Heroes and feats

Antipov Stepan Yakovlevich was born on December 24, 1911 in the village of Novoarkhangelskoye, Orenburg region. In 1939 he graduated from the Kuibyshev Agricultural Institute, and by distribution he got into an agronomist in st. Kotlyarevskaya to the Krasnaya Niva collective farm. The news of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War found Stepan Yakovlevich in the field. He was drafted into the Army in October 1942 by the May District Military Commissariat. After being drafted into the army, he was sent to courses in Essentuki, where he received the military specialty of a mortar and the military rank of Second Lieutenant. The first battle was near Kerch city, Crimea. Then there was the Battle of Stalingrad.

After the end of his service in the army, he immediately went to the front as a tanker. In July 1941 he was seriously wounded (presumably in the battles for the Brest Fortress) and spent 2 months in the hospital. Then he participated in the Battle of Stalingrad, in the battles on the Kursk Bulge, participated in the liberation of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Germany. He took part in the battles for Berlin. He passed the Second World War from the beginning to the end. He was wounded many times. In the battle of Stalingrad, on the ice of the Volga, his tank was knocked out. Civilian women pulled him out of a burning and sinking tank

Chichilanov Alexander Dmitrievich (left). He was born in 1915 in Zarechnaya village. Tractor driver. Red Army soldier. participant of the war with Finland. Drafted into the army on June 30, 1941, Kirovo. Anti-aircraft gunner, North-Western Front. Wounded on September 29. Awarded of medals, the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class.

Skorobogatov Nikolai Ivanovich was born on May 17, 1925 in Tarkhanka village, Uzhursky district, Krasnoyarsk region. Corporal, crew commander, Separate Anti-Aircraft Machine-gun company No.853, 4th tank army. Wounded on 04/25/1945. He was awarded of the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, the medals "For Courage", "For the Capture of Berlin", "For the Liberation of Prague", "For Victory over Germany"

The photo shows my great-grandfather, Denisenko Grigory. The photo taken on May 2, 1945, in Germany.

Bodryashov Alexander Timofeevich, Hero of the Soviet Union, born December 3, 1921 Shemysheyka village, Penza region. Sergeant First Class. He was drafted into the Soviet army in October 1940 by the Ust-Bolsheretsky regional military comissariat of the Kamchatka region. He fought in the Central, Bryansk, Voronezh, Steppe, Transcaucasian fronts. Participated in the Black Sea Group of Forces. He served as an infantryman, an artilleryman, a tanker. He was wounded several times. Died 07/03/2003. Buried in Shemysheyka, Penza region.

Pavel Nikolaevich Tremasov was born on June 10, 1907 in Dubrovka-na-Uza village. In the first days of the war P.N. Tremasov was drafted to the front from Serpukhov city, Moscow region, fought in the sapper troops. He was awarded of the Order of Glory 3rd, 2nd and 1st class. He died in December 1986. Buried in the cemetery in Kuzmenki village, Serpukhov District, Moscow Region.

Makarov Anatoly Sergeevich

Dudin Mikhail Semyonovich (left), Private intelligence officer, 608th Artillery Regiment. 165th Infantry Division.

Uvarov Ivan Vasilievich was born in 1918.It is the only his photo preserved in our family (center). In March 1939, he was drafted by the Teplostansky RMC, Gorky Region, Teplostansky District. In 1941 he missed in action near Poland. The family hoped to the last that he would return ...

Zaitseva Valentina Petrovna. Born in 1925 in Kusa, Chelyabinsk region. She worked as a turner at an engineering plant. She sharpened various details and worked overtime (12-14 hours 6 days a week). Valentina worked throughout the war and more, then she was engaged in domestic life and livestock. The newspaper Pravda wrote at that time: "The Urals took on their mighty shoulders the main burden of supplying the Armed Forces of our country." The Urals were rich in iron, nonferrous and light metals, fuel and chemical resources. It formed a powerful line of economic fortifications, a line of the richest deposits, copper mines, factories and power plants.

Popov Pavel Ivanov. Born in 1896 in Kusa, Chelyabinsk region. He served in combat engineers. He worked as a carpenter and built bridges, trenches. Pavel Ivanov also participated in the Finnish, Civil and Patriotic War.

MY GRANDFATHER, GODUNOV GRIGORY FILIPPOVICH (1927-1969) volunteered for the front in 1943. He was only 16 years old. Grandfather was born in Suvorovskaya village, Stavropol Territory. He was a signalman in the signal troops. At the end of the war he was concussed. My grandfather reached Berlin, then served in the western group of troops, after which he was demobilized with the rank of sergeant. He returned home only in 1949. We do not know about his awards, because my grandfather handed out all his orders and awards at the station in Mineralnye Vody to street children. At that time there was hunger and awards could be exchanged for food.

Drobotova Valentina Fedorovna (1921-1991) Participant of the Great Patriotic War 1943-1945, Private. Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945." She was buried in Makeevka.

Petrov Evgeny Mikhailovich. Born in Strukovka village in 1925. Drafted in the army in 01/09/1943, Mishkino. Private, telephone operator, 156 Rifle Division. Wounded on 11/08/1943 near Velikiye Luki. Chauffeur, 62nd Anti-Tank Artillery Division. He fought in Lithuania, East Prussia. Sergeant, motor company for the removal of uranium ore from Annaberg (1948-1950). He was awarded of the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, medals "For Courage", "For Combat Service", "For the Capture of Königsberg", "For Victory over Germany".