vladimir gerasimovich kostin , a resident of the town of kovylkino near saransk, in front of his militaryersonnel of the local garrison are marching down the street. youth cadets. he went to the front as a 17-year-old boy in the 1944 war. for him, it ended in the far east after the victory over militaristic japan. vladimir kostikin participated in the famous operation to force the great khingan mountain range and defeat the kwantung army for a successful offensive. he received gratitude from supreme commander stalin. when there was no war, grief is absolutely grief. these are people in such, as they say, fears of oneself without end explosions ruins dead volgograd region the house of 96-year-old war veteran nikolai fedorovich masterov is decorated with flags and posters. today the postman brings him a special letter. good afternoon. this is sveta listen. aha. i brought you a letter of congratulations from the president to you on victory day. nikolai masterov, a participant in the battles for moscow and smolensk, was podorzhev as part of a mortar artillery regiment. the legendary 20th army