Heroes and feats

Denisov Konstantin Ivanovich. Fought from 1943 to 1945 as a Lance-Corporal (Yefreytor), scout-observer of the 120-mm Mortar Battery, participant of the Korsun-Shevchenkovsky Group (Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive). Awarded the Order of Glory 3d class, the Medal "For Courage".

Grigorieva (Polozova) Ekaterina Pavlovna. Senior Sergeant. Medical instructor. On the front from 1942 to 1945. Awarded the Order of October Revolution and the Medal "For Battle Merit".

1941-1942 - German language translator of the NKVD (People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs) Special Department of the Army Field Forces; 1942-1943 - German language translator of the NKVD special department, the "SMERSH" counterintelligence department of the North Caucasus Army; 1943-1944 - Assistant to the Operative of the "SMERSH" Counterintelligence Department of the People's Defense Commissariat, Rostov-on-Don.

Village woman D. Ivanova treats the partisan-machine gunner A. A. Dvoretsky with milk. State Archives of Pskov Region

Tankman of the 368th Guards Red Banner Tarnopol Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment. 1940-1942 - cadet of the Military Aviation School of Mechanics, Chelyabinsk; 1942 - drafted into the ranks of Red Army, sent to the Chelyabinsk Tank School; 1943-1945 - fought until the end of the Great Patriotic War as a driver-mechanic, Commander of the heavy self-propelled gun crew on the 1st and 4th Ukrainian Fronts.

In a partisan detachment. From left to right: N. G. Vasiliev, M. N. Dmitrieva, A. A. Tuzhikov. State Archives of Pskov Region

In August 1941 he was drafted into the Army, then left in the city of Kemerovo as the Head of the Motor Repair Shop of the Siberian Military District. From August 1942 he was sent with a part of the repair personnel to the Kemerovo City Motor Depot of People's Commissariat of Motor Transport as a technical manager. From June to October 1943 Ivan Yakovlevich was the Head of the Kemerovo City Motor Depot of People's Commissariat of Motor Transport. In 1943 he was sent by the Kemerovo Regional Military Commissariat as a technical manager of the transport department to the plant №392 of People's Commissariat of Ammunition, and then as the head of the transport department of the plant where he worked until 1950.

Commissar of the 7th Leningrad Partisan Brigade A. F. Mayorov (1st from the left) on the fire training of partisans. State Archives of Pskov Region

Veteran of Labour, participant of the Great Patriotic War, Assistant Professor (Docent), Candidate of Medical Sciences. In August 1942 at the age of 17 Klavdiya Tikhonovna volunteered for the front. She entered the school of radio operators of a separate motorized rifle brigade of special operations. After graduation she was enrolled as a radio operator in the troops of the NKVD (People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs) - NKGB (People's Commissariat for State Security) of the USSR.

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

In a partisan detachment. On the right N. Rachkov, Сommander of the 2nd Leningrad Partisan Brigade. State Archives of Pskov Region

Transportation of the partisan hospital of the 6th Leningrad Partisan Brigade to a new location in Osminsky District. 1943. State Archives of Pskov Region

Partisans prepare for battle. State Archives of Pskov Region

Glyadeshin Evgeny Sergeevich. Senior Sergeant. Born in 1924 in Belev town. Drafted into the ranks of Red Army in 1942. Killed in action in November 1943 near Vitebsk, Belarus.

Seeing off her husband to a partisan detachment. State Archives of Pskov Region