My great-grandfather was born August 5, in 1910

My great-grandfather was born August 5, in 1910 in Grigoropolisskaya, Stavropol Region in the family of Don Cossacks. Manshin Fyodor

He was wounded twice, but each time after the hospital he was returning to his native Guards, which reached Berlin. He served as a cavalryman in the 5 th Guards Cavalry Don Cossack Corps, whose commander was Lieutenant General AG Selivanov. My great-grandfather Fyodor went through the war, was part of the Transcaucasus, North Caucasus, Southern, Ukrainian fronts. He participated in the battle for the Caucasus, Moscow, Ukraine. Liberated Budapest, Hungary.

Returning from the front great-grandfather worked as a tractor operator, a shepherd, a groom, and a blacksmith. My grandfather said that the great-grandfather was a very good man, a good father, rased eight children with dignity in a strong close-knit family.

About fighting way his grandfather say awards — orders and medals: Order of the Red Star, Medal Of Honor, Medal for the Capture of Berlin Medal for the capture of Vienna Medal for the Capture of Budapest Н onors

Gavrilov Ivan My great-grandfather, Ivan G. Gavrilov, was born in, 1927 in Stavropol Territory, in a peasant family. When the war began, my great-grandfather was 14 years old. Order of the Red Star, Medal Of Honor, Medal For Victory over Japan They fought for our country I am very proud of them and I want to thank them for the Victory.