SEMYON ZHURYLO (1907, Bakhmach, Chernihiv region). After finishing the Chernihiv Agricultural Technical School in 1930, was sent to the Shostka district to work as a land technician. In September 1936, Semyon became a teacher of mathematics and physics in the Ivot 7-year school. Semyon also studied at the Glukhiv State Teacher Training Institute by correspondence (1937-1940). He married Zinaida Klyuyeva and the couple had two children: Victor and Alla. At the beginning of the war, Semyon Zhurylo was not drafted into the Red Army, but remained in the occupied Ivot. From September 5, 1943, he worked as the chief land manager of the Shostka district. He was drafted into the Red Army in April 1944 as an ordinary shooter of the 2nd Battalion of the 357th Rifle Regiment of the 1st Baltic Front Battalion. Semyon was awarded the Red Star Order and medals for bravery and for victory over Germany. After his demobilization in November 1945, he returned to the village of Ivot to work as a teacher of mathematics and later as an assistant principal of the Ivot school.
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- Graduation of Shostka seven-year school. 1929. In the second row, 2th to the right sit Sinaida Klyeva, after her marriage Zhurilo.
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- Semyon and Zinaida Zhurylo, school teachers in the village of Ivot. [1928] p.
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- Semyonn and Zinaida Zhulylo with their son Victor. [1938] p.
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- Alla And Victor Zhulylo. 1940
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- Zinaida Zhurylo in the yard of her home in Ivot. Photo by Semyon Zhurylo, 1930s
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- Semyon Zhurylo with a camera. Ivot, 1930s
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- Ebergard Von Hanksleden, German artillery soldier. Photo 1941. In 1940, was drafted into the army. In 1941-1942, as part of an artillery unit, took part in the offensive on the Soviet Union, fought in Belarus, Northern Ukraine, and Russia. Described it all in his diary. Ebergard was fortunate, he became ill with diphtheria and returned to Germany in June 1942. Most of his fellow soldiers died near Stalingrad.
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- Eberhardt von Hanksleden with his sons. 1949
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- Junior Sergeant Semyon Zhurylo, fighter of the 2nd Battalion of the 357th Rifle Regiment of the 1st Strike Army of the 1st Baltic Front. 1945
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- Certificate of awarding Junior Sergeant Semyon Zhurylo with the Red Star Order. 1945 (Archive of Semyon Zhurylo’s family)
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- Autobiography of teacher of the Ivot school Semyon Zhurylo. 1949 (Archive of Semyon Zhurylo’s family)
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- Autobiography of teacher of the Ivot school Semyon Zhurylo. 1949 (Archive of Semyon Zhurylo’s family)
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- Алла Журило (у другому ряду 7-ма, праворуч) у піонерському таборі «Білі береги» в с. Пирогівка, Шосткинський район. 1951 р.
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- Семен Журило (в центрі) в кабінеті фізики середньої школи села Івот. 1966 р.
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- Meeting of the descendants of the two families of Zhurylo and Hanksleden: daughter of Semen Alla Arraslanova and son of Eberhardt Rudiger Hanksleden. Shostka, 2012
