Relatives and friends of the great Soviet commanders took part in the opening of a unique exhibition in the Communist Party faction: “Fates scorched by war. Aircraft designer Pavel Sukhoi

The grandson of the legendary Marshal Leonid Alexandrovich Govorov - Alexei Sergeevich Govorov in Buturlin.
Probably, one of the main moments of the Buturlin Readings was the participation in them of the grandson of the Hero Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union Leonid Alexandrovich Govorov, Colonel of the Reserve Alexei Sergeevich GOVOROV. He met with the participants of the readings and representatives of the district's public in the concert hall of the Children's Art School.

Alexey Sergeevich conquered all those present with his simplicity and accessibility, wide erudition and independence of judgment. And most importantly - the knowledge of our history, in which the dynasty of defenders of the Fatherland Govorovs wrote a bright page. There was silence in the hall when he talked about the life of his grandfather, about the fate of the tsarist officer, a graduate of the prestigious Konstantinovsky Artillery School, who, with the rank of second lieutenant after October revolution served in Kolchak's army and fought against the Reds. When he saw the atrocities of the White Guards, with a group of soldiers and his brother Nikolai (he was also an officer), he went over to the side of the Reds.
The fate of Marshal L.A. Govorova is dramatic and at the same time mysterious. Fighting against the 5th Army of the Red Army during the Civil War, in October 1941 he became commander of the newly formed 5th Army. At the same time, Aleksey Sergeevich noticed that during the years of repression not a single hair fell from his grandfather's head, although many military leaders - former tsarist officers were shot during purges in the army. Moreover, during the defense of Moscow, General L.A. Govorov was entrusted with commanding troops in the most dangerous areas, where the fate of the capital was decided. This difficult time in Govorov's life was told by his grandson. A question was asked from the audience whether it was true that at some point G.K. Zhukov wanted to order the execution of Govorov?
Alexei Sergeevich replied that this was not entirely true. During the fighting on the Borodino field, Govorov, as a commander, received baptism of fire. For almost six days the enemy was stopped near Borodino. But the forces were not equal, and Govorov convinced the commander of the Western Front, Georgy Zhukov, that it was necessary to retreat to the defensive line near Zvenigorod. Zhukov agreed, but said that in case of failure, Govorov would answer to the full extent of martial law. But Govorov was right.
And it is no coincidence that for the disruption of the German offensive on Moscow, General L.A. Govorov was awarded the Order of Lenin. And on January 18, 1942, the troops of the 5th Army liberated Mozhaisk and Borodino. By the way, Aleksey Sergeevich said that shortly before the X Buturlin Readings he was in Mozhaisk, where he participated in the opening of the Alley of Heroes and even pointed out to the district leadership some of the shortcomings made in this event. Special features of the outstanding commander L.A. Govorov showed in Leningrad, where he was sent to the post of commander of the Leningrad Front by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief I.V. Stalin. He was given the task of preventing the destruction of Leningrad and breaking the blockade. And he handled it brilliantly. After a powerful artillery preparation, they went on the offensive military formations, and on January 18, 1943, the blockade of Leningrad was broken. For the successful implementation of this operation, L.A. Govorov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Talking about family dynasty, Alexei Sergeevich noticed that all men, starting with his grandfather, tied their fate with the army. Marshal's brothers: Nikolai Alexandrovich, Mikhail Alexandrovich and Vladimir Alexandrovich - best years devoted to the defense of the Fatherland. The eldest son, Vladimir Leonidovich, fought on the Leningrad front, became a Hero of the Soviet Union, after the war he was General of the Army, Deputy Minister of Defense. From 1994 until the end of his life, he headed the All-Russian Committee of War Veterans and military service, was a member Public Chamber under the President of the Russian Federation.
Continuing the story about his family, Aleksey Sergeevich remarked:
- My father, Sergey Leonidovich Govorov, younger son L.A. Govorov, was also a military man. He graduated with honors high school and the Moscow Aviation Institute. He served in the central office of the Ministry of Defense. He finished his service with the rank of colonel. Grandchildren also linked their fate with the army. Leonid Vladimirovich and Aleksey Sergeevich Govorov graduated from the Military Engineering Academy. F.E. Dzerzhinsky. Both became candidates technical sciences.
Like this family biography told Buturlintsy A.S. Govorov, a retired colonel, a worthy successor to the work of his grandfather, Marshal L.A. Govorova. Now Aleksey Sergeevich works as the general director of a company that is part of the defense industry complex. He brings up two sons, is a member of the board of the Victory Generals Memorial Fund. Lives in Moscow.
At the X Buturlin Readings, he brought the video “Names of Victory”, which was shown to the participants of the Readings. These were the names of the commanders of the Great Patriotic War: G.K. Zhukova, A.M. Vasilevsky, V.I. Kazakova, I.S. Koneva, K.K. Rokossovsky and others who invested their knowledge, their health, their courage for the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
- Even today we are friends with families, we honor the memory of our fathers and grandfathers, and on their examples we conduct patriotic and educational work with the younger generation, - said Alexey Sergeevich. - And I came to the Buturlin Readings to support Tamara Vasilievna Kazakova, who could not come to Buturlin. And my wife and I did not regret that we came to you. We were deeply touched by the fact that here, in the Russian hinterland, a patriotic event of such a significant scale is being held. Taking this opportunity, we thank all Buturlin residents for preserving the memory of V.I. Kazakov.

Father - Alexander Grigorievich Govorov(1869-1920) Born in the village of Butyrka, Vodozero volost, Yaransky district, Vyatka province. Now it is the territory of the Soviet district Kirov region, where, after the Great Patriotic War, the lands of the collective farm named after Marshal of the Soviet Union L.A. Govorova. At the end of the nineteenth century. it was a very poor county where most of peasant households had neither cows nor horses.

Alexander Grigorievich grew up in large family. From childhood, he was engaged in peasant labor, laboring for the gentlemen-landlords. In 1896 he married a local girl, Maria Panfilova. Four sons were born in the Govorov family. Alexander Grigorievich often left his native land in search of work: he worked as a sailor on various private ships in Vyatka and Kama. He passionately strove for knowledge, independently mastered the letter, read a lot. And nature endowed him with magnificent calligraphic handwriting.

He passed on his passion for knowledge to his sons. In 1907, Alexander Grigorievich transported his family, first to Yaransk, and then to Yelabuga. There he passed a difficult exam and in 1909 entered the service of a clerk at the Elabuga real school. He received the right to educate his children there free of charge. Alexander Grigoryevich was awarded the Red Cross Silver Medal "In Memory of Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905" for active participation in its work, as well as the medal "In memory of the 100th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812" (given to the direct descendants of the participants in the war).

In 1918, the Yelabuga real school was closed, and in 1920, with the arrival of the Red Army in Yelabuga, A.G. Govorov gets a job as a clerk at the headquarters of the army and receives allowance as a Red Army soldier of the 383rd battalion of the Red Army. A.G. Govorov dies on December 5, 1920 in a military hospital from a severe heart disease.

Mother - Maria Alexandrovna Govorova(Panfilova) (1867-1919) On her shoulders was the upbringing of children and housekeeping. Maria Alexandrovna Govorova died in Yelabuga from typhus.

Brothers

Brothers Govorov. Bottom row from left to right: Mikhail, Leonid, Nikolai.
Top row: Vladimir and Leonid's wife Lydia

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Govorov(1898-1949) For Nikolai, an older brother Leonid was an example in everything, even in appearance Nikolai tried to be like him. Therefore, it is not surprising that the fate of Nikolai at a certain stage was similar to the fate of his brother: the Elabuga real school, moving to St. Petersburg and studying at the capital's institute, conscription to royal army and studies at the Konstantinovsky Artillery School. And after graduating from the military school, Nikolai and Leonid decided not to separate. They both get assigned junior officers in one part in Tomsk. Then demobilization, return to his native Yelabuga and again the mobilization of young lieutenants already in the Kolchak army. Service with the whites and escape from the unit. Participation in the revolutionary events in Tomsk and service in the Red Army in the 51st Perekop division. But after finishing civil war Nikolai is demobilized from the army, already completely, for health reasons. He moves to Zaporozhye, teaches at the Engineering Institute. Protects after the war PhD thesis becomes an associate professor. Nicholas had a beautiful wife from a noble family, but, unfortunately, God did not give this couple children. He was buried at the May Day cemetery in Zaporozhye.

Mikhail Alexandrovich Govorov(1900-1932) Together with his brothers Leonid, Nikolai and Vladimir, he studied at the Elabuga real school. While his parents were alive, he lived with them in Yelabuga. Then he moves with his younger brother Vladimir to his older brothers in Odessa. Serves in the Red Army as a commander artillery battery in the mountain division Central Asia. Participates in battles with the Basmachi. For courage and heroism he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Fate was probably preparing him a good military career, but Mikhail's life ends unexpectedly and very early. In 1932 he fell ill with typhus and died. Michael was married, but he was never destined to leave descendants behind him.

Vladimir Alexandrovich Govorov(1904-1983)

From 1921 to 1926 he served as brothers, Leonid and Nikolai, in the 51st Perekop division. He graduated from the divisional artillery school in Odessa. He was the commander of an artillery platoon, and then the head of the reconnaissance battery.

In 1932 he graduated from the evening working university with a degree in electrical engineering in the city of Kirovograd. He worked as a technician, deputy chief power engineer at the Krasnaya Zvezda plant in the city of Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk region.

5 days after the start of the war, on June 27, 1941, he was arrested on a false denunciation and sentenced to 10 years in camps under Article 58, and only the intervention of Leonid Alexandrovich, who became commander of the Leningrad Front, allowed Vladimir to avoid a long prison term. Vladimir was released in August 1943. He worked at a factory in the city of Zlatoust, rose to the position of chief power engineer. In 1946, his criminal record was completely expunged, and in May of the same year he was awarded the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Second World War 1941-1945." After the war, Vladimir moved with his family to Melitopol, where he worked as a chief engineer at a power plant.

In the family of Vladimir Alexandrovich, two sons were born - Evgeny and Yuri. Both chose the civil service for themselves. Both are engineers, and Yuri Vladimirovich is a candidate of technical sciences. The son of Yuri Vladimirovich, Sergey is a regular military man, a reserve lieutenant colonel, at present he is the head of a large manufacturing enterprise.

All the Govorov brothers were very friendly. Well, Leonid Alexandrovich united them, often helping them in solving a variety of everyday issues.

Lidia Ivanovna with her husband and sons Vladimir and Sergey.

Wife

Lidia Ivanovna Govorova (Izdebskaya)(1903-1983). Born in Odessa. The father is a Pole who manages the estate with the landowner. Mother is Russian. Lydia grew up in big family. She had four sisters and two brothers. Before the revolution of 1917 she graduated from the women's gymnasium. She met Leonid Aleksandrovich in Odessa in 1923. Together they lived until his death in 1955. During the defense of Moscow in 1941, despite the fact that Lydia Ivanovna was already the wife of a general, she was a member of the self-defense detachment (MPVO) and, along with other young women and girls, she was on duty on the roofs of houses, fighting enemy incendiary bombs.

During the siege of Leningrad, greatly worried about her husband, and despite his prohibitions, she came to him from Moscow along the Road of Life, in between enemy shelling. She spent the entire blockade next to him. There, in Leningrad, their second son Sergei was born. Lydia Ivanovna survived her husband by almost 30 years, sacredly keeping the memory of him, passing it on first to her sons, and then to her grandchildren. A brave, honest, real Russian woman. Lydia Ivanovna died in 1983. Buried at Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.

sons

Vladimir Leonidovich Govorov(1924-2006) Born in Odessa. He graduated from the Moscow Artillery Special School and the Ryazan Higher Military Artillery School. At the front since 1943. He fought on the Leningrad front as a commander of a fire platoon, commander of an artillery battery. Was injured. After the war on leadership positions in the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, Deputy Minister of Defense, General of the Army, Hero of the Soviet Union. From 1994 until the end of his life, he headed the All-Russian Committee of War Veterans and Military Service, was a member of the Public Chamber under the President of the Russian Federation.

He was buried with military honors at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. Son - Leonid.

Sergey Leonidovich Govorov. (1944-2013) Born in Leningrad. He graduated with honors from high school and the Moscow Aviation Institute. From 1967 to 1994 he was in the Armed Forces: he served in the Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense, in the central office of the RF Ministry of Defense. He finished his service with the rank of colonel. Until the end of his days, he carried out active social and educational work among young people, was one of the founders of the Victory Generals Memorial Fund. He was buried with military honors at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. Son - Alex.

Sergei Leonidovich with his son Alexei
and grandchildren Nikita and Pavel.

grandchildren

Leonid Vladimirovich Govorov. Born in 1952 in Moscow. Graduated from the Military Engineering Academy named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky, candidate of technical sciences, laureate of the award Lenin Komsomol in science and technology. From 1979 to 1991, he worked in research institutions of the Moscow Region, participated in the creation of space satellite communication systems, a retired colonel. In 1991 L.V. Govorov was elected vice president, and in 2002-2012. He was the President of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Deputy State Duma 4 convocations. Leonid has two daughters: Maria and Lyudmila. Both graduated from Moscow State University.

(far right), Maria Govorova - second from the left. At the monument to VL Govorov.

Alexey Sergeevich Govorov. Born in 1971 in Moscow. In 1988 he graduated from the Moscow Suvorov Military School, in 1995 the Military Engineering Academy named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky. He served in the Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, candidate of technical sciences, reserve colonel. Currently works in a commercial company, which is part of the Russian military-industrial complex, in the position CEO. Alexei has two sons: Nikita - graduated from the Moscow State University of Technology"Stankin" is now studying for a master's degree at the Moscow Aviation Institute and Pavel is a schoolboy. Alexey is a member of the board of the Victory Generals Memorial Foundation. Lives in Moscow.

At a rally at the monument to Marshal Govorov
in St. Petersburg

Ilya and Pavel. At the Kremlin wall.

All generations of our family are connected not only by kinship, but also by friendship. Not only the grandchildren are friends, but also the great-grandchildren of the Govorov brothers. And what unites us is the memory of Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov, brought up from childhood careful attitude to family values and a respectful attitude towards one's country, passed down from generation to generation, no matter how difficult times it is going through.

Georgievsky procession was committed on May 10 in the places of the heroic defense of Leningrad. The action of memory brought together front-line soldiers and blockade survivors, search engines and cadets, descendants of those who did not live to see. They also remembered the legendary Marshal Leonid Govorov. It was to him that the city on the Neva owed much of its salvation.

The family archive of this family - just so coincidentally - is partially stored in state archive. On the old film, the history of not only a person, but also the whole city, the war, and therefore whole country. amazingly calm and kind face and the eyes of Marshal Govorov, the savior of Leningrad, seem to meet the eyes of his son and grandson. And the first thing that comes to mind is the question that the mother asked the father on the eve of the operation to break the blockade. “She asked him: “What if something goes wrong?” Then only head into the hole,” recalls the grandson of Marshal Govorov Alexei Govorov.

His biography is a series amazing facts. Lieutenant of Kolchak's army, who made a dizzying career as a Soviet commander, front commander, not a member of the CPSU (b). In June 1942, Leonid Govorov - in a sick, hungry, daily besieged city destroyed by the enemy, commander of the Leningrad Front.

Leningraders are already used to hunger, to daily shelling, to the lack of communication with the mainland. The tasks of the new commander of the front were set very clearly: to prevent the destruction of the city from enemy fire, to break through and lift the blockade.

Govorov was settled in the quietest and safest district of Leningrad - on the Petrograd side. An apartment on the fourth floor, completely measured by the steps of the marshal: he thought and walked, walked and thought. In agony, the plan for Operation Iskra was born to break through the blockade of the front city. The operation required preparation. Preparation is a risk.

“He began to withdraw battalions from the front line of defense in order to fatten them up in Leningrad and train them,” says Sergei Govorov, son of Marshal Govorov.

Fighters with dystrophy had to run 800 meters on the ice of the Neva under heavy enemy fire in 20-degree frost. Govorov forbade them to shout "Hurrah" so as not to waste their energy. The brass band on the hill played "The Internationale". To the sounds of the anthem, they had to force a six-meter, almost sheer shore, which the well-fed fascists poured water on. They dragged ladders and crampons with them in order to climb up and defeat the Germans with their last strength. The pedantry with which Iskra was thought out did its job. "Nevsky Izmail" was taken. The armies joined. The blockade was broken.

This monstrous burden of responsibility, placed on Leonid Alexandrovich Govorov, undermined his health. He died at 58 from severe hypertension. A memorial plaque, a monument in St. Petersburg, footage from the chronicle and, most importantly, for the sake of which his son and grandson come to the parade in St. Petersburg every year, without exception, are the memories of him by the fighters who broke through the blockade.

“They believed that artillery was the god of war, and Govorov was the god of artillery,” Sergey Govorov said.

"Dear friends! On behalf of the Communist Party faction, I am pleased to welcome all of you within the walls of the State Duma. The country is on the eve of the most precious holiday for us: the Day of the Great Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. On the eve of the holiday, we open a unique exhibition "Fates scorched by war" - rare photos from the archives of the generals.

The exhibition is a gallery of portraits of the senior commanders of the Red and Soviet army from the time of the Great October socialist revolution and the Civil War until the 60-70s of the XX century. legendary period. You see, here are 59 portraits, almost never published before or little known. The exhibition was prepared by the Foundation for the Memory of the Commanders of the Victory, the Chairman of the Board of which is Natalya Ivanovna Koneva, daughter of Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Stepanovich Konev. It is also important to note that all documents for the exhibition were provided by the Foundation free of charge.

Today's exhibition is truly the imprint of an era, it is the Great Patriotic War in faces. It also reflects the largest events of the Great Patriotic War: the Moscow battle, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Kursk, battles to liberate Ukraine and Belarus, the storming of Berlin and much more. You will see on the stands of our commanders at a combat post already in peacetime, post-war times, as well as among friends and relatives.

Photos are accompanied by texts of poems and songs of the 40s. And our today's exhibition will decorate musical accompaniment melodies of war. It was taken over by our old friend and colleague, artistic director of the State Academic Ensemble "Russia" named after Lyudmila Georgievna Zykina - Dmitry Dmitrienko.

The image of our Great Victory, the main character of which, in the words of Marshal Zhukov, was the great Soviet people, of course, we cannot imagine without the names of our great commanders. And here the triple use of the word "great" I think is quite appropriate.

Today we have a rare opportunity to see not only photographic portraits, now epic Soviet heroes but also the faces of their closest relatives, their children and grandchildren, who are present here. They worthily bear the glory of their fathers and fulfill the most difficult mission of memory and historical enlightenment of the new Russian society. We thank them for this idea, for their work and for their loyalty to our heroic Soviet history.”

All those present were awarded commemorative medals of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation "70 years of Victory in the Battle of Stalingrad."

Among the participants of the ceremony:

- Sinyukova Natalya Evgenievna - granddaughter of the Marshal of the Soviet Union V.D. Sokolovsky;

- Zotova Olga Sergeevna - daughter of Marshal of the Soviet Union S.S. Biryuzova;

- Malinovskaya Natalya Rodionovna - daughter of Marshal of the Soviet Union R.Ya. Malinovsky;

- Zakharov Vladimir Matveevich - son of Marshal of the Soviet Union M.V. Zakharov;

- Rodimtseva Natalya Alexandrovna - daughter of Colonel General A.I. Rodimtsev;

- Rokossovsky Konstantin Vilyevich - grandson of Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky;

- Rokossovskaya Lyudmila Igorevna - wife of K.V. Rokossovsky;

- Dovator Rita Lvovna - daughter of Major General L.M. Dovator;

- Malinin Mikhail Mikhailovich - son of Army General M.S. Malinin;

- Baklanova Elena Glebovna - daughter of Colonel General G.V. Baklanova;

- Bagramyan Ivan Sergeevich - grandson of Marshal of the Soviet Union I.Kh. Bagramyan;

- Nadzharova Karina Sergeevna - granddaughter of Marshal of the Soviet Union I.Kh. Bagramyan;

- Govorov Sergey Leonidovich - son of Marshal of the Soviet Union L.A. Govorova;

- Govorov Alexey Sergeevich - grandson of Marshal of the Soviet Union L.A. Govorova;

- Koneva Natalya Ivanovna - daughter of Marshal of the Soviet Union I.S. Konev;

- Babadzhanyan Larisa Amazaspovna - daughter of Marshal of the Armored Forces A.Kh. Babajanyan;

- Yurina Elena Vladislavovna - granddaughter of Colonel-General L.M. Sandalova;

- Egorshina Nina Vladimirovna - colonel, head of the organizational sector of the Victory Generals Memorial Fund;

- Goncharova Larisa Semyonovna - senior researcher of the diorama museum "Battle of Kursk" in Belgorod;

- Dmitrienko Dmitry Sergeevich - thin. head of the State Academic Ensemble "Russia";

- Shumsky Leonid Grigorievich - Honored Artist of Russia.

Aleksey Govorov: “I feel an indescribable thrill...” This meeting, indeed, was long-awaited. Both for the inhabitants of the Lesnikovsky rural settlement - fellow countrymen of Marshal of the Soviet Union Leonid Alexandrovich Govorov, and for his descendants, who first came to the land that gave the world such outstanding person. The long-awaited meeting The descendants are Marshal's grandson Aleksey Sergeevich Govorov, his wife Natalya Aleksandrovna and their son Pavel. This trip was also long-awaited for students of school No. 32 in the city of Kirov, headed by a history teacher, our fellow countrywoman Svetlana Ivanovna Krupina. The school was built for the children of the factory evacuated to our regional center, which later received the name "Selmash". Among the workers, many were from besieged Leningrad. Therefore, the L.A. Museum was created in this school. Govorov, headed by Svetlana Ivanovna. By her own admission, a trip to Lesnikovo was planned from year to year, but it took place only today, when the fifth-graders who once came to the school museum turned into the current tenth-graders. This meeting was also exciting for the former children, who, having become adults, settled in Kirov and united in public organization blockade. She was represented by Tatyana Ivanovna Karmazina and Oleg Ivanovich Andreev. Yuri Timofeevich Semenenko, head of the region's search teams, also joined the Kirov delegation. The bird cherry is snowing The guests arrived in Sovetsk on the evening of May 22 and stayed overnight at the Zodiac Hotel. The morning greeted them with a wonderful sunny weather and the intoxicating smell of late bird cherry, a bush of which spread like a large white ball on the Rodygin field. Our path lies in the Butyrki tract, to the homeland of Marshal Govorov. On the border of the lands of Agrotorg LLC, a yellow school bus and several cars block the road for the cortege. School teachers and employees of the Lesnikovskaya village administration greet dear guests with bread and salt and a healthy song. In Butyrki And in Butyrki - a new meeting and again bread and salt already from the inhabitants of Bork. The story is told to the guests. locality. Census different years it was called either a village, or a village, or a repair. The name has also changed. At first it was bad, and then the Butyrkas became. Leonid Govorov was baptized in the village of Izh. After him, three more sons were born in the family. From Butyrki, the future marshal went to study in Borok in a three-year school. Lack of land, poverty forced the head of the family, at that time a literate and enterprising person, in 1907 to move to Yaransk. The rest of the residents also left. There were six pits in two rows left in the place of Butyrok. That's how the houses were. Ivan Nikolaevich Polozov established the place of the Govorov hut. He was fenced off. The students planted trees and flowers around. And then a large boulder was found in the Popovtsevsky quarry. It was decided to install it on the site of the hut. The boulder from the quarry was transported to the territory of the regional association "Selkhoztekhnika". A teacher at the Soviet Pedagogical School, front-line soldier Yuri Nikolayevich Larinin, tried to carve an inscription on a stone, but it turned out to be unsuitable for this. The stone was transported to Butyrki on a large quarry KRAZ. Then a marble slab with an inscription was installed on it. Govorov himself, after moving, visited Butyrki again, before entering the school. Locals visited them in Moscow too. The Govorov relatives of the Vyatkas are modest people and do not like to stick out their kinship with the marshal. Bork resident Mikhail Ivanovich Skripin admitted that his grandmother is the half-sister of Leonid Alexandrovich Govorov. “I was always afraid of clinging to fame,” he says. Military service Mikhail Skripin was in the second tank army stationed on the territory post-war Germany. Marshal's son Vladimir Leonidovich Govorov was deputy commander. Came twice to check. In 1968 I checked combat training. It never occurred to Skripin to admit that he came from the same places. Another relative was also found: “I am also Govorova by my father. My father went to war and never returned. Nina Aleksandrovna Chuprakova takes Alexei Sergeeevich deep into the forest to show the place where her parents' hut stood and the path along which his grandfather ran to the nearest lake. Vasily Gennadyevich Miroshin writes not only poetry, but also paintings. According to the stories of his father, he reproduced the Govorovs' hut on canvas and presented the painting to his grandson's family. “We are surprised and very touched by how the Vyatka people cherish the memory of their grandfather,” said A. S. Govorov. - On May 7 this year, I gave an interview to Life News journalists. They ended the TV story with the Butyrkas. And so we, impressed by yesterday's meeting in Kirov, reached our small homeland. It is surprising that people escaped from such a thicket and walked far. We have always considered ourselves Muscovites. But Natalya Ivanovna Koneva introduced us to the Vyatka community in Moscow. The father was still alive then. And today I look at people and see what they are. Natalya Alexandrovna picks up: “There are a lot of people in Vyatka common features, and I find them in Alexei. The Govorov family lays flowers and collects land from the foundation of the former hut. “And we also sent to Moscow, to the Museum of the Armed Forces, earth in a pouch and cones from firs growing here on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of L.A. Govorov, ”compatriots report. Photos for memory. Our path lies in Lesnikovo, to the bust of L. A. Govorov. "Looks like" Another meeting with fellow countrymen, this time with foresters. Aleksey Sergeevich again thanks the villagers: “For the first time we visited our small homeland. Now we saw it with our own eyes and we will remember and come to you again and again.” For forty years the local collective farm bore the name of Marshal Govorov. It was at his expense that a bust was made at the Leningrad Experimental Plant in 1977. A short rally and more gifts. V. G. Miroshin reads his poem dedicated to L. A. Govorov, and gives his grandson a notebook with the text. And so that the descendants of the marshal had an idea about local crafts, the lace maker Svetlana Pavlovna Efremova presented a napkin, and Nikolai Vasilyevich Kodolov presented a basket. The participants of the short rally delivered a verdict: "Looks like it." In the school museum Last time I was in the school museum of Marshal Govorov at the beginning of last December. This time it has changed. From the rural House of Culture, paintings and graphics were moved here, once ordered to artists by the Govorov collective farm. The collective farm itself received this name in 1972, after it separated from the large collective farm named after the XX Party Congress. The economy kept the brand high. More than once won the passing and commemorative banners of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. They are also kept in the school museum. In March 2002, the school began to be named after Govorov, and then the polling station also received this name. A variety of sports competitions were held for the Govorov prize, up to motorcycle racing on ice. Prizes were purchased at the expense of the collective farm. A tour of the museum was conducted by L. G. Kochakova. The school has 7 teachers and 39 students. Children's association It's called "SPRING". This is an abbreviation: the homeland of fathers and grandfathers must be sought in everyone. “We always remember that we are countrymen of a great man.” Schoolchildren corresponded with Marshal's wife Lydia Ivanovna. She spoke about him as a person. Albina SHUTYLEVA. (To be continued).