student of the flying school in Stalingrad. To be
a pilot was his dream.Ivan F. Rubtsov was born in a small railway station “Uzlovaya” and had lived there for 18years. He finished school №1 receiving school-leaving certificate with excellent marks. His classmates were P. I. Tyurin (the future secretary of town committee). N. Tregubov (the future Hero of the Soviet Union). Since that time I. F. Rubtsov has remembered his school teachers and is proud of his native town.