Heroes and feats

Kangin Gennady Semenovich in a group of brother-soldiers. On the reverse side of the photo a commemorative inscription: "For memory to my dear parents in the days of the Patriotic War. November, 1944". Latvia, 29.XI.44

Born in 1907, native of Slavyanka village, Chebulinsky District, Kemerovo Region. He was called up to the front by the Chebulinsky Regional Military Commissariat in September 1941. He fought in the 687th Rifle Regiment, near Novgorod. As a Rifleman of the Central Front Rifle Regiment he actively participated in offensive battles and was seriously wounded in the leg and left hand during the liberation of Novgorod city. He was awarded the Medal "For Courage", the Order of Glory 3rd class, the Medal "For Battle Merit" and other awards.

Peschany Log (sandy ravine) - a memorial complex in Voronezh, the burial place of people shot by Nazi troops. 450 civilians and Soviet prisoners of war are buried there, including 35 children, who were shot by the Nazis in August 1942 during the occupation of the right-bank part of the city. Most of the dead were sick and wounded. It is possible that 90 people were brought to the Log (ravine) already dead.

On photo Tyutin Andrey Andreevich who went through the whole war with his pregnant wife Trimaskina Maria Fedorovna

Agliev Farsyi Aglievich. Photo taken for the 60th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War

Akramov Timerkhan Akramovich. Photo taken for the 60th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War

Amineva Sabira Ibragimovna. Photo taken for the 60th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War

Akhmadullin Mazgar Zinnatullovich

Odessa Aviation School. School instructor Zhikharev Vasily Dmitrievich says goodbye to his brother Grigory after training him as a fighter pilot.

My grandfather, Senior Sergeant, sniper (1922-2002). Ended the war as a Lieutenant. Photo from the front-line newspaper taken on the Northwestern Front.

My grandfather, Junior Lieutenant (1922-2002). Photo taken after wound and treatment in a hospital of Kamyshlov town, in the training regiment

Nikolyukin Dmitry Frolovich. Killed in action on June 1, 1943

Kucherov Aleksandr Nikitich. Junior Lieutenant. Drafted by the Tamalinsky Regional Military Commissariat in 1942. Killed in action 23.08.1944 in Elva, Estonia

My grandfather, Air Defense Private Soldier, born in 1925. In August-September 1945 he participated in the Soviet-Japanese War as part of the Trans-Baikal Front on the territory of Manchuria, reached the city of Mukden. Photo was taken at the place of his service in one of the air defense units in Transbaikalia.

Lagutin Andrey Maksimovich. Red Army Soldier. Missing in action in October 1941