Documented exploits of Soviet soldiers in WWII. Heroes of the Great Patriotic War: the history of famous exploits

Imagine trying to save a blind man from a burning building, walking step by step through searing flames and smoke. Now imagine that you are blind too. Jim Sherman, born blind, heard his 85-year-old neighbor's cries for help when she was trapped in her burning house. He found his way, moving along the fence. Once he got to the woman's house, he somehow managed to get inside and find his neighbor Annie Smith, who was also blind. Sherman pulled Smith from the fire and took her to safety.

Skydiving instructors sacrificed everything to save their students

Few people will survive a fall of several hundred meters. But two women did it thanks to the dedication of two men. The first gave his life to save a man whom he saw for the first time in his life.

Skydiving instructor Robert Cook and his student Kimberley Dear were about to make their first jump when the plane's engine failed. Cook told the girl to sit on his lap and tied their belts together. As the plane crashed to the ground, Cook's body bore the brunt of the impact, killing the man but leaving Kimberly alive.

Another skydiving instructor, Dave Hartstock, also saved his student from being hit. This was Shirley Dygert's first jump, and she jumped with an instructor. Diegert's parachute did not open. During the fall, Hartstock managed to get under the girl, softening the blow to the ground. Dave Hartstock injured his spine, the injury paralyzed his body from the neck down, but both survived.

Mere mortal Joe Rollino (pictured above) performed incredible, inhuman things during his 104-year life. Although he only weighed about 68 kg, in his prime he could lift 288 kg with his fingers and 1,450 kg with his back, for which he won various competitions several times. However, it wasn't the title of "The World's Strongest Man" that made him a hero.

During World War II, Rollino served in the Pacific and received a Bronze and Silver Star for bravery in the line of duty, as well as three Purple Hearts for battle wounds that left him in the hospital for a total of 2 years. He carried away 4 of his comrades from the battlefield, two in each hand, and also returned to the thick of the battle for the rest.

Fatherly love can inspire superhuman feats, and this was proven by two fathers on opposite sides of the world.

In Florida, Joeph Welch came to the aid of his six-year-old son when an alligator grabbed the boy's arm. Forgetting about his own safety, Welch hit the alligator, trying to force it to open its mouth. Then a passerby arrived and began punching the alligator in the stomach until the animal finally let go of the boy.

In Mutoko, Zimbabwe, another father saved his son from a crocodile when it attacked him in a river. Father Tafadzwa Kacher began poking reeds into the animal's eyes and mouth until his son ran away. Then the crocodile targeted the man. Tafadzwa had to gouge out the animal's eyes. The boy lost his leg in the attack, but he will be able to tell of his father's superhuman bravery.

Two ordinary women lifted cars to save loved ones

Not only men are capable of demonstrating superhuman abilities in critical situations. The daughter and mother showed that women can be heroes too, especially when a loved one is in danger.

In Virginia, a 22-year-old girl saved her father when the jack slipped from under the BMW he was working under and the car fell onto the man's chest. There was no time to wait for help, the young woman lifted the car and moved it, then performed artificial respiration on her father.

In Georgia, a jack also slipped and a 1,350-pound Chevrolet Impala fell on a young man. Without help, his mother Angela Cavallo lifted the car and held it for five minutes until neighbors pulled her son out.

Superhuman abilities are not only strength and courage, but also the ability to think quickly and act in an emergency.

In New Mexico, a school bus driver suffered a seizure, putting children in danger. A girl waiting for the bus noticed that something had happened to the driver and called her mother. The woman, Rhonda Carlsen, immediately took action. She ran next to the bus and, using gestures, asked one of the children to open the door. After that, she jumped inside, grabbed the steering wheel and stopped the bus. Thanks to her quick reaction, none of the schoolchildren were injured, not to mention people passing by.

A truck and trailer drove along the edge of a cliff in the dead of night. The cab of a large truck stopped right above the cliff, with the driver inside. A young man came to the rescue, he broke the window and pulled the man out with his bare hands.

This happened in New Zealand in the Waioeka Gorge on October 5, 2008. The hero was 18-year-old Peter Hanne, who was at home when he heard the crash. Without thinking about his own safety, he climbed onto the balancing car, jumped into the narrow gap between the cab and the trailer, and broke the rear window. He carefully helped the injured driver out as the truck swayed under his feet.

In 2011, Hanne was awarded the New Zealand Bravery Medal for this heroic act.

War is full of heroes who risk their lives to save their fellow soldiers. In the movie Forrest Gump, we saw how the fictional character saved several of his fellow soldiers, even after he was wounded. In real life, you can find a more abrupt plot.

Take, for example, the story of Robert Ingram, who received the Medal of Honor. In 1966, during an enemy siege, Ingram continued to fight and save his comrades even after he was shot three times: in the head (which left him partially blind and deaf in one ear), in the arm, and in the left knee. Despite his wounds, he continued to kill North Vietnamese soldiers who attacked his unit.

Aquaman is nothing compared to Shavarsh Karapetyan, who saved 20 people from a sinking bus in 1976.

The Armenian speed swimming champion was jogging with his brother when a bus with 92 passengers left the road and fell into the water 24 meters from the shore. Karapetyan dived, kicked out a window and began to pull out people who were by that time in cold water at a depth of 10 m. They say that it took 30 seconds for each person he saved, he saved one after another until he lost consciousness in the cold and dark water . As a result, 20 people survived.

But Karapetyan’s exploits did not end there. Eight years later, he saved several people from a burning building, suffering severe burns in the process. Karapetyan received the Order of the USSR Badge of Honor and several other awards for underwater rescue. But he himself claimed that he was not a hero at all, he simply did what he had to do.

A man takes off a helicopter to save his colleague

The TV show's set became the site of a tragedy when a helicopter from the hit series Magnum PI crashed into a drainage ditch in 1988.

During landing, the helicopter suddenly tilted, went out of control and fell to the ground, while the whole thing was captured on film. One of the pilots, Steve Kux, was pinned under the helicopter in shallow water. And then Warren “Tiny” Everal ran up and picked up the helicopter from Kax. It was a Hughes 500D, which weighs at least 703kg empty. Everal's quick reactions and superhuman strength saved Kax from being pinned in the water by a helicopter. Although the pilot injured his left arm, he escaped death thanks to a local Hawaiian hero.

Heroes of the Great Patriotic War

1. Ivan Timofeevich Lyubushkin (1918-1942)

In the fall of 1941, there were fierce battles in the area of ​​the city of Orel. Soviet tank crews fought off the fierce attacks of the Nazis. At the beginning of the battle, Senior Sergeant Lyubushkin's tank was damaged by an enemy shell and could not move. The crew took on an unequal battle with fascist tanks pressing from all sides. Five enemy vehicles were destroyed by courageous tankers! During the battle, another shell hit Lyubushkin’s car and the crew was wounded.

The tank commander continued to fire at the advancing fascists and ordered the driver to repair the damage. Soon Lyubushkin's tank was able to move and joined its column.

For courage and bravery, I. T. Lyuboshkin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on October 10, 1941.

In one of the battles in June 1942, Lyubushkin died a heroic death.

2. Alexander Matveevich Matrosov (1924-1943)

On February 23, 1943, fierce battles broke out on one of the sections of the Kalinin Front near the village of Chernushki, north of the city of Velikiye Luki. The enemy turned the village into a heavily fortified stronghold. Several times the soldiers launched an attack on the fascist fortifications, but destructive fire from the bunker blocked their path. Then a private of the Sailors Guard, making his way to the bunker, covered the embrasure with his body. Inspired by Matrosov’s feat, the soldiers went on the attack and drove the Germans out of the village.

For his feat, A. M. Matrosov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Today, the regiment in which Sailors served bears the name of a hero who is forever included in the unit’s lists.

3. Nelson Georgievich Stepanyan (1913-1944)

During the Great Patriotic War, the commander of the assault regiment Stepanyan made 293 successful combat missions to attack and bomb enemy ships.

Stepanyan became famous for his high skill, surprise and audacity of striking the enemy. One day, Colonel Stepanyan led a group of planes to bomb an enemy airfield. The attack aircraft dropped their bombs and began to leave. But Stepanyan saw that several fascist planes remained undamaged. Then he directed his plane back, and approaching the enemy airfield, he lowered the landing gear. The enemy's anti-aircraft artillery stopped firing, thinking that the Soviet plane was voluntarily landing on their airfield. At this moment, Stepanyan stepped on the gas, retracted the landing gear and dropped the bombs. All three aircraft that survived the first raid burst into flames with torches. And Stepanyan’s plane landed safely at its airfield.

On October 23, 1942, for the excellent performance of command tasks, the glorious son of the Armenian people was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded a second Gold Star medal posthumously on March 6, 1945.

4. Vasily Georgievich Klochkov (1911-1941)

November 1941. Moscow has been declared in a state of siege. In the Volokolamsk direction, in the area of ​​the Dubosekovo crossing, 28 soldiers of the rifle division of Major General I.V. Panfilov, led by political instructor Klochkov, fought to the death.

On November 16, the Nazis sent a company of machine gunners against them. But all enemy attacks were repulsed. The Nazis left about 70 corpses on the battlefield. After some time, the Nazis moved 50 tanks against 28 brave men. The soldiers, led by the political instructor, courageously entered into an unequal battle. One after another, valiant warriors fell to the ground, struck down by fascist bullets. When the cartridges ran out and the grenades were running out, political instructor Klochkov gathered the surviving soldiers around him and, with grenades in his hands, went towards the enemy.

At the cost of their own lives, Panfilov’s men did not let the enemy tanks rush towards Moscow. The Nazis left 18 damaged and burned vehicles on the battlefield.

For unparalleled heroism, courage and bravery, political instructor V. G. Klochkov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

After the war, a monument was erected to the Panfilov heroes at the Dubosekovo crossing.

5. Alexander Mikhailovich Roditelev (1916-1966)

During the battles for Koenigsberg in April 1945, the commander of a sapper platoon, junior lieutenant Roditelev, and eight sappers acted as part of an assault group.

With a swift rush, the assault group reached the enemy artillery positions. Wasting no time, Roditelev ordered the artillerymen to attack. In the ensuing hand-to-hand combat, he himself destroyed six fascists. Unable to withstand the onslaught of Soviet soldiers, 25 German soldiers surrendered, the rest fled, leaving 15 heavy guns. A few minutes later, the Nazis attempted to return the abandoned guns. The sappers repulsed three counterattacks and held artillery positions until the main forces marched. In this battle, a group of sappers under the command of Roditelev destroyed up to 40 Nazis and captured 15 serviceable heavy guns. The next day, April 8, Roditelev with twelve sappers blew up an enemy bunker, cleared 6 blocks of the city from the Nazis and captured up to 200 soldiers and officers.

For the courage and bravery shown in battles with the German fascists, A. M. Roditelev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

6. Vladimir Dmitrievich Lavrinenkov (Born 1919)

Fighter pilot Lavrinenkov spent his first battle near Stalingrad. Soon he already had 16 enemy aircraft destroyed. With each flight his skill grew and strengthened. In battle, he acted decisively and boldly. The number of enemy aircraft shot down increased. Together with his comrades, he covered attack aircraft and bombers, repelled enemy air raids, conducting air battles - lightning battles with the enemy, from which he always emerged victorious.

By the end of the war, the communist Lavrinenkov had 448 combat missions, 134 air battles, in which he personally shot down 35 enemy aircraft and 11 as part of a group.

The Motherland twice awarded V.D. Lavrinenkov with the Gold Star medals of the Hero of the Soviet Union.

7. Viktor Dmitrievich Kuskov (1924-1983)

The motorman of the torpedo boat Kuskov fought throughout the war on the ships of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet. The boat on which he served took part in 42 combat operations and sank 3 enemy ships.

In one of the battles, a direct hit from an enemy shell into the engine compartment destroyed the left engine and damaged the oil line of the second engine. Kuskov himself was seriously shell-shocked. Overcoming the pain, he reached the engine and closed the hole in the oil line with his hands. The hot oil burned his hands, but he unclenched them only when the boat left the battle and broke away from the enemy.

In another battle, in June 1944, a direct hit from an enemy shell started a fire in the engine room. Kuskov was seriously wounded, but continued to remain at his post, fighting the fire and water that flooded the engine compartment. However, the ship could not be saved. Kuskov, together with Petty Officer Matyukhin, lowered the crew members into the water using lifebelts, and the seriously wounded boat commander and officer were held in the water in their arms for two hours until our ships arrived.

For fearlessness and dedication, a high understanding of military duty and saving the life of the ship commander, communist V.D. Kuskov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on July 22, 1944.

8. Rufina Sergeevna Gasheva (Born 1921)

School, a pioneer detachment, three years of study at Moscow State University - this ordinary biography was radically changed by the war. 848 combat missions are recorded in the summer book of Rufina Gasheva, navigator of the squadron of the 46th Guards Taman Light Bomber Regiment. More than once she had to find herself in difficult situations. In one of the battles in Kuban, Gesheva’s plane was shot down by a fascist fighter and fell behind the front line. For several days, the girl made her way behind enemy lines to her regiment, where she was already considered dead. Near Warsaw, having parachuted out of a burning plane, she landed on a minefield.

In 1956, Rufina Sergeevna Gasheva was demobilized with the rank of major. She taught English at the Academy of Armored Forces named after R. Ya. Malinovsky, worked at Voenizdat. Since 1972 she has been retired in Moscow. For the courage shown in battles with the enemy, Rufina Sergeevna Gasheva was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on February 23, 1945.

10. Evgenia Maksimovna Rudneva (1921-1944)

In the first days of the Great Patriotic War, MSU student Zhenya Rudneva volunteered to go to the front. During the course she mastered the art of navigating. And then there were successful bombings of concentrations of enemy troops and enemy equipment in the Kuban, North Caucasus, and Crimea. The navigator of the Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment, Senior Lieutenant Rudneva, made 645 combat missions. In April 1944, while carrying out another combat mission in the Kerch region, E. M. Rudneva died heroically. On October 26, 1944, the navigator of the Guards Bomber Regiment, Evgenia Maksimovna Rudneva, was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

12. Manshuk Zhiengalievna Mametova (1922-1943)

The best machine gunner of the 21st Guards Rifle Division was considered a Kazakh girl, Manshuk Mametova. She was an example of valor and fearlessness, the pride of the division’s fighters.

On October 15, 1943, there was a fierce battle for the city of Nevel. Manshuk supported the advance of her unit with machine-gun fire. She was wounded in the head. Gathering her last strength, the girl pulled the machine gun into an open position and began shooting the Nazis point-blank, clearing the way for her comrades. Even dead, Manshuk clutched the handles of the machine gun...

From all over our Motherland letters were sent to Alma-Ata, where Manshuk lived and where she left for a great feat. And in Nevel, near whose walls the heroine died, there is a street named after her. The courageous machine gunner was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously on March 1, 1944.

13. Elena Fedorovna Kolesova (1921-1942)

On a frosty November night in 1941 near Moscow, a detachment of girl reconnaissance girls, led by twenty-year-old Muscovite Komsomol member Elena Kolesova, went behind enemy lines. For exemplary performance of this task, Lelya Kolesova was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Since April 1942, Kolesova’s group operated in one of the districts of the Minsk region. Under the leadership of its brave commander, the group collected and transmitted information about the location of the Nazis, the transfer of enemy troops and military equipment, passed highways and railways, blew up enemy trains and bridges. On September 11, 1942, Elena Kolesova died in an unequal battle with punitive forces near the village of Vydritsa, Minsk Region. The heroine’s name was borne by the pioneer squad of Moscow school No. 47, where she worked as a pioneer leader and teacher. The glorious intelligence officer, who gave her life for the freedom and independence of our Motherland, was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on February 21, 1944.

14. Anatoly Konstantinovich Avdeev, gunner fighter anti-tank artillery regiment, born in 1925.

On July 5, 1944, Avdeev’s gun crew was ordered to prevent the fascist troops from breaking out of the encirclement in the Volma region (Belarus). Taking up an open firing position, the fighters shot the Nazis at point-blank range. The battle lasted 13 hours. During this time, the gun crew repelled 7 attacks. Almost all the shells ran out, and 5 gun crew members died the death of the brave. The enemy is attacking again. Avdeev's gun is damaged by a direct hit from a shell, and the last soldier in the crew is killed. Left alone, Avdeev does not leave the battlefield, but continues to fight with a machine gun and grenades. But now all the cartridges and the last grenade have been used up. The Komsomol member grabs an ax lying nearby and destroys four more fascists.

Mission accomplished. The enemy did not pass, leaving up to 180 corpses of soldiers and officers, 2 self-propelled guns, a machine gun and 4 vehicles on the battlefield in front of Avdeev’s gun.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the glorious son of the Russian people, Avdeev, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

15. Vladimir Avramovich Alekseenko, Deputy commander of an aviation regiment, born in 1923, Russian.

Attack aviation pilot Alekseenko completed 292 successful combat missions during the war years. He stormed enemy batteries shelling Leningrad, crushed the enemy on the Karelian Isthmus, in the Baltic states and in East Prussia. Dozens of aircraft shot down and destroyed at airfields, 33 tanks, 118 vehicles, 53 railway cars, 85 carts, 15 armored personnel carriers, 10 ammunition depots, 27 artillery pieces, 54 anti-aircraft guns, 12 mortars and hundreds of killed enemy soldiers and officers - this is the combat Captain Alekseenko's account.

For 230 successful combat missions to carry out assault strikes against enemy concentrations of troops and equipment, for courage and courage, the communist V. A. Alekseenko was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on April 19, 1945. On June 29, 1945, for new military exploits at the front, he was awarded a second Gold Star medal.

16. Andrey Egorovich Borovykh, commander of an aviation squadron, born in 1921, Russian.

During the Great Patriotic War, fighter pilot Andrei Borovoy fought on the Kalinin Front. His battle path ran through Orel and Kursk, Gomel and Brest, Lvov and Warsaw and ended near Berlin. He flew to intercept enemy aircraft, accompanied our bombers behind enemy lines, and conducted aerial reconnaissance. In the first two years of the war alone, Major Borovoy made 328 successful combat missions, participated in 55 air battles, in which he personally shot down 12 enemy aircraft.

In August 1943, the communist Borovykh was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the second Gold Star medal on February 23, 1945 for shooting down another 20 enemy aircraft in the next 49 air battles.

In total, during the war years, Borovoy made about 600 successful combat missions.

After the Great Patriotic War, A.E. Borovykh was elected as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR and a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

17. Boris Aleksandrovich Vladimirov , commander of a rifle division, born in 1905, Russian.

General Vladimirov especially distinguished himself in January 1945 in the Vistula-Oder operation. As a result of a well-thought-out and skillfully organized battle, his division on January 14-15 successfully broke through the deeply echeloned German defenses at the line of the Vistula River. Pursuing the enemy, the division fought about 400 km from January 16 to 28, suffering minor losses in personnel and military equipment. The soldiers under the leadership of General Vladimirov were among the first to enter the territory of Nazi Germany and, having made a difficult maneuver in a wooded area, with fierce resistance from the Nazis, pushed them back from the border and defeated the five thousand-strong garrison of the city of Schneidemuhl. In the area of ​​the city of Schneidemuhl, the division's soldiers captured huge trophies, including 30 trains with military equipment, food and military equipment.

For his skillful leadership of the division in difficult battle conditions and the personal courage and heroism shown, communist B. A. Vladimirov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

18. Alexander Borisovich Kazaev , commander of a rifle regiment, born in 1919, Ossetian.

On April 13, 1945, a rifle regiment under the command of Major Kazaev, conducting offensive battles against the fascist group on the Zemland Peninsula, approached a heavily fortified enemy defense line. All attempts to break through the defenses from the front were unsuccessful. The division's advance was stopped. Then Major Kazaev, with a daring and unexpected maneuver, blocked the enemy’s main stronghold with small forces, and with his main forces broke through the defenses from the flanks and ensured the successful offensive of the entire division.

During the offensive battles from April 13 to 17, 1945, Major Kazaev’s regiment destroyed more than 400 and captured 600 Nazi soldiers and officers, captured 20 guns and freed 1,500 prisoners languishing in concentration camps.

For his skillful leadership of the regiment's combat operations and his courage, A. V. Kazaev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

21. Ermalai Grigorievich Koberidze, commander of a rifle division, born in 1904, Georgian, communist.

Career military man, Major General E. G. Koberidze on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War - since June 1941. He especially distinguished himself in battles in July 1944. On July 27, 1944, the division commander, General Koberidze, personally with the advanced detachment of the division went to the eastern bank of the Vistula and organized its crossing. Under heavy enemy fire, the fighters, inspired by the division commander, crossed to the west bank and captured a bridgehead there. Following the advance detachment, the entire division, waging heavy fighting, completely crossed over to the western bank of the river within two days and began consolidating and expanding the bridgehead.

For skillful management of the division in the battles for the Vistula and the personal heroism and courage shown at the same time, E. G. Koberidze was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

22. Caesar Lvovich Kunikov , commander of the landing detachment of sailors of the Novorossiysk Naval Base of the Black Sea Fleet, Russian.

On the night of February 3-4, 1943, a landing detachment of sailors under the command of Major Kunikov landed on the enemy-occupied and heavily fortified coast in the Novorossiysk region. With a swift blow, the landing detachment knocked the fascists out of their strong point and firmly entrenched themselves in the captured bridgehead. At dawn a fierce battle broke out. The paratroopers repelled 18 enemy attacks during the day. By the end of the day, ammunition was running low. The situation seemed hopeless. Then Major Kunikov’s detachment made a surprise raid on an enemy artillery battery. Having destroyed the gun crew and captured the guns, they opened fire on the attacking enemy soldiers.

For seven days the paratroopers repulsed the enemy’s fierce attacks and held the bridgehead until the main forces arrived. During this period, the detachment destroyed over 200 Nazis. In one of the battles, Kunikov was mortally wounded.

For courage and courage, the communist Ts. L. Kunikov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

24. Kafur Nasyrovich Mamedov . On October 18, 1942, a battalion of marines of the Black Sea Fleet, in which sailor Mamedov fought, fought a difficult battle with superior enemy forces. Nazi troops managed to break through and surround the company commander's command post. Sailor Mamedov rushed to the commander’s rescue and shielded him from the enemy’s attack with his chest. The brave warrior saved the commander at the cost of his own life.

For courage, bravery and self-sacrifice in the battle with the fascist invaders, the son of the Azerbaijani people, Komsomol member K. N. Mamedov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

29. Maguba Guseinovna Syrtlanova , deputy commander of a night bomber squadron, born in 1912, Tatar, communist.

Guard senior lieutenant Syrtlanova fought in the North Caucasus, Taman Peninsula, Crimea, Belarus, Poland and East Prussia during the Great Patriotic War. In battles she showed exceptional courage, courage and courage, and flew 780 combat missions. In the most difficult meteorological conditions, Syrtlanova guided groups of aircraft to specified areas with great accuracy.

For the courage and bravery of the guard, senior lieutenant M. G. Syrtlanova was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Feats of heroes of the Great Patriotic War

CHEREPANOV SERGEY MIKHAILOVICH (1916-1944) - Hero Soviet Union. Born on July 16, 1916 in the Vologda region. Lived and worked in the village. Novy Bor, Ust-Tsilemsky district of the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He volunteered for the front in August 1942. He took part in battles on the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts.

On January 24, 1944, the squad commander of the 1249th Infantry Regiment of the 377th Infantry Division (59th Army, Leningrad Front) Cherepanov S.M. was the first to burst into the village of Poddubye (Novgorod region) and destroyed an enemy machine gun with a grenade. He was wounded in the chest, but did not leave the battlefield. After several counterattacks by the Nazis, Sergeant Cherepanov was left alone - his comrades were killed. With accurate fire from a machine gun, he continued to destroy the invaders pressing from all sides. And when the cartridges ran out, he blew himself up and the enemies around him with his last grenade. This happened on January 24, 1944. S. M. Cherepanov was buried in the village. Poddubye, Novgorod region.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 5, 1944, Sergeant S. M. Cherepanov was (posthumously) awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

In the village A bust of the Hero was installed in Novy Bor; one of the streets of the village was named after him.

CHERKASOV ALEXEY IVANOVICH (1914-1980) - Hero of the Soviet Union. Born in Moscow into a working-class family, he was raised in an orphanage. He graduated from a factory school and worked as a turner. Before the war, he came to the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on a Komsomol ticket for the construction of the North-Pechora railway. He worked as a track worker at the Kozhva railway station. In 1942Kozhvinsky district military registration and enlistment office (now Pechora city) was drafted into the Red Army and became a military sapper.

On the front of the Great Patriotic War since February 1943, he built crossings, cleared passages in minefields for tanks, artillery, and infantry near Voronezh, in the Battle of Kursk, in the battles for Ukraine, in Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Austria. Commanding a section of the 392nd Engineer Battalion (232nd Rifle Division, Voronezh Front), Senior Sergeant Cherkasov showed heroism during the crossing of the Dnieper near Vyshgorod (Kiev region). He was one of the first in the battalion at the beginning of October 1943, at night, under enemy fire, to transport his squad by boat across the Dnieper and firmly entrenched himself on the right bank of the river. By diverting enemy fire, he contributed to the successful start of crossing the river. He acted boldly at the crossing itself, promptly repairing the watercraft, thereby ensuring the consolidation of units on the right bank bridgehead.

On January 10, 1944, Senior Sergeant A.I. Cherkasov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. Awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, and medals.

After demobilization in 1945, he lived in the mining town of Gorskoye (Donbass). He worked in coal mines and led a mining team. Died 08/07/1980 Buried in the city of Gorskoye.

BABIKOV MAKAR ANDREEVICH - Hero of the Soviet Union. Born in 1921 in the village. Ust-Tsilma Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in a peasant family. Russian. He studied at the Ust-Tsilma secondary school, worked as a primary school teacher, then in the district Komsomol committee. Since 1939 he served in the Northern Navy. Communist.

Participated in the Great Patriotic War from the beginning to the end of hostilities. He acted bravely in all combat and reconnaissance campaigns of the special reconnaissance detachment of the Northern Fleet behind enemy lines. In 1943, commanding a platoon in reconnaissance, he destroyed a convoy of an enemy anti-aircraft regiment, captured prisoners and provided the command with important information. He smashed the garrisons on the shores of the Barents Sea. At Cape Krestovy he captured an artillery battery and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy in manpower.

In August 1945, he actively participated in the war with imperialist Japan as part of a separate reconnaissance detachment of the Pacific Fleet, commanding a platoon of paratroopers in operations to capture the South Korean ports of Yuki, Racine and others. He distinguished himself by heroism in the operation to capture the city of Seishin. Having landed from torpedo boats, the paratroopers quickly rushed into the city. Babikov's platoon captured a railway and highway bridge across the river in battle, destroying more than 50 soldiers and 6 vehicles. The paratroopers held out for more than 18 hours, repelling continuous enemy attacks. Babikov acted fearlessly in other battles to hold Seisin until the main landing forces arrived. On September 14, 1945, M. A. Babikov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. He was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, the Red Star, the Badge of Honor and medals.

In 1946, Chief Petty Officer M. A. Babikov was transferred to the reserve. He graduated from the Higher Party School under the CPSU Central Committee, worked in Komsomol, party, Soviet work, and in the KGB. Lives in Moscow, retired colonel, pensioner

SHEVELEV ANTON ANTONOVICH (1918-1981) - Hero of the Soviet Union. Born in the village of Neivo-Shaitanovka, Alapaevsky district, Sverdlovsk region, in the family of a peasant otkhodnik. His childhood was spent in his father’s homeland in the village. Mordino, Kortkeros district, Komi ASSR.Graduated from the Bataysk Civil Air Fleet School.

On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since 1942 - in the 455th (30th Guards) aviation regiment of long-range bomber aviation. By October 1944, Guard Captain Shevelev made 222 combat missions to bombard enemy lines, 103 times participated in the bombing of large enemy targets on instructions from the command of the Volkhov, Leningrad, Kalinin, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Belorussian Fronts.

On March 16, 1943, Shevelev’s plane, which took off on a mission, was attacked by an enemy fighter. The plane received 30 holes and became difficult to control. The radio operator and gunner were wounded. However, A. A. Shevelev, showing exceptional courage, reached the goal and successfully completed the task, masterfully landed the plane on one wheel at his airfield, saving the plane and the lives of the crew members.

On November 5, 1944, Captain A. A. Shevelev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. Awarded two orders of the Red Banner of War, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, and medals.

In May 1945, after being seriously wounded by the guard, Major A. A. Shevelev was demobilized. After the war, he graduated in absentia from the Ural Forestry Institute and postgraduate studies. Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor, worked as a university teacher, died on May 10, 1981, buried in Sverdlovsk.

GAVRILOV IVAN SAMSONOVICH (1913-1944) - Hero of the Soviet Union. Member of the CPSU(b) since 1939. Born in the village. Makeevka (now a city in the Donetsk region) in the family of a miner. Russian. Graduated from a mining school. Worked in the mines in Donbass,Spitsbergen, Karaganda.

In June 1942, among the volunteer miners from Karaganda, he came to the North to develop the Pechora coal basin. He worked in Vorkuta as an assistant section manager at mine No. 1/2, then as a section manager at mine No. 4.

Drafted into the Red Army in March 1943 by the Kozhvinsky district military registration and enlistment office. He fought since April 1943 as part of the 1318th Infantry Regiment of the 163rd Romensk-Kyiv Division. In October 1943, commander I. S. Gavrilov and the soldiers of his squad were among the first to cross, secretly from the enemy, to the right bank of the Dnieper in the Zhukovka area (the southern outskirts of Kiev). With a sudden rush, they knocked out the Nazis from their positions and, diverting the fire to themselves, helped other units successfully cross the Dnieper.

For skillful command of a squad in battle, for repelling five counterattacks of superior enemy forces and for the courage and heroism displayed, I. S. Gavrilov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on October 29, 1943, with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. He was awarded the medal "For Courage". In one of the battles, I. S. Gavrilov was seriously wounded and died on January 2, 1944 in a front-line hospital. Buried in the village. Stavische, Kyiv region.

Introduction

History does not know a more large-scale, fierce, destructive and bloody confrontation than the one that our people had to wage against the fascist aggressors. In the war of 1941-1945. The fate of not only the Fatherland, but also many other peoples and countries - essentially all of humanity - was being decided. Military personnel of the internal troops fought shoulder to shoulder with the Red Army against the invaders. The feat of our compatriots who defeated fascism and won the Great Victory is eternal and holy.

The Great Patriotic War will forever remain in the memory of the descendants and successors of the great people of the great country. About thirty million of our compatriots died heroically for the freedom of our Motherland. At times it seemed to the enemy that the collapse of the USSR was inevitable: the Germans were near Moscow and Leningrad, breaking through near Stalingrad. But the fascists simply forgot that for centuries Genghis Khan, Batu, Mamai, Napoleon and others tried unsuccessfully to conquer our country. The Russian people were always ready to defend their Motherland and fight until their last breath. There was no limit to the patriotism of our soldiers. Only a Russian soldier saved a wounded comrade from under heavy fire from enemy machine guns. Only the Russian soldier mercilessly beat the enemies, but spared the prisoners. Only the Russian soldier died, but did not give up.

At times, German commanders were horrified by the rage and tenacity, courage and heroism of ordinary Russian soldiers. One of the German officers said: “When my tanks go on the attack, the earth trembles under their weight. When the Russians go into battle, the earth trembles from fear of them.” One of the captured German officers looked into the faces of the Russian soldiers for a long time and, in the end, sighed and said: “Now I see that Russian spirit that we were told about many times.” Our soldiers performed many feats during the Great Patriotic War. The young guys sacrificed themselves for this long-awaited Victory. Many of them did not return home, disappeared or were killed on the battlefields. And each of them can be considered a hero. After all, it was they who, at the cost of their lives, led our Motherland to the Great Victory. The soldiers died, knowing full well that they were giving their lives in the name of happiness, in the name of freedom, in the name of clear skies and clear suns, in the name of future happy generations.

Yes, they accomplished a feat, they died, but did not give up. The consciousness of his duty to the Motherland drowned out the feeling of fear, pain, and thoughts of death. This means that this action is not an unconscious action - a feat, but a conviction in the rightness and greatness of the cause for which a person consciously gives his life.

Victory in the Great Patriotic War is a feat and glory of our people. No matter how the assessments and facts of our history have changed in recent years, May 9, Victory Day, remains a sacred holiday for our people. Eternal glory to the soldiers of war! Their feat will forever remain in the hearts of millions of people who value peace, happiness, and freedom.

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1. The exploits of Soviet soldiers and officers during the Great Patriotic War

The war between the USSR and Nazi Germany was not an ordinary war between two states, between two armies. It was the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people against the Nazi invaders. From the very first days of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet people had to deal with a very serious enemy who knew how to wage a major modern war. Hitler's mechanized hordes, regardless of losses, rushed forward and put to fire and sword everything that came along the way. Thanks to iron discipline, military skill and dedication, millions of Soviet people, who looked death in the face, won and remained alive. The exploits of Soviet heroes became a beacon to which other heroic warriors looked up.

Viktor Vasilievich Talalikhin

Born on September 18, 1918 in the village. Teplovka, Volsky district, Saratov region. Graduated from the Borisoglebok Military Aviation School for Pilots. He took part in the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939 - 1940. He made 47 combat missions, shot down 4 Finnish aircraft, for which he was awarded the Order of the Red Star (1940).

In the battles of the Great Patriotic War from June 1941. Made more than 60 combat missions. In the summer and autumn of 1941, he fought near Moscow<#"justify">. Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub

(1920-1991), Air Marshal (1985), Hero of the Soviet Union (1944 - twice; 1945). During the Great Patriotic War in fighter aviation, squadron commander, deputy regiment commander, conducted 120 air battles; shot down 62 planes.

Three times Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub shot down 17 enemy aircraft on the La-7 (including the Me-262 jet fighter<#"justify">. Alexey Petrovich Maresyev

Maresyev Alexey Petrovich fighter pilot, deputy squadron commander of the 63rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, guard senior lieutenant.

Born on May 20, 1916 in the city of Kamyshin, Volgograd Region, into a working-class family. He was drafted into the Soviet army in 1937. Served in the 12th aviation border detachment. He made his first combat mission on August 23, 1941 in the Krivoo Rog area. Lieutenant Maresyev opened his combat account at the beginning of 1942 - he shot down a Ju-52. By the end of March 1942, he brought the count of downed fascist planes to four

In June 1943, Maresyev returned to duty. He fought on the Kursk Bulge as part of the 63rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment and was deputy squadron commander. In August 1943, during one battle, Alexey Maresyev shot down three enemy FW-190 fighters at once.

On August 1943, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Guard Senior Lieutenant Maresyev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Later he fought in the Baltic states and became a regiment navigator. In 1944 he joined the CPSU. In total, he made 86 combat missions, shot down 11 enemy aircraft: 4 before being wounded and seven with amputated legs. In June 1944, Guard Major Maresyev became an inspector-pilot of the Air Force Higher Educational Institutions Directorate. Boris Polevoy's book "The Tale of a Real Man" is dedicated to the legendary fate of Alexei Petrovich Maresyev.

Retired Colonel A.P. Maresyev was awarded two Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the Red Banner, the Patriotic War, 1st degree, two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of People's Friendship, the Red Star, the Badge of Honor, "For Services to the Fatherland" 3rd degree, medals, and foreign orders. He was an honorary soldier of a military unit, an honorary citizen of the cities of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Kamyshin, and Orel. A minor planet of the solar system, a public foundation, and youth patriotic clubs are named after him. He was elected as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Author of the book "On the Kursk Bulge" (M., 1960).

Even during the war, Boris Polevoy’s book “The Tale of a Real Man” was published, the prototype of the main character of which was Maresyev.

Krasnoperov Sergey Leonidovich

Krasnoperov Sergei Leonidovich was born on July 23, 1923 in the village of Pokrovka, Chernushinsky district. In May 1941, he volunteered to join the Soviet Army. I studied at the Balashov Aviation Pilot School for a year. In November 1942, attack pilot Sergei Krasnoperov arrived at the 765th attack air regiment, and in January 1943 he was appointed deputy squadron commander of the 502nd attack air regiment of the 214th attack air division of the North Caucasus Front. For military distinctions he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, the Red Star, and the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree.

The regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Smirnov, wrote about Sergei Krasnoperov: “Such heroic deeds of Comrade Krasnoperov are repeated in every combat mission. The pilots of his flight became masters of assault. The flight is united and occupies a leading position. The command always entrusts him with the most difficult and responsible tasks. With his heroic exploits, he created military glory for himself and enjoys well-deserved military authority among the regiment’s personnel.” Indeed. Sergei was only 19 years old, and for his exploits he had already been awarded the Order of the Red Star. He was only 20, and his chest was decorated with the Golden Star of the Hero.

Sergei Krasnoperov made seventy-four combat missions during the days of fighting on the Taman Peninsula. As one of the best, he was trusted to lead groups of “silts” on assault 20 times, and he always carried out a combat mission. He personally destroyed 6 tanks, 70 vehicles, 35 carts with cargo, 10 guns, 3 mortars, 5 anti-aircraft artillery points, 7 machine guns, 3 tractors, 5 bunkers, an ammunition depot, sunk a boat, a self-propelled barge, and destroyed two crossings across the Kuban.

Matrosov Alexander Matveevich

Matrosov Alexander Matveevich - rifleman of the 2nd battalion of the 91st separate rifle brigade (22nd Army, Kalinin Front), private. Born on February 5, 1924 in the city of Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk). In October 1942 he entered the Krasnokholmsky Infantry School, but soon most of the cadets were sent to the Kalinin Front. In the active army since November 1942. On February 27, 1943, the 2nd battalion received the task of attacking a strong point in the area of ​​the village of Chernushki (Loknyansky district of the Pskov region). As soon as our soldiers passed through the forest and reached the edge, they came under heavy enemy machine-gun fire. Two machine guns were destroyed, but the machine gun from the third bunker continued to fire at the entire ravine in front of the village. Then Matrosov stood up, rushed to the bunker and closed the embrasure with his body. At the cost of his life, he contributed to the accomplishment of the unit’s combat mission.

A few days later, the name of Matrosov became known throughout the country. Matrosov’s feat was used by a journalist who happened to be with the unit for a patriotic article. Despite the fact that Matrosov was not the first to commit such an act of self-sacrifice, it was his name that was used to glorify the heroism of Soviet soldiers. Subsequently, over 200 people accomplished the same feat, but this was no longer widely publicized. His feat became a symbol of courage and military valor, fearlessness and love for the Motherland.

“It is known that Alexander Matrosov was far from the first in the history of the Great Patriotic War to accomplish such a feat. More precisely, he had 44 predecessors (5 in 1941, 31 in 1942 and 8 before February 27, 1943). And the very first to cover the enemy machine gun with his body was political instructor A.V. Pankratov. Subsequently, many more commanders and soldiers of the Red Army performed the self-sacrificing feat. By the end of 1943, 38 soldiers followed Matrosov’s example, in 1944 - 87, in the last year of the war - 46. The last one in the Great Patriotic War to close the machine gun embrasure with his body was Guard Sergeant Arkhip Manita. This happened in Berlin 17 days before the Victory...

Of the 215 who accomplished the “feat of Matrosov,” the heroes were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Some exploits were appreciated only many years after the war. For example, Red Army soldier of the 679th Infantry Regiment Abram Levin, who covered the bunker embrasure with his body in the battle for the village of Kholmets on February 22, 1942, was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, only in 1967. There are also documented cases where brave men who performed the “sailor’s” feat remained alive. This is Udodov A.A., Rise R.Kh., Maiborsky V.P. and Kondratyev L.V.” (V. Bondarenko “One Hundred Great Feats of Russia”, M., “Veche”, 2011, p. 283).

The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was posthumously awarded to Alexander Matveevich Matrosov on June 19, 1943. He was buried in the city of Velikiye Luki. On September 8, 1943, by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR, the name of Matrosov was assigned to the 254th Guards Rifle Regiment, and he himself was forever included (one of the first in the Soviet Army) in the lists of the 1st company of this unit. Monuments to the Hero were erected in St. Petersburg, Tolyatti, Velikiye Luki, Ulyanovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Ufa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, and there are at least several hundred streets and squares of Alexander Matrosov in the cities and villages of the former USSR.

Ivan Vasilievich Panfilov

In the battles near Volokolamsk, the 316th Infantry Division of General I.V. especially distinguished itself. Panfilova. Reflecting continuous enemy attacks for 6 days, they knocked out 80 tanks and killed several hundred soldiers and officers. Enemy attempts to capture the Volokolamsk area and open the way to Moscow<#"justify">. Nikolai Frantsevich Gastello

Nikolai Frantsevich was born on May 6, 1908 in Moscow, into a working-class family. Graduated from 5th grade. He worked as a mechanic at the Murom Steam Locomotive Construction Machinery Plant. In the Soviet Army in May 1932. In 1933 he graduated from the Lugansk military pilot school in bomber units. In 1939 he took part in the battles on the river. Khalkhin - Gol and the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940. In the active army since June 1941, the squadron commander of the 207th Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment (42nd Bomber Aviation Division, 3rd Bomber Aviation Corps DBA), Captain Gastello, carried out another mission flight on June 26, 1941. His bomber was hit and caught fire. He flew the burning plane into a concentration of enemy troops. The enemy suffered heavy losses from the explosion of the bomber. For the accomplished feat, on July 26, 1941, he was posthumously awarded the Title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Gastello's name is forever included in the lists of military units. At the site of the feat on the Minsk-Vilnius highway, a memorial monument was erected in Moscow.

9. Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya (“Tanya”)

Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya was born on September 8, 1923 in the village of Osino-Gai (now Tambov region). On October 31, 1941, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya voluntarily became a fighter in the reconnaissance and sabotage unit No. 9903 of the Western Front headquarters. The training was very short - already on November 4, Zoya was transferred to Volokolamsk, where she successfully completed the task of mining the road. On November 17, 1941, Order No. 0428 of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command appeared, ordering “to destroy and burn to the ground all populated areas in the rear of German troops at a distance of 40-60 km in depth from the front line and 20-30 km to the right and left of the roads. To destroy populated areas within the specified radius of action, immediately deploy aviation, make extensive use of artillery and mortar fire, reconnaissance teams, skiers and partisan sabotage groups equipped with Molotov cocktails, grenades and demolition means.”

And the very next day, the leadership of unit No. 9903 received a combat mission - to destroy 10 settlements, including the village of Petrishchevo, Ruza district, Moscow region. Zoya also went on a mission as part of one of the groups. She was armed with three Molotov cocktails and a revolver. Near the village of Golovkovo, the group with which Zoya was walking came under fire, suffered losses and disbanded. On the night of November 27, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya reached Petrishchev and managed to set fire to three houses there. After that, she spent the night in the forest and returned to Petrishchevo again in order to fully carry out the combat order - to destroy this settlement.

But within a day the situation in the village changed. The occupiers gathered local residents for a meeting and ordered them to guard their houses. It was a local resident named Sviridov who noticed Zoya at the moment when she tried to set fire to his barn with hay. Sviridov ran after the Germans, and Kosmodemyanskaya was captured. They bullied Zoya terribly. They flogged me with belts, held a burning kerosene lamp to my lips, walked me barefoot through the snow, and tore out my fingernails. Kosmodemyanskaya was beaten not only by the Germans, but also by local residents, whose houses she burned. But Zoya held on with amazing courage. She never gave her real name during the interrogation, she said that her name was Tanya.

November 1941 Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was hanged by the occupiers. Before her death, she uttered a proud phrase, which later became famous: “There are 170 million of us, you can’t outweigh them all!” On January 27, 1942, the first publication in the press appeared about the feat of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya - an article by P. Lidov “Tanya” (it was published by Pravda.) Soon it was possible to establish the identity of the heroine, and on February 18 a second article appeared - “Who was Tanya.” Two days before this, a decree was issued on awarding Kosmodemyanskaya the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously. She became the first woman awarded this title during the Great Patriotic War. The heroine was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.

About the feat of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, a feature film was made about it already in 1944, monuments to the heroine decorated the streets of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Kharkov, Tambov, Saratov, Volgograd, Chelyabinsk, Rybinsk, poems and stories were written about Zoya, and the streets named in her honor, there are several hundred in the cities and villages of the former USSR.

Aliya Moldagulova

Aliya Moldagulova was born on April 20, 1924 in the village of Bulak, Khobdinsky district, Aktobe region. After the death of her parents, she was raised by her uncle Aubakir Moldagulov. I moved with his family from city to city. She studied at the 9th secondary school in Leningrad. In the fall of 1942, Aliya Moldagulova joined the army and was sent to sniper school. In May 1943, Aliya submitted a report to the school command with a request to send her to the front. Aliya ended up in the 3rd company of the 4th battalion of the 54th Rifle Brigade under the command of Major Moiseev. By the beginning of October, Aliya Moldagulova had 32 killed fascists.

In December 1943, Moiseev’s battalion received an order to drive the enemy out of the village of Kazachikha. By capturing this settlement, the Soviet command hoped to cut the railway line along which the Nazis were transporting reinforcements. The Nazis resisted fiercely, skillfully taking advantage of the terrain. The slightest advance of our companies came at a high price, and yet slowly but steadily our fighters approached the enemy’s fortifications. Suddenly a lone figure appeared in front of the advancing chains.

Suddenly a lone figure appeared in front of the advancing chains. The Nazis noticed the brave warrior and opened fire with machine guns. Seizing the moment when the fire weakened, the fighter rose to his full height and carried the entire battalion with him.

After a fierce battle, our fighters took possession of the heights. The daredevil lingered in the trench for some time. Traces of pain appeared on his pale face, and strands of black hair came out from under his earflap hat. It was Aliya Moldagulova. She destroyed 10 fascists in this battle. The wound turned out to be minor, and the girl remained in service.

In an effort to restore the situation, the enemy launched counterattacks. On January 14, 1944, a group of enemy soldiers managed to break into our trenches. Hand-to-hand combat ensued. Aliya mowed down the fascists with well-aimed bursts from her machine gun. Suddenly she instinctively sensed danger behind her. She turned sharply, but it was too late: the German officer fired first. Gathering her last strength, Aliya raised her machine gun and the Nazi officer fell to the cold ground...

The wounded Aliya was carried out by her comrades from the battlefield. The fighters wanted to believe in a miracle, and vying with each other to save the girl, they offered blood. But the wound was fatal.

June 1944, Corporal Aliya Moldagulova was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Conclusion

From the very first days of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet people had to deal with a very serious enemy. The Soviet people spared neither strength nor life in order to hasten the hour of victory over the enemy. Women also forged victory over the enemy shoulder to shoulder with men. They bravely endured the incredible hardships of wartime, they were unparalleled workers in factories, on collective farms, in hospitals and schools.

Win or die - this was the question in the war against German fascism, and our soldiers understood this. They consciously gave their lives for their Motherland when the situation demanded it.

What strength of spirit was demonstrated by those who did not hesitate to cover with their bodies the embrasure of the enemy bunker that was spewing deadly fire!

The soldiers and officers of Nazi Germany did not perform such feats, and could not have accomplished them. The spiritual motives for their actions were reactionary ideas of racial superiority and motives, and later - fear of fair retribution for crimes committed and automatic, blind discipline.

The people glorify those who fought bravely and died, with the death of a hero, having brought closer the hour of our victory, glorify the survivors who managed to defeat the enemy. Heroes do not die, their glory is immortal, their names are forever included not only in the lists of personnel of the Armed Forces, but also in people's memory. People make up legends about heroes, erect beautiful monuments to them, and name the best streets of their cities and villages after them. More than 100 thousand soldiers, sergeants and military officers were awarded orders and medals of the Soviet Union, and almost 200 military graduates were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. More than 50 monuments and obelisks were built in honor of the soldiers of the internal troops, about 60 streets and more than 200 schools were named. The exploits of those who defended the life and independence of our Motherland will forever remain in the people's memory.

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During the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet people showed unparalleled heroism and once again became an example of self-sacrifice in the name of Victory. The Red Army soldiers and partisans did not spare themselves in battle with the enemy. However, there were cases when victory was achieved not by strength and courage, but by cunning and ingenuity.

Winch against an impregnable bunker

During the battle for Novorossiysk, Marine Stepan Shchuka, a descendant of Kerch fishermen who had been fishing in the Black Sea for generations, served and fought on the Malaya Zemlya bridgehead.

Thanks to his ingenuity, the soldiers managed to take the enemy bunker (long-term firing point), which had previously seemed impregnable, without losses. It was a stone house with thick walls, the paths to which were blocked with barbed wire. Empty tin cans were hung on the “thorn”, rattling with every touch.

All attempts to take the bunker by force ended in failure - the assault groups suffered losses from machine gun, mortar and artillery fire and were forced to retreat. Stepan was able to get a winch with a cable, and at night, quietly approaching the wire fences, he attached this cable to them. And when he returned back, he set the mechanism into action.

When the Germans saw the crawling barrier, they first opened heavy fire, and then ran out of the house completely. Here they were captured. Later they said that when they saw the crawling barrier, they were afraid that they were dealing with evil spirits, and they panicked. The fortification was taken without losses.

Turtle saboteurs

Another incident occurred on the same “Malaya Zemlya”. There were many turtles in that area. One day, one of the fighters came up with the idea of ​​tying a tin can to one of them and releasing the amphibian towards the German fortifications.

Hearing the strumming, the Germans thought that the Red Army soldiers were cutting the wire barriers on which empty cans were hung as a sound signal, and for about two hours they spent ammunition shooting at an area where there was not a single soldier.

The next night, our fighters sent dozens of these amphibious “saboteurs” towards enemy positions. The rattle of cans in the absence of a visible enemy gave the Germans no rest, and for a long time they spent a huge amount of ammunition of all calibers, fighting off non-existent enemies.

Mine detonation several hundred kilometers away

The name of Ilya Grigorievich Starinov is inscribed as a separate line in the history of the Russian army. Having gone through the Civil, Spanish, Soviet-Finnish and Great Patriotic Wars, he immortalized himself as a unique partisan and saboteur. It was he who created simple but extremely effective mines for blowing up German trains. Under his leadership, hundreds of demolitionists were trained, who turned the rear of the German army into a trap. But his most outstanding sabotage was the destruction of Lieutenant General Georg Braun, who commanded the 68th Wehrmacht Infantry Division.

When our troops, retreating, left Kharkov, the military and directly the first secretary of the Kyiv regional committee of the CPSU (b) Nikita Khrushchev insisted that the house in which Nikita Sergeevich lived in the city on Dzerzhinsky Street be mined. He knew that German officers from the command, when stationed in occupied cities, were accommodated with maximum comfort, and his house was perfectly suited for these purposes.

Ilya Starinov and a group of sappers planted a very powerful bomb in the boiler room of Khrushchev’s mansion, which was activated by a radio signal. The fighters dug a 2-meter well right in the room and planted a mine with equipment there. To prevent the Germans from finding it, they “hid” another decoy mine in another corner of the boiler room, poorly disguised.

A couple of weeks later, when the Germans had already completely occupied Kharkov, the explosives were activated. The signal for the explosion was sent all the way from Voronezh, the distance to which was 330 kilometers. All that was left of the mansion was a crater; several German officers were killed, including the aforementioned Georg Braun.

The Russians have become insolent and are shooting at barns

Many of the actions of the Red Army soldiers during the Great Patriotic War caused surprise, close to shock, among the German troops. Chancellor Otto von Bismarck is credited with the phrase: “Never fight the Russians. They will respond to your every military stratagem with unpredictable stupidity.”

The multiple launch rocket systems, which our soldiers affectionately nicknamed “Katyushas,” fired M-8 shells of 82 mm caliber and M-13 shells of 132 mm caliber. Later, more powerful modifications of these ammunition began to be used - 300 mm caliber rockets under the designation M-30.

Guide devices for such projectiles were not provided on vehicles, and launchers were made for them, on which, in fact, only the angle of inclination was adjusted. The shells were placed on the installations either in one row or in two, and directly in the factory shipping packaging, where there were 4 shells in a row. To launch, all that was needed was to connect the projectiles to a dynamo with a rotating handle, which initiated the ignition of the propellant charge.

Sometimes due to inattention, and sometimes simply due to negligence, without reading the instructions, our artillerymen forgot to remove wooden supports for shells from the packaging, and they flew to enemy positions right in the packages. The dimensions of the packages reached two meters, which is why there were rumors among the Germans that the completely insolent Russians were “shooting at barns.”

With an ax on a tank

An equally incredible event occurred in the summer of 1941 on the North-Western Front. When units of the 8th Panzer Division of the Third Reich surrounded our troops, one of the German tanks drove to the edge of the forest, where its crew saw a smoking field kitchen. It was smoking not because it was damaged, but because wood was burning in the stove, and soldiers’ porridge and soup were being cooked in cauldrons. The Germans did not notice anyone nearby. Then their commander got out of the car to get some provisions. But at that moment a Red Army soldier appeared out of the ground and rushed towards him with an ax in one hand and a rifle in the other.

The tankman quickly jumped back, closed the hatch and began shooting at our soldier with a machine gun. But it was too late - the fighter was too close and was able to escape from the fire. Having climbed onto the enemy vehicle, he began to hit the machine gun with an ax until he bent its barrel. After this, the cook covered the observation gaps with a rag and began to hammer with an ax on the tower itself. He was alone, but he resorted to a trick - he began shouting to supposedly nearby comrades to quickly carry anti-tank grenades in order to blow up the tank if the Germans did not surrender.

In a matter of seconds, the hatch of the tank opened and raised hands poked out. Pointing a rifle at the enemy, the Red Army soldier forced the crew members to tie each other up, after which he ran to stir the cooking food, which could burn. His fellow soldiers who returned to the edge of the forest, having successfully repelled the enemy attack by that time, found him: he was peacefully stirring porridge, and four captured Germans were sitting next to him and their tank was standing nearby.

The soldiers remained well fed, and the cook received a medal. The hero's name was Ivan Pavlovich Sereda. He went through the entire war and was awarded more than once.