1. Bondary secondary school Authors: Ivliyev Artyom, Moiseyenko Dmitry, 10 form

2. The aim of research Realizing of generation’s succession through General’s feat of arms.

3. Tasks: To visit Glazkov’s relatives and a local museum; To write Glazkov’s relatives memories about a great General; To organize a meeting with fellow villagers and relatives of V. A. Glazkov; To describe General’s overcoat; To publish the results in a local newspaper “Narodnaya Tribuna”.

4. Object of research: front week-days of General Glazkov. Methods: work with documents in a local museum, interview with V. A. Glazkov’s relatives.

5. Hypothesis: If we learn course of General Glazkov’s life we can pass on it to the young generation.

6. Early years V. A. Glazkov is one of the best known heroes of the Great Patriotic War in Russia. He was born in the village of Verderevshchino on the 15th of January, 1901 in the peasant’s family. His father died when Vasily was a child. That’s why the further education became impossible for him. He was the oldest son among four children, that’s why he helped his mother. His childhood was hungry and heavy.

7. Family life Vasily Glazkov fell in love with Evgenia, who was his wife later. He was a happy person in his family life.

8. Military career Glazkov’s career as a professional soldier was going extremely well. Glazkov entered the military college. He served in the ranks of the army in different places of our Motherland.

9. Stalingrad battle Stalingrad was one of the proudest episodes of the best military operations of the war. Glazkov became a general at the age of 40. Major-General V. Glazkov (killed in action) was the commander of the 35th Guards Rifle Division. The 35th division was raised in August 1942 from the 8th Airborne Corps. The Stalingrad battle became a matter of survival. Losses on both sides were huge. Russian troops began to “squeeze” the German pocket. The 35th Guards Rifle Division took counter-attack in the village of Verkhnaya Elshanka. Glazkov’s division had out fought the German “super-men”. The battle on the 8th of September 1942 was the last Glazkov’s day. The soldiers of his division held out. V. Glazkov showed courage, even when he was wounded.

10. Museum of Stalingrad battle The visitors of the museum “The Stalingrad Battle”, can see portrait gallery of the Soviet commanders. Among the exhibits is the blood-drenched overcoat of General Glazkov, with 168 holes from bullets and shell fragments. There is Glazkov’ overcoat in the museum of defence in Volgograd. It was found in May 1943 in depot near railway station of Voroponovo. This overcoat has 2 breasts with a turn-down collar. The left breast of the overcoat was stained with blood. It has only one fold on a back. The colour of this overcoat was steel-grey with a blue mount. It was a result of that fact the division was founded on a base of air-force. Glazkov’ overcoat has a careful darn, which had been done by General Glazkov’ wife Evgenia Tarasovna. The overcoat was cut and has only one button with a dent. The overcoat has 168 bullets

11. Glazkov is a hero Vasily Andreyevich Glazkov perished during Stalingrad battle in 1942. In 1943 he was awarded with the Order of Lenin. The 35th Guards Rifle Division was awarded with the Order of the Red Banner. Many battles on the Eastern front in World War II are remembered by people. But Stalingrad titanic battle was extraordinary. And V. Glazkov became its hero.

12. We remember Every year the group of pupils named “Glazkovs” organizes meetings with veterans, makes projects, exhibitions, visits his native village of Verderevshchino and Volgograd, the place of his death.

13. Practical significance There is a searching group in Bondary secondary school which named the Glazkovs. We have formed 2 lecture groups, We have visited Glazkov’s relatives and a local museum; We have organized a meeting with fellow villagers and relatives of V. A. Glazkov; We have written Glazkov’s relatives memories about V. A. Glazkov; We have participated in 10 actions devoted to Glazkov’s memory in schools of Bondary rayon; We have described General’s overcoat and placed the results of research at our school’s site; We have held 14 excursions for pupils; We visited the hero-city of Volgograd last year, took part in some excavations, wrote an article to a local newspaper “Narodnaya Tribuna”; Every month we organize meetings with our veterans.

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