Born on December 5, 1922, in the village of Tereshki, Verkhnedvinsk district, Vitebsk region (Belarus).

After graduating from school, Nadezhda Bykova enrolled in the Polotsk Pedagogical College. The war changed everything. When the fascists invaded the village, Nadezhda Pavlovna became a partisan scout. She provided the people's avengers with information about the movement of enemy trains carrying personnel and military equipment that were moving eastward through the Borkovichi station.

From April 1 to September 1943, she served as a liaison officer in a partisan brigade.

She met victory in the village of Grulevo.

After the liberation of Belarus from the German invaders, N.P. Bykova worked in the accounting department of the Kirov collective farm.

From 1945 to 1949, she was a milkmaid at the Kirov collective farm in the Verkhnedvinsk district, and from 1949 to 1959, she was a flax grower and milkmaid at the "Serp i Molot" collective farm.

Since 1960, she has been a flax grower at the Kirov collective farm.

By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 30, 1966, N.P. Bykova was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor for achieving stable yields of long-fiber flax and for the implementation of scientific achievements and advanced experience in production.

She lived in the village of Svirashchina.

Awards include: "Veteran of Labor," "Order of the Patriotic War" II degree, jubilee medals.

Died on September 16, 2003.

Buried in the village of Zheltovshchina, Verkhnedvinsk district.

Born on October 4, 1903, in the village of Bryushkovo, Verkhnedvinsk district, Vitebsk region (Belarus). Leader in agricultural production.

Began her labor activity in 1931 at the "Novy Mir" collective farm in the Drissa district.

From 1944, she was a flax grower team leader at the "Profintern" collective farm.

In 1953, E.P. Lesnichaya joined the ranks of the CPSU.

From 1958, she worked as a crop farmer at the collective farm named after Ilyich. E.P. Lesnichaya worked as a flax team leader for eight years on the farm. She approached her beloved work with passion, conscientiously fulfilled her duties, and taught her skills to the youth.

The title of Hero of Socialist Labor was awarded for achieving high flax yields in 1949.

For her excellent work and contribution to the development of the farm, she was awarded the title of Honored Collective Farmer in 1965.

Awarded the Order of Lenin, medals.

Died on September 30, 1976. Buried in the village of Lunocharskoye, Verkhnedvinsk district.

Born on April 5, 1936, in the village of Podgaiskie, Verkhnedvinsk district, Vitebsk region (Belarus).

From a peasant family. From the age of 14, she worked at the "Drissensky" state farm. Leader in agricultural production. From 1950 to 1953, she was a crop farmer, and from 1953, a pig breeder at the "Drissensky" state farm in the Verkhnedvinsk district. In 1972, a.P. Shushkevich's group had 20 sows and 220 piglets.

For high performance in pig breeding, she was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1966.

By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for excellent successes achieved in the development of agricultural production and the fulfillment of the five-year plan for the sale of agricultural and livestock products to the state, she was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor in 1971, with the presentation of the Order of Lenin and the gold medal "Hammer and Sickle".

She has the medal "For Valiant Labor".

Member of the CPSU since October 1975.

Born on October 27, 1909, in the village of Kulakovo, Verkhnedvinsk district, Vitebsk region (Belarus), into a peasant family. Belarusian. Graduated from 6 grades. Served in the Red Army in 1931-1932, completed political officer courses. Member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1932. After demobilization, moved to Krasnodar Krai. Worked at an Mts, then as an instructor for the district committee of the party. From 1938 to 1941, worked as an accountant and chairman of a collective farm in Buda-Kashalyovsky district, Gomel region.

Participant of the Great Patriotic War since August 1941. Served as commander of a sabotage group, then as platoon commander of the M.I. Kalinin partisan detachment of the 1st Gomel Partisan Brigade. The platoon under the command of Captain Lavrinovich E.V. Derailed 54 enemy trains. Personally destroyed 3 vehicles and several trains.

In the late autumn of 1942, Lavrinovich's group redeployed to the Bryansk forests in the Novozybkov area. They "worked" on the Gomel-Bryansk railway all winter. In early March 1943, the group returned to their native region and joined the 1st Gomel Partisan Brigade. It then became a platoon, which, under the command of Lavrinovich E.V., was sent to Buda-Kashalyovsky district for sabotage operations on the railway. The Chechersk forests became their main base.

Within a week, Lavrinovich E.V. Re-established all key contacts with patriots in the district. On March 10, 1943, another train was blown up.

Lavrinovich E.V. Actively participated in the "Rail War" operation. A large detachment was formed to carry out this task. Lavrinovich was appointed deputy commander for mining and demolition of the railway track. The partisans blew up the railway over a long distance, paralyzing traffic for a considerable time.

By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 15, 1944, for exemplary fulfillment of combat missions in the enemy rear and for the courage and heroism shown, Captain Lavrinovich Eduard Viktorovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the presentation of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 4375).

From 1943, Captain E.V. Lavrinovich was in reserve. From 1943 to 1971, he held Soviet and administrative positions in the Buda-Koshelevsky district of the Gomel region.

Died on March 12, 1982. Buried in Gomel.

Awarded 2 Orders of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class, and medals.

A memorial plaque in memory of E.V. Lavrinovich has been installed in the village of Bigosovo, Verkhnedvinsky district.

Author of the book "Vognennyya reyki" (Fiery Rails), Moscow, "Belarus" publishing house (1974).

Born on January 1 (14), 1910, in the village of Zaluchye, Verkhnedvinsky district, Vitebsk region, into a peasant family. Belarusian. Primary education. Worked in a collective farm.

In September 1941, he was drafted into the Red Army. In the same year, he was sent to the active army. Fought on the Voronezh Front. Member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)/Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1944.

On September 22, 1943, the 237th Rifle Division of the 40th Army reached the Dnieper north of Rzhishchev in the area of the Bukrin salient. The opposite bank was ominously silent. The regimental commander decided to send scouts there.

On the night of September 24, 1943, Sergeant S.a. Zabagonsky, assistant platoon commander of the infantry reconnaissance of the 835th Rifle Regiment, led a group of scouts and was the first to cross to the right bank of the Dnieper near the village of Grebeni, Kagarlyksky district, Kyiv region.

The brave men surveyed the bank, chose suitable landing sites, and climbed the slope. At dawn, they discovered a large group of Hitlerites and, letting them approach, destroyed them in a short skirmish. S.a. Zabagonsky showed initiative and fearlessness during the reconnaissance and elimination of the fascist group.

When the bank was clear, Sergeant S.a. Zabagonsky used light signals to indicate the landing point for boats and rafts. In the morning, the crossing began. The soldiers forced the river, captured a bridgehead, and held it firmly, repelling all enemy counterattacks.

Hero of the Soviet Union (1943). Member of the CPSU since 1944.

After the war, S.a. Zabagonsky worked in the Tomsk and Leningrad regions. He passed away on January 27, 1955. He was buried in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) at the Bolsheokhtinskoye Cemetery.

Awarded the Order of Lenin, medals.

A memorial sign to the Hero of the Soviet Union has been erected in the village of Zaluchye, Verkhnedvinsk district.

Born on July 15, 1914, in the village of Gorodilovichi, Verkhnedvinsk district, Vitebsk region, into a peasant family. Belarusian. Primary education. Worked in a collective farm.

In the Navy since June 1941. Served in the naval infantry of the Black Sea Fleet. Participated in the defense of Odessa and Sevastopol, and battles on the "Maly Zemlya" (Small Land).

Since April 1943, Makeenok I.a. Was appointed to the 384th separate naval infantry battalion of the Black Sea Fleet as deputy commander of a machine gunner squad. In the autumn of 1943, he participated in amphibious operations to liberate the cities of Taganrog, Mariupol, and Osipenko (now Berdyansk). For excellent performance of combat missions assigned by the command in the battles for the liberation of the city of Mariupol in September 1943, he was awarded the medal "For Military Merit".

In the second half of March 1944, the troops of the 28th Army began battles to liberate the city of Mykolaiv. To facilitate the frontal assault of the advancing forces, it was decided to land a detachment in the port of Mykolaiv. A detachment of paratroopers was formed from the 384th separate naval infantry battalion. It included 55 sailors, 2 signalmen from the army headquarters, and 10 sappers. A local fisherman, Andreev, served as a guide. Among the paratroopers was Petty Officer 2nd Class Makeenok I.a.

For two days, the detachment fought bloody battles, repelling 18 fierce enemy attacks, destroying up to 700 enemy soldiers and officers. During the last attack, the fascists used flamethrower tanks and poisonous substances. But nothing could break the resistance of the paratroopers or force them to surrender. They honorably completed their combat mission.

Born on October 17, 1910, in the village of Zadezhye, Osvyey District, Polotsk Region, now Verkhnedvinsky District, Vitebsk Region, Republic of Belarus, into a peasant family. Belarusian. Completed 7 grades. Worked as a supply manager at the Bratsevskaya poultry farm in Solnechnogorsk District, Moscow Region. In 1936, he completed courses for propagandists. Member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1939.

In the Red Army since June 1941. On the front lines since the same time. Served as a petty officer, deputy political instructor, political instructor of a rifle company, and party organizer of a rifle battalion. Fought on the Western, Bryansk, Central, and 1st Ukrainian Fronts. Wounded three times in battle.

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Born on November 24, 1902, in the village of Barsuki, Shaiterovsky Selsoviet, Verkhnedvinsky District, into a peasant family. Belarusian. Member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1931.

Served in the Red Army in 1924-27, in the Ogpu - Nkvd troops from 1930, and in the border troops from December 1939. Participant of the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-40.

On January 27, 1940, Lieutenant Ivan Kobzun, commander of a machine-gun platoon of the 5th Border Regiment, found himself surrounded with a small group of border guards.

He broke out of the encirclement with the remnants of the group. On February 4, 1940, he participated in a battle against superior enemy forces. When the enemy launched a decisive offensive, Ivan Kobzun covered the retreat of a cavalry squadron and a rifle platoon of the 118th Rifle Regiment with machine-gun fire, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy and forcing them to switch to defense, thereby ensuring the safe withdrawal of his units. Ivan Kobzun was wounded in the chest in this battle.

During the encirclement of the machine-gun company of the 54th Rifle Division, Kobzun, being in the 5th company in one of the defense sectors, remained in service despite his wound, skillfully suppressing enemy firing points and inflicting huge losses on them. When the enemy opened direct fire from an anti-tank gun on the transport company, I.M. Kobzun silenced this gun with his machine gun.

During the battle, Ivan Kobzun fired 25,000 rounds consecutively. The barrel jacket was pierced in several places, but by wrapping it with insulating tape and caulking the holes, he continued to deliver devastating fire. When the enemy hoisted a banner with an offer to surrender the garrison and dispatched groups could not remove it, Kobzun cut down the tree on which it was hung with his machine gun fire from a distance of 300 meters.

By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 26, 1940, "for exemplary fulfillment of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the Finnish White Guards and for the courage and heroism shown therein," Lieutenant Kobzun Ivan Mikhailovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the presentation of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 131).

After the Soviet-Finnish War, I.M. Kobzun studied at the Higher School of the Nkvd of the USSR.

Participant of the Great Patriotic War. Died in 1942.

Awarded the Order of Lenin.

A memorial sign in honor of the Hero of the Soviet Union has been erected in the village of Barsuki, Verkhnedvinsk district.

Born in 1911 in the village of Osvyitsa, Verkhnedvinsk district, Vitebsk region. Worked as a brigadier in a collective farm. From 1938, he lived with his family in Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk region. Worked at the V.V. Kuybyshev plant, and then at the Ural timber industry enterprise. Non-partisan.

Drafted into the Soviet Army in June 1941. Participated in battles against the German-fascist invaders as a private machine gunner in the 3rd battalion of the 198th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 68th Guards Rifle Division.

Andrey Burak defended the center of a captured bridgehead. With machine-gun fire, he destroyed up to 100 enemy soldiers and officers, and disabled a German tank with grenades.

On September 24, 1943, the rifle regiment in which Private Andrey Matveevich Burak served reached the Dnieper River. It was decided to send a group of soldiers to the right bank to establish a foothold.

Under the cover of night, a group of our riflemen crossed to the right bank. The enemy discovered the Soviet soldiers and opened heavy fire. The forces were unequal. And then a new group of soldiers was sent to help ours, among them was the machine gunner guard private Andrey Burak. Under continuous enemy fire, the Soviet soldiers overcame the difficult line and entrenched themselves on the right bank. The enemy tried to attack but was repulsed. Andrey Matveevich hit the fascists with accurate machine-gun bursts. In this battle, he destroyed about 100 enemy soldiers and officers. Thanks to the courageous defense of the group of Soviet soldiers, the regiment crossed and secured the bank.

On October 17, 1943, in a fierce and unequal battle, Andrey Matveevich Burak died.

Awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on November 13, 1943, for exceptional courage and resilience shown during the crossing of the Dnieper.

Buried in the village of Shchuchynka, Kagarlytsky district, Kyiv region.

A memorial sign in honor of the Hero of the Soviet Union has been erected in the village of Ignalino, Verkhnedvinsk district.

Born on October 24, 1921, in the city of Verkhnedvinsk, now Vitebsk region (Belarus).

At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, while in the territory temporarily occupied by fascist troops, she participated in the underground organization in the city of Smolevichi, Minsk region. Members of the underground Komsomol organization, created at the peat factory, gathered intelligence about the enemy, replenished the ranks of partisans, provided assistance to their families, wrote and posted leaflets.

Since July 1942, she served as a scout and nurse in the partisan detachment "Bureya" of the Smolevichi district, 4th partisan brigade "Uncle Kolya" in the Minsk region. She participated in operations to blow up bridges, attack enemy convoys, and repeatedly engaged in combat with punitive detachments. On behalf of the organization, she took part in preparing an operation to eliminate the fascist gauleiter of Belarus, Wilhelm von Kubbe.

For courage and heroism shown in battles, she was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on October 29, 1943.

In 1947, she graduated from the 1st Moscow Medical Institute. She worked as the director of the Research Institute of Sanitary Education of the Ministry of Health of the USSR, and as an associate professor at the Department of Surgery of the 1st Moscow Medical Institute. She was a member of the presidium of the Soviet Committee of War Veterans, a member of the Committee for the Protection of Peace, the chairman of the executive committee of the Union of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the USSR, a member of the Council of the International Federation of Resistance Fighters, and co-chairman of the International Organization for Sanitary Education.

She lives in Moscow (on Begovaya Street). She works as the vice-rector of the 1st Moscow Medical Institute.

Candidate of Medical Sciences, senior lieutenant of the reserve medical service. Awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class, 2 Orders of the Red Banner of Labour, the Order of the Red Star, the Order of Friendship of Peoples, and medals.

Works: The Soviet Red Cross during the Great Patriotic War. M., 1975.

The war found her as a 16-year-old girl. Lena, witnessing the suffering of her people and the arbitrariness of the Hitlerite authorities, could not stand aside. She became a member of the underground resistance. She distributed the first leaflets behind enemy lines, bringing them to the people. She was pursued and forced to join a special reconnaissance group of the Kalinin Front headquarters. Then Lena was sent for special training. And now, as part of a reconnaissance group, Lena was once again in her native Vitebsk region.

On the night of May 21, 1944, the young scout was returning from an assignment to the reconnaissance base. At that time, near the village of Zagnoi, the Germans had set up an ambush, and it was too late to go around. Lena fired back with her pistol, but her situation was hopeless. She decided not to surrender to the enemy alive and shot herself, but unsuccessfully. The wounded scout was captured by the enemy. Interrogation began. The Germans beat her, pulled out her hair, twisted her arms, but the girl remained silent. The fascists carved a star on her body and then inflicted 14 stab and bayonet wounds. But Lena remained true to her military oath, saving her comrades at the cost of her life.

On May 30, partisans who had gone in search of Lena found her mutilated body not far from the village of Zagnoi. A note was found in Lena's pocket: "...in a few minutes I will die. But I am not afraid of death. I will fight the degenerates until my last breath..."

Lena Suravneva is buried (May 1944) on an unnamed height near the village of Volesy.

A monument has been erected to her near Lake Glubokoye.

A landowner from Kokhanovichi, a folklorist and ethnographer, I. Khrapovitsky, carried out his project to abolish serfdom in parliament.

Our countrymen include the famous Belarusian writers E. Samulenok and T. Khadkevich. D. Fonvizin created his immortal works "The Governor's Choice" and "The Minor" at the Lisno estate.

Our contemporaries write about the beauty of their native land and its remarkable people – local poets - member of the Union of Writers of the Republic of Belarus Eduard Zubritsky, famous local historian, main author of the historical and documentary story about the district "Memory" Anton Bubolo, the modest and charming Cheslava Petrashkevich. Valery Chastny, a member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Belarus, creates his remarkable paintings on the Verkhnedvinsk land. The famous researcher Boris Shimuk and the Belarusian writer Sergey Poniznik made a worthy contribution to the study of the district's history.

Verkhnedvinsk region is famous for people who have fully dedicated themselves to creative work and achieved high results. Seven of the most deserving workers received the title of Hero of Socialist Labor.

Numerous monuments and obelisks eloquently tell about the past of the district. Antiquity and modernity are closely intertwined in these places, on the famous route "from the Varangians to the Greeks." In total, there are 334 monuments in the district, including 30 archaeological monuments, 10 architectural monuments, 2 memorial complexes, 89 military burials, and 19 monuments dedicated to historical events and outstanding people. Steles and obelisks are erected on all mass graves, sites of burned villages and fierce battles, 44 monuments of the district are included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Belarus, including valuable examples of Neo-Gothic architecture – churches in Rositsa and Sarya, Osvyeya and Sarya parks.