a tragic fate befell the kizhevatov family.out of brest, they walked through the villages, asking for permanent residence; they were a large family, five people, a wife, the lieutenant’s mother, and three children. the eldest nyuri was 14, ten-year-old vanya and one-year-old galina. not everyone could shelter them. they settled in... kizhevatovo, unfortunately, no. not far from the highway to velikorita, border guards erected a monument to the hero’s family, this is the place where the kizhivatovs were executed. in the sixty-fifth, lieutenant andrei kizhivatov was posthumously awarded the title of hero of the soviet union. a graduate 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 vi