in the sixty-fifth, lieutenant andrei kizhivatov was posthumously awarded the title of hero of the sovietaduate of the military school, alexander makhnach, arrived at the sharp fortress on assignment. the junior lieutenant entered service 3 days before the war on thursday, june 19th. he was only 18. lieutenant smagin had to hand over the platoon to him. on the very first day of his service, makhnach, together with his soldiers, went to an exercise to dig trenches. on the same day, he encountered the first victim of a war that had not yet begun, but we had orders. no images on the law is not to be ignored, the flying german plane and one of the soldiers was killed, they were shooting chergams and it seems that there was such a roof that was falling, that you are a frog, covering. without hearing my voice, i give the command. i, lieutenant makhnach, listen to my command in the gun. such a young, eighteen-year-old unfired lieutenant immediately had to make decisions on which the lives of many people depended. a few days before the start of the war , young officers were assigned to the brest