including mountain jews, natives of the caucasus, took part in the three-day assault. pilot, sergeant don badalov attack aircraft, distinguished himself during the attack on nazi positions on the baltic spit in april of 1945, this was the last period of the war, when the remnants of the nazis held out here and only capitulated on may 8. among the names of the mountain jews who distinguished themselves at connichsberg, there is one female name that cannot be ignored. tamara abramova zenichitsa went through the entire war from 1942 until from the caucasus to insterburg, now the city of chernikhov, kaliningrad region, covering the railway junction with her anti-aircraft gun. there are many names, many dead and many awarded. in general, it is interesting that such a small, seemingly professional group turned out to be, in general, very widely represented in east prussia in the battles of 44-45. after three days of stubborn fighting, by the evening of april 9, 1945, soviet troops captured the royal castle of koeniksberg and were ready to completely clear the city of german troops, but the command knew