Only then did he accept first aid, but refused to evacuate to the hospital, and began to watch the phone. This provided a stable connection. " After this feat, my grandfather went to the hospital. From the hospital he was assigned to the 517th Infantry of the Order of Alexander Nevsky. Regiment of the 116th Red Banner Infantry Division. The gunner of a tank machine gun of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, was awarded the medal "For valour" on 18.02.1945. For the fact that he was in the battle near the village of Gabalyne, the Priekule region of the Latvian SSR, quickly moved forward with a machine gun, he destroyed 4 German soldiers and an enemy light machine gun with machine-gun fire. My grandfather told me that he fought next to the battalion in which A. Matrosov served, and when Matrosov accomplished his feat (he rushed to the bunker and closed the embrasure with his body), Matrosov's battalion broke through, and the battalion where my grandfather fought was surrounded by three We were without food or water for days, and when they broke out of the encirclement, one of the colleagues ate bread and died of volvulus. Of course, this is very scary, and therefore my grandfather did not like to talk about the war. My grandfather met the victory in Latvia. On October 29, 1945 he returned home to his native village.

Zyulkovsky Vasily Afanasevich

Vasily Zyulkovsky was born on January 14, 1913 in the village of Topaly (now the Kotovsky district of the Odessa region of Ukraine). In 1936-1938 he served in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, graduated from a military school. In 1940, Zyulkovsky was re-drafted into the army .. He took part in battles on the South, South-West, North Caucasian, Donskoy, 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian fronts. Participated in the defense of Odessa, the battle for the Caucasus, the Battle of Stalingrad, the liberation of the Ukrainian and Moldavian SSR, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Austria. During the war, he was wounded 8 times, 3 of which were severe. By November 1944, Guard Captain Vasily Zyulkovsky served in the 341st Separate Sapper Battalion of the 233rd Infantry Division. Distinguished himself during the crossing of the Danube [1]. On the night of 5-6 November 1944, Zyulkovsky, at the head of a group of fighters under enemy fire, crossed the Danube near the city of Vatina. Zyulkovsky's group successfully conducted reconnaissance and captured a bridgehead on the opposite bank, knocking the enemy out of the trench he occupied. After the approach of the advanced units of the division, Zyulkovsky returned to command and reported the results of reconnaissance, thanks to which he was able to make the right decision about the crossing. At one of the nearby quays, Zyulkovsky's group found 7 barges, 3 boats and 45 boats. Thanks to this, it was able to ferry 2 rifle regiments, 1 anti-tank battalion and 1 mortar regiment. When the battalion commander died on November 12 and a divisional engineer was seriously wounded, Zyulkovsky replaced both of them, ensuring the successful crossing of the 75th Rifle Corps units. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on March 24, 1945, Captain Vasily Zyulkovsky was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the presentation of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal numbered 5453. In 1946 Zyulkovsky was transferred to the reserve. He lived in Sochi, then in Kotovsk and Balashov, worked in the catering systems of these cities. Died July 9, 1966

Zubikov Nikolay Grigorievich

Zubikov Nikolai Grigorievich beat the Nazis, fought with Japan. He went to the front as a very young guy. He fought honestly, was brave and courageous, as evidenced by his awards. Nikolai Grigorievich did not really like to remember the war. These were hard memories. The first days of the war were especially hard and terrible. The young guys were terribly afraid of bombing. They huddled in a heap and shouted, calling for mom for help. There were so many dead that it seemed that there were no longer any living. All around the dead, the wounded, and the Nazis beat and beat. It is impossible to get used to this horror. But there were few traitors. Russian people are strong and it is difficult to break their will. It is terrible to imagine how many people who were expected at home died. It is especially a pity, Nikolai Grigorievich recalled, that the boys were still beardless. They would have to live and live, create families, raise children, but they were left to lie in the damp earth. In between battles, soldiers wrote letters to their relatives, remembering their home and cursing the war. It's scary when a letter comes to a soldier, and he is no longer alive. Every day they were afraid that they would kill, but no one wanted to die. The soldiers fought bravely, because they wanted to knock out the fascists from our land as soon as possible, return home and live peacefully ... The soldiers did not survive, they could not bear it: it was cold, at times, and hungry ... It was especially hard in autumn when it rained and frosty. Sometimes it went cold and wet for several days. But they tried to support each other: share tobacco, crackers, make a joke. The soldier reached victory and for a long time could not believe that he was alive, that there was no more war. After the war, my grandfather worked in Krivoshchekovo, and soon met his love - Maria Fyodorovna. He said that it was love at first sight and for life. Red-faced, with a long luxurious braid - how not to fall in love! They started a family, raised three children. They lived together, had fun, and were always at work. They had awards for valiant work.

Zarubin Andrey Vasilievich

Andrei Vasilievich Zarubin went to the front at the age of seventeen in 1943. He took part in the battles during the liberation of Hungary. He served in the 135th tank brigade as a mechanic - driver of the T-34-85 tank. 01/27/1945 burned down in a tank in the area of the Pettend manor's yard south-west of Budapest. The offensive of the 23rd Panzer Corps began at 10:00 on 27 January. At first, the 135th Panzer Brigade achieved the greatest success, breaking into the Pettend courtyards at 11:00. However, the Germans did not tolerate the capture of the key stronghold, at the base of their wedge driven into the Soviet defense, and fiercely counterattacked. The biggest nuisance for Soviet tank crews in Pettend was the "Royal Tigers". The 509th heavy tank battalion was withdrawn to Shergeliesh for recovery and rest. The news of the Soviet counteroffensive forced 3 tanks to be thrown into battle, later the battalion commander's car joined them. Infantry support was provided by the Norwegians from the "Norge". The slow "Tigers" rarely kept up on the battlefield in the first hours of repelling counter-attacks, but they were still found near the edge of the tank wedge. On the contrary, the 151st Infantry Division, which was supposed to advance on Pettend together with the 135th Brigade, did not approach in time and remained in the area of Kayaso st. Peter. During a two-hour heavy battle, the 135th Tank Brigade lost a significant part of its combat vehicles and was forced to retreat to its original positions. This is one of the few confirmed episodes of the effective use of the Royal Tigers in battle. Crews of four. German heavy tanks, 41 Soviet tanks were destroyed. According to the list of irrecoverable losses, the 135th brigade lost 27 T-34 tanks burned out at Pettend on January 27. This is the only information that we managed to find out about those events that took place in that distant 1945.

Zykov Grigory Mikhailovich

Zykov Grigory Mikhailovich was born in 1909. A native of the Likhovidovsky farm in the village of Veshenskaya, Rostov region. Grigory Mikhailovich was a prose writer, one of the oldest members of the literary association "Martin". At one time he graduated from the second stage school in the village of Veshenskaya, then the philological faculty of the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute in 1938. He taught Russian language and literature in the Veshensky District, the Kuibyshev Suvorov School, schools No. 8 and No. 9 of Zlatoust, and at the Zlatoust Pedagogical School (since 1940). During the war years, Grigory Mikhailovich published his first stories on the pages of Bolshevik Slovo (Zlatoust), Red Fighter (Sverdlovsk), To Defense of the Motherland (Ussuriisk). He wrote over a hundred stories and essays, sketches, which were published in the newspapers of the Don, Siberia, the Far East and the Urals, in the army press. She is the author of methodological articles - in the journal "Russian language at school", in the textbook "Modern Russian language". Grigory Mikhailovich - participant of the Great Patriotic War, awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, nine medals. A small addition - Grigory Mikhailovich, was personally acquainted with the family of the Soviet writer Sholokhov. He studied in a literary circle, which was led by Sholokhov himself. He named his son Alexander in honor of one of his brothers, who died in the war young, not having time to create his own family.