Russian Federation
The World War II began in 1939. My family like many people found themselves face to face with this terrible trouble. My great-grandfather Drovyannikov Pavel Ivanovich went to the front in 1941. He was born in 1900. Two years later his two brothers Drovyannikov Mikhail Pavlovich and Drovyannikov Ivan Pavlovich took part in war actions too. They lived in the Village of Orekhovo, Kursk region.
Great Patriotic War, front, war, heroism, Victory Day, military awards, Russian soldiers.
УДК 81.432.1
The Great Patriotic War in my family
Drovyannikov Denis, student
Maklakova Elena Albertovna
Voronezh State Academy of Forestry and Technologies
Russia, Voronezh.
DOI: 10.12737/10816
Summary: The World War II began in 1939. My family like many people found themselves face to face with this terrible trouble. My great-grandfather Drovyannikov Pavel Ivanovich went to the front in 1941. He was born in 1900. Two years later his two brothers Drovyannikov Mikhail Pavlovich and Drovyannikov Ivan Pavlovich took part in war actions too. They lived in the Village of Orekhovo, Kursk region.
Keywords: Great Patriotic War, front, war, heroism, Victory Day, militaryawards, Russian soldiers.
The Soviet army offered strong resistance to the Nazi troops but it was half disarmed and weakened by Stalin’s repressions. Though soldiers showed remarkable courage, the enemy broke through the Soviet defense. Most Soviet airplanes were destroyed on the earth; they had no time to take off. Equipped with up-to-date weapons, the Nazi and their allies were advancing rapidly. Their advance was in three directions: towards Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev. On the very first days of the war the Nazi artillery was shelling Leningrad; the enemy planes were bombing Ukrainian cities. The Soviet command had to surrender Odessa.
