78 years Later the flask back to its owner – or rather, his descendants. The artifact was found by a search expedition Association “Mius-Front”.
During excavations in the steppes of the guys raised the gun belts, zinc ammo, a shovel, shears for cutting barbed wire, and ammunition. Among them was whip shrapnel and charred flask, – the volunteer told Olga Fox.
the characteristic contours of the body searchers found: the jar is of Italian origin, and, apparently, as the trophy went to the Soviet soldier. Her new owner was very proud of his possessions and even scrawled his or her name – Turkin. And no wonder, because in the Soviet Union since the beginning of the war due to the shortage of aluminium the red army supplied only glass jars, but here is shatterproof, lightweight and durable, and even can be worn on the shoulder strap. Convenient thing on the front.
– In General, pokumekali and decided that I should try to find relatives. And lo and behold, in 1942-1943 in place of the 1st guards army southwestern front, which was only one soldier with the last name Turkin. Moreover, Vladimir Ilyich – our countryman from the village of Aksay, – says Olga.
To search for relatives of soldiers joined volunteers, employees of the Investigative Committee and “the Russian newspaper”. And – incredible luck. Just over a month, by the standards of the search engines very briefly, responded to the great-granddaughter of a red army soldier Sophia Domracheva.
– When I clicked on the Instagram announcement about the search of my great-grandfather, even hesitated not a joke or a bug. Read the article in the newspaper and realized that we are incredibly lucky. Imagine living in Russia 146 million people, and everyone has someone fought and died in the Great Patriotic war, and get thing great-grandfather lost at the front, we just lucky – it’s an incomparable happiness, – said Sophia.
the Village of Aksay – now a satellite town of Rostov-on-don. It is here that the hereditary don Cossack Ilya Alekseevich and Varvara Pavlovna Turkina was born in 1912, the boy, named at the baptism of Vladimir. All in the family had eight children, including six boys.
– it So happened that their share had bitter and difficult childhood. The first world war, then Civil war. The father of the family, Ilya A., gone with Baron Wrangel in Turkey. Knocked about, he settled in Bulgaria: got the economy and even sought after the war to his family in the village he came from letters. However, in the homeland he never returned, but remained in Soviet Russia wife and children had difficult. Lean years. Education really was not able to – after all, lived with a heavy mark of the children of the enemy of the people, says, wiping her tears, Galina Shutko – the daughter of a veteran.
She is 71 years old, but she berezhbut stores family heirlooms – letters, documents, and photo of father. Before the war Lenin was in Mordovia, from where and went to fight. He served first as a reserve regiment, and then, in may 1942, was in the army. He fought courageously and even defiantly, says Galina, all the men of their kind were very characteristic. Turkenich five brothers went to war and came back only three.
About his experiences at the front, Vladimir Ilyich did not like to tell, but from the war he came up with the order of the red Star. Thanks to the archival documents failed to establish that the award he received in the most difficult time when Dole was handing out medals. Feat don Cossack made in the fighting at the farm Haliivka in the Voronezh region on 5 November 1942.
“Comrade Turkin in the battle for galievskiy Peninsula under heavy mortar and machine-gun fire delivered themselves across the river don, the handful of men and ammunition. Being on the other side, comrade Turkin personally killed four fascists,” military briefly said in presenting the order of the red Star.
About a month 412 th infantry regiment out of the fight, and until 30 November in the headquarters have the opportunity to engage in office. Premium list of Vladimir Turkin was signed on 30 November 1942.
From the war Lenin returned in a military hospital in Kamyshin. At the front he was severely wounded and was treated. There on the Volga, he met his love – Natalia Pavlovna. A son Victor was born, but it was a hard time, the boy fell ill, medicines and food was scarce, and he died.
In 1949, there appeared a girl – she was named Galey, now it’s Galina Vladimirovna.
the Father was incredibly strong-hearted person, overcoming the consequences of a serious injury, and worked before his death broke a vineyard planted forty bushes, – said the daughter of a veteran.
the red Army and great Patriotic war veteran Vladimir Turkin died in 1962, but the memory of it cherished descendants. Victory Day near the post-war photography, flowers and stacked on the bedside table will appear cherished flask, which is 78 years later returned to its owner.
