Heroes and feats

Podgorbunsky Mikhail Alekseevich during Great Patriotic War, (portrait) 1943. Podgorbunsky Mikhail Alekseevich, participant and invalid of Great Patriotic War, labor veteran, holder of Orders of Red Star, Patriotic War I, II class, October Revolution, Red Banner of Labor.

Portrait of Petr, brother of Maria Petrovna Nadezhdina (Zyryanova), who perished in the war, 1942, Kemerovo

Datsko Mikhail Matveyevich, drafted in February 1943, served as a signalman. He fought on Malaya Zemlya, in Novorossiysk, on Taman. War finishedfor him in Berlin. For military services he was awarded Order of Glory III class, Order of Patriotic War II class, medals "For Courage", "For Defense of the Caucasus", "For liberation of Prague", "For capture of Berlin", "For Victory over Germany", anniversary medals.

Zemlyanoy Fedor Vasilievich, drafted in 1944, took part in strategic offensive operation called "Bagration" aimed to liberate Belarus, Eastern Poland and part of the Baltic states from German fascist invaders. For his courage in battles for Motherland, he was awarded orders of "Patriotic War", "For Courage", "For Victory over Nazi Germany."

Pskov guerrilla fighter. 1941-1943. State Archives of Pskov region

Photo shows 103rd Separate Women Battalion of Aerial Surveillance, Alert and Communication forces of Belorussian Front, getting prepared to cross state border between the USSR and Poland in town of Brest. Photo came to archive from Zoya Filippovna Parkhomenko (1924-2001), a participant in Great Patriotic War. She was drafted in 1942 in Chkalovsk region. She fought in the Don, Stalingrad, Belorussian fronts. She was seriously wounded in Poznan, discharged after treatment. After the war she lived and worked in Orenburg region and was buried in the town of Yasny.

Ritaliy Mardanov, five-year-old son of Commissioner Valentin Mardanov, "served" together with his father in 14th Separate Training Motorized Infantry Regiment. From 1942 to 1944, the regiment was stationed in the city of Sergach.

Photo shows , Elantsev Grigory Petrovich, Sergeant, my grandfather (left, lying on the grass, with a mustache). This photo was framed and put on the wall above the window in the room of the house of my relatives Elantsevs Grigory Petrovich and Ekaterina Averyanovna, the village of Skoblino, Yurgamyshsky district, Kurgan region. Photo was taken in Germany in May 1945 (according to memoirs) Photo restored and framed in 2020.

Two brothers Maslyuk Grigory Ivanovich and Maslyuk Leonty Ivanovich served in the 208th Guards Rifle Regiment of the Order of Kutuzov 3rd class. Grigory Ivanovich (my grandfather), Sergeant, was a gunner, Commander of a platoon of 45mm guns. Leonty Ivanovich (elder brother) was a horce driver delivering shells. Gregory was awarded Medal "For Courage" and posthumously "Order of Patriotic War of the 1st class." He died on December 6, 1944 near village of Eninge, and Leonty died in March 1945 in the village of Kishber. Both were buried in Hungary.

Vladimir Ivanovich Egorshin (1925-2003) was born in the village of Kladbishi, Sergach District. At the age of 17, he went to fight with German invaders. On the day when he turned 20 year old, on June 24, 1945, he marched across Red Square, Moscow, as participant of Victory Parade. In 1949-1959 he took part in testing of the atomic bomb at Semipalatinsk test site. Holder of Order of Courage.

Cherepkova Olga Stepanovna, captain of the medical service, 1945, Leipzig

Alexey Petrovich Anshakov, my great-grandfather, was born in 1912. When Great Patriotic War began, my great-grandfather, along with millions of Soviet citizens, went to the front. My great grandfather is MIA. He was one of many those who, at the cost of his life, saved the world for us. A human lives in the memory of his descendants. Eternal glory to heroes!

Galtsev Sergey Alexandrovich, my great-grandfather, was born on September 20, 1909. When Great Patriotic War began, my great-grandfather, along with millions of Soviet citizens, went to the front. After the war, he came back home. I am proud of my great-grandfather! A human lives in the memory of his descendants. Eternal glory to heroes!

Evdokia Pavlovna Drozdova, my grandmother, was born on 03/07/1926. During Great Patriotic War she lived with her parents and sisters in the village of Krysovshchina, in Kirov region. In 1941 she turned 15 years old. She worked along with adults in the collective farm, helping the front from the rear. She was awarded "Participant of Labor Front".

Anna Aleksandrovna Nayko (Sharova) worked as a tractor driver in the Ashchebutak MTS of the Dombarovsky District of the Chkalovsk Region, in war years. In 1944 she was awarded a certificate of honor of the Dombarovsky District Council of Working People's Deputies for outperforming plan by 342%. Photo shows Anna Alexandrovna Nayko (Sharova) driving tractor during planting in spring, 1945.