Heroes and feats

Petrov Evgeny Mikhailovich, fought from 1943 to 1945. He returned home in 1951. Worked in the bodies of the Mishkino Internal Affairs.

Fadin Nikolay Ivanovich, 1927 - 1976 Drafted into the ranks of the Soviet army in 1941. Studied at the Artillery School in Tatishchevo, Saratov Region. He took part in the crossing of the Dnieper. Further he moved with army units to Yugoslavia, Romania, Austria. Was a gunner, spotter of anti-tank cannon guns. Destroyed a large number of enemy tanks and other equipment. For military services he was awarded orders and medals. After the end of the war, he returned to his native village Kanaevka, Saratov region, where he worked as a teacher of literature and history, and became the director of the school.

Dmitry Petrovich Kryukov, 1912 - 1990 Born in the village Kizhevatovo, Bessonovsky district, Penza region. Went to the front in 1941 as a scout in the 10th Army. His wife and four children remained at home. He took part in the Moscow battle, in the liberation of over 5000 settlements and 19 cities of the Ryazan, Tula and Smolensk regions. After the war, he had 4 more children. By the decision of public organizations and the administration of the Stepanovskiy state farm on December 17, 1961, he was awarded the title of “Drummer of Communist Labor”. On September 01, 1972 he retired.

Prokhorov Yakov Antonovich, 06/20/1924 - 05/09/1964. Born in the in Colemass village, Penza region. He was drafted to the front in 1942 and immediately sent to the Leningrad front. Convoy ships for besieged Leningrad. He drove away enemy planes with aimed fire from a machine gun. In June 1944 he took part in the Vidlitsa operation, helping to place amphibious units on the ship. In the fall of 1944, he was appointed commander of a detachment of miners and personally, being exposed to mortal danger, destroyed 23 enemy mines that threatened ships by detonating them. In 1945 he covered 525 miles with trawls. After the war he worked as chairman of a collective farm, and after the foreman of a tractor brigade.

Atamanov Matvey Ivanovich, 06/12/1923 - 10/20/2003 Born in Vichkiley village, the Nikolaev district, Penza region. At 19 he went to war. Participated in the Japanese War. He served in the army for seven and a half years. After the war he worked on a collective farm. He had no wounds, and he was not captured. Received orders, jubilee medals. After the war he got married, life was not easy. The family had eleven children. Four died. There are six sons and one daughter left. Even though life did not indulge, Matvey Ivanovich remained kind, hard-working, always ready to help people. In the memory of fellow villagers, he will forever remain a good person.

Alexey Ivanovich Sinitsyn, 1906 - 1952 Born in Akhlebinino village, Bednodemyanovsky district, Penza region. In 1941 he was drafted to the front. He went through the entire war, during which he was wounded in the head. He returned from the front in 1945. Had awards.

Martynov Andriyan Fedorovich, 1901 – 1966. Born in the village of Pleshcheevka, Kolyshleysky district, Penza region. Called up by the Kolyshley Regional Military Commissariat. He participated in the Civil War, in the Second World War since April 1943. He fought on the 1st Baltic Front. Was a gunner of a light machine gun of the 2nd platoon, 2nd rifle company, 1st separate rifle battalion, 145 separate rifle brigade. In battles he showed courage and endurance. In the offensive, he conducted aimed fire at the main points of the enemy and the enemy infantry. As part of the platoon, he repulsed 4 enemy counterattacks. In this battle he destroyed 9 enemy soldiers and officers, was awarded the medal "For Courage" on November 13, 1943.

In the photo, the crew of the T-34 tank, Grigory Volynkin (centre) and Ivan Sinitsin (right), marched together from 1941 to 1945 and finished the war in Kaliningrad (Königsberg).

Goloshchapov Ivan Stepanovich.

Kuzin Pyotr Romanovich, 1916 - 1944. Called up for war by the Bolshe-Tarkhansky Regional Military Commissariat, the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Bolshe-Tarkhansky district, Kirtili village. Mordvin by nationality. Participated in two wars: the Soviet-Finnish and the Great Patriotic War. He passed a long combat path in the composition of several military units: 153rd rifle regiment, 80th rifle division, 41 separate battalion of the recovering of the Volkhov front. The service began in Ukraine, reached Lake Ladoga, after - Kursk, Leningrad, Pskov regions, Gulf of Finland, Lithuania, Poland. He rose to the rank of foreman. He also worked as a medical assistant. But in 1945 in Poland, he was wounded and demobilized. There were no awards

Shatov Nikolay Efimovich, 1916 - 2005 Place of birth: Penza region, Kolyshleisky district, Telegino village. 1937 - military service; 1939 - participant in the Finnish War; 1941 - served on the western front "Belaya Tserkov", where in 1943 he was wounded and was sent home from the Kursk Bulge. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree

Artemiy Maksimovich Agafonov, 1902 - 1942. Artemiy Agafonov was born in Karaulovka village, Kolyshleyskiy district, Penza region, Russia. On the eve of the Great Patriotic War he was called up for military training by the Kolyshleysky Regional Military Commissariat and went straight from training to the front, fought in the south. In 1941, after a regrouping of troops, he ended up in the South-West direction in the 38th Army. On January 18, 1942, the task was set to capture Kharkov. During the mission, there were both retreats and offensives. A.M. Agafonov’s unit protruded north of the Lozovaya railway junction. He died on March 17, 1942 in this battle near Lozovaya, and on March 18 the enemy retreated. Burial place - Ukraine, Kharkiv region, Lozovsky district

Unannotated photographs of military personnel stored in the archive.

Unannotated photographs of military personnel stored in the archive.

Unannotated photographs of military personnel stored in the archive.