break through, because according to the instructions, in the event of war, only one should remain in cetaderene else was obliged to leave the fortress. about half of the garrison, about 500 people, managed to leave the fortress, and about half, somewhere around four to 500 people, were unable to leave the fortress and remained in the besieged fortress. it turns out that those who remained did not carry out the order, but despite this, the commanders decided to continue the defense, they did not yet know that the front was already far away, but they understood that reinforcements were unlikely. zubachev was captured on june 26 , 1941, if. the family will find out what happened next only after war, when the writer smirnov began his investigation, major gavrilov recalled captain zubachev, his deputy, in forty -three they met in the hamelburg concentration camp. gavrilov’s last words were that yes, we did not live up to our positions, that for them this was not heroism. then zubachev was transferred to one of the branches of the camp in nuremberg. there he was enrolled in a work team, fell ill wi