Heroes and feats

Kapchuk Vasily Ivanovich, Veteran of the Great Patriotic War. Kapchuk Efrosinya Pavlovna, Home Front Worker

Partisans surround the downed German transport plane. State Archives of Pskov Region

My mother-in-law. Baba Shura (grandma Shura), as we called her, went through the whole war. She was a nurse who treated the wounded in the hospital. Photo was taken after the war.

He was 17 years old when the war started. In 1943 he got his baptism of fire at Borovichi station of Kalinin (Tver) Region. He fought in the 210th Division, 649th Rifle Regiment. As part of this regiment he went with battles from Borovichi Station to the town of Belaya Tserkov (not far from the border of the USSR and Poland). Front roads led him to China where there were battles against the Japanese invaders. In 1945 he participated in the liberation of Mugden. Aleksandr Georgievich has the following awards: "For the Victory over Germany", "For the Victory over Japan"

Born in 1915 in Patriarsha village. Drafted into the Army in 1941, Kirovo. Private Soldier. His front life began in 1941. He was a tankman. In August his unit was surrounded. He was captured. At first he was sent to the Uman concentration camp. In November 1941 the prisoners of war were taken to Germany, to the Lubizgahen area. He tried to escape from the camp twice. He was wounded. After a month treatment he again got into a concentration camp. In 1945 he was released by the Americans. ... He served in the Soviet Army until December 1945. He was awarded the Medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", "For Battle Merit", the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class.

Born in 1909 in Ulyotovsky District. Team 383, 28.07.1941. Demobilized in November 1945. Lieutenant. 955th Rifle Regiment. 3d and 1st Ukrainian Fronts. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, the Order of the Red Star №452261, two Medals "For Courage" №524086 and №380648. Leg wound 19.12.1942, head contusion in 1943, general contusion on 27.04.1945. Place of residence: Balzoy village.

Date of birth: April 20, 1924. Place of birth: Novosibirsk region. Date of death: March 7, 1997. Place of death: Voronovka village, Novosibirsk Region. Awards: the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, the Medal "For Battle Merit"

Born in 1914. The front way of Pavel Stepanovich began in December 1942 as part of the separate supply company - driver, 57th Separate Automobile Regiment. Participated in the Battle of Kursk; Belarus, Poland, got to Berlin. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, the Order of the Red Banner, the Medal "For Capture of Germany" 26.01.1947, the Medal "For Victory over Germany" 13.07.1946

Germany, 1945. Photo from Malykhin Pavel Stepanovich personal fund (papers), a participant of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. Ulyotovsky Regional Local History Museum, a branch of the regional cultural institution of the municipal district "Ulyotovsky District" of Zabaykalsky Krai (Trans-Baikal Territory).

Drivers of the fuel supply company, 57th Automobile Regiment, 18th Automobile Brigade during the Great Patriotic War. Photo taken in Germany in 1945. Photo from Malykhin Pavel Stepanovich personal fund (papers), a participant of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. Ulyotovsky Regional Local History Museum, a branch of the regional cultural institution of the municipal district "Ulyotovsky District" of Zabaykalsky Krai (Trans-Baikal Territory).

Krakovtsev Andrey Ivanovich (first row, 4th from the left) Born in 1913 in Ulyotovsky District. Team 578, 08.07.1941. Demobilized in 1945. Telephone operator. 87th Separate Artillery Battalion, 22nd Artillery Regiment, 231st Artillery Regiment. Awarded the Medal "For Courage". He was wounded in January 1944. Place of residence: Shebartui village. Passed away in 1974.

On the reverse side of the photo written: December 1942, Ordzhonikidze. From the memoirs of a front-line soldier: "I was taken to the front from school in Kuibyshev where the NKVD ( People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs) brigade was formed. Our group was part of the group of troops of the Transcaucasian Front, later transformed into the North Caucasian Front. In December 1942 there were hard defensive battles in the Caucasus, including Grozny area, which was an important boundary of our Motherland during the war". Article about the front-line soldier was published in the newspaper "Volskaya Zhizn" 26.04.2000 №63 (770)

On the reverse side of the photo written: 1945, border troops. For exemplary service in protecting the Berlin Conference of Three Heads of Government of the USSR, the USA and Great Britain by order of the People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the USSR Marshal of the Soviet Union Comrade Beria on August 1, 1945 gratitude was announced.

Kudryavtsev Mikhail Filippovich (on the right). Born in 1911. Drafted in February 1941. Demobilized in April 1944. Sergeant. Northwestern and Leningrad Fronts. Medals: "For Courage" №521515, "For Defense of Leningrad". Seriously wounded in 1944. Place of residence: Ulyoty village.

Born in 1920, participant of the Great Patriotic War. From the memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel G. S. Kangin who ended the war with the rank of Captain: "We gathered with guys in the dormitory of the Institute and decided to go to the front as volunteers. The Regional Military Commissariat decided to send us to the Mogilev Infantry School evacuated to Volsk town where we were enrolled as cadets in a special company ... At the end of November 1941 we were awarded officer ranks and then sent to the front ... We arrived at Bolshaya Vishera station of the October Railway and were put at the disposal of the 52nd Army command...." On the reverse side of the photo: 14.09.42, Motylie village, Georgia