Heroes and feats

Balibalov Ivan Alekseevich, Captain, in nature (portrait), Romania, 14.05.1945. Participant of the Great Patriotic War, Holder of the Orders of Alexander Nevsky, of the Red Star, of the Patriotic War 1st class.

Balibalov Ivan Alekseevich with his family - daughter Diana and wife Anastasia Pavlovna Sitnikova, Tashkent, 1944. Balibalov Ivan Alekseevich, participant of the Great Patriotic War, Holder of the Orders of Alexander Nevsky, of the Red Star, of the Patriotic War 1st class.

Korshunov Pavel Kuzmich, Hero Of The Soviet Union. Participated in the Great Patriotic War from October 1941 to May 1945. He fought on the Western, Voronezh, 1st Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian Fronts. He got to Berlin. He was a mortar crew Commander, Assistant Commander of a Rifle platoon. In 1943 Pavel Kuzmich Korshunov was awarded the title of a Hero of the Soviet Union align with the Gold Star Medal and the Order of Lenin for his courage and bravery during the assault-crossing of the Dnieper. In addition he was awarded the Orders of the Red Star, of the Patriotic War, of the Red Banner of Labor and eight more Medals.

A. Yurtsev, Commander of the 13th Partisan Brigade, and Grigory Akmolinsky, Head of the Political Department of the 13th Leningrad Partisan Brigade (on the right). 1941-1943. State Archives of Pskov Region

Brigade Commander A. Yurtsev (on the left) with brigade partisans. 1941-1943. State Archives of Pskov Region"

Soldiers of the 10th Leningrad Partisan Brigade. 1941-1943. State Archives of Pskov Region

Command staff of the 10th Leningrad Partisan Brigade. 1941-1943. State Archives of Pskov Region

Sergey Konstantinovich Trebushinin, born in 1925, was called up for active military service on December 22, 1942 and was sent to the 1st Leningrad Military Infantry School named after S. M. Kirov. After graduating in January 1943 he joined the 300th Airborne Regiment of the 21st Landing-Force Brigade of the 3d Ukrainian Front with the rank of a Second Lieutenant. As a part of the brigade Sergei Konstantinovich participated in the battles for the liberation of Poland, Hungary, Austria, in the assualt-crossing of the Danube river, in the Balaton Defensive Operation.

Ivan Andreevich Zvonarev, born in 1924, voluntarily joined the ranks of Red Army in August 1942. He was assigned to the Lepel Mortar and Artillery School based in Barnaul. In April 1943 after graduating from the school Lieutenant Zvonarev was assigned to the 21st Airborne Rifle Regiment of the 7th Guards Airborne Division of the 4th Guards Army of the Steppe Front as a Firing Platoon Commander. Participated in the Battle of Kursk (Kursk Bulge), was repeatedly wounded.

Leonid Timofeevich Zhukov, born in 1925, was sent to the front in May 1943 and immediately went on attack. Participated in battles on the Belorussian Front. He fought until the Victory, was wounded on January 19, 1945.

Commander of an artillery battery, participant of the Battle of Kursk (Kursk Bulge). With a family of famous Czech musicians. Prague, May 1945.

Georgy Dmitrievich Volkov, born in 1924, was drafted into the Army in December 1942. After the training regiment he was sent to the city of Gorky to continue serving in the mortar troops. He fought until the Victory which he celebrated in Berlin.

Klavdiya Vasilyevna Bokova, born in 1925, volunteered for the front in 1942. After successful completion of the medical instructors course she was sent to the 115th Battalion of the 1st Ukrainian Front with the rank of a Sergeant of the medical service. She carried the wounded out from the battlefield during the liberation of Kiev, during the assault-crossing of the Dnieper and Danube, during the liberation of Moldova, Romania, Hungary and Austria. Then she fought as part of the 53rd Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front.

Partisans take an oath. Commander Rachkov. 1941-1943. State Archives of Pskov Region

Orlov S. A. and Vasiliev N. G. among partisans. 1941-1943. State Archives of Pskov Region