Heroes and feats

The formation of Cossacks and Sergeants of the 43rd Guards Cavalry Regiment, participants of the Victory Parade before leaving for Moscow. Austria. 1945

A combat mission before departure. 1942 year.

Echelon with the Cossacks of the 5th Guards Don Cossack Cavalry Corps goes home. 1945.

Lieutenant Colonel Kozlov I.S. with a group of fellow soldiers in Berlin. At the Brandenburg Gate. 1945.

Lieutenant Khomutov I.A. with his sons Alexey and Andrey. 1942.

The combat core of the Partisan unit “Otvazhniy-2”. Rostov region. 1942.

A group of fighters and commanders of the Red Army in a forest. Poland. 1944-1945

The photo shows pilots of the 61st Guards Don Aviation Regiment: Khlivetsky V.K., Bilan N.A., Goldobin N.I.

A group of military men are near the Elbe River, Dresden city.

The 15th brigade. There is an inscription on the back of the picture: "Valiant officers and combat commanders of the 15th Guards Mechanized Brigade, 4 Guards Mechanized Corps, who have passed a glorious and combat path from the walls of Stalingrad to Bulgaria"

A group of military men. May. 1945 Berlin. Signalmen of the Signal Battalion of the Rifle Division No. 248 who fought hard from Mius to Berlin.

In 1941 he was drafted to serve in the Moscow Red Banner Infantry School. After graduating with the rank of Second Lieutenant, he was sent to the Leningrad Front as a Commander of a Rifle Platoon. He wes awarded of the Order of the World War 1st Class. In 1942, during the defense of Leningrad, he was seriously wounded. After demobilization for more than 50 years he worked in the trade of Prokopyevsk and Kuzbass. He was the chief of supply, director of the procurement office, head of the civil defense headquarters, chairman of the regional consumer union. Photo archive of Prokopyevsk.

Mkhitarov Alexander Nikolaevich is a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. During the war years he served as a commander of the second aviation squadron 585 APNB, which participated in the battles of the Mius front.

Alexander Matveevich Eroshin - Hero of the Soviet Union, honorary citizen of Matveev Kurgan village. A native of Khvorostyanovka village, Novosilsky district, Oryol region. He began his military service on the Stalingrad front as the commander of a T-34 tank in the 37th tank regiment of the 15th mechanized brigade of the 4th Guards Stalingrad Mechanized Corps. He was awarded of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on April 28, 1943, for the feat accomplished during the breakthrough of the Mius Front.

Moskovaya Olga Sergeevna is a participant of the Great Patriotic War. She and her sister helped the wounded during the battles on the Mius Front. They carried 67 wounded soldiers and commanders from the battlefield. For participation in the rescue of wounded soldiers Moskovaya O.S. was awarded of the medal "For Combat Service". First sergeant of the medical service Moskovaya O.S., passed her combat path from Matveev Kurgan to Berlin.