Heroes and feats

Nikolai Egorovich Bogomolov was born on March 27, 1925, in the village of Rogatkino, Krasnoarmeisky District, Saratov Region. He was 16 and lived in his native village when the war began. He worked digging trenches in his collective farm until 1942. In 1942 he went to war and joined 2nd Belorussian Front. He stayed there until the end of war. He was number two in machine gun crew. On February 19, 1943 was wounded in the left leg, and on April, 2, 1945 he was seriously wounded in the right shoulder. After that he was discharged. He met Victory in hospital. He was awarded with Order of Glory 3rd class, Order of Fatherland 1st class, and the medal 65 years of Victory in Great Patriotic War1941-1945. In 1962 he got married, 3 children were born.

Semyanov Konstantin Filippovich, Elasovsky district millitary commission, Mari ASSR.

Demidova Valentina Yegorovna was born on April 11, 1924 in the village of Dubovka, Krasnoarmeisky District, Saratov Region. She was 18 and lived in his native village when the war began, just on the day of graduation of school. She was appointed head of the oil depot by the district committee of Komsomol Young Communist League and sent to the village of Ilovatka, Stalingrad region. On May 10, 1942, she was drafted by the Gorodishche district military commission of Stalingrad region. From May 10, 1942 to April 10, 1943, she served in an anti-aircraft battery as a gunner. Due to injury she was discharged on April 10, 1943. From April 12, 1944 to November 15, 1946 she worked as head of canteen in a subsidiary farm of G.U.O.S.-K.A.

Shokhin Alexey Dmitrievich, lived in Pushkarevo village, Sokolsky district, Nizhny Novgorod region.

Koksharov Kirill Andreevich was drafted in the village of Zabolot'e, Kirov region, to fight with German invaders. He perished in 1942 at Stalingrad. His burial place is unknown.

Vidyaev Pavel Ivanovich (1912-1943) before the war managed Staroberezovsky collective farm in Sergach region. They refused to draft him for a long time, because Pavel Ivanovich was lame from birth. And yet he convinced recruiting officeк and volunteered ещ the front. In a battle he was seriously wounded and taken war prisoner. Both of his legs were broken, and his boy was messed up. He escaped from concentration camps five times. Together with the Polish guerilla fighters, he contined to smash Nazis. Once, being surrounded by Germans, he recaptured an artillery cannon from them and shot more than one hundred Nazis. He died while escaping from captivity.

Nikolai Mizin was born in the village of Korovinka, Sergach District. During the Great Patriotic War he was a recon. In January 1943, he died under torture of Nazis in the village of Volno-Don, Rostov Region. He died with the words: "I won't tell you anything, you bastards! You will kill me, but you are doomed yourselves!"

Chernov Pavel Maksimovich, Spring 1945

Romanovsky Vasily Ulyanovich, Lieutenant (middle). Photo taken in Mongolia,1940.

Novoseltsev Mikhail Georgievich, Chief of Reconnaissance of Artillery Regiment.

A.M. Lomakin, Guards Private.

Guskov Gavriil Gavrilovich, Guards Junior Lieutenant

Sergey Kupriyanovich Golovashenko, Red Army Private, machine gunner of 1183rd Infantry Regiment of 356th Infantry Division of 61st Army of Central Front.

Sidorkov Semyon Matveyevich, gun commander of 37th Guards Infantry Regiment (12th Guards Infantry Division, 61st Army, Central Front).

Bekov Ivan Fedorovich was born on January 12, 1907. He was drafted in the first days of the war, participated in battle of Stalingrad, and was rewarded for that. He finished war in Berlin. After Victory, he returned home, worked at state farm "Bobrovsky". He died early on October ,11, 1958 because of serious illness.