Heroes and feats

The 111th Rifle Division was surrounded near Novgorod in September 1941, and stopped twenty kilometers from the Volkhov River. The leader of the reconnaissance company, Oplesnin, was instructed to contact the Red Army units on the other side of the Volkhov River. Moreover, it was necessary to go through twenty kilometers of enemy positions. Then the hero swam across the cold waters of the Volkhov River under heavy enemy fire. Together with the command on the Eastern Bank, they developed a plan for the division's exit from the encirclement; because of it, the division broke out of the enemy ring, crossed the Volkhov River and joined the army troops. To make the plan work, Nikolay swam across the river twice more, on September 25 and 29.

V. Strekalov was first timeunder fire in January 1942. He fought in the 97th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade of the 145th Artillery Regiment of the 82nd Artillery Division. During the war, he was shell-shocked three times. He reached Berlin, where he wrote on the wall of the Reichstag: "Strekalov from Komi".

From the memoirs of Pavel Parilov: "The battles for Berlin were heavy. In our brigade alone, 19 people were killed and 63 wounded. By its actions, the brigade suppressed 89 artillery and mortar batteries, 44 pillboxes, 35 tanks and 244 strong points… By the end of the day on May 1 I received orders to move the detachment's battle lines to the location of the 102nd Guards Rifle Regiment… The Imperial Chancery was only 1700-1800 meters away… At dusk, accompanied by heavy automatic and machine-gun fire (to muffle the noise of running engines) we placed our guns on the streets adjacent to the canal, so that the building could be seen.

In the summer of 1943, I. Bazhukov commanded a partisan detachment in the rear of the Nazis on the territory of Belarus until the complete liberation of the Republic. During the defeat of the fortified point, together with the documents of the fascist headquarters, he captured three bags of money. He sent this money to the "mainland" on the plane with the wounded partisans. For successful operations behind enemy lines, Ivan was awarded the Order of Lenin in November 1942. He also had as a reward a two-week vacation home to Syktyvkar in 1943.

Savvatiy Beznosikov was born in 1909 in the village of Yb, Ust-Sysolsky District of Vologda Province. Called up in 1941. Commissar of the 5th Battery of the 854th Artillery Regiment of the 286th Leningrad Division. He was demobilized in 1943. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the medal for Bravery.

Elizaveta Elkina was born in 1916. She was called to the front in 1941, by the Syktyvkar City Military Commissariat. She fought in the 2nd Shock Army of the Volkhov Front with the rank of Military Doctor of the 3rd rank (which corresponded to the Captain). Elizaveta Elkina was presented with a military award - the medal For Bravery in September 1942. When leaving the encirclement on June 24-25, 1942, in the area of the Polist River, the Military Doctor Elkina provided assistance to wounded soldiers and commanders under heavy artillery, mortar, machine-gun and machine-gun fire.

На листе белой стандартной бумаги ксерокопии двух фотографий. Слева: групповой портрет военнослужащих, на фоне скалистой местности с редкими соснами изображены пять молодых мужчин в гимнастёрках, с пилотками на головах; в первом ряду сидит в центре Виктор Васильевич Журавлёв. Справа портретного типа погрудное изображение молодого темноволосого мужчины, анфас, без головного убора, в гимнастёрке, с погонами на плечах. Под изображением слева надпись, печать на принтере "Слева направо: Сомодов, Преображенский, Журавлёв, Пономарев, Лоналенко"; под изображением справа "Командтр 1 ОРС при 1 РАБе, лейтенант В.В. Журавлёв".

Чёрно-белая печать, групповой снимок, на скалистой местности, на фоне редких сосен и строения в пять радов запечатлена группа военнослужащих: мужчин и женщин, одетых в гимнастёрки, с пилотками на головах. В первом ряду молодые люди сидят, полулежат, в последующих - сидят, в последнем - стоят. В четвёртом ряду в центре молодой мужчина в чёрной гимнастёрке, с погонами лейтенанта В.В. Журавлёв.

National Museum of the Komi Republic (Syktyvkar) Partisan detachments made deep raids on the occupied territories, smashed enemy garrisons and convoys, mined roads, destroyed communications, derailed enemy trains, causing significant losses. During the defeat of the enemy garrison in the village of Lindom on the night of January 16-17, 1943, the Chapaeva detachment acted as part of a combined group and struck from the Western side of the village. As a result of a sudden and rapid attack, the enemy garrison was crushed, a radio station, two heavy and one light machine guns, a 45 mm artillery piece, and a warehouse with ammunition and food were destroyed. The partisans then suffered insignificant losses.

Nikolay Oplesnin served as an intelligence officer at the headquarters of the 468th Rifle Regiment of the 111th Division of the 52nd Army, then as Assistant Chief of Operations at the division headquarters. He participated in the battles on the North-Western, Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts. The difficult combat situation forced Lieutenant Oplesnina to show initiative and creativity in obtaining data about the enemy and getting out of the enemy's rear to their troops. The difficulty of conducting reconnaissance was due to the fact that the enemy was using mobile mechanized troops, and our reconnaissance units were moving on their feet.

Memoirs of M. Morozova: "The partisans of Karelia had to fight in extremely difficult conditions: in a deserted area, far from supply bases, they had to walk or ski hundreds of kilometers with heavy Luggage. All this way passed with fights. In a campaign the art of guerrilla maneuver, the ability to suddenly appear and leave without a trace was honed. It was hard for men, they admit, and especially hard for us, girls!"

Карасев Александр Андреевич – 15.06. 1923 г.р., уроженец х. Олешенка Конышевского района Курской области. Призван в СА 23.03.1941 Служил: 887 стрелковый полк, санитар – 03.1943-11.1943; 1001 стрелковый полк 279 стрелковой дивизии, повозочный – 11.1943-12.1946; Звание: рядовой; Ранения: 31.08.1943 тяжело ранен в спину Награжден: Орден Отечественной войны II степени, Медали: «За отвагу», «За победу над Германией» В августе 1945 г. Александр Андреевич, был направлен на постоянную дислокацию в Еланские лагеря Уральского военного округа. На снимке: Карасев Александр Андреевич (лежит справа) Еланские лагеря.

Копылов Петр Денисович – (23.03. 1924 -11.02.2009) , уроженец с. Черничено Конышевского района Курской области. Призван в СА 23.03.1943 Служил: 155 артиллерийский полк, шофер – март 1943-февраль 1945; 41 артиллерийская бригада, шофер – февраль 1945-февраль 1947; Звание: рядовой; Награжден: Орден «Красной Звезды», 2 медали «За отвагу» На снимке: Копылов Петр Денисович, Германия

Мастихин Алексей Трофимович – 25.12. 1922 г.р., уроженец с. Толкачевка Конышевского района Курской области. Призван в СА 1.03.1943. Служил: 894 стрелковый полк, стрелок – 03.1943-07.1943; Эвакогоспиталь №1708, на лечении – 07.1943-01.1944; 33 камендатура авиационного назначения, стрелок – 07.1944-06.1947; Звание: рядовой; Ранения: 10.06.1943 – тяжело ранен в плечо; Награжден: «За победу над Германией» На снимке: слева направо: Замойлов Николай (из Челябинска), Мастихин Алексей Трофимович, Скориков Павел (из Омска) г. Магоча Читинской области

Flyagin Pavel Ivanovich, a participant of the Great Patriotic War, was awarded with the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class. The picture was taken at awarding ceremony, it is kept in the TSAMO archives.