Heroes and feats

Yakovlev Boris Vasilievich

Participant of the 1st Belorussian Front

Participant of the Great Patriotic War. Volkhov, Western, Ukrainian Fronts. He fought as part of the 9th Tank Brigade. He finished his service in December 1945 as Chief of Staff of the tank battalion. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of the Red Star, two Orders "Badge of Honor", the Medals "For Defense of Leningrad", "For Victory over Germany".

Born in 1920. Guards Junior Lieutenant Technician. In Red Army since 1940. 14.01.1945 he crashed into a retreating enemy column near Zashkiv and destroyed with fire and tracks up to 90 Nazis, 15 supply vehicles with military cargo, 4 machine-gun points and knocked out 2 enemy tanks.

Mayorov Aleksandr Semyonovich. Photo was sent from the front in 1943

Romashkin Ivan Iosifovich. My grandfather. Senior Sergeant. Сommander of the machine-gun crew

Tsepelev Valentin Andreevich, Lieutenant. Served in ground forces. Participated in the liberation of Leningrad

Soviet Army Soldiers of the Sergeant M. A. Kozlov's gun crew fire on the enemy on the Voronezh Front during the Great Patriotic War

Sergeant Chibryakov's mortar crew fires on the enemy on the Voronezh Front during the Great Patriotic War

Enbaev Ivan Grigorievich. Private Soldier, Rifleman, 1243rd Rifle Regiment, 375th Rifle Division. Killed in action 29.05.1943

Fatkin Gavril Semyonovich. Born in 1926. Called up in 1944. Fought on the 2nd Baltic Front of the 10th Army of the 30th Guards Regiment.

Gabrusenko Ivan Vladimirovich. Called up in 1942. 43rd Aviation Regiment. Manzovka. Primorsky Krai (Primorye Territory)

Shevkun Ekaterina Anisimovna with her husband Lukyan Yakovlevich. Shevkun (Volkova) Ekaterina Anisimovna (1921-2007). She was born and lived until June 1941 in Slantsy town, Leningrad Region, on the border with Finland. In the first days of the war she was evacuated with her mother and one-year-old son to the home front. Her first husband, a military pilot, perished in the first days of the war in air battles (but as it turned out after the war the information was incorrect due to confusion, he survived and found her after the war when she was already in her second marriage). She was sent to Chufarovo village, Sergach District. Home Front Worker. Decorated with numerous awards.

Hero of our family. Guards Sergeant. Fought in the rank of Sergeant in the 55th Guards Rifle Division, as a gun-layer in the 47th Guards Anti-Tank Battalion. 28.08.1943 he was awarded the Medal ""For Courage"" for his bravery in the battles near Mozdok and Malgobek. 10.10.1944 awarded the Medal ""For Battle Merit"" for the Crimean Height of 121.4. During battles on the territory of East Prussia he performed feats of arms as a laboratory technician and 22.02.1945 was awarded the Order of the Red Star. On photo Alexey Nikanorovich with all his awards. May his memory live forever! Glory to all Heroes!!!"

Yurov Sergey Mikhailovich (1921-1979). Born in Kozhino village, Sergach District. Graduated from the anti-aircraft school in Gorky city (Nizhny Novgorod). In 1941 he was 20 years old. He rose from Lieutenant to Major General of Artillery. He died at the age of 58 in Kharkov where he taught at the Military Academy.