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"Victory Parade: Stories and Faces"
MINSK, 13 February (BelTA) - Cavalryman Fyodor Vorobyov fought in the Great Patriotic War from the first to the last day. On 24 June 1945, the guardsman rode a horse across Red Square as a member of the cavalry squadron of the composite regiment of the 1st Ukrainian Front.
Among his numerous awards are two Medals for Courage, which he received only a few months apart. He was in Germany when the war ended. On 24 June 1945 he participated in the Victory Parade as part of a cavalry squadron of the composite regiment of the 1st Ukrainian Front.
Fyodor Vorobyov never boasted about his feats and medals. He hardly ever talked about the parade, too. Only once, during a TV broadcast featuring the very parade of 1945 and a cavalry squadron on Red Square, the war veteran modestly confessed to his family: “I was in that column, too.”
He also mentioned that the soldiers had spent weeks preparing for the parade. They cleaned and ironed their uniforms, practiced dressage, and trained their horses to march in sync. Those were the very horses which cavalrymen led into battles during the war.
Fyodor Vorobyov was awarded two Medals for Bravery, Medal for Excellence in Military Service, Medal for the Defense of Moscow, Medal for the Capture of Berlin, Medal for the Victory over Germany, Medal of Zhukov and the Order of the Patriotic War First Class. All in all, he received 12 awards.
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 is running 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!
The soldier was in Moldova when the Great Patriotic War broke out. He took his first battle on the Prut River where he took part in the bridge explosion operation. Then there were long months of retreats: the Dnieper River, Korocha station in Belgorod Oblast... After a while Fyodor Vorobyov was transferred to Moscow Oblast and together with the Soviet troops advanced near Kaluga and Mozhaisk. The young soldier took part in the Battle of Moscow, which was a key battle of the war.
Near Kiev, Fyodor Vorobyov received a concussion. After treatment, he returned to the division, participated in the liberation of Kiev, Korosten, Zhitomir, and crossed the Vistula. The cavalryman was wounded again, this time in the leg, in 1944. He was treated in a hospital in the German city of Leipzig, and as soon as he recovered, he returned to the military.
Near Kiev, Fyodor Vorobyov received a concussion. After treatment, he returned to the division, participated in the liberation of Kiev, Korosten, Zhitomir, and crossed the Vistula. The cavalryman was wounded again, this time in the leg, in 1944. He was treated in a hospital in the German city of Leipzig, and as soon as he recovered, he returned to the military.
Among his numerous awards are two Medals for Courage, which he received only a few months apart. He was in Germany when the war ended. On 24 June 1945 he participated in the Victory Parade as part of a cavalry squadron of the composite regiment of the 1st Ukrainian Front.
Fyodor Vorobyov never boasted about his feats and medals. He hardly ever talked about the parade, too. Only once, during a TV broadcast featuring the very parade of 1945 and a cavalry squadron on Red Square, the war veteran modestly confessed to his family: “I was in that column, too.”
He also mentioned that the soldiers had spent weeks preparing for the parade. They cleaned and ironed their uniforms, practiced dressage, and trained their horses to march in sync. Those were the very horses which cavalrymen led into battles during the war.
Fyodor Vorobyov was awarded two Medals for Bravery, Medal for Excellence in Military Service, Medal for the Defense of Moscow, Medal for the Capture of Berlin, Medal for the Victory over Germany, Medal of Zhukov and the Order of the Patriotic War First Class. All in all, he received 12 awards.
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 is running 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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