Heroes and feats

Norkin Gennady Stepanovich, photo of 1945, Kaliningrad

Military driver M.B. Samokhin brought up shells for howitzers. Awarded many orders and medals

Lieutenant of the medical service A.S. Egorova on sanitary transport ships evacuated the wounded to the nearest rear, ferrying the wounded from Stalingrad. She ended the war as a senior lieutenant.

Tankman Mikhail Vasilyevich Zaitsev. He fought on the first Ukrainian front, liberated Poland.

Yakov Ivanovich Kuzmin was an anti-aircraft gunner of an air regiment, they guarded the airfield.

Praskovya Grigorievna Guskova, corporal, communications officer. She went to the front as volunteer fighter at the age of 18, met victory in Hungary

Went to the front, disappeared at the beginning of the war

Sergei Ivanovich Minaev, artilleryman. He fought in the groups of General Dovator, in the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Medal For Courage, the Order of the Patriotic War.

Vasily Ivanovich Morozov, infantry platoon commander. They forced the river Spree, for this he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree

Ivan Mikhailovich Alyakin, military driver. Awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals

Alexey Petrovich Bosov (born March 21, 1910) - after training at the Ulyanovsk armored school in 1934, he received the rank of middle commander, served in the Trans-Baikal Military District. He held the positions of tank commander, tank platoon, company. The title of Hero of the USSR with the presentation of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal was awarded on November 17, 1939 for the courage and valor shown during the defeat of a large Japanese detachment near the Khalkin-Gol River. WWII found him within the walls of the Military Academy of Armored Forces. When the enemy approached Moscow, Captain Bosov asked to go to the front. Together with the legendary Panfilovites, he repulsed the fierce attacks of the fascists. November 18, 1941

Zemkov Alexander Fedorovich (born March 11, 1918) - during the Second World War, fought on the Western, North Caucasian, 3rd and 4th Ukrainian fronts. He took part in the liberation of the Caucasus, Ukraine, Crimea, Hungary. In May 1944, he volunteered to cross the Northern Bay and seize a bridgehead for the transfer of the main forces, led a group of paratroopers. In those battles, he personally destroyed 27 enemy soldiers and officers. On March 24, 1945, he was awarded the title of Hero of the USSR and the Gold Star medal for the valor and courage shown for the liberation of Sevastopol. He died on November 9, 1984.

Smirnova Efrosinya Filippovna, 1922-2019, awarded the medal "For the victory over Germany", private guard

Kudashev Idris Moiseevich (born September 23, 1914) - junior rifle platoon commander of the 6th company of the 68th rifle regiment of the 70th division. He fought with the White Finns in the 7th Army of the North-Western Front. He took part in the breakthrough of the Mannerheim Line, the storming of the cities of Terijoki, Koivisto and Vyborg. For courage and valor in battles on the Karelian Isthmus, he was awarded the title of Hero of the USSR with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. Died on May 9, 1970.

Markelov Nikolai Stepanovich (born May 21, 1900) - Red Army soldier, gunner of an anti-tank gun of the 4th company of the 1050th regiment of the 301st rifle division. During the Second World War he fought on the Southwestern, 3rd Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts. He took part in the defense of Kiev and Kharkov, the liberation of Ukraine and Poland. He was awarded the medal “For Courage”. The title of Hero of the USSR was awarded posthumously on February 27, 1945 for the courage and heroism shown during the crossing of the Pilitsa River and in the battle to hold the bridgehead on its West Bank. Buried in a mass grave on Polish soil. A school in the village of Maksimovka in our district is named in honor of a fellow-hero.