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The youngest defender of Stalingrad was six-year-old Seryozha Aleshkov, the son of the 142nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 47th Guards Rifle Division. The fate of this boy is dramatic, like that of many children of the war. Before the war, the Aleshkov family lived in the Kaluga region in the village of Gryn. In the fall of 1941, the region was captured by the Nazis. Lost in the woods, the village became the base of the partisan detachment, and its inhabitants became partisans.

One day, mother and ten-year-old Petya - Seryozha's older brother - went on a mission. They were captured by the Nazis. They were tortured. Petya was hanged. When the mother tried to save her son, she was shot by the Gestapo. Seryozha was left an orphan. In the summer of 1942, punishers attacked the partisan base. The partisans, firing back, went into the thicket of the forest.

In one of the dashes, Seryozha got entangled in the bushes, fell, badly bruised his leg. Lagging behind his own people, he wandered through the forest for several days. He slept under the trees, ate berries. On September 8, 1942, our units occupied the area. The soldiers of the 142nd Guards Rifle Regiment picked up the exhausted and hungry boy, left him, sewed a military uniform, enlisted in the regiment's lists, with which he had a glorious military path, including Stalingrad.

Seryozha becomes a participant in the Battle of Stalingrad. At this time he was 6 years old. Of course, Seryozha could not take direct part in hostilities, but he tried his best to help our soldiers: he brought them food, shells, cartridges, sang songs, recited poems, delivered mail in between battles. He was very fond of in the regiment and was called the fighter Aleshkin. Once, he saved the life of the regiment commander, Colonel M.D. Vorobyov.

During the shelling, the colonel was trapped in a dugout. Seryozha was not taken aback and called our fighters on time. The soldiers who arrived in time removed the commander from under the rubble and he remained alive. November 18, 1942. Seryozha, along with the soldiers of one company, came under mortar fire. A mine fragment was wounded in the leg and ended up in the hospital. After treatment, he returned to the regiment. The soldiers gave a celebration on this occasion.

Before the formation, an order was read out on awarding Seryozha with a medal "For Military Merit" No. 013 (Order dated 04.24.1943). Two years later he was sent to study at the Tula Suvorov Military School. On vacation, like to his own father, he came to visit Mikhail Danilovich Vorobyov, the former commander of the regiment.

During the "For Military Merit" award.

Post-war photography by Sergei Aleshkov.

Before the war, these were the most ordinary boys and girls. They studied, helped the elders, played, ran and jumped, broke noses and knees. Their names were known only to relatives, classmates and friends.
THE HOUR IS COMING - THEY HAVE SHOWED HOW HUGE A LITTLE CHILD'S HEART CAN BECOME WHEN A SACRED LOVE FOR THE MOTHERLAND AND HATE FOR ITS ENEMIES BURNS IN IT.
Boys. Girls. The burden of adversity, calamity, and grief of the war years fell on their fragile shoulders. And they did not bend under this weight, they became stronger in spirit, more courageous, more enduring.
Little heroes of the big war. They fought alongside their elders - fathers, brothers, alongside communists and Komsomol members.
And young hearts did not flinch for a moment!

For military merit, tens of thousands of children and pioneers were awarded orders and medals:
The Order of Lenin was awarded - Tolya Shumov, Vitya Korobkov, Volodya Kaznacheev; Orders of the Red Banner - Volodya Dubinin, Julius Kantemirov, Andrey Makarikhin, Kostya Kravchuk;
Order Patriotic War 1st degree - Petya Klypa, Valery Volkov, Sasha Kovalev; Orders of the Red Star - Volodya Samorukha, Shura Efremov, Vanya Andrianov, Vitya Kovalenko, Lyonya Ankinovich.

Hundreds of pioneers have been awarded
medal "Partisan of the Great Patriotic War"
medal "For the Defense of Leningrad" - over 15,000,
"For the Defense of Moscow" - over 20,000 medals
Four pioneer heroes were awarded the title
Hero of the Soviet Union:
Lyonya Golikov, Marat Kazei, Valya Kotik, Zina Portnova.

Marat Kazei.
The war fell on the Belarusian land. The Nazis broke into the village where Marat lived with his mother, Anna Aleksandrovna Kazya. In the fall, Marat no longer had to go to school in the fifth grade. The Nazis turned the school building into their barracks. The enemy was fierce. For communication with the partisans, Anna Aleksandrovna Kazei was seized, and soon Marat learned that his mother had been hanged in Minsk. The boy's heart filled with anger and hatred for the enemy. Together with his sister, Komsomol member Ada, the pioneer Marat Kazei went to the partisans in the Stankovsky forest.

He became a scout at the headquarters of the partisan brigade. Penetrated into enemy garrisons and delivered valuable information to the command. Using these data, the partisans developed a daring operation and defeated the fascist garrison in the city of Dzerzhinsk ... Marat took part in the battles and invariably showed courage, fearlessness, together with experienced demolition men he mined the railway. Marat died in battle. He fought to the last bullet, and when he had only one grenade left, he let the enemies get closer and blew them up ... and himself. For courage and courage, the pioneer Marat Kazei was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. A monument to the young Hero was erected in the city of Minsk.

Nadia Bogdanova.
She was twice executed by the Nazis, and fighting friends long years Nadia was considered dead. They even erected a monument to her.
It's hard to believe, but when she became a scout in the partisan detachment of "Uncle Vanya" Dyachkov, she was not even ten years old. Small, thin, she, pretending to be a beggar, wandered among the Nazis, noticing everything, remembering everything, and brought the most valuable information to the detachment.

And then, together with the partisan fighters, she blew up the fascist headquarters, derailed a train with military equipment, mined objects. The first time she was seized when, together with Vanya Zvontsov, she hung out a red flag on November 7, 1941 in enemy-occupied Vitebsk. They beat her with ramrods, tortured, and when they brought her to the ditch - to shoot, she had no strength left - she fell into the ditch, for a moment, ahead of the bullet. Vanya died, and the partisans found Nadya alive in the ditch ... The second time she was captured at the end of 1943. And again torture: they poured ice water over her in the cold, burned a five-pointed star on her back. Considering the scout dead, the Nazis, when the partisans attacked Karasevo, abandoned her.

Local residents came out, paralyzed and almost blind. After the war in Odessa, Academician V.P. Filatov returned Nadia's eyesight. 15 years later she heard on the radio how the chief of intelligence of the 6th detachment Slesarenko - her commander - said that the fighters would never forget their dead comrades, and named Nadia among them Bogdanov, who saved his life, the wounded one ... Only then did she appear, only then did the people who worked with her learn about what an amazing fate she is, Nadya Bogdanova, who was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, medals.

Zina Portnova
The war found the Leningrad pioneer Zina Portnova in the village of Zuya, where she came on vacation, not far from the Obol station of the Vitebsk region. An underground Komsomol-youth organization "Young Avengers" was created in Oboli, and Zina was elected a member of its committee. She participated in daring operations against the enemy, in sabotage, distributed leaflets, conducted reconnaissance on the instructions of a partisan detachment. ... It was December 1943. Zina was returning from a mission.

In the village of Mostishche, she was betrayed by a traitor. The Nazis seized the young partisan and tortured her. The answer to the enemy was Zina's silence, her contempt and hatred, her determination to fight until
end. During one of the interrogations, choosing the moment, Zina grabbed a pistol from the table and shot point-blank at the Gestapo. The officer who ran to the shot was also killed on the spot. Zina tried to flee, but the Nazis overtook her ... The brave young pioneer was brutally tortured, but until the last minute she remained steadfast, courageous, unbending. And the Motherland posthumously marked her feat with her highest title - the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Lenya Golikov
When his native village was captured by the enemy, the boy went to the partisans.
More than once he went to reconnaissance, brought important information to the partisan detachment. And enemy trains and cars flew downhill, bridges collapsed, enemy warehouses burned ...
There was a battle in his life that Lenya fought alone with a fascist general. A grenade thrown by the boy knocked out the car. A Nazi got out of it with a briefcase in his hands and, firing back, rushed to run. Lenya follows him. He pursued the enemy for almost a kilometer and finally killed him.

There were very important documents in the portfolio. The partisan headquarters immediately flew them to Moscow.
There were many more battles in his short life! And the young hero who fought shoulder to shoulder with adults never wavered. He died near the village of Ostraya Luka in the winter of 1943, when the enemy was especially fierce, feeling that the earth was burning under his feet, that there would be no mercy for him ...
On April 2, 1944, a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was published on awarding the pioneer partisan Lena Golikov the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Valya Kotik
When the Nazis broke into Shepetovka, Valya Kotik, together with her friends, decided to fight the enemy. The guys collected weapons at the site of the fighting, which the partisans later transported to the detachment on a hay cart.
Having looked closely at the boy, the communists entrusted Vale to be a liaison and intelligence officer in their underground organization. He learned the location of enemy posts, the order of changing the guard.
The Nazis planned a punitive operation against the partisans, and Valya, after tracking down the Hitlerite officer who led the punishers, killed him ...

When the arrests began in the city, Valya, along with his mother and brother Viktor, went to the partisans. The pioneer, who had just turned fourteen, fought shoulder to shoulder with adults, freeing his native land. On his account - six enemy echelons, blown up on the way to the front. Valya Kotik was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" of the 2nd degree.
Valya Kotik died as a hero, and the Motherland posthumously honored him with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Vitya Khomenko
The pioneer Vitya Khomenko went through his heroic way of fighting the Nazis in the underground organization "Nikolaev Center".
... At school, Viti's German was "excellent", and the underground workers instructed the pioneer to get a job in the officer's canteen. He washed dishes, it happened, served the officers in the hall and listened to their conversations. In drunken disputes, the Nazis blurted out information that was of great interest to the "Nikolaev Center".
The officers began to send the fast, intelligent boy on assignments, and soon they made him a messenger at the headquarters. It never occurred to them that the most secret packages were the first to be read by the underground fighters in attendance ...

Together with Shura Kober, Vitya was ordered to cross the front line in order to establish contact with Moscow. In Moscow, at the headquarters of the partisan movement, they reported on the situation and told about what they saw on the way.
Back in Nikolaev, the guys delivered a radio transmitter, explosives, and weapons to the underground workers. Again, a fight without fear and hesitation. On December 5, 1942, ten members of the underground were seized by the Nazis and executed. Among them are two boys - Shura Kober and Vitya Khomenko. They lived as heroes and died like heroes.
The Motherland awarded her fearless son with the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree - posthumously. The name of Vitya Khomenko bears the school in which he studied.

Volodya Kaznacheev
1941 ... In the spring I graduated from the fifth grade. In the fall he joined a partisan detachment.
When, together with his sister Anya, he came to the partisans in the Kletnyansky forests, in the Bryansk region, in the detachment they said: "Well, replenishment! .." True, having learned that they are from Solovyanovka, the children of Elena Kondratyevna Kaznacheeva, the one who baked bread for the partisans , they stopped joking (Elena Kondratyevna was killed by the Nazis).
The detachment had a "partisan school".

Future miners and demolition workers were trained there. Volodya mastered this science with excellent marks and, together with his senior comrades, derailed eight echelons. He had to cover the retreat of the group, stopping the pursuers with grenades ...

He was connected; often went to Kletnya, delivering the most valuable information; waiting for darkness, he pasted leaflets. From operation to operation, he became more experienced, more skillful.
The Nazis appointed a reward for the head of the partisan Kzanacheyev, not even suspecting that their brave adversary was still a boy. He fought alongside adults until the very day when his native land was liberated from the fascist scum, and rightfully shared with the adults the glory of the hero - the liberator of his native land. Volodya Kaznacheev was awarded the Order of Lenin, the medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" 1 degree.

Marat Kazei with his sister.

A surviving letter to my sister.

It can even be argued that the pioneer heroes themselves are a myth generated by total propaganda. But one thing should not be forgotten: these 13-17-year-olds died for real. Someone blew himself up with the last grenade, someone got a bullet from the advancing Germans, someone was hanged in the courtyard of the prison.
These guys, for whom the words "patriotism", "honor" and "Motherland" were absolute concepts, have earned the right to everything. Except oblivion. "

Lyonya Golikov and Valya Kotik

Zina Portnova and Valya Zenkina

Marat Kazei and Volodya Dubinin

Lara Mikheenko and Nadya Bogdanova

Kostya Kravchuk and Vitya Khomenko

Utah Bondarovskaya and Galya Komleva

Vasya Korobko and Sasha Borodulin

In World of Warcraft, a new week starts on Wednesday. And this new week - new content from Patch 7.2, namely the chain of quests to receive the defenders added in the update. Each class received a new defender, and mages and paladins - even 2!

Death Knight
Minerva Ravenmourne.

Demon hunters
Lady Stano.

Druids
Tizali Crow.

Hunters
Night Hunter Sirenna.

Magicians
Ethas the Sunreaver.

Great Akhalaimakhalai.

Monks
Brewmaster Alma.

Paladins
Nerus Moonclaw.

Maximilian Severozemsky.

Priests
Eltaliste.

Robbers
Princess Tess Greymane (Alliance) and Lillian Voss (Horde).

Shamans
Magatha Grimtotem.

Warlocks
Kanretad Chernodrev.

Warriors
Lord Darius Crowley (Alliance) and Eitrigg (Horde).

After you recruit a new defender, your defenders cap will increase by 1 to six. In addition, the possibility of studying the 7th and 8th rank of the improvement of the class hall will open:

• Rank 7: +1 defender or recruiting powerful units that give + 30% to mission success and can withstand threats.
• Rank 8: Grants more Artifact Power for World Quests and Order Missions.

The full study of 7-8 ranks will take 6 days and 25k of order resources.

By the way, after completing the new stages of the campaign, you will receive several pleasant bonuses. For example, robbers can / whistle to their new pet (emotion / whistle) and he will sit on his shoulder! \u003d)

Hotfixes
Broken Shore

• The Enemy Portals World Quest will now correctly grant reputation to players altered by the Wyrmtongue Disguise.
• Players no longer take damage from Empowered Dragon Breath and Empowered Living Bomb during the "Incinerate" quest.

Robbers

• The artifact bonus “Out of the Shadows” no longer keeps the rogue in combat after using Vanish and stops dealing damage to blinded targets.

Warriors

• In PvP, Soul of Carnage heals 30% less.

Class hall

• Grandiose Armor Kit now properly upgrade Shoulders.
• Players need to complete the previous chapters of the class campaign in order to receive the chain for the new defenders from Maiev.
• Monks: Items obtained from the Brewery stack in 5 pieces.
• Warlocks: Demon Hearts stack in 5 pieces and have different icons.

Items

• Fixed a bug due to which Retu's Endless Courage interacted with neutral creatures in a wrong way.

The world boss this week is Shartos. This is the dragon that slumbers in Valshara.

It drops loot from UP860, and warriors can also knock out the skull from it, which is necessary for the secret appearance of the artifact: the Blades of the Dragon Slayer!

And, of course, one more event: a bonus event in the Arena, which will seriously increase the amount of honor for skirmishes in the Arena!

Successful reset of raids \u003d)

Companions not only help carry out missions, but also reveal some history in the fight against the Legion. So, you can find key personalities of the lore, for example, Rehgar for shamans or Manastorm for magicians. The main goal of companions (champions) is to help in various class hall missions, which give experience, artifact power, gold, and sometimes gear. A certain number of missions are also required to complete a class campaign or to obtain a mount, such as a fox. Each class has access to eight allies in the Legion stronghold, but only five champions can be active. The rest will be marked "pending instructions." You can activate an ally at any time, but it will cost 250 gold. Legion leveling companions: common, rare, epicThe starting level of a champion is determined in which company (chapter) of the stronghold he is received, but the starting quality will always be normal. That is, the quality does not depend on the hero's level: 100, 13, 19 or 110. The maximum level is 110. To improve the quality of a follower, you must complete missions. Experience graph for followers, regardless of class:

XP you need: Epic

When a champion has received the maximum level and quality, no experience is awarded for him.

Legion Follower Item Levels

Having reached level 110 of a follower, he receives an ilvl of 760 items, which can be increased to complete more difficult tasks. The maximum item level is 850. Improving the quality of equipment requires the following improvements:

• Heavy Armor Set: +5 Position Level
• Reinforced Armor Set: +10 Position Level
• Impenetrable Armor Set: Position Level +15

This means that items will always be a multiple of a number, and companions cannot have, for example, 799 ilvl. You can get the elements in two ways: from various missions of the stronghold, using the third level of improvement of the stronghold. As for the second method, Druids, Monks and Shamans can get it. Other classes simply place orders for champion weapons. Each order takes 12 hours and costs 50 resources. class stronghold: low level and battle Sometimes, for 100% winrate in missions, you can add low-level companions, but if you send everyone to the mission low level champions, the chances of winning will be much lower. It is also worth considering that such companions do not fully gain experience. If the difference is too great, then it will become simply useless: not conducive to success.

Legion Companions Outfit

When champions reach level 110 and a different quality, equipment slots are opened for them, which can be used as upgrades. The first slot is unlocked when a follower reaches a Rare quality, the second one is epic. You can get the equipment:

• Class Hall missions
• Local quests
• The third level of the order
• Emisar
• Treasures, chests

To put equipment, simply click on the icon or place the desired item in it. Below is a table with different equipment that improves a certain stat:

	Victory Increase Percentage:
Shabby stone
Lucky bauble
Fetish luck	Increases the success rate of missions by 15%.
Hurrying pocket watch	20% on missions less than 4 hours.
Potion of energy	30% of missions are less than 4 hours.
Elixir of Mighty Concentration	40% of missions are less than 4 hours.
Sturdy Hiking Boots	On a mission longer than 8 hours by 20%.
Bottomless flask	On a mission longer than 8 hours by 30%.
Vial of Endless Breath	On a mission longer than 8 hours by 40%.

Undead Token	Death Knight
Rune of Retribution
Death's Touch
Relic of the Ebon Blade
Marauder's Trail	Demon hunter
Relic of the Shadow
Demon's Seal
Essence of Malice
Elune's Gaze
Scroll of Growth
Glowing Token
Forest Ember
Bow of the Ancient Kings
Seeker's Receipt
Windrunner's Gift
Cloak of Deception
Magician's Trinket
Arcane Token
Ring of Primal Power
Highborne Trinket
Chi Energy Gem
Blessing Tea
Crazy Stone Can
Bell of Rage
Hammer of Justice
Protection of the Light
Scripture of Enlightenment
Ornament of the Order of the Silver Hand
Sacred Figurine	Priest (priest)
Power of Light
Sanity In A Bottle
Edge of Sanity
Smoke Grenades
Strength Siphon Brew
Disappearance Powder
Mitan Voodoo
Earth Clamp
Totem of the Earth
Furious Charge
Skull of the Dark Brotherhood	Warlock
Demonic Brew
Helm of Command
Council of the Black Harvest Relic
Might of the Valarjar
Battle Banner
Ax Val "kira
Skull of the Fallen Enemy

Demon in the box	Mission success rate is 15% higher.
Royal feathers	The mission success rate is 15%, and with bodyguards it gives 25 units. resources for completing a local quest.
Potion of Sacrifice	The mission success rate is 15%, and with bodyguards it gives 15 gold for completing a local quest.
Brooch of endless dreams	Reduces mission time by 15% and increases success rate by 5%.
Book of secrets	Reduces mission time by 15% and grants 25 pts. resources in local quests with a bodyguard.
Eltrig's Grace	Reduces mission time by 15% and gives 15 gold in local quests with a bodyguard.
The power of omen	Gives 100 pts. resource with a bodyguard in completing local quests and increases success in missions by 5%.
Ice fang	Gives 100 pts. resource with a bodyguard in performing local quests and reduces the time for completing missions by 5%.
Embers of Fiery Expanses	Gives 100 pts. resource with a bodyguard in the implementation of local quests and 15 gold.
Refuge of Light	Gives 50 gold with a bodyguard in completing local quests and increases the victory percentage by 5.
End of the Nightmare	Gives 50 gold with a bodyguard in completing local quests and reduces the time for completing missions by 5%.
Dust of Azeroth	Gives 25 pts. resource with a bodyguard in the implementation of local quests and 50 gold.

Winter horn	Death Knight	Increases victory percentage by 20% during one mission, can be used up to three missions.
Golden banana
Manuscript of truth
Action plan	Rogue
Shattered soul	Demon hunter	Restores 1 vitality of target unit.
Wild mushroom
Meryl's Conjured Foods
Healing well
Healing Stream Totem
Spiteful Soul Healthstone	Warlock
Scream of the dead		Summons a squad of Valarjar aspirants.

Companions in the Legion by class: a list, where to get it?

Below you can see the list, where all companions of the Legion are indicated by class, what abilities they have. We've created helpful notes for some of the champions.

Companions of the Hunter (Hunt) Legion:

Feature:

Rogue's Companions (Horns) Legion:

Feature

We have prepared a detailed guide to the Command Table in Battle for Azeroth: how to open access to it, what benefits it brings, what defenders and squads are, etc.

How to open access to the Command Table

After completing your faction's War Campaign introductory quest chain, you will receive your first Command Table mission - War Campaign (Horde) / War Campaign (Alliance).

This quest will lead you to a representative of your faction, who will then give you a new task - War Fund (Horde) / War Fund (Alliance). The essence of the quest is that you need to get 100 units. Resources for the war. This currency can be obtained by completing tasks, killing rare monsters and opening treasure chests scattered throughout the game locations of the Battle for Azeroth.

After you get 100 pts. Resources for the war, you will need to go back to the one who gave you the task to open the Command Table.

• If you are playing as the Alliance, return to Halford Wyrmbane in Tiragarde Sound (coordinates 74, 26).
• If you're playing as the Horde, return to Nathanos Blightcaller in Zuldazar (coordinates 58, 63).

After a brief "briefing" from a member of your faction, you will have access to the first mission of the Commanding Table called The Invisible War (Horde) / Invisible War (Alliance).

This mission takes 2 hours to complete, so you can continue pumping or completing other quests. Remember to recruit as many squads as possible, as they will make it easier for your defenders to complete missions in the future.

At level 112

After you reach level 112, you should return to the Command Table. A member of your faction will have new quest, in which you will need to choose one of three enemy territories to create a bridgehead on it and recruit new defenders.

• For the Alliance, choose Zuldazar for Kelsey Stalizvon, Vol'dun for Magister Umbria, or Nazmir for John J. Keeshan.
• For Horde, choose Tiragarde Sound for Shadow Hunter Tu'jin, Drustvar for Hobart Drak, or Stormsong Valley for Rexxar.

The choice of territory is not essential, since you will open the rest of the defenders pretty quickly. In each location you will need to go through a short chain of quests. Once you complete the walkthrough, return to the Command Table, prepare as many squads as possible and send your defenders on missions. After that, you can continue pumping and completing other quests.

At level 114

After reaching level 114, you can return to the Command Table and your faction leader to complete the second quest chain in one of the two remaining zones. Completing these tasks will open access to the third defender.

In addition, you can choose between two Tier 1 Commander Table upgrades:

• Seaman Nostalgia reduces the cooldown of the Hearthstone by 40% in Kul Tiras and Zandalar.
• Down to Earth (Horde) / Down to Earth (Alliance) increases the movement speed of your mount by 20% after completing a route flight.

• An extension to the barracks increases the maximum number of units by 2.
• The troop transfer portal allows you to recruit troops instantly.

Heroes of the Great Patriotic War

Alexander Matrosov

Gunner-machine gunner of the 2nd separate battalion of the 91st separate Siberian volunteer brigade named after Stalin.

Sasha Matrosov did not know his parents. He was brought up in an orphanage and a labor colony. When the war began, he was not even 20. Matrosov was drafted into the army in September 1942 and sent to an infantry school, and then to the front.

In February 1943, his battalion attacked a Nazi stronghold, but fell into a trap, falling under heavy fire, which cut off the path to the trenches. They were shooting from three bunkers. Two soon fell silent, but the third continued to shoot the Red Army soldiers who lay in the snow.

Seeing that the only chance to get out of the fire was to suppress the enemy's fire, Sailors with a fellow soldier crawled to the bunker and threw two grenades in his direction. The machine gun fell silent. The Red Army went on the attack, but the deadly weapon rattled again. Partner Alexander was killed, and Matrosov was left alone in front of the bunker. I had to do something.

He did not have even a few seconds to make a decision. Not wanting to let down his comrades, Alexander closed the embrasure of the bunker with his body. The attack was crowned with success. And Matrosov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Military pilot, commander of the 2nd squadron of the 207th long-range bomber aviation regiment, captain.

He worked as a mechanic, then in 1932 he was drafted into the Red Army. He ended up in an air regiment, where he became a pilot. Nikolai Gastello took part in three wars. A year before the Great Patriotic War, he received the rank of captain.

On June 26, 1941, the crew under the command of Captain Gastello flew out to strike a German mechanized convoy. It was on the road between the Belarusian towns of Molodechno and Radoshkovichi. But the column was well guarded by enemy artillery. A fight ensued. Gastello's plane was hit by an anti-aircraft gun. The shell damaged the fuel tank, and the car caught fire. The pilot could have ejected, but he decided to fulfill his military duty to the end. Nikolai Gastello directed the burning car directly at the enemy column. This was the first fiery ram in the Great Patriotic War.

The name of the brave pilot has become a household name. Until the end of the war, all the aces who decided to go to the ram were called the Ghatellots. If you follow the official statistics, then during the entire war there were almost six hundred rams of the opponent.

Brigadier scout of the 67th detachment of the 4th Leningrad partisan brigade.

Lena was 15 years old when the war began. He had already worked at the plant, having completed his seven-year period. When the Nazis captured his native Novgorod region, Lenya joined the partisans.

He was brave and determined, the command appreciated him. For several years spent in a partisan detachment, he participated in 27 operations. On his account there are several destroyed bridges behind enemy lines, 78 destroyed Germans, 10 trains with ammunition.

It was he who, in the summer of 1942, near the village of Varnitsa, blew up a car in which there was a German Major General of the Engineering Troops Richard von Wirtz. Golikov managed to obtain important documents about the German offensive. The enemy's attack was thwarted, and the young hero was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for this feat.

In the winter of 1943, a significantly superior enemy detachment unexpectedly attacked the partisans near the village of Ostraya Luka. Lenya Golikov died like a real hero - in battle.

Pioneer. A scout of the Voroshilov partisan detachment in the territory occupied by the Nazis.

Zina was born and went to school in Leningrad. However, the war found her on the territory of Belarus, where she came on vacation.

In 1942, 16-year-old Zina joined the underground organization Young Avengers. She distributed anti-fascist leaflets in the occupied territories. Then, undercover, she got a job in a canteen for German officers, where she committed several sabotage and only miraculously was not captured by the enemy. Many experienced military men were surprised at her courage.

In 1943, Zina Portnova joined the partisans and continued to engage in sabotage behind enemy lines. Due to the efforts of the defectors who surrendered Zina to the Nazis, she was captured. In the dungeons she was interrogated and tortured. But Zina was silent, not betraying her own. During one of these interrogations, she grabbed a pistol from the table and shot three Nazis. After that, she was shot in prison.

An underground anti-fascist organization operating in the area of \u200b\u200bthe modern Luhansk region. It numbered over a hundred people. The youngest participant was 14 years old.

This underground youth organization was formed immediately after the occupation of the Luhansk region. It included both professional soldiers who were cut off from the main units, and local youth. Among the most famous participants: Oleg Koshevoy, Ulyana Gromova, Lyubov Shevtsova, Vasily Levashov, Sergey Tyulenin and many other young people.

The "Young Guard" issued leaflets and committed sabotage against the Nazis. Once they managed to disable an entire tank repair shop, burn down the stock exchange, from where the Nazis drove people to forced labor in Germany. The members of the organization planned to stage an uprising, but were exposed due to the traitors. The Nazis caught, tortured and shot over seventy people. Their feat is immortalized in one of the most famous military books by Alexander Fadeev and the film adaptation of the same name.

28 people from the personnel of the 4th company of the 2nd battalion of the 1075th rifle regiment.

In November 1941, a counteroffensive against Moscow began. The enemy stopped at nothing, making a decisive march before the onset of a harsh winter.

At this time, soldiers under the command of Ivan Panfilov took up a position on a highway seven kilometers from Volokolamsk, a small town near Moscow. There they gave battle to the advancing tank units. The battle lasted four hours. During this time, they destroyed 18 armored vehicles, delaying the enemy's attack and thwarting his plans. All 28 people (or almost all, historians differ here) died.

According to legend, the company's political instructor Vasily Klochkov, before the decisive stage of the battle, addressed the soldiers with a phrase that became known throughout the country: "Russia is great, but there is nowhere to retreat - Moscow is behind!"

The fascist counteroffensive ultimately failed. The battle for Moscow, which was assigned the most important role in the course of the war, was lost by the invaders.

In childhood future hero had had rheumatism, and the doctors doubted that Maresyev would be able to fly. However, he stubbornly applied to the flight school until he was finally enrolled. Maresyev was drafted into the army in 1937.

He met the Great Patriotic War at the flight school, but soon got to the front. During the sortie, his plane was shot down, and Maresyev himself was able to eject. For eighteen days, seriously wounded in both legs, he got out of the encirclement. However, he still managed to overcome the front line and ended up in the hospital. But gangrene had already begun, and doctors amputated both of his legs.

For many, this would mean the end of the service, but the pilot did not give up and returned to aviation. Until the end of the war, he flew with prostheses. Over the years, he made 86 sorties and shot down 11 enemy aircraft. And 7 - after amputation. In 1944, Alexey Maresyev went to work as an inspector and lived to be 84 years old.

His fate inspired the writer Boris Polevoy to write The Story of a Real Man.

Deputy squadron commander of the 177th Air Defense Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Viktor Talalikhin began to fight already in the Soviet-Finnish war. He shot down 4 enemy planes on a biplane. Then he served in an aviation school.

In August 1941, one of the first Soviet pilots rammed a German bomber in a night air battle. Moreover, the wounded pilot was able to get out of the cockpit and parachute down to the rear of his own.

Then Talalikhin shot down five more German planes. He died during another air battle near Podolsk in October 1941.

73 years later, in 2014, the search engines found Talalikhin's plane, which remained in the swamps near Moscow.

Artilleryman of the 3rd counter-battery artillery corps of the Leningrad Front.

Soldier Andrei Korzun was drafted into the army at the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War. He served on the Leningrad front, where fierce and bloody battles were fought.

On November 5, 1943, during another battle, his battery came under fierce enemy fire. Korzun was seriously injured. Despite the terrible pain, he saw that the powder charges were set on fire and the ammunition depot could fly into the air. Gathering his last strength, Andrei crawled to the blazing fire. But he could not take off his greatcoat to cover the fire. Losing consciousness, he made one last effort and covered the fire with his body. The explosion was avoided at the cost of the life of the brave artilleryman.

Commander of the 3rd Leningrad Partisan Brigade.

A native of Petrograd, Alexander German, according to some sources, was a native of Germany. He served in the army since 1933. When the war began, he became a scout. He worked behind enemy lines, commanded a partisan detachment, which terrified enemy soldiers. His brigade killed several thousand Nazi soldiers and officers, derailed hundreds of trains and blew up hundreds of vehicles.

The Nazis arranged a real hunt for Herman. In 1943, his partisan detachment was surrounded in the Pskov region. Making his way to his own, the brave commander was killed by an enemy bullet.

Commander of the 30th Separate Guards Tank Brigade of the Leningrad Front

Vladislav Khrustitsky was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army back in the 1920s. In the late 30s he graduated from the armored courses. Since the fall of 1942, he commanded the 61st separate light tank brigade.

He distinguished himself during Operation Iskra, which marked the beginning of the defeat of the Germans on the Leningrad front.

Killed in a battle near Volosovo. In 1944, the enemy retreated from Leningrad, but from time to time made attempts to counterattack. During one of these counterattacks, Khrustitsky's tank brigade fell into a trap.

Despite heavy fire, the commander ordered to continue the offensive. He turned to the radio to his crews with the words: "Fight to the death!" - and went forward first. Unfortunately, the brave tanker died in this battle. And yet the village of Volosovo was liberated from the enemy.

Commander of a partisan detachment and brigade.

Before the war he worked for railroad... In October 1941, when the Germans were already standing near Moscow, he volunteered for a complex operation in which his railway experience was needed. Was thrown behind enemy lines. There he invented the so-called "coal mines" (in fact, these are just mines disguised as coal). With the help of this simple but effective weapon, hundreds of enemy trains were undermined in three months.

Zaslonov actively agitated the local population to go over to the side of the partisans. The Nazis, having learned this, changed their soldiers into Soviet uniforms. Zaslonov took them for defectors and ordered them to be admitted to the partisan detachment. The way was opened for the insidious enemy. A battle ensued, during which Zaslonov died. A reward was announced for Zaslonov, alive or dead, but the peasants hid his body, and the Germans did not get it.

Commander of a small partisan detachment.

Efim Osipenko fought back in Civil war... Therefore, when the enemy seized his land, without thinking twice, he went to the partisans. Together with five more comrades, he organized a small partisan detachment, which committed sabotage against the Nazis.

During one of the operations, it was decided to undermine the enemy composition. But there was not enough ammunition in the detachment. The bomb was made from an ordinary grenade. The explosives had to be installed by Osipenko himself. He crawled to the railway bridge and, seeing the approaching train, threw her in front of the train. There was no explosion. Then the partisan himself hit the grenade with a pole from the railway sign. It worked! A long train with provisions and tanks went downhill. The squad leader survived, but completely lost his sight.

For this feat, he was the first in the country to be awarded the medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War."

The peasant Matvey Kuzmin was born three years before the abolition of serfdom. And he died, becoming the oldest holder of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Its history contains many references to the history of another famous peasant - Ivan Susanin. Matvey also had to lead the invaders through the forest and swamps. And, like the legendary hero, he decided to stop the enemy at the cost of his life. He sent his grandson ahead to warn a detachment of partisans that had stopped nearby. The Nazis were ambushed. A fight ensued. Matvey Kuzmin was killed by a German officer. But he did his job. He was 84 years old.

A partisan who was part of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the headquarters of the Western Front.

While studying at school, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya wanted to enter a literary institute. But these plans were not destined to come true - the war prevented. In October 1941, Zoya, as a volunteer, came to the recruiting station and after a short training at a school for saboteurs was transferred to Volokolamsk. There, an 18-year-old fighter of a partisan unit, along with adult men, performed dangerous tasks: she mined roads and destroyed communication centers.

During one of the sabotage operations, Kosmodemyanskaya was captured by the Germans. She was tortured, forcing her to betray her. Zoya heroically endured all the trials without saying a word to her enemies. Seeing that it was impossible to get anything from the young partisan, they decided to hang her.

Kosmodemyanskaya steadfastly accepted the test. An instant before her death, she shouted to the assembled local residents: “Comrades, victory will be ours. German soldiers, before it's too late, surrender! " The girl's courage shocked the peasants so much that they later retold this story to front-line correspondents. And after the publication in the Pravda newspaper, the whole country learned about the feat of Kosmodemyanskaya. She became the first woman to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War.