in 1917. In 1939 my great-grandpa went to the
army. During the War he was a machine-gun platoon commander. And he had a rank of lieutenant. My great-grandpa participated in the war from the beginning to the end. He fought for Konigsberg. It was one of the most important battles of the Great Patriotic War. Its results had significant military-political meaning. Soviet troops conquered the East Prussia. He was seriously wounded twice. He got a lot of awards, such as The Order of the Red Star and The Order of the Patriotic War of the First Class. After the war my great-grandfather worked as a road-building engineer. He died on January, 1994.