On the eve of the Defender of the Fatherland Day and the seventieth anniversary of the Victory, the heroes of bygone times are increasingly remembered. But in our time there are people who, on duty, risk their lives every day. FederalPress compiled the top 10 heroes who gave their lives for others in peacetime. Of course, there are more than ten stories about the courage of doctors, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and officers.

On the eve of the Defender of the Fatherland Day and the seventieth anniversary of the Victory, the heroes of bygone times are increasingly remembered. But in our time there are people who, on duty, risk their lives every day. FederalPress made the top 10 heroes who gave their lives for others in peacetime. Of course, there are more than ten stories about the courage of doctors, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and officers. We just wanted to remind you that in life there is always a place for a feat.

In September 2014, an emergency occurred on the territory of a military unit during an exercise in Lesnoy. The junior sergeant pulled the pin on the grenade and dropped the ammunition. Colonel Serik Sultangabiev, having managed to react in time, .

The President of Russia on the proposal of the command Internal Troops signed a decree conferring the highest rank of colonel "".

In July 2014, several journalists and photojournalist Andriy Stenin went to Donbass to report reliable information about what is happening in the south-east of Ukraine.

The circumstances of the death of Andrei Stenin in the Donbass. As FederalPress reported earlier, the column of refugees, in which the photographer was, came under fire northwest of the village of Dmitrovka. Ukrainian army, presumably the 79th airmobile brigade, opened fire on the cars of civilians from guns and machine guns. As a result, ten cars were destroyed, but several people managed to escape and hide in roadside bushes.

The next day, representatives of the Ukrainian command examined the place of shelling of the convoy, after which the territory with the remains of the dead and broken cars was treated with Grad rocket launchers. All journalists who died in Donbass were posthumously awarded.

Last June major accident happened at the Achinsk refinery. During start-up operations at the gas-fraction unit, a volumetric explosion and fire occurred. As a result .

In January 2012, a fire broke out in the basement of a residential building in Omsk. Thick black smoke was coming from there, which enveloped the second entrance of the house, people from the windows asked for help. Arriving firefighters evacuated 38 people, including eight children, and went to the smoky basement.

Despite zero visibility, the fire brigade under the leadership of the senior warrant officer of the sixth fire department Alexander Kozhemyakin carried out two gas cylinders that could explode.

Half an hour later, fire alarms went off. breathing apparatus. This meant that the air in the cylinders was running out. Kozhemyakin, realizing that there was a real threat to the lives of his subordinates, became the last one and helped his comrades get out of the smoky and cluttered basement. Releasing a subordinate who was entangled in a wire, the commander suddenly lost consciousness. For more than an hour, ambulance doctors tried to bring him back to life, but without regaining consciousness. Posthumously he was awarded the order Courage.

In September 2010, a fire broke out in the engine room of the destroyer Bystry at the Fokino naval base due to a short circuit in the wiring at the time of the fuel pipeline rupture. Aldar Tsydenzhapov, who took up duty as the driver of the boiler team, immediately rushed to block the leak. For about nine seconds, he was in the center of the fire, after eliminating the leak, he was able to independently get out of the compartment engulfed in flames, having received severe burns. The operational actions of Aldar and his colleagues led to the timely shutdown of the ship's power plant, which otherwise could explode and cause severe damage to the ship.

Aldar was taken to the hospital of the Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok in critical condition. Doctors fought for his life for four days, but he died. In 2011, the sailor posthumously became.

IA "Amitel" recalls the names of those who proved that real men live next to us

It is customary to think that the heroes are in the past. That the current generation is not capable of self-sacrifice and does not even know what it is to give one's life for the Motherland. Today, on Defender of the Fatherland Day, the editors decided to refute this myth and recall the names of those who have become heroes today.

Alexander Prokhorenko

A special forces officer, 25-year-old Lieutenant Prokhorenko, died in March near Palmyra while conducting Russian air strikes against ISIS militants. He was discovered by terrorists and, being surrounded, did not want to give up and caused fire on himself. He was awarded the title of Hero of Russia posthumously, and a street in Orenburg was named after him. The feat of Prokhorenko caused admiration not only in Russia. Two French families donated awards, including the Legion of Honor.

Oleg Fedyura

The head of the Main Directorate of the EMERCOM of Russia for the Primorsky Territory personally visited all the flooded cities and villages, led search and rescue operations, and helped to evacuate people. On September 2, together with his brigade, he was heading to another village, in which 400 houses were flooded and more than 1,000 people were waiting for help. Crossing the river, KAMAZ, in which Fedyura and 8 other people were, collapsed into the water. Oleg Fedyura saved all the personnel, but then he could not get out of the flooded car and died.

Konstantin Parikozha

A native of Tomsk, the 38-year-old pilot managed to land a liner with a burning engine, in which there were 350 passengers, including many families with children and 20 crew members. The plane flew from the Dominican Republic. During landing, his landing gear caught fire. However, thanks to the skill of the pilot, the Boeing 777 was successfully landed and none of the passengers were injured. Parikozha received the Order of Courage from the hands of the President.

Young policeman Danil Maksudov hardly dreamed of fame when he led frozen people through the snow and wind to the rescuers. It happened on the second of January 2016 on highway Orenburg - Ork. Then, due to a sudden snowstorm, hundreds of people were trapped in snow. After rescue operation more than 10 people with hypothermia were hospitalized.

25-year-old Danil led people through the wind to the track, where rescuers were waiting for them (their equipment could not get through to the stuck cars). Maksudov gave the jacket to the frozen child, and the mittens to the girl. He himself received frostbite on his hands and lost his fingers as a result.

Sergei Ganzha

In the summer of 2016, a young resident of the village of Shipunovo, Sergei Ganzha, saved a drowning five-year-old girl and was presented with an award from the Russian Emergencies Ministry. The incident happened on August 26th. A 17-year-old guy was returning home from fishing along the banks of the Klepechikha River. On the way, his attention was attracted by the cry of a boy who called for help. It turned out that his little sister was in trouble. The guy jumped into the water with a running start and began to dive, trying to find the child in muddy water. The depth was at least six meters, and the strong current made the search much more difficult. After the fourth attempt, the guy was able to find the girl at the bottom and pulled her ashore. Sergei Ganzha began to give the child artificial respiration and chest compressions. A few minutes later, the child began to breathe. After that, the young man called an ambulance, and the victim was taken to the Shipunovskaya district hospital.

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A native of the Altai Territory, the crew commander of the Su-24 bomber Oleg Peshkov on November 24, 2015 made a sortie in Syria. The bomber was shot down by the Turkish military and crashed on Syrian territory. The crew managed to eject. But Peshkov was killed during the landing. He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Russia. In the village of Kosikha, Altai Territory, a street is named after him.

On September 25, 2014, 40-year-old Colonel Serik Sultangabiev, in the closed military town of Lesnoy in the Sverdlovsk Region, covered with his body a junior sergeant who dropped a grenade. As a result, the sergeant was not injured, and the lieutenant colonel was seriously injured.

On March 28, 2012, at the training ground near Belogorsk, the commander of the communications battalion, Major Sergei Solnechnikov, covered a ricocheted live grenade with himself. The major died, but at the cost of his life he saved many soldiers. He was awarded the title of Hero of Russia posthumously.

Alexander Makarenko

On October 5, 2010, in the Moscow region, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Makarenko shielded a subordinate from a hand grenade explosion. The soldier pulled out the safety pin, but dropped the grenade during the throwing swing. The officer reacted immediately. He kicked the grenade away, pushed the soldier away and covered him with his body. As a result of the explosion, the lieutenant colonel received multiple shrapnel wounds and concussion. The officer underwent several operations. The soldier was not injured.

In 2007, at one of the training grounds in the Kaliningrad region, a grenade in the hand of an ordinary Mirkhaydarov went off. And covered the falling fighter with his body. The private escaped with a slight fright, and the major received a severe wound.

Alexander Belyaev and Alexander Golushchak

In March 2005, at the Zelenchuksky training ground, Private Dmitriev dropped a grenade right under the feet of soldiers and officers who were in the trench. Major Alexander Belyaev, who was nearby, managed to shout "grenade!", threw the soldier out of the trench and covered himself. Another major - Alexander Golushchak at that time covered the rest of the soldiers. Private Dmitriev had to write an explanatory note addressed to the unit commander. And the officers were presented to the Order of Courage.

In March 2003 in Kemerovo region 45-year-old battalion commander Igor Yakunin died. Private Denis Lobashev dropped the grenade with the ring already pulled out. The battalion commander managed to shield the young soldiers with his body. He died from his wounds a few days later.

On January 16, 2003, at the Kamyshin training ground in the Volgograd region, conscript soldier Daniil Bondarev dropped a grenade under his feet with the fuse removed. The deputy commander of the unit, Senior Lieutenant Vitaly Popov, knocked the soldier down and covered himself during the explosion. The soldier was not injured. The officer survived miraculously, underwent serious operations. For the shown courage the lieutenant is presented to the state award.

And this is not the whole list of those who have become a hero today. Those who do not spare their lives so that others return home. Happy holiday to all defenders of the Fatherland. We want you to always return to your loved ones.

Introduction

This short article contains only a drop of information about the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. In fact, the heroes great amount and to collect all the information about these people and their exploits is a titanic work and it is already a little beyond the scope of our project. Nevertheless, we decided to start with 5 heroes - many of them have heard about some of them, there is a little less information about others and few people know about them, especially the younger generation.

The victory in the Great Patriotic War was achieved by the Soviet people thanks to their incredible efforts, dedication, ingenuity and self-sacrifice. This is especially vividly revealed in the heroes of the war, who performed incredible feats on and behind the battlefield. These great people should be known to everyone who is grateful to their fathers and grandfathers for the opportunity to live in peace and tranquility.

Viktor Vasilievich Talalikhin

The history of Viktor Vasilievich begins with the small village of Teplovka, located in the Saratov province. Here he was born in the autumn of 1918. His parents were simple workers. He himself, after graduating from a school that specialized in the production of workers for factories and factories, worked at a meat processing plant and at the same time attended an flying club. After he graduated from one of the few pilot schools in Borisoglebsk. He took part in the conflict between our country and Finland, where he received a baptism of fire. During the period of confrontation between the USSR and Finland, Talalikhin made about five dozen sorties, while destroying several enemy aircraft, as a result of which he was awarded the honorary Order of the Red Star in the fortieth year for special successes and the fulfillment of assigned tasks.

Viktor Vasilievich distinguished himself by heroic deeds already during the battles in the great war for our people. Although he has about sixty sorties, the main battle took place on August 6, 1941 in the sky over Moscow. As part of a small air group, Viktor took off on an I-16 to repel an enemy air attack on the capital of the USSR. At an altitude of several kilometers, he met a German He-111 bomber. Talalikhin fired several machine-gun bursts at him, but the German plane skillfully dodged them. Then Viktor Vasilievich, through a cunning maneuver and regular shots from a machine gun, hit one of the bomber's engines, but this did not help stop the "German". To the chagrin of the Russian pilot, after unsuccessful attempts to stop the bomber, there were no live cartridges left, and Talalikhin decides to ram. For this ram, he was awarded the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

During the war there were many such cases, but by the will of fate, Talalikhin became the first who decided to ram, neglecting his own safety, in our sky. He died in October of the forty-first year in the rank of squadron commander, performing another sortie.

Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub

In the village of Obrazhievka, a future hero, Ivan Kozhedub, was born in a family of simple peasants. After graduating from school in 1934, he entered the Chemical Technology College. The Shostka flying club was the first place where Kozhedub received flying skills. Then in the fortieth year he entered the army. In the same year, he successfully entered and graduated from the military aviation school in the city of Chuguev.

Ivan Nikitovich took a direct part in the Great Patriotic War. On his account there are more than a hundred air battles, during which he shot down 62 aircraft. Of the large number of sorties, two main ones can be distinguished - a battle with a Me-262 fighter with a jet engine, and an attack on a group of FW-190 bombers.

The battle with the Me-262 jet fighter took place in mid-February 1945. On this day, Ivan Nikitovich, together with his partner Dmitry Tatarenko, flew out on La-7 planes to hunt. After a short search, they came across a low-flying aircraft. He flew along the river from the direction of Frankfupt an der Oder. Approaching closer, the pilots discovered that this was a new generation Me-262 aircraft. But this did not discourage the pilots from attacking an enemy aircraft. Then Kozhedub decided to attack on the opposite course, since this was the only way to destroy the enemy. During the attack, the wingman fired a short burst from a machine gun ahead of schedule, which could confuse all the cards. But to the surprise of Ivan Nikitovich, such an outburst of Dmitry Tatarenko had a positive effect. The German pilot turned around in such a way that he eventually fell into the sight of Kozhedub. He had to pull the trigger and destroy the enemy. Which he did.

The second heroic feat Ivan Nikitovich accomplished in mid-April of the forty-fifth year in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe capital of Germany. Again, together with Titarenko, performing another sortie, they found a group of FW-190 bombers with full combat kits. Kozhedub immediately reported this to the command post, but without waiting for reinforcements, he began an attacking maneuver. German pilots saw how two Soviet aircraft, having risen, disappeared into the clouds, but they did not attach any importance to this. Then the Russian pilots decided to attack. Kozhedub descended to the height of the Germans and began shooting them, and Titarenko fired in short bursts in different directions from a higher altitude, trying to give the enemy the impression of the presence of a large number of Soviet fighters. The German pilots believed at first, but after a few minutes of battle, their doubts dissipated, and they proceeded to take active steps to destroy the enemy. Kozhedub was on the verge of death in this battle, but his friend saved him. When Ivan Nikitovich tried to get away from the German fighter, who was chasing him and being in the position of shooting the Soviet fighter, Titarenko was ahead of the German pilot in a short burst and destroyed the enemy machine. Soon a support group arrived in time, and the German group of aircraft was destroyed.

During the war, Kozhedub was twice recognized as a Hero Soviet Union and was elevated to the rank of Marshal of Soviet Aviation.

Dmitry Romanovich Ovcharenko

The homeland of the soldier is the village with the speaking name Ovcharovo of the Kharkov province. He was born into the family of a carpenter in 1919. His father taught him all the intricacies of his craft, which later played an important role in the fate of the hero. Ovcharenko studied at school for only five years, then went to work on a collective farm. He was drafted into the army in 1939. The first days of the war, as befits a soldier, met on the front lines. After a short service, he received minor damage, which, unfortunately for the soldier, caused him to move from the main unit to serve at the ammunition depot. It was this position that became the key for Dmitry Romanovich, in which he accomplished his feat.

It all happened in the middle of the summer of 1941 in the area of ​​the village of Arctic fox. Ovcharenko carried out the order of his superiors to deliver ammunition and food to a military unit located a few kilometers from the village. He came across two trucks with fifty German soldiers and three officers. They surrounded him, took away the rifle and began to interrogate him. But the Soviet soldier did not lose his head and, taking an ax lying next to him, cut off the head of one of the officers. While the Germans were discouraged, he took three grenades from a dead officer and threw them towards the German cars. These throws were extremely successful: 21 soldiers were killed on the spot, and Ovcharenko finished off the rest with an ax, including the second officer who tried to escape. The third officer still managed to escape. But even here the Soviet soldier did not lose his head. He collected all the documents, maps, records and machine guns and took them to the General Staff, while bringing ammunition and food at the exact time. At first, they did not believe him that he single-handedly dealt with a whole platoon of the enemy, but after a detailed study of the battlefield, all doubts were dispelled.

Thanks to the heroic act of the soldier Ovcharenko was recognized as the Hero of the Soviet Union, and he also received one of the most significant orders- Order of Lenin along with the Gold Star medal. He did not live to win just three months. The wound received in the battles for Hungary in January became fatal for the fighter. At that time he was a machine gunner of the 389th Infantry Regiment. He went down in history as a soldier with an axe.

Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya

Homeland for Zoya Anatolyevna is the village of Osina-Gai, located in the Tambov region. She was born on September 8, 1923 in a Christian family. By the will of fate, Zoya spent her childhood in gloomy wanderings around the country. So, in 1925, the family was forced to move to Siberia in order to avoid persecution by the state. A year later they moved to Moscow, where her father died in 1933. The orphaned Zoya begins to have health problems that prevent her from studying. In the fall of 1941, Kosmodemyanskaya joined the ranks of intelligence officers and saboteurs of the Western Front. In a short time, Zoya underwent combat training and began to fulfill her tasks.

She accomplished her heroic deed in the village of Petrishchevo. By order of Zoya and a group of fighters, they were instructed to burn a dozen settlements, including the village of Petrishchevo. On the night of November 28, Zoya and her comrades made their way to the village and came under fire, as a result of which the group broke up and Kosmodemyanskaya had to act alone. After spending the night in the forest, early in the morning she went to carry out the task. Zoya managed to set fire to three houses and escape unnoticed. But when she decided to return again and finish what she had begun, the villagers were already waiting for her, who, seeing the saboteur, immediately informed the German soldiers. Kosmodemyanskaya was seized and tortured for a long time. They tried to find out from her information about the unit in which she served, and her name. Zoya refused and did not tell anything, but when asked what her name was, she called herself Tanya. The Germans thought that more information they didn't get it and hung her in public. Zoya met her death with dignity, and her last words went down in history forever. Dying, she said that our people numbered one hundred and seventy million people, and all of them could not be outweighed. So, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya died heroically.

Mentions of Zoya are associated primarily with the name "Tanya", under which she went down in history. She is also a Hero of the Soviet Union. Her distinguishing feature- the first woman to receive it honorary title posthumously.

Alexey Tikhonovich Sevastyanov

This hero was the son of a simple cavalryman, a native of the Tver region, was born in the winter of the seventeenth year in the small village of Kholm. After graduating from a technical school in Kalinin, he entered the school of military aviation. Sevastyanov finished her with success in the thirty-ninth. For more than a hundred sorties, he destroyed four enemy aircraft, of which two individually and in a group, as well as one balloon.

He received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously. The most important sorties for Alexei Tikhonovich were battles in the sky over Leningrad region. So, on November 4, 1941, Sevastyanov, on his IL-153 aircraft, patrolled the sky over the northern capital. And just during his watch, the Germans made a raid. Artillery could not cope with the onslaught and Alexei Tikhonovich had to join the battle. The German aircraft He-111 for a long time managed to keep the Soviet fighter out. After two unsuccessful attacks, Sevastyanov made a third attempt, but when it was time to pull the trigger and destroy the enemy in a short burst, Soviet pilot discovered the lack of ammunition. Without thinking twice, he decides to go to the ram. The Soviet plane pierced the tail of an enemy bomber with its propeller. For Sevastyanov, this maneuver was successful, but for the Germans it all ended in captivity.

The second significant flight and the last for the hero was an air battle in the sky over Ladoga. Alexei Tikhonovich died in an unequal battle with the enemy on April 23, 1942.

Conclusion

As we have already said, not all the heroes of the war are collected in this article, there are about eleven thousand of them in total (according to official data). Among them are Russians, and Kazakhs, and Ukrainians, and Belarusians, and all other nations of our multinational state. There are those who did not receive the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, having committed an equally important act, but by coincidence, information about them was lost. There was a lot in the war: the desertion of soldiers, and betrayal, and death, and much more, but the most great importance had feats - these are the heroes. Thanks to them, victory was won in the Great Patriotic War.

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About what the world is dangerous and what things to beware of, you will learn from many sources. We will try to tell you about the sacrificial love of some people in relation to others, presenting below a few cases of heroism from the life of Russians:

1. Students of the Iskitim branch of the Novosibirsk Assembly College - 17-year-old Nikita Miller and 20-year-old Vlad Volkov managed to immobilize an armed raider who was trying to rob a grocery kiosk and hold him until the police arrived.

“We didn’t have any visitors, and we went into the back room for a couple of minutes to sort out the goods. Suddenly we hear - something iron hit the scales. We look out - and there is a man with a gun standing. I screamed, of course, immediately, pressed the panic button. And just then the guys came in. The raider got scared and tried to run away.

But Nikita and Vlad didn’t let him escape: they threw the criminal near the kiosk and kept him there until the police squad called by the alarm button arrived, ”recalls the seller Svetlana Adamova.

2. In Chelyabinsk region priest Alexei Peregudov saved the life of the groom at the wedding.

During the wedding, the groom lost consciousness. The only one who did not lose his head in this situation was Priest Alexei Peregudov. He quickly examined the patient, suspected cardiac arrest and provided first aid, including chest compressions. As a result, the sacrament was successfully completed.

Father Aleksey noted that he had only seen chest compressions in the movies before this incident.

3. An explosion suddenly occurred at one of the gas stations in the city of Kaspiysk. As it turned out later, a foreign car driving at high speed crashed into a gas tank and knocked down a valve.

A little delay and the fire would have spread to nearby tanks with combustible fuel.

The situation was saved by Dagestan Arsen Fittsulaev, who prevented a catastrophe at a gas station, skillfully reducing the scale of the accident to a burned-out car and several damaged cars. Later, the guy realized that he actually risked his life.

4. Schoolchildren from the Krasnodar Territory Roman Vitkov and Mikhail Serdyuk rescued an elderly woman from a burning house.

On their way home, they saw a fire in a private house. Having run into the yard, the schoolchildren saw that the veranda was almost completely engulfed in fire. Roman and Mikhail rushed to the shed for the tool. Grabbing a sledgehammer and an ax, knocking out a window, Roman climbed into the window opening. An elderly woman slept in a smoky room. The guys broke down the door and saved the woman.

5. Tulyak Alexander Ponomarev rescued a man from a burning car.

The driver went on a regular flight - or rather, everything was as always, if the man on the side of the road had not seen a flaming car.

Alexander could not just drive past like the other drivers: he stopped, took a fire extinguisher and rushed to help. He shot down the flame, tried to open the driver's door, but it turned out to be blocked, while there was a person in the car.

“I broke the side glass and opened the door. The car continued to burn, but there was no time to extinguish it - it was necessary to save a person. He pulled a man out of the driver's seat, he did not understand what was happening - he breathed carbon monoxide", - said Ponomarev.

Having dragged the victim to a safe distance, Alexander called the dispatcher and she called rescuers to the fire site and went to meet them herself. And Ponomarev, in order not to waste time, took the stubborn driver to the nearest hospital in his truck.

6. Pskov police officer Vadim Barkanov rescued two men from a fire. Walking with his friend, Vadim saw smoke and flames escaping into one of the houses.

A woman ran out of the building and began to call for help, as two men remained in the apartment. Calling firefighters, Vadim and his friend rushed to their aid. As a result, they managed to carry two unconscious men out of the burning building. The victims were taken to the hospital by ambulance, where they received the necessary medical care.

7. In Borisov, policeman Igor Pozdnyakov saved the baby by removing him from the roof of the store.

32-year-old police officer Igor Poznyakov accidentally saw a one and a half year old baby on the roof of the store: the boy calmly walked along the edge of the roof, to which the windows of the apartment adjoin.

He himself spoke about it this way: “I was with a colleague. I told him to stand for insurance near the roof, and he ran to the entrance to the second floor. The door was opened by my mother, and I immediately ran to the window. He climbed through the window sill to the roof and approached the child with the words: “Hi, my friend, let's go to me!” After that, he abruptly grabbed him in his arms - he did not even cry. By that time, people had already gathered on the street, watching the baby. Mother, of course, was shocked. Imagine: from the roof to the ground about six meters.

“When the doorbell rang, I got scared: “God forbid, my husband forgot to close the door and my son went outside!” On the threshold stood a policeman who ran to the window. When I woke up, I didn't understand what had happened. And when she saw that her son was on the roof, she was speechless. She slept and didn't even hear him wake up. It turned out that he rolled his bike to the window, then climbed onto the windowsill and opened the window handle! ”, The baby’s mother shared with reporters.

The young mother is very grateful to the savior - a child's walk on the roof could turn into a tragedy.

8. Zalina Arsanova in Ingushetia covered her brother from bullets.

The story took place at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

In Ingushetia, this is the time when children congratulate friends and relatives on the holiday, coming to visit them. An attempt was made on the life of one of the FSB officers in a neighboring courtyard.

When the first bullet pierced the facade of the nearest house, the girl realized that it was shooting, and younger brother is in the line of fire, and covered him with herself.

The girl with a gunshot wound was taken to the Malgobek Clinical Hospital No. 1, where she underwent an operation. The surgeons had to collect the internal organs of a 12-year-old child literally in parts, but the girl and her brother remained alive.

9. A resident of the village of Yurmash (Bashkortostan) Rafit Shamsutdinov saved two children from a fire.

Rafita, a fellow villager, lit the stove and went to school with her older children, leaving her three-year-old daughter and one and a half year old son at home.

For some reason, a fire started. The smoke from the burning house was noticed by Rafit Shamsutdinov. Despite the abundance of smoke, he managed to get into the burning room and carry out both children.

10. On vacation after a shift, a firefighter from Bely Yar carried a woman and her baby out of the fire.

It seems to be a common everyday story for firefighters - to save people from burning houses. But Ivan Morozov had a day off that day - the guy worked with a friend daily shift and at night he went out to "ride around the village."

From under the roof of one of the two-story houses, Vanya saw thick smoke coming out - and the first thing he dialed was 112, calling the fire brigade. But then the veranda broke out and Ivan rushed to the house so that help would definitely be in time. The fireman knocked down the door and immediately saw a woman on the floor.
“She sat, as if in oblivion, and covered herself from the smoke with her hand. The door had already caught fire by that time, so I evacuated it through the window. In the process, he asked if there was anyone else at home, and she said that her son was sleeping on the second floor, ”recalls the hero.

The fireman, as he was - in one T-shirt, without a protective suit, as it should be in such cases - rushed upstairs to look for the boy. He was sleeping, so Ivan easily took him in his arms, went down and handed him to his mother through the window.

The selection was made on the basis of materials from Komsomolskaya Pravda, the Heroes of Our Time portal, etc.

Andrey Segeda

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Are heroic acts of people possible in our time? We know a lot about the exploits of Soviet soldiers that were committed on the battlefield. Is there a place for selflessness at the present time? Indeed, today the crisis is raging, there is a constant increase in prices, and many do not have confidence in the future. But, despite all this, we can safely say that the heroic deeds of people in our time are possible. After all, there will always be a courageous person who, at the risk of his life, will do what he simply cannot help but do.

The concept of achievement

How to describe the heroic deeds of people in our time? An essay on this topic must begin with a definition of the concept of "feat". And for this it is worth referring to the dictionary of V. I. Dahl. The author explains the word "feat" as a glorious, important deed, a valiant deed or deed. What are the roots of this concept? The word "feat" comes from "move", "move", "give forward", "move". In turn, "move" means nothing more than to force or induce to do something. Such an explanation gives grounds to speak of a feat as an act associated with righteousness and spirituality, as well as with the high moral principles of the person who performed it.

And what about an act that is associated with material interest or self-interest? By its very definition, it does not fall under the category of a feat. After all, this selfless act is an important deed for people, committed without any selfish purpose. No wonder someone who accomplishes a feat in Russia is called a hero.

Dahl's dictionary contains another interpretation of the word "feat". This is "hard and selfless work, an important undertaking, a deed." These are labor feats. Today in Russia they are associated with scientific discoveries, with the release of products, with the staging of performances or the creation of films that do not leave the audience indifferent.

Russia's highest government award

During the existence of the USSR, for the accomplishment of military and labor feats, they were awarded a title and a medal, which was called the "Gold Star". However, other times have come. The Soviet Union was gone, and the old awards were replaced by others. 03/20/1992 the government of Russia established a new title - Hero Russian Federation, which corresponds to the award - the medal "Gold Star". The material for the manufacture of the latter is gold.

This medal is made in the form of a five-pointed star. On its back there is an inscription - "Hero of Russia". The ribbon for the medal is in the colors of the national flag. This award is presented personally by the president and only once.

The first heroes of the Russian Federation

Sometimes selfless deeds are unknown to wide circles of citizens. And this often distinguishes the heroic deeds of people in our time. The newly established award was presented for the first time in 1992. There were two heroes. However, one of them received a high rank and a medal posthumously.

Award No. 1 was received by Krikalev S.K., who spent a long time on the space orbital station"World". In those years it was a real record.

The award, which has number two, was presented to Major General Oskanov S.O. On February 7, 1992, he performed a training flight, which had to be made in difficult weather conditions. At this time, the auto-horizon of the MIG-29 aircraft piloted by him failed. Poor visibility caused the pilot to lose spatial orientation. Leaving the cloud zone, Oskanov suddenly saw an approaching locality. It was the village of Khvorostyanki, located in the Dobrinsky district of the Lipetsk region. At the cost of his life, the major general prevented the plane from falling on residential buildings.

What is the high award for?

People who have committed heroic deeds in our time are certainly marked by the state. And today there are quite a lot of them. According to official figures, about a thousand Gold Star medals have already been awarded for the exploits of people today.

Most of these heroes received their award for military merit. Among them were about a hundred participants in the war with Nazi Germany who did not receive a high rank in previous years. Unfortunately, almost all of them received their medal posthumously.

The exploits of the heroes of Russia in our days were also highly appreciated for fighting in Chechnya. Their number was almost five hundred people.

In addition, the title of Hero of the Russian Federation was awarded to the military and intelligence officers who performed feats outside the combat zone. In the list of awardees, you can also find citizens of the country working as testers, rescuers, astronauts, etc.

Military awards

The heroic deeds of people in our time, as in previous years, are often committed while serving in the army. Feats in the life of the military are far from uncommon, because almost every medal awarded is an award for military operations. Often she finds her hero posthumously.

We list some of the military who received the highest state award:

1. Vorobyov Dmitry. He received his award in 2000 at the age of 25. It was awarded for an operation on the territory of Chechnya.
2. Tibekin Oleg. He received the award posthumously. In 2000, Oleg allowed his colleagues to retreat near Grozny, but he himself was shot at close range.
3. Padalka Valentine. The award was presented to him in 1994. In Rostov, Valentin was at the controls of a helicopter that the terrorists demanded in exchange for the lives of the schoolchildren they had captured. Thanks to the ingenuity of the guy, all the children survived.

The list of military personnel who received a high rank could be continued for a very long time. After all, brave-hearted heroes perform the feats of our days in any extreme situation in order to save the lives of others.

Recent awards

For the Syrian campaign, by presidential decree, six servicemen were awarded the title of Hero of Russia. Among them:

- Alexander Dvornikov. As chief of staff, he commanded troops during the fighting in Syria.

-Vadim Baikulov- military spy.

- Viktor Romanov- senior test navigator.

- Andrey Dyachenko- Deputy commander of the 47th squadron, which is part of the 6th Air Force Army.

Two servicemen received a high state award posthumously. This is:

- Oleg Peshkov- lieutenant colonel, commander of the Su-24M crew, who died on 11/24/2015 during the shelling of the aircraft by the Turkish Air Force.

- Alexander Prokhorenko, who was surrounded by militants in the province of Homs and caused fire.

Award to civilians

The heroic deeds of people in our time are highly valued by the state. See the photo of the presentation of the highest state award to civilians below. It vividly confirms that the Gold Star medal these days can be received not only by military personnel. It can be awarded and a common person(there are more than a hundred of them today).

Nurdin Usamov became the first civilian to receive the country's highest award. During the war in Chechnya, he examined energy facilities in the republic. And all the work was carried out at the risk of his life. And already from the moment of the liberation of certain regions of Chechnya, he began to organize work to restore the entire energy complex of the republic. Nurdin Usamov was not frightened by the constant threats of militants who fired on and mined objects.

The exploits of heroes in our days are also performed by women. A vivid example of this is Nina Vladimirovna Brusnikina. Working in the Gryazovetsky district of the Vologda region, on April 26, 2006, she noticed a flame escaping from dry grass fodder located on the territory of a livestock complex. The woman took all possible measures to ensure that the fire did not spread to the facilities of the breeding farm. Subsequently, the firefighters who arrived at the scene of the fire confirmed that without the selfless actions of Nina Vladimirovna, it would hardly have been possible to save the complex. That is why on October 5, 2006 Brusnikina N.V. was awarded the Gold Star medal with the title of Hero of Russia.

People who were awarded the highest awards of the two countries

The 90s of the last century are characterized by the collapse of the USSR and the emergence of the Russian Federation. At the intersection of the existence of these countries, some people received a double reward.

They were awarded the title of Hero of the USSR and Hero of the Russian Federation. There are only four such citizens. Among them:

1. Konstantinovich. This is a famous astronaut who has a large number of professional awards. He became a Hero of the USSR in 1989. At the same time, he was awarded the Gold Star medal. In 1992, S.K. Krikalev received the first such award of the Russian Federation.
2. Vladimirovich. Despite its medical education, he received the highest state award as an astronaut. In 1989, Polyakov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and in 1995, after completing a record space flight lasting 437 days - the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
3. Maidanov Nikolay Savinovich. This courageous man was a helicopter pilot. He received the highest award of the USSR in 1988 for military merit. The title Hero of the Russian Federation was awarded to Maidanov in 2000 posthumously.
4. Nikolaevich. This is a scientist and famous polar explorer, who also worked for a certain period of time political activities. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to Chilingarov after completing the most difficult government task. In 2008 he was awarded the second highest award. The scientist received the title of Hero of the Russian Federation after the completion of a deep-sea expedition.

All these people are brave and courageous citizens of their country. The heroic deeds of people in our time, Russia, as in former times, appreciates very highly. After all, all the feats were performed in extreme conditions, where it was necessary to show special resourcefulness and ingenuity.

It is worth saying that all the Heroes of Russia are extraordinary people. Often they rightfully deserve other high state awards. So, the world-famous gunsmith-designer M. T. Kalashnikov was not only a Hero of Russia, but was twice awarded the Hero of socialist labor. V. Beiskbaev - veteran of the Great Patriotic War, as well as cosmonauts T. A. Musabaev and Yu. I. Malenchenko are not only Heroes of the Russian Federation, but also Heroes of Kazakhstan. V. A. Wolf - Sergeant of the Airborne Forces, winner of the Hero of Russia and Hero of Abkhazia awards. S. Sh. Sharipov is a cosmonaut who is both a Hero of the Russian Federation and a Hero of Kyrgyzstan.

Heroic deeds of ordinary people

In 1997 highest award our country was first awarded to a girl - Marina Plotnikova (posthumously). She accomplished her feat in July 1991 in the Tomalinsky district of the Penza region. Marina, along with her two younger sisters, swam in the Khoper River. They were joined by a friend - Natasha Vorobyova, who soon fell into a whirlpool and began to sink. Marina saved her. However, at this time, her younger sisters got into the whirlpool. The courageous girl was able to save them too, but she herself was exhausted and, unfortunately, died.

And let not all feats ordinary people today they are awarded the Hero of Russia award. But, nevertheless, these citizens of our country can be considered as such. And despite the fact that the exploits of ordinary people today are sometimes hardly noticeable, they will forever remain in the grateful hearts of people.

Worthy of respect and admiration heroic deed seventy-nine-year-old Elena Golubeva. She was the first to rush to help people injured during the crash of the Nevsky Express. The elderly woman brought them clothes and her blankets.

The real heroes of the city of Iskitim ( Novosibirsk region) were two students of the local assembly college. They, 17-year-old Nikita Miller and 20-year-old Vlad Volkov, were rounded up by a raider who tried to rob a food stall.

Alexey Peregudov, a priest from the Chelyabinsk region, did not lose his head in a difficult situation. He had to save the life of the groom right at the wedding. The guy lost consciousness during the wedding. Priest Peregudov, having examined the lying man, suggested that he had a cardiac arrest. Immediately the priest began to provide first aid. After performing an indirect heart massage, which Peregudov had previously seen only on TV, the groom came to his senses.

In Mordovia, Marat Zinatullin performed a heroic deed. This veteran of the war in Chechnya saved an elderly man by pulling him out of a burning apartment. Seeing the flame, Marat climbed onto the roof of a barn located next to the house, and from there he was able to get to the balcony. Zinatullin broke the glass and got into the apartment, where a 70-year-old pensioner, poisoned by smoke, was lying on the floor. Marat was able to open the front door and carry the victim to the entrance.

On November 30, 2013, a fisherman fell through the ice at Chernoistochinsky Pond. The worker of housing and communal services Rais Salakhutdinov came to the aid of the man. He also fished on this pond and was the first to hear the cry for help.

Courageous deeds of children

What is it, a feat in our days? An essay on this topic can highlight various situations. And among them stand out courageous deeds young citizens of our country. Who are they, children - the heroes of our time? The feats of our days are performed by ordinary schoolchildren, whose courage in extreme situations earns deep respect.

For example, the most young hero in our country - Zhenya Tabakov. At the time of the feat, he was a student of the second grade. The Order of Courage, which Zhenya was awarded, was presented to his mother. The boy received it posthumously for protecting his sister from a criminal. Under the guise of a postman, he entered the apartment and began to demand money from the children. Grabbing his sister, the criminal ordered the boy to bring everything of value that was in the apartment. Zhenya tried to protect himself and the girl by hitting the criminal with a table knife. However, the weak hand of a second grader could not harm a grown man. An angry criminal, previously convicted of robbery and murder, inflicted eight stab wounds on Zhenya, from which the boy died the same day in the hospital.

Schoolchildren from the village of Ilyinka, located in Tula region Nikita Sabitov, Andrey Ibronov, Artem Voronin, Vladislav Kozyrev and Andrey Nadruz. The boys pulled 78-year-old pensioner Valentina Nikitina out of the well.

And in the Krasnodar Territory, schoolchildren Mikhail Serdyuk and Roman Vitkov managed to save an elderly woman who could not get out of a burning house. At the time when the boys saw the fire, the flames engulfed almost the entire veranda. Schoolchildren took an ax and a sledgehammer from the shed and broke the glass. Roman climbed in through the window and, breaking down the door, carried the woman out into the street.

And this is not all the children-heroes of our time. The feats of our days are performed by young citizens of the country, having a noble heart and a strong character.

Work for courageous people

Emergencies and serious fires often occur in the country. And so the exploits of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in our days are not uncommon. Rescuers have to act in the most difficult situations showing courage and ingenuity. And the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations always prove their high professionalism, sometimes coming to the aid of people in difficult situations.

The exploits of firefighters today can be described for a long time. And some of them are done outside of work. For example, the senior lieutenant of the fire service from Samara, Alexander Mordvov, saw flames in the house opposite at six in the morning. The fire engulfed the five-story Khrushchev building, spreading from a pile of garbage left under the balcony of the first floor. Alexander, wearing a sports suit, rushed to help the firefighters who had already arrived at the scene. The senior lieutenant managed to bring a woman who was choking from burning into the street, but could not enter the entrance again because of the thick smoke. Alexander "borrowed" a special jacket from the fire brigade, ran into the house and carried three children and nine adults out of the burning apartments in turn. Later, at the request of the victims of the fire, the rescuer in a training suit was awarded the medal "For Merit to Samara".

The exploits of firefighters today help save the lives of not only people. Sometimes the Ministry of Emergency Situations has to rescue animals. So, once the duty officer of the Ufa search and rescue squad received a call that inhuman screams were heard from the ventilation pipe of one of the city houses. These sounds terrified the residents of nearby apartments for two days. Rescuer Alexander Permyakov found an ordinary puppy that fell into a ventilation shaft and could not get out. Getting a dog was not easy. The narrow shaft made it impossible to bend or turn around. However, Alexander managed to grab the prisoner by the tip of the tail and pulled him out.

Life often brings people into emergency situations. And the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are always in a hurry to help them. So, nothing foreshadowed trouble on a typical June day in Saratov. But a sudden downpour flooded the city. Many streets were under water, including St. Tankers. On it, right in the middle of the roadway, the bus of the ninetieth route stalled. Rescuers went to help passengers in trouble. The driver Konstantin Lukyanov, who transported the brigade, parked the car of the Ministry of Emergency Situations near the scene and waited for his comrades. Suddenly, he saw a multi-ton truck, which, having lost control, rushed to the bus stop. A few more moments, and the car would have crashed into people on the sidewalk. The decision was made instantly. Lukyanov took the hit himself, driving onto the roadway in front of the truck. Thanks to the selfless actions of this courageous man, the people who were at the bus stop remained alive.

The exploits of the heroes of our days are numerous. We should always remember the people who risk their lives to save the lives of others. The strength of their spirit should also inspire us to good deeds.