Heroes and feats

Guard lieutenant, tank commander of the 13th Guards Separate Heavy Tank Uman Regiment of the 4th Guards Tank Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front. He distinguished himself in January 1945 in battles on the territory of Poland. He was awarded the Gold Star medal, the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, and the medal For Victory over Germany. Orchan

Edelev S.A. Head of the evacuation hospital No. 2871, located during the war years in the building of the city school in Sergach, Gorky region

Sazonova Maria Prokofievna - participant of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The picture was taken on the territory of Germany, Brakau, on the Day of Victory over the enemy.

Guards lieutenant colonel of the 140th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 47th Guards Rifle Division, the 8th Guards Army, the 1st Belorussian Front. Awarded with the Gold Star medal, the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner, two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, two Orders of the Red Star, the medals "For the liberation of Warsaw", "For the capture of Berlin", "For victory over Germany" , Polish medals "Brave Cross", "Warsaw".

Senior lieutenant of the 248th Infantry Regiment of the 31st Infantry Division of the 52nd Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front. He was awarded the Gold Star medal, the Orders of Lenin, the Second Class of the Patriotic War, and two Orders of the Red Star.

WWII participant Nikolai Tikhonovich Borodin with graduates of the Moscow military school

Bandaging at the hospital.

Guard junior sergeant, squad commander of the 213th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 71st Guards Rifle Division. He fought on the 2nd Ukrainian, 1st Baltic fronts, participated in the liberation of Ukraine and Belarus. He was awarded the Gold Star medal and the Order of Lenin.

Photographed with military friends on May 9, 1945 in Germany. Sulimin stands in the center.

Ivakhnik V.E., senior lieutenant, meeting with students of the secondary school of the village of Kolos, Marksovsky district, Saratov region

Captain, Assistant Commander for Air Rifle Service of the 254 Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 269 Fighter Aviation divisions of the 14th air army. He was awarded the Gold Star medal, the Order of Lenin, and two Orders of the Red Banner. During the Novgorod-Luga offensive operation on 02.01.1944 he died in an air battle.

From memories ... I met Victory Day THREE TIMES: ... On MAY 9 in Transcarpathia we were announced the end of the war. We came out of the trenches, rejoiced, but then they fired on from mortars from the Carpathian Mountains. We are back in the trenches. Our artillery rescued ... ... On May 20, the Germans, who did not obey the order of surrender on May 9, surrendered ... That was a real Victory Day! ... I met the third Victory Day on September 2, 1945 in Harbin. For this war, we were awarded the medal "For Victory over Japan" ... The war ended and we were glad that we survived!

Lieutenant, flight commander of the 24th bomber aviation regiment of the 16th Air Army of the 1st Belorussian Front. He fought on the Central, Byelorussian fronts, participated in the Battle of Kursk, the liberation of Belarus, Poland, and the defeat of the enemy on German territory. He was awarded the Gold Star medal, the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the medals “For the liberation of Warsaw”, “For the capture of Berlin”.

Squadron Commander of the 1st Guards Mine Torpedo Aviation Regiment of Klaipeda. He took part in the defense of Leningrad, the defeat of enemy forces in the Baltic Sea. He was awarded the Gold Star medal, the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner and the medal For the Defense of Leningrad. Died 03.26.1944.

Lieutenant, commander of a company of machine gunners of the 737th rifle regiment of the 206th rifle division of the 47th Army of the Voronezh Front. He was awarded the Gold Star medal, the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of the Red Star.