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1. INTRODUCTION

This topic is relevant for several reasons.

Firstly, every year on May 9, our country celebrates Victory Day, this is the very day when the Soviet people, at the cost of huge losses, won a great victory over the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War. Patriotic War.

Secondly, unfortunately, fewer and fewer veterans are left alive, so our task is to collect, study and store material about the people who defended our Motherland.

Thirdly, I believe that every person should know his genealogy: the fate of his grandfathers and great-grandfathers, and then pass on his knowledge to future generations. It is very important for me that the memory of my great-grandfather remains, not only in the form of a few photographs and awards, but as a whole story built on the basis of documents and memories.

1.2. Goal of the work

The purpose of my research: studying the biography of my great-grandfather - veteran of the Great Patriotic War Nikolai Georgievich Zakharov.

1.3. Tasks:

Study the family archive (photos, military ID, other documents) from the Great Patriotic War;

Find information about my great-grandfather’s participation in hostilities;

Find out the further fate of my great-grandfather and his family in the post-war years.

1.4. Research methods:

Studying scientific literature;

Studying the family archive;

Conversation with relatives;

Questioning classmates;

Generalization of the results obtained;

Preparation of the collected material in the form of a presentation for use in practical activities: for relatives, during class hours.

1.5. Hypothesis:

If the soldiers had not defended Russia, then perhaps we would not exist.

Zakharov Nikolai Georgievich, my great-grandfather.

1.7. Subject of study:

Memories of relatives, photographs, archival documents.

MAIN PART

"Without knowing the past it is impossible to understand the true

the meaning of the present and the price of the future." Maxim Gorky

Thank you for the Great Victory!

The Great Victory Day is a special day when the history of an entire country and the history of every person were decided. We honor the memory of those who boldly stepped onto the battlefield, who did not lower their faces in the face of death, who walked through kilometers of pain to hug their loved ones. Thank you to the war heroes for your honor and bravery!

There is probably not a single family in Russia that was not affected by the Great Patriotic War. Some of our relatives and friends fought at the front, others forged victory over fascism in the rear.

And although a lot of time has passed since then, the children and grandchildren of the participants in those terrible military events are alive. They still remember the meager stories of their fathers and grandfathers about that difficult time for the country and people.

I want to tell you about my great-grandfather

Zakharov Nikolai Georgievich,

who was a participant in the Great Patriotic War .

Many years have passed since the victory in the Great Patriotic War, and quite recently I learned from my grandfather, grandmother, mother, aunt, from the book “Memory” that in this terrible war my great-grandfather participated.

According to my grandfather, in 1941, my great-grandfather, he was barely 18 years old, was sent to the city of Omsk to the FZO school - a factory school, to study as a mason.

FZO schools operated on the basis industrial enterprises and construction projects in the system of State Labor Reserves of the USSR. They trained workers in mass professions for construction, coal, mining, metallurgy, oil and other industries. The duration of training was 6 months.

During his studies, he completed an internship at the construction of the Omsk tire plant.

2.2. My great-grandfather's battle path

In December 1942, he was drafted into the army and sent to the school for junior commanders in the city of Alapaevsk. Time was running out to learn the science of soldiers: the fronts required replenishment. After graduating from the Kamyshlov sniper school, he went to the Leningrad Front, where in December 1943 he took part in his first battle - he liberated Narva and received his first wound. Sergeant - squad commander of the 4th rifle company Nikolai Georgievich Zakharov for the fact that he was wounded on November 15, 1944 while participating in battles with the German invaders near Narva, and was wounded for the second time in Tartu on September 17, 1944. By order No. 37/n dated November 10, 1994, he was awarded the medal “FOR COURAGE.”

After 2 months in the hospital he returned to his 340 rifle regiment 46th Luga Rifle Division of the 2nd Belorussian Front.

“We were stationed near Krasnoye Selo,” my great-grandfather told his grandchildren, “by the time I got here, the blockade of Leningrad had already been broken. We had to finish what we started - liberate the city... These were difficult battles - protracted, exhausting with heavy losses. The Germans were firmly entrenched here and, from everything, it was felt that they did not want to leave here. But on our part, day by day, the determination to push the enemy back from the walls of the hero city, no matter what the cost, grew. The enthusiasm of the fighters was supported by good support from artillery and aviation. When the artillery began to “work” during the next attack, it seemed that the earth was shaking.”

And still the losses on our part were large. Therefore, the sniper units, in one of which my great-grandfather fought, were given a special task, being in close proximity to enemy positions, to “compare” the command staff, as well as the crews of various firing points. It was difficult and risky work, but the snipers

performed it successfully. Who can count how many lives of Soviet soldiers were saved by their sudden well-aimed shots...

The city had already been liberated, but the war continued. Great-grandfather fought, crossed Narva, took the city of Tartu. He took part in the battles on the Kola Peninsula, where he took part in the assault on the famous Mannerheim Line - a deep-echeloned enemy defense line, which was considered practically invulnerable. Nikolai Georgievich recalled that even heavy aerial bombs could not penetrate the concrete caps of pillboxes and bunkers - when they hit them, they bounced like balls and exploded in the air without causing any harm. But our pilots figured out the secret - they began throwing bombs with a special device like a corkscrew. They were then literally screwed into the concrete and the pieces destroyed the firing points.

Wherever Nikolai Georgievich had to fight! I walked not a single kilometer of land in soldiers' boots. He took part in the battles for the defense of Leningrad and in lifting the siege of Leningrad. He fought on the Karelian Isthmus. Liberated the city of Tartu, the Kola Peninsula, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland. He took part in the liberation of the capital of Poland - the city of Warsaw, where he was seriously wounded, after which he could no longer return to duty.

He was demobilized on April 11, 1945, he was discharged for disability with the rank of senior sergeant, he returned home on May 5, and literally a few days later the long-awaited victory came.

My great-grandfather endured a difficult war on his shoulders. He shed blood, went hungry, and gave his last strength to the front. He met the war young and defended his Motherland with his breasts. At the beginning of the war, he unexpectedly matured.

He wrote letters from the front... And in each letter he talked about fortitude, perseverance and courage Soviet people, who stood up in defense of the Motherland.

For example: “I was nominated for a government award for fighting- to the medal "FOR COURAGE". I missed you very much, but it’s okay, let’s defeat Hitler - I’ll come back, hug and kiss. Bye see you. Your son Nikolai."

“I live well and cheerfully. You just have to sleep no more than two hours a day. Don't be offended that I write rarely. No free time. Fierce fighting is going on."

“During the war, for some reason, most of all I missed our native village, the birch tree that stood near my house.”

2.3. Orders and medals of great-grandfather

My great grandfather

Zakharov Nikolay Georgievich

was awarded orders and medals

06.05.1925 - 04.01.1999

Nikolai Georgievich, on behalf of the PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE USSR, was awarded the following medals:

"FOR COURAGE"

"FOR THE DEFENSE OF LENINGRAD"

anniversary medals

“FOR VICTORY OVER GERMANY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945”,

"50 years of the USSR ARMED FORCES."

On behalf of the President Russian Federation awarded a medal

“70 years of the USSR ARMED FORCES” and the ZHUKOV medal.

For the bravery, fortitude and courage shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders, and in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the victory Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 by Decree of the PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE USSR awarded the order PATRIOTIC WAR I degree

My great-grandfather's orders and medals are kept in our home, pinned on

specially made pillow

2.4. Post-war work activity

After the war, Nikolai Georgievich, sick and wounded, continued to live and work fully. He began his career in the Uvat construction department as an electrician, building the first power transmission line and power plant. Since 1947 he worked as a turner at the Yalba sleeper plant.

Since 1953, he worked as a foreman at the Uvat fish factory. In 1955, he was appointed head of the Burensky fishing site, then worked as a fishing master. More than 20 years labor activity dedicated to the fishing ground.

The site where Nikolai Georgievich worked was the best.

For the achieved high production indicators in socialist competition, the team of the state leader of the Tobolsk fish factory (foreman Zakharov N.G.) was included on February 13, 1959 in the Book of Honor of the Fishery Industry Administration and the Tyumen Regional Committee of the Trade Union of Food Industry Workers.

Awarded a diploma of honor from the Uvat District Committee of the CPSU and the executive committee of the Uvat District Council of Workers' Deputies for high performance in fulfilling the fish production plan and active participation in the life of the team.

Awarded Certificates of Merit for high performance and

conscientious attitude to work in the fishing industry.

My great-grandfather lived a long and happy life, raised three children, and had grandchildren and great-grandchildren. My great-grandmother and I knew how to support each other, help, encourage, and joke.

I believe that we need to learn a lot from the generation of our “grandfathers and great-grandfathers”: perseverance, courage, the will to Victory, learn to live in such a way that we are not ashamed of ourselves.

I didn’t see my great-grandfather, he died before I was born, but his memory lives in the hearts of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We have no right to forget him. Because his life is an example of honest service to his fatherland, people, us!

I'm proud that I had such a close and dear person. A man with a capital M is my great-grandfather.

We are grateful to you, soldier - winner! And our land, wounded, having endured everything, but blooming so wildly in this seventy-second peaceful spring.

I want to dedicate this wonderful poem by poetess Tatyana Kositskaya to my great-grandfather and all the veterans of the Great Patriotic War.

Where can I get so much warmth from my soul?

To warm wounded souls

Those who managed to defend the Fatherland,

Who managed to destroy the fascist army?

Perhaps make a bouquet of flowers?

So that he can touch the sky,

In honor of our grandfathers, brothers and fathers,

Which it’s simply a sin not to bow to!

Here they enter the hall in a small column,

How close their dear faces are to us!...

I will ask everyone in the room to stand up!

To bow deeply to these people!

3.CONCLUSION

I conducted a survey in class among my classmates.

24 people took part in the survey.


	When did the Second World War begin and end?
	Were there any relatives in your family who took part in the Great Patriotic War or were home front workers?
	Do your families have military relics (photos, military ID, military awards, letters from the front)?

According to the survey results, it turned out that all classmates know when the Great Patriotic War began and ended.

14 children indicated that their family had relatives who participated in the Second World War or were home front workers. 9 guys didn’t have it and one doesn’t know.

12 respondents confirmed that their families have military relics. I would also like to say that few of them are aware of the military relics in their families.

The survey results showed that the topic I chose was relevant. Children of the new generation have little interest in their roots; most of them do not know about the participants in the Great Patriotic War.

Using the example of my great-grandfather, I showed that it is necessary to know the history of your family, since our ancestors were direct participants in the history of their country.

3.3. Conclusion

While studying research work Having achieved my goal, I saw that the events of the Great Patriotic War did not bypass my family. Great-grandfather, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, went through it with dignity from beginning to end. Unfortunately, I was unable to reconstruct more detailed military events of my great-grandfather. I concluded that my great-grandfather was a direct participant in the historical events of our Motherland, and the history of my family echoes the history of the country.

For Victory Day, in memory of my great-grandfather, I planted a tree with my parents.

Love, happiness, health, CLEAR SKY!

My great-grandfather Zakharov Nikolai Georgievich

village of Uvat, Uvat district, Tyumen region

Thanks to Great-Grandfather for the Victory!

Eternal memory to everyone who gave us LIFE!

4. List of sources used

Book “Golden Names” 2004

Newspaper “Uvat News” dated 26.01. 1996

Internet pages

Memorial OBD website

Family archive (photos, documents)

Site in memory of the people

Svetlana Marinina
Project “My Grandfather Defended the Motherland”

Target:

find out about the fate of my great-grandfather, a WWII participant

Tasks:

1. Find out about the war years of my great-grandfather.

2. Arouse the desire of friends to learn and talk about their relatives who participated in the Second World War

3. Create a book of memory about relatives who defended our Motherland during the war.

Work plan:

1. View photos about the war.

2. Conversation with great-grandfather about the Second World War.

3. Visit to the museum of our village

4. Tell your friends about the war, about your great-grandfather.

5. Visit to the memorial

6. Learning poems and songs about war

7. Stories from friends about their relatives, defenders of the Fatherland.

8. Design of the “Book of Memory”.

Progress on the project:

One day I saw my great-grandfather Vladimir Mikhailovich Lachugin examining an old triangle, yellowed with time. I asked him what it was. He replied: “This is my letter from the front.”

I wanted to know more about my great-grandfather, a participant in the Great Patriotic War. Then the grandfather took out an album with old war photographs and talked about how he joined the army at the age of 17. He became a paratrooper, and during the war he fought on different fronts.

The first important battle was when crossing the Svir River. The river was very wide and deep, and on the other bank there were a lot of Germans. Great-grandfather was the first to land on the enemy shore on a wooden boat under fire from the Nazis, for which he received the first medal “For Courage.”

My great-grandfather fought until the end of the war. He met victory in Hungary.

Many years have passed, but my great-grandfather still visits the battle sites every year and meets with his friends.

My great-grandfather is an honored veteran of the Nizhny Novgorod region.

He and I visited the local history museum. He told me that from the first days of the war, the people of Pilny tried to do everything possible to defend their Motherland.

In the museum I especially liked the exhibition of military weapons, a model of a tank and military uniform. There I saw the same yellowed triangle that I had seen at my great-grandfather’s house. This was also a letter from the front.

When I came to kindergarten, I shared my impressions with my friends. They also became interested and then Natalya Viktorovna, our teacher, suggested that we go on an excursion to the memorial.

At the memorial, we observed a minute of silence in memory of the soldiers who died in the Second World War and laid flowers at the Eternal Flame.

In our kindergarten, holidays dedicated to Victory Day are held, where children of the eldest and preparatory groups dance, read poetry, sing songs. (song)

Natalya Viktorovna suggested creating a “Book of Memory” in our group. My friends began to bring photographs and stories to kindergarten about their relatives, participants in the Second World War.

My family and I are proud of our great-grandfather and want to be like him.

My dear grandfather,

We are all proud of you!

And I'll tell you a secret:

There is no better grandfather in the world!

I will always try

Look up to you in everything!

Project result:

1. I learned about where and how my great-grandfather fought.

2. After visiting the memorial, my friends had a great interest and desire to talk about their relatives who participated in the Second World War

3. Together with the teacher and the children of my group, we created a “Book of Memory”

Publications on the topic:

"Grandfather". Grandfather didn’t take me in his arms, didn’t stroke my head, and didn’t tell me any fairy tales about Baba Yaga on a broom, he didn’t sing me heartfelt songs, no.

Short-term creative project “They fought for their homeland.” Short-term creative project “They fought for their Motherland” Prepared by teacher of the 1st qualification category: Shcheglova N.V. Project type:.

Short-term creative project “They fought for the Motherland!” 04/14/15 -05/14/15 Project basis: Currently, adults in conversations with their children rarely touch on the topic of the Great Patriotic War.

There is a lot to tell, but unfortunately many of those who lived and participated in the war are no longer alive. Here is my grandfather already.

Educational project: “There is such a profession as defending the Motherland” Educational project: “There is such a profession as defending the Motherland.” Project passport Type of project: information-practice-oriented. Target.

Project on patriotic education of children of senior preschool age: “To be president, you must love your homeland” Project on patriotic education of older children preschool age: “To be a president, you need to love your homeland” Goal: - Implement.

On the eve of the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, I decided to make a wall newspaper “They defended the Motherland.” I asked my parents for this.

Ustimenko Elizaveta

An essay about Prokopiy Sergeevich Plastinin, one of those who defended our Motherland and won this war.

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Municipal educational institution

average comprehensive school Lalsk town

Essay

My grandfather is the defender of the Motherland.

Work completed:

Ustimenko Elizaveta

4th grade student

MOUSOSH town Lalsk

Supervisor:

Osennikova Irina Anatolyevna

teacher primary classes

MOUSOSH town Lalsk

2009

History of writing the abstract. 3 pages

Difficult childhood. 3 pages

War. 3 pages

Post-war years. 3 – 4 pp.

Address to schoolchildren. 4 pages

We live as long as we remember. 4 pages

Literature. 5 pages

Applications. 6 -8 pp.

One day, when I was 5 years old, I saw a very old photograph in my grandfather's album. There was a young man on it. I asked my grandfather: “Who is this?” He replied that it was his father. I was surprised: “How? He’s already old.” Grandfather told me that this photo was taken a long time ago. I began to ask my grandfather to tell me about his father, about the time in which he lived. And every time I came to visit my grandfather, he told me about his father, about how he fought, how he was wounded, what orders and medals he was awarded.

Recently at school we were asked to take part in the conference “The People and the Army in the Great Patriotic War.” And here I remembered my great-grandfather. After consulting with my mother, I decided to participate in the competition and wrote an essay “My grandfather is the defender of the Motherland.”

My great-grandfather, Plastinin Prokopiy Sergeevich, was born on March 5, 1921 in the village of Yaishnitsino, Nizhnelalsky village council, Lalsky district. The family had two children. My great-grandfather’s mother was left alone early, as her husband died of a cold. Procopius studied at the Factory School, lived with friends in an apartment, and went home only on weekends. Yes, yes, I went. At that time there were no buses or even cars, so children walked to school. They considered it very lucky if a horse went towards Lalsk and gave the children a ride. So the children go to school shabbyly dressed, and they also carry the bread given for the week. It’s hard, but you have to go. It was a very difficult time. Life was difficult and hungry. But her mother wanted her Procopius to receive an education. And after finishing 7th grade, she sent her son to study in Veliky Ustyug at a construction technical school.

Procopius had just finished college when the Great Patriotic War began. Great-grandfather was sent to Arkhangelsk for sapper courses. Since the war was going on, the courses were accelerated. And just six months later he went to the front as a lieutenant. Great-grandfather took part in one of the most terrible battles of the Great Patriotic War - the Battle of Stalingrad. For five months (from September 1942 to January 1943) my great-grandfather fought for Stalingrad. It was a scary time. The main work of the sapper units was mining and demining roads, bridges, and ensuring the crossing of rivers for our troops. Great-grandfather and his comrades ensured the transportation of equipment and the pull-up of troops to the river at the central crossing near Stalingrad across the Volga River. They worked mainly at night. The front line was on the right bank, very close to the Volga. The wounded were taken to the left bank, there were many of them. All this happened under the constant bombing of fascist planes. The city was completely destroyed. Everything around was burning. After the Germans were encircled in Stalingrad, stubborn fighting still continued. Although the enemy was doomed, he did not give up for long. The Nazis were completely defeated only in January 1943.

After Battle of Stalingrad great-grandfather was promoted. He became a first lieutenant. He was also awarded the Order of the Red Star. Later, my great-grandfather became deputy battalion commander. He participated in the liberation of the cities of Nikolaev and Odessa, in the crossing of the Dnieper, and fought in Romania and Hungary. In Hungary in October 1944 he was seriously wounded. The fragment flew through the shoulder blade and got stuck in the lung. Then, in the hospital, two of my grandfather’s ribs were removed, but the fragment was never recovered. Until my grandfather’s death, the fragment was in him as a reminder of the war. After being wounded, my great-grandfather was demobilized. He returned home in February 1945 with the rank of captain, a disabled person of the second group. His chest was decorated with awards: the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of the second degree, medals “For Courage”, “For Victory over Germany”.

In November 1945, my great-grandfather got married and built a house in Lalsk. Then the children came: three sons (Vladimir, Nikolai, Yuri) and daughter Alexandra. During his life, my great-grandfather changed many professions. He was a technical director, a foreman, a chief engineer, and a director of a regional industrial plant. And since 1960, he worked, built, and repaired at the Zarya state farm, which was later renamed the Lalsky state farm. In 1981 he retired. My great-grandfather lived with his wife Susanna for 53 years. My great-grandfather died in 2004, when he was 84 years old. I was 6 years old then. I don’t remember him well, but I know about him from the stories of my grandfather Kolya. At home we have many photographs from our great-grandfather’s family album (see attached). I often look at them and try to imagine what my great-grandfather Prokopiy Sergeevich was like.

When the 40th anniversary of the Victory was celebrated, grandfather spoke to schoolchildren. In his speech he addressed all children. This text has been preserved, and I want to introduce this appeal to my peers.

"Dear Guys!

Why did we, your grandfathers, achieve Victory?

For you guys, for the future generation.

So that you do not know the severity of the fascist invasion,

So that you live under the peaceful sun, study well and

Have a good rest so that you can become worthy sons and daughters

Our country, so that they become great scientists and specialists

Factories, factories, ships and space. And for this you need

Now it’s good to study, be disciplined,

Respect your teachers and take everything from them,

What do they give you...

You will live in another millennium and you need to prepare for it.

I wish you guys great success in your studies, straight A's!

Good discipline, be patriots of our Motherland and everything

The best from former front-line soldiers - Stalingrad residents." (see attached)

On May 9, 2010, the whole world will celebrate the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. All countries will host holiday events. But for our country this date is special, because May 9 is our main holiday - Victory Day. On this day, our country won a victory over a formidable enemy, fascist Germany.

Many years have passed since the victory day, May 9, 1945. Many of my classmates already had grandparents born after the war. Every year there are fewer and fewer veterans of the Great Patriotic War. But we must not forget those terrible years when our country fought the enemy. We must not forget those people who brought this Victory closer, thanks to whom we can live and enjoy every day. I am proud that my great-grandfather, Plastinin Prokopiy Sergeevich, was one of those who defended our country and won this war.

Literature:

1. Newspaper “Severnaya Pravda” No. 55 dated May 8, 2003, article “Undermined the enemy, only created in peaceful life,” author V. Gondyukhin.

2. Memoirs of Plastinin P.S.

Applications:

Plastinin Prokopiy Sergeevich

Plastinin P.S. with wife, children

Plastinin P.S. in the family.

Military awards of Plastinin P.S.

Text of the speech by Plastinin P.S. in front of schoolchildren in May 1985,

in the year of the 40th anniversary of the Victory.

Municipal budget

educational institution

"Secondary school No. 6"

Elizarov Valery, 4th grade.

Head: Garayeva Zoya Vladimirovna

primary school teacher

My grandfathers are defenders of the Motherland.

Research project

Annotation.

Introduction.

May 9, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. But no matter how many decades have passed, we must not forget about the cities and villages turned to ashes, about the destroyed national economy, about the destruction of priceless monuments of the material and spiritual culture of the people, about the home front workers who bore on their shoulders the exorbitant burden of the hard times of war, about the most important and irreparable loss - millions of human lives burned in the fire of the Great Patriotic War. Great Victory... There was a path to itlong and difficult. Unprecedented cruelty and pain, irreparable losses and destruction, grief for those tormented by fire and metal native land 1418 days and nights of the Great Patriotic War were filled. No one and nothing can diminish the greatness of the people’s feat, the world-historical significance of the victory over fascism.

New generations have grown up. For them, the Great Patriotic War is distant history. But conscience and duty to those who died and survived the war should not allow us to forget this heroic and tragic page in the chronicle of our state.

Practical significance.

I was always interested in finding out who in our family fought, where, how things turned out further fate front-line soldiers of our family. I asked my dad, mom, grandmothers, and other relatives about this. So that this will remain in my memory forever, so that my friends and classmates know about it, I decided to make a presentation about my grandfathers who fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War.

Targetmy project: creating a presentation about my grandfathers - participants in the Great Patriotic War.

Tasks:

Collect material about the participating grandfathersGreat Patriotic War.

Visit the burial places of grandfathers.

Make a presentation using the collected material.

Methods,which I used when working on the project - research, interviewing.

Received product:presentation.

Project type: research, long-term.

Work plan:

Interview my relatives.

Visit the graves of your grandfathers and great-grandfathers.

Prepare a presentation with the help of your mother and teacher.

Tell the children about your grandfathers.

Main part.

I started working on the project the year before last, when my parents and I went to Ivdel. We visited my aunt, went to the spring, which is named after my grandfather Alexei Andreevich Elizarov, a participant in the Great Patriotic War.

Here's what I learned.

My grandfather, Alexey Andreevich Elizarov, participant in the Great Patriotic War and Hero Soviet Union. Born on March 30, 1922 in the city of Ivdel.

He graduated from the nautical school in Rostov-on-Don. In 1941 he was drafted into the Navy.

He fought with the Nazis in the areas of Novorossiysk, Sevastopol, Odessa and the Danube. Participated in the battles for Belgrade, Budapest and Vienna. He was wounded and shell-shocked twice.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, and medals, including the medal “For Courage” and the “Gold Star”.

After the war, grandfather worked as a berth manager at the seaport in Sochi. Grandfather died on July 4, 1950, and was buried in Sochi.

A street in Ivdel bears his name - Elizarova Street.

My great-grandfather Ratnikov Vasily Matveevich born on March 12, 1921 in Karelia (the village of Konchezero, 70 km from Petrozavodsk). After graduating from Finnish school, he worked as a teacher. In 1939 he was drafted into the army and served as a translator for the commander of the Finnish corps, and then was the commissar of a ski battalion. For his active participation in the Finnish campaign, he was awarded the title of “junior political instructor.”

In 1941 he graduated from the Peterhof Artillery- machine gun school and was sent by the battalion commissar to the Leningrad Front. Vasily Matveevich RATNIKOV went through the entire Great Patriotic War and ended it as a captain in the position of chief of staff of the battalion.

After graduating from the Military- Political Academy held various leadership positions, in particular, he was the head of the political department of anti-aircraft- artillery division of the Leningrad Military District, where he was assigned another title"Colonel". In 1963, Vasily Matveevich headed the political department of the Leningrad Suvorov Military School. Together with the head of the school, General- major tank troops A.G. Shirokanov and the head of the educational department, Colonel Z.Z. Surgov, they made a great contribution to the formation and development of the school. Based on the results of 1964/65 school year for high results in educational work, the school wasfirst awarded an honorary challenge prize among all Suvorov military schools in the country- bust of Alexander Suvorov, the Red Banner and Certificate of Honor Minister of Defense At the end of the next academic year, the school was again determinedIplace among all Suvorov military schools, and the challenge prize was left at the school for another year.

During his service in his positions, Vasily Matveevich showed himself to be a competent, disciplined, efficient, widely erudite and intelligent officer. He was always zealous about his service and put a lot of effort into achieving high-quality solutions to assigned tasks. Having extensive experience working with personnel, he made a great contribution to the training and education of Suvorovites.

Vasily Matveevich has many years of selfless service to the Fatherland behind him! His outstanding services to the Fatherland were awarded three Orders of the Red Star, four Orders of the Patriotic War and many medals, including “For Military Merit” and “For the Defense of Leningrad”.

In the school staff, Vasily Matveevich always enjoyed well-deserved authority both among officers and teachers, and among Suvorov students, graduates and veterans. Vasily Matveevich died on April 14, 1998, and was buried at the Serafimovskoye cemetery, St. Petersburg.

Conclusion.

As a result of my work, I learned a lot of interesting things about my grandfathers. I didn't even expect my grandfathers to be like this famous personalities, and they have done so much for our Motherland. Our family is very proud of them! It was with great pleasure that I told my school friends about them.

But I have equally famous grandmothers. They are also participants in the Great Patriotic War, only on the labor front. And my next project will be dedicated to them.

Project goal: To collect information about the life and work of Nikifor Ivanovich Bolshakov during the Great Patriotic War and to find out what contribution he made to the common cause of approaching Victory Day over Nazi Germany. Objectives: 1. Study the literature about the Great Patriotic War.. 2. Ask relatives and friends about the fate of Nikifor Ivanovich Bolshakov. 3. Study the surviving documents of the great-grandfather. 4. Collect memories of fellow countrymen about Nikifor Ivanovich Bolshakov.

My great-grandfather, Bolshakov Nikifor Ivanovich, was born on June 15, 1912 in the village of Novoryamovo, Armizonsky district, Tyumen region. He did not have the opportunity to study at school, since his parents had a large family. Life was difficult, there were no basic necessities - shoes, clothes. Children began to work early and help their parents: they looked after livestock, weeded vegetable gardens, collected ears of corn in the fields, brought home drinking water from Lake Dunkino, etc.

When the time came to start a family himself, the great-grandfather found himself a worthy bride from the locals. His wife was Natalya Merkulyevna Pridchina, born in 1918. They lived amicably, they had six children: sons Alexander, Leonid, Vladimir, Nikolai, Mikhail and daughter Nina.

Since he was missing one eye, he did not take part in battles, but worked in the rear in the supply unit. Their unit delivered firewood and food to the soldiers, transported and loaded ammunition, and provided drinking water. After the end of the fighting, now in one area, now in another, they performed the most difficult, morally speaking, work: on the battlefields they collected and buried the dead. Helped with the dispatch and distribution of the wounded. So, following the active army, Nikifor Ivanovich reached Konigsberg.

List of government awards of Nikifor Ivanovich Bolshakov 1. Anniversary medal “20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War” (1965) 2. Anniversary medal “30 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War” (1976) 3. Anniversary medal “40 years of Victory” in the Great Patriotic War" (1985) 4. Jubilee medal "50 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War" (1994)

5. Order of the Patriotic War, second degree (1985) 6. Zhukov Medal (1996) Armed Forces USSR (1969) years of the Armed Forces of the USSR (1979) years of the Armed Forces of the USSR (1988) 10. Memorial sign “50 years of liberation of Ukraine” (1996)