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Biographies of combatants

: 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

: Certificate of awarding Junior Sergeant Semyon Zhurylo with the Red Star Order. 1945 (Archive of Semyon Zhurylo’s family)

: Autobiography of teacher of the Ivot school Semyon Zhurylo. 1949 (Archive of Semyon Zhurylo’s family)

: Autobiography of teacher of the Ivot school Semyon Zhurylo. 1949 (Archive of Semyon Zhurylo’s family)

: 3rd Rank Military Engineer Herasim Vinik. Photo. 1939 (Private archive of the Vinik family) Originally from Shostka. The brother of the repressed Andrew and Olexiy Vinik. Graduated from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, fought in the military-technical forces.

: Guard Col. Dmytro Titorenko, fighter pilot, deputy commander of the 19th, then 176th Fighter Regiment. Photo 1953 Joined the Army in 1939. Awarded 15 government awards. Flew together with M. Kozhedub who was awarded the Soviet Union Hero award three times. Died in February 1953.

: Photos from the family archive of Dmitry Titorenko. 1944-1945 In the head of the table sits twice the Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Kozhedub

: Fighter pilots of the 19th Regiment at lunch. Photos from the pilot’s family archive Dmitry Titorenko. 1944-1945

: Photo from the family archive of Dmitry Titorenko. 1944-1945

: Fighter pilots of the 19th Regiment. Third from left is two times Soviet Union hero Ivan Kozhedub. Photo from the family archive of Dmitry Titorenko. 1944-1945

: Senior Lieutenant Mykhailo Susol. 1945 Originally from the village of Klyshky. The brother of Ivan Dudar’s future wife, Ganna Susol. Member of combat actions, awarded the Medal for Victory over Germany.

: Sergeant Major Olexiy Susol (center) among his fellow workers. 1944 Originally from the village of Klyshky. The brother of Ivan Dudar’s future wife, Ganna Susol. Member of combat actions, awarded with the Red Star Order and a Medal for Valor.

: Lieutenant Illya Plodysty, commander of a platoon of a rifle battalion. Photo 1941 Joined the army July 17, 1941. Started near Kharkov. Participated in the Battle of Stalingrad as a cadet-shooter of the 1st Astrakhan Infantry College. As commander of the infantry platoon, made his way from Stalingrad to Königsberg. Was wounded four times. Awarded the Medal of Merit and the Red Star Order.

: Captain Ivan Lysenko, company commander of the 524th Infantry Regiment of the 112th Infantry Division. Photo 1943 Originally from Shostka. Joined the fighting in October 1942, fought as part of the Bryansk and the 1st Ukrainian Fronts. Wounded twice, died January 23, 1945.

: Letters from Captain Ivan Lysenko to his wife Natalia and other relatives in Shostka. 1944 “Send you my hot commander greetings. I am alive and well and wish you the same. I live well now, but I’m tired. But when I move to a new place it will be noisy both on the ground and in the air”.

: Letters from Captain Ivan Lysenko to his wife Natalia and other relatives in Shostka. 1944

: Letters from Captain Ivan Lysenko to his wife Natalia and other relatives in Shostka. 1944

: A list of losses of the 112th Infantry Division of the 254th Infantry Regiment. Number 29 is the name of Captain Ivan Lysenko from Shostka.

: A letter of Commendation to award Captain Ivan Lysenko with the Order of “Patriotic War of the 1 Stage” posthumously. 1945 (https://www.obd-memorial.ru)

: A letter of Commendation to award Captain Ivan Lysenko with the Order of “Red Star”. 1944 (https://www.obd-memorial.ru)

: Cadet Pavlo Kolodko during his studies at the Leningrad Technical College. Photo 1939 Born in Lokotki (now Shostka). From 1940, served in the aviation regiment of long-range bombers as an onboard mechanic. Participated in fighting for Leningrad and liberation of Ukraine. Died on May 22, 1944, during a battle in Zhytomyr.

: A letter of Commendation to aviation mechanic Pavlo Kolodko on awarding him the Order of “Red Star”. 15.02.1943

: A letter of Commendation to aviation mechanic Pavlo Kolodko on awarding him the Medal for Merit. September 20, 1941

: Sergeant Oleksiy Laznenko, Commander of the Artillery Intelligence Division. Photo 1944 Originally from the Obrazhiyivka village. Joined the Army in 1941, marched from Stalingrad to Königsberg as part of the 162nd Infantry Division. After the war, worked at the Shostka Chemical Reagents Factory.

: Ganna Lasnenko, Red Army soldier, a liaison officer of a Separate Motorized Infantry Corps of the 38th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front. Photo 1944 Originally from the Krasnodar Territory. Joined the Army in 1944. Participated in the liberation of Krakow, Warsaw and Prague. After the war, married Olexiy Laznenko and moved to Shostka.

: A letter of Commendation to Sergeant Major Oleksiy Laznenko, chief of the RSB station of the 465th Battalion of Airfield Services. 1945 Originally from the Obrazhiyivka village. Joined the army in 1939. During his service in the 17th Army, met his future wife, Olexandra Belikova. Demobilized in 1946. Returned to Shostka, worked at the Film Factory.

: A letter of Commendation to Sergeant Olexandra Belikova, radio telegrapher of the 465th Battalion of Airfield Services. 1945 Originally from the Altai Territory. After graduating from medical school in 1942, was sent to join the 17th Air Force. Here, she met her future husband Olexiy Laznenko. After the war, came with him to Shostka. Worked as head of the medical wing of Film Factory № 6.

: notice of death on October 2, 1943, of private Ivan Kysly, native of the village of Makove. August 1944.

: A notice of death on October 2, 1943, of private Ivan Kysly, native of the village of Makove. August 1944. The date of death was stated in error, which caused some confusion. Ivan Kisly was still alive in October 1943, as evidenced by his letter. He died in March 1944.

: A letter from private Ivan Kysly from the front to his wife Kateryna in Shostka. December 19, 1943. (From the National Museum of Ukrainian History in World War II). “We have completed the march. We marched 8 days, I rubbed my feet a lot, but still made it. Now I write to you and wishing you Happy Nicholas Day. You have probably had a glass of vodka to me and to my health”.

: A letter from private Ivan Kysly from the front to his wife Kateryna in Shostka. December 19, 1943. (From the National Museum of Ukrainian History in World War II). “We have completed the march. We marched 8 days, I rubbed my feet a lot, but still made it. Now I write to you and wishing you Happy Nicholas Day. You have probably had a glass of vodka to me and to my health”.

: A letter from Ivan Kysly’s wife, Kateryna, to the Soviet Minister of Defense asking for a document confirming her husband’s death at the front. 1953. (Web site: https://www.obd-memorial.ru)