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"Victory Parade: Stories and Faces"
MINSK, 8 May (BelTA) - 80 years ago, veteran of the Great Patriotic War Ivan Kazyuchits took part in the first Victory Parade in Moscow. Tomorrow his grandson, Deputy Head of Belarus’ Investigation Committee for Minsk Oblast, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Gennady Bileichik will march as part of the parade in the Belarusian capital.
The story of Ivan Kazyuchits, a participant of the 1945 Victory Parade in Moscow, is connected with the small village of Ozertsy, Slutsk District, Minsk Oblast. He was born and lived in Ozertsy for the first 20 years, and returned here as a hero after the end of the Great Patriotic War.
In 1941, Ivan Kazyuchits was doing his military service in the regular army. When the Great Patriotic War began, he served near Brest, so, most likely, he went into battle against the Nazis from the very first days of the war. In one of the battles their unit was completely defeated, but he managed to survive.Unable to return to the Red Army, he decided to join the partisans and defeat the enemy in the occupied territory.
Having reached his native village on foot, Ivan Kazyuchits found the partisans in the forests of Slutsk and joined one of the detachments of the 225th Suvorov Brigade. It is known that Private Kazyuchits took part in the “rail war” at least twice. Partisans of the 225th Suvorov Brigade blew up 1,400 rails on the sections Volchkovichi-Fanipol, Talka-Pukhovichi, Slutsk-Timkovichi only in August 1943.
Wherever the partisan was, he always sent home food: a piece of lard, a loaf of bread. As soon as he had a chance, he visited his family
Having reached his native village on foot, Ivan Kazyuchits found the partisans in the forests of Slutsk and joined one of the detachments of the 225th Suvorov Brigade. It is known that Private Kazyuchits took part in the “rail war” at least twice. Partisans of the 225th Suvorov Brigade blew up 1,400 rails on the sections Volchkovichi-Fanipol, Talka-Pukhovichi, Slutsk-Timkovichi only in August 1943.
Wherever the partisan was, he always sent home food: a piece of lard, a loaf of bread. As soon as he had a chance, he visited his family
On 29 June 1944 the partisans liberated Gresk. On the same day the 225th Suvorov Brigade, which included more than 1,000 fighters, joined the Red Army. Most likely that Ivan Kazyuchits was among these partisans. According to historical records, starting from August 1944, he served as a gunner and later became the commander of an artillery battery equipped with 76-mm cannons in the 264th Red Banner Rifle Regiment of the 241st Vinnitsa Rifle Division, which was part of the 4th Ukrainian Front. He fought in battle to liberate Poland and was awarded the Medal for Bravery and the Order of Glory Third Class.
Ivan Kazyuchits fought against the enemy until the very last day of the war. On 24 June 1945, he was among the participants of the Victory Parade on Red Square in Moscow. After returning to his village, he worked for many years as a forester, extracting resin and producing turpentine, and built a large, beautiful log house.
In the run-up to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Belarusian news agency BelTA together with the 7 Days newspaper launched a large-scale project. During the year we will be narrating the stories of the Belarusians who took part in the legendary Victory Parade in 1945. These men fought at Rzhev and Odessa, won the battles of Stalingrad and Kursk, liberated Belarus, and took Berlin. On 24 June 1945 they marched triumphantly through Red Square in Moscow. They are the faces of our great Victory!
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