Ivan Vladimirovich
Kisilyuk

Kisilyuk Ivan Vladimirovich was born on July 7, 1920 in the village of Malinki, Vinnytsia region. In July 1941, as commander of an intelligence group, he participated in the Great Patriotic War.

The intelligence group was engaged in collecting information about the deployment and number of units, their weapons and route. He participated in the liberation of Stalingrad. During the next task of the group, which consisted of 17 people during the capture of Berlin, the full force fell into minefields, where only Ivan Vladimirovich remained alive. He was seriously injured, lost the right limb of his arm and shrapnel wound to his eyes, as a result of which his eyesight was irretrievably lost.

Long-term treatment and rehabilitation at the Novosibirsk hospital was a very difficult stage of life. It is difficult to go through these hardships on your own, to realize all the worries of the future. But as fate would have it, Ivan Vladimirovich met a nurse in the hospital, who constantly cared for him and participated in the treatment, and in this regard, having brought their interests and pleasant communication closer together, they realized that they were made for each other, and signed marriage papers soon after.

After the war ended, together with his lawful wife Stephanie, he returned to his native Vinnytsia region, where they had two beautiful sons.

Despite all the difficulties in his life, Ivan Vladimirovich, thanks to his knowledge of the geographical location of countries, even being blind after the injury, could show any country on the map. In this regard, he was offered to be a geography teacher at a local school.

For his courage and bravery during the Great Patriotic War, he was awarded the honorary Orders of the Red Star and the Red Banner, the Medal for Military Merit and the Medal for the Capture of Berlin.

At the age of 58, on 06/03/1978, Ivan Vladimirovich Kislyuk died. He was buried in his native village of Malinovka, Vinnytsia region.

It has been a long time since my grandfather's death, but my family will never forget that he and millions of other soldiers who fought during the Great Patriotic War saved the whole world from fascism so that we could live under a peaceful sky so that children could scream: "Hurrah!" when the guns are firing and the Victory flag is flashing in the sky!

The story is provided by the Centralized Library System
of the Novotroitsk Municipal District of the Kherson region

The author of the text is Nosalskaya Alyona Sergeevna,
the granddaughter of I.V. Kisilyuk