Heroes and feats

Bulatov Ismail Bulatovich (15(28).02.1902 - 25.09.1975). Born on February 28 in Yevpatoria. In 1922 he finished the Party School in Simferopol. In 1924 he graduated from the Kazan Military Political School. In 1933-1937 he studied at the Leningrad Military Political Academy named after V. I. Lenin. In 1937-1940 he led the course in the Military Political Academy named after V. I. Lenin in Moscow. In June 1941 Bulatov I. B. participated in the battles near Smolensk as Comissar of the 120th Division of the Western Front. In July - September he participated in the defense of Yelnya town. In October he fought near Tula. In December 1942 he took part in the formation of the 5th Shock Army as a member of the Army Military Council.

. When the Great Patriotic War began Mikhail Vasilievich Vorobyov, Secretary of the Yevpatoria District Party Committee, was called up to the front by the Yevpatoria Regional Military Commissariat. He rose from the Unit Political Officer to the Head of the Political Department of the 307th Rifle Division, then of the 81st Rifle Division of the 21st Rifle Corps of the 13th Army. He participated in the defense of Moscow, in the Oryol-Bryansk Defensive Operation (Battle of Bryansk). For his courage and bravery shown in the Voronezh–Kastornoye Offensive Operation (liberation of Voronezh) he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. M. V. Vorobyov participated in the Battle of Kursk, in the Oryol Strategic Counteroffensive Operation (Operation Kutuzov) as part of the 81st Division of the 13th Army (Central Front).

Boyko Vera Efimovna. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, the Medals "For Battle Merit", the Medals "For Victory over Germany"

Petrakov Pavel Dmitrievich (1914-1945). Born in 1914 in Yevpatoria. Graduated from school №2. Worked as a mechanic (general fitter). P. D. Petrakov was drafted into the ranks of Red Army in 1936 by the Yevpatoria City Military Commissariat of the Crimean ASSR (Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic). He was at the front from the first days of the Great Patriotic War. Assistant Commander of the company for the technical part of the 259th Guards Separate Tank Regiment, Senior Lieutenant Technician Petrakov P. D. was awarded for military distinctions the Order of the Red Star, two Orders of the Patriotic War 2nd class and two Orders of the Patriotic War 1st class.

Rodionova (Lenskaya) Zinaida Semyonovna. Born in 1925 in Yevpatoria. Here she finished 7 grades of the secondary school. The war found her in Kiev where she was visiting her relatives after the end of the school year. From here together with other children Zina was evacuated to Chuvashia. She tried with all her might to get to the front. And finally she succeeded. In January 1944 Zina Rodionova along with soldiers of the Volkhov Front went on attacks on the ice of Lake Ilmen liberating Leningrad. Participated in battles on the territory of Latvia. There was an award sheet for Z. S. Rodionova.

Students of Nadezhdinskoye Secondary School (Primorye Territory)

Students of Nadezhdinskoye Secondary School (Primorye Territory)

Students of Nadezhdinskoye Secondary School (Primorye Territory)

Participant of the Nikopol–Krivoy Rog Offensive Operation as part of the 34th Rifle Corps of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. Native of Yevpatoria city I. V. Shabanov was drafted into the ranks of Red Army in 1939 by the Yevpatoria Regional Military Commissariat of the Crimean ASSR (Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic). At the front since August 1942. During the offensives of the Soviet troops Sergeant Shabanov I. V., rifleman and scout of the 455th Separate Recon Company of the 394th Rifle Division was awarded the Medal "For Battle Merit" (23.02.1944).

. Since June 1941 he participated in battles of the Great Patriotic War. By Decree №858 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 14, 1942 Guards Captain Mikhail Vasilievich Avdeev was awarded the title of a Hero of the Soviet Union for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the battlefront against the Nazi invaders and for the shown courage and heroism. Later he took part in the Battle of the Caucasus, Novorossiysk-Taman, Crimean, Odessa and Jassy-Kishinev Offensive Operations. In total during the war he made about 400 mission sorties on I-16, Yak-1 and Yak-9 fighters. In 88 air battles he personally shot down 12 enemy planes and 6 enemy aircrafts were downed in a group.

Budyonny Nikolay Vasilievich, 1921-1974

Yelizarov Sergey Mikhailovich (1922-1958). In the Soviet Army since 1941. In 1942 he graduated from the Kacha Military Aviation School and was sent to the front. Flight Commander of the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (303rd Fighter Aviation Division, 1st Air Army, 3rd Belorussian Front). By April 1945 Guards Senior Lieutenant Yelizarov S. M. made 200 mission sorties, in 70 air battles personally shot down 15 enemy planes and 5 enemy aircrafts were downed in a group. Awarded the title of a Hero of the Soviet Union on June 29, 1945. Awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, three Orders of the Red Star and the Medals.

Ponomarenko Nikolay Zakharovich. Private Soldier. Manchuria. 1945. This photo is one of the two preserved in our family since the war. My grandfather was drafted into the Army in 1943. He served in the 1007th Rifle Regiment, 292nd Khingan Rifle Division, 36th Combined Arms Army of the Trans-Baikal Front. This division took part in the Khingan Operation, liberated Hailar, Mukden, Qiqihar, Port Arthur.

The photo shows Shishenko P.M (right), Shishchenko S.M (left), Ivan Strashevsky (center). The photo was taken on November 7, 1944. Ivan Strashevsky sent it to his wife Lida. The photo is kept by his granddaughter Mironenko Rita Ivanovna

Yagodarov Ilya Vasilievich, participant of the Great Patriotic War. Private Soldier. Drafted into the Army in 1940. Got to the war on the front line. He was wounded and captured. Escaped from a concentration camp while unloading coal cars: "I buried myself in the coals and thus managed to escape". He fought as a tankman. His tank burned and he was captured again. Later he was released by the Americans. He returned to his Homeland in 1946. Immediately in the Military Commissariat he was sentenced to 10 years as a high traitor to his Motherland, an alleged "Vlasovite" (Vlasov Liberation Army). He returned home from the Stalinist camp in 1956 having served 10 years there. He passed away on December 25, 1985. Repressed, restored after death as a participant of the war.