My great-grandfather Ashikhmin, Michael p. was born in 1919 in the village of Cordon, which was located three kilometers from the p. R. Bogandinskiy. His parents moved there in 1912 of the Vyatka province in search of a better life. The father of the family Peter V. was an adventurous person. Before you settle in Siberia, he twice went to the gold mines earned money to a new place to get a strong economy. In the family were eight children: 7 sons and one daughter. Mikhail Petrovich was the sixth child. In the autumn of 1939 he was drafted into the army. Sent across Siberia to the far East. Didn't Mikhail Petrovich that the return home only after 7 years. A year and a half before the war, he served in Vladivostok, the school health trainers. When the war started, the students began to select those who he knew how to control horses. So, dad was in the 2 gvar-deyskoye cavalry corps. In December 1942, the entire body together with horses across the country were sent to the front. First received the baptism of fire at Kursk. In the skies crack German-mi divisions, where both sides participated in a large number of equipment, cavalry corps had a difficult task: in a short time for horses to put the gun to the firing position. The calculation commanded by the father, with honor coped with it. In the battle of Kursk, the father was wounded, but, apparently, St. Michael, in whose day he was born, kept it - the wound was not very heavy, and soon he was again in the ranks.The victory of the Soviet troops at Kursk marked the beginning of a powerful red Army offensive. Soviet troops rushed to the West. 2 guards cavalry corps participated in the crossing of the Dnieper and the Vistula, took the Sandomierz bridgehead, liberated Belarus and Poland, stormed Berlin. For the operation to eliminate the remnants of German forces in Berlin Mikhail Petrovich was awarded the order of Patriotic war II degree. Subsequently, it added other military awards: order of the red Star, Patriotic war of I degree, medals "For courage”, "For the liberation of Warsaw”, "For the capture of Berlin,” "For the victory over Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945.”, "Medal of Zhukov” and jubilee medals. After the victory of the cavalry corps was disbanded, some men with horses were sent home, and Mikhail Petrovich were transferred to 91 infantry division which was engaged in restoring order in the capital of Germany. 26 may 1946, 7 years later, dad came home and found out that the father and the mother of two had a "death notice". All seven sons Ashihmina returned from the front alive. A peaceful life began. In 1947, Mikhail Petrovich Ashikhmin married. Anna was born in 1930. Lived together. Born daughter, Valentina, and a son Nicholas. In 1952 he moved to Bogandinsky. Here in the family Ashihmina were born three children: Vasily, Tatiana and Vladimir. Mikhail Petrovich worked 40 years as a technician of track on the railroad. For combat awards added peace - order of Labor Glory III degree. Michael Petrovich - the veteran of work. He was repeatedly elected Deputy of the local Council.