Heroes and feats

My grandfather. Born on July 14, 1923. Lieutenant

Shevelev Sergey Nikolayevich. Born on June 25, 1909 in Zhovtnevo village, Oktyabrsky District, Odessa Region, Ukrainian SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic). In 1926 Sergey Nikolayevich finished 7 grades of school in Kattakurgan town, Uzbek SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic). From 1926 to 1929 he worked at the Zeravshan Experimental Agricultural Station of the Uzbek SSR as an apprentice in a forge (blacksmith's shop), then as a tractor driver and meteorological observer. From 1929 to 1930 he was an agricultural technician in Kattaming village of the Paishanba District (Kattakurgan District) of the Uzbek SSR. From November 1930 to 1931 Sergey Nikolayevich worked as an agricultural technician at the Machine Tractor Station of the Bagʻdod District of the Uzbek SSR. On September 28, 1931 Shevelev S. N. was called up for military service in the Soviet Army.

Koptelov Leonid Mikhailovich in the hospital. Koptelov Leonid Mikhailovich was born on January 27, 1925 in Yaransk town, Yaransk District, Kirov Region in the family of a serviceman. From January 1943 to September 1943 he was a cadet of the Lvov Military Infantry School. Not finishing it he was sent to the front. From September 1943 to August 1944 he was at the front as a gunner of the 415th Separate Anti-Tank Battalion, the 184th Dukhovshchina Rifle Division. In August 1944 he was seriously wounded, was in the hospital in Moscow. Upon recovery he was declared unfit for military service and was sent to the 396th Airfield Service Battalion

Pospelova Lidiya Petrovna. Private Soldier

Guards Senior Lieutenant Volkov Dmitry Kuzmich (sitting, with a cigarette in his hand) with brother-soldiers. Alba Iulia city

Lance-Corporal (Yefreytor) Nuyanzin Ivan Ivanovich. When the war began Ivan was 15 years old. He grew up in a large and friendly family. Vanya did well at school and helped his parents to raise younger brothers. Ivan's father Ivan Stepanovich was the first to leave home for the front. He was 39 years old. In one of the battles Vanya's father was seriously wounded in the arm, stayed in the hospital for a long time and was discharged. His son Ivan (Ivan Ivanovich) went to the front to replace his father. Ivan and his fellow countryman Novichkov Dmitry were drafted on the same day and sent to the Western Front in Lithuania. They drove the enemy further and further. The enemy fled, the end of the war was so close. In one of the battles near Skuodas city Vanya was killed. He was only 18...

Red Army Soldier Novichkov Dmitry Pavlovich. Burial in the park of Skuodas city, Lithuanian SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic). Years have passed ... Gray hair covered his head. But there was no rest for the veteran. And these thoughts were painful. The old veteran reproached himself for coming out of the battle alive while his friend was taken by the damp earth. After the war he decided to go to Lithuania. The bodies of Soviet soldiers were reburied in the city park. It was always clean and quiet there. Flowers lay on marble slabs.

Marble slab with the name of the lost soldier Ivan Ivanovich Nuyanzin. Dmitry Pavlovich spent the whole day looking for a plate with the name of his friend. How to find the right tombstone among all of them? And suddenly on one of them he saw the inscription: "Lance-Corporal (Yefreytor) Nuyanzin Ivan Ivanovich".

Young Lieutenant, scout, Chinese language translator Semenyachenko Aleksandr Arkhipovich (leftmost) with friends.

On this day Semenyachenko Aleksandr Arkhipovich, Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, turned 100 years old.

Long 19 months of hospitals after serious wound. They created their own theater from the wounded and the medical personnel.

Photo taken during a short break between trips on the hospital train near Stalingrad.

Meeting of Veterans of the 37th Army of the 151st Red Banner Zhmerinka-Budapest Rifle Division in Maysky town (Kabardino-Balkaria) on April 22, 1985.

Vidulin Afanasy Ivanovich. Red Army Soldier. Presumably, photo was taken during staying in the Tula transit camp (transit point).

Tankmen of the 2nd Separate Guards Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Tank Brigade. Tankman Sergey Varivoda sits second from the right. Photo taken on January 13, 1945 in East Prussia.