Feat during the Second World War. Report of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War

February 5, 1924 Alexander Matrosov was born. He was a Red Army soldier, submachine gunner of the 2nd Separate Battalion of the 91st Separate Siberian Volunteer Brigade named after Stalin. During the Great Patriotic War, Alexander closed the embrasure of the German bunker with his chest, sacrificing his life to help his comrades. We will talk about the ten most selfless deeds of Soviet soldiers.

Alexander Matrosov

In September 1942, Alexander was drafted into the army. On February 27, 1943, the 2nd battalion received the task of attacking a stronghold near the village of Chernushki. As soon as the Soviet soldiers passed through the forest and reached the edge of the forest, they came under heavy enemy fire - three machine guns in bunkers covered the approaches to the village.

Two-man assault groups were sent to suppress the firing points. 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 shoot through the entire hollow in front of the village. Efforts to silence him were unsuccessful. Then Private Pyotr Ogurtsov and Private Alexander Matrosov crawled towards the bunker. On the outskirts of the bunker, Ogurtsov was seriously wounded, and Matrosov decided to complete the operation alone. He approached the embrasure from the flank and threw two grenades. However, as soon as our fighters went on the attack, fire was again opened from the bunker. Then Matrosov got up, rushed to the bunker and closed the embrasure with his body.

Mikhail Sementsov

Mikhail Sementsov - military pilot, senior lieutenant of the guard, deputy squadron commander of the 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. In total, he personally shot down 18 and in a group of 12 enemy aircraft. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star.

On February 12, 1945, Captain Sementsov, as part of a group of fighters, flew to cover a squadron of Pe-2 bombers that were attacking the German airfield Neisse. In the target area, the bombers attacked a large group of enemy fighters. In the ensuing battle, Sementsov, covering his comrades, shot down a German FW-190, however, being in a firing position, he himself was shot down.

Petr Bityutsky

Political instructor of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, Hero of the Soviet Union. In September 1934 he was called up for service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. In 1937 Bityutsky graduated from the 7th Stalingrad Military Aviation Pilot School.

By August 1941, political instructor Pyotr Bityutsky was the military commissar of the squadron of the 66th assault aviation regiment of the 15th mixed air division of the Southwestern Front. During his participation in the war, he made more than 50 sorties, shot down 4 enemy aircraft.

On August 13, 1941, near Kiev, Bityutsky flew out at the head of a fighter unit to escort bombers. Covering them from German fighters, he ensured the successful bombing of an enemy tank column. Then, covering his comrades, Bityutsky entered into an air battle with three Me-109 fighters, shooting down one of them with machine-gun fire. Against another fighter, Bityutsky used an air ram, while dying himself.

Rimma Shershneva

Rimma Shershneva is a Soviet partisan. In November 1942, she was enrolled in the Rozov partisan brigade of the Minsk partisan unit. On November 25, 1942, the brigade attacked the garrison of enemy troops occupying the village of Lomovichi.

Rimma Shershneva, in violation of the order of the brigade commander to remain at the base, followed the formation and took part in the attack. During the street battle, the partisans were stopped by machine-gun fire from a bunker with circular fire located at the crossroads. Fighter Bondarchuk with a grenade in his hand tried to get closer to the bunker, but was killed by machine-gun fire. Immediately after that, Rimma Shershneva quickly ran up to the body of a fighter and, picking up a grenade, crawled to the embrasure and threw a grenade there. The grenade hit the target, but the machine-gun burst hit the partisan. A minute after the grenade was thrown, Rimma Shershneva, having risen, rushed to the embrasure. After that, the machine gun fell silent and our soldiers were able to continue the attack. Rimma died a few days later from blood loss.

Minnigali Gubaidullin

Commander of a machine-gun platoon of the 309th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 109th Guards Rifle Division of the 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, Guard Lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union.

On September 26-27, 1943, Gubaidullin showed courage and courage in the battles on the Molochnaya River. Wounded twice, he refused to leave the battlefield. On March 8, 1944, the platoon commander, Lieutenant Gubaidullin, received an order to suppress the firing point on one of the mounds at any cost and thus break the enemy’s defensive line at the line of Dudchany - Private.

During the assault, a seriously wounded lieutenant, covering his comrades, closed the embrasure of an enemy bunker with his body and died.

Valeria Gnarovskaya

At the beginning of the war, Valeria Gnarovskaya graduated from nursing courses and went to the front, fought near Stalingrad. Only in the battle near the village of Holaya Dolina, Valeria Gnarovskaya saved more than 40 wounded soldiers and commanders and destroyed about 30 German soldiers.

In September 1943, Gnarowska had three hundred wounded soldiers and officers on her account, whom she carried out under fire from the battlefield. In the autumn of 1943, our troops fought intense battles on the banks of the Dnieper, the enemy resisted especially fiercely on the outskirts of Zaporozhye. The battalion, in which Gnarovskaya served, having liberated the village of Verbove, marched towards the Dnieper in marching order. As soon as they left the village, they came under fire from a disguised enemy ambush. The fight was short. The Nazis fled, but ours also had losses. After burying the dead, they gathered all the wounded. They pitched tents in the forest, placed the wounded before being sent to the hospital. Gnarovskaya stayed with them.

On the morning of September 23, 1943, two repulsed fascist "tigers" unexpectedly approached the camp from our rear. The tanks went straight for the tents. Lera collected bags with grenades from all the wounded and, hung with them, rushed under the tracks. There was a deafening explosion, the tank froze, shrouded in black smoke. At the cost of her life, Valeria saved seventy wounded soldiers.

Yakov Paderin

In September 1941 Yakov Paderin went to the front. He was sent to serve on the Kalinin Front in the 1326 Infantry Regiment of the 355th Division of the 39th Army. After the liberation of Kalinin, there were stubborn battles for the city of Staritsa. On December 27, 1941, the division advanced on the village of Ryabinikha. The Germans built dugouts and bunkers there, connecting them with passages.

The seventh company, where Yakov Nikolayevich Paderin fought, was sent under cover of the forest to bypass the village. Fighters under fire of the enemy stubbornly moved forward. Showing an example of courage, Paderin walked in front. At the planned line, everyone prepared for the attack. Suddenly, an enemy machine gun fired from the flank. It was decided to destroy it before the attack.

Yakov Paderin approached the bunker and prepared grenades. But there was a trench nearby, from which they were shelling. Paderin threw the last grenades into the trench and with a jerk reached the bunker, rushed at the machine gun, closing the embrasure with his body. The gun was silent. Paderin died saving the lives of his comrades. The company immediately went on the attack, destroyed the Nazis with grenades and bayonets, freeing the village of Ryabinikha.

Alexander Pankratov

Junior political officer of a tank company of the 28th tank division. In October 1938 he was drafted into the Red Army. Receives a direction to Smolensk, to the 32nd training battalion of the 21st tank brigade. In the battles for the defense of Novgorod in August 1941, he fought as part of the 28th Panzer Division under the command of Colonel Chernyakhovsky.

The springboard for heavy fighting, in addition to the city itself, was the Kirillov Monastery, which stood separately on the right bank of the Volkhov. On the night of August 24-25, the 125th tank regiment launched a covert attack on the monastery with a crossing over the Maly Volkhovets River. The German side was ready for this and met the Red Army with a dense defense. The commander of the tank company, Lieutenant Platonov, was killed, the attack stopped. The junior political officer Pankratov managed to crawl to the enemy machine gun. With the help of several grenades, he tried to destroy the firing point, but the attempt was unsuccessful - after some time the machine gun resumed firing. The advance of soldiers under heavy fire without numerous losses was impossible. Then the political instructor Pankratov rushed to the enemy machine gun and closed it with himself. This saved the rest of the fighters, giving them a few seconds for the decisive throw. Timur Frunze

Fighter pilot Timur Frunze was the son of politician and military leader Mikhail Frunze. At the end of December 1941, Timur was assigned to the 161st Fighter Aviation Regiment. Since January 7, 1942, as part of the 57th mixed aviation division of the North-Western Front, he participated in the Demyansk offensive operation. January 19, 1942, while performing a combat mission to cover the troops, Frunze, paired with the flight commander and lead pair, Lieutenant Ivan Shutov, patrolling in the Staraya Russa area, found 30 bombers escorted by fighters. Deciding to attack, they shot down a Henschel Hs.126 spotter. In the ensuing battle with four Me-109 and Me-115 fighters, one Me-109 was shot down.

However, three more Me-115s soon joined the battle, and Shutov's plane was shot down. Covering the damaged plane of a friend, Timur Frunze used up all the ammunition and was killed in the air by a direct hit in the head. The car set on fire went into a tailspin and crashed into the ground 500 meters northwest of the village of Otvidino, Starorussky district.

Young heroes of the Great Patriotic War

Cognitive material for extracurricular work in literary reading or history for elementary school on the topic: WWII

Before the war, they were the most ordinary boys and girls. They studied, helped the elders, played, bred pigeons, sometimes even took part in fights. These were ordinary children and teenagers, known only to relatives, classmates and friends.

But the hour of severe trials has come and they proved how huge an ordinary little child's heart can become when a sacred love for the Motherland, pain for the fate of its people and hatred of enemies flares up in it. Together with adults, the weight of hardships, disasters, 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. And no one expected that it was these boys and girls who were able to accomplish a great feat for the glory of the freedom and independence of their Motherland!

Not! we told the fascists,

Our people will not tolerate

To fragrant Russian bread

It was called "bro".

Where is the power in the world

To break us down

Bent us under the yoke

In those parts where in the days of victory

Our great-grandfathers and grandfathers

Feasted so many times? ..

And from sea to sea

Russian regiments got up.

We got up, we are united with the Russians,

Belarusians, Latvians,

People of free Ukraine,

Both Armenians and Georgians

Moldovans, Chuvashs...

Glory to our generals

Glory to our admirals

And ordinary soldiers ...

On foot, swimming, horseback,

Hardened in hot battles!

Glory to the fallen and the living,

I thank them from the bottom of my heart!

Let's not forget those heroes

What lie in the damp earth,

Giving life on the battlefield

For the people - for you and me.

Excerpts from S. Mikhalkov's poem "A True Story for Children"

Kazei Marat Ivanovich(1929-1944), partisan of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1965, posthumously). Since 1942, a scout of a partisan detachment (Minsk region).

The Nazis broke into the village where Marat lived with his mother, Anna Alexandrovna. 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 furious. Anna Alexandrovna Kazei was captured for her connection with the partisans, and soon Marat found out that his mother had been hanged in Minsk. The boy's heart was filled with anger and hatred for the enemy. Together with his sister Ad oy, 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 this information, 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, fifteen-year-old 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.

Portnova Zinaida Martynovna (Zina) (1926-1944), a young partisan of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1958, posthumously). Scout of the partisan detachment "Young Avengers" (Vitebsk region).

The war found Zina Portnova from Leningrad in the village of Zuya, where she came on vacation, not far from the Obol station in the Vitebsk region. In Obol, an underground Komsomol youth organization "Young Avengers" was created, and Zina was elected a member of its committee. She participated in daring operations against the enemy, distributed leaflets, and conducted reconnaissance on the instructions of the partisan detachment. In December 1943, returning from a mission, in the village of Mostishche, Zina was betrayed by a traitor to the Nazis. 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 to the end. During one of the interrogations, choosing the moment, Zina grabbed a pistol from the table and fired point-blank at the Gestapo. The officer who ran into the shot was also killed on the spot. Zina tried to escape, but the Nazis overtook her. The brave young partisan 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.

Kotik Valentin Alexandrovich(Valya) (1930-1944), a young partisan of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1958, posthumously). Since 1942 - a liaison of an underground organization in the city of Shepetovka, a scout of a partisan detachment (Khmelnitsky region, Ukraine).

Valya was born on February 11, 1930 in the village of Khmelevka, Shepetovsky district, Khmelnitsky region. Studied at school number 4. When the Nazis broke into Shepetovka, Valya Kotik and his friends decided to fight the enemy. The guys collected weapons at the battlefield, which the partisans then transported to the detachment in a wagon of hay. Looking closely at the boy, the leaders of the partisan detachment entrusted Valya to be a liaison and intelligence officer in their underground organization. He learned the location of enemy posts, the order of the changing of the guard. The Nazis planned a punitive operation against the partisans, and Valya, having tracked down the Nazi officer who led the punishers, killed him. When arrests began in the city, Valya, along with his mother and brother Viktor, went to the partisans. An ordinary boy, who had just turned fourteen years old, fought shoulder to shoulder with adults, liberating 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, 1st class, and the medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War," 2nd class. Valya died as a hero in one of the unequal battles with the Nazis.

Golikov Leonid Alexandrovich(1926-1943). Young partisan hero. A brigade reconnaissance officer of the 67th detachment of the fourth Leningrad partisan brigade, operating on the territory of the Novgorod and Pskov regions. Participated in 27 combat operations.

In total, they destroyed 78 fascists, two railway and 12 highway bridges, two food and fodder warehouses and 10 vehicles with ammunition. He distinguished himself in battles near the villages of Aprosovo, Sosnitsy, Sever. Accompanied a wagon train with food (250 carts) to besieged Leningrad. For valor and courage he was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner of War and the medal "For Courage".

On August 13, 1942, returning from reconnaissance from the Luga-Pskov highway near the village of Varnitsy, he blew up a car in which the German Major General of the Engineering Troops Richard von Wirtz was. Golikov in a shootout shot from a machine gun the general who accompanied his officer and driver. A scout delivered a briefcase with documents to the brigade headquarters. Among them were drawings and descriptions of new models of German mines, inspection reports to higher command and other important military papers. Introduced to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. On January 24, 1943, in an unequal battle in the village of Ostraya Luka, Pskov Region, Leonid Golikov died. The Presidium of the Supreme Council, by Decree of April 2, 1944, awarded him the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Arkady Kamanin I dreamed of heaven when I was just a boy. Arkady's father, Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin, a pilot, participated in the rescue of the Chelyuskinites, for which he received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. And always there is a friend of his father, Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopyanov. There was something to light up the little boy's heart. But they didn’t let him into the air, they said: grow up. When the war began, he went to work at an aircraft factory, then at the airfield. Experienced pilots, even if only for a few minutes, happened to trust him to fly the plane. Once an enemy bullet shattered the glass of the cockpit. The pilot was blinded. Losing consciousness, he managed to transfer control to Arkady, and the boy landed the plane at his airfield. After that, Arkady was allowed to seriously study flying, and soon he began to fly on his own. Once, from a height, a young pilot saw our plane, shot down by the Nazis. Under heavy mortar fire, Arkady landed, transferred the pilot to his plane, took off and returned to his own. The Order of the Red Star shone on his chest. For participation in battles with the enemy, Arkady was awarded the second Order of the Red Star. By that time he had already become an experienced pilot, although he was fifteen years old. Until the very victory, Arkady Kamanin fought with the Nazis. The young hero dreamed of the sky and conquered the sky!

Yuta Bondarovskaya in the summer of 1941 she came from Leningrad for a vacation to a village near Pskov. Here a terrible war overtook her. Utah began to help the partisans. First she was a messenger, then a scout. Disguised as a beggar boy, she collected information from the villages: where the headquarters of the Nazis were, how they were guarded, how many machine guns. The partisan detachment, together with units of the Red Army, left to help the Estonian partisans. In one of the battles - near the Estonian farm Rostov - Yuta Bondarovskaya, the little heroine of the great war, died the death of the brave. The Motherland awarded her heroic daughter posthumously with the medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" I degree, the Order of the Patriotic War I degree.

When the war began, and the Nazis were approaching Leningrad, for underground work in the village of Tarnovichi - in the south of the Leningrad region - Anna Petrovna Semenova, a school counselor, was left. To communicate with the partisans, she picked up her most reliable guys, and the first among them was Galina Komleva. Cheerful, brave, inquisitive girl in her six school years was awarded six times with books with the signature: "For excellent study." The young messenger brought assignments from the partisans to her leader, and she forwarded her reports to the detachment along with bread, potatoes, products, which were obtained with great difficulty. Once, when a messenger from the partisan detachment did not arrive at the meeting place on time, Galya, half-frozen, made her way to the detachment herself, handed over a report and, having warmed up a little, hurried back, carrying a new task to the underground. Together with the young partisan Tasya Yakovleva, Galya wrote leaflets and scattered them around the village at night. The Nazis tracked down and captured the young underground workers. They were kept in the Gestapo for two months. The young patriot was shot. The Motherland marked the feat of Gali Komleva with the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree.

For the operation of reconnaissance and explosion of the railway bridge across the Drissa River, a Leningrad schoolgirl Larisa Mikheenko was presented with a government award. But the young heroine did not have time to receive her award.

The war cut the girl off from her hometown: in the summer she went on vacation to the Pustoshkinsky district, but she could not return - the Nazis occupied the village. And then one night Larisa left the village with two older friends. At the headquarters of the 6th Kalinin brigade, commander Major P.V. Ryndin initially refused to accept "so small". But young girls were able to do what strong men could not. Dressed in rags, Lara walked around the villages, finding out where and how the guns were located, sentries were placed, which German cars were moving along the highway, what kind of trains and with what cargo they came to the Pustoshka station. She also participated in military operations. The young partisan, betrayed by a traitor in the village of Ignatovo, was shot by the Nazis. In the Decree on awarding Larisa Mikheenko with the Order of the Patriotic War, I degree, there is a bitter word: "Posthumously."

Could not put up with the atrocities of the Nazis and Sasha Borodulin. Having obtained a rifle, Sasha destroyed the fascist motorcyclist, took the first military trophy - a real German machine gun. This was a good reason for accepting him into the partisan detachment. Day after day he conducted reconnaissance. More than once he went on the most dangerous missions. A lot of destroyed cars and soldiers were on his account. For the performance of dangerous tasks, for the courage, resourcefulness and courage shown, Sasha Borodulin in the winter of 1941 was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Punishers tracked down the partisans. The detachment left them for three days. In the group of volunteers, Sasha remained to cover the retreat of the detachment. When all the comrades died, the brave hero, allowing the Nazis to close the ring around him, grabbed a grenade and blew them up and himself.

The feat of a young partisan

(Excerpts from M. Danilenko's essay "Grishina's Life" (translated by Yu. Bogushevich))

At night, the punishers surrounded the village. Grisha woke up from some sound. He opened his eyes and looked out the window. A shadow flickered across the moonlit glass.

- Dad! Grisha called softly.

Sleep, what do you want? the father replied.

But the boy didn't sleep anymore. Stepping barefoot on the cold floor, he quietly walked out into the hallway. And then I heard someone yank open the door and several pairs of boots rattled heavily into the hut.

The boy rushed into the garden, where there was a bathhouse with a small outbuilding. Through a crack in the door Grisha saw his father, mother and sisters being taken out. Nadia was bleeding from her shoulder, and the girl clamped the wound with her hand...

Until dawn, Grisha stood in the annex and looked ahead of him with wide eyes. The moonlight was sparse. Somewhere an icicle fell off the roof and shattered on the mound with a quiet clang. The boy started. He felt neither cold nor fear.

That night he had a small wrinkle between his eyebrows. Appeared to never disappear again. Grisha's family was shot by the Nazis.

From village to village walked a thirteen-year-old boy with a not childishly stern look. Went to Sozh. He knew that somewhere across the river was his brother Alexei, there were partisans. A few days later, Grisha came to the village of Yametsky.

Feodosia Ivanova, a resident of this village, was a liaison officer of the partisan detachment commanded by Pyotr Antonovich Balykov. She brought the boy to the detachment.

Commissar Pavel Ivanovich Dedik and Chief of Staff Alexei Podobedov listened to Grisha with stern faces. And he stood in a torn shirt, with his legs knocked down on the roots, with an unquenchable fire of hatred in his eyes. The partisan life of Grisha Podobedov began. And no matter what task the partisans went on, Grisha always asked to take him with him ...

Grisha Podobedov became an excellent partisan scout. Somehow the messengers reported that the Nazis, together with the policemen from Korma, robbed the population. They took 30 cows and everything that came to hand, and they are going in the direction of the Sixth settlement. The detachment went in pursuit of the enemy. The operation was led by Petr Antonovich Balykov.

“Well, Grisha,” said the commander. - You will go with Alena Konashkova to reconnaissance. Find out where the enemy has stopped, what he is doing, what he is thinking of doing.

And now, a weary woman with a hoe and a sack wanders into the Sixth Village, and with her a boy dressed in an oversized padded jacket.

“They sowed millet, good people,” the woman complained to the policemen. - And try to raise these clearings with a little. It's not easy, oh it's not easy!

And no one, of course, noticed how the boy's keen eyes follow each soldier, how they notice everything.

Grisha visited five houses where the Nazis and policemen stayed. And I found out about everything, then I reported in detail to the commander. A red rocket soared into the sky. And in a few minutes everything was over: the partisans drove the enemy into a cunningly placed "bag" and destroyed it. The stolen goods were returned to the population.

Grisha also went to reconnaissance before the memorable battle near the Pokat River.

With a bridle, limping (a splinter hit the heel), the little shepherd scurried among the Nazis. And such hatred burned in his eyes that it seemed that she alone could incinerate enemies.

And then the scout reported how many cannons he saw on the enemy, where machine guns and mortars were stationed. And from partisan bullets and mines the invaders found their graves on Belarusian soil.

In early June 1943, Grisha Podobedov, together with partisan Yakov Kebikov, went on reconnaissance to the area of ​​​​the village of Zalesye, where a punitive company from the so-called Dnepr volunteer detachment was stationed. Grisha made his way into the house, where drunken punishers had a party.

The partisans silently entered the village and completely destroyed the company. Only the commander escaped, he hid in a well. In the morning, a local grandfather pulled him out of there, like a rotten cat, by the scruff of the neck ...

This was the last operation in which Grisha Podobedov participated. On June 17, together with foreman Nikolai Borisenko, he went to the village of Ruduya Bartolomeevka for flour prepared for the partisans.

The sun shone brightly. A gray bird fluttered on the roof of the mill, watching people with cunning little eyes. The broad-shouldered Nikolai Borisenko had just loaded a heavy sack onto the cart when a pale miller came running.

- Punishers! he breathed.

The foreman and Grisha grabbed their machine guns and rushed into the bushes that grew near the mill. But they were noticed. Vicious bullets whistled, cutting alder branches.

- Lie down! - Borisenko gave the command and fired a long burst from the machine gun.

Grisha, aiming, gave short bursts. He saw how the punishers, as if stumbling upon an invisible barrier, fell, beveled by his bullets.

- So you, so you! ..

Suddenly the sergeant-major let out a dull gasp and clutched his throat. Grisha turned around. Borisenko twitched all over and fell silent. His glazed eyes now looked indifferently at the high sky, and his hand dug, as if stuck, in the box of the machine gun.

The bush, where Grisha Podobedov alone is now left, was surrounded by enemies. There were about sixty of them.

Grisha gritted his teeth and raised his hand. Several soldiers immediately rushed towards him.

“Oh, you Herods! What did you want?! the partisan shouted and slashed at them point-blank with his machine gun.

Six Nazis fell under his feet. The rest lay down. Bullets whistled over Grisha's head more and more often. The partisan was silent, did not respond. Then the emboldened enemies rose again. And again, under well-aimed automatic fire, they pressed into the ground. And the machine is already out of ammo. Grisha pulled out a pistol. — I give up! he shouted.

A tall and thin, like a pole, policeman ran up to him at a trot. Grisha shot him right in the face. For some elusive moment, the boy looked around at a rare bush, clouds in the sky and, putting a gun to his temple, pulled the trigger ...

About the exploits of the young heroes of the Great Patriotic War, you can read in the books:

Avramenko A.I. Messengers from captivity: a story / Per. from Ukrainian - M .: Young Guard, 1981. - 208 e .: ill. - (Young heroes).

Bolshak V.G. Guide to the Abyss: Dokum. story. - M .: Young Guard, 1979. - 160 p. - (Young heroes).

Vuravkin G.N. Three pages from the legend / Per. from Belarusian. - M .: Young guard, 1983. - 64 p. - (Young heroes).

Valko I.V. Where are you flying, crane?: Dokum. story. - M .: Young Guard, 1978. - 174 p. - (Young heroes).

Vygovsky B.C. The fire of a young heart / Per. from Ukrainian — M.: Det. lit., 1968. - 144 p. - (School library).

Children of wartime / Comp. E.Maximova. 2nd ed., add. — M.: Politizdat, 1988. — 319 p.

Ershov Ya.A. Vitya Korobkov - pioneer, partisan: a story - M .: Military Publishing, 1968 - 320 p. - (Library of a young patriot: About the Motherland, exploits, honor).

Zharikov A.D. Feats of the Young: Stories and Essays. - M .: Young Guard, 1965. - 144 e .: ill.

Zharikov A.D. Young partisans. - M .: Education, 1974. - 128 p.

Kassil L.A., Polyanovsky M.L. Street of the youngest son: a story. — M.: Det. lit., 1985. - 480 p. - (Military library of a student).

Kekkelev L.N. Countryman: The Tale of P. Shepelev. 3rd ed. - M .: Young Guard, 1981. - 143 p. - (Young heroes).

Korolkov Yu.M. Partisan Lenya Golikov: a story. - M .: Young Guard, 1985. - 215 p. - (Young heroes).

Lezinsky M.L., Eskin B.M. Live, Vilor!: a story. - M .: Young Guard, 1983. - 112 p. - (Young heroes).

Logvinenko I.M. Crimson dawns: dokum. story / Per. from Ukrainian — M.: Det. lit., 1972. - 160 p.

Lugovoi N.D. Burnt childhood. - M .: Young Guard, 1984. - 152 p. - (Young heroes).

Medvedev N.E. Eaglets of Blagovskoe forest: dokum. story. — M.: DOSAAF, 1969. — 96 p.

Morozov V.N. A boy went to reconnaissance: a story. - Minsk: State Publishing House of the BSSR, 1961. - 214 p.

Morozov V.N. Volodin front. - M .: Young Guard, 1975. - 96 p. - (Young heroes).

Introduction

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

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

Sometimes German commanders were horrified by the rage and perseverance, courage and heroism of ordinary Russian soldiers. One of the German officers said: "When my tanks go on the attack, the earth trembles under their weight. When the Russians go into battle, the earth trembles with fear of them." One of the captured German officers looked into the faces of Russian soldiers for a long time and, in the end, sighing, said: "Now I see that Russian spirit, about which we have been told many times." Many feats were accomplished by our soldiers during the Great Patriotic War. Young guys sacrificed themselves for this long-awaited Victory. Many of them did not return home, went missing or were killed on the battlefields. And each of them can be considered a hero. After all, it was they who, at the cost of their lives, led our Motherland to the Great Victory. Soldiers perished knowing full well that they were giving their lives in the name of happiness, in the name of freedom, in the name of clear skies and clear sun, in the name of future happy generations.

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

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

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

The war between the USSR and Nazi Germany was not an ordinary war between two states, between two armies. It was the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people against the Nazi invaders. From the very first days of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet people had to deal with a very serious enemy who knew how to wage a big modern war. Hitler's mechanized hordes, regardless of losses, rushed forward and betrayed to fire and sword everything that they met on the way. Thanks to iron discipline, military skill and selflessness, millions of Soviet people, who looked death in the face, won and survived. The exploits of the Soviet heroes became a beacon to which other warrior heroes were equal.

Viktor Vasilievich Talalikhin

Born September 18, 1918 in the village. Teplovka, Volsky district, Saratov region. 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<#"justify">. Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub

(1920-1991), air marshal (1985), Hero of the Soviet Union (1944 - twice; 1945). During the Great Patriotic War in fighter aviation, 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<#"justify">. 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. He was drafted into the Soviet army in 1937. He served in the 12th Aviation Border Detachment. He made his first sortie on August 23, 1941 in the Krivoo Rog area. 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.

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 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".

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 the protagonist of which was Maresyev.

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. 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 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 Matveevich - 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). 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. 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 machine-gun fire from the enemy. Two machine guns were destroyed, but the machine gun from the third bunker continued to shell the entire hollow in front of the village. 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. 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 200 people performed the same feat, but it was no longer widely reported. His feat has become a symbol of courage and military prowess, fearlessness and love for the Motherland.

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

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

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 have been erected in St. Petersburg, Tolyatti, Velikiye Luki, Ulyanovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Ufa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, and there are at least several hundred streets and squares of Alexander Matrosov in the cities and villages of the former USSR.

Ivan Vasilievich Panfilov

In the battles near Volokolamsk, the 316th Infantry Division of General I.V. 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<#"justify">. 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.

9. Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya ("Tanya")

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

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

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

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

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

Aliya Moldagulova

Aliya Moldagulova was born on April 20, 1924 in the village of Bulak, Khobdinsky district, Aktobe region. After the death of her parents, she was 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. 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 1944, Corporal Aliya Moldagulova was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Conclusion

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

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

What fortitude was shown by those who did not hesitate to cover with their bodies the embrasure of the enemy bunker, which was spewing deadly fire!

Soldiers and officers of fascist Germany did not perform such feats, and could not do so. The spiritual motives of their actions were reactionary ideas of racial superiority and motives, and later - the fear of just retribution for the crimes committed and automatic, blind discipline.

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

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The battles have long died down. The veterans leave one by one. But the heroes of the Second World War of 1941-1945 and their exploits will forever remain in the memory of grateful descendants. This article will tell about the brightest personalities of those years and their immortal deeds. Some were still quite young, while others were no longer young. Each of the characters has its own character and its own destiny. But all of them were united by love for the Motherland and a willingness to sacrifice themselves for its good.

Alexander Matrosov.

Orphanage pupil Sasha Matrosov went to war at the age of 18. Immediately after the infantry school, he was sent to the front. February 1943 turned out to be "hot". Alexander's battalion went on the attack, and at some point the guy, along with several comrades, was surrounded. It was not possible to break through to our own - enemy machine guns fired too densely. Soon Matrosov was left alone. His comrades perished under the bullets. The young man had only a few seconds to make a decision. Unfortunately, it turned out to be the last in his life. Wanting to bring at least some benefit to his native battalion, Alexander Matrosov rushed to the embrasure, covering it with his body. The fire is silent. The attack of the Red Army was ultimately successful - the Nazis retreated. And Sasha went to heaven as a young and handsome 19-year-old guy ...

Marat Kazei

When the Great Patriotic War began, Marat Kazei was only twelve. He lived in the village of Stankovo ​​with his sister and parents. In the 41st he was in occupation. Marat's mother helped the partisans, providing them with her shelter and feeding them. Once the Germans found out about this and shot the woman. Left alone, the children, without hesitation, went to the forest and joined the partisans. Marat, who had completed only four classes before the war, helped his senior comrades as much as he could. He was even taken on reconnaissance; and he also participated in undermining the German trains. In the 43rd, the boy was awarded the medal "For Courage", for the heroism shown during the breakthrough of the encirclement. The boy was wounded in that terrible battle. And in 1944, Kazei was returning from intelligence with an adult partisan. They were noticed by the Germans and began to fire. The older comrade died. Marat fired back to the last bullet. And when he had only one grenade left, the teenager let the Germans get closer and blew himself up along with them. He was 15 years old.

Alexey Maresyev

The name of this man is known to every inhabitant of the former Soviet Union. After all, we are talking about a legendary pilot. Alexei Maresyev was born in 1916 and dreamed of the sky since childhood. Even the transferred rheumatism did not become an obstacle on the way to the dream. Despite the prohibitions of doctors, Alexei entered the flight - they took him after several futile attempts. In 1941, the stubborn young man went to the front. The sky was not what he dreamed of. But it was necessary to defend the Motherland, and Maresyev did everything for this. Once his plane was shot down. Wounded in both legs, Alexey managed to land the car on the territory occupied by the Germans and even somehow get through to his own. But time has been lost. The legs were "devoured" by gangrene, and they had to be amputated. Where to go to a soldier without both limbs? After all, she was completely crippled ... But Alexei Maresyev was not one of those. He remained in the ranks and continued to fight the enemy. As many as 86 times the winged car with the hero on board managed to take to the skies. Maresyev shot down 11 German planes. The pilot was lucky to survive that terrible war and feel the heady taste of victory. He died in 2001. "The Tale of a Real Man" by Boris Polevoy is a work about him. It was the feat of Maresyev that inspired the author to write it.

Zinaida Portnova

Born in 1926, Zina Portnova met the war as a teenager. At that time, a native resident of Leningrad was visiting relatives in Belarus. Once in the occupied territory, she did not sit on the sidelines, but joined the partisan movement. She glued leaflets, established contact with the underground ... In 1943, the Germans grabbed the girl and dragged her to their lair. During the interrogation, Zina somehow managed to take a pistol from the table. She shot her tormentors - two soldiers and an investigator. It was a heroic act that made the attitude of the Germans towards Zina even more brutal. It is impossible to convey in words the torment that the girl experienced during the terrible torture. But she was silent. Not a word could be squeezed out by the Nazis from her. As a result, the Germans shot their captive without getting anything from the heroine Zina Portnova.

Andrey Korzun

Andrei Korzun turned thirty in 1941. He was immediately called to the front, sent to the artillerymen. Korzun took part in the terrible battles near Leningrad, during one of which he was seriously wounded. It was November 5, 1943. As he fell, Korzun noticed that the ammunition depot was on fire. It was necessary to urgently put out the fire, otherwise the explosion of huge force threatened to take many lives. Somehow, bleeding and in pain, the gunner crawled to the warehouse. The artilleryman did not have the strength to take off his overcoat and throw it on the flame. Then he covered the fire with his body. The explosion didn't happen. Andrei Korzun failed to survive.

Leonid Golikov

Another young hero is Lenya Golikov. Born in 1926. Lived in the Novgorod region. With the outbreak of war, he left to partisan. The courage and determination of this teenager was not to take. Leonid destroyed 78 fascists, a dozen enemy trains and even a couple of bridges. The explosion that went down in history and claimed the German General Richard von Wirtz was his doing. The car of an important rank flew into the air, and Golikov took possession of valuable documents, for which he received the star of the Hero. A brave partisan died in 1943 near the village of Ostraya Luka during a German attack. The enemy significantly outnumbered our fighters in number, and they had no chance. Golikov fought until his last breath.
These are just six of the great many stories that permeated the entire war. Everyone who passed it, who even for a moment brought victory closer, is already a hero. Thanks to such as Maresyev, Golikov, Korzun, Matrosov, Kazei, Portnova and millions of other Soviet soldiers, the world got rid of the brown plague of the 20th century. And the reward for their deeds was eternal life!