Heroes and feats

Knyazev Alexey Petrovich, Private, was born in 1915 in the village of Lipovka, Lipovsky village council, Yurinsky district. In 1942 he was drafted to the front. MIAin April 1944.

ZULIN ALEXANDER VASILIEVICH, Private, born in 1915 in the village of Meret Suzunsky district, Novosibirsk region. Drafted by the Suzunsky district millitary commission on September 19, 1941. MIA in December 1943.

“My grandfather Vasily Egorovich Kuzenkov is a participant of tank battle at Kursk Bulge. He was drafted on March 2, 1942. And he served in 120th Guards Infantry Regiment. He remembered well his first fight. His ommander praised him for having justified his badge "Voroshilov shooter" Vasily Yegorovich and his comrades in arms supported infantry with fire. He also remembered the battle of Belgorod. When he and his comrades burst into the city, they killed many enemy soldiers with well-aimed shots. Injured and treated in hospital, he always returned to front. He reached Berlin as part of his regiment"

Chubenko Alexandra Andreevna. War time photo. Story unknown

Golubeva Raisa with her comrades in arms during war

Golubeva Raisa

Litvinenko Alexander Yakovlevich, Lieutenant, born in 1921 . KIA in Poland, at the village of Maly Bronshchik. He was awarded Order of Red Star.

Trapeznikov Mikhail Vasilievich, Private, recon

Photo shows Chikina Raisa Vasilievna, my great-grandmother. Photo taken in spring, 1943. It was her second year of service, and the third year of war. My great-grandmother was an anti-aircraft gunner

My grandfather Dunaev Ivan Fedorovich went to the front in 1941 and served in Infantry. He was in Prague on May 10, 1945 when war ended. During the war he was wounded more than once, because Infantry was always on the front line, and my grandfather was a courageous person, and always first to attack. For skillful, proactive and courageous actions in battle, he was awarded medal "For Military Merit". In 1942 he was awarded Order of Patriotic War for destroying 3 enemy tanks and received medal For defense of Leningrad. In 1944, my grandfather was awarded Order of Glory for capturing the enemy's banner in the battle. He was wounded for the last time during liberation of Prague under the command of Soviet Marshal Konev

ARDASHEV LEV NIKOLAEVICH, Guard Senior Sergeant, was born on 01/05/1922 in the city of Omsk, Omsk region. He was drafted by the Zharma district millitary commission of Semipalatinsk region, Kazakh SSR in 1940. Her served in 69th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of 23th Guards Fighter Aviation Division of 1st Ukranian Front, and in 69 69th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of 304th Guards Fighter Aviation Division of 7th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps of 5th Eastern Army of 2nd Ukranian Front. On 11/05/1943 he received medal "For Courage" and on 04/18/1945 he was awarded Order of Red Star. Discharged in 1947. Since 1998 he lived in working settlement of Suzun. He died 16.09.2008. Buried in working settlement of Suzun, Novosibirsk region.

Nikiforov Arkady Pavlovich was born in 1920. He took part in action from 1941 to 1945, as part of 343th sapper battalion of 316th Infantry Division. He was wounded in the Ukrainian front. Awards: Orders of Patriotic War, I and II dclass, Order of Red Star, Medal For Military Merit. Photo taken in Budapest, Hungary, 1945.

Andrey Ivanovich Plyushch (on photo: right, top row), Captain, with comrands in arms, 08/27/1944. city ​​of Kaunas. He was born in 1919 in the Novosibirsk region. Took part in action from August 1941 to April 1945 as part of Western and 3rd Belorussian fronts. Awards: Medal "For Defense of Moscow", Medal "For capture of Konigsberg", Medal "For Victory over Germany in Great Patriotic War 1941-1945

Shurupov Dmitry Ivanovich (on photo: first left standing) with Andrei and Alexei, his friends, August 1945. Shurupov Dmitry Ivanovich was born in 1915 in Penza region. Took part in action from November 1942 to May 1945, in the fronts of Great Patriotic War. Awards: Medal For Military Merit, Medal For Capture Berlin, Medal For Liberation Of Warsaw, Medal For Victory Over Germany In Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.

ABRAMOV GEORGY DMITRIEVICH, Private, born in 1926 in Altai Region. Drafted by the Suzunsky district millitary commission of the Novosibirsk region on November 9, 1943. MIA on July 9, 1944.