If you think that a real hero is a muscular guy like Rambo, with a bunch of grenades on his belt and a heavy machine gun at the ready, cracking down on crowds of terrorists and criminals, we have to disappoint you: true courage and courage can be quiet and inconspicuous, but no less valuable .
Modest heroes cause not only respect, but also a certain amount of bewilderment - why don't they tell everyone about their exploits? Some of them have special reasons for this, such as obligations to the state, but most often, without exaggeration, the best people on the planet simply do not attach any importance to fame and fame - they have enough saved lives. Here you will find six examples of desperate courage and reckless courage and none of boasting and narcissism.
1The Cop Who Talked Dozens From Suicide
Kevin Briggs has been patrolling the San Francisco area for over 22 years, which includes the famous Golden Gate Bridge, one of the most beautiful structures in the world. Unfortunately, the bridge is popular not only among tourists, but also among the townspeople who decided to take their own lives: Kevin more than once had to save desperate lost souls who intended to go on their last flight or, for example, shoot themselves.
Someone calculated that, on average, every month, thanks to Briggs, it is possible to save two potential suicides, so for him this has long become part of his usual office routine. In two decades, a misfire happened only once: a 22-year-old young man did not heed Kevin's arguments and nevertheless committed suicide. Such performance would be the envy of many superheroes. For his outstanding service, his colleagues gave Briggs the ironic but undeniably honorary nickname of the Guardian of the Golden Gate.
2 British Diplomat Saved Thousands Of Jews During The Holocaust
Many people know the name of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who, during the years of persecution and extermination of Jews, provided shelter and work for many of them, thus saving about 1200 people from the gas chambers and furnaces of the "death camps". However, it will not be about him, but about Frank Foley, a British intelligence officer who gave life to nine thousand Jews.
He was probably one of the most inconspicuous heroes of the Second World War: a humble employee of the British Embassy in Berlin used his position to forge passports, allowing those fleeing Nazi domination to freely leave the country. Officer Foley even managed to pull concentration camp prisoners out of the clutches of the Gestapo, providing them with an alibi with the help of visas and travel documents.
His feat is practically unknown to the general public, since until his death in 1958, Frank preferred to keep his mouth shut: the information he possessed could cause significant harm to the diplomatic relations of European powers, primarily, of course, Germany and Great Britain. . In 2004, the government of the United Kingdom declassified some of the circumstances of Foley's activities, recognizing his services to the victims of the Holocaust.
3 Titanic mechanics sacrificed themselves so passengers could evacuate
The catastrophe of the “unsinkable” Titanic has become one of the largest in the history of navigation, and although more than a century has passed since the tragedy, films, books and other works of art are still dedicated to it.
According to eyewitness accounts, the sinking ocean liner looked like a huge, brightly lit city plunging into the abyss of waters, but few people think about why the Titanic actually had electricity almost until the last moment, because, logically, all the passengers and crew members tried to leave the ship as soon as possible.
The merit of maintaining the lighting entirely belongs to the mechanics and stokers of the ship: while the representatives of the high society, distraught with fear, rushed about in search of free boats, the hold workers selflessly remained in their places. Thanks to the courage of the crew, the light burned for 45 minutes, which saved more than one hundred lives.
4. British schoolgirl warned tourists about the tsunami
10-year-old Tilly Smith and her family vacationed in resorts in Thailand, sunbathing on the beaches and exploring the sights. One fine day, tourists noticed an unusual phenomenon: the sea first seemed to “boil”, and then it began to “swell” like yeast dough. Idle visitors to the beach watched the process with curiosity, not feeling any danger, but Tilly immediately realized what the “boiling” ocean threatened - shortly before that, in a geography lesson, they were told about signs of an approaching tsunami.
The girl immediately screamed her suspicions at the top of her voice, but her parents and other "sober" minded self-confident adults did not believe her and continued to enjoy the unique spectacle. Finally, Tilly's cries and screams had the desired effect - the Smiths decided to leave the beach, but before that they shared their daughter's assumptions with one of the beach employees, who immediately ordered the evacuation of vacationers.
More than 250 thousand people in 13 countries became victims of that huge wave, but no one was injured on the beach where Tilly was, because her family and almost a hundred other tourists were taken to a safe area.
5 Surgeon Performed 30,000 Operations In A War Zone
Doctors around the world save many lives every day, but some of them have achieved real mastery in the art of pulling out patients, as they say, "from the other world." Such wizards of anesthesia and the scalpel, of course, include the surgeon Gino Stradu, who specializes in heart and lung transplants.
Strada is the founder and chairman of the Italian organization "Emergency", but he is respected not only (and not so much) for this. Gino as a field surgeon visited the hottest places in the world - Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Cambodia and some other countries. Strada provided free assistance to wounded military and civilians, over 25 years of practice, he personally performed about 30 thousand operations (an average of more than three operations per day), thanks to him 47 medical centers appeared in the combat areas, through which hundreds of thousands of people passed .
The brave medic often had to negotiate with radical terrorist organizations to be allowed to place his institutions as close to the front line as possible, and Gino tried to ensure that the centers were equipped with the latest technology. When Strada was asked if he would like to stop his charity work and return to his native Venice, Gino replied: "I'm probably a surgical animal - I like living in an operating room."
6. The head of the security service of one of the corporations foresaw the 9/11 attack.
Horrified by the number of victims of terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers, many forget that under certain circumstances there could have been many more: for example, if Rick Rescorla, head of security for the financial company Morgan Stanley (it occupied most of the South Tower) , was not so far-sighted.
Rick, an experienced military and Vietnam War veteran, took over the company's security department in the 1990s and immediately developed his own evacuation plan from the building, which, after the collapse of the Northern Twin, allowed more than 2,700 employees of the corporation to be evacuated from the second tower in a matter of minutes.
Thanks to Rick's downright genius foresight, only 13 people died under the rubble of the South Building. Unfortunately, he himself was among them: after the evacuation of most of the Rescorla employees, he returned to the tower in search of stragglers, and at that moment a second plane with suicide bombers at the helm crashed into it.
Eleven-year-old Yakut woman Kharyskhaana Ammosova was awarded the state medal "For Courage in Rescue" on November 2. In addition to her, the Federation Council awarded 19 more children who committed heroic deeds.
The 10-year-old girl who saved her younger siblings from a fire. A 16-year-old boy who put his back under the knife blows of a criminal to protect a friend. Four 13-year-olds who held a dangerous recidivist. A 12-year-old boy who caught a one-year-old girl who fell out of a window. A 17-year-old athlete who pulled out the wounded after the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro.
These are real feats performed by our compatriots, many of whom have not yet reached the age of majority. "Children-Heroes" - within the framework of this all-Russian project, the award ceremony for young Russians has been held for the fourth year in a row under the auspices of the Federation Council, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian Union of Rescuers.
At the same time, not everyone came to Bolshaya Dmitrovka, where the awards ceremony was held. “We have many children and teenagers in our country who deserve respect and high awards, those who are not indifferent to the grief of others, who, risking their lives, threw themselves into fire and water to save a person’s life. In total, we received 229 submissions from 57 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, ”said Valentina Matvienko, chairman of the Federation Council. And she expressed sincere gratitude to teachers and parents for raising such worthy citizens of our country.
2017 Child Heroes Award Winners
Children and adolescents who have shown personal courage in extreme situations
Mikhailaki Vladimir (17 years old), St. Petersburg
On April 3, 2017, an explosion occurred in one of the train cars in the St. Petersburg metro. Vladimir at that moment was in the subway - he boldly began to help the injured passengers, helped them get out of the damaged subway car, tried to stop the blood on his own and accompanied the victims on the way to the street, leading them through the acrid smoke.
Grishin Dmitry (13 years old), Trushin Pavel (14 years old), Movchan Dmitry (13 years old), Larin Dmitry (14 years old). All — Moscow region
One morning, four guys were walking through the village of Krasnaya Poyma, Lukhovitsky District, Moscow Region. Passing by an abandoned school, they heard suspicious sounds and noticed the movement of someone outside the building. The guys decided to find out what was happening: while examining the first floor of the building, they found a criminal who tried to rape a seven-year-old boy. The attacker did not respond to the demands to stop the violence, and then the young heroes proceeded to active actions: using force, they distracted the criminal and dragged the frightened boy to a safe distance. After that, the guys called for help a passerby, who helped to detain the intruder. It turned out to be a previously convicted recidivist.
Chernova Julia (10 years old), Belgorod region
The tragedy broke out in one of the houses of the village of Phantom in the Prokhorovsky district of the Belgorod region in early February. Julia stayed at home for the eldest to look after the younger children. But suddenly there was a fire, which began to quickly cover the house. Yulia's brothers and sisters, frightened, hid under the beds and wardrobes - certain death! At this time, the eldest 10-year-old Yulia tried to put out the fire with water, but the flame blocked the exit from the house. The decision was made quickly - Yulia broke the window glass with her fist and managed not only to push all five children out of the fire, but also to throw a blanket and several warm clothes onto the snow. When the girl saw that a neighbor was running to her aid, she lost consciousness. Fortunately, the adults managed to save Yulia herself.
Skvortsov Alexey (9 years old), Mari El Republic
A schoolboy was walking down the street in his village of Kokshamary, Zvenigovsky district. Suddenly, he saw a broken wire of the electric lighting line on the ground, and next to it, a little boy lying unconscious. Alexei was not at a loss and remembered the skills that he was taught at school in the lessons of life safety. The nine-year-old hero took a stick in his hands and moved a bare wire away from the shocked boy. He then called an ambulance.
Tumgoev Rashid (15 years old), The Republic of Ingushetia
15-year-old Rashid lives in the rural settlement of Surkhakhi in the Nazran District of the Republic of Ingushetia. On June 26, 2017, he saw a mudflow approaching one of the houses in which there were eight children. Rashid rushed to the house and began to drag the unsuspecting boys and girls out into the street. And two younger girls of four and five years old Rashid carried in his arms. After that, he led the children to a hillock, to the top of which, as the young hero calculated, the mudflow would definitely not be able to reach. All children were saved.
Gorbuntsov Leonid (16 years old), Kemerovo region
A 16-year-old resident of the city of Belova was returning home from training when he heard a woman's cries for help - an attacker was trying to snatch a bag from her hands. He succeeded, but Leonid rushed after the criminal in pursuit. Having caught up with him on a nearby street, he kept the robber until the police arrived.
Skvortsov Andrey (16 years old), Moscow
A third-grade student ran home - she was a little late after the school line. At the entrance of her house, the girl decided to call her mother. The schoolgirl's new phone attracted the attention of the intruder - he took it away and tried to hide. At that moment, Andrey was leaving the entrance and noticed the girl all in tears. Having learned from her what happened, he instantly caught up with the robber, twisted him and managed to deliver him to the police department on his own.
Yusupova Milana (9 years old), The Republic of Dagestan
At the beginning of September, the third-grader Milana, who lives in the village of Babayurt, went to the neighbors on behalf of her mother. On the way, she noticed that smoke was coming from an apartment on the second floor of one of the houses. At first she was very frightened, but then she heard the voices of two girls - they pleaded for help. Overcoming fear, Milana entered the burning apartment, grabbed the girls of six and seven years old in her arms and ran out into the street. The savior came to herself only when she realized that she had brought the girls to the house of Milana herself! The children she bravely carried out of the fire survived.
Pivovarova Kristina (16 years old), Moscow region
On May 2, 2017, on the platform of the Sharapova Okhota railway station, one of the passengers suddenly lost consciousness. The head of a woman who had fainted hung from the platform towards which the fast train was speeding. Seeing this from the opposite side of the tracks, Christina rushed across the tracks at the risk of her life, pulled herself up and climbed onto the platform, after which she pulled the woman away from the edge of the platform. A few seconds later, a train rushed past them - the woman was saved.
Adoniev Yaroslav (12 years old), Republic of Bashkortostan
A schoolboy from the city of Sterlitamak was waiting for his friends in the yard. Yaroslav noticed that someone was throwing leaves from the window of the second floor. Coming closer, he saw a one-year-old girl swaying on the windowsill. Having instantly oriented himself, the schoolboy ran to the house, at the very last moment he was able to catch the baby in his arms! For this, he had to fall to his knees and tear his elbows - the main thing is that the rescued escaped with only a slight fright. Yaroslav with a child in his arms ran to his friend's mother, who called the police and doctors. It turned out that the girl stayed in the apartment with her three-year-old brother. Only when he was at home, Yaroslav realized what tragedy had been avoided thanks to his act.
Kovalev Roman (13 years old), Kursk region
A schoolboy from the village of Demino noticed that a fire was burning in the windows of a neighbor's house. Knowing that there was a paralyzed woman in the house, Roman broke the glass and climbed into her room. It's incredible, but he managed to single-handedly carry a woman out of a house on fire in his arms! The patient's life was saved.
Spivak Ivan (14 years old), Stavropol region
Ivan was walking along with his friends along the street of the city of Georgievsk, when an 18-year-old guy began to threaten them. He was clearly out of his mind and tried to stab one of the guys with a knife. Ivan rushed forward and covered his friend from the knife of the criminal, and he himself was wounded in the back. No one, except Ivan, was hurt anymore, and the criminal was quickly detained.
Fisurenko Nikita (15 years old), Sizonenko Roman (14 years old), Republic of Crimea
On August 8 of this year, Nikita and Roman, while in the village of Chernomorskoye, saw that four children were swimming in the sea during a storm. Before the eyes of young people, they soon began to sink. At cries for help, Nikita and Roman rushed into the water and began to pull them out of the water. As a result, all four children were saved.
Dulaev Sarmat (11 years old), Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
In February, Sarmat and his friends went for a walk to the Terek River. The extreme walk of the fifth graders threatened to turn into a tragedy - one of the guys fell through the ice. Sarmat did not lose his head and began to pull out his friend, who was carried away by the strong current of a mountain river. The struggle of the river and the guys was watched by several adults, who for some reason considered what was happening to be a “fun prank”. In the meantime, the situation became critical - the ice was cracking, his hands were slipping off ... Then Sarmat, having gathered his last strength, grabbed his friend by the jacket and pulled him towards him. The rescue took place - Sarmat was able to save the life of a friend without outside help!
Tarasov Anton (at the time of the feat - 16 years old), Donetsk People's Republic
This young man in the project "Children-Heroes" was noted separately. Anton accomplished his feat in 2014, but it became known only now.
At three o'clock in the morning, the village named after Komarov, located on the main line of fire, was subjected to massive shelling by the Uragan multiple launch rocket system. After the first explosion, the roof of the house where the boy's family lived collapsed. Anton heard the cries of his mother and father and began to make his way into the bedroom to his parents.
His six-year-old sister Liza was under the collapse of bricks, she did not move, it was difficult for her to breathe. Mom could not move the fallen blocks that had broken off the wall. Anton crawled up to her and began to dig out his little sister. It was necessary to act very quickly, and Anton succeeded: he pulled his sister out, brought her to her senses, checked the work of her arms and legs.
Parents also needed help. My mother was bleeding: fragments cut her back, and her father was also crushed by a collapsed ceiling beam, he could not get out on his own. The shelling continued, it was 20 degrees below zero outside. Taking his mother and sister to the neighbors, Anton, together with a friend who ran to the rescue, rescued his father - he was immobilized, his spine was hurt. Anton called an ambulance and sent the family to the hospital, while he ran to his older brother and grandmother. He acted without feeling his own injury - during the rescue of his relatives, he was wounded in the leg. Fortunately, the boy's family survived. And after all that he had experienced, Anton decided to become a doctor.
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In Soviet times, their portraits hung in every school. And every teenager knew their names. Zina Portnova, Marat Kazei, Lenya Golikov, Valya Kotik, Zoya and Shura Kosmodemyansky. But there were also tens of thousands of young heroes whose names are unknown. They were called "pioneers-heroes", members of the Komsomol. But they were heroes not because, like all their peers, they were members of a pioneer or Komsomol organization, but because they were real patriots and real people.
Army of the Young
During the Great Patriotic War, a whole army of boys and girls acted against the Nazi invaders. In occupied Belarus alone, at least 74,500 boys and girls, boys and girls fought in partisan detachments. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia says that during the Great Patriotic War more than 35 thousand pioneers - young defenders of the Motherland - were awarded military orders and medals.
It was an amazing "movement"! The boys and girls did not wait until they were "summoned" by adults - they began to act from the first days of the occupation. They risked death!
Similarly, many others began to act at their own peril and risk. Someone found leaflets scattered from airplanes and distributed them in their regional center or village. The Polotsk boy Lenya Kosach collected 45 rifles, 2 light machine guns, several baskets of cartridges and grenades at the battlefields and safely hid it all; an opportunity presented itself - he handed it over to the partisans. In the same way, hundreds of other guys created arsenals for the partisans. Twelve-year-old excellent student Lyuba Morozova, knowing a little German, was engaged in "special propaganda" among the enemies, telling them how she lived well before the war without the "new order" of the occupiers. The soldiers often told her that she was "red to the bone" and advised her to hold her tongue until it ended badly for her. Later, Lyuba became a partisan. Eleven-year-old Tolya Korneev stole a pistol with cartridges from a German officer and began to look for people who would help him reach the partisans. In the summer of 1942, the boy succeeded in this, meeting his classmate Olya Demes, who by that time was already a member of one of the detachments. And when the older guys brought 9-year-old Zhora Yuzov to the detachment, and the commander jokingly asked: “Who will babysit this little one?”, The boy, in addition to the pistol, laid out four grenades in front of him: “That's who will babysit me!”.
Seryozha Roslenko spent 13 years in addition to collecting weapons at his own peril and risk, conducted reconnaissance: there is someone to pass on information to! And found. From somewhere, the children also had the concept of conspiracy. In the fall of 1941, sixth grader Vitya Pashkevich organized a kind of Krasnodon "Young Guard" in Borisov, occupied by the Nazis. He and his team took out weapons and ammunition from enemy warehouses, helped the underground organize escapes of prisoners of war from concentration camps, burned the enemy warehouse with uniforms with thermite incendiary grenades ...
Experienced scout
In January 1942, one of the partisan detachments operating in the Ponizovsky district of the Smolensk region was surrounded by the Nazis. The Germans, pretty battered during the counter-offensive of the Soviet troops near Moscow, did not dare to immediately liquidate the detachment. They did not have accurate intelligence about its numbers, so they were waiting for reinforcements. However, the ring was held tight. The partisans puzzled over how to get out of the encirclement. Food was running out. And the detachment commander asked for help from the command of the Red Army. In response, a cipher came over the radio, in which it was reported that the troops would not be able to help with active actions, but an experienced scout would be sent to the detachment.
And indeed, at the appointed time, the noise of the engines of an air transport was heard above the forest, and a few minutes later a paratrooper landed in the location of the encircled. The partisans, who received the heavenly messenger, were quite surprised when they saw in front of them ... a boy.
Are you an experienced scout? the commander asked.
- I. And what, it doesn’t look like it? - The boy was in a uniform army pea coat, wadded pants and a hat with earflaps with an asterisk. Red Army man!
– How old are you? - the commander still could not recover from surprise.
“It will soon be eleven!” - the "experienced scout" answered importantly.
The boy's name was Yura Zhdanko. He was originally from Vitebsk. In July 1941, the ubiquitous urchin and expert on local territories showed the retreating Soviet part a ford across the Western Dvina. He could no longer return home - while he acted as a guide, Hitler's armored vehicles entered his hometown. And the scouts who were instructed to escort the boy back took him with them. So he was enrolled as a pupil of the motor reconnaissance company of the 332nd Infantry Division of Ivanovo. M.F. Frunze.
At first, he was not involved in business, but, by nature, observant, big-eyed and memory, he quickly learned the basics of front-line raid science and even dared to give advice to adults. And his abilities were appreciated. He was sent to the front line. In the villages, he, disguised, begged for alms with a bag over his shoulders, collecting information about the location and number of enemy garrisons. He managed to participate in the mining of a strategically important bridge. During the explosion, a Red Army miner was wounded, and Yura, having provided first aid, brought him to the location of the unit. For which he received his first medal "For Courage".
... The best scout to help the partisans, it seems, really could not be found.
“But you, kid, didn’t jump with a parachute ...” the head of intelligence said contritely.
- Jumped twice! Yura objected loudly. - I begged the sergeant ... he quietly taught me ...
Everyone knew that this sergeant and Yura were inseparable, and he could, of course, follow the regiment's favorite. The Li-2 engines were already roaring, the plane was ready to take off, when the boy admitted that, of course, he had never jumped with a parachute:
- The sergeant did not allow me, I only helped lay the dome. Show me how and what to pull!
- Why did you lie? the instructor shouted at him. - He slandered the sergeant.
- I thought you would check ... But they wouldn’t check: the sergeant was killed ...
Arriving safely in the detachment, ten-year-old Vitebsk resident Yura Zhdanko did what adults could not do ... He was dressed in everything village, and soon the boy made his way into the hut where the German officer who was in charge of the encirclement was quartered. The Nazi lived in the house of a certain grandfather Vlas. A young scout came to him under the guise of a grandson from the regional center, who was given a rather difficult task - to get documents from an enemy officer with plans for the destruction of the encircled detachment. Opportunity fell only a few days later. The Nazi left the house light, leaving the key to the safe in his overcoat ... So the documents ended up in the detachment. And at the same time, Yura and grandfather Vlas brought him, convincing him that it was impossible to stay in such a situation in the house.
In 1943, Yura led a regular battalion of the Red Army out of encirclement. All the scouts sent to find the "corridor" for their comrades died. The task was entrusted to Yura. One. And he found a weak spot in the enemy ring… He became an order bearer of the Red Star.
Yuri Ivanovich Zhdanko, recalling his military childhood, said that he "played a real war, did what adults could not do, and there were a lot of situations when they could not do something, but I could."
Fourteen-year-old POW rescuer
14-year-old Minsk underground worker Volodya Shcherbatsevich was one of the first teenagers to be executed by the Germans for participating in the underground. They captured his execution on film and then distributed these shots throughout the city - as a warning to others ...
From the first days of the occupation of the Belarusian capital, mother and son Shcherbatsevich hid Soviet commanders in their apartment, for whom the underground from time to time organized escapes from the prisoner of war camp. Olga Fyodorovna was a doctor and provided medical assistance to the released, dressed in civilian clothes, which, together with her son Volodya, collected from relatives and friends. Several groups of the rescued have already been withdrawn from the city. But once on the way, already outside the city blocks, one of the groups fell into the clutches of the Gestapo. Issued by a traitor, the son and mother ended up in Nazi dungeons. Withstood all torture.
And on October 26, 1941, the first gallows appeared in Minsk. On this day, for the last time, surrounded by a pack of submachine gunners, Volodya Shcherbatsevich also walked through the streets of his native city ... The pedantic punishers captured a report of his execution on film. And perhaps we see on it the first young hero who gave his life for the Motherland during the Great Patriotic War.
Die but take revenge
Here is another amazing example of youthful heroism from 1941...
Village of Osintorf. On one of the August days, the Nazis, together with their henchmen from the local residents - the burgomaster, the clerk and the chief policeman - raped and brutally killed the young teacher Anya Lyutova. By that time, a youth underground was already operating in the village under the leadership of Slava Shmuglevsky. The guys gathered and decided: "Death to the traitors!" Slava himself, as well as the teenage brothers Misha and Zhenya Telenchenko, aged thirteen and fifteen, volunteered to execute the sentence.
By that time, they already had a machine gun found in the battlefields hidden away. They acted simply and directly, in a boyish way. The brothers took advantage of the fact that the mother went to her relatives that day and had to return only in the morning. The machine gun was installed on the balcony of the apartment and began to wait for the traitors, who often passed by. Didn't count. When they approached, Slava started shooting at them almost point-blank. But one of the criminals - the burgomaster - managed to escape. He reported by phone to Orsha that a large partisan detachment had attacked the village (a machine gun is a serious thing). Cars with punishers rushed by. With the help of bloodhounds, the weapon was quickly found: Misha and Zhenya, not having time to find a more reliable hiding place, hid the machine gun in the attic of their own house. Both were arrested. The boys were tortured most severely and for a long time, but not one of them betrayed Slava Shmuglevsky and other underground workers to the enemy. The Telenchenko brothers were executed in October.
Great conspirator
Pavlik Titov for his eleven was a great conspirator. He partisans for more than two years in such a way that even his parents did not know about it. Many episodes of his combat biography remained unknown. Here is what is known.
First, Pavlik and his comrades rescued the wounded Soviet commander, burned in a burned-out tank - they found a reliable shelter for him, and at night they brought him food, water, and some medicinal decoctions according to grandmother's recipes. Thanks to the boys, the tanker quickly recovered.
In July 1942, Pavlik and his friends handed over to the partisans several rifles and machine guns with cartridges they had found. Tasks followed. The young scout penetrated the location of the Nazis, conducted calculations of manpower and equipment.
He was generally a slick kid. Once he brought a bale with a fascist uniform to the partisans:
- I think it will come in handy for you ... Not to wear it yourself, of course ...
- And where did you get it?
- Yes, the Fritz were swimming ...
More than once, dressed in the uniform obtained by the boy, the partisans carried out daring raids and operations.
The boy died in the autumn of 1943. Not in combat. The Germans carried out another punitive operation. Pavlik and his parents hid in a dugout. The punishers shot the whole family - father, mother, Pavlik himself and even his little sister. He was buried in a mass grave in Surazh, not far from Vitebsk.
Leningrad schoolgirl Zina Portnova in June 1941 came with her younger sister Galya for the summer holidays to her grandmother in the village of Zui (Shumilinsky district of Vitebsk region). She was fifteen ... At first she got a job as an auxiliary worker in the canteen for German officers. And soon, together with her friend, she carried out a daring operation - she poisoned more than a hundred Nazis. She could have been caught immediately, but they began to follow her. By that time, she was already associated with the Obolsk underground organization Young Avengers. In order to avoid failure, Zina was transferred to a partisan detachment.
Somehow she was instructed to reconnoiter the number and type of troops in the Obol region. Another time - to clarify the reasons for the failure in the Obolsk underground and establish new connections ... After completing the next task, she was seized by punishers. They tortured me for a long time. During one of the interrogations, the girl, as soon as the investigator turned away, grabbed a pistol from the table, with which he had just threatened her, and shot him dead. She jumped out the window, shot down a sentry and rushed to the Dvina. Another sentry rushed after her. Zina, hiding behind a bush, wanted to destroy him too, but the weapon misfired ...
Then she was no longer interrogated, but methodically tortured, mocked. Eyes gouged out, ears cut off. They drove needles under the nails, twisted their arms and legs ... On January 13, 1944, Zina Portnova was shot.
"Kid" and his sisters
From the report of the Vitebsk underground city party committee in 1942: "Kid" (he is 12 years old), having learned that the partisans need gun oil, without a task, on his own initiative, brought 2 liters of gun oil from the city. Then he was instructed to deliver sulfuric acid for sabotage purposes. He also brought it. And carried in a bag, behind his back. The acid was spilled, his shirt was burned, his back was burned, but he did not throw the acid.
The "baby" was Alyosha Vyalov, who enjoyed special sympathy among the local partisans. And he acted as part of a family group. When the war began, he was 11, his older sisters Vasilisa and Anya were 16 and 14, the rest of the children were small and small. Alyosha and his sisters were very resourceful. They set fire to the Vitebsk railway station three times, prepared the explosion of the labor exchange in order to confuse the registration of the population and save young people and other residents from being stolen into the "German paradise", blew up the passport office in the police premises ... There are dozens of sabotage on their account. And this is in addition to the fact that they were connected, distributed leaflets ...
"Kid" and Vasilisa died shortly after the war from tuberculosis ... A rare case: a memorial plaque was installed on the Vyalovs' house in Vitebsk. These children would have a monument made of gold! ..
Meanwhile, it is known about another Vitebsk family - Lynchenko. 11-year-old Kolya, 9-year-old Dina, and 7-year-old Emma were liaisons to their mother, Natalya Fedorovna, whose apartment served as a turnout. In 1943, as a result of the failure of the Gestapo, they broke into the house. The mother was beaten in front of the children, shot over her head, demanding to name the members of the group. They also mocked the children, asking them who came to their mother, where she herself went. They tried to bribe little Emma with chocolate. The children didn't say anything. Moreover, during a search in the apartment, having seized the moment, Dina took out ciphers from under the board of the table, where there was one of the hiding places, and hid them under her dress, and when the punishers left, having taken away her mother, she burned them. The children were left in the house as bait, but those, knowing that the house was being watched, managed to warn the messengers going to the failed turnout with signs ...
Prize for the head of a young saboteur
For the head of the Orsha schoolgirl Olya Demes, the Nazis promised a round sum. The Hero of the Soviet Union, the former commander of the 8th partisan brigade, Colonel Sergei Zhunin, spoke about this in his memoirs “From the Dnieper to the Bug”. A 13-year-old girl at the Orsha-Central station blew up fuel tanks. Sometimes she acted with her twelve-year-old sister Lida. Zhunin recalled how Olya was instructed before the assignment: “It is necessary to put a mine under a tank of gasoline. Remember, only under a tank of gasoline!” “I know how it smells of kerosene, I cooked it myself on kerosene gas, but gasoline ... let me at least smell it.” A lot of trains, dozens of tanks accumulated at the junction, and you find “the very one”. Olya and Lida crawled under the trains, sniffing: this one or not this one? Gasoline or not gasoline? Then they threw pebbles and determined by the sound: empty or full? And only then they hitched a magnetic mine. The fire destroyed a huge number of wagons with equipment, food, uniforms, fodder, and steam locomotives burned down ...
The Germans managed to capture Olya's mother and sister, they were shot; but Olya remained elusive. For ten months of her participation in the Chekist brigade (from June 7, 1942 to April 10, 1943), she showed herself not only as a fearless intelligence officer, but also derailed seven enemy echelons, participated in the defeat of several military-police garrisons, had to his personal account 20 destroyed enemy soldiers and officers. And then she was also a participant in the "rail war".
Eleven-year-old saboteur
Victor Sitnitsa. How he wanted to partisan! But for two years from the beginning of the war, he remained "only" the conductor of partisan sabotage groups that passed through his village Kuritichi. However, he learned something from the partisan guides during their short breaks. In August 1943, together with his older brother, he was accepted into a partisan detachment. I was assigned to the economic platoon. Then he said that peeling potatoes and taking out slops with his ability to lay mines is unfair. Moreover, the “rail war” is in full swing. And they began to take him on combat missions. The boy personally derailed 9 echelons with manpower and military equipment of the enemy.
In the spring of 1944, Vitya fell ill with rheumatism and was released to his relatives for medicine. In the village he was seized by the Nazis dressed as Red Army soldiers. The boy was brutally tortured.
Little Susanin
He began his war with the Nazi invaders at the age of 9. Already in the summer of 1941, in the house of his parents in the village of Bayki in the Brest region, the regional anti-fascist committee equipped a secret printing house. They issued leaflets with summaries of the Sovinforburo. Tikhon Baran helped distribute them. For two years, the young underground worker was engaged in this activity. The Nazis managed to get on the trail of the printers. The printing press was destroyed. Tikhon's mother and sisters hid with relatives, and he himself went to the partisans. Once, when he was visiting his relatives, the Germans raided the village. The mother was taken to Germany, and the boy was beaten. He became very ill and stayed in the village.
Local historians dated his feat on January 22, 1944. On this day, punishers appeared again in the village. For communication with the partisans, all residents were shot. The village was burned. “And you,” they said to Tikhon, “will show us the way to the partisans.” It is difficult to say whether the village boy had heard anything about the Kostroma peasant Ivan Susanin, who led the Polish interventionists into the swampy swamp more than three centuries before, only Tikhon Baran showed the Nazis the same road. They killed him, but not all of them got out of that quagmire themselves.
Covering squad
Vanya Kazachenko from the village of Zapolye, Orsha district, Vitebsk region, became a machine gunner in a partisan detachment in April 1943. He was thirteen. Those who served in the army and carried at least a Kalashnikov assault rifle (not a machine gun!) On their shoulders can imagine what it cost the boy. Guerrilla raids were most often many hours long. And the then machine guns are heavier than the current ones ... After one of the successful operations to defeat the enemy garrison, in which Vanya once again distinguished himself, the partisans, returning to base, stopped to rest in a village near Bogushevsk. Vanya, assigned to guard, chose a place, disguised himself and covered the road leading to the settlement. Here the young machine gunner took his last battle.
Noticing the wagons with the Nazis that suddenly appeared, he opened fire on them. While the comrades arrived, the Germans managed to surround the boy, seriously wound him, take him prisoner and retreat. The partisans did not have the opportunity to chase the carts to beat him. For about twenty kilometers, Vanya, tied to a cart, was dragged by the Nazis along an icy road. In the village of Mezhevo, Orsha district, where the enemy garrison was stationed, he was tortured and shot.
The hero was 14 years old
Marat Kazei was born on October 10, 1929 in the village of Stankovo, Minsk region of Belarus. In November 1942 he joined the partisan detachment. 25th anniversary of October, then became a scout at the headquarters of the partisan brigade. K. K. Rokossovsky.
Marat's father Ivan Kazei was arrested in 1934 as a "saboteur", and he was rehabilitated only in 1959. Later, his wife was also arrested - then, however, they were released. So it turned out the family of the "enemy of the people", which was shunned by the neighbors. Because of this, Kazei's sister, Ariadna, was not accepted into the Komsomol.
It would seem that Kazei should have been angry with the authorities from all this - but no. In 1941, Anna Kazei, the wife of the "enemy of the people", hid the wounded partisans at her place - for which she was executed by the Germans. Ariadna and Marat went to the partisans. Ariadne survived, but became disabled - when the detachment left the encirclement, she froze her legs, which had to be amputated. When she was taken to the hospital by plane, the commander of the detachment offered to fly with her and Marat so that he could continue his studies interrupted by the war. But Marat refused and remained in the partisan detachment.
Marat went to reconnaissance, both alone and with a group. Participated in raids. Undermined the echelons. For the battle in January 1943, when, wounded, he raised his comrades to attack and made his way through the enemy ring, Marat received the medal "For Courage". And in May 1944, Marat died. Returning from a mission together with the intelligence commander, they stumbled upon the Germans. The commander was killed immediately, Marat, firing back, lay down in a hollow. There was nowhere to leave in an open field, and there was no possibility - Marat was seriously wounded. While there were cartridges, he kept the defense, and when the store was empty, he picked up his last weapon - two grenades, which he did not remove from his belt. He threw one at the Germans, and left the other. When the Germans came very close, he blew himself up along with the enemies.
A monument to Kazei was erected in Minsk with funds raised by Belarusian pioneers. In 1958, an obelisk was erected on the grave of the young Hero in the village of Stankovo, Dzerzhinsky district, Minsk region. The monument to Marat Kazei was erected in Moscow (on the territory of VDNKh). The state farm, streets, schools, pioneer squads and detachments of many schools of the Soviet Union, the ship of the Caspian Shipping Company were named after the pioneer hero Marat Kazei.
boy of legend
Golikov Leonid Alexandrovich, scout of the 67th detachment of the 4th Leningrad partisan brigade, born in 1926, a native of the village of Lukino, Parfinsky district. That's what it says on the award sheet. The boy from the legend - that's what the glory of Lenya Golikov called.
When the war began, a schoolboy from the village of Lukino, near Staraya Russa, got a rifle and joined the partisans. Thin, small in stature, at 14 he looked even younger. Under the guise of a beggar, he walked around the villages, collecting the necessary data on the location of the fascist troops, on the amount of enemy military equipment.
With peers, he once picked up several rifles at the battlefield, stole two boxes of grenades from the Nazis. All this they later handed over to the partisans. "Tov. Golikov joined the partisan detachment in March 1942, the award list says. - Participated in 27 combat operations ... He exterminated 78 German soldiers and officers, blew up 2 railway and 12 highway bridges, blew up 9 vehicles with ammunition ... On August 15, in a new combat area of the brigade, Golikov crashed a car in which the general was Major of the Engineering Troops Richard Wirtz, heading from Pskov to Luga. A brave partisan killed the general with a machine gun, delivered his tunic and captured documents to the brigade headquarters. Among the documents were: a description of new samples of German mines, inspection reports to the higher command and other valuable intelligence data.
Lake Radilovskoye was a rally point when the brigade moved to a new area of operations. On the way there, the partisans had to engage in battles with the enemy. Punishers followed the advance of the partisans, and as soon as the forces of the brigade connected, they forced a fight on it. After the battle at Radilovsky Lake, the main forces of the brigade continued on their way to the Lyadsky forests. The detachments of Ivan the Terrible and B. Ehren-Price remained in the lake area to distract the Nazis. They never managed to connect with the brigade. In mid-November, the invaders attacked the headquarters. Defending it, many fighters died. The rest managed to retreat to the Terp-Kamen swamp. On December 25, several hundred Nazis surrounded the swamp. With considerable losses, the partisans broke out of the ring and entered the Strugokrasnensky district. Only 50 people remained in the ranks, the radio did not work. And the punishers scoured all the villages in search of partisans. We had to walk along untraveled paths. The path was paved by scouts, and among them Lenya Golikov. Attempts to establish contact with other detachments and stock up on food ended tragically. There was only one way out - to make his way to the mainland.
After crossing the Dno-Novosokolniki railway late at night on January 24, 1943, 27 hungry, exhausted partisans came out to the village of Ostraya Luka. Ahead for 90 kilometers stretched the Guerrilla Territory burned by punishers. The scouts found nothing suspicious. The enemy garrison was located a few kilometers away. The companion of the partisans - a nurse - was dying of a serious wound and asked for at least a little warmth. They occupied three extreme huts. Dozorov brigade commander Glebov decided not to exhibit, so as not to attract attention. They were on duty alternately at the windows and in the barn, from where both the village and the road to the forest were clearly visible.
Two hours later, the dream was interrupted by the roar of an exploding grenade. And immediately the heavy machine gun rattled. At the denunciation of a traitor, punishers descended. The guerrillas jumped out into the yard and vegetable gardens, shooting back, began to move in dashes towards the forest. Glebov with combat guards covered the departing with fire from a light machine gun and machine guns. Halfway down the seriously wounded chief of staff fell. Lenya rushed to him. But Petrov ordered to return to the brigade commander, and he, having closed the wound under the jacket with an individual package, again scribbled from the machine gun. In that unequal battle, the entire headquarters of the 4th partisan brigade perished. Among the fallen was the young partisan Lenya Golikov. Six managed to reach the forest, two of them were seriously injured and could not move without outside help ... Only on January 31, near the village of Zhemchugovo, exhausted, frostbite, they met with scouts of the 8th Panfilov Guards Division.
For a long time, his mother Ekaterina Alekseevna did not know anything about the fate of Leni. The war had already moved far to the west, when one Sunday afternoon a rider in military uniform stopped near their hut. Mother stepped out onto the porch. The officer handed her a large package. The old woman accepted him with trembling hands and called her daughter Valya. In the package was a letter bound in crimson leather. Here lay an envelope, opening which Valya said quietly: - This is for you, mother, from Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin himself. With excitement, the mother took a bluish sheet of paper and read: “Dear Ekaterina Alekseevna! According to the command, your son Leonid Aleksandrovich Golikov died a heroic death for his Motherland. For the heroic feat accomplished by your son in the fight against the German invaders behind enemy lines, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, by Decree of April 2, 1944, awarded him the highest degree of distinction - the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. I am sending you a letter from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on awarding your son the title of Hero of the Soviet Union to keep as a memory of his heroic son, whose feat will never be forgotten by our people. M. Kalinin. - “Here he turned out to be, my Lenyushka!” the mother said softly. And there were in these words both grief, and pain, and pride for the son ...
Lenya was buried in the village of Ostraya Luka. His name is inscribed on the obelisk, installed on the mass grave. The monument in Novgorod was opened on January 20, 1964. The figure of a boy in a hat with earflaps with a machine gun in his hands was carved from light granite. The streets in St. Petersburg, Pskov, Staraya Russa, Okulovka, the village of Pola, the village of Parfino, the ship of the Riga Shipping Company, in Novgorod - the street, the House of Pioneers, the training ship for young sailors in Staraya Russa bear the name of the hero. In Moscow, at the VDNKh of the USSR, a monument to the hero was also erected.
The youngest hero of the Soviet Union
Valya Kotik. A young reconnaissance partisan of the Great Patriotic War in the Karmelyuk detachment, which operated in the temporarily occupied territory; the youngest Hero of the Soviet Union. He was born on February 11, 1930 in the village of Khmelevka, Shepetovsky district, Kamenetz-Podolsk region of Ukraine, according to one information in the family of an employee, according to another - a peasant. From the education of only 5 classes of secondary school in the district center.
During the Great Patriotic War, while on the territory temporarily occupied by the Nazi troops, Valya Kotik was collecting weapons and ammunition, drawing and pasting caricatures of the Nazis. Valentin and his peers received their first combat mission in the fall of 1941. The guys lay down in the bushes near the Shepetovka-Slavuta highway. Hearing the noise of the engine, they froze. It was scary. But when the car with the fascist gendarmes caught up with them, Valya Kotik got up and threw a grenade. The head of the field gendarmerie was killed.
In October 1943, the young partisan reconnoitered the location of the underground telephone cable of the Nazi headquarters, which was soon blown up. He also participated in the undermining of six railway echelons and a warehouse. On October 29, 1943, while on duty, Valya noticed that the punishers had raided the detachment. Having killed a fascist officer with a pistol, he raised the alarm, and thanks to his actions, the partisans managed to prepare for battle.
On February 16, 1944, in the battle for the city of Izyaslav, Khmelnytsky region, a 14-year-old partisan scout was mortally wounded and died the next day. He was buried in the center of the park in the Ukrainian city of Shepetovka. For his heroism in the fight against the Nazi invaders, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 27, 1958, Kotik Valentin Aleksandrovich was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the medal "Partisan of the Great Patriotic War" of the 2nd degree. A motor ship, a number of secondary schools are named after him, there used to be pioneer squads and detachments named after Valya Kotik. Monuments were erected to him in Moscow and in his hometown in 1960. There is a street named after the young hero in Yekaterinburg, Kyiv and Kaliningrad.
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
Of all the young heroes, both living and dead, only Zoya was and remains known to most of the inhabitants of our country. Her name became a household name just like the names of other cult Soviet heroes, such as Nikolai Gastello and Alexander Matrosov.
And before, and now, if someone among us becomes aware of the feat that was then performed by a teenager or young man killed by enemies, they say about him: "like Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya."
... The surname Kosmodemyansky in the Tambov province was worn by many clergy. Before the grandfather of the young heroine, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, about whom our story will go, Pyotr Ivanovich, the rector of the temple in their native village, Osin Gay, was his uncle Vasily Ivanovich Kosmodemyansky, and before him his grandfather, great-grandfather and so on. Yes, and Peter Ivanovich himself was born in the family of a priest.
Pyotr Ivanovich Kosmodemyansky died a martyr's death, as did his granddaughter later: in the hungry and cruel year of 1918, on the night of August 26-27, communist bandits heated up by alcohol dragged the priest out of the house, in front of his wife and three younger children they beat him to a pulp, tied by the hands to the saddle, dragged through the village and thrown into the ponds. The body of Kosmodemyansky was discovered in the spring, and, according to the testimony of the same eyewitnesses, “it was unspoiled and had a waxy color,” which in the Orthodox tradition is an indirect sign of the spiritual purity of the deceased. He was buried in a cemetery near the Church of the Sign, in which Peter Ivanovich served in recent years.
After the death of Peter Ivanovich, the Kosmodemyanskys remained in their original place for some time. The eldest son Anatoly left his studies in Tambov and returned to the village to help his mother with younger children. When they grew up, he married the daughter of a local clerk, Lyuba. On September 13, 1923, daughter Zoya was born, and two years later, son Alexander.
Immediately after the start of the war, Zoya signed up for volunteers, and she was assigned to a reconnaissance school. The school was located near the Moscow station Kuntsevo.
In mid-November 1941, the school received an order to burn the villages in which the Germans were quartered. Created two divisions, each with ten people. But on November 22, only three scouts turned up near the village of Petrishchevo - Kosmodemyanskaya, a certain Klubkov and the more experienced Boris Krainov.
It was decided that Zoya should set fire to the houses in the southern part of the village, where the Germans lodged; Klubkov - in the north, and the commander - in the center, where the German headquarters was located. After completing the task, everyone had to gather at the same place and only then return home. Krainov acted professionally, and his houses caught fire first, then those located in the southern part flared up, in the northern part they did not catch fire. Krainov waited for his comrades almost the whole next day, but they never returned. Later, after a while, Klubkov returned ...
When it became known about the capture and death of Zoya, after the liberation of the village, partially burned by scouts, by the Soviet army, the investigation showed that one of the group, Klubkov, turned out to be a traitor.
The transcript of his interrogation contains a detailed description of what happened to Zoya:
“When I approached the buildings that I was supposed to set fire to, I saw that the sections of Kosmodemyanskaya and Krainova were on fire. As I approached the house, I broke the Molotov cocktail and threw it away, but it did not catch fire. At this time, I saw two German sentries not far from me and decided to run away into the forest, located 300 meters from the village. As soon as I ran into the forest, two German soldiers fell on me and handed me over to a German officer. He pointed a revolver at me and demanded that I reveal who had come with me to set fire to the village. I said that there were only three of us, and named the names of Krainov and Kosmodemyanskaya. The officer immediately gave some order, and after some time they brought Zoya. She was asked how she set fire to the village. Kosmodemyanskaya replied that she did not set fire to the village. After that, the officer began to beat her and demanded evidence, she was silent, and then she was stripped naked and beaten with rubber sticks for 2-3 hours. But Kosmodemyanskaya said one thing: "Kill me, I won't tell you anything." She didn't even give her name. She insisted that her name was Tanya. Then they took her away, and I never saw her again.” Klubkov was tried and shot.
ABOUT CHILDREN-HEROES OF OUR DAYS
The stories below about 33 heroes are only a small part of the feats,
that are committed by children.
Not everyone is awarded medals, but this does not make their act any less significant.
The most important reward is the gratitude of those whose lives they saved.
According to the stories of children-heroes, in many emergency situations they were helped by knowledge and skills,
obtained in the lessons of life safety.
And this is pride for life safety teachers (in a good way)
for their students, for their subject of life safety, for their teaching profession.
If you have similar stories - please send us.
Russia must know your heroes!
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Aisen Mikhailov Alexander Alexandrov Alexandra Ershova Andrey Berenda Anton Chusov Artem Artyukhin |
Vladislav Prikhodko Daniil Musakhanov Denis Davydov Dmitry Shapkin Ivan Ganshin Evgeny Pozdnyakov |
Mikhail Buklaga Nastya Erokhina Nikita Sviridov Nikita Terekhin Nikita Medvedev Olesya Pushmina |
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Artur Ghazaryan Valeria Maksimova Vlad Morozov Valentin Tsurikov Vyacheslav Vildanov |
Ekaterina Michurova Ksenia Perfilieva Lisa Khomutova Maxim Zotimov Maria Zyabrikova |
Stas Slynko Sergey Prytkov Trofim Zhendrinsky Khamzat Yakubov Eduard Timofeev |
and many, many other children-heroes who were helped by the knowledge gained in the lessons of life safety...
Vadim Nasipov was awarded the medal "For saving the dead"
Vadim Nasipov, a 20-year-old student of the Ural State Pedagogical University, came to the aid of a baby who ended up in a wheelchair on the tracks at the Uralmash metro station. The child, in a fit of jealousy for her husband, was pushed onto the rails by his own mother.
The future life safety teacher, having descended into the subway, saw a terrible thing: a stroller with a loudly crying baby was lying right on the tracks, and a beam of light was already visible in the tunnel and the sound of an approaching train was heard. Without thinking about whether the contact rails are de-energized or not, Vadim jumped down and saved the child.
MAGOMED SABIGULAEV, rescue of a drowning man
11 years old, Kedi village, Tsumadinsky district, Republic of Dagestan
On a clear June day, two little friends - Adam Ziyavdinov and Saipudin Isaev (both 4 years old) played near the lake in the village of Kedi. Adam got too close to the shore, slipped and fell into a lake 2 meters deep. Saipudin, who remained on the shore, did not lose his head and ran to seek help.
Boris Bushkov. Rescue of a drowning man
Toward evening, Boris rode his bicycle to the Velikaya River for fishing. Suddenly he heard cries for help and increased his speed. In a matter of minutes, he drove up to the river and saw that two boys were drowning. One floundered in the middle of the river, while the other was carried away by the current. Without a moment's hesitation, Boris quickly took off his clothes and rushed to help.
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9th grade student Artem Artyukhin, saved a student from his school Olya Aksimova from a fire. And now the award has found its hero, Artem received the medal "For Courage in a Fire."
The solemn rewarding of the hero was attended by students of the local school No. 1176. The hero received the medal "For Courage in a Fire" from the hands of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
According to Ivan Podoprikhin, Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in Moscow, the guy was lucky to be in the right place at the right time, where he not only did not get confused, took a risk, and thereby was able to save a person's life.
As Artyom himself recalled, that day he was returning home when he noticed smoke coming out of the building, and a lot of onlookers gathered nearby, filming what was happening on camera and waiting for further development. He did not lose his head and, entering the building, found a girl on the eighth floor who called for help, knocking out the door, he took her out of the house in which the fire started.
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In Stavropol, 15-year-olds Ivan Ganshin and Artur Kazaryan detained and taken to the police station of the criminal who robbed the man.
On Saturday afternoon, putting off preparations for the first session, they walked through the center of the city to meet with friends and, a few dozen meters away, saw how a young man, knocking a man to the ground, began to beat him. The guys overtook the criminal only in the next block, twisted his hands and led him to the victim, not succumbing to persuasion to let him go. After some time, a police squad arrived at the scene. The detained 27-year-old man was charged under the article of attempted robbery, he is now under investigation.
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On the way to go fishing, Pavel Kulikov, a 9-year-old resident of the village of Chastye, slipped on the frozen boards of the bridge and fell into the icy water of the bay. Icy water in an instant filled rubber boots and made clothes a deadly burden for a 9-year-old child. His friend Nikita Terekhin not taken aback and rushed to the aid of a friend.
The boy hung on a high bridge so that Pavel could grab onto his leg and climb out of the cold water. On land, the young rescuer picked up the injured friend and took him home. Thanks to the brave act of the boy, the schoolboy escaped with only hypothermia. The heroic deed of the third grader did not go unnoticed. The young rescuer became a real hero in the eyes of the students of his native school. The head of the Chastinsky district awarded Nikita with a mobile phone and a letter of thanks.
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Documents for the awarding of the 13-year-old Olesya Pushmina. In the summer, a schoolgirl from the Irkutsk region saved a drowning eight-year-old boy who was swimming in an abandoned quarry with his grandfather. At that moment, there were still people on the shore, including strong men, but no one, except Olesya, rushed to help.
It all happened in an abandoned quarry. Olesya Pushmina and her friends came here to sunbathe and swim. They ended up next to eight-year-old Nikita, who was taught to swim by his grandfather. At some point, Olesya noticed that an elderly man had disappeared under water, and the child was trying to swim out with all his strength. Without hesitation, Olesya rushed to save the boy. He says that there was one thought in his head: not to let the child go under water. Grabbing Nikita from behind with one hand, the other rowed to the shore. How she managed to swim to the shore with an eight-year-old boy, the fragile girl does not remember. Having seated the child on the shore, Olesya with friends who came to the rescue tried to save the man. I had to dive several times.
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The Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Krasnodar Territory awarded 12-year-old schoolboy Stas Slynko with the medal "For Courage in a Fire". Stanislav saved his five-year-old sister and aunt from the fire. A night fire in their house in the village of Starominskaya happened in April 2012. At this time, the student's mother was on a business trip. Stanislav and his younger sister Irina were looked after by their aunt and her husband.
The boy was the first to wake up from the crackle of burning furniture and the smell of smoke. He shouted "We're on fire!" and ran to the nursery where the 5-year-old sister was sleeping.
Professional rescuers say that the child, once on fire, acted with extreme precision and courage.
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On April 26, during the solemn ceremony of presenting state awards of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the medal of the President of Russia "For the salvation of the perished" will be awarded to a student of the 10th grade of the Kundyadinskaya secondary school of the Nyurbinsky district Mikhailov Aisen Semenovich.
In July 2009, Aisen Mikhailov twice rescued drowning children. In the first case, on July 12, he pulled a six-year-old child out of the water, who was swimming without adult supervision. A group of children were swimming in shallow water. Suddenly, unexpectedly, one of them was carried by the current into a deep ravine, and he began to sink. Aisen, who was not far away, immediately rushed to help and pulled the boy ashore.
The second incident happened two weeks later. On this day, many children and adults rested on the Vilyui River. The group of girls was about fifty meters from the main group of bathers. Suddenly, one of them, an 8th grade student, started to sink.
Aisen heard the screams of the girls, already leaving the beach, and without a second's hesitation, he rushed to help. And he pulled a girl who managed to choke on the river water to the shore. Before the arrival of adults, the boy managed to provide first aid to the victim, brought her to her senses. If not for the presence of Aisen at that tragic moment, something irreparable could have happened.
On September 1, 2009, at the celebration of the Day of Knowledge for heroic deeds, Aisen Mikhailov was awarded the Diploma of the Center for State Inspection for Small Vessels of the Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
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Summer vacation 13-year-old resident of St. Tomsk Andrey Berenda spent with his grandmother in the village of Zima, Irkutsk region. Last year, he met two brothers here - 16-year-old Maxim and 11-year-old Dima. With them, he disappeared for days on end - together they went fishing, swam, walked. On that day, August 2, closer to dinner, as soon as the water warmed up a little, the friends went to the river. However, in their usual place it seemed a little cold to them, so they decided to wade to the other side and continue their rest there. Putting things in a bag, they carefully moved through the water one after another. But then the older brother Maxim decided to play a trick on the younger one, grabbed rubber slippers from his hands and let them go downstream. Dima immediately rushed into the water after them. Having swum a little, he felt that he was beginning to be pulled deeper. The boy screamed and began to flounder, brother Maxim immediately rushed to his aid. But a strong current picked them both up and carried them down. Then Andrei realized that his friends might not get out on their own, so, throwing a bag with things, he rushed to help his brothers. Noticing that Maxim swam towards the shore, he began to pull out the younger Dima - he was already completely exhausted.
“When I swam up to him, Dima began to grab onto me, tried to climb up, I felt that I myself could drown now,” Andrei recalls. - I tell him: "Calm down, roll over on your stomach, swim forward, I will push you." Dima obeyed, and so we got to the shore. While we were sailing, I saw that Maxim was still holding on to the surface. But when we got ashore, and I turned around, Maxim was no longer visible. When I thought that Maxim had drowned, I felt uneasy.
Meanwhile, fishermen who watched what was happening from the shore became witnesses of the tragedy. However, none of them came to the aid of the brothers. They silently continued to fish and did not even come up when Andrei pushed the frightened Dima ashore and asked to call an ambulance. The younger brother did not tell his parents about what happened to the older brother until the evening. When the pain of losing his brother overcame the fear of parental anger, he told them everything. Maxim's body was found only two days later. Andrei, meanwhile, says that if Maxim was still on the surface when he pulled his brother ashore, then he would no doubt have returned for him. Even in spite of the fact that he was already almost without strength.
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An 11-year-old boy, Anton Chusov, with his heroic deed, cut off all disputes about whether such a subject as “Fundamentals of Life Safety” is needed at school. In the face of the impending tragedy, he remembered what the teacher explained, and is now awarded the medal "For saving the lost."
On September 27, 2007, the Governor of the Vladimir Region, Nikolai Vinogradov, in the building of the regional administration, solemnly presented Anton Chusov with the medal "For Saving the Perishing": an 11-year-old schoolboy saved two drowning girls last summer, and the President of the Russian Federation signed a Decree on awarding the young hero with a government award.
Last July, Anton, a student from Gus-Khrustalny, swam in one of the ponds not far from the district center. Close to Anton, two girls swam on car cameras. One of them fell into the water and began to sink. Anton's grandmother Nina Ilyinichna, who came to look after her grandson, began to call for help, but there were no adults nearby. Anton rushed to save:
- She was already under water, and I had to push her to the surface several times, - the young hero told the correspondent from the newspaper.
8-year-old Kristina was also in the water, whom Anton helped to climb onto the car camera. Meanwhile, the grandmother was already pumping out the rescued Tanya.
Tanya swallowed a lot of water, she was shaking and shivering. Christina escaped with a fright. The boy and his grandmother brought the girls to their senses and brought them home. For a long time no one knew what had happened. In autumn Anton went to school. As before, he studied for fours and threes, as before, he was more friends with girls than with boys, as before, he rushed about at breaks and flew along the railing ... Suddenly, a local newspaper wrote about the boy's feat.
- My mother taught me to swim, I already swim breaststroke quite well. And I'm not a hero, I'm not even the best swimmer in the class, - the modest Anton seemed to justify himself when correspondents of newspapers and television began to interview him. However, the little hero showed not only courage, but the professionalism of a real rescuer.
- In our class they showed a film on how to save drowning people, - explains Anton. - And I acted as taught in the film: I did not pull the girl by the hair, but dived and pushed her out of the water.
- I myself was surprised that Anton was not at all afraid when he saw that the girl was drowning, - said Nina Ilyinichna, Anton's grandmother, - especially since he himself recently learned to swim. I was so frightened when Anton began to dive for the girl: what if he drowned himself!
Anton reassures his grandmother: well, he's alive! And besides, at the OBZh lesson it is clearly said: if a person drowns, he must be saved.
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The first day of the school year for students of school No. 4 of the South-Western district of the capital began in a special way. Many TV cameras, journalists, representatives of the prefecture and the Ministry of Emergency Situations came to congratulate all the guys and personally the 9-year-old Valentina Tsurikova, because now he is not just a schoolboy, but a real hero. In the children's camp, he was the first to come to the aid of a boy drowning in the pool.
“The girl comes up to me and says, there is Maxim, he is already under water for about 5 minutes. I dived next to him, I pull him up - he does not move at all. When he pulled it out to the surface, put his head on the side, then the shift director ran up, started pumping him out, then the doctor ran in, also started pumping out, then they called an ambulance, they started taking everyone out, ”Valentin recalls that day. The whole school now knows about his heroic deed, and his parents are now truly proud of their son.
“We were proud that our son did not lose his head and at such a moment he was able to orient himself and made the only right decision to help the person,” Valya's parents told the correspondents of the Ministry of Emergencies of Media.
Viktor Shepelev, head of the department for the Southwestern Administrative District of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for Moscow, presented the young hero with the medal of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia "For Distinction in Eliminating the Consequences of an Emergency" and invited Valya to seriously think about a career as a rescuer.
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He was not afraid and saved three lives at once. In Yekaterinburg, a 14-year-old schoolboy was solemnly awarded for heroism in a fire. During the May holidays, Vladislav helped neighbors who were in danger of suffocating in their own apartment.
Marina Mikhailovna still cannot calmly recall the events of that day. And he doesn't want to. The fact that there was a fire, blames only himself. Here is her neighbor Vladislav Prikhodko, on the contrary, that day I remembered everything that was taught in the lessons of life safety.
Opening the door, Vlad saw the neighbor's children screaming that their apartment was on fire. Not at a loss, the 14-year-old boy took the guys outside and returned for their grandmother. But even after that, Vlad did not rush to save himself. After waiting for the firefighters, he showed them the apartment and the room that were on fire. Later it turns out: the fire started because the 3-year-old neighbor decided to set fire to the sofa.
Vlad Morozov, a first-grader of school No. 4 in the city of Navashino, became a real hero. On September 1, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations came to the school line. For courage, the seven-year-old firefighter received a letter from the fire department and mittens-gaiters - as a keepsake. The regional department of education gave Vlad a ticket to a sanatorium camp.
“I really liked the mittens,” says Vlad. - When I grow up, I will also become a real fireman. I will save people from the fire."
But the very day when Vlad had to show courage, the boy does not like to remember. Vlad spent his regular holidays with his grandmother. On a July night, ball lightning flew into the rural house of his grandmother Lidia Ivanovna. The fireball was first seen by Lydia Ivanovna's brother Alexander. The pensioner slept in a separate room. Lightning hit the Russian furnace, and then an explosion, Alexander was thrown to the door. Somehow he crawled out into the street: Alexander Ivanovich walked very badly - an invalid since childhood. This explosion was heard by little Vlad.
“The explosion deafened me, and my grandmother even burst eardrums,” complains Vlad.
Lydia Ivanovna has long since lost her sight. “I tried to get out by myself, then I ran into a burning table, went along the wall - and then it burns. Thought it was gone. And then a voice in the smoke: Granny, give me your hand, I'll take you out. And so we went, ”recalls the pensioner.
Melted plastic dripped from the ceiling - right on Vladik's back. But he didn't cry!
“They put me on a bench and said:“ Granny, your dress is on fire at the back. Look, the bench caught fire too. Let's go further!" And as soon as we moved away from the shop, a gas cylinder exploded in the house. As if some kind of force led the granddaughter out of the fire to a safe distance. Guardian angel, maybe?”, - added Lydia Ivanovna
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May 20, 2011 Denis Davydov rescued a drowning first-grader. Children played in the village of Kosh-Akach on the banks of the Chuya River. One of the boys ended up in the water due to careless movement. The Chuya River is deep, with a strong current, so the first-grader instantly found himself in the middle of the river. Denis realized that the child could die, and, without hesitation, rushed to the water to save the drowning man. The young rescuer dived under the water, grabbed the boy by the collar of his clothes, pulled him to the shore and pulled the child out of the icy water. As Denis later recalled: “... there was no time, I didn’t even think about fear, I just saw that someone had fallen into the water, that I needed help.” The rescued boy, frozen and frightened, Denis brought to his home. Parents are proud of their son, but still cannot understand how the boy, despite his young age, was not afraid. On July 29, 2011, Denis Davydov was solemnly awarded in the assembly hall of the district administration. For a selfless, heroic act, the boy was presented with a gift, a medal and a certificate from the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Altai, Colonel I.A. Bukin. Denis does not consider himself a hero: “Well, what a hero I am, I just helped a person in trouble. Anyone else in my place did the same." But for peers, parents and teachers, he is an example to follow, they look up to him, they are proud of him.
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Returning home on December 18, 2004, Zhenya Pozdnyakov distinctly heard a child crying. Through the windows of Mironov's apartment, from where children's screams and knocks could be heard, there was no way to see something - as if a dense fog had enveloped everything. And then Zhenya distinctly caught the smell of smoke. Smoke crawled out into the street from under the doors and from the windows of the Mironovs' house.
Pozdnyakov rushed to the porch. With one movement, he tore off the padlock and immediately almost threw two boys out into the street. But he knew that the Mironovs had four children - Zhenya was a classmate of the mother of a large family. The fire was literally gaining strength before our eyes, and Zhenya no longer had time to think. Clenching his teeth to avoid the scalding smoke, he darted into the room - another kid saved. To find the fourth, the smallest of the Mironovs, Zhenya needed a breath of fresh air. He felt the frost fill every cell of his body with lightning speed. I wanted to stand and stand under the December sky ringing with blueness, throwing my head high. And breathe, breathe deeply ... But somewhere in the smoke and fire, the two-year-old Deniska remained. Both the second and third attempts to find the boy ended unsuccessfully. Having stepped a third time beyond the threshold of the flaming room, Zhenya decided that I would not go out without a boy. And as if someone whispered in his ear at that moment - look under the crib. Deniska huddled under her in a corner and did not even move.
Only then did one of the neighbors call the fire department. Zhenya Pozdnyakov - for the courage and heroism shown in the rescue of four young children, will certainly be presented with a government award. A request for this was sent to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Tomsk Region by the head of a similar regional service. Employees of the administration of the Tomsk region confirmed that the decision to reward the guy who showed real heroism and true courage will be made in the near future.
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For three guys, February 18 was not quite an ordinary day. Fifth grader awarded at school meetings Daniil Musakhanov from school 68 in Belorechensk, second grade student Nikita Sviridov and first grader Eduard Timofeev from 31 schools in the village of Rodniki.
For courage, vigilance and correct actions when extinguishing dry grass, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations presented the children with gifts and letters of thanks.
“It happened on February 7 on Aerodromnaya Street in the village of Rodniki,” says Daniil Musakhanov, “I was visiting my grandmother, walking with Nikita and Edik. We noticed that dry grass caught fire in front of the house, and at any moment the fire could spread to residential buildings.
The guys extinguished the fire on their own and only then reported to the fire brigade. The fire brigade highly appreciated the deed of the guys.
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November 2005 Slava Vildanov, then a 5th grade student living in the village of Ragnuksa saved four-year-old Dima Tomashevich drowning in the river. Playing on the shore, the baby slipped and fell into the cold water. Dima's comrade managed to run to the nearest courtyard and tell Slava about everything. During this time, the drowning boy almost sank to the bottom, and only his jacket was visible on the water. But Slava entered the water and pulled the victim ashore.
For his bravery and courage in rescuing his friend on the water, by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Slava was awarded the medal "For Saving the Perishing".
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Liza Khomutova is the smallest in her 6th grade in height and weighs a little more than her younger brother. But she has been playing table tennis for four years. In her age group, she has already become the champion of the region twice and took the “bronze”, fighting with adult athletes. Every weekday, he trains for three hours at the Luch sports club at the Elektropribor plant. Liza is an ordinary girl, but even an adult can learn from her courage and courage. Lisa was awarded the medal "For saving the dead."
Brother Sasha was walking along the pond and accidentally came across a hole with fragile ice. The neighbor cut a hole in which he swam the day before. The ice-hole was seized by the first ice, which was covered with snow. So the danger zone on the ice did not betray itself. Sasha stepped on her! The ice burst, the boy immediately fell into the water. He started screaming and calling for help, but a nearby snow machine muffled his screams. The neighbor who was cleaning the ice did not hear or see anything. By some miracle, the sister of the drowning Sasha, Lisa, heard the alarming cries and did everything quickly and accurately. She did not run to the house for her relatives, but rushed to the hole. Only his brother's head and arms protruded from it. The girl, grabbing his hands tightly, pulled him onto the hard ice.
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For 14-year-old Dima Shapkin, school life safety lessons were not in vain. How to do artificial respiration, the first resuscitation, apply a splint. This is taught in every school. Dima never thought that one day he would have to put this knowledge into practice.
Dima, his younger brothers and 6-year-old sister spent the weekend at their grandmother's dacha. Tamara Alexandrovna was engaged in the garden, Dima - household chores, the kids played in the yard. Like all children, Vanya and Dima quickly got bored with playing at home, and they went outside.
Grandmother, Tyoma drowned, - a frightened Vanya flew into the yard.
It turned out that the tomboys went to the handle. Little Artyom went down to the shore to touch the water, and slipping on wet stones fell into the icy water. The fast current swirled the boy.
Dima, without thinking, rushed out of the house to the river, but Tyoma was already far away. Rushing into the icy water, Dima managed to pull his brother ashore.
“He was blue and was no longer breathing. I remembered how the teacher told us at the OBZH lesson about rescuing drowning people. How we trained on the doll. I turned him over, pressed on his chest and stomach, did artificial respiration. Water poured out of Tyoma, then he coughed and breathed,” Dima recalls that day.
After rescuers were already called, little Artyom was admitted to the hospital with bilateral pneumonia - due to the fact that water got into his lungs.
“The kid was saved by the fact that resuscitation measures were very competently provided to him. And most importantly, in time - after all, in such situations, seconds count. When a child does not breathe, oxygen starvation begins, which has a very negative effect on the brain and nervous system. So, Dima is their guardian angel,” says Tyoma's attending physician.
Dmitry Shapkin was awarded by presidential decree for courageous and decisive actions in rescuing people in extreme conditions with the medal "For Saving the Perishing". But Dima himself does not consider himself a hero.
What could have done differently? Dmitry is surprised.
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On January 20, in the village of Kirovskoye, Kamyzyaksky District, Astrakhan Region, seven-year-old Katya Michurova saved her classmate Amir Nurgaliyev, who fell into an ice hole on Erik Dulinsky. Katya and Amir skated on the ice near the house. Suddenly Amir slipped and fell into the water. Katya was not at a loss and was able to lend a helping hand. “At first I was a little scared. I wanted to give a branch that lay nearby, but it froze to the ice, and I could not tear it off. Then I grabbed Amir by the sleeve of my jacket, but the ice broke off. I tried again to pull him out of the icy water, but again I failed. And only the third time, when I grabbed his hand, I managed to pull Amir onto the ice. We were very cold and quickly ran home,” recalls Katya.
Katya did not tell anyone at home, and only from Amir's grateful parents did Katya's mother learn about her daughter's act. To the question in the class: “Were you afraid that you yourself could die?” Katya answered sincerely: “Yes. But I thought if Amir drowned, then his mother would cry a lot, and I would lose a friend.” After such words, tears rolled into the eyes of adults, because not every adult could do this.
But the words of the mother of little Amir were the most heartfelt: “This little girl, who has such a big heart, saved our family from irreparable grief. It's even scary to think how it could end. I am very grateful to her for saving my son's life. May the forces of good always protect her and save her from failures and dangers.
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Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations went to one of the schools in the Kostroma region to present an award to a sixth grader. Ksenia Perfilieva risking her own life to save a little boy who was drowning in a river. Moreover, neither classmates nor teachers knew about this incident. Ksyusha says that she didn’t do anything special, and everyone in her place would have done the same.
This girl did not stand out among her peers before, but now in 6 "A" everyone knows that Ksyusha Perfileva accomplished a real feat. She herself didn’t even tell her girlfriends about how she saved the neighbor’s boy, classmates found out about this at the school line when Ksyusha was awarded a letter for saving a drowning man.
It all happened in the village of Vysokovskaya, in the summer Ksenia visited her grandmother here. That day she went to swim in the river, where two boys were splashing. 6-year-old Zakhar now can’t even really explain how he got into a deep pool, because he doesn’t know how to swim.
Zakhar Smirnov: "I was standing on a rock, I slipped and fell. And I started to sink..."
While the boy unsuccessfully tried to get out of the river, his friend remained on the bank. But there was no one to call for help, there were no adults nearby.
This place in the village is called "black pool". The depth here is several meters. Seeing that a neighbor boy was helplessly floundering in the middle of the river, Ksenia Perfilieva, without hesitation, rushed to his aid.
In a matter of seconds, she swam to Zakhar, and when she carried him to the shore in her arms, he was already unconscious and did not breathe.
Ksenia Perfilyeva: “When I pulled him out, he didn’t breathe. At the lessons of life safety, they told us, I remembered that you need to press on your chest. If he breathes, then everything is fine. If not, then you need to do artificial respiration.”
Ksyusha did a heart massage and artificial respiration, although she did not hope that it would help, when suddenly the boy came to his senses. An hour later, the child was taken to the hospital, where doctors fought for his life for several more days. Zakhara's mother still cannot believe what happened, that day she was only away from home for a couple of hours - she went to the store for shopping, and when she returned, she found out that her son had almost died.
As a reward, the schoolgirl received a gift from the Ministry of Emergency Situations - an MP3 player, in the district administration of Xenia they presented a small award. At school, in the lessons of life safety, she is now given as an example, explaining how to properly provide first aid to drowning people.
The sixth-grader assures that everyone in her place would have done the same. And making plans for the future. This year, in an essay on the topic "Choice of Profession", Ksenia wrote that after school she would definitely try to get a job in the rescue service.
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In July 2011, on the pond outside the village of Sutchevo, Marposadsky district of the Chuvash Republic, a group of children were swimming without adult supervision. The girls, among whom was 11-year-old Nadya Tarasova, did not know how to swim, so they took pieces of polystyrene with them. At some point, the foam slipped out of Nadia's hands, and she began to sink. Valeria Maksimova, who was nearby, on the shore, was not at a loss, quickly assessed the situation and began to loudly call for help. The first to come to the rescue was a 12-year-old Sasha Alexandrov who managed to pull the sinking to the shore. At a safe depth joined him Valeria Maksimova, and together they pulled Nadya to the shore. From the other side, the call for help was answered by Maxim Zotimov, who swam across a pond 35 meters wide and joined the guys. Already together, the children, without wasting a second, provided first aid to the injured girl. Three brave teenagers managed to bring Nadia to her senses and restore her breath.
By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated March 4, 2013 No. 184, a student of the autonomous institution of the Chuvash Republic of primary vocational education "Vocational School No. 28 in Mariinsky Posad" Maxim Zotimov, a student of the municipal budgetary educational institution "Gymnasium No. 1" in Mariinsky Posad Valeria Maksimova, a student of state special (correctional) educational institution of the Chuvash Republic for students, pupils with disabilities "Cheboksary special (correctional) general education boarding school" Alexander Alexandrov, for his courage and determination in rescuing people on the water were awarded medals "For saving the dead."
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You don't have to be mature and sophisticated to save lives. The main thing is to have a clear mind, courage and a good heart. The main prize in the special nomination of the festival "Children-Heroes" is awarded to a second grade student of the Gzhel secondary school, which is located in the village of Gzhel, Ramensky district, Moscow region, Maria Zyabrikova.
On January 12, 2010, at 19:22, the central fire department in the city of Voskresensk received a message about a fire at the address: Tsuryupa village, st. Central, d. 3. The dispatcher sent guards on duty from four fire departments to the place of the call.
At the time of the fire, three adults were in the burning apartment - spouses Tatyana and Alexander, Alexander's brother - Sergey, as well as two children - six-year-old Masha Zyabrikova and her half-year-old brother Dima.
We thought the children were inside,” says neighbor Roza Zintsova, who discovered the fire and reported it. But, fortunately, they escaped. Initially, apparently, it caught fire in the corridor, and thus not only the exit was blocked, but also access to water, since our neighbors had it only in the bathroom. And besides, the ceilings in the apartment were made of plastic panels, and there two sighs - and you can lose consciousness.
As Masha said after the tragedy, her mother told her: “Run to Angela. I am now." Girl - well done! Another would be: where am I without my mother ... But Masha - no. She took her little brother in her arms and climbed out the window. Frost minus fifteen, she ran into the entrance with Dima in her arms, she wanted to take a stroller to put Dima there. But there were no pillows, no blankets, nothing. She grabbed her brother and ran to her mother's friend. Barefoot…
Car parents and uncle, unfortunately, died in a fire. Now Masha and Dima live with their grandparents in a private house in the village of Obukhovo. Maria Zyabrikova was awarded the medal of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia "For Courage in a Fire".
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A student of the Kursk Autotechnical College, 17-year-old Mikhail Buklaga, was awarded the medal "For Saving the Dead" for his courage and determination in rescuing people in extreme conditions. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of the Russian Federation.
The guy is actively involved in the military-patriotic club "Slavs", participates in campaigns in places of military glory, grows good, kind, hardworking and sympathetic. In the summer, Misha saved a neighbor who was drowning in the pond, whose heart was seized in the water. Late help, there would be a tragedy. The guy did not even suspect that for his courage in rescuing a drowning man on the line on September 1, he would be honored as a real hero.
There was another case when Mikhail saw a woman lying unconscious on the street. The young man could not pass by, he stopped and recognized her as a friend of his mother. “I ran after the elders, naturally, they called an ambulance, sent a woman to the hospital - it turned out that she had a heart attack,” says Mikhail Buklaga.
Mikhail Buklaga dreams of becoming a professional rescuer and working in the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
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Nastya Erokhin, a student of the 1st grade of school No. 27 in Tomsk, is now called by her classmates nothing more than a “rescuer”. A seven-year-old girl pulled her little sister out of the fire and was able to get out of the burning house herself.
Fire in a single-family log house on the street. 5th Army happened on the afternoon of January 11th. Nastya Erokhina and her five-year-old sister Lena were alone at home - the girls' mother was away from the apartment for a short time. When Nastya realized that the house was on fire, it was no longer possible to leave through the door - the veranda of the house was on fire.
But Nastya was not taken aback and closed the door behind her. Nevertheless, acrid smoke began to quickly fill the house. Attempts to get out through the windows were initially unsuccessful. In the smoke, with difficulty, only the window in the children's room was half opened - the sofa that propped it up interfered. The hardest thing was with Lena - the younger sister panicked a lot, got tangled in the curtains and resisted in every possible way. Finally, pushing her sister, Nastya herself was able to squeeze through the narrow opening. Jumping out into the street without clothes, the girls ran to the store where their grandmother works.
The soldiers of the 10th fire brigade who arrived at the scene were quickly able to cope with the fire, preventing it from spreading. As a result of the fire, only the veranda burned out and the apartment became sooty.
This act could not go unnoticed by the Tomsk firefighters. On January 27, at the school where Nastya studies, from the early morning there was an extraordinary revival. The call from the second lesson was given 10 minutes earlier. Everyone was asked to go to the gym. On the general line in front of the teachers and students of the school, the rescuers awarded Nastya with a diploma and a soft toy. In the hands of Nastya, a letter: "For skillful and decisive actions, courage and self-control, shown in an emergency when saving people in a fire." Mom and grandmother Nastya did not hide their tears on the line. Finally, having recovered a little, Valentina Erokhina, Nastya's grandmother, admits that girls have always been taught how to behave in such a situation, which is why, she believes, Nastya was not at a loss.
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In January 2011, in the village of Roshinsky, Chaplyginsky District, Lipetsk Region, where 12-year-old Nikita Medvedev lives with his parents, risking his own health and even life, a brave hero saved 8-year-old Volodya Dynko (Benko). The children were playing not far from the Stanovaya Ryasa River, no one noticed how Volodya went out onto the ice and fell through, only after a while the guys heard the boy calling for help and with his last strength he held on to the thin paradise of the ice crust. The guys got scared, they started looking for a stick to pull Volodya out. Nikita, despite his young age, made an immediate and only right decision, he rushed into the water and began to save the boy.
While everyone was looking for a stick, I saw that Volodya was already slipping and could not hold on. I realized that they would not have time to bring the stick, - said Nikita Medvedev. Pulling the child out of the water onto the ice, he cracked, and the two of them were already in ice water. Nikita was not at a loss here either, he dived, picked up Volodya, who had already gone under water, and together they reached the shore. The rescued baby was already brought home by local guys, and the wet Nikita ran to his grandmother's house.
On March 5, Nikita Medvedev, along with his family, was invited to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and was awarded the medal "For Distinction in Eliminating the Consequences of Emergencies." According to the Regulations, the medal is awarded for distinction, courage and selflessness shown in the performance of tasks to eliminate the consequences of an emergency situation in conditions involving a risk to life; skillful, proactive and decisive actions that contributed to the successful implementation of measures to eliminate the consequences of emergency situations.
Nikita himself does not consider himself a hero. He says if this situation happened again, he would do the same. The young hero liked saving people so much that now he knows exactly who to be. He dreams of working in the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
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Ershova Alexandra Evgenievna, or simply Sasha Ershova - a heroic Tver girl, a student of the 35th school, accomplished a feat during a terrible disaster in the Transvaal water park on February 14, 2004.
Sasha with her mother Lyuba and father Zhenya live in Tver. On my father's birthday, we decided to take a ride to Moscow. Where to go in the capital? Dad decided to show the child a real huge water park! Sasha has been swimming since early childhood, she feels like a fish in the water.
…….When the vaults of the water park collapsed, Sasha, squeezed between concrete blocks, for a long time held a three-year-old girl, Masha, who was completely unfamiliar to her, above the water.
Suddenly, something cracked overhead and a huge beam fell next to me, - says Sasha. - I dived and saw that a little girl was going under the water next to me. I realized that she could not swim, and grabbed her under the chest. Together with her, I emerged, began to console her.
The girls did not have time to jump out of the pool. Directly over their heads, like a house of cards, heavy slabs were formed. Sasha's head was sticking out of the water, and a frightened baby in a bright swimsuit pressed against the swimmer's chest.
In that extreme situation, it seemed to the second-grader Sasha that she had held little Masha in her arms for only thirty minutes. In fact, she had to wait a good hour and a half for rescuers. All this time she held the girl in her arms, not feeling that her left arm was broken.
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Sergei Prytkov, like other guys, goes to school, plays the guitar, walks with his peers in the yard, and he also accomplished a real feat - he saved a little girl from the fire. It happened in the village of Sukhonogovo, where Sergei was visiting relatives. There was a fire in his aunt's house. Hearing screams from the street, the boy saw a blazing part of the house. Without a moment's hesitation, he rushed to help. The hostess with her little daughter was able to get out of the house by breaking the window, but her second daughter remained in the burning room.
Sergei rushed into the burning room for a frightened baby. In the kitchen the linoleum and the legs of the stool on which the girl was standing were already burning. The fire engulfed the ceiling. Another minute or two and the irreparable could happen. But Sergey found the child and managed to take it out into the street, and then, having transferred it into reliable hands, took part in extinguishing the fire.
They were able to extinguish the fire on their own. The modest guy took his act for granted, and did not talk much about it. And he did not even expect that his feat would become known at school. The All-Russian Volunteer Fire Society awarded Sergey with the medal "For Valor and Courage in a Fire". Seryozha came to the award ceremony with his mother, kept himself very modest and seemed to be even a little embarrassed by the attention paid to him. And when asked how he was not afraid to step into a burning house in order to save a child's life, he replied that he simply could not do otherwise.
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fourth grade student Trofim Zhendrinsky He was awarded the medal of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia "For Courage in a Fire". Trofim pulled two guys out of the fire. This story happened in the spring of last year in the small village of Balagany, Verkhnevilyui district. On March 12, 2012, a residential building caught fire in the evening.
The fire broke out on the veranda of one of the apartments where the Zhendrinsky family lived. The parents were not at home at the time of the fire. Spouses Oktyabrina Trofimovna and Ivan Ivanovich are technical workers at a local school, at that moment they were at work.
At home were Trofim and two younger children, whom he looked after - a brother and sister. Seeing the flame walking along the veranda, the boy was not at a loss, and brought his brother and sister out of the burning building. However, it was not easy to do this: the frightened children hid under the bed, and did not want to leave their shelter in any way.
Trofim was the first to carry his brother out of the smoke-filled apartment. Leaving him in the snow, he again ran into the house for his sister. He dragged his resisting sister out of the apartment by force. And then adult neighbors arrived and began to put out the flames.
The fire was reported to the local fire department in the neighboring village of Khomustakh. Firefighters arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire.
“Trofim is no different from his peers. Calm, friendly boy with a sense of responsibility. Very sociable, cheerful.
Despite such a young age, Trofim Ivanovich Zhendrinsky showed strong personal qualities: selflessness, courage, courage and the ability to act clearly and competently in a difficult and dangerous environment. Trofim acted correctly, did not succumb to fear and panic, showed courage worthy of an adult. Thanks to courageous, resolute and competent actions, the children remained unharmed, ”employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry say.
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In Chechnya, a little boy committed a truly heroic deed. A child saved his little brother from a burning house. The fire occurred in the early morning of November 9, 2012 in a private house in the small village of Bachi-Yurt. Five children, mother and grandmother slept in the house. A strong crackling and noise from the fire woke up the residents, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Chechnya reported.
The rooms were already engulfed in flames, cutting off the way out of the house. The eldest son in the family, seven-year-old Khamzat Yakubov, did not lose his head. He bravely grabbed the smallest and helpless child and, breaking the glass, climbed through the window. The boy put the baby at a safe distance and ran to the next of kin to call for help.
Soon after, firefighters arrived at the scene and extinguished the raging fire. Fortunately, no one died. Five family members received various burns. On board the Ministry of Emergency Situations, they were sent for treatment to a Moscow hospital.
The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Chechen Republic is preparing a submission for awarding Khamzat with the medal "For Courage in a Fire".
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The war demanded from the people the greatest exertion of strength and enormous sacrifices on a national scale, revealed the steadfastness and courage of the Soviet man, the ability to sacrifice himself in the name of the freedom and independence of the Motherland. During the war years, heroism became widespread, became the norm for the behavior of Soviet people. Thousands of soldiers and officers immortalized their names during the defense of the Brest Fortress, Odessa, Sevastopol, Kyiv, Leningrad, Novorossiysk, in the battle of Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, in the North Caucasus, the Dnieper, in the foothills of the Carpathians, during the storming of Berlin and in other battles.
For heroic deeds in the Great Patriotic War, over 11 thousand people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (some of them posthumously), 104 of them twice, three three times (G.K. Zhukov, I.N. Kozhedub and A.I. Pokryshkin ). During the war years, this title was first awarded to Soviet pilots M.P. Zhukov, S.I. Zdorovtsev and P.T. Kharitonov, who rammed Nazi planes on the outskirts of Leningrad.
In total, over eight thousand heroes were brought up in the ground forces in wartime, including 1800 artillerymen, 1142 tankmen, 650 engineering troops, over 290 signalmen, 93 air defense soldiers, 52 soldiers of the military rear, 44 doctors; in the Air Force - over 2400 people; in the Navy - over 500 people; partisans, underground workers and Soviet intelligence agents - about 400; border guards - over 150 people.
| Representatives of the nations | Number of heroes |
|---|---|
| Russians | 8160 |
| Ukrainians | 2069 |
| Belarusians | 309 |
| Tatars | 161 |
| Jews | 108 |
| Kazakhs | 96 |
| Georgian | 90 |
| Armenians | 90 |
| Uzbeks | 69 |
| Mordovians | 61 |
| Chuvash | 44 |
| Azerbaijanis | 43 |
| Bashkirs | 39 |
| Ossetians | 32 |
| Tajiks | 14 |
| Turkmens | 18 |
| Lithokians | 15 |
| Latvians | 13 |
| Kyrgyz | 12 |
| Udmurts | 10 |
| Karelians | 8 |
| Estonians | 8 |
| Kalmyks | 8 |
| Kabardians | 7 |
| Adyghe | 6 |
| Abkhazians | 5 |
| Yakuts | 3 |
| Moldovans | 2 |
| results | 11501 |
Among the military personnel awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, privates, sergeants, foremen - over 35%, officers - about 60%, generals, admirals, marshals - over 380 people. There are 87 women among the Wartime Heroes of the Soviet Union. The first to receive this title was Z. A. Kosmodemyanskaya (posthumously).
About 35% of the Heroes of the Soviet Union at the time of awarding the title were under the age of 30, 28% - from 30 to 40 years old, 9% - over 40 years old.
Four Heroes of the Soviet Union: artilleryman A. V. Aleshin, pilot I. G. Drachenko, commander of a rifle platoon P. Kh. Dubinda, artilleryman N. I. Kuznetsov - were also awarded Orders of Glory of all three degrees for military exploits. More than 2,500 people, including 4 women, became full holders of the Order of Glory of three degrees. During the war, over 38 million orders and medals were awarded to the defenders of the Motherland for courage and heroism. The motherland highly appreciated the labor feat of the Soviet people in the rear. During the war years, the title of Hero of Socialist Labor was awarded to 201 people, about 200 thousand were awarded orders and medals.
Viktor Vasilievich Talalikhin
Born September 18, 1918 in the village. Teplovka, Volsky district, Saratov region. Russian. After graduating from the factory school, he worked at the Moscow meat processing plant, at the same time he studied at the flying club. He graduated from the Borisoglebokoe military aviation school for pilots. He took part in the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940. He made 47 sorties, 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 since June 1941. Made more than 60 sorties. In the summer and autumn of 1941, he fought near Moscow. For military distinctions he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner (1941) and the Order of Lenin.
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal was awarded to Viktor Vasilievich Talalikhin by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 8, 1941 for the first night ramming of an enemy bomber in the history of aviation.
Soon Talalikhin was appointed squadron commander, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant. The glorious pilot participated in many air battles near Moscow, shot down five more enemy aircraft personally and one in a group. He died a heroic death in an unequal battle with Nazi fighters on October 27, 1941.
Buried V.V. Talalikhin with military honors at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. By order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR dated August 30, 1948, he was forever enrolled in the lists of the first squadron of the fighter aviation regiment, in which he fought the enemy near Moscow.
Streets in Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Borisoglebsk, Voronezh region and other cities, a sea vessel, GPTU No. 100 in Moscow, and a number of schools were named after Talalikhin. An obelisk was erected on the 43rd kilometer of the Varshavskoye Highway, over which an unprecedented night duel took place. A monument was erected in Podolsk, in Moscow - a bust of the Hero.
Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub
(1920-1991), air marshal (1985), Hero of the Soviet Union (1944 - twice; 1945). During the Great Patriotic War in fighter aviation, the squadron commander, deputy regiment commander, conducted 120 air battles; shot down 62 aircraft.
Three times Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub on La-7 shot down 17 enemy aircraft (including the Me-262 jet fighter) out of 62 shot down by him during the war on La fighters. One of the most memorable battles Kozhedub fought on February 19, 1945 (sometimes the date is February 24).
On this day, he flew out on a free hunt paired with Dmitry Titarenko. On the traverse of the Oder, the pilots noticed an aircraft rapidly approaching from the direction of Frankfurt an der Oder. The plane was flying along the riverbed at an altitude of 3500 m at a speed much greater than the La-7 could develop. It was Me-262. Kozhedub instantly made a decision. The Me-262 pilot relied on the speed qualities of his car and did not control the airspace in the rear hemisphere and below. Kozhedub attacked from below on a head-on course, hoping to hit the jet in the belly. However, Titarenko opened fire before Kozhedub. To the considerable surprise of Kozhedub, the premature firing of the wingman was beneficial.
The German turned to the left, towards Kozhedub, the latter had only to catch the Messerschmitt in the sight and press the trigger. Me-262 turned into a fireball. In the cockpit of the Me 262 was non-commissioned officer Kurt-Lange from 1. / KG (J) -54.
On the evening of April 17, 1945, Kozhedub and Titarenko flew their fourth combat sortie to the Berlin area in a day. Immediately after crossing the front line north of Berlin, the hunters discovered a large group of FW-190s with suspended bombs. Kozhedub began to gain altitude for the attack and reported to the command post about establishing contact with a group of forty Focke-Vulvof with suspended bombs. German pilots clearly saw how a pair of Soviet fighters went into the clouds and did not expect that they would appear again. However, the hunters showed up.
Behind from the top, in the first attack, Kozhedub shot down the leader of the four fokkers that closed the group. The hunters sought to give the enemy the impression of the presence of a significant number of Soviet fighters in the air. Kozhedub threw his La-7 right into the thick of the enemy aircraft, turning Lavochkin left and right, the ace fired cannons in short bursts. The Germans succumbed to the trick - the Focke-Wulfs began to free them from bombs that prevented air combat. However, the Luftwaffe pilots soon established the presence of only two La-7s in the air and, taking advantage of the numerical advantage, took the guards into circulation. One FW-190 managed to get into the tail of the Kozhedub fighter, but Titarenko opened fire before the German pilot - the Focke-Wulf exploded in the air.
By this time, help had arrived - the La-7 group from the 176th regiment, Titarenko and Kozhedub were able to get out of the battle on the last remaining fuel. On the way back, Kozhedub saw a single FW-190, which was still trying to drop bombs on Soviet troops. Ace dived and shot down an enemy plane. It was the last, 62nd, German aircraft shot down by the best Allied fighter pilot.
Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub also distinguished himself in the Battle of Kursk.
Kozhedub's total score does not include at least two aircraft - American R-51 Mustang fighters. In one of the battles in April, Kozhedub tried to drive off German fighters from the American Flying Fortress with cannon fire. US Air Force escort fighters misunderstood the intentions of the La-7 pilot and opened barrage fire from a long distance. Kozhedub, apparently, also mistook the Mustangs for Messers, left the fire with a coup and, in turn, attacked the “enemy”.
He damaged one Mustang (the plane, smoking, left the battlefield and, after flying a little, fell, the pilot jumped out with a parachute), the second R-51 exploded in the air. Only after a successful attack did Kozhedub notice the white stars of the US Air Force on the wings and fuselages of the planes he shot down. After landing, the regiment commander, Colonel Chupikov, advised Kozhedub to keep quiet about the incident and gave him the developed film of the photo-machine gun. The existence of a film with footage of burning Mustangs became known only after the death of the legendary pilot. Detailed biography of the hero on the website: www.warheroes.ru "Unknown Heroes"
Alexey Petrovich Maresyev
Maresyev Aleksey Petrovich fighter pilot, deputy squadron commander of the 63rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, Guards Senior Lieutenant.
Born on May 20, 1916 in the city of Kamyshin, Volgograd Region, in a working class family. Russian. At the age of three, he was left without a father, who died shortly after returning from the First World War. After graduating from the 8th grade of secondary school, Alexei entered the FZU, where he received the specialty of a locksmith. Then he applied to the Moscow Aviation Institute, but instead of the institute, he went to build Komsomolsk-on-Amur instead of the institute on a Komsomol ticket. There he sawed wood in the taiga, built barracks, and then the first residential quarters. At the same time he studied at the flying club. He was drafted into the Soviet army in 1937. He served in the 12th Aviation Border Detachment. But, according to Maresyev himself, he did not fly, but "wafted his tails" at the planes. He really took to the air already at the Bataysk Military Aviation Pilot School, which he graduated in 1940. He served as a flight instructor.
He made his first sortie on August 23, 1941 in the Krivoy Rog region. Lieutenant Maresyev opened a combat account at the beginning of 1942 - he shot down a Ju-52. By the end of March 1942, he brought the number of downed Nazi aircraft to four. On April 4, in an air battle over the Demyansky bridgehead (Novgorod region), Maresyev's fighter was shot down. He tried to land on the ice of a frozen lake, but released the landing gear early. The plane began to quickly lose altitude and fell into the forest.
Maresyev crawled to his own. He had frostbite on his feet and had to be amputated. However, the pilot decided not to give up. When he got the prostheses, he trained long and hard and got permission to return to duty. He learned to fly again in the 11th reserve aviation brigade in Ivanovo.
In June 1943, Maresyev returned to service. He fought on the Kursk Bulge as part of the 63rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, was a deputy squadron commander. In August 1943, during one battle, Alexei Maresyev shot down three enemy FW-190 fighters at once.
On August 24, 1943, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Senior Lieutenant Maresyev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Later he fought in the Baltic States, became a regiment navigator. In 1944 he joined the CPSU. In total, he made 86 sorties, shot down 11 enemy aircraft: 4 before being wounded and seven with amputated legs. In June 1944, Major Maresyev of the Guards became an inspector-pilot of the Office of Higher Educational Institutions of the Air Force. The legendary fate of Alexei Petrovich Maresyev is the subject of Boris Polevoy's book "The Tale of a Real Man".
In July 1946, Maresyev was honorably discharged from the Air Force. In 1952 he graduated from the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the CPSU, in 1956 - postgraduate studies at the Academy of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the CPSU, received the title of candidate of historical sciences. In the same year, he became the executive secretary of the Soviet Committee of War Veterans, in 1983 - the first deputy chairman of the committee. In this position, he worked until the last day of his life.
Retired Colonel A.P. Maresyev was awarded two Orders of Lenin, Orders of the October Revolution, Red Banner, Patriotic War 1st degree, two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, Orders of Friendship of Peoples, Red Star, Badge of Honor, "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd degree, medals, foreign orders. He was an honorary soldier of a military unit, an honorary citizen of the cities of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Kamyshin, Orel. A minor planet in the solar system, a public foundation, and youth patriotic clubs are named after him. He was elected 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 which was Maresyev (the author changed only one letter in his last name). In 1948, director Alexander Stolper shot a film of the same name based on the book at Mosfilm. Maresyev was even offered to play the main role himself, but he refused and this role was played by a professional actor Pavel Kadochnikov.
He died suddenly on May 18, 2001. He was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy Cemetery. On May 18, 2001, a gala evening was planned at the Theater of the Russian Army on the occasion of Maresyev's 85th birthday, but an hour before the start, Alexei Petrovich had a heart attack. He was taken to the intensive care unit of a Moscow clinic, where he died without regaining consciousness. The gala evening nevertheless took place, but it began with a moment of silence.
Krasnoperov Sergey Leonidovich
Krasnoperov Sergey Leonidovich was born on July 23, 1923 in the village of Pokrovka, Chernushinsky district. In May 1941, he volunteered for the Soviet Army. For a year he studied at the Balashov Aviation School of Pilots. In November 1942, attack pilot Sergei Krasnoperov arrived in the 765th assault aviation regiment, and in January 1943 he was appointed deputy squadron commander of the 502nd assault aviation regiment of the 214th assault air division of the North Caucasian Front. In this regiment in June 1943 he joined the ranks of the party. For military distinctions he was awarded the Orders of the Red Banner, the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree.
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded on February 4, 1944. Killed in action June 24, 1944. "March 14, 1943. Attack pilot Sergei Krasnoperov makes two sorties one after another to attack the port of Temrkzh. Leading six" silts ", he set fire to a boat at the pier of the port. In the second flight, an enemy shell hit the engine. A bright flame for a moment, like it seemed to Krasnoperov, the sun eclipsed and immediately disappeared in thick black smoke. Krasnoperov turned off the ignition, turned off the gas and tried to fly the plane to the front line. However, after a few minutes it became clear that it would not be possible to save the plane. And under the wing - a solid swamp. There is only one way out As soon as the burning car touched the swamp bumps with its fuselage, the pilot barely had time to jump out of it and run a little to the side, an explosion rumbled.
A few days later, Krasnoperov was back in the air, and in the combat log of the flight commander of the 502nd assault aviation regiment, junior lieutenant Krasnoperov Sergey Leonidovich, a brief entry appeared: "03/23/43". With two sorties, he destroyed a convoy in the area of \u200b\u200bst. Crimean. Destroyed vehicles - 1, created fires - 2 ". On April 4, Krasnoperov stormed manpower and firepower in the region of a height of 204.3 meters. On the next flight, he stormed artillery and firing points in the area of Krymskaya station. At the same time, he destroyed two tanks, one gun and mortar.
One day, a junior lieutenant received a task for a free flight in pairs. He was leading. Covertly, on a low-level flight, a pair of "silts" penetrated deep into the rear of the enemy. They noticed cars on the road - they attacked them. They discovered a concentration of troops - and suddenly brought down destructive fire on the heads of the Nazis. The Germans unloaded ammunition and weapons from a self-propelled barge. Combat entry - the barge flew into the air. The regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Smirnov, wrote about Sergei Krasnoperov: “Such heroic deeds of Comrade Krasnoperov are repeated in every sortie. The pilots of his flight became masters of the assault business. created for himself military glory, enjoys well-deserved military authority among the personnel of the regiment. And 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 years old, and his chest was adorned with the Golden Star of a Hero.
Seventy-four sorties were made by Sergei Krasnoperov during the days of fighting on the Taman Peninsula. As one of the best, he was entrusted 20 times to lead a group of "silts" to attack, and he always carried out a combat mission. He personally destroyed 6 tanks, 70 vehicles, 35 wagons with cargo, 10 guns, 3 mortars, 5 points of anti-aircraft artillery, 7 machine guns, 3 tractors, 5 bunkers, an ammunition depot, a boat, a self-propelled barge were sunk, two crossings across the Kuban were destroyed.
Matrosov Alexander Matveevich
Matrosov Alexander Matveyevich - rifleman of the 2nd battalion of the 91st separate rifle brigade (22nd Army, Kalinin Front), private. Born February 5, 1924 in the city of Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk). Russian. Member of the Komsomol. He lost his parents early. 5 years was brought up in the Ivanovo orphanage (Ulyanovsk region). Then he was brought up in the Ufa children's labor colony. At the end of the 7th grade, he remained to work in the colony as an assistant teacher. In the Red Army since September 1942. In October 1942 he entered the Krasnokholmsk Infantry School, but soon most of the cadets were sent to the Kalinin Front.
In the army since November 1942. He served in the 2nd Battalion of the 91st Separate Rifle Brigade. For some time the brigade was in reserve. Then she was transferred near Pskov to the area of \u200b\u200bthe Big Lomovaty Bor. Right from the march, the brigade entered the battle.
On February 27, 1943, the 2nd battalion received the task of attacking a stronghold near the village of Chernushki (Loknyansky district, Pskov region). As soon as our soldiers passed through the forest and reached the edge of the forest, they came under heavy enemy machine gun fire - three enemy machine guns in bunkers covered the approaches to the village. One machine gun was suppressed by an assault group of machine gunners and armor-piercers. The second bunker was destroyed by another group of armor-piercers. But the machine gun from the third bunker continued to shell the entire hollow in front of the village. Efforts to silence him were unsuccessful. Then, in the direction of the bunker, Private A.M. Matrosov crawled. He approached the embrasure from the flank and threw two grenades. The machine gun fell silent. But as soon as the fighters went on the attack, the machine gun came to life again. Then Matrosov got up, rushed to the bunker and closed the embrasure with his body. At the cost of his life, he contributed to the combat mission of the unit.
A few days later, the name of Matrosov became known throughout the country. The feat of Matrosov was used by a journalist who happened to be with the unit for a patriotic article. At the same time, the regiment commander learned about the feat from the newspapers. Moreover, the date of the death of the hero was moved to February 23, coinciding the feat with the day of the Soviet Army. Despite the fact that Matrosov was not the first to perform such an act of self-sacrifice, it was his name that was used to glorify the heroism of Soviet soldiers. Subsequently, over 300 people performed the same feat, but this was no longer widely reported. His feat has become a symbol of courage and military prowess, fearlessness and love for the Motherland.
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Matveyevich Matrosov was posthumously awarded 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, he himself was forever enrolled (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 Ufa, Velikiye Luki, Ulyanovsk, etc. The Museum of Komsomol Glory in the city of Velikiye Luki, streets, schools, pioneer squads, motor ships, collective farms and state farms bore his name.
Ivan Vasilievich Panfilov
In the battles near Volokolamsk, the 316th Infantry Division of General I.V. Panfilov. Reflecting continuous enemy attacks for 6 days, they knocked out 80 tanks and destroyed several hundred soldiers and officers. Enemy attempts to capture the Volokolamsk region and open the way to Moscow from the west failed. For heroic actions, this formation was awarded the Order of the Red Banner and transformed into the 8th Guards, and its commander, General I.V. Panfilov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He was not lucky enough to witness the complete defeat of the enemy near Moscow: on November 18, near the village of Gusenevo, he died a heroic death.
Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov, Major General of the Guards, commander of the 8th Guards Rifle Division of the Red Banner (former 316th) Division, was born on January 1, 1893 in the city of Petrovsk, Saratov Region. Russian. Member of the CPSU since 1920. From the age of 12 he worked for hire, in 1915 he was drafted into the tsarist army. In the same year he was sent to the Russian-German front. Voluntarily joined the Red Army in 1918. He was enrolled in the 1st Saratov Infantry Regiment of the 25th Chapaev Division. Participated in the civil war, fought against Dutov, Kolchak, Denikin and the White Poles. After the war, he graduated from the two-year Kyiv United Infantry School and was assigned to the Central Asian Military District. He took part in the fight against the Basmachi.
The Great Patriotic War found Major General Panfilov at the post of military commissar of the Kyrgyz Republic. Having formed the 316th rifle division, he went with it to the front and in October - November 1941 fought near Moscow. For military distinctions he was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner (1921, 1929) and the medal "XX Years of the Red Army".
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Vasilievich Panfilov was awarded posthumously on April 12, 1942 for his skillful leadership of division units in the battles on the outskirts of Moscow and his personal courage and heroism.
In the first half of October 1941, the 316th Division arrived in the 16th Army and took up defensive positions on a wide front on the outskirts of Volokolamsk. General Panfilov was the first to widely use the system of in-depth artillery anti-tank defense, created and skillfully used mobile barrier detachments in battle. Thanks to this, the stamina of our troops increased significantly, and all attempts by the 5th German Army Corps to break through the defenses were unsuccessful. Within seven days, the division, together with the cadet regiment S.I. Mladentseva and dedicated units of anti-tank artillery successfully repelled enemy attacks.
Attaching great importance to the capture of Volokolamsk, the Nazi command sent another motorized corps into the area. Only under pressure from superior enemy forces, parts of the division were forced to leave Volokolamsk at the end of October and take up defenses east of the city.
On November 16, fascist troops launched a second "general" offensive against Moscow. A fierce battle broke out near Volokolamsk again. On this day, at the Dubosekovo junction, 28 Panfilov soldiers under the command of political instructor V.G. Klochkov repelled the attack of enemy tanks, and held the occupied line. The enemy tanks also failed to break through in the direction of the villages of Mykanino and Strokovo. The division of General Panfilov firmly held its positions, its soldiers fought to the death.
For the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command, the mass heroism of the personnel, the 316th division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner on November 17, 1941, and the next day it was transformed into the 8th Guards Rifle Division.
Nikolai Frantsevich Gastello
Nikolai Frantsevich was born on May 6, 1908 in Moscow, in a working-class family. Graduated from 5 classes. He worked as a mechanic at the Murom Locomotive Plant of Construction Machines. In the Soviet Army in May 1932. In 1933 he graduated from the Lugansk military pilot school in bomber units. In 1939 he participated in the battles on the river. Khalkhin - Gol and the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940. In the 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, on June 26, 1941, carried out another flight on a mission. His bomber was hit and caught fire. He directed the burning aircraft at a concentration of enemy troops. From the explosion of the bomber, the enemy suffered heavy losses. 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 listed in the lists of military units. On the site of the feat on the Minsk-Vilnius highway, a memorial monument was erected in Moscow.
Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya ("Tanya")
Zoya Anatolyevna ["Tanya" (09/13/1923 - 11/29/1941)] - Soviet partisan, Hero of the Soviet Union was born in Osino-Gai, Gavrilovsky district, Tambov region, in the family of an employee. In 1930 the family moved to Moscow. 
She graduated from 9 classes of school number 201. 
In October 1941, the Komsomol member Kosmodemyanskaya voluntarily joined a special partisan detachment, acting on instructions from the headquarters of the Western Front in the Mozhaisk direction.
Twice sent to the rear of the enemy. At the end of November 1941, while performing the second combat mission in the area of the village of Petrishchevo (Russian district of the Moscow region), she was captured by the Nazis. Despite severe torture, she did not give out military secrets, did not give her name.
On November 29, she was hanged by the Nazis. Her devotion to the Motherland, courage and selflessness have become an inspiring example in the fight against the enemy. On February 6, 1942, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Manshuk Zhiengalievna Mametova
Manshuk Mametova was born in 1922 in the Urdinsky district of the West Kazakhstan region. Manshuk's parents died early, and the five-year-old girl was adopted by her aunt Amina Mametova. Childhood Manshuk passed in Almaty.
When the Great Patriotic War began, Manshuk studied at the medical institute and at the same time worked in the secretariat of the Council of People's Commissars of the republic. In August 1942, she voluntarily joined the Red Army and went to the front. In the unit where Manshuk arrived, she was left as a clerk at the headquarters. But the young patriot decided to become a front line fighter, and a month later Senior Sergeant Mametova was transferred to the rifle battalion of the 21st Guards Rifle Division.
Short, but bright, like a flashing star, was her life. Manshuk died in the battle for the honor and freedom of her native country, when she was in her twenty-first year and had just joined the party. The short battle path of the glorious daughter of the Kazakh people ended with an immortal feat accomplished by her near the walls of the ancient Russian city of Nevel.
On October 16, 1943, the battalion in which Manshuk Mametova served was ordered to repulse the enemy's counterattack. As soon as the Nazis tried to repulse the attack, the machine gun of Senior Sergeant Mametova started working. The Nazis rolled back, leaving hundreds of corpses. Several violent attacks of the Nazis have already choked at the foot of the hill. Suddenly, the girl noticed that two neighboring machine guns fell silent - the machine gunners were killed. Then Manshuk, quickly crawling from one firing point to another, began to fire at the pressing enemies from three machine guns.
The enemy transferred mortar fire to the positions of the resourceful girl. A close explosion of a heavy mine overturned a machine gun, behind which lay Manshuk. Wounded in the head, the machine gunner lost consciousness for a while, but the triumphant cries of the approaching Nazis forced her to wake up. Instantly moving to a nearby machine gun, Manshuk lashed the chains of fascist warriors with a lead shower. And again the enemy attack choked. This ensured the successful advance of our units, but the girl from distant Urda remained lying on the hillside. Her fingers froze on the Maxim trigger.
On March 1, 1944, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Senior Sergeant Manshuk Zhiengaliyevna Mametova was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
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 brought up by her uncle Aubakir Moldagulov. With his family, she moved 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 a 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 dead fascists on her account.
In December 1943, Moiseev's battalion was ordered 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 transferring reinforcements. The Nazis fiercely resisted, skillfully using the benefits of the area. The slightest advance of our companies came at a heavy price, and yet slowly but steadily our fighters approached the enemy's fortifications. Suddenly, a lone figure appeared ahead of the advancing chains.
Suddenly, a lone figure appeared ahead of the advancing chains. The Nazis noticed the brave warrior and opened fire from machine guns. Catching the moment when the fire weakened, the fighter rose to his full height and dragged the entire battalion with him.
After a fierce battle, our fighters took possession of the height. The daredevil lingered in the trench for some time. There were traces of pain on his pale face, and strands of black hair broke out from under his cap with earflaps. It was Aliya Moldagulova. She destroyed 10 fascists in this battle. The wound was light, and the girl remained in the ranks.
In an effort to restore the situation, the enemy rushed into counterattacks. On January 14, 1944, a group of enemy soldiers managed to break into our trenches. A hand-to-hand fight ensued. Aliya mowed down the Nazis with well-aimed bursts of the machine gun. Suddenly, she instinctively felt danger behind her back. She turned sharply, but it was too late: the German officer fired first. Gathering the last of her strength, Aliya threw up her machine gun and the Nazi officer fell to the frozen ground...
The wounded Aliya was carried out by her comrades from the battlefield. The fighters wanted to believe in a miracle, and they offered blood to save the girl. But the wound was fatal.
On June 4, 1944, Corporal Aliya Moldagulova was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Sevastyanov Alexey Tikhonovich
Sevastyanov Aleksey Tikhonovich, flight commander of the 26th Fighter Aviation Regiment (7th Fighter Aviation Corps, Leningrad Air Defense Zone), junior lieutenant. Born on February 16, 1917 in the village of Kholm, now the Likhoslavl district of the Tver (Kalinin) region. Russian. Graduated from the Kalinin Carriage Building College. In the Red Army since 1936. In 1939 he graduated from the Kachin Military Aviation School.
Member of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. In total, during the war years, junior lieutenant Sevastyanov A.T. made more than 100 sorties, shot down 2 enemy aircraft personally (one of them by ramming), 2 - in a group and an observation balloon.
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union Alexei Tikhonovich Sevastyanov was awarded posthumously on June 6, 1942.
On November 4, 1941, junior lieutenant Sevastyanov on an Il-153 aircraft patrolled on the outskirts of Leningrad. At about 22.00, an enemy air raid on the city began. Despite the fire of anti-aircraft artillery, one He-111 bomber managed to break through to Leningrad. Sevastyanov attacked the enemy, but missed. He went on the attack a second time and opened fire at close range, but again missed. Sevastyanov attacked for the third time. Coming close, he pressed the trigger, but there were no shots - the cartridges ran out. In order not to miss the enemy, he decided to go for a ram. Approaching behind the "Heinkel", he chopped off his tail with a screw. Then he left the damaged fighter and landed by parachute. The bomber crashed in the Tauride Garden area. The crew members who jumped out on parachutes were taken prisoner. The fallen Sevastyanov fighter was found in Baskov lane and restored by specialists of the 1st Rembaza.
April 23, 1942 Sevastyanov A.T. died in an unequal air battle, defending the "Road of Life" across Ladoga (shot down 2.5 km from the village of Rakhya, Vsevolozhsk district; a monument was erected in this place). He was buried in Leningrad at the Chesme cemetery. Forever enrolled in the lists of the military unit. A street in St. Petersburg, the House of Culture in the village of Pervitino, Likhoslavl District, are named after him. The documentary "Heroes Don't Die" is dedicated to his feat.
Matveev Vladimir Ivanovich
Matveev Vladimir Ivanovich Squadron commander of the 154th Fighter Aviation Regiment (39th Fighter Aviation Division, Northern Front) - Captain. Born October 27, 1911 in St. Petersburg in a working class family. Russian Member of the CPSU(b) since 1938. Graduated from 5 classes. He worked as a mechanic at the factory "Red October". In the Red Army since 1930. In 1931 he graduated from the Leningrad military-theoretical school of pilots, in 1933 - Borisoglebsk military aviation school of pilots. Member of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940.
With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War at the front. Captain Matveev V.I. On July 8, 1941, when repelling an enemy air raid on Leningrad, having used up all the ammunition, he used a ram: he cut off the tail of a Nazi aircraft with the end of the plane of his MiG-3. An enemy plane crashed near the village of Malyutino. He successfully landed at his airport. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal was awarded to Vladimir Ivanovich Matveev on July 22, 1941.
Killed in air combat January 1, 1942, covering the "Road of Life" on Ladoga. Buried in Leningrad.
Polyakov Sergey Nikolaevich
Sergei Polyakov was born in 1908 in Moscow into a working-class family. He graduated from 7 classes of incomplete secondary school. Since 1930 in the Red Army, he graduated from the military aviation school. Member of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. In air battles, he shot down 5 Franco aircraft. 
Member of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War from the first day. The commander of the 174th Assault Aviation Regiment, Major S.N. Polyakov, made 42 sorties, inflicting precise strikes on airfields, equipment and manpower of the enemy, while destroying 42 and damaging 35 aircraft.
On December 23, 1941, he died while performing the next combat mission. On February 10, 1943, for courage and courage shown in battles with enemies, Sergey Nikolaevich Polyakov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously). For the period of service he was awarded the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner (twice), the Red Star, and medals. He was buried in the village of Agalatovo, Vsevolozhsk district, Leningrad region.
Muravitsky Luka Zakharovich
Luka Muravitsky was born on December 31, 1916 in the village of Dolgoe, now the Soligorsk district of the Minsk region, into a peasant family. He graduated from 6 classes and school FZU. Worked on the subway in Moscow. Graduated from the Aeroclub. In the Soviet Army since 1937. He graduated from the Borisoglebsk military school for pilots in 1939. B.ZYu 
Member of the Great Patriotic War since July 1941. Junior Lieutenant Muravitsky began his combat activity as part of the 29th IAP of the Moscow Military District. This regiment met the war on outdated I-153 fighters. Sufficiently maneuverable, they were inferior to enemy aircraft in speed and firepower. Analyzing the first air battles, the pilots came to the conclusion that they needed to abandon the pattern of straight-line attacks, and fight on turns, in dives, on a "hill" when their "Seagull" gained additional speed. At the same time, it was decided to switch to flights in twos, abandoning the link of three aircraft established by the official position.
The very first flights of "twos" showed their clear advantage. So, at the end of July, Alexander Popov, paired with Luka Muravitsky, returning after escorting the bombers, met with six Messers. Our pilots were the first to attack and shot down the leader of the enemy group. Stunned by the sudden blow, the Nazis hurried to get out.
On each of his planes, Luka Muravitsky painted the inscription “For Anya” on the fuselage with white paint. The pilots at first laughed at him, and the authorities ordered the inscription to be erased. But before each new flight, on the fuselage of the aircraft on the starboard side again appeared - "For Anya" ... No one knew who this Anya was, whom Luka remembers even going into battle ...
Once, before a sortie, the regiment commander ordered Muravitsky to immediately erase the inscription and more so that it would not happen again! Then Luka told the commander that this was his beloved girl, who worked with him at the Metrostroy, studied at the flying club, that she loved him, they were going to get married, but ... She crashed jumping from an airplane. The parachute did not open... Even if she did not die in battle, Luka continued, but she was preparing to become an air fighter, to defend her Motherland. The commander relented.
Participating in the defense of Moscow, the commander of the 29th IAP, Luka Muravitsky, achieved excellent results. He was distinguished not only by sober calculation and courage, but also by his willingness to do anything to defeat the enemy. So on September 3, 1941, acting on the Western Front, he rammed an enemy He-111 reconnaissance aircraft and made a safe landing on the damaged aircraft. At the beginning of the war, we had few planes, and that day Muravitsky had to fly alone - to cover the railway station, where an echelon with ammunition was being unloaded. Fighters, as a rule, flew in pairs, but here - one ...
At first everything went smoothly. The lieutenant vigilantly watched the air around the station, but as you can see, if there are multi-layered clouds overhead, rain. When Muravitsky was making a U-turn over the outskirts of the station, he saw a German reconnaissance aircraft in the gap between the tiers of clouds. Luka sharply increased the engine speed and rushed across the Heinkel-111. The Lieutenant's attack was unexpected, the "Heinkel" had not yet had time to open fire, as a machine-gun burst pierced the enemy, and he, descending steeply, began to flee. Muravitsky caught up with the Heinkel, opened fire on it again, and suddenly the machine gun fell silent. The pilot reloaded, but apparently ran out of ammunition. And then Muravitsky decided to ram the enemy.
He increased the speed of the plane - "Heinkel" is getting closer and closer. The Nazis are already visible in the cockpit ... Without reducing speed, Muravitsky approaches almost close to the Nazi aircraft and hits the tail with a propeller. The jerk and propeller of the fighter cut through the metal of the tail unit of the Non-111 ... The enemy plane crashed into the ground behind the railroad tracks in a wasteland. Luca also hit his head hard on the dashboard, aim and lost consciousness. I woke up - the plane falls to the ground in a tailspin. Gathering all his strength, the pilot with difficulty stopped the rotation of the machine and brought it out of a steep dive. He could not fly further and had to land the car at the station...
Having healed, Muravitsky returned to his regiment. And again fights. The flight commander flew into battle several times a day. He was eager to fight and again, as before the injury, the fuselage of his fighter was carefully displayed: "For Anya." By the end of September, the brave pilot already had about 40 air victories, won personally and as part of a group.
Soon one of the squadrons of the 29th IAP, which included Luka Muravitsky, was transferred to the Leningrad Front to reinforce the 127th IAP. The main task of this regiment was to escort transport aircraft along the Ladoga highway, cover their landing, loading and unloading. Acting as part of the 127th IAP, Senior Lieutenant Muravitsky shot down 3 more enemy aircraft. On October 22, 1941, Muravitsky was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command, for the courage and bravery shown in battle. By this time, 14 enemy aircraft were already downed on his personal account.
On November 30, 1941, the commander of the 127th IAP, Senior Lieutenant Maravitsky, died in an unequal air battle, defending Leningrad ... The total result of his combat activities, in various sources, is estimated differently. The most common figure is 47 (10 victories won personally and 37 as part of a group), less often - 49 (12 personally and 37 in a group). However, all these figures do not fit in with the figure of personal victories - 14, given above. Moreover, in one of the publications it is generally stated that Luka Muravitsky won his last victory in May 1945, over Berlin. Unfortunately, exact data is not yet available.
Luka Zakharovich Muravitsky was buried in the village of Kapitolovo, Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Region. A street in the village of Dolgoe is named after him.
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