Heroes and feats

Zakharov Stepan Konstantinovich. On the day of the 30th Anniversary of Victory in 1975. Senior Sergeant, Veteran of the Great Patriotic War

Stepanavan, Armenia, Red Army

Balabanov Andrey Ivanovich 26.10.1911 – 14.09.1978. Participant of the Great Patriotic War, from August 1941 to May 1945 as part of the 162nd, 1382nd, 1379th Rifle Regiments, Rifleman. Wounded in the left leg in August 1943. Awarded the Medal "30 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" on 18.03.1975.

Born on April 4, 1927. In 1944 he was drafted into the Army and then immediately to the front. After the end of the Great Patriotic War he participated in the war against Japan. He returned home in 1951. He has many awards: the Medal of Zhukov, the Order of the Patriotic War, the Medals "30 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR". After the war he worked as a builder on a state farm (sovkhoz). Died on March 19, 2001

Born in 1911, native of Shuksha village, Luninsky District, Penza Region. Participant of the Great Patriotic War, fought from 1941 to 1946. Scout. Was surrounded in swamps. For almost a year he was in captivity in Finland and returned home disabled without one arm and one leg. Passed away in 1968.

In January 1945 the Sandomierz-Silesian offensive operation started, carried out by the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front which included the 4th Tank Army. As a result of hard fighting, it became possible to clear the south of Poland from the Nazi troops and reach the banks of the Oder river. Then they had to fight in Germany. The war returned to those who started it. For participation in this operation Senior Lieutenant Stepan Grishin was awarded the Order of the Red Star.

On photo Kiselev Pyotr Mikhailovich (in the center). In 1938 he was drafted into the Army. This photo was taken during the Army years. From there he went to the war. He was a driver, drove the сounterintelligence chief. Returned in 1946 with awards and Medals. Photo from the Kiselev family archive. We remember! We are proud!

Zhukov Pavel Grigorievich, Lance-Corporal (Yefreytor). He fought in the 49th Cavalry Regiment as a driver of the 1.5 ton truck (Polutorka). On photo Pavel Zhukov checks the engine, always ready for battle!

On photo Zhukov Pavel Grigorievich with the Medal "For Courage". Photo taken after the Great Patriotic War in 1945 in Poland.

On photo Zhukov Pavel Grigorievich (in the middle, with accordion) with his war-comrades. In moments of calm soldiers remembered their home, relatives, mothers, beloved girlfriends, played the accordion. It helped them to distract from the war

On photo Zhukov Pavel Grigorievich. Photographed for the Victory Day celebration on May 9, 1985 for the board of honour. Zabituy settlement, Irkutsk Region.

Akinin Ivan Moiseevich, Guards Sergeant Major (Starshina). Photo taken after demobilization. Unknown location.

Nikolay Gribanov was born in Brykovka village, Dukhovnitsky District, Saratov Region. Nikolay Gribanov joined the Army in 1943 but got his baptism of fire only a year and a half later. All that time he was learning the science of battle. The unit where the boy from the Volga region served started active offensive battles in the Baltic States starting from August 1944. Nikolay Vasilievich Gribanov repeated the feat of Aleksandr Matrosov. Sergeant Nikolay Gribanov, stitched with bullets, gathered his last strength and closed the embrasure (firing slit) of the enemy's artillery emplacement with his body. He shielded himself the advancing line of his unit soldiers. Nicholay was 19 years old ... .. They buried the Hero in Vaiņode village, Latvian SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic).

Klepikov Nikolay Fyodorovich, Hero of the Soviet Union. With his brother-soldier

Guards Senior Sergeant. Photo taken during the war.