Images of War
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Bormotov Maxim Fedorovich
Bormotov Maxim Fedorovich. Died 08.21.1944. Awarded of the Order of the Red Star posthumously.
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Shidakova Nina Maksimovna
Shidakova Nina Maksimovna. 21.08.1929-25.04.2019. Home front worker
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Zatonsky Savely Yakovlevich
Zatonsky Savely Yakovlevich, my great-grandfather, the commander of a cavalry platoon, was born in 1913. He went to the front in June 1941. Missed in action in July 1943
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Korotkov Ivan Ivanovich
Korotkov Ivan Ivanovich, my grandfather. Private. Born in 1916, died in 1964. Was drafted into service in 1939. Participated in battles on the Southwestern Front (1941), North Caucasian Front (1943), 4th Ukrainian Front (1944), 3rd Ukrainian Front (1944), Karelian Front (1944), 2nd Ukrainian Front (1945 year). In the battles on the Mius River he was seriously wounded three times. He was awarded of the medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", the medal "For Courage", "For Military Merit", the medal "For the capture of Budapest."
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Belovolov Mikhail Maksimovich
Belovolov Mikhail Maksimovich. Born in 1905 in Bolshaya Dzhalga village, Ipatovsky District. He died in February 1991. He was a tanker. He began to serve as a private and rose to the rank of sergeant first class. Main battles: The Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Prokhorovskaya on the Kursk Bulge. He ended the war in Austria, when the surrender of Germany was declared. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War.
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Shatokhina Ekaterina Andreevna
Born in 1921, in Yanushevskoye village, Stavropol Territory. Homefront worker. In 1941 she was sent to Shakhty to mine coal for the front. Then she participated in digging trenches, building dugouts and trenches in Rostov region.
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Rusakov Yakov Pavlovich
06.10.1916 - 01.07.2000. Place of birth: Ryazan region, Ionevsky district, Popushevo village. From 1939 to 1941 he studied at the Kiev Flight Technical School, majoring in aviation mechanic. Without finishing school, he went to war. He participated in battles since June 1941. He served on the South, North Caucasian, Voronezh, Stepnoy, 1st and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. He was awarded of the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, the Order of the Red Star, the medal “For the defense of the Caucasus”, the medal “For the liberation of Prague”, the medal “For the capture of Berlin”, the medal “For the victory over Germany”. After the end of the war, he remained on long-term service from 1945 to 1947
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Levkovich Pavel Ilyich
He went to the front as a volunteer in 1941. In 1943 he died like a hero in the Battle of the Kursk Bulge.
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Maksimov Akim Polikarpovich
Born in 1913 in Varenikovskaya village, Krymsky District, Krasnodar Territory. He was drafted to the front in the first days of the war by the Varenikovsky regional military commissariat. He served in the 716th Rifle Regiment of the 157th Rifle Division with the rank of Second lieutenant. He died lile a hero on the Southern Front, defending the Crimea, on October 19, 1941. The burial place has not been found.
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Redkina Alimpiada Ivanovna
She was born on July 22, 1918 in Babye village, Balakhninsky District. She was drafted to the front on April 9, 1942. She completed military training in Dzerzhinsk, Gorky Region. Got the specialization of anti-aircraft gunner-instrument operator. After training, she was assigned to serve in Riga. She fought as part of the 1291st anti-aircraft artillery regiment. She defended the city from enemy air raids. She finished her service on May 9, 1945 with the rank of Private First Class. She was awarded of the medal "For Victory over Germany", the Order of the "Patriotic War” 2nd class.
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Redkina Alexandra Ivanovna
She was born on May 7, 1922 in Babye village, Balakhninsky District. After graduating seven-year school, she entered a medical school. In 1939 she became a nurse. She was drafted to the front in the first days of the war on June 1941 at the age of 19. She served in the 191st medical and sanitary battalion, 4289th infectious diseases hospital. It was a mobile military hospital, the so-called "hospital on wheels", whose task was to remove the wounded from the battlefield, provide first aid and deliver them to the hospital. She served in the Ukraine, near Stalingrad. She was shell-shocked. She ended the military service with the rank of sergeant.
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Myagkov Sergey Alexandrovich
He died in 1943. Was awarded of a medal “For the Defense of Stalingrad”.
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Lukyanov Ivan Alexandrovich
Born in 1904. Went to the front in 1941 and served in the infantry forces. Died in a concentration camp in Finland on August 23, 1943.
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Kiselev Konstantin Grigorievich
Drafted at the age of 17 from Nizhny Novgorod. Missed in action.
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Medicine in the war
Maltseva Anna Petrovna (center), June 20, 1941. Graduates of the Kiselevsky medical school. Called up to the front on June 23, 1941
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