the airship, under the control of ivan zherdiv , covered the bombers attacking german forces on the outskirts of koeniksberg on the first day of the assault on this city. fortress, the germans, who considered it an impregnable citadel, surrendered the capital of east prussia after 3 days, in april of forty-fifth, soviet troops broke through even the strongest defenses, decisively marched towards a very close victory, but every step still came at a very high price, guard captain ivan zherdiv paid without bargaining with the enemy with death, and although objectively the chances of finding his remains are small, will be looking for, for example, these 119 soldiers died in the same area on the same days as the pilot, were found in a hospital burial forgotten immediately after the war, volunteers from kaliningrad and within the framework of the historical memory project did not just collect and prepare all the remains for reburial at war memorial, they established the names of many red army soldiers. alexey chapataryov, dmitry sitnikov, ntv, kaliningrad region. the parents of seven-year-old seryo