My great-grandfather – defender of Motherland
UDC94(4)"1939/45"
NIKITA MIKHAILOVICH MAKAROV,
MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER – DEFENDER OF MOTHERLAND
AndreiMakarov
2st year student,
School of Non-Destructive Testing & Security,
Tomsk Polytechnic University,
e-mail:andreend2@gmail.com,
NadezdaKobzeva
Candidate of Sciences in Pedagogy,
School of Core Engineering Education,
Tomsk Polytechnic University
e-mail: nadiatom @mail.ru
Introduction
The Great Patriotic War was a difficult test for every person. All people living in the vast territory of the USSR were involved in the fight against a bloody war. Thanks to the joint effort of the rallied people, a victory was won in the war.
The purposeof this work is to describe the life of my great-grandfather Makarov Nikita Mikhailovich who participated in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
Defender of Motherland
Red Army soldiers fought for their Motherland on the fronts of World War II. One of the fighters of the Red Army was my great-grandfather Makarov Nikita Mikhailovich, who made his heroic contribution to the Great Victory over the Nazis.
Makarov Nikita Mikhailovich was born in 1901 in the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Purdoshkinsky district, the village of Purdroshki.
He was called to the Red Army at the beginning of the war, in 1941. Nikita Mikhailovich began his military service in the newly formed 326 rifle division. He served in the service and equipment division before go to the front. On November 7, 1941, the division left Penza and became part of the 10th Army of the Western Front.
The 326th Infantry Division, continuing its irrepressible attack, liberated the Baryatinsky station (now the village of Baryatino, Baryatinsky district, Kaluga region), thereby ensuring the liberation of the city of Sukhinichi by units of the 10th army.
After that, 326 th Infantry Division was heavy fighting for the aerodrome Shaykovka, but did not succeed. In these battles, only the 1099-th Infantry Regiment of the 326th Infantry Division lost 46 officers and 466 sergeants and privates.
In such heavy battles, my great-grandfather was killed on January 19, 1942 in the Smolensk region, the Baryatinsky district, the village of Novo-Shopotovo.
The loss of Nikita Mikhailovich dealt a serious blow to his family, which experienced great difficulties in the postwar period. My grandfather Makarov Vasily Nikitich, the son of Nikita Mikhvylovich, had to work and support his family from an early age.
I, Andrei Makarov, have not forgotten my great-grandfather-hero and will always remember him.