Dmitry Markovich Nazarov, WWII veteran. Biography of WWII participants in Cherkasskoye and home front workers. "The Winners"

Dmitry Markovich Nazarov, WWII veteran. Biography of WWII participants in Cherkasskoye and home front workers. "The Winners" - Soldiers of the Great War

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On this page we have collected resources that will help you find a soldier (deceased relative or friend), search for those killed and missing in the Great Patriotic War.

Volunteer project "Archive Battalion"

The volunteer project “Archive Battalion” to restore information about participants in the wars of the 20th century accepts and processes applications to study the combat path of participants in the Great Patriotic War.

People's project “Establishing the fate of missing defenders of the Fatherland”

At present, the fate of more than 4.7 million defenders of the Fatherland who went missing during the Great Patriotic War has not been established. To this day, the remains of a large number of Russian soldiers and officers remain unburied.

Memory of the people

The People's Memory project was implemented in accordance with the decision of the Russian Victory Organizing Committee of July 2013, supported by the instructions of the President and the Decree of the Russian Government in 2014. The project provides for the publication on the Internet of archival documents and documents about the losses and awards of soldiers and officers of the First World War, the development of the projects previously implemented by the Russian Ministry of Defense about the Second World War OBD Memorial and Feat of the People into one project - Memory of the People.

Feat of the people

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation presents a unique open access information resource, filled with all documents available in military archives about the progress and results of major combat operations, exploits and awards of all soldiers of the Great Patriotic War. As of August 8, 2012, the data bank contains information about 12,670,837 awards.

Generalized database "Memorial"

The generalized data bank contains information about the defenders of the Fatherland who died and disappeared during the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period. The work was done on a large scale: tens of thousands of documents were collected and converted into electronic form, with a total volume of more than 10 million sheets. The personal information contained in them amounted to more than 20 million records.

Immortal Regiment of Russia

The all-Russian public civil-patriotic movement “Immortal Regiment of Russia” collects stories about participants in the Great Patriotic War. The database is updated daily. Here you can not only add your veteran soldier to the all-Russian “piggy bank”, but also search for existing ones.

Electronic book of memory “Immortal Regiment - Moscow”

“Immortal Regiment - Moscow” together with the “My Documents” State Service Centers are collecting information about residents of the capital who took part in the Great Patriotic War. Now there are already more than 193 thousand names in the archive.

“Soldat.ru” - database of those killed in the Second World War

Soldat.ru is the oldest portal on the Russian Internet for establishing the fate of dead and missing military personnel and searching for their loved ones.

"The Winners" - Soldiers of the Great War

With our project we want to thank by name the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War living next to us and talk about their feat. The “Winners” project was created for the 60th anniversary of the Victory. Then we managed to collect lists of more than a million veterans living near us.

The site also contains a stunning interactive and animated map of the fighting of the Great Patriotic War.

Electronic memorial “Remember About”

On the social website “PomniPro”, each registered user can create a memory page, a photo gallery of a deceased loved one, talk about his biography, honor the memory of the deceased, leave words of memory and gratitude. You can also find a deceased relative and friend, search for those killed and missing in the Great Patriotic War.

Memorial of the Great Patriotic War

The site is conceived as a people's encyclopedia, a virtual Memorial to the fallen participants of the Great War, where everyone can leave their comments on any entry, supplement information about the War Participant with photographs and memories, and turn to other project participants for help. There are about 60,000 project participants. More than 400,000 cards have been registered.

MIPOD "Immortal Regiment"

The site has a large database of participants in the Great Patriotic War. The chronicle is maintained by community members. Now there are more than 400 thousand names in the archive.

Find a soldier. Memo for those who are looking for their heroes

1. Check the data on the OBD Memorial website

When checking data about a person, open the “advanced search” tab and make attempts by typing only the last name, then the last name and first name, then the full data. Also try to check the information by setting the last name parameters, and the first and patronymic parameters only with initials.

2. Send a request to the archives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The request must be sent to the address: 142100 Moscow region, Podolsk, Kirova St., 74. "Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation."

Enclose the letter in the envelope, clearly stating the information you have and stating the purpose of the request. Enclose one blank envelope with your home address as the recipient's address.

3. Check the data on the “Feat of the People” website

If you do not have information on awards, you can go to the “Feat of the People” website. In the “People and Awards” tab, enter the information requested.

4. Check parameter information

There are additional ways that can also help you find and identify information about your veteran. The website “Soldat.ru” presents a list of search technologies, we draw your attention to some of them:

Database of Internet links to school museums of the Russian Federation, which have exhibitions about the combat routes of units and formations of the Soviet Army
How to establish the fate of a serviceman who died or went missing during the Great Patriotic War
Information on materials held by the International Red Cross Tracing Service
Request forms for search, evacuation and search of graves through the Tracing and Information Center of the Russian Red Cross (

Today, anyone has the opportunity to find information about relatives and loved ones who died or disappeared during the Great Patriotic War. Many websites have been created to study documents containing personal data of military personnel during the war. "RG" presents an overview of the most useful of them. Therefore, do not despair if you were unable to find any data about your relatives in the bank of unpresented awards of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta - the search can be continued on other Internet resources.

Database

www.rkka.ru - a directory of military abbreviations (as well as regulations, manuals, directives, orders and personal documents of wartime).

Libraries

oldgazette.ru - old newspapers (including the war period).

www.rkka.ru - description of military operations of the Second World War, post-war analysis of the events of the Second World War, military memoirs.

Military cards

www.rkka.ru - military topographic maps with the combat situation (by war periods and operations)

Search Engine Sites

www.rf-poisk.ru - official website of the Russian Search Movement

Losses in the Great Patriotic War

It is still unknown exactly how many people left us during this great human tragedy. After all, the counting did not begin immediately; only in 1980, with the advent of glasnost in the USSR, historians, politicians, and archive staff were able to begin official work. Until this time, scattered data that were beneficial at that time were received.

After celebrating Victory Day in 1945, J.V. Stalin said that we had buried 7 million Soviet citizens. He spoke, in his opinion, about everyone, both about those who died during the battle and about those who were taken prisoner by the German occupiers. But he missed a lot, did not say about the rear employees who stood at the machine from morning until night, falling dead from exhaustion. I forgot about the sentenced saboteurs, traitors to the motherland, ordinary residents and siege survivors of Leningrad who died in small villages; missing persons. Unfortunately, they can be listed for a long time.
Later L.I. Brezhnev provided different information, he reported 20 million dead.

Today, thanks to the decoding of secret documents and search work, the numbers are becoming real. Thus, you can see the following picture:

Combat losses received directly at the front during battles amount to about 8,860,400 people.
Non-combat losses (from illnesses, wounds, accidents) - 6,885,100 people.

However, these figures do not yet correspond to complete reality. War, and even this kind of war, is not only the destruction of the enemy at the cost of one’s own life. These are broken families - unborn children. This is a huge loss of the male population, thanks to which it will not soon be possible to restore the balance necessary for good demography.

These are diseases, hunger in the post-war years and death from it. This is rebuilding the country again, again in many ways, at the cost of people’s lives. All of them also need to be taken into account when doing calculations. All of them are victims of terrible human vanity, whose name is war.

How to find a participant in the Great Patriotic War 1941 - 1945 by last name?

There is no better memory for the stars of victory than the desire of the future generation to know. The desire to save information for others, to avoid such repetition. How to find a WWII participant by last name, where to find possible information about grandfathers and great-grandfathers, fathers who took part in battles, knowing their last name? Especially for this purpose, there are now electronic repositories that everyone can access.

obd-memorial.ru - here contains official data containing reports of units about losses, funerals, trophy cards, as well as information about rank, status (died, was killed or disappeared, where), scanned documents.
moypolk.ru is a unique resource containing information about home front workers. The very ones without whom we would not have heard the important word “Victory”. Thanks to this site, many have already been able to find or help find lost people.

The work of these resources is not only to search for great people, but also to collect information about them. If you have any, please report it to the administrators of these sites. In this way, we will do a great common cause - we will preserve memory and history.

Archive of the Ministry of Defense: search by last name of WWII participants

Another one is the main, central, largest project - https://archive.mil.ru/. The documents preserved there are mostly isolated and remained intact due to the fact that they were taken to the Orenburg region.

Over the years of work, CA staff have created an excellent reference apparatus showing the contents of archival accumulations and funds. Now its goal is to provide people with access to possible documents through electronic computing technology. Thus, a website has been launched where you can try to find a military man who participated in the Second World War, knowing his last name. How to do it?

On the left side of the screen, find the “memory of the people” tab.
Indicate his full name.
The program will give you the available information: date of birth, awards, scanned documents. Everything that is in the files for a given person.
You can set a filter on the right, selecting only the sources you want. But it's better to choose everything.
On this site it is possible to look at military operations on a map and the path of the unit in which the hero served.

This is a unique project in its essence. There is no longer such a volume of data collected and digitized from all existing and available sources: card indexes, electronic memory books, medical battalion documents and command directories. In truth, as long as such programs and the people who provide them exist, the memory of the people will be eternal.

If you didn’t find the right person there, don’t despair, there are other sources, maybe they’re not as large-scale, but that doesn’t make them any less informative. Who knows in which folder the information you need might be lying around.

Participants of the Second World War: search by last name, archive and awards

Where else can you look? There are more narrowly focused repositories, for example:

dokst.ru. As we said, those who were captured also became victims of this terrible war. Their fate may be displayed on foreign websites like this one. Here in the database there is everything about Russian prisoners of war and the burials of Soviet citizens. You only need to know the last name, you can look at the lists of captured people. The Documentation Research Center is located in the city of Dresden, and it was he who organized this site to help people from all over the world. You can not only search the site, but also send a request through it.
Rosarkhiv archives.ru is an agency that is an executive authority that keeps records of all government documents. Here you can make a request either online or by phone. A sample electronic appeal is available on the website in the “appeals” section, left column on the page. Some services here are provided for a fee; a list of them can be found in the “archive activities” section. With this in mind, be sure to ask whether you will need to pay for your request.
rgavmf.ru - a naval reference book about the destinies and great deeds of our sailors. In the “orders and applications” section there is an email address for processing documents left for storage after 1941. By contacting the archive staff, you can get any information and find out the cost of such a service; most likely it is free.

WWII awards: search by last name

To search for awards and feats, an open portal has been organized, dedicated specifically to this www.podvignaroda.ru. Information is published here about 6 million cases of awards, as well as 500,000 unawarded medals and orders that never reached the recipient. Knowing the name of your hero, you can find a lot of new things about his fate. The posted scanned documents of orders and award sheets, data from registration files, will complement your existing knowledge.

Who else can I contact for information about awards?

On the website of the Central Election Commission of the Ministry of Defense, in the section “Awards are looking for their heroes,” a list of awarded soldiers who did not receive them was published. Additional names can be obtained by phone.
rkka.ru/ihandbook.htm - encyclopedia of the Red Army. It published some lists of the assignment of senior officer ranks and special ranks. The information may not be as extensive, but existing sources should not be neglected.
https://www.warheroes.ru/ is a project created with the aim of popularizing the exploits of the defenders of the Fatherland.

A lot of useful information, which sometimes is not found anywhere, can be found on the forums of the above sites. Here people share valuable experiences and tell their own stories that can help you too. There are many enthusiasts who are ready to help everyone in one way or another. They create their own archives, conduct their own research, and can also be found only on forums. Don't shy away from this type of search.

WWII veterans: search by last name

oldgazette.ru is an interesting project created by ideological people. A person who wants to find information enters data, it can be anything: full name, name of awards and date of receipt, line from a document, description of an event. This combination of words will be calculated by search engines, but not just on websites, but in old newspapers. Based on the results, you will see everything that was found. Maybe this is where you will be lucky, you will find at least a thread.
It happens that we search among the dead and find among the living. After all, many returned home, but due to the circumstances of that difficult time, they changed their place of residence. To find them, use the website pobediteli.ru. This is where people searching send letters asking for help in finding their fellow soldiers, random encounters during the war. The project's capabilities allow you to select a person by name and region, even if he lives abroad. If you see it on these lists or similar, you need to contact the administration and discuss this issue. Kind, attentive staff will definitely help and do everything they can. The project does not interact with government organizations and cannot provide personal information: telephone number, address. But it is quite possible to publish your search request. More than 1,000 people have already been able to find each other this way.
1941-1945.at Veterans do not abandon their own. Here on the forum you can communicate, make inquiries among the veterans themselves, perhaps they have met and have information about the person you need.

The search for the living is no less relevant than the search for dead heroes. Who else will tell us the truth about those events, about what they experienced and suffered. About how they greeted victory, the very first, the most expensive, sad and happy at the same time.

Additional sources

Regional archives were created throughout the country. Not so large, often standing on the shoulders of ordinary people, they have preserved unique individual records. Their addresses are on the website of the movement to perpetuate the memory of the victims. And:

https://www.1942.ru/ - “Seeker”.
https://iremember.ru/ - memories, letters, archives.
https://www.biograph-soldat.ru/ - international biographical center.

ZA M OVP E T RA F A N A S E V ICH

Born in 1914. After school I went to work in a general store, and then to the police. A few years later he was drafted into the army. From the first days of the war he volunteered for the front. There he received the rank of guard - sergeant. The position of court secretary of the military tribunal of the 35th Rifle Corps, but often he had to be a simple secretary.

Awarded five orders: “For Military Merit”, “For the Defense of Stalingrad”, “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”

M E R Z L O V V A S I L I Y F Y D O R O V I C H

During the Great Patriotic War he served in tank forces. Participated in the capture of Berlin. “Our tanks entered Berlin. They occupied every street and every house with fighting. The Germans tried to defend themselves; they really didn’t want to give up. And our tanks walked forward under gunfire. There was a very terrible picture: everything was burning all around, blazing with flames.” But Soviet soldiers boldly stormed the last fortress of fascism. The end of the war was approaching, only a few days and hours remained until victory. Soviet soldiers fulfilled their duty with honor - Berlin was taken. Many did not live to see this bright day, eternal glory and eternal memory to them.”

After the end of the war, Vasily Fedorovich continued to serve in the army for three more years.

ZA S U KH I N A P O L I N A T I M O F E E V N A

Born in 1919. She was in the army from 1942 until the end of the war. She served in the 10-11 ship surgical group, escorting the wounded across the Black Sea. Afterwards she served in 40-41 hospitals, 57 base infirmary. For her military career during the Great Patriotic War, she was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War and many medals.

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B O G A N O V A – I N O V A G A L I N A Y K O V L E V N A

She had been at the front since 1943, fought at Stalingrad, transported the wounded from the medical battalion to the rear. Awarded the medal "For Courage". After the war she worked in the Cherkasy hospital.

T A L A S H K I N A F E D O S Y A V A S I L E V N A

Born on June 8, 1923 in the village of Cherkasskoe. Participated in the Great Patriotic War. At the front she was an anti-aircraft gunner. She took part in the liberation of Poland. Awarded medals.

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L E V S H I N A E V D O K I YAT I M O F E E V N A

Born on March 11, 1921 in the Kalinin region. At the front she served in the 157th division of the 716th rifle regiment in the city of Yelnya. She took part in the liberation of Belarus. She was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the medal “For Military Merit”, “For the Defense of Minsk”.

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K I R I S O V A L I D I YAG E O R G I E V N A

From the first day of the war she was mobilized into the Red Army. At first I worked for several days at a transfer point. After taking the oath, she was enrolled in the ranks of the Red Army. By specialty at the front, Lidia Georgievna was a military paramedic. At the front they were given military uniforms. She provided assistance to wounded soldiers. Lidia Georgievna was awarded military medals.

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M O I S E E V AA N A S T A S I JA L E K S A N D R O V N A

Born in 1909. During the Great Patriotic War, she volunteered for the front. She fought on the Western Belorussian Front as a cook.

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M A L N E V N I K O L A YIVA N OVICH

In February 1942, on an urgent order from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Army, the construction of a railway between the Sennaya and Syzran stations began. The construction of the railway was entrusted to the 61st construction battalion. Malnev Nikolai Ivanovich was a participant in this construction. He was appointed commander and political instructor of the 3rd construction company. I had to work day and night. Many construction soldiers died from all sorts of diseases and hard work; the soldiers’ nutrition was poor. Despite the difficult conditions, the railway line was built on time and great assistance to the Stalingrad Front began. The Stalingraders survived with honor, and the enemy was defeated.

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In 1942, as a seventeen-year-old boy, he was drafted into the Red Army. He was sent to the Kuibyshev Infantry School. In July 1943 he graduated from it and, with the rank of junior lieutenant, went to the 75th Guards Division, which was located in the Kursk region. As a platoon commander, he participated in the Battle of Kursk, then crossed the Dnieper, where he was seriously wounded and shell-shocked. After the hospital, he participated in the fight against bandits on the territory of Ukraine, where he was wounded a second time and remained in the hospital until the end of the war. He was awarded many medals for his participation in the Great Patriotic War.

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B O R SCH Y V V A L E N T I N A V L O V I C H

Born on January 15, 1924 in the village of Cherkasskoye. He graduated from Cherkassy secondary school in 1942. After graduating from school, he entered the school of aviation mechanics. He was a participant in the Great Patriotic War. He was wounded at the front. Awarded many anniversary medals.

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A B A K U M O V I V A N D R E V ICH

Born August 28, 1924. In 1940 he graduated from seven classes. In 1942 he volunteered for the front. Until 1949 he guarded the borders of our Motherland. Then he returned home and graduated from the Moscow Financial and Economic College in absentia.

V YO H O V A N I N A F I L I M O N O V N A

During the Great Patriotic War, I served in besieged Leningrad in the Red Banner Baltic Fleet. First, in the 638th sapper-reconstruction company as a senior military paramedic, then at the Naval Hospital of the Baltic Fleet.

First, air bombing began in Leningrad, buildings collapsed, fires started, people died, and many were wounded. Then, when the enemy came closer to the city, shelling from long-range guns began. Train stations, bridges, hospitals and even tram stops were shelled. The wounded came straight from the streets and among them were children who, for some reason, were not evacuated.

Winter 1941-1942 was very difficult for Leningrad. There was no electricity, the water supply system failed, there was nothing to heat, and famine set in. People were dying. They fell in the streets, they fell near machines in factories. But as some died, others took their place. Like all Leningrad residents, I suffered severe dystrophy. I could no longer walk from hunger, but they took me to the hospital and got me back on my feet in 18 days. I'm back on track again.

I served in Leningrad until the Victory over Germany.

Retired captain - Vyokhova N.F.

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I V A N O VP Y T RA L E K S A N D R O V ICH

Born on August 18, 1923 in the village of Mineevka. After graduating from Cherkassy secondary school, he was taken to the Chkalov Tank School. Without graduating, he was called to the front line as a political instructor. Participated in the battles for Stalingrad. He was wounded at the front. He has awards: medals “For the Defense of Stalingrad”, “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”, and other anniversary medals.

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N E F Y D O VF Y D O R I V A N O V I C H

Participant in battles near Budapest, Prague, Vienna. At the front he was a scout. Awarded orders and medals.

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B A B E N K O V A L E N T I N A I V A N O V N A

Valentina Ivanovna was born in 1922. She graduated from a seven-year school in the village of Koloyar and entered paramedic school. In 1940 she graduated, received the title of paramedic and was assigned to the Klintsovsky district of the Saratov region, where she worked until the start of the 1941 war. I received my military ID a few months before the war. On June 23, she was drafted into the army according to the instructions on her military ID. Received the 132nd light artillery regiment at the station. Razboishino near Saratov, where a regiment of assigned members was formed. Until the beginning of July 1941, there were only two of us girls. Let's go to the front. Valentina Ivanovna was traveling in second echelon, and her friend was in first. We arrived at the front near Gomel, the fighting was already going on 10-15 km away. Our regiment stood in the forest for several days, then the dead were sent into battle.

On the eve of our departure there was continuous bombing and artillery cannonade through the forest. Everything was mixed up. People, horses, cars. There she was wounded by a splinter of light tissue on her right thigh, so she didn’t/couldn’t march with her fellow soldiers. My friend and I found a medical department there in the forest and we were assigned to accompany a train with non-conscripts near Oryol. We had just taken off from Gomel at night, and after 2-3 hours the entire group of our troops was surrounded. Shura and I miraculously survived. But this was not easy joy. Our echelon could not move due to continuous shelling and bombing. There were a lot of wounded and killed people. And all the help was provided only by us. Then, I don’t remember how many days, we got to Orel. In Orel, I came under massive bombing of the station /the first bombing of Orel/. How many trains were there with evacuated trains of factories and people. Children, women, screaming, noise. Everything that could burn was burning. Few people went anywhere. The cluster is very large. In Oryol, I received an appointment to artillery warehouse No. 536, located at Kozinka station. This is near Voronezh. He was appointed to the company as a military paramedic. But the front was already moving closer and closer. Continuous reconnaissance - planes over the location, bombing began. One day, my people and I were following our destination along the railroad. And suddenly a German plane flies over us so low because of the pine trees, my people kept getting hit, and I hesitated for some reason, raised my head and looked at him, and he was so low, even the helmet and glasses on the pilot were clearly visible. As I started firing from the machine gun, someone pulled my leg and I fell. He scribbled and scribbled and flew away, but not all of our soldiers rose. Soon the whole warehouse of us began to be transferred to the station. Ozinki, Saratov region, because the front was already advancing, and the warehouse must be preserved.

She left the army in February 1943 for health reasons.

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B O G A T E N K O V P A V E L G N A T V ICH

A t o b i o g r a p h i

I, Pavel Ignatievich Bogatenkov, was born on September 23, 1926 in the village of Cherkasskoe, Cherkassy district, Saratov region, into a peasant family. In 1933 he went to school, graduated from 7 classes of Cherkassy secondary school in 1940. After graduating from school in the same year, he entered the Volsk vocational school No. 5, specializing as a furnace mechanic. Previously, this was the name of the specialty, but now it is a rotary kiln operator. In 1942 he retrained as a car mechanic. In 1943 he was drafted into the Soviet Army, where for the first eight months he was a cadet in the 3rd separate training rifle regiment. After receiving the rank of sergeant, he was sent to the 22nd Airborne Brigade, where he served as a light machine gunner, and at the end of 1944, after the unit was reorganized, the name was changed to the 350th Infantry Regiment, in which he was sent to the front.

He took part in battles on the territory of Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and in the battles for the city of Vienna.

He was awarded the medal "For Courage".

After the end of the Great Patriotic War, he served in the Soviet Army until 1950. In September I was demobilized to my homeland, where I still live today.

nice day.

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CH U G U N O VN I K O L A YIVA N OVICH

Born on May 1, 1925 in the village of Cherkasskoe. Graduated from Cherkasy secondary school. In October 1942, when the fascist hordes approached Stalingrad, they took me and my comrades to dig trenches - a defensive line near Saratov.

On February 10, 1943, he was drafted into the Red Army in the 97th reserve rifle brigade of the 64th rifle regiment. From March to August he was a cadet in a non-commissioned training battalion. After being awarded the rank of junior sergeant, he returned to the regiment, where he was appointed commander I platoon of the 2nd company.

In the 64th Infantry Regiment, 9th Reserve Division he trained soldiers for the front. In May 1944, volunteer sergeants arrived to re-register the 1st and 2nd Baltic Fronts. I was enlisted in the 263rd Sivash Division of the 995th Infantry Regiment as an assistant commander of a reconnaissance platoon. Participated in the battles for the liberation of western Belarus, Lithuania, and Latvia.

One day, with a group of 7 scouts, he was returning from a combat mission to the front line. Our group has been discovered. In one of the barns we captured two Germans. They provided valuable information about the disposition of German troops. For resourcefulness and ingenuity, all scouts were awarded the medal “For Courage.” He was wounded at the front and was treated in a hospital in the city of Buzuluk. On December 20, 1944 he was removed from military registration.

For participation in the Great Patriotic War he was awarded seven medals.

POL K O V A SIL IYAR TEM EVICH

During the war he was a pilot-technician. He fought through the entire occupied part of our Motherland and reached Czechoslovakia. In one of the battles he was seriously wounded and shell-shocked. He was treated in the hospital, did not hear or speak for a long time. He was awarded many medals and the Order of the Red Star.

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A B A K U M O VV A S I L I YV A SIL VICH

He went to the front in 1941. He defended Crimea. In 1942, he was taken prisoner, seriously wounded, and died there.

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B O YA K O VN I K O L A YV A SIL VICH

Born in 1918 in the village of Cherkasskoe. 7th grade education. During the Great Patriotic War he fought on the Kursk Bulge. Was injured. Awarded medals and the Order of the Red Star.

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B E L O V V L A D I M I R I V A N O V ICH

Born September 15, 1926. During the war he served in the tank unit of the 30th Guards Regiment in Brest. He was a signalman. I walked the roads of war from the western borders of our Motherland to Germany. He was a participant in the Battle of Kursk. He was wounded twice during the war. The first time was near the city of Vitebsk, the second time was in the village of Volkovo.

Awarded the medal “For Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”

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KH O V A N S K O V A R I N A I V A N O V N A

Born in 1908 in the village of Poselok (Mezhdurechye). Volsky district. The young years were spent in the revolution and famines of 1921 and 1933. When the war began, we moved to Cherkasy. My husband worked in the forestry enterprise as a chief forester, but they didn’t take him into the army right away - they gave him a deferment to hand over the entire forestry to the young boy, but he was ordered to prepare the necessary forest raw materials (firewood, bast, brushwood) for the winter. It was hard to accompany my husband to the front, since before leaving, my eldest son tragically died. But life went on, the men all went to the front and only old men, women and boys and girls remained to work in the forestry enterprise. It was hard, but they worked in the barns, where they wove matting for the sleighs on which they carried the wounded, sang songs, told fortunes, and remembered the good pre-war years. We worked almost seven days a week. The working day started early and late. Everyone was really looking forward to letters from the front from their husbands, sons, and daughters. They rejoiced when there were good letters and everyone cried when there was a funeral. My husband was wounded twice, was in the hospital, and returned from the front only in 1946, as he was restoring the railway in Siberia. And in the spring, on May 9, 1945, there were so many tears of joy, as if they had never cried so much out of grief. Then the meetings and celebrations began.

F E D O T O V A M A R I YAG R I G O R E V N A

In December 1939 she joined the Komsomol. She was elected secretary of Komsomol organization No. 40. This Komsomol organization included: Balakhnina Maria Nikolaevna, Sibiryakova Evgenia Ivanovna, Minina Taisiya Grigorievna, Papina Nina Ivanovna and others. When the war began, Maria Grigorievna worked in the Red Sewing Worker artel. I had to work in difficult conditions. They spared no effort and time, working 11-12 hours a day. They sewed short fur coats, overcoats, quilted trousers, sweatshirts, and mittens. They repaired torn clothes and sent it all to the front.

The Komsomol members treated this matter in good faith.

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S U V O R O V A N I N A D A N I L O V N A

Nina Danilovna joined the Komsomol in 1939. During the war, she helped the collective farm. In the spring of 1943, she worked on a tractor with Kosterina Galina Ivanovna. We worked hard, sparing no effort. She had to work especially hard in the harvesting department; she worked as a helmsman on a combine harvester. In 1944, a parachute study group was organized in the village of Cherkasskoe, and she also began studying to become a paratrooper. Jumped from an airplane at an altitude of 600-900m with a parachute. After her day work, Nina Danilovna was still on duty at night at the military registration and enlistment office along with her comrades.

Komsomol member Nina Danilovna treated all matters conscientiously.

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S A R A T O V C E V A Z I N A I D AK UZ M I N I C H N A

In 1941 Anastasia Kirillovna dug trenches near Saratov so that the enemy could not advance further. In 1942, she built a railway along which trains were sent to the front, carrying bread and weapons. Saratovtseva A.K. I tried my best to help the front. She wanted peace on earth. In 1943, she got behind the wheel of a tractor. Anastasia Kirillovna sowed and harvested grain from early morning until late at night. All the people were looking forward to victory. Victory came on May 9, 1945. The enemy was defeated. And together with the entire Soviet people, Anastasia Kirillovna Saratovtseva defeated the Nazis, because she worked for the front throughout the war.

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N O S Y R E V A D A R Y A P E T R O V N A

During the war, Daria Petrovna worked as a foreman on a collective farm. There was no technology. They plowed with cows. After work late in the evening, the cows were milked, and the milk was carried on yokes eight kilometers to the dairy. We returned home late at night, very tired, I wanted to lie down and fall asleep soundly. But there was no time to sleep. She, along with other women, knitted woolen socks at night and sewed pouches, which were sent to the front for our Soviet soldiers. The war prevented Daria Petrovna from getting an education, so she really wanted that in our time, when all the conditions for studying were created, all Soviet students studied only with “excellent” marks.

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K U R M A K A E V A T A I S I YAF Y D O R O V N A

During the war years, she worked in a felting mill, going to work at five o’clock in the morning and until 3 o’clock in the afternoon. She worked tirelessly for ten hours. She prepared felt boots for soldiers going to the front. They were given a ration of 300 grams of bread per day. After finishing work in the felting, they worked on the collective farm fields. For good work she was awarded the medal “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”

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G R E KH O V A V A L E N T I N A G R I G O R E V N A

Born in 1933. When the war began, she was eight years old. My father and older brother were escorted to the front. There were seven people in the family, but four remained. The second brother was taken to the FZO in the city of Krasnoyarsk. The older sister worked in a sewing shop. They sewed clothes for soldiers at the front. Mother had to work for her father, and Valentina worked at home: rounding up sheep and a cow. In the spring they sowed millet, weeded it, collected it, threshed it, and watered it. Cows carried firewood and hay. Valentina managed to study at school. When the Great Patriotic War ended, she was twelve years old.

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N E F E D O VV A S I L I YV A SIL EVICH

Born in 1915 in the village of Cherkasskoe. He was taken to the front in July 1941. Participated in the storming of Berlin, for the Polish cities: Lodz, Kutno, Tomashev and others. On January 17, 1945, he took part in the liberation of the city of Warsaw. During his military career he received 13 commendations and medals: “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” and other anniversary medals.

S T E S H I N A A L E K S A N D R A A L E K S E E V N A

Born in 1917. When the war began she was 24 years old. Just before the war she got married. In the first days of the war, the husband was called to the front, and six months later they sent a notice that Steshin Viktor Ivanovich was missing, and the daughter born at that time was left an orphan. There were not enough men's hands on the collective farm. At first, Alexandra Alekseevna worked as a trailer operator. She liked to watch tractor drivers drive tractors, and in the evenings after work she would sit on a tractor with the tractor driver and ask him to teach her. And within two weeks she was driving the tractor independently. The tractor driver who taught her went to the front. The girl replaced him. And she worked as a tractor driver for three years. She worked for a year on a Universal car, and for two years on a wheeled tractor. They worked day and night. When Alexandra Alekseevna left the tractor due to illness, they began to send her to different jobs. Everything had to be done: plowing with bulls, building collective farm stables, mowing, reaping with sickles. In winter, they transported grain on oxen to the cities of Volsk and Khvalynsk. In addition to backbreaking work and hunger, there was grief in almost every family. This grief was brought by postmen. Having received the funeral, the women did not lose heart, but continued to work, supporting each other. And when we reached Victory Day, those who survived began to return to the village.

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S A R A T O V T E V V A S I L I YO S I P O V ICH

Born on March 31, 1923 in the village of Cherkasskoye. Finished 8th grade. On August 22, 1941, he was sent to study radiotelegraph operators in the city of Kuibyshev. In 1941 he took part in the battle for Moscow.

Service during the Great Patriotic War:

· August 1941 – April 1942 - in the 974th artillery regiment

· April 1942 - November 1944 - 471st Infantry Regiment

· November 1944 – January 1945 - hospital treatment

· January 1945 – June 1946 – 471st rifle regiment

· June 1946 – March 1947 – 133rd separate construction battalion

Has government awards: medals: “For Courage”, “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945”, Order of the Patriotic War II degree and the Red Star.

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KH R E N K O VVA S I L I YA L E K S A N D R OVICH

Born in 1918 in the Yaroslavl region, in the village of Petronova in a peasant family. Before the war he worked as a salesman. In 1938 he participated in the Polish and Finnish companies. In 1941 he volunteered for the Patriotic War. He took part in the battle for Moscow. Has awards: Order of the Red Star and other military medals.

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I V A N C O VK O N S T A N T I N I V A N O VICH

Born in 1924 in the village of Cherkasskoye. In 1940 he graduated from eight classes of Cherkassy secondary school. In 1942 he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army. In 1943 he was sent to the active Army. Fought on I Ukrainian front, then arrived in the city of Kyiv, where the front line passed. There he served as a fire platoon commander. During the passage from Kyiv to the Chudovo station, I received my first wound. I spent a month and a half recovering in a hospital in the city of Kursk. After the hospital, he was again sent to his unit 3 22 anti-tank fighter brigade. For military actions he was awarded military decorations.

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V Y H O VP Y T RK UZ M ICH

Born in 1915. He is a participant in the Great Patriotic War. Left to defend his homeland in 1941. Fought on I Ukrainian front, then was on the Kursk Bulge. Together with other fighters he took the city of Budapest. A meeting with the Americans took place in Czechoslovakia. He was shell-shocked. For crossing the Dnieper he was awarded the Order of the Red Star, a medal “For Courage”, a guards badge and a medal “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”.

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M A R E S E V I V A NP E T R O V I C H

Born on January 20, 1896 in the village of Cherkasskoye. The family was large; I lost my mother early. But all life is emphasized only by hard work. In 1942 he was taken to the front. He began his combat career at Stalingrad. He took part in the battles near Kharkov and reached Berlin. He has medals “For the capture of Berlin”, “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945”.

YA K O V L E VG R I G O R I Y N I K O L A E V ICH

Born in 1906 in the village of Turki. On June 22, 1941 he was drafted into the Soviet Army. For three years he commanded the reconnaissance of the regiment. The 915th artillery regiment was formed in the village of Tersa. Grigory Nikolaevich fought near Moscow, Stalingrad, in the Crimea, and in the Donbass. In October 1943, after crossing Sivash, he was wounded. After recovery, he was assigned to the 621st Mortar Regiment. He fought in the Arctic. During the breaking of the blockade, he fought near Leningrad. For his military actions he was awarded government awards:

· Order of the Patriotic War and the Red Star

· Two medals “For Military Merit”

· Medals “For the Defense of Leningrad”, “For the Victory over Japan”, “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”.

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K UZ I NP A V E LN I K I F O R O V ICH

Born in 1915. In 1941 he was mobilized into the army. He began his combat career in the 61st Army, which was formed in the city of Atkarsk. On December 30, 1941, he entered battle in the Ryazan region as a platoon commander of a radio operator, with the rank of junior lieutenant. He finished his combat career in Berlin as a regiment communications chief. For the completed battle path he received awards:

· Order of the Red Star - for the liberation of the city of Zhitomir

· Order of the Patriotic War II degrees - for crossing the Vistula River and for conquering the Sandomierz bridgehead

· Order of the Patriotic War II degree received for providing communications to the cities of Potsdam and Berlin.

· Medal "For Military Merit" in 1954 in honor of ten years of service in the Soviet Army.

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SHA P O S H I K O V A M A T R Y N A V A S I L E V N A

In 1929, Matryona Vasilyevna joined the collective farm. Until 1934 she worked as an ordinary collective farmer. At the end of 1934, she was sent to Khvalynsk for a combine operator course. In 1935, after completing the courses, she began working as a combine operator. During the season, I harvested wheat from 528 hectares. At the end of 1935, she was sent to Saratov for a rally of collective farmers-shock workers. After the rally, they were called to Moscow for a meeting of combine operators with members of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party. In Moscow, Matryona Vasilievna was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. Upon returning from Moscow, she again began working as a combine operator, working until 1937. In 1939, she was sent to study at the collective farm agricultural technical school in the city of Saratov. She studied for two years. Upon her return, she began working on the Budyonny collective farm as an agronomist. At that time, there were two collective farms in the village of Cherkasskoye. In 1943, she received the “Excellence in Socialist Agriculture” badge for cultivating the family plot.

During the war I had to work a lot in difficult conditions. All the men went to the front. At that time she was the only combine operator in the area. In one of the difficult years, 300 hectares of sunflowers remained unharvested on the collective farm. I had to remove it in deep snow. It was very frosty that day. Both adults and children worked in the fields. Matryona Vasilyevna was working on a combine harvester at that time. The sunflower had to be cut by hand with sickles and carried on horseback to the harvester. We worked very hard and spared no effort. Everyone wanted to help the front in some way. Matryona Vasilyevna worked as an agronomist until 1946.

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SHA SH K I N AA N N AG A V R I L O V N A

Anna Gavrilovna was born in 1912. From the creation of the Budyonny collective farm, 1929 to 1943, she worked on the collective farm fields. In the summer, they worked on cows: they plowed, harrowed, transported grain, and prepared firewood in the forest. In winter, seeds from Yulova Maza were carried on cows. In February 1943, Anna Gavrilovna received notification of the death of her husband. It was hard for her with young children. She went to work at the Osnova artel, where disabled family members were given rations - 200 grams of bread per person. Anna Gavrilovna treated her work conscientiously and carefully. She was repeatedly awarded for her work.

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M A N A K H O V A L E K S A N D R I V A N O V I C H

Born on January 15, 1911 in the village of Cherkasskoe. Participated in the Great Patriotic War. He fought on the Belorussian Front. Awarded medals for military actions.

G U S E V A N A D E J DAS E M E N O V N A

She was born in the village of Cherkasskoe in 1920 into a peasant family. In 1930 she lost her father. In 1936, she graduated from the 8th grade of the Cherkassy secondary school and entered the Khvalynsk Pedagogical College. In 1939 she was sent to the Kulikovo school, where she worked for two years. In 1941, by personal request, she was released from work and moved to live in the village of Cherkasskoe, where she began working in the district executive committee. In June 1943, after a medical examination, the Rai military registration and enlistment office was released from military service, since my mother was 65 years old, but was transferred to work at the Rai military registration and enlistment office as an accountant, where she worked until August 1944. Due to family reasons, she did not work until 1945. And in 1945, she was sent as a primary school teacher to the Cherkassy secondary school, where she worked until 1976 with some interruptions, due to her husband’s conscription into the army.

She was awarded the medal “For Valiant Labor during the Great Patriotic War” and the medal “Veteran of Labor”.

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T U M A N O V I V A NK I R I L L O V ICH

Born September 27, 1922. In 1941 he went to the front and fought on the 2nd Belorussian Front. He was a signalman in the artillery and commanded an artillery detachment. Transferred the connection to another line. In Minsk he participated in the destruction of the fascist group. In the Great Patriotic War he took part in the liberation of Warsaw. For his military journey, he was awarded the medals “For the liberation of Warsaw” and “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”

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M O R U N O V I V A N V A SIL EVICH

Born September 22, 1913. In 1941, he took part in hostilities: in July - on the central front of Belarus, defending the city of Gomel, from October - on the western front, near Moscow. 1943 – North Caucasus Front, city of Ordzhonikidze. 1943 - September 1944 studied at the military school in Moscow. 1944-1945 – Northern air defense front.

Awarded anniversary medals and the medal “For victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”

FISH BLOVK O N S T A N T INYA K O VLEVICH

Born on January 3, 1924 in the village of Koloyar. He was a participant in the Great Patriotic War. He fought in Belarus, participated in the liberation of Ukraine, and fought on the Kursk Bulge. He took part in the breakthrough of the defense of the city of Garvelen. He has a medal “For Courage” and many anniversary medals.

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P E T R O V M I H A I LD M I T R I E V I C H

Born on January 10, 1920 in the village of Lopukhovka. During the Great Patriotic War he served in the 106th Infantry Division I Ukrainian and I Belorussian fronts. He took part in the liberation of Prague. Has government awards: two medals “For Courage”, “For the Liberation of Prague”, “For Victory over Germany”, Order of the Patriotic War II degree.

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SH E R E M E TG A V R I I LN A U M O V I C

Born in 1910 in the village of Mineevka, Kozilshansky district, Poltava region. During the Great Patriotic War he served on the fronts I Ukrainian in a rifle regiment. Awarded the Order of Glory I degrees and many anniversary medals.

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G U S E V V I K T O RK O N S T A N T I N O V I C H

Viktor Konstantinovich - participant in the Great Patriotic War, disabled person of the 2nd group, was born in 1914 in the city of Volsk. In 1929, he graduated from seven classes and entered a vocational school, where he received a specialty as a mechanic and went to work at the Red October plant as a mechanic, where he worked until June 1941.

In 1941, on June 21, he entered the Mogilev Infantry School and with the rank of lieutenant in January 1942, he was sent to the Kalinin Front, where he was wounded near the city of Kholm. In May 1942, near the city of Staraya Russa, he was seriously wounded in the right arm, after the hospital he was sent to the disposal of the Volsky district military registration and enlistment office, which in 1943 sent him to work at the Cherkasy district military registration and enlistment office, where he worked until 1945 as a military training instructor, then the head of 1-2 units of the district military registration and enlistment office. In 1945 he was transferred to the reserve.

For participation in the Great Patriotic War he was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War and many medals.

K O L Y K O V I V A N I V A N O V I C H

Born in 1917 in the village of Cherkasskoe. In 1941, he was called up to the front in the 394th Infantry Division in Buguruslan. He was in this division until April 1943. He received his first baptism of fire in November 1942 in the Kalinin region in the village of Peski. At the front he was an ordinary soldier. On November 11, 1945, he was demobilized and arrived in Cherkassy. Awarded medals “For valor and courage during the Great Patriotic War.”

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S A D O V S K I YA K O V S T E P A N OVICH

Born in 1901 in the village of Cherkasskoye. He was taken to the front in 1941. Yakov Stepanovich was a good rider and served on horses in a convoy. Transported the wounded and food to the front line. In 1945, he was shell-shocked, spent five months in the hospital and returned to fight. Received awards. The first award is the Order of the Red Star, the second is the medal “For the Capture of Koenigsberg.” In 1946, he was awarded the rank of corporal and was awarded the medal “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.” He was awarded a diploma from the USSR Minister of Defense. In December 1946 he was demobilized. He has many anniversary medals.

Sadovsky Yakov Stepanovich fought in the division of V.I. Chapaev, was awarded a personalized watch, which is in the local history museum of the city of Volsk.

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T I KH O N O VN I K O L A YIVA N OVICH

Born February 13, 1919. During the Great Patriotic War he served in the 285th Infantry Division. He took part in the liberation of Lithuania. He was awarded the medal “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”

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B A L A KH N I N I V A N A L E K S A N D R O V I C H

Born on October 26, 1923 in the village of Cherkasskoye. During the war he fought near Staraya Russa. Awarded the Order of Glory III degree.

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B A L A KH N I NK I RILL LA L E K S E V ICH

Born on June 12, 1917 in the village of Cherkasskoe. At the front he served in August 1942 - in the 102nd motor depot, in December 1943 - in the 70th Guards Artillery Regiment, in January 1944 - in the 157th Infantry Regiment, in January 1945 - in the 1310th Infantry Regiment. He took part in the battles of Serpukhov, Stalingrad, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Hungary. Crossed the Dnieper, where he was wounded. He ended the war 46 kilometers from Vienna, in Austria.

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S T E S H I N M I H A I L A L E K S A N D R O V I C H

Born on January 5, 1916 in the village of Cherkasskoe. During the war, he participated in the Belarusian direction, defending the approaches to Leningrad. He served in the 159th Western Infantry Regiment, 10104th Infantry Regiment, 333rd Infantry Regiment, 8th Artillery Brigade. He received his first baptism of fire on the Dnieper in the city of Rogachev. Awarded the medal “For victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”

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RUS I N O V A L E K S A N D R I V A N O V ICH

Born on June 28, 1926 in the village of Cherkasskoe. Participated in the Great Patriotic War as an aircraft mechanic. He took part in the liberation of Belgorod, in the Yasko-Kishenevskaya operation, in the liberation of Romania, Yugoslavia, Moldova, and the city of Budapest. He was awarded the medals “For the liberation of Belgorod” and “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”

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M A N U Y L O VP Y T R A N D R E E V I C H

Born on May 23, 1918 in the village of Cherkasskoe. He took part during the war on the Kursk Bulge, near Moscow, in Kalinin, defended the city of Rzhev, and took part in the assault on Berlin. He has awards “For the Defense of Moscow”, “For the Capture of Berlin” and other anniversary medals.

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B O R O D U S H K I N K O N S T A N T I N A L E K S A N D R OVICH

Born on March 24, 1922 in the village of Cherkasskoe. During the war he served in the 65th Army. He has a medal “For victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.”

B E Z D E L Y V A N I K O L A E V I C H

Born June 10, 1913. During the war he was a sapper in the 520th Infantry Regiment. He has awards: the medal “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” and other anniversary medals.

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S A R A T O V C E VP A V E LN I K O L A E V I C H

Born on March 8, 1925 in the village of Cherkasskoye. He went to the front in 1942. Served in the 102nd division of the 356th artillery regiment. He took part in the liberation of Königsberg. Awarded the medal “For the capture of Koenigsberg”, For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945.”

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K O R O L Y VN I K O L A YF Y D O R O V ICH

Born on December 18, 1911 in the village of Cherkasskoye. During the war he served in the chemical troops. He has a medal “For victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.”

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S I T N I K O V A L E K S E YS E M E N O V ICH

Born on February 19, 1917 in the village of Cherkasskoye. During the war he served in the 207th Infantry Division near Staraya Russa. Took part in the Battle of Stalingrad. He fought near Kharkov, on the Orlovo-Kursk Bulge. Has government awards - Order of the Patriotic War III degrees, medal “For victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 – 1945”, and other anniversary medals.

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M I N I N S E R G E YA L E K S A N D R O V ICH

Born on December 9, 1925 in the village of Cherkasskoye. On October 29, 1942 he was taken to the front. Defended Stalingrad, participated in the Orlovo-Kursk Bulge. In 1944 he joined the airborne brigade. Awarded two medals “For courage”, “For victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945”

S IB I R YA K O V M A R K E LG R I G O R E VICH

Born on May 8, 1914 in the village of Cherkasskoe. In 1939 he volunteered for the Finnish war. He graduated from the Saratov College of Communications and worked as deputy head of a communications office.

On September 6, 1941, Markel Grigorievich was drafted into the army and assigned to the 2nd Kiev Artillery School. In 1942 he graduated from college and received the rank of lieutenant. Was sent to the Northwestern Front. On the North-Western Front he was the chief of communications of a division, commander of a battery, and commander of a communications company.

Awarded medals and the Order of the Red Banner.

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ZH A V O R O N K O V

Born in 1918. I came to work at Cherkassy secondary school as a physics teacher. He loved to sing songs with a guitar. He was cheerful. When the Great Patriotic War began, he volunteered to go to the front. There was a tank driver there. In one of the battles, the tank was hit and he burned down in the tank.

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M E L N I K O VP E T RIV A N OVICH

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SLESARE VIVA NIGNATIEVICH

I came to Cherkasy from Primorye. He was a physics teacher and school director. In 1941 he volunteered to go to the front.

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L I B O V L E V O S I F O V I C H

At Cherkassy secondary school he was a history teacher. In 1941 he volunteered to go to the front.

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BUSY G I NV IK T O RS E M E N OVICH

Born on February 12, 1922 in the village of Cherkasskoe. During the Great Patriotic War he fought at Stalingrad in the Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade. Has the Order of Glory III degrees, Order of the Great Patriotic War I degrees, anniversary medals and the medal “For victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 – 1945”

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M O R G A C H Y V A L E K S E Y V A S I L E VICH

Born February 5, 1897. From 1935 to 1941 he worked as a German language teacher at a Cherkasy school. In October 1941 he was drafted into the Red Army. He became a partisan in the Bryansk forests, then crossed the front line. Together with the active army, he took part in the Battle of Kursk. He died in November 1943 in the battle of Kursk.

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SHA SH K I NP YOT RK UZ M ICH

I went to the front in 1942. I studied at the Tambov machine gun school for three months. Then he was sent to the Western Front to the 37th Guards Division. Participant in the Battle of Kursk, where he was wounded. Along the roads of war he reached Prussia. Participated in the assault on Königsberg. On January 2, 1946 he was demobilized. He was awarded many medals and the Order of the Red Star.

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L E P I L I N K O N S T A N T I N N I K O L A E V I C H

After graduating from the pedagogical institute in July 1942, he was drafted into the Red Army. First he was sent to the Gorky Anti-Aircraft Artillery School. The front required replenishment and, as a junior commander, he was sent to the airborne guards division. He took part in battles on the North-Western Front, then took part in the battle on the Kursk-Oryol Bulge.

Then as part of I th Ukrainian Front, passed the roads of Romania and Hungary. Participated in the storming of Budapest. Finished the war in the Far East.

He was awarded the medals “For the capture of Budapest”, “For the victory over Germany”, “For the victory over Japan” and other anniversary medals.

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G O L T A E VP E T RG R I G O R E VICH

Born on May 14, 1920 in the village of Letyazhevka, Saratov region. He took part in the Great Patriotic War and was a pilot.

Memory.

Battles near the Kursk Bulge. The German accumulated a lot of tanks and planes. The pilots chased after every fighter. But Soviet troops secretly, at night, accumulated tanks and planes. After which, ahead of the German troops, they began to attack from the flanks and front. As a result of fierce battles, the Red Army defeated German troops on the Kursk Bulge. Victory was not easy for us. A lot of my friends and comrades died here.

Goltaev Pyotr Grigorievich was awarded many medals for his participation in the Great Patriotic War.

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K A R A S Y VG R I G O R I YS E R G E V ICH

Born on January 1, 1924 in the city of Volsk. At the front he was a sapper in the 89th Infantry Regiment, 220th Infantry Regiment. Participated in crossing the Vistula River. For military operations during the Great Patriotic War he was awarded the Order of the Red Star, medals “For Courage”, and the Order of the Patriotic War. I degrees, the medal “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” and other anniversary medals.

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B O G A T Y R Y O V A N M I K H A Y L O V ICH

Entered the army on August 14, 1941. He started the war in Kharkov on the Southern Front as a sergeant, squad leader, and machine gunner. They took the city of Kharkov in 1943, and was a platoon commander. Participated in the Kursk Bulge as commander of a rifle company. In Kyiv I attended officer training courses. He finished the war with the rank of first lieutenant in Czechoslovakia.

For participation in the Patriotic War he has awards: Order of the Red Banner, Order of the Patriotic War I degrees, medals “For the liberation of Czechoslovakia”, “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945”.

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M A R E S E V N I K O L A Y A L E K S A N D R O V ICH

Born on January 8, 1924 in the village of Cherkasskoe. During the Great Patriotic War he was a machine gunner in the 47th motorized rifle division.

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S I T N I K O VN I C O L A YP A V L O V I C H

Born on August 8, 1924 in the village of Cherkasskoe. During the war he fought in the 36th Guards Division. Liberated the city of Kharkov and many other cities and villages of our Motherland from the enemy. Awarded anniversary medals.

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K A R T E N E VN I K O L A YIVA N OVICH

Born on December 10, 1914 in the village of Kochalino. He went to the front voluntarily. Participated in I Ukrainian Front, 20th Motorized Rifle Brigade. He took part in the liberation of the city of Kyiv and the city of Novgorod-Volynsky. For his military career he was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the Order of the Patriotic War. II degrees, the Order of the Polish People's Republic and many other medals for participation in the war.

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CH U G U N O V A N A D E J D A I V A N O V N A

Born on September 27, 1927 in the village of Cherkasskoe, in a working-class family. In 1935, she entered the 1st grade of the Cherkassy secondary school. In June 1945 she graduated from 10th grade. Until June 1941, childhood was fun. During the summer holidays, I went to a pioneer camp in the village of Poselok /Mezhdurechye/, helped my parents, went to the movies and concerts for children. I took part in regional Olympiads and amateur art shows. But then the day came, June 21, 1941. At 11 o'clock in the morning I learned that the war had started. We didn’t understand then what awaited us. On this day we went to see a children's movie in the cinema. But the film did not end, the doors were opened and we were told to go home, as it began to rain heavily. A rally was supposed to take place at the cinema. Volunteers were signed up at the rally. We thought we would quickly defeat the Germans. They announced mobilization into the army. Rallies, farewells, tears of family and friends. After 2-3 months of war, not only loved ones cried, but also the future soldiers themselves. Many knew that they would not return. We, students, replaced our fathers who went to the front. They helped work on the collective farm. In September 19141, school classes began in October. Schoolchildren, together with teachers, worked in the collective farm fields: weeding grass, hoeing, and in the fall, harvesting crops. In the summer on the collective farm they winnowed bread on a winnowing fan. The summer of 1942 was rainy, and people at home were drying hay for their households. Each student must work 40 workdays over the summer. During the war, bread was given on ration cards. For children 200-300 grams per day, for workers 300-500 grams. In winter it was cold at school, even the ink froze. The parents brought firewood to the school on cows from the forest. We went to school with the desire to gain knowledge. The children were all friendly. On May 9, 1945, the war ended. On this day, everyone cried, those whose soldiers returned from the war and those who did not return. This day is the most festive and memorable for all people who value peace.

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B O G A N O V V A S I L I YI V A N O VICH

Vasily Ivanovich was born on February 4, 1922 in the village of Cherkasskoye. He graduated from school in 1940, then entered the Volsk Aviation School for aircraft operation. The war found Vasily Ivanovich at the school. In July 1941, he graduated from college ahead of schedule and, with the rank of sergeant, went to the front in the Vyazma region.

From 580 IAP participated in the defense of Moscow, as well as on the North-Western Front, in the Kalinin region. The pilots of the 580th IAN provided cover for the attack aircraft in battle. During daylight hours they made several combat missions. Our job as mechanics was to prepare the planes for flight. Attack aircraft and bombers destroyed German aircraft at airfields and stormed the enemy’s front line. Pilots and fighters on their planes fought an air battle, shooting down the enemy. In the winter of 1942, a U-2 plane with a frostbitten pilot from our regiment was brought to our airfield. He was found in the forest by partisans. Our pilot flew a U-2 plane across the front line. He was immediately sent to Moscow. When they carried him, all bandaged, past me, I learned from my comrades that it was Alexey Meresyev.

In the fall of 1942, he ended up in another combat unit - artillery. And they sent us to besieged Leningrad. Our battery accompanied the infantry with its fire, destroying the enemy. In the winter of 1944, battles broke out for the liberation of Leningrad land from the Nazis. Our 882nd artillery regiment took active action.

Then our unit took part in the encirclement of the German group in the Baltic states. And in the area of the city of Klaipeda, Lithuanian SSR, on October 27, 1944, he was wounded and was sent to a hospital in Vyazniki, Vladimirov region, where he stayed for four months. And after the hospital he was sent to the 22nd training division as a platoon commander.

Vasily Ivanovich was awarded medals “For the Defense of Leningrad” and many anniversary medals.

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S A D O VG R I G O R I Y P A V L O V I C H

Born in 1897 in the village of Cherkasskoye. From the age of 13 he worked as a shoemaker's apprentice, then as a master. From 1930 to 1932 he worked on a collective farm as a deputy foreman I -th brigade. From 1932 to 1935 studied at the Soviet Party school in the city of Volsk. After which the district executive committee sent the chairman of the council to the village of Spasskoye. Then he was again transferred to the village of Cherkasskoye. He began working as a caretaker in the district forestry. Since November 1939, he studied through the trade union from the district forestry department. In January 1942 he went to war. He ended up in the convoy of 81 separate companies in the 2nd echelon. He began his baptism of fire at Stalingrad. Participated in the Stalingrad group. At Stalingrad he received the medal “For Military Merit” and “For the Defense of Stalingrad.” In 1943 he fought near Voronezh, then near Lutsk. Supplied the front with ammunition and food. Participated in Bessarabia in the Yaso-Kishenev group. Participated in the battles for the liberation of Romania, Budapest, and Hungary.

For his participation in the Great Patriotic War he was awarded government awards: medals “For the Capture of Vienna”, “For the Capture of Budapest” and many other anniversary medals. Has 8 orders of gratitude from the government. I celebrated victory in Austria.

M O R O Z O VP E T RIL ICH

In September 1937, he was sent to work as a mathematics teacher at Cherkassy secondary school, having no experience in teaching. In Cherkassk and the school, I met a warm, spiritual attitude towards myself, a good and friendly team of teachers at the school, and the friendly population of Cherkassy left me with warm memories for the rest of my life. I have a good opinion about the graduates of the Cherkassy secondary school of the pre-war years, meetings with whom turn out to be interesting and cordial.

In January 1942, I was drafted into the Red Army and sent to the Western Front. I fought in the 472nd artillery regiment of the 42nd rifle division of the Western Front, 49th Army until June 1943. These years were harsh and difficult for our Soviet people. The German fascists stood near Leningrad and Moscow and captured a large territory of our country. The task of our valiant Red Army was to expel German troops beyond our borders, and then free the peoples of Europe from fascist enslavement. In June 1943, he was sent to study at an artillery school, after which he was sent to the position of commander of a self-propelled gun. I 1st Belorussian Front. Together with the active Army, I reached the Oder. On March 2, 1945, he was seriously wounded and was being treated in military hospitals. In December 1945, due to disability, he was demobilized from the ranks of the Soviet Army.

He worked in schools for more than 40 years. In 1960, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, I was awarded the title of Honored School Teacher of the RSFSR. He worked as the director of secondary school No. 85 in Saratov.

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S L Y N I N M I KHA I LIV A N OVICH

Born in 1918 in the village of Kamyshovka. Before being drafted into the army, he worked on a collective farm. In 1937 he graduated from tractor driver courses and worked at the Kryazhimskaya MTS. From December 1937 to May 1938 he studied at the school of combine operators in the city of Balakovo and worked at the Kryazhimskaya MTS as a combine operator. In October 1938, he was drafted into the army and sent to Transbaikalia to the 15th Kuban Cavalry Division, where he was enrolled in the regimental school for junior commanders. In October 1940 he was transferred to the 17th tank division of the artillery regiment. With this army, at the beginning of 1941, he relocated to the western guardhouse. The war found us en route to the city of Saratov.

On June 28, 1941, we arrived at Orsha station and entered combat on the western front (Battle of Smolensk). On August 2, 1941 he was seriously wounded. After recovery, in December 1941 - the 18th Guards Mortar Regiment. With this regiment, it took part in battles on six fronts: the Crimean section of the front, the South-Eastern, Stalingrad, 4th Ukrainian, 3rd Baltic, I - Belarusian. He took part in the battle during the landing on the Kerch Peninsula in early January 1942.

Participation in defensive battles:

On the Kerch Peninsula, on the Don, on the near approaches to Stalingrad.

Participation in offensive battles:

The defeat of Manstein's tank group, the liberation of Stalingrad and the Rostov region, the cities of Bataysk and Novocherkassk, the liberation of Donbass, the crossing of the Sivash River, the assault on Sapun Mountain, the liberation of Sevastopol, the Baltic states and the city of Riga, the crossing of the Oder and the capture of Berlin.

During the period of hostilities, he was wounded five times: three light wounds, one serious. Has government awards: Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War I and II degrees”, medals “For the Defense of Stalingrad”, “For the Capture of Berlin”, “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”, six anniversary medals, the honorary badge “War Veteran”.

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M O R E N O V I V A N V A S I L E VICH

Born on February 9, 1924 in the village of Cherkasskoye, Saratov region. In 1941 he graduated from Cherkassy secondary school. Many years have passed since leaving school, but I remember my teachers with great gratitude and love: Efim Ivanovich Arkhipov and Daria Semyonovna Kaznacheev, Augusta Vasilievna Andreeva, Ivan Ignatievich Slesarev, Pyotr Akimovich Gorshkov, Pyotr Ilyich Morozov, Lev Iosifovich Libov, Ivan Mikhailovich Kuzin, Anna Semyonovna Vachugov and others. I owe a lot to these people. They taught me to understand life, never stop studying, and to love books as the main source of knowledge.

After graduating from high school, he worked for a short time in the editorial office of the regional newspaper “Collective Farm Life” as a literary employee.

In 1942 he was drafted into the Armed Forces. After short-term military training he was sent to the front.

During the Great Patriotic War, as commander of an intelligence department, he participated in battles with the Nazi invaders on the central and Belarusian fronts.

For completing combat missions, the command was awarded government awards: the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of Glory II degrees", Order of Glory III degrees” and medals “For Courage”, “For Military Merit”, “For the Capture of Koenigsberg”, etc. He was wounded three times in battles for his homeland. After the end of the Great Patriotic War, the front command was sent to Moscow to participate in the Victory Parade, which took place on June 24, 1945.

After demobilization from the Armed Forces in December 1945, he arrived in the village of Cherkasskoye and until September 1947 he worked as an instructor for the district party committee and secretary of the district Komsomol committee.

In 1947 he went to study in the city of Saratov, where he remained until 1950. Since 1950 to 1953 worked as head of the propaganda and agitation department of the Fedorovsky district party committee of the Saratov region. During these years, he graduated in absentia from the history department of the Saratov Pedagogical Institute.

In 1953, I was again drafted into the Armed Forces. During the years of being in the reserve, I pretty much forgot about military affairs. In addition, military equipment and weapons are constantly evolving. Therefore, it was again necessary to sit down with a book, study new military equipment and weapons. In 1954, as an external student, I took exams for a full course at a military school, and in 1956 for the Lenin Military-Political Academy.

In 1967, for the successes achieved in combat and political training, for conscientious work in training officers for the Soviet Army, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was awarded the medal “For Military Merit.”

Currently, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, I am serving at the Volsky Military School of Logistics named after the Lenin Komsomol.

Morenov I.V.

Hello dear new friends!

We are a group of fighters. Our unit has been on the front line since 12/31/41. at 18.00 our military commissar, senior political instructor, Razhikov I.I. comes up to us. and carries something at hand. We are interested. He called us and we sat down in a shelter, where we saw that the parcel said: “To the active Red Army from the Shamayevs.”

We were grateful to you for taking care of us deep in the rear, which indicates an even faster defeat of the hated fascists who brazenly burst into our sacred territory.

We are fulfilling the great task of our leader, teacher and friend - to defeat, destroy, wash away traces of these marauders, robbers, murderers from our beloved land. Comrades Shamaevs! Be completely devoted in the fight against fascism in the rear, and we will, as quickly as possible, with new forces in the new year, beat the enemy hated by all humanity, to the bitter end.

01/01/1942 WRITTEN: Senior political instructor Razhikov I.I.

Sergeant Netesa N.I.

Junior Sergeant Panferov I.M.

Hello to you all, especially Tamara.

Waiting for an answer.

These letters from the war era,

What is stored in family archives -

There is a touch of yellow on the paper,

And worn down to holes on the bends.

These letters from the war era,

Like soldiers once fought,

Scorched by the same flame,

They smell like bitter smoke from fires.

These are letters from the war era...

Pencil hasty lines

Often not really completed -

There is not a word of farewell, not a period.

These letters from the war era

Unusual reading required:

That's why their short lines are strong,

That we ourselves are their continuation.

L O S E VK I R I L LV A SIL EVICH

Kirill Vasilyevich participated in breaking the siege of Leningrad. After the defeat of the Germans at the Kursk Bulge, he was called to the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and, on instructions from Headquarters, was thrown behind enemy lines in Poland, among the partisans. The partisan detachment in which Losev K.V. was located. together with the Soviet Army, he liberated Warsaw and the Majdanek concentration camp. On May 1-3, he took part in the assault on Berlin. Victory Day was celebrated in Berlin. For participation in the Great Patriotic War he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War II degree, medal “For victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945,” order and medal of the Polish army.

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B A L A KH N I NP A V E L P E T R O V ICH

Born in 1923 in the village of Cherkasskoye. He went to war from his home village. He was sent to the Western Front, to the 559 howitzer-artillery regiment. There he had to fight from 1942 to 1943. Then he was transferred to the 202nd light artillery regiment, this was the Leningrad Front. Pavel Petrovich was the commander of the 76th gun. In the last year of the war, Pavel Petrovich was seriously wounded in the right shin. He spent a long time in hospital No. 494. During these difficult years, Pavel Petrovich walked to the Baltic Sea.

During the war years, Pavel Petrovich was awarded the Order of Glory III degrees" and medals "For the Defense of Leningrad" and "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."

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