From the life of a veteran

Chetverikova Elina,
Form 9, School 3
Petrovsk, Saratov region

during the war years, we can prove that the fate

of each person is a reflection of the fate of the country.

Purpose of the research work: On the example of the biography Of V. F. Apalin, who fought and experienced all the hardships of the war, to show the courage, heroism, love for the Motherland, and fortitude of the Soviet soldier-defender of the Fatherland! Follow the family history year after year and the role of the war in this history.

of the family;
learn how to search for and collect

family information;
get acquainted with the historical past of the family;
attract the attention of peers to the study of the history of the Motherland.

family of V. F. Apalin-a participant of the Great Patriotic

War

Research methods: study and analysis of family photo and documentary sources and Internet resources, interviewing, systematization and generalization of the story of a war veteran
Investigation phase:
Preparatory ( collection of material, analysis and systematization of family photos and documentary sources, interviews with war veterans)
Main (participation in the competition )

in the room, sorting through some old papers and photographs.

I saw the photo and asked who ithat man was. He was her relative, who participated in the war of 1941. She told me about him. He participated in the battle of Stalingrad. Then she offered to congratulate him on the 75th anniversary of the defeat of the fascist troops at Stalingrad. My friend and I went to see him.

the Great Patriotic War, lives in a quiet street. The

man is quiet, modest, friendly, with a smile on his face.

Vasily Fyodorovich was delighted to see us. He likes to talk to children about his difficult and difficult life .

pages of the family album, the veteran relives the events

that are captured in the photo. He was born on January 23, 1921 in the village of Asmetovka in the Malo-Serdobinsky district, in the family of a collective farmer. There were 5 children in the family: 3 sisters and 2 brothers. His parents worked on a collective farm. And it was all the work around the house. Education received at school was only 7 classes. He liked to study, but sometimes he was naughty.

district. He graduated from the regimental school and was sent

to guard the Japanese border. Here and overtook the Great Patriotic War. In early 1942, he was sent to the Bryansk front. The unit was surrounded. While leaving the environment, 60 people remained alive, including him. Then they were sent to form in the city of Atkarsk in the Saratov region, and in September the entire part was sent to Stalingrad. The fighting was heavy . Many people were killed. Awards were received in the ranks. They were handed over by the chief of staff or the commander of the unit. Here he received the medal "for the defense of Stalingrad"(43)

the medal

Poland, and Germany. He reached Berlin and signed on the

walls of the Reistag.He was awarded the Order “Red Star"( in Berlin), the Order "Patriotic War 2nd degree", medals "For courage", "For military merit", "For the capture of Warsaw", "For capture of Berlin", "For liberation of Ukraine", etc. After the war he returned home, married. A daughter was born. A war-hardened man with a strong-willed character, energetic, he began working as a foreman of the tractor brigade. The work of the foreman was not easy, but he skillfully organized his work in his brigade. Then 2 years of work as the Chairman of the collective farm "Stakhanovets". And again he was progressing well and succeed..

not discouraged. He goes fishing, does gardening, and reads a

lot. After straightening the corners of the photos, we carefully put them in the album. How much the old photo from the family album told us. What a terrible price humanity has paid for our lives, for the lives of our parents, for the lives of our future children! How much blood was spilled, how many lives were lost in the war!

acquainted with a war participant, followed the history of the

family. We are interested in this topic, we took it for our work. We knew almost nothing about the people who lived next to us, about their fate, about life during the war years. But in the course of working on the study, we learned a lot about the wartime, about people who made an invaluable contribution to the Victory over fascism. Now we need to introduce this information to as many people as possible. This is the practical significance of our work. We believe that this work can be used in the lessons of Courage, class hours dedicated to the Great Patriotic war.

of V. F. Apalin (photos, written memoirs, certificates).
Autobiography of

Apalin V. F. Interview with Apalin V. F.-participant of the events of 1941-1945gg.
Literature:
1.The great Patriotic war of 1941-45. encyclopedia.
2.Aleshchenko N. M. In the name of Victory.Moscow, Enlightenment, 2012.
3.Materials from the newspaper "Petrovskie Vesti", 2015. 4.Internet resources
Website: http://pedsovet.su/