On Defender of the Fatherland Day, February 23, we will not forget to congratulate them on their well-deserved holiday, and first of all we congratulate the wonderful Vladimir Etush, who fought at the front during the Great Patriotic War.
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2/24 Oleg Menshikov - served in the Central Academic Theater of the Soviet Army.
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3/24 Valery Kipelov - served in the Urals near Sverdlovsk in the Strategic Missile Forces as a sergeant in a communications company.
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4/24 Anatoly Papanov - fought during the Great Patriotic War, commanded an anti-aircraft artillery platoon.
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5/24 Innokenty Smoktunovsky - participated in battles during the Great Patriotic War as part of the 75th Guards Rifle Division, then, after captivity, as part of a partisan detachment and 102nd Guards Rifle Division; was awarded two medals "For Courage".
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6/24 Viktor Sukhorukov - served in the Astrakhan region (Kapustin Yar, regimental school for training junior commanders)
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7/24 Grigory Leps
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8/24 Nikas Safronov
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9/24 Anton Makarsky - served in a convoy company for a month and a half, then was sent to the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
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10/24 Sergey Astakhov
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11/24 Mikhail Grebenshchikov
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12/24 Sergey Glushko - graduated from the A.F. Mozhaisky Military Space Academy, served at the Plesetsk cosmodrome for 3 years, rose to the rank of senior lieutenant
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13/24 Fyodor Dobronravov
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14/24 Andrey Fedortsov
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15/24 Sergei Penkin
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16/24 Vladimir Etush - fought at the front during the Great Patriotic War as part of a rifle regiment, took part in the liberation of Rostov-on-Don, was awarded the Order of the Red Star.
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17/24 Mikhail Porechenkov - spent 4 years at the Tallinn Higher Military-Political Construction School (was expelled 10 days before graduation)
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18/24 Valery Ponomarenko - military unit near Krasnoyarsk
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19/24 Timur Batrutdinov - signal troops (conscript soldier)
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20/24 Ilya Lagutenko - Pacific Fleet
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21/24 Sergey Zverev - rose to the rank of senior sergeant in the air defense forces
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22/24 Leonid Agutin - border troops
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23/24 Nikita Mikhalkov - Pacific Fleet
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24/24 Gosha Kutsenko - served in the signal troops
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