Here is Vladimir Мarkovich Parfenchik. Born in 1934, veteran of the "Gas
Economy".
During the German invasion of Belarus both Parfenchik's brothers were killed and the rest of his family only survived by eating greenery.
After the war he undertook education and became a plasterer and bricklayer before doing service in the army. After a short stint in the army he went on to further education in "Gas Economy". He then became the manager of a gas industry equipment warehouse.
Here is Aleksandr Petrovich Bychkov. A veteran of the war with Greater Japan and over 20 years military service. Since 1967 he has been an educator and has written over 100 scientific or educational papers.
A recipient of the "tapping" Medal due to his scientific research.
That photo shows "son of the regiment" Private First Class Viktor "Vitya" Zhaivoronok proudly showing his Order of the Red Star, which he had received for fighting the Germans in Yugoslavia. The photo was taken by Anatoly Yegorov in the village of Starchevo, not far from Belgrade, in October 1944.
Here is another photo taken around the same moment. Rifle battalion commander V. Romanenko is visible in the center, telling Yugoslavian partisans and the local population about Zhaivoronok's feats. Vitya had joined a partisan unit in 1941 near the Ukrainian city of Nikolayev and in 1943 he decided to join the Red Army, serving as a scout.
With child soldiers the commemoratives will likely have to go on well beyond 65 years and maybe over 90 years.
That being said, the great war had a veteran alive 93 years on.
