Heroes and feats

Chuiko Nikolay Fedotovich (sitting on the left) with his brother-soldiers. Participants of the Soviet-Japanese War of 1945

Infantry private soldier, home front worker. Born in 1923 in Uren District, Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod) Region. Drafted into the Army as part of the infantry. In one of the battles he got a shell-shock and was hospitalized. After the hospital he was discharged and sent to the home front, to a collective farm (kolkhoz) where he helped to provide food for our Army until the end of the war. On photo Vasily Alekseevich at a young age. Note: His twin brother, German, also fought in the war but went missing in action.

Artists of the front-line concert brigade of the Mari State Philharmonic performing among aviators of the 3rd Ukrainian Front

Artists of the front-line concert brigade of the Mari State Philharmonic among aviators of the 3rd Ukrainian Front

Reshetnikov Mikhail Filippovich with his brother-soldiers. Berlin, 1945

On photo Gievsky Stepan Ilyich - my great-great-grandfather on my mother's side. He perished in 1943 and was buried in a mass grave in Kushchevskaya village, Krasnodar Krai (Krasnodar Territory).

My grandfather's uncle Zapolsky Vladimir Konstantinovich was conscripted on August 1, 1941, Leninsk (Asaka), Fergana Region, Uzbek SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic). Rank: Major of Engineering Troops. Place of service: 7th Guards Cavalry Corps of the 1st Belorussian Front. He went through the whole war, was responsible for the uninterrupted supply of fuel and lubricants and equipment output. During his service he was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Orders of the Patriotic War 1st and 2nd classes and the Medal "For Battle Merit". He got to Berlin. After the war he left for Kuban and worked as a chief engineer in a transport enterprise. My grandfather Aleksandr treasures all the awards of his uncle Vova, and me and my family cherish the memory.

Mironova (Zapadaeva) Elena Petrovna. Guards Lieutenant. Senior scrub (operating) nurse of the 387th Separate Medical and Sanitary Battalion of the 19th Guards Rifle Rudnya Red Banner, Order of Lenin and Order of Suvorov Division. Participant of the Great Patriotic War as part of the Kalinin and 3rd Belorussian Fronts from December 1941 to May 1945. Participated in the East Prussian and Insterburg-Königsberg Operations. Awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Medal "For Capture of Königsberg", the Medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Mironova (Zapadaeva) Elena Petrovna. Guards Lieutenant. Senior scrub (operating) nurse of the 387th Separate Medical and Sanitary Battalion of the 19th Guards Rifle Rudnya Red Banner, Order of Lenin and Order of Suvorov Division. Participant of the Great Patriotic War as part of the Kalinin and 3rd Belorussian Fronts from December 1941 to May 1945. Participated in the East Prussian and Insterburg-Königsberg operations. Awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Medal "For Capture of Königsberg", the Medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Bondarenko Nadezhda Andreevna. Defender of Stalingrad

Semyonova Maria Semyonovna. Sergeant. Unit Commander of the communications company of the 1247th Rifle Regiment of the 377th Rifle Valga Red Banner Division. Participant of the Great Patriotic War from 1942 to 1945 as part of the Volkhov, Leningrad and 3rd Baltic Fronts. Participated in the Narva Offensive Operation. Awarded the Medals "For Battle Merit", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Uratov Aleksandr Makarovich. Red Army Soldier of the 96th Guards Artillery Leningrad Red Banner Regiment of the 45th Guards Rifle Krasnoselskaya Red Banner and Order of Lenin Division. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War from 1942 to 1945. Awarded the Medals "For Defense of Leningrad", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Uratov Pyotr Makarovich. Guards Lieutenant. Battery Deputy Commander for the combat unit (staff) of the artillery battalion of the 3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the South-Western Front. Participant of the Great Patriotic War from 1941 to 1945 as part of the Voronezh and South-Western Fronts. Awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Medals "For Battle Merit", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Shilov Nikolay Efimovich. Guards Senior Sergeant of the 2nd Aviation Squadron of the 117th Guards Fighter Aviation Stanislav Red Banner Regiment. He went through the whole war as part of the regiment. Participated in the Kishinev Offensive Operation, in the liberation of Belgorod, was repeatedly noted by the regiment's command. He finished his service in the Soviet Army in August 1960. Awarded the Medals "For Battle Merit", "For Liberation of Belgorod", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Nikolaev Semyon Nikolaevich. Rifleman (machine gunner) of the 1062nd Rifle Regiment of the 281st Lyuban Order of Suvorov Rifle Division. Participant of the Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class.