testimony of machine gunner vasily ershov, who miraculously survived after a dozen stab wounds; abdul monapovtank troops. then an important dialogue took place, which our surviving machine gunner remembered: well, they are russians, but who are you? the fascists asked abdulmanapov, why are you silent, what do you have to lose, you are a stranger to them, everyone should think about their own life, where are you from, the wehrmacht officer asked, we know where, he answered abdul monapov, we are all children of the same motherland, you are a communist, no, but i will die as a communist, i wonder what? “you tell me, when they start cutting you into pieces, you can’t intimidate us with torture,” magomed zagid said in response. in essence, this is the motto: work, brothers, for the future generation. they tortured him for a long time, cut out a star on his chest and then stabbed him with bayonets. posthumously tortured but not defeated, dagestani abdulmanapov was presented with the star of the hero of the soviet union. it was, let me remind you, that it is symbolic in crimea, that is, that same vi