Epifanov Ivan

(18.I.1923, der. Nikiforovskaya Roslavl Area - 10.V.1997, der. Bogdanovo Roslavl district of Smolensk region).
In the Soviet Army in September 1943, at the front - from April 1944. Sergeant. Gunner SAU-76 12 Self-Propelled Artillery Brigade of the 1 st Belorussian Front. Thrice wounded. Destroys 2 guns, anti-aircraft gun, 11 machine guns, cars, 4 mortars, the enemy inflicted heavy losses in manpower. After demobilization (1946) worked as a forester Elninskaya Forestry Administration. Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1 st degree.

Lit.: Belyaev I.N. Soldiers thank Smolyan. - M., 1980.