Heroes and feats

Arkady Afanasievich Safronov, born 1919, M. Khokhly village. He was conscripted to the army in 1939, Mishkino. Senior Sergeant, 76mm gun commander, 70th machine gun and artillery battalion. Awarded with medals. Demobilized 3.06.1946. Secretary of the Khokhlovsky Village Council (1938-1939, 1946-1954), Chairman of the Masleyiskoye Village Council (1954-1973). Left for Chelyabinsk.

Сафронов Аркадий Афанасьевич, родился 1919г., д. М.Хохлы. Призван в армию 1939г., Мишкино. Ст. сержант, командир 76-мм орудия, 70 пулеметно-артиллерийский батальон. Награждён медалями. Демобилизован 3.06.1946г. Секретарь Хохловского сельсовета(1938-1939гг., 1946-1954гг.), председатель Маслейского сельсовета(1954-1973гг.). Уехал в Челябинск.

Nikolai Afanasievich Safronov, born 1922, M. Khokhly village. Graduated from the Mishkin Pedagogical School in 1940, 1st Leningrad Artillery School. Lieutenant, commander of the firing platoon (41). Captain, Commander of the Artillery Division (45). He fought on the North-Western, Volkhov, Leningrad and 3rd Baltic fronts. Wounded three times. Awarded the Order of the Great Patriotic War of the 1st degree, Red Star, medals. Graduated from the Higher Officer Artillery School. Lieutenant Colonel of the reserve (1959). Head of Civil Defense at the plant, Baranovichi city.

Pavel Afanasievich Safronov, born 1907, M. Khokhly village. Since 1929, he graduated from the military aviation school No. 2 (Volsk city). Pilot of the Society for Assistance to Defense and Aviation and Chemical Construction of the USSR in Chelyabinsk. Senior Lieutenant, Deputy Battery Commander, 113th Artillery Regiment, 56th Rifle Division, Leningrad Front. Wounded. Awarded with the Order of the Red Star, medals. Lecturer of military science and physical education at the Chelyabinsk Engineering Technical School. Instructor of the “Ready to Work and Defense the USSR” club at the Ordzhonikidze plant. Senior Instructor of the “Ready to Work and Defense the USSR” club at the Palace of Sports of the Chelyabinsk Pipe Plant. Died 1983, Chelyabinsk.

Marifin Ivan Sergeyevich, born 28.06.1924, Pletni village. Conscripted to the Army 28.07.1942, Kirovo. Guards common soldier, tank loader on "ISU-152" self-propelled gun, 399 guards self-propelled artillery Proskurovsky regiment. Wounded 19.07.1944, west of the village of Dobrachyn, Sokalsky district, Lvov region. Was awarded with the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, the medal "For the capture of Berlin", etc. Tractor operator of the collective farm "Siberia".

The text accompanying the photographs describes the time and place where they were taken.

Germany, General Colonel Sarkis Martirosyan and Red Army officers

In the photo, Lieutenant Sergo or Sergey Gemdzhyan (Gemdzhan). He died defending Moscow in December 1941. He was buried in a mass grave near the village of Nedelnoe, Maloyaroslavets district.

The photographs show the General Colonel K. Koroteev, Commander of the 52nd Army and General Major S. Martirosyan, Germany, winter 1945, Raake village

Nikolay Andreyevich Sevostyanov, Senior Sergeant. Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad, many other awards.

Ivan Gavrilovich Selivanov, Lieutenant. Order of the Red Star.

Nikolay Alexandrovich Sorokopytov. Nikolai Sorokopytov fought on a Baltic Fleet ship as a senior Red Navy officer and was the commander of the Motorists Department.

Sokhin Alexey Ignatievich 7 years worked in the department of private security, 20 years in the department of internal affairs in the Bolotninsky district.

Raw Lazar Timofeyevich, junior sergeant. Order of the Red Star, medals: "For the Battle of Stalingrad", "For the Liberation of Budapest", "For the capture of Berlin" and others. In addition, he received 30 Acknowledgements from Commander-in-Chief I.Stalin.

Born in 1924 in the village of Shipulino, Epifany district, Tula region. On July 5, 1941 he voluntarily joined the Moscow militia. Graduated from tank school. He fought near Yelnia and Tula, Alexin and Kaluga, took part in the battles near Moscow, Stalingrad, on the Kursk Bulge, stormed Berlin. He was wounded three times. After the war he lived and worked in the city of Donskoy (Tula Region). For many years he headed the council of war and labour veterans of the Donskoy city. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the First class of the Patriotic War, medals. Honoured School Teacher of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1981), Honoured Citizen of the Donskoy City (1994).