Heroes and feats

Николай Николаевич Жуков. Впоследствии Народный художник СССР, лауреат Государственных премий, руководитель Студии военных художников имени М.Б.Грекова.Фото сделано на Калининском фронте.Передано в музей из семейного архива Жуковых.

Peter Kononov at the truck. Born in December 1925 in the Voronezh Region, Nikitovsky District, village of Palatovo. He was drafted into the Red Army in April 1943 by the Karasuk District Military Commissariat. After 3 months of training in Gorky, he received a driver's license of the 3rd class. He spent his entire combat service until the end of the war in the 1719 Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment as a driver of an anti-aircraft machine gun company.

Vasily Gladkov was born on April 10, 1898 in a peasant family. After graduation, he worked as a repair man for the railway depot of the Morozovskaya station. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 17, 1943, he was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star Medal (#2180) for capturing the bridgehead on the Kerch Peninsula and displaying courage and heroism.

Pyotr Nikolayevich Snegovsky, radio operator and machine gunner of the T-34 tank of the Glukhovo-Rechensky awarded with the Order of Lenin, Red Banner and the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class, tank brigade. Oschatz, Germany (topic: military hardware)

Semyon Belyaevsky was born on February 3, 1913 in the village of Shiroko-Atamanovsky of the Don Army Region, now Morozovsky District of the Rostov Region The platoon leader of the 100th Guards Rifle Regiment Guards Lieutenant Belyaevsky, distinguished himself on August 1, 1944 when crossing the Vistula River South of Magnuszew (Poland). The platoon captured a bridgehead on the left bank and facilitated the crossing of the regiment's units. Belyaevsky was wounded, but continued to manage the battle. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945, he was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star Medal.

Efim Istomin was born on September 13, 1924 in the farm Sibirki Morozovsky District of the Rostov Region. The leader of a rifle platoon of the 187th Regiment of the 61st Guards Rifle Division, on September 26, 1943 Istomin was one of the first to cross the Dnieper River with his platoon and fearlessly launched an attack. The platoon destroyed thirty enemy soldiers with machine gun fire and hand grenades, and captured seven fascists. For the feat on the Dnieper, Second Lieutenant Efim Istomin was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union on March 19, 1944.

Garlic.A. A Major Garlic.1939-1947

Semyon Nikolaenko with his fellow soldiers at 120 mm mortar. Neuruten. Germany. He was drafted into the Red Army in January 1943. Graduated from Junior Commanders' School. Guard Sergeant Major, mortar commander Nikolaenko as a member of the military detachment #77185 participated in the liberation of Belarus, Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, and the capture of Berlin.

Mikhail Kotelnikov was born in 1923 in the Russian-Vlasovsky farm of the Morozovsky District of the Rostov Region in a peasant family. On October 1, 1943, the platoon leader of the 529th Rifle Regiment, Second Lieutenant Kotelnikov, under enemy fire, moved his platoon to the right Bank of the Dnieper River near the village of Lyutezh in the Vyshgorod District of the Kiev Region. Having occupied the enemy's advanced trenches, he held the bridgehead, ensuring the company's crossing. After the commander was wounded, he took command of the company. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 29, 1943, Lieutenant Kotelnikov was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union.

Participant of the great Patriotic war Habibulin Gabdula Ibragimovich (in the foreground, the fourth from left to right-near the machine gun) with his comrades. Sixteen soldiers are sitting in military uniforms and, two machine guns are standing next to them. The picture was taken in Bulgaria, in the city of Pernik.

Ivan Zhelezko among the cadets (second in the second row on the right). After the sanative battalion, the command sent Ivan to the Leningrad School to study to become a Deputy Commander for Political Affairs. May 22, 1943, Leningrad

Vasily Merchanskiy was born in 1924 in the village of Kozinka in the Morozovsky District of the Rostov Region to a peasant family Gun commander of the 134th Artillery Regiment (172nd Rifle Division, 13th Army, 1st Ukrainian Front). When crossing the Oder River, on January 28-29, 1945, with his crew, he repelled eight enemy counterattacks, destroyed about 150 soldiers and officers and an armored personnel carrier. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 10, 1945, Sergeant Major Vasily Merchanskiy was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union for his courage, bravery and heroism in the fight against the Nazi invaders.

On the photo - soldiers of the aviation service battalion, Anastasia in the 1st row on the right. She served in the 742nd Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment. She was a master of electrical equipment. Military rank - Sergeant.

Vasily Vasilyevich Konstantinovsky. The picture was taken in Königsberg. There is a sign on the back side: "For the best soldier of our military unit during the Great Patriotic War".

Feydor Ivanovich Titov and Prokofiy Sergeyevich Osin, the picture was taken in the town of Kuznetsk, Penza region