On the eve of the Defender of the Fatherland Day and the seventieth anniversary of the Victory, the heroes of bygone times are increasingly remembered. But in our time there are people who, on duty, risk their lives every day. FederalPress compiled the top 10 heroes who gave their lives for others in peacetime. Of course, there are more than ten stories about the courage of doctors, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and officers.
On the eve of the Defender of the Fatherland Day and the seventieth anniversary of the Victory, the heroes of bygone times are increasingly remembered. But in our time there are people who, on duty, risk their lives every day. FederalPress made the top 10 heroes who gave their lives for others in peacetime. Of course, there are more than ten stories about the courage of doctors, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and officers. We just wanted to remind you that in life there is always a place for a feat.
In September 2014, an emergency occurred on the territory of a military unit during an exercise in Lesnoy. The junior sergeant pulled the pin on the grenade and dropped the ammunition. Colonel Serik Sultangabiev, having managed to react in time, .
The President of Russia, on the proposal of the command of the Internal Troops, signed a decree conferring the highest rank "" on the colonel.
In July 2014, several journalists and photojournalist Andriy Stenin went to Donbass to report reliable information about what is happening in the south-east of Ukraine.
The circumstances of the death of Andrei Stenin in the Donbass. As "FederalPress" reported earlier, the column of refugees, in which the photographer was, came under fire northwest of the village of Dmitrovka. The Ukrainian army, presumably the 79th airmobile brigade, opened fire on civilians' cars with guns and machine guns. As a result, ten cars were destroyed, but several people managed to escape and hide in roadside bushes.
The next day, representatives of the Ukrainian command examined the place of shelling of the convoy, after which the territory with the remains of the dead and broken cars was treated with Grad rocket launchers. All journalists who died in Donbass were posthumously awarded.
Last June, a major accident happened at the Achinsk Oil Refinery. During start-up operations at the gas-fraction unit, a volumetric explosion and fire occurred. As a result .
In January 2012, a fire broke out in the basement of a residential building in Omsk. Thick black smoke was coming from there, which enveloped the second entrance of the house, people from the windows asked for help. Arriving firefighters evacuated 38 people, including eight children, and went to the smoky basement.
Despite zero visibility, the fire brigade under the leadership of the senior warrant officer of the sixth fire department Alexander Kozhemyakin took out two gas bottles that could explode.
Half an hour later, the firemen's breathing apparatus alarms went off. This meant that the air in the cylinders was running out. Kozhemyakin, realizing that there was a real threat to the lives of his subordinates, became the last one and helped his comrades get out of the smoky and cluttered basement. Releasing a subordinate who was entangled in a wire, the commander suddenly lost consciousness. For more than an hour, ambulance doctors tried to bring him back to life, but without regaining consciousness. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.
In September 2010 in engine room On the destroyer "Fast" at the naval base of Fokino, a fire broke out due to a short circuit in the wiring at the time of the fuel pipeline rupture. Aldar Tsydenzhapov, who took up duty as the driver of the boiler team, immediately rushed to block the leak. For about nine seconds, he was in the center of the fire, after eliminating the leak, he was able to independently get out of the compartment engulfed in flames, having received severe burns. The operational actions of Aldar and his colleagues led to the timely shutdown of the ship's power plant, which otherwise could explode and cause severe damage to the ship.
Aldar was taken to the hospital of the Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok in critical condition. Doctors fought for his life for four days, but he died. In 2011, the sailor posthumously became.
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Heroes of the Great Patriotic War
Alexander Matrosov
Submachine gunner of the 2nd Separate Battalion of the 91st Separate Siberian Volunteer Brigade named after Stalin.
Sasha Matrosov did not know his parents. He was brought up in orphanage and labor colony. When the war began, he was not even 20. Matrosov was drafted into the army in September 1942 and sent to an infantry school, and then to the front.
In February 1943, his battalion attacked the Nazi stronghold, but fell into a trap, falling under heavy fire, cutting off the path to the trenches. They fired from three bunkers. Two soon fell silent, but the third continued to shoot the Red Army soldiers who lay in the snow.
Seeing that the only chance to get out of the fire was to suppress the enemy's fire, Matrosov crawled to the bunker with a fellow soldier and threw two grenades in his direction. The gun was silent. The Red Army went on the attack, but the deadly weapon chirped again. Alexander's partner was killed, and Matrosov was left alone in front of the bunker. Something had to be done.
He didn't even have a few seconds to make a decision. Not wanting to let his comrades down, Alexander closed the embrasure of the bunker with his body. The attack was successful. And Matrosov posthumously received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Military pilot, commander of the 2nd squadron of the 207th long-range bomber aviation regiment, captain.
He worked as a mechanic, then in 1932 he was called up for service in the Red Army. He got into the air regiment, where he became a pilot. Nicholas Gastello participated in three wars. A year before the Great Patriotic War, he received the rank of captain.
On June 26, 1941, the crew under the command of Captain Gastello took off to attack a German mechanized column. It was on the road between the Belarusian cities of Molodechno and Radoshkovichi. But the column was well guarded by enemy artillery. A fight ensued. Aircraft Gastello was hit by anti-aircraft guns. The shell damaged the fuel tank, the car caught fire. The pilot could eject, but he decided to fulfill his military duty to the end. Nikolay Gastello directed the burning car directly to the enemy column. It was the first fire ram in the Great Patriotic War.
The name of the brave pilot has become a household name. Until the end of the war, all the aces who decided to go for a ram were called Gastellites. According to official statistics, almost six hundred enemy rams were made during the entire war.
Brigadier scout of the 67th detachment of the 4th Leningrad partisan brigade.
Lena was 15 years old when the war began. He already worked at the factory, having finished the seven-year plan. When the Nazis captured his native Novgorod region, Lenya joined the partisans.
He was brave and determined, the command appreciated him. For several years spent in the partisan detachment, he participated in 27 operations. On his account, several destroyed bridges behind enemy lines, 78 destroyed Germans, 10 trains with ammunition.
It was he who, in the summer of 1942, near the village of Varnitsa, blew up a car in which the German Major General of the Engineering Troops, Richard von Wirtz, was located. Golikov managed to obtain important documents about the German offensive. The enemy attack was thwarted, and the young hero for this feat was presented to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
In the winter of 1943, a significantly superior enemy detachment unexpectedly attacked partisans near the village of Ostraya Luka. Lenya Golikov died like a real hero - in battle.
Pioneer. Scout of the partisan detachment named after Voroshilov in the territory occupied by the Nazis.
Zina was born and went to school in Leningrad. However, the war found her on the territory of Belarus, where she came for the holidays.
In 1942, 16-year-old Zina joined the underground organization Young Avengers. It distributed anti-fascist leaflets in the occupied territories. Then, under cover, she got a job working in a canteen for German officers, where she committed several acts of sabotage and only miraculously was not captured by the enemy. Her courage surprised many experienced soldiers.
In 1943, Zina Portnova joined the partisans and continued to engage in sabotage behind enemy lines. Due to the efforts of defectors who surrendered Zina to the Nazis, she was captured. In the dungeons, she was interrogated and tortured. But Zina was silent, not betraying her. At one of these interrogations, she grabbed a pistol from the table and shot three Nazis. After that, she was shot in prison.
Underground anti-fascist organization operating in the area of modern Luhansk region. There were over a hundred people. The youngest participant was 14 years old.
This youth underground organization was formed immediately after the occupation of the Lugansk region. It included both regular military personnel, who were cut off from the main units, and local youth. Among the most famous participants: Oleg Koshevoy, Ulyana Gromova, Lyubov Shevtsova, Vasily Levashov, Sergey Tyulenin and many other young people.
The "Young Guard" issued leaflets and committed sabotage against the Nazis. Once they managed to disable an entire tank repair shop, burn down the stock exchange, from where the Nazis drove people to forced labor in Germany. The members of the organization planned to stage an uprising, but were exposed because of the traitors. The Nazis caught, tortured and shot more than seventy people. Their feat is immortalized in one of the most famous military books by Alexander Fadeev and the film adaptation of the same name.
28 people from the personnel of the 4th company of the 2nd battalion of the 1075th rifle regiment.
In November 1941, a counteroffensive against Moscow began. The enemy did not stop at nothing, making a decisive forced march before the onset of a harsh winter.
At this time, the fighters under the command of Ivan Panfilov took up a position on the highway seven kilometers from Volokolamsk, a small town near Moscow. There they gave battle to the advancing tank units. The battle lasted four hours. During this time, they destroyed 18 armored vehicles, delaying the enemy's attack and frustrating his plans. All 28 people (or almost all, here the opinions of historians differ) died.
According to legend, the political instructor of the company, Vasily Klochkov, before the decisive stage of the battle, turned to the fighters with a phrase that became known throughout the country: “Russia is great, but there is nowhere to retreat - Moscow is behind!”
The Nazi counteroffensive ultimately failed. The battle for Moscow, which was taken away essential role during the war, was lost by the invaders.
As a child, the future hero suffered from rheumatism, and the doctors doubted that Maresyev would be able to fly. However, he stubbornly applied to the flight school until he was finally enrolled. Maresyev was drafted into the army in 1937.
He met the Great Patriotic War at the flight school, but soon got to the front. During a sortie, his plane was shot down, and Maresyev himself was able to eject. Eighteen days, seriously wounded in both legs, he got out of the encirclement. However, he still managed to overcome the front line and ended up in the hospital. But gangrene had already begun, and the doctors amputated both of his legs.
For many, this would mean the end of the service, but the pilot did not give up and returned to aviation. Until the end of the war, he flew with prostheses. Over the years, he made 86 sorties and shot down 11 enemy aircraft. And 7 - already after amputation. In 1944, Alexei Maresyev went to work as an inspector and lived to be 84 years old.
His fate inspired the writer Boris Polevoy to write The Tale of a Real Man.
Deputy squadron commander of the 177th Air Defense Fighter Aviation Regiment.
Victor Talalikhin began to fight already in the Soviet-Finnish war. He shot down 4 enemy planes on a biplane. Then he served in the aviation school.
In August 1941, one of the first Soviet pilots made a ram, shooting down a German bomber in a night air battle. Moreover, the wounded pilot was able to get out of the cockpit and descend by parachute to the rear of his own.
Talalikhin then shot down five more German planes. Killed during another air battle near Podolsk in October 1941.
After 73 years, in 2014, search engines found Talalikhin's plane, which remained in the swamps near Moscow.
Artilleryman of the 3rd counter-battery artillery corps of the Leningrad Front.
Soldier Andrei Korzun was drafted into the army at the very beginning of World War II. He served on the Leningrad front, where there were fierce and bloody battles.
November 5, 1943, during the next battle, his battery came under fierce enemy fire. Korzun was seriously wounded. Despite the terrible pain, he saw that the powder charges were set on fire and the ammunition depot could fly into the air. Gathering the last of his strength, Andrey crawled to the blazing fire. But he could no longer take off his overcoat to cover the fire. Losing consciousness, he made a last effort and covered the fire with his body. The explosion was avoided at the cost of the life of a brave gunner.
Commander of the 3rd Leningrad Partisan Brigade.
A native of Petrograd, Alexander German, according to some sources, was a native of Germany. He served in the army from 1933. When the war began, he became a scout. He worked behind enemy lines, commanded a partisan detachment, which terrified the enemy soldiers. His brigade destroyed several thousand fascist soldiers and officers, derailed hundreds of trains and blew up hundreds of vehicles.
The Nazis staged a real hunt for Herman. In 1943, his partisan detachment was surrounded in the Pskov region. Making his way to his own, the brave commander died from an enemy bullet.
Commander of the 30th Separate Guards Tank Brigade of the Leningrad Front
Vladislav Khrustitsky was drafted into the Red Army back in the 1920s. In the late 30s he graduated from armored courses. Since the autumn of 1942, he commanded the 61st separate light tank brigade.
He distinguished himself during Operation Iskra, which marked the beginning of the defeat of the Germans on the Leningrad front.
He died in the battle near Volosovo. In 1944, the enemy retreated from Leningrad, but from time to time made attempts to counterattack. During one of these counterattacks, Khrustitsky's tank brigade fell into a trap.
Despite heavy fire, the commander ordered to continue the offensive. He turned on the radio to his crews with the words: "Stand to the death!" - and went forward first. Unfortunately, the brave tanker died in this battle. And yet the village of Volosovo was liberated from the enemy.
Commander of a partisan detachment and brigade.
Before the war he worked for railway. In October 1941, when the Germans were already standing near Moscow, he himself volunteered for a difficult operation, in which his railway experience was needed. Was thrown behind enemy lines. There he came up with the so-called "coal mines" (in fact, these are just mines disguised as coal). With the help of this simple but effective weapon, a hundred enemy trains were blown up in three months.
Zaslonov actively agitated the local population to go over to the side of the partisans. The Nazis, having learned this, dressed their soldiers in Soviet uniforms. Zaslonov mistook them for defectors and ordered them to be allowed into the partisan detachment. The path to the insidious enemy was open. A battle ensued, during which Zaslonov died. A reward was announced for living or dead Zaslonov, but the peasants hid his body, and the Germans did not get it.
The commander of a small partisan detachment.
Efim Osipenko fought back in civil war. Therefore, when the enemy seized his land, without thinking twice, he joined the partisans. Together with five other comrades, he organized a small partisan detachment that committed sabotage against the Nazis.
During one of the operations, it was decided to undermine the enemy composition. But there was little ammunition in the detachment. The bomb was made from an ordinary grenade. The explosives were to be installed by Osipenko himself. He crawled to the railway bridge and, seeing the approach of the train, threw it in front of the train. There was no explosion. Then the partisan himself hit the grenade with a pole from the railway sign. It worked! A long train with food and tanks went downhill. The squad leader survived, but lost his sight completely.
For this feat, he was the first in the country to be awarded the medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War."
The peasant Matvey Kuzmin was born three years before the abolition of serfdom. And he died, becoming the oldest holder of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
His story contains many references to the history of another famous peasant - Ivan Susanin. Matvey also had to lead the invaders through the forest and swamps. And, like the legendary hero, he decided to stop the enemy at the cost of his life. He sent his grandson ahead to warn a detachment of partisans who had stopped nearby. The Nazis were ambushed. A fight ensued. Matvey Kuzmin died at the hands of a German officer. But he did his job. He was in his 84th year.
A partisan who was part of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the headquarters of the Western Front.
While studying at school, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya wanted to enter a literary institute. But these plans were not destined to come true - the war prevented. In October 1941, Zoya, as a volunteer, came to the recruiting station and, after a short training at a school for saboteurs, was transferred to Volokolamsk. There, an 18-year-old partisan fighter, along with adult men, performed dangerous tasks: she mined roads and destroyed communication centers.
During one of the sabotage operations, Kosmodemyanskaya was caught by the Germans. She was tortured, forcing her to betray her own. Zoya heroically endured all the trials without saying a word to the enemies. Seeing that it was impossible to get anything from the young partisan, they decided to hang her.
Kosmodemyanskaya steadfastly accepted the test. A moment before her death, she shouted to the assembled local residents: “Comrades, victory will be ours. German soldiers, before it's too late, surrender!" The courage of the girl so shocked the peasants that they later retold this story to front-line correspondents. And after the publication in the Pravda newspaper, the whole country learned about the feat of Kosmodemyanskaya. She became the first woman to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War.
During the Great Patriotic War, not much was known about the incredible feat of a simple Russian soldier Kolka Sirotinin, as well as about the hero himself. Perhaps no one would have ever known about the feat of a twenty-year-old artilleryman. If not for one case.
In the summer of 1942, an officer of the 4th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht, Friedrich Fenfeld, died near Tula. Soviet soldiers discovered his diary. From its pages, some details of that same last fight senior sergeant Sirotinin.
It was the 25th day of the war ...
In the summer of 1941, the 4th tank division of the Guderian group, one of the most talented German generals, broke through to the Belarusian city of Krichev. Parts of the 13th Soviet Army were forced to retreat. To cover the retreat of the artillery battery of the 55th Infantry Regiment, the commander left artilleryman Nikolai Sirotinin with a gun.
The order was brief: to hold up the German tank column on the bridge over the river Dobrost, and then, if possible, catch up with our own. The senior sergeant carried out only the first half of the order...
Sirotinin took up a position in a field near the village of Sokolnichi. The cannon sank in high rye. There is not a single noticeable landmark for the enemy nearby. But from here the highway and the river were clearly visible.
On the morning of July 17, a column of 59 tanks and armored vehicles with infantry appeared on the highway. When the lead tank reached the bridge, the first - successful - shot rang out. With the second shell, Sirotinin set fire to an armored personnel carrier at the tail of the column, thereby creating a traffic jam. Nikolai fired and fired, knocking out car after car.
Sirotinin fought alone, he was both a gunner and a loader. He had 60 shells in his ammunition load and a 76-millimeter cannon - an excellent weapon against tanks. And he made a decision: to continue the battle until the ammunition runs out.
The Nazis rushed to the ground in a panic, not understanding where the shooting was coming from. The guns were fired at random, in squares. Indeed, on the eve of their intelligence could not detect Soviet artillery in the vicinity, and the division advanced without any special precautions. The Germans made an attempt to clear the blockage by pulling the wrecked tank off the bridge with two other tanks, but they were also knocked out. The armored vehicle, which tried to ford the river, got bogged down in the marshy shore, where it was destroyed. For a long time the Germans failed to determine the location of the well-camouflaged gun; they believed that a whole battery was fighting them.
This unique battle lasted a little over two hours. The crossing was blocked. By the time Nikolai's position was discovered, he had only three shells left. Sirotinin refused the offer to surrender and fired from a carbine to the last. Having entered the rear of Sirotinin on motorcycles, the Germans destroyed a lone gun with mortar fire. At the position they found a lone cannon and a soldier.
The result of the battle of Senior Sergeant Sirotinin against General Guderian is impressive: after the battle on the banks of the Dobrost River, the Nazis lost 11 tanks, 7 armored vehicles, 57 soldiers and officers.
The stamina of the Soviet fighter aroused the respect of the Nazis. The commander of the tank battalion, Colonel Erich Schneider, ordered to bury a worthy enemy with military honors.
From the diary of Lieutenant Friedrich Hönfeld of the 4th Panzer Division:
July 17, 1941. Sokolnichi, near Krichev. In the evening they buried an unknown Russian soldier. He alone stood at the cannon, shot a column of tanks and infantry for a long time, and died. Everyone was amazed at his bravery… Oberst (colonel – editorial note) said in front of the grave that if all the Fuhrer’s soldiers fought like this Russian, they would conquer the whole world. Three times they fired volleys from rifles. After all, he is Russian, is such admiration necessary?
From the testimony of Olga Verzhbitskaya, a resident of the village of Sokolnichi:
I, Verzhbitskaya Olga Borisovna, born in 1889, a native of Latvia (Latgale), lived before the war in the village of Sokolnichi, Krichevsky district, together with my sister.
We knew Nikolai Sirotinin with his sister until the day of the battle. He was with my friend, bought milk. He was very polite, always helping older women to get water from the well and in other hard work.
I remember well the evening before the fight. On a log at the gate of the Grabsky house, I saw Nikolai Sirotinin. He sat and thought about something. I was very surprised that everyone was leaving, and he was sitting.
When the fight started, I was not at home yet. I remember how tracer bullets flew. He walked for about two or three hours. In the afternoon, the Germans gathered at the place where the Sirotinin gun stood. We, the locals, were also forced to come there. To me, as knowing German, the chief German of about fifty with orders, tall, bald, gray-haired, ordered to translate his speech to local people. He said that the Russian fought very well, that if the Germans had fought like that, they would have taken Moscow long ago, that this is how a soldier should defend his homeland - fatherland.
Then a medallion was taken out of the pocket of our dead soldier's tunic. I remember firmly that it was written there “the city of Orel”, to Vladimir Sirotinin (I don’t remember his patronymic), that the name of the street was, as I remember, not Dobrolyubova, but Freight or Lomovaya, I remember that the house number was two digits. But we could not know who this Sirotinin Vladimir was - the father, brother, uncle of the murdered man or someone else - we could not.
The German chief told me: “Take this document and write to your relatives. Let a mother know what a hero her son was and how he died.” Then a young German officer who was standing at the grave of Sirotinin came up and snatched a piece of paper and a medallion from me and said something rudely.
The Germans fired a volley of rifles in honor of our soldier and put a cross on the grave, hung up his helmet, pierced by a bullet.
I myself saw the body of Nikolai Sirotinin well, even when he was lowered into the grave. His face was not covered in blood, but the tunic on the left side had a large bloody stain, his helmet was pierced, and there were many shell casings lying around.
Since our house was not far from the battlefield, next to the road to Sokolniki, the Germans were standing near us. I myself heard how they spoke for a long time and admiringly about the feat of the Russian soldier, counting the shots and hits. Some of the Germans, even after the funeral, stood at the cannon and the grave for a long time and talked quietly.
February 29, 1960
Testimony of the telephone operator M. I. Grabskaya:
I, Grabskaya Maria Ivanovna, born in 1918, worked as a telephone operator at DEU 919 in Krichev, lived in native village Sokolnichi, three kilometers from the city of Krichev.
I remember well the events of July 1941. About a week before the arrival of the Germans, Soviet artillerymen settled in our village. The headquarters of their battery was in our house, the battery commander was a senior lieutenant named Nikolai, his assistant was a lieutenant named Fedya, of the fighters, I remember the Red Army soldier Nikolai Sirotinin the most. The fact is that the senior lieutenant very often called this fighter and entrusted him with both tasks as the most intelligent and experienced.
He was a little above average height, dark brown hair, a simple, cheerful face. When Sirotinin and senior lieutenant Nikolai decided to dig a dugout for the locals, I saw how he deftly threw the earth, noticed that he was apparently not from the boss's family. Nicholas jokingly replied:
“I am a worker from Orel, and I am no stranger to physical labor. We, the Oryols, know how to work.”
Today, in the village of Sokolnichi, there is no grave in which the Germans buried Nikolai Sirotinin. Three years after the war, his remains were transferred to a mass grave. Soviet soldiers in Krichev.
Pencil drawing made from memory by a colleague of Sirotinin in the 1990s The inhabitants of Belarus remember and honor the feat of the brave artilleryman. In Krichev there is a street named after him, a monument has been erected. But, despite the fact that the feat of Sirotinin, thanks to the efforts of the workers of the Archive of the Soviet Army, was recognized back in 1960, he was not awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. A painfully absurd circumstance got in the way: the soldier's family did not have his photograph. And it is necessary to apply for a high rank.
Today there is only a pencil sketch made after the war by one of his colleagues. In the year of the 20th anniversary of the Victory, Senior Sergeant Sirotinin was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, first degree. Posthumously. Such is the story.
Memory
In 1948, the remains of Nikolai Sirotinin were reburied in mass grave(according to the registration card of a military burial site on the OBD Memorial website - in 1943), on which a monument is erected in the form of a sculpture of a soldier grieving for his dead comrades, and the name Sirotinin N. V. is indicated on the marble plaques in the list of the buried.
In 1960, Sirotinin was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class.
In 1961, a monument in the form of an obelisk with the name of the hero was erected at the site of the feat near the highway, next to which a real 76-mm gun was installed on a pedestal. In the city of Krichev, a street is named after Sirotinin.
A memorial plaque with brief reference about N. V. Sirotinin.
The museum of military glory in secondary school No. 17 of the city of Orel has materials dedicated to N. V. Sirotinin.
In 2015, the council of school No. 7 of the city of Orel petitioned for the school to be named after Nikolai Sirotinin. Nikolai's sister, Taisiya Vladimirovna, attended the celebrations. The name for the school was chosen by the students themselves on the basis of their search and information work.
When reporters asked Nikolai's sister why Nikolay volunteered to cover the retreat of the division, Taisiya Vladimirovna replied: "My brother could not have done otherwise."
The feat of Kolka Sirotinin is an example of loyalty to the Motherland for all our youth.
Outside the 21st century. But, despite this, military conflicts do not subside, including those involving Russian army. Courage and valor, courage and bravery are qualities characteristic of the soldiers of Russia. Therefore, exploits Russian soldiers and officers require separate and detailed coverage.
How ours fought in Chechnya
The exploits of Russian soldiers today do not leave anyone indifferent. The first example of boundless courage is the tank crew headed by Yuri Sulimenko.
The exploits of the Russian soldiers of the tank battalion began in 1994. During the First Chechen War, Sulimenko acted as a crew commander. The team showed good results and in 1995 took an active part in the storming of Grozny. The tank battalion was defeated by 2/3 of the personnel. However, the brave fighters led by Yuri did not run away from the battlefield, but went to the presidential palace.
Tank Sulimenko was surrounded by Dudaev. The team of fighters did not surrender, on the contrary, began to conduct aimed fire at strategic targets. Despite the numerical superiority of the opponents, Yuri Sulimenko and his crew were able to inflict colossal losses on the militants.
The commander received dangerous leg injuries, burns to his body and face. Viktor Velichko, in the rank of foreman, was able to provide him with first aid in a burning tank, after which he carried him to a safe place. These exploits of Russian soldiers in Chechnya did not go unnoticed. The fighters were awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
Yuri Sergeevich Igitov - a hero posthumously
Very often the exploits of Russian soldiers and officers today become well known after the death of heroes. This is exactly what happened in the case of Yury Igitov. Private was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously for the performance of duty and a special assignment.
Yuri Sergeevich took part in the Chechen war. The private was 21 years old, but, despite his youth, he showed courage and valor in the last seconds of his life. Igitov's platoon was surrounded by Dudayev's fighters. Most of the comrades died under numerous enemy shots. The gallant private, at the cost of his life, covered the retreat of the surviving soldiers to the last bullet. When the enemy attacked, Yuri blew up a grenade without surrendering to the enemy.
Evgeny Rodionov - faith in God until the last breath
The exploits of Russian soldiers today cause boundless pride of fellow citizens, especially when it comes to young boys who gave their lives for a peaceful sky above their heads. Boundless heroism and unshakable faith in God was shown by Yevgeny Rodionov, who, under threat of death, refused to take off his pectoral cross.
Young Eugene was called to serve in 1995. He served on a permanent basis in the North Caucasus, at the border point of Ingushetia and Chechnya. Together with his comrades, he joined the guard on February 13. In carrying out their direct task, the soldiers stopped an ambulance carrying weapons. After that, the privates were captured.
For about 100 days the soldiers were tortured, severely beaten and humiliated. Despite the unbearable pain, the threat of death, the fighters did not take off their pectoral crosses. For this, Yevgeny was beheaded, and the rest of his colleagues were shot on the spot. For martyrdom Rodionov Evgeny was awarded posthumously.
Yanina Irina - an example of heroism and courage
The exploits of Russian soldiers today are not only the heroic deeds of men, but also the incredible valor of Russian women. A sweet, fragile girl was a member of two military operations as a nurse during the First Chechen war. 1999 was the third test in Irina's life.
August 31 became fatal. At risk to her own life, nurse Yanina saved more than 40 people by making three trips in an APC to the line of fire. Irina's fourth trip ended tragically. During the counter-offensive of the enemy, Yanina not only organized the lightning-fast loading of wounded soldiers, but also covered the retreat of her colleagues with automatic fire.
Unfortunately for the girls, two grenades hit the armored personnel carrier. The nurse rushed to the aid of the wounded commander and the 3rd private. Irina saved the young soldiers from certain death, but did not have time to get out of the burning car herself. The armored personnel carrier ammunition detonated.
For his valor and courage, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously. Irina is the only woman who has been awarded this title for operations in the North Caucasus.
Maroon takes posthumously
The exploits of Russian soldiers today are known not only in Russia. The story of Sergei Burnaev does not leave anyone indifferent. Brown - that's what his comrades called the commander - was in the "Vityaz", a special division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 2002, the detachment was sent to the city of Argun, where an underground weapons warehouse with numerous tunnels was discovered.
It was possible to reach opponents only by going through an underground hole. Sergei Burnaev went first. The opponents opened fire on the fighter, who was able to answer the call of the militants in the darkness. The comrades hurried to help, it was at this moment that Bury saw a grenade that was rolling towards the fighters. Without hesitation, Sergei Burnaev closed the grenade with his body, thereby saving his colleagues from certain death.
For the accomplished feat, Sergei Burnaev was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. The school where he studied was open so that young people could remember the exploits of Russian soldiers and officers today. The parents were presented with a maroon beret in honor of the memory of the brave soldier.
Beslan: no one is forgotten
The exploits of Russian soldiers and officers today are the best confirmation of the boundless courage of men in uniform. September 1, 2004 became a black day in the history of North Ossetia and all of Russia. The seizure of the school in Beslan left no one indifferent. Andrey Turkin was no exception. The lieutenant took an active part in the operation to free the hostages.
At the very beginning of the rescue operation, he was injured, but did not leave the school. Thanks to his professional skills, the lieutenant took an advantageous position in the dining room, where about 250 hostages were placed. The militants were eliminated, which increased the chances for a successful outcome of the operation.
However, a militant with an activated grenade came to the aid of the terrorists. Turkin, without hesitation, rushed to the bandit, holding the device between himself and the enemy. Such an action saved the lives of innocent children. The lieutenant posthumously became a Hero of the Russian Federation.
Combat Sun
In ordinary everyday life of military service, the feats of Russian soldiers are also often performed. or the battalion commander Sun, in 2012 during the exercises he became a hostage of the situation, the way out of which became a real feat. Saving his soldiers from death, the battalion commander covered the activated grenade with his own body, which flew off from the edge of the parapet. Thanks to Sergey's dedication, tragedy was avoided. The battalion commander was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
Whatever the exploits of Russian soldiers today, every person should remember the valor and courage of the military personnel of the army. Only the memory of the deeds of each of these heroes is a reward for the courage that cost them their lives.
This material is dedicated to the heroes of our time. Real, not fictional citizens of our country. Those people who do not shoot incidents on their smartphones, but are the first to rush to help the victims. Not by vocation or duty of the profession, but from a personal sense of patriotism, responsibility, conscience and understanding that this is right.
In the great past of Russia - Rus', the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, there were many heroes who glorified the state throughout the world, and did not disgrace the name and honor of its citizen. And we honor their great contribution. Every day, "brick by brick", building a new, strong country, returning to ourselves the lost patriotism, pride and not so long ago forgotten heroes.
We all need to remember that in modern history of our country, in the 21st century, many worthy deeds and heroic deeds have already been accomplished! Actions that deserve your attention.
Read the stories of the exploits of "ordinary" residents of our Motherland, take an example and be proud!
Russia is back.
In May 2012, a twelve-year-old boy, Danil Sadykov, was awarded the Order of Courage in Tatarstan for saving a nine-year-old child. Unfortunately, his father, also a hero of Russia, received the Order of Courage for him.
At the beginning of May 2012, a small child fell into a fountain, the water in which suddenly turned out to be under high voltage. There were a lot of people around, everyone was shouting, calling for help, but they did nothing. Only one Daniel decided. It is obvious that his father, who received the title of hero after a worthy service in the Chechen Republic, raised his son correctly. Courage is in the Sadykovs' blood. As investigators later found out, the water was energized at 380 volts. Danil Sadykov managed to pull the victim onto the side of the fountain, but by that time he himself had received a severe electric shock. For his heroism and selflessness in saving a person in extreme conditions, 12-year-old Danil, a resident of Naberezhnye Chelny, was awarded the Order of Courage, unfortunately posthumously.
The commander of the communications battalion, Sergei Solnechnikov, died on March 28, 2012 during an exercise near Belogorsk in the Amur Region. 
During the exercise of throwing grenades, an emergency situation occurred - a grenade, after being thrown by a conscripted soldier, hit the parapet. Solnechnikov jumped up to the private, pushed him aside and covered the grenade with his body, saving not only him, but also many people around. Awarded the title of Hero of Russia.
In the winter of 2012, in the village of Komsomolsky, Pavlovsky district Altai Territory children were playing in the street near the store. One of them, a 9-year-old boy, fell into sewer well with ice water, which was not visible due to large snowdrifts. If it were not for the help of 17-year-old Alexander Grebe, who accidentally saw what happened and did not jump into the icy water after the victim, the boy could become another victim of adult negligence. 
On a Sunday in March 2013, two-year-old Vasya was walking near his house under the supervision of his ten-year-old sister. At this time, foreman Denis Stepanov stopped by his friend on business and, waiting for him behind the fence, watched the child's pranks with a smile. Hearing the sound of snow sliding off the slate, the fireman instantly rushed to the baby and, jerking him aside, took the blow of the snowball and ice. 
Twenty-two-year-old Alexander Skvortsov from Bryansk two years ago unexpectedly became a hero of his city: he pulled seven children and their mother out of a burning house. 
In 2013, Alexander was visiting the eldest daughter of a neighboring family, 15-year-old Katya. The head of the family went to work early in the morning, everyone was sleeping at home, and he locked the door with a key. In the next room, a mother of many children was busy with the kids, the youngest of which is only three years old, when Sasha smelled smoke.
First of all, everyone logically rushed to the door, but it turned out to be locked, and the second key lay in the parents' bedroom, which the fire had already cut off.
“I was confused, first of all I started counting the children,” says Natalya, mother. “I couldn’t call the fire brigade or anything, even though I had the phone in my hands.
However, the guy was not taken aback: he tried to open the window, but it was tightly sealed for the winter. With a few blows from the stool, Sasha knocked out the frame, helped Katya to get out and handed over to her the rest of the children, whatever they were wearing. Mom planted the last.
“When he began to climb out himself, the gas suddenly exploded,” says Sasha. - Singed hair, face. But he is alive, the children are safe, and this is the main thing. I don't need thanks."
Evgeny Tabakov is the youngest citizen of Russia who has become a holder of the Order of Courage in our country. 
Tabakov's wife was only seven years old when the bell rang in the Tabakovs' apartment. Only Zhenya and his twelve-year-old sister Yana were at home.
The girl opened the door, not at all alert - the caller introduced himself as a postman, and since someone else rarely appeared in the closed city (the military town of Norilsk - 9), Yana let the man in.
The stranger grabbed her, put a knife to her throat and began to demand money. The girl struggled and cried, the robber ordered her younger brother to look for money, and at that time he began to undress Yana. But the boy could not leave his sister so easily. He went to the kitchen, took a knife and ran it into the criminal's lower back. From pain, the rapist fell and released Yana. But it was impossible to cope with a recidivist with children's hands. The offender got up, attacked Zhenya and stabbed him several times. Later, experts counted eight stab wounds incompatible with life on the boy's body. At this time, the sister knocked on the neighbors, asked to call the police. Hearing the noise, the rapist tried to hide.
However, the bleeding wound of the little defender left a mark and the loss of blood took its toll. The recidivist was immediately captured, and the sister, thanks to the feat of the heroic boy, remained safe and sound. The feat of a seven-year-old boy is an act of a person with a formed life position. The act of a real Russian soldier who will do everything to protect his family and his home.
GENERALIZATION
It is not uncommon to hear how conditional liberals blinded by the West or voluntarily blindfolded, dogmatic Advisers declare that all the best is in the West and this does not exist in Russia, and all the heroes lived in the past, because our Russia is not their homeland ...
Let us leave the ignorant in their ignorance, and pay attention to modern heroes. Small and adults, ordinary passers-by and professionals. Let's pay attention - and we will take an example from them, we will stop remaining indifferent to our own country and our citizens.
The hero does something. Such an act, which not everyone dares, perhaps even a few. Sometimes such valiant people are awarded medals, orders, and if they do without any signs, then human memory and inescapable gratitude.
Your attention, and knowledge of your heroes, understanding that you should be no worse - and there is the best tribute to the memory of such people and their valiant and worthy deeds.
