Biography of the son of a regiment

Even before the war, he lost his pope, so he stayed with his three brothers, Ivan, Andrei and Peter, orphans. In the year, the Germans took the village. Seryozha then was not yet six years old ... Two older brothers went to the front. But the mother of Nastasya, and the ten -year -old brother Peter did not want to endure the presence of invaders on their native land and became partisans.

On one of the tasks, they were captured by the Nazis. Petra was hanged, and the mother of the kids, who, distraught from grief, tried to save her son, shot. The Nazis had already gone to their house, intending to search and set fire to it. Seryozhenka was saved by a neighbor - she released him through the window and punished him to run into the forest so as not to fall into the clutches of the enemy.

According to another version, the Nazis poured a bullet for the kid, and when he ran to the shot mother, one of the punishers simply threw his toe of his boot with his toe. A few days later the boy came to the partisan base, but soon it was defeated, so Seryozhenka had no choice but to go into the forest again. The five -year -old child cried, called his mother, especially at night, when the cold was making his way to the bones.

He ate with a stringed food - ate sturges, berries, grass, drank dirty water from a puddle. He also injured his leg ... He was already completely weakened - how much is a lot of a five -year -old boy to perish in that damned war. But fate gave him a chance to survive in the form of a group of scouts of the Guards Rifle Regiment of the Guards Rifle Division, which combed the forest.

And the tailor did not sleep all night. " When Seryozha was transferred in his arms through the front line and delivered to the regiment, he was already so hungry, exhausted and battered by insects that none of the fighters could restrain tears. The boy could not only walk, but even stand ... "In the dugout, everyone was like it. I wanted to rush there to the trenches to cling to the throat of the first fascist, ”later recalled the first meeting with Seryozha, the assistant commander of the regiment, Mikhail Mitrofan Danilovich Vorobyov, is not entirely clear why the name varies in the sources, but most often the name Mikhail is found, although the children bore the middle name of Mitrofanovich.

When Seryozha was asked about the surname, he, barely turning his tongue, replied: "We are Alyoshkina." Confused with Alyoshko. And after the question of the “mother”, he burst into tears so that he could not reassure him for a long time. The assistant to the regiment, himself still unmarried and childless, decided to leave Seryozha in the unit - not to send him back to the forest.

Yes, and I did not want to hand over the boy to the boarding school. And here, in the regiment, and the educators will always be full, and will always be fed. The boy was treated, they handed their clothes and boots in its size, so now he flaunted in military uniform. So Seryozha became the youngest son of the regiment in the entire history of the Great Patriotic War. And nothing raised the spirit of the fighters so much as communication with this universal son.

This is not surprising, because many fighters there, in their homeland, remained children, as well as little brothers and sisters, so that Seryozha served as a kind of reminder of that peaceful life left behind the dugouts, bombs and trenches ... From the memoirs of Mikhail Vorobyov: “Then Seryozha was fed. Shayakhmetov again wrapped him in a hard ass and took him to the doctors.

In the morning I asked Vali: - How is Seryozha? And the tailor did not sleep all night. Now Seryozha is completely soldiers. Boots from a cloak-tank are sewn. I tried before the fight to see Seryozha again. The soldiers gloriously equipped him. The boy, as Shayakhmetov said, had a complete form - a gymnast, trousers, caps, boots. But all this is still neatly folded next to the bed. Seryozha is still very bad.

I, as cheerful as possible, ask: - How are you, hero? And the baby suddenly said quietly and very seriously: - I was waiting for you. I squatted before bed, hugged the boy. Then he scolded himself for indecision many times. Now, it seems, I’ll get ready to give an order to send little Alyoshkov to the rear, but I will remember his words: “I was waiting for you,” and the spirit is not enough to leave.

But the fate of the child had to be decided as soon as possible. It cannot be left here. Today we have already repelled eight enemy attacks. ” Mikhail Vorobyov became so attached to the boy that he decided to officially adopt him, which he did on September 8. Having said that from now on he will be Pope Seryozha, Mikhail Danilovich noticed that he had no mother, because he is not married.

To this, the boy with children's spontaneity said that he had already chosen his mother - he wants her nurse Nina Bedova to become her. She looked after Seryozha, and the little found with all her heart fell in love with this summer girl. From the memoirs of Mikhail Vorobyov: “While Seryozha lay down with the doctors, who had not visited him! Soldiers, officers - all stretched to the baby.

And they caused a response. But he really became attached, perhaps, to me and the foreman of the medical service Nina Bedova. I saw that he was looking forward to my arrival. And I missed him more and more. And he decided. In the next meeting, he began: - That's what, Seryozha. Do you want to be my son? Seryozha was just waiting for one of my words. And I said it: - You can.He rushed to my neck and grabbed it so ...

Only after some time we could continue the conversation relatively calmly: - But how will we, son, will live? We are men, and you still need mom, you are still small. He seemed to be preparing to hear that. I thought: “Maybe rumors about the death of Seryozha’s mother were not confirmed? We still do not know whether the foreman Nina wants to become your mother.

And the answer was prepared for this at the named son: - And you order her, Comrade Major. So Seryozha’s proposal was in handy. Subsequently, Mikhail Danilovich recalled Nina with particular warmth and all the replenishment of the medical and sanitary garrison by the recruits from Tula: “It was impossible to look at them without a smile. Almost all in overcoats and hats are excessively large - divisional suppliers could not provide for the appearance of such growth among their wards.

There, under the walls of Tula, I met my future wife. Nina Andreevna then walked with me thousands of kilometers of military roads and ended the war in Berlin. ” In general, simple in performance, but an incredibly touching and saturated wedding was played. From the memoirs of Mikhail Vorobyov: “On the lawn, on the forest edge they spread a tarp - so the table is ready.

Pies were baked at the stake. Aluminum mugs and cans of canned food filled vodka. There were toasts for the victory and, of course, for the happiness of the young, who already have a hero's son. For always meeting the same way - this day. And the same composition of close people. Of course, we were great dreamers. After all, only a few months will pass, and Lisa Bedova will not be among us - “tracing” Lisa, as she was called in the regiment for the speed with which she always followed orders of the bosses.

The soldiers loved Nina and Lisa, but very few believed that they were sisters. It was believed that just namesakes. Nina is thin, black -haired, cheerful. Lisa has red hair. She is larger, serious, business. In the Zimovsky farm, on the Don, when the rear of the division fell under a brutal bombing, Lisa tied the wounded right on the street, and then dragged them and dragged them into shelters to exhaustion.

For this feat, she was awarded her first soldier's medal “For Military Merit”. Binoculars instead of a machine gun and a report of the young "adjutant". And in early November, Seryozhkin Regiment was sent to Stalingrad. Seryozha was already completely mastered among the fighters and considered himself an adjutant of the regiment. Every morning he was behind the instructions - they mainly came down to spreading newspapers, letters and ammunition in units.

And also cheerful fighters with songs, poems and ditties. Aleshkin is a favorite of the regiment, ”they wrote in a combat characteristic.

Despite the ardent desire of Seryozha himself, no one let him into the advanced one. However, exploits found our young hero. In the binoculars given to him instead of a machine gun, Seryozha constantly examined the surroundings. And once I saw two people hiding in a haystack. Reported to the authorities.