twice hero of the soviet union - sturmovik pilot. in 1940 he was drafted into the red army. he made his first combat missions near stalingrad in 1942. during during the battles for the liberation of belarus, he struck at enemy concentrations in the minsk cauldron, stormed crossings across the berezina and neman, liberated the baltic states and poland. by april 1944 , the sturmovik pilot had completed 109 combat missions by decree of the presidium of the supreme soviet of the ussr; guard senior lieutenant leonid bide was awarded the title of hero of the soviet union. for the next 105 combat missions, on june 29, 1945, guard major leonid beda was awarded a second medal for. hello everyone, i’m lyudmila tarakanova, i’ve been living in belarus for more than 30 years and i’m belarusian. i came from russia, from the ancient city of ryazan, to visit my native land and nourish myself with my roots. i came to belarus on assignment to work. i was attracted by the cleanliness, the atmosphere is different, you see, there is an opportunity to create here, only a fool doesn’t work here, b