Hero doer. Heroes of our time. Five stories about people who stepped into immortality

ABOUT CHILDREN HEROES OF OUR DAYS

The stories below about 33 heroes are only a small part of the exploits

which are committed by children.

Not everyone is awarded medals, but this does not make their actions any less significant.

The most important reward is the gratitude of those whose lives they saved.

According to the stories of child heroes, knowledge and skills helped them in many emergency situations.

learned in life safety lessons.

And this is pride for life safety teachers (in a good way)

for your students, for your subject of life safety, for your profession as a teacher.

If you have similar stories, be sure to send them to us.

Russia should know your Heroes!

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Aisen Mikhailov Alexander Alexandrov Alexandra Ershova Andrey Berenda Anton Chusov Artem Artyukhin	Vladislav Prikhodko Daniil Musakhanov Denis Davydov Dmitry Shapkin Ivan Ganshin Evgeniy Pozdnyakov	Mikhail Buklaga Nastya Erokhina Nikita Sviridov Nikita Terekhin Nikita Medvedev Olesya Pushmina
Arthur Kazaryan Valeria Maksimova Vlad Morozov Valentin Tsurikov Vyacheslav Vildanov	Ekaterina Michurova Ksenia Perfilyeva Lisa Khomutova Maxim Zotimov Maria Zyabrikova	Stas Slynko Sergey Prytkov Trofim Zhendrinsky Khamzat Yakubov Eduard Timofeev

and many, many other child heroes who were helped by the knowledge gained in life safety lessons...

Vadim Nasipov was awarded the medal “For saving the dead”

20-year-old student of the Ural State Pedagogical University Vadim Nasipov came to the aid of a baby who found himself in a stroller on the tracks at the Uralmash metro station. The child, in a fit of jealousy towards her husband, was pushed onto the tracks by his own mother.

The future life safety teacher, going down the subway, saw something terrible: a stroller with a loudly crying baby was lying right on the tracks, and in the tunnel a beam of light was already visible and the sound of an approaching train could be heard. Without thinking about whether the contact rails were de-energized or not, Vadim jumped down and saved the child.

MAGOMED SABIGULAEV, rescuing a drowning man

11 years old, Kedi village, Tsumadinsky district, Republic of Dagestan
On a clear June day, two little friends - Adam Ziyavdinov and Saipudin Isaev (both 4 years old) were playing next to the lake in the village of Kedi. Adam came too close to the shore, slipped and fell into a lake 2 meters deep. Saipudin, who remained on the shore, was not at a loss and ran to look for help.

Boris Bushkov. Rescue of a drowning man

Towards evening, Boris rode his bicycle to the Velikaya River for fishing. Suddenly he heard cries for help and increased his speed. Within minutes, he drove up to the river and saw two boys drowning. One was floundering in the middle of the river, and the other was carried away by the current. Without thinking for a second, Boris quickly took off his clothes and rushed to help.

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9th grade student Artem Artyukhin, saved a student from his school, Olya Aksimova, from a fire. And now the award has found its hero, Artem received the medal “For Courage in a Fire.”

Students from local school No. 1176 attended the ceremonial award ceremony for the hero. The hero received the medal “For Courage in a Fire” from the hands of the Ministry of Emergency Situations employees.

According to the deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in Moscow, Ivan Podoprikhin, the guy was lucky to be in the right place at the right time, where he not only didn’t get confused, he took a risk, and thereby was able to save a man’s life.

As Artyom himself recalled, that day he was returning home when he noticed smoke coming out of the building, and many onlookers gathered nearby, filming what was happening on camera and waiting for further developments. He was not at a loss and, upon entering the building, found a girl on the eighth floor who was calling for help, knocking down the door, he led her out of the house in which the fire had started.

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In Stavropol, 15-year-old teenagers Ivan Ganshin and Arthur Kazaryan A criminal who robbed a man was detained and taken to the police station.

On Saturday afternoon, having postponed preparations for the first session, they were walking through the city center to meet with friends and a few tens of meters away they saw how a young man, having thrown a man to the ground, began to beat him. The guys caught up with the criminal only in the next block, twisted his hands and led him to the victim, not giving in to persuasion to let him go. After some time, a police squad arrived at the scene. The detained 27-year-old man was charged with attempted robbery and is currently under investigation.

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On his way to fishing, 9-year-old resident of the village of Chastye Pavel Kulikov slipped on the frozen boards of the bridge and fell into the icy water of the bay. The icy water instantly filled his rubber boots and made his clothes a deadly burden for a 9-year-old child. His friend Nikita Terekhin was not at a loss and rushed to help his comrade.

The boy hung on a high bridge so that Pavel could grab his leg and climb out of the cold water. On land, the young rescuer picked up his injured friend and took him home. Thanks to the boy’s courageous act, the schoolboy escaped with only hypothermia. The heroic deed of the third grader did not go unnoticed. The young rescuer became a real hero in the eyes of the students of his home school. The head of the Chastinsky district awarded Nikita with a mobile phone and a letter of gratitude.

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Documents for awarding the 13-year-old girl have been sent to the Office of the President of Russia Olesya Pushmina. In the summer, a schoolgirl from the Irkutsk region saved a drowning eight-year-old boy who was swimming in an abandoned quarry with his grandfather. At that moment there were still people on the shore, including strong men, but no one except Olesya rushed to help.

It all happened in an abandoned quarry. Olesya Pushmina and her friends came here to sunbathe and swim. They found themselves next to eight-year-old Nikita, who was taught to swim by his grandfather. At some point, Olesya noticed that an elderly man had disappeared under water, and the child was trying with all his might to swim out. Without hesitation, Olesya rushed to save the boy. He says there was only one thought in his head: not to let the child go under water. She grabbed Nikita from behind with one arm and rowed to the shore with the other. How she managed to swim to the shore with an eight-year-old boy, the fragile girl does not remember. Having seated the child on the shore, Olesya and her friends who arrived in time tried to save the man. I had to dive several times.

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The Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Krasnodar Territory awarded 12-year-old schoolboy Stas Slynko with the medal “For Courage in a Fire.” Stanislav saved his five-year-old sister and aunt from the fire. A night fire in their house in the village of Starominskaya occurred in April 2012. At this time, the student’s mother was on a business trip. Stanislav and his younger sister Irina were under the supervision of their aunt and her husband.

The boy was the first to wake up from the sound of burning furniture and the smell of smoke. He shouted "We're on fire!" and ran to the nursery, where the 5-year-old sister was sleeping.

Professional rescuers say that the child, once on fire, acted with extreme precision and courage.

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On April 26, during the solemn ceremony of presenting state awards of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the medal of the President of Russia “For saving the dead” will be presented to a 10th grade student at the Kyundyadinsky secondary school in the Nyurbinsky district Mikhailov Aisen Semenovich.

In July 2009, Aisen Mikhailov twice saved drowning children. In the first case, on July 12, he pulled a six-year-old child from the water who was swimming without adult supervision. A group of children were swimming in shallow water. Suddenly, unexpectedly, one of them was carried by the current into a deep ravine, and he began to drown. Aisen, who was nearby, immediately rushed to the rescue and pulled the boy ashore.

The second incident occurred two weeks later. On this day, many children and adults were relaxing on the Vilyui River. The group of girls was about fifty meters from the main group of swimmers. Suddenly one of them, an 8th grade student, began to drown.

Aisen heard the girls’ screams as he was already leaving the beach, and, without a second’s hesitation, rushed to the rescue. And he pulled the girl ashore who had managed to drink some river water. Before the adults arrived, the boy managed to provide first aid to the victim and brought her to her senses. If it weren’t for Aisen’s presence at that tragic moment, something irreparable could have happened.

On September 1, 2009, at the Day of Knowledge holiday, for his heroic deeds, Aisen Mikhailov was awarded a Certificate from the Center of the State Inspectorate for Small Vessels of the Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

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Summer holidays 13-year-old resident of the city. Tomsk Andrey Berenda spent with his grandmother in the village of Zima, Irkutsk region. Last year he met two brothers here - 16-year-old Maxim and 11-year-old Dima. He spent whole days with them - they went fishing, swam, and walked together. That day, August 2, around lunchtime, as soon as the water warmed up a little, the friends went to the river. However, they found it a little cold at their usual place, so they decided to wade across to the other bank and continue their rest there. Having put their things in a bag, they carefully moved through the water one after another. But then the older brother Maxim decided to play a trick on the younger one, snatched the rubber slippers from his hands and launched them downstream. Dima immediately rushed into the water after them. After swimming a little, he felt that he was beginning to be pulled deeper. The boy screamed and began to flounder, brother Maxim immediately rushed to his aid. But a strong current picked them both up and carried them down. Then Andrei realized that his friends might not get out on their own, so, throwing a bag of things, he rushed to help his brothers. Noticing that Maxim swam towards the shore, he began to pull out the younger Dima - he was already completely exhausted.
“When I swam up to him, Dima began to grab onto me, tried to climb, I felt that I myself could drown now,” Andrei recalls. “I tell him: “Calm down, turn over on your stomach, swim forward, I will push you.” Dima obeyed, and so we got to the shore. While we were swimming, I saw that Maxim was still floating on the surface. But when we got ashore and I turned around, Maxim was no longer visible. When I thought that Maxim had drowned, I felt uneasy.
Meanwhile, fishermen who watched what was happening from the shore witnessed the tragedy. However, none of them came to the aid of the brothers. They continued fishing in silence and didn’t even come up when Andrei pushed the frightened Dima onto the shore and asked to call an ambulance. The younger brother did not tell his parents about what happened to the older brother until the evening. When the pain of losing his brother overpowered the fear of his parents' anger, he told them everything. Maxim’s body was found only two days later. Andrei, meanwhile, says that if Maxim had still floated on the surface when he pulled his brother ashore, he would no doubt have returned for him. Even despite the fact that he himself was practically exhausted.

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11-year-old boy Anton Chusov, with his heroic act, ended all debate about whether such a subject as “Fundamentals of Life Safety” is needed in school. In the face of the impending tragedy, he remembered what the teacher had explained, and was now awarded the medal “For saving the dead.”
On September 27, 2007, the governor of the Vladimir region, Nikolai Vinogradov, in the regional administration building, solemnly presented Anton Chusov with the medal “For saving the dead”: last summer, an 11-year-old schoolboy saved two drowning girls, and the President of the Russian Federation signed a Decree awarding the young hero with a government award.
Last July, Anton, a student from Gus-Khrustalny, swam in one of the ponds near the regional center. Close to Anton, two girls were swimming on inner tubes. One of them fell into the water and began to drown. Anton's grandmother Nina Ilyinichna, who came to look after her grandson, began to call for help, but there were no adults nearby. Anton rushed to save:
“She was already under water, and I had to push her to the surface several times,” the young hero told a newspaper correspondent.
8-year-old Christina also ended up in the water, whom Anton helped to climb onto the inner tube. Meanwhile, the grandmother was already pumping out the rescued Tanya.
Tanya swallowed a lot of water, she was shaking and shivering. Christina got off with a fright. The boy and grandmother revived the girls and took them home. For a long time no one knew what happened. In the fall, Anton went to school. He still studied with B's and C's, still made friends more with girls than with boys, still ran around during breaks and flew along the railings... When suddenly the local newspaper wrote about the boy's feat.
- My mother taught me to swim, I’m already a good breaststroke swimmer. And I’m no hero, I’m not even the best swimmer in the class,” modest Anton seemed to justify himself when newspaper and television correspondents began interviewing him. However, the little hero showed not only courage, but the professionalism of a real rescuer.
“In our class they showed a film about how to save drowning people,” explains Anton. “And I acted as taught in the film: I didn’t pull the girl by the hair, but dived and pushed her out of the water.
“I was surprised that Anton was not at all scared when he saw that the girl was drowning,” said Nina Ilyinichna, Anton’s grandmother, “especially since he himself recently learned to swim.” I was so scared when Anton started diving after the girl: what if he drowned himself!
Anton reassures his grandmother: Well, he’s alive! And then, in the life safety lesson it is clearly said: if a person is drowning, he must be saved.

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The first day of the school year for students of school No. 4 in the South-Western district of the capital began in a special way. Many television cameras, journalists, representatives of the prefecture and the Ministry of Emergency Situations came to congratulate all the children and personally the 9-year-old Valentina Tsurikova, because now he is not just a schoolboy, but a real hero. At a children's camp, he was the first to come to the aid of a boy drowning in the pool.

“The girl comes up to me and says, Maxim is there, he’s already been under water for about 5 minutes. I dived next to him, I pulled him up - he didn’t move at all. When he pulled him to the surface, he put his head on the side, then the shift director ran up and started pumping him out, then the doctor came running and also started pumping him out, then they called an ambulance and started taking everyone out,” Valentin recalls that day. The whole school now knows about his heroic deed, and his parents are now truly proud of their son.

“We were proud that our son was not confused and at such a moment he was able to find his bearings and made the only right decision that he needed to help the person,” Vali’s parents told EMERCOM Media correspondents.

The head of the department for the South-Western Administrative District of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in Moscow, Viktor Shepelev, presented the young hero with the medal of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia “For excellence in eliminating the consequences of an emergency situation” and invited Valya to seriously think about a career as a rescuer.

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He was not afraid and saved three lives at once. In Yekaterinburg, a 14-year-old schoolboy was solemnly awarded for heroism in a fire. During the May holidays, Vladislav helped neighbors who were at risk of suffocating in their own apartment.
Marina Mikhailovna still cannot calmly recall the events of that day. And he doesn’t want to. He only blames himself for the fire. And here is her neighbor Vladislav Prikhodko On the contrary, that day I remembered everything that was taught in life safety lessons.
Opening the door, Vlad saw neighboring children screaming that their apartment was on fire. Undeterred, the 14-year-old boy took the boys outside and returned for their grandmother. But even after this, Vlad did not rush to save himself. After waiting for the firefighters, he showed them the apartment and the room that were on fire. It later turns out that the fire started because a 3-year-old neighbor decided to set fire to the sofa.

Vlad Morozov, a first-grader at school No. 4 in the city of Navashino, became a real hero. On September 1, EMERCOM employees came to see him during a school assembly. For his courage, the seven-year-old firefighter received a certificate from the leadership of the fire department and mittens as a souvenir. The district education department gave Vlad a ticket to a sanatorium camp.

“I really liked the mittens,” says Vlad. - When I grow up, I will also become a real fireman. I will save people from the fire."

But the boy doesn’t like to remember the day when Vlad had to show courage. Vlad spent his next holidays with his grandmother. On a July night, ball lightning flew into the rural house of his grandmother Lydia Ivanovna. Lydia Ivanovna’s brother Alexander was the first to see the fireball. The pensioner slept in a separate room. Lightning hit the Russian stove, and then there was an explosion, Alexander was thrown towards the door. Somehow he crawled out onto the street: Alexander Ivanovich walked very poorly - he has been disabled since childhood. Little Vlad heard this explosion.

“The explosion deafened me, and my grandmother’s eardrums even burst,” Vlad complains.

Lidia Ivanovna lost her sight a long time ago. “I tried to go out on my own, but ran into a burning table, walked along the wall - and then it burned. I thought it was gone. And then a voice in the smoke: grandma, give me your hand, I’ll take you out. So we went,” recalls the pensioner.

Molten plastic dripped from the ceiling - straight onto Vladik's back. But he didn't cry!

“They sat me on a bench and said: “Grandma, the back of your dress is burning. Look, the bench caught fire too. Let's go further!" And as soon as we moved away from the shop, a gas cylinder exploded in the house. It was as if some force was leading the granddaughter out of the fire to a safe distance. Guardian angel, maybe?” added Lidia Ivanovna

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On May 20, 2011, Denis Davydov saved a drowning first-grader. In the village of Kosh-Akach, children were playing on the banks of the Chuya River. One of the boys ended up in the water due to careless movement. The Chuya River is deep and has a strong current, so the first-grader instantly found himself in the middle of the river. Denis realized that the child could die, and, without hesitation, rushed to the rescue to save the drowning man. The young rescuer dived under the water, grabbed the boy by the collar of his clothes, pulled him to the shore and pulled the child out of the icy water. As Denis later recalled: “...there was no time, I didn’t even think about fear, I just saw that someone had fallen into the water and that I needed help.” Denis brought the rescued boy, frozen and frightened, to his home. The parents are proud of their son, but still cannot understand how the boy, despite his young age, was not afraid. On July 29, 2011, a ceremonial award ceremony for Denis Davydov took place in the assembly hall of the district administration. For his selfless, heroic act, the boy was given a gift, a medal and a certificate from the head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Altai Republic, Colonel I.A. Bukin. Denis doesn’t consider himself a hero: “Well, what a hero I am, I just helped a person who was in trouble. Anyone else in my position did the same.” But for his peers, parents and teachers, he is a role model; they look up to him and are proud of him.

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Returning home on December 18, 2004, Zhenya Pozdnyakov clearly heard a child crying. Through the windows of Mironov’s apartment, from where children’s screams and knocking could be heard, there was no way to see anything - as if a dense fog had enveloped everything. And then Zhenya clearly caught the smell of smoke. Smoke crawled out into the street from under the doors and from the windows of the Mironovs’ house.
Pozdnyakov rushed to the porch. In one movement he tore off the padlock and immediately almost threw the two boys out into the street. But he knew that the Mironovs had four children - Zhenya was a classmate of the mother of a large family. The fire was literally gaining strength before our eyes, and Zhenya no longer had time to think. Gritting his teeth so as not to grab the burning smoke, he rushed into the room - another boy was saved. To find the fourth, the smallest of the Mironovs, Zhenya needed a breath of fresh air. He felt how frost filled every cell of his body with lightning speed. I wanted to stand and stand under the blue December sky, ringing with blueness, with my head thrown back high. And breathe, breathe deeply... But somewhere in the smoke and fire, two-year-old Deniska remained. Both the second and third attempts to find the boy ended unsuccessfully. Having stepped beyond the threshold of the burning room for the third time, Zhenya decided that I would not leave without the boy. And it was as if someone whispered in his ear at that moment - look under the crib. Deniska huddled under her in a corner and didn’t even move.
Only then did one of the neighbors call the firefighters. Zhenya Pozdnyakov will probably be nominated for a government award for his courage and heroism in saving four young children. A request for this was sent to the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Tomsk Region by the head of a similar regional service. Employees of the administration of the Tomsk region confirmed that the decision to reward the guy who showed real heroism and true courage will be made in the near future.
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For three guys, February 18 was not an ordinary day. A fifth-grader was awarded at school-wide meetings Daniil Musakhanov from school 68 in the city of Belorechensk, second grade student Nikita Sviridov and first grader Eduard Timofeev from 31 schools in the village of Rodniki.

For their courage, vigilance and correct actions when extinguishing dry grass, the Ministry of Emergency Situations employees presented the children with gifts and letters of gratitude.

“It happened on February 7 on Aerodromnaya Street in the village of Rodniki,” says Daniil Musakhanov, “I was visiting my grandmother, walking with Nikita and Edik. We noticed that dry grass in front of the house was on fire, and at any moment the fire could spread to residential buildings."

The guys put out the fire on their own and only then notified the fire department. Fire department specialists highly appreciated the actions of the guys.

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In November 2005 Slava Vildanov, then a 5th grade student living in the village of Ragnuksa saved four-year-old Dima Tomashevich, who was drowning in the river. While playing on the shore, the baby slipped and fell into the cold water. Dima’s comrade managed to run to the nearest courtyard and tell Slava about everything. During this time, the drowning boy almost sank to the bottom, and only his jacket was visible on the water. But Slava entered the water and pulled the victim ashore.

For his courage and bravery in saving his friend on the water, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Slava was awarded the medal “For saving the dead.”

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Liza Khomutova is the smallest in her 6th grade in height and weighs a little more than her younger brother. But she has been playing table tennis for four years. In her age group, she has already become the regional champion twice and took bronze, fighting against adult athletes. Every weekday he trains for three hours at the Luch sports club at the Elektropribor plant. Lisa is an ordinary girl, but even an adult can learn courage and bravery from her. Lisa was awarded the medal "For saving the dead."

Brother Sasha was walking along the pond and accidentally came across an ice hole with fragile ice. A neighbor cut an ice hole in which he had swam the day before. The ice hole was sealed by the first ice, which was covered with snow. So the danger zone on the ice did not show itself in any way. Sasha stepped on it! The ice burst and the boy immediately fell into the water. He began to scream and call for help, but a snow harvester working nearby muffled his screams. The neighbor cleaning the ice did not hear or see anything. By some miracle, the drowning Sasha’s sister, Lisa, heard the alarming cries and did everything quickly and accurately. She did not run into the house to fetch her relatives, but rushed to the ice hole. Only his brother's head and hands protruded from it. The girl, firmly grasping his hands, pulled him onto the hard ice.

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For 14-year-old Dima Shapkin, school life lessons were not in vain. How to perform artificial respiration, first resuscitation measures, apply a splint. This is taught in every school. Dima never thought that one day he would have to put this knowledge into practice.

Dima, his younger brothers and 6-year-old sister spent their weekends at their grandmother’s dacha. Tamara Aleksandrovna was doing the gardening, Dima was doing housework, the kids were playing in the yard. Like all children, Vanya and Dima quickly got bored with playing at home and went outside.

Grandma, Tyoma drowned,” a frightened Vanya flew into the yard.

It turned out that the tomboys went to hell. Little Artyom went down to the shore to touch the water, and slipped on wet stones and fell into the icy water. The fast current swirled the boy around.

Dima, without thinking, rushed out of the house to the river, but Tyoma was already far away. Having thrown himself into the icy water, Dima managed to pull his brother ashore.

“He was blue and was no longer breathing. I remembered how in our life safety lesson the teacher told us about saving drowning people. How we trained on the doll. I turned him over, pressed on his chest and stomach, and performed artificial respiration. Water poured out of Tyoma, then he coughed and began to breathe,” Dima recalls that day.

After the rescuers were called, little Artyom was admitted to the hospital with double pneumonia - due to water getting into his lungs.

“The baby was saved by the fact that he received very competent resuscitation measures. And the most important thing is time - because in such situations, seconds count. When a child does not breathe, oxygen starvation begins, which has a very negative effect on the brain and nervous system. So, Dima is their guardian angel,” says Tyoma’s attending physician.

Dmitry Shapkin was awarded by presidential decree for his courageous and decisive actions in saving people in extreme conditions with the medal “For saving the dead.” But Dima himself does not consider himself a hero.

What could have been done differently? - Dmitry is surprised.

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On January 20, in the village of Kirovsky, Kamyzyaksky district, Astrakhan region, seven-year-old Katya Michurova saved her classmate Amir Nurgaliev, who fell into an ice hole on Erik Dulinsky. Katya and Amir were skating on ice near the house. Suddenly, Amir slipped and fell into the water. Katya was not at a loss and was able to lend a helping hand. “At first I was a little scared. I wanted to give a branch that lay nearby, but it froze to the ice and I couldn’t tear it off. Then I grabbed Amir by the sleeve of his jacket, but the ice broke off. I tried again to pull him out of the icy water, but again I failed. And only the third time, when I grabbed his hand, I managed to pull Amir onto the ice. We were very cold and quickly ran home,” recalls Katya.

At home, Katya did not tell anyone anything, and only from Amir’s grateful parents did Katya’s mother learn about her daughter’s act. To the question in class: “Were you afraid that you yourself could die?” Katya answered sincerely: “Yes. But I thought, if Amir drowned, his mother would cry a lot, and I would lose a friend.” After such words, tears came to the adults’ eyes, because not every adult could do this.

But the most heartfelt words were the words of little Amir’s mother: “This little girl, who has such a big heart, saved our family from irreparable grief. It’s even scary to think how this could end. I am very grateful to her for saving my son's life. May she always be protected by the forces of good and saved from failures and dangers.”

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Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations went to one of the schools in the Kostroma region to present an award to a sixth-grader. Ksenia Perfilyeva, risking her own life, saved a little boy drowning in the river. Moreover, neither classmates nor teachers knew about this incident. Ksyusha says that she didn’t do anything special, and everyone would have done the same in her place.
This girl previously did not stand out among her peers, but now everyone in 6 “A” knows that Ksyusha Perfilyeva has accomplished a real feat. She herself didn’t even tell her friends how she saved the neighbor’s boy; her classmates learned about it at the school assembly, when Ksyusha was awarded a certificate for saving a drowning man.
It all happened in the village of Vysokovskaya; in the summer, Ksenia visited her grandmother here. That day she went for a swim in the river, two boys were splashing there. 6-year-old Zakhar now can’t even really explain how he ended up in a deep pool, because he doesn’t know how to swim.
Zakhar Smirnov: “I stood on a rock, slipped and fell. And began to drown...”
While the boy unsuccessfully tried to get out of the river, his friend remained on the bank. But there was no one to call for help; there were no adults nearby.
This place in the village is called the “black pool”. The depth here is several meters. Seeing a neighbor’s boy floundering helplessly in the middle of the river, Ksenia Perfilyeva, without hesitation, rushed to his aid.
In a matter of seconds she swam to Zakhar, and when she carried him to the shore in her arms, he was already unconscious and not breathing.
Ksenia Perfilyeva: “When I pulled him out, he wasn’t breathing. They told us in life safety lessons, I remembered that we need to press on his chest. If he starts breathing, then everything is fine. If not, then we need to do artificial respiration.”
Ksyusha performed cardiac massage and artificial respiration, although she did not hope that it would help, when suddenly the boy came to his senses. An hour later, the child was taken to the hospital, where doctors fought for his life for several more days. Zakhara’s mother still cannot believe what happened; that day she left home for only a couple of hours - she went to the store to do some shopping, and when she returned, she found out that her son had almost died.
As a reward, the schoolgirl received a gift from the Ministry of Emergency Situations - an MP3 player; the district administration of Ksenia gave a small bonus. At school, during life safety lessons, she is now used as an example, explaining how to properly provide first aid to drowning people.
The sixth-grader assures that anyone in her place would do the same. And makes plans for the future. This year, in an essay on the topic “Choice of a profession,” Ksenia wrote that after school she will definitely try to get a job in the rescue service.

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In July 2011, a group of children were swimming in a pond outside the village of Sutchevo, Marposadsky District, Chuvash Republic, without adult supervision. The girls, among whom was 11-year-old Nadya Tarasova, did not know how to swim, so they took pieces of foam plastic with them. At some point, the foam slipped out of Nadya’s hands, and she began to drown. Valeria Maksimova, who was nearby on the shore, was not at a loss, quickly assessed the situation and began loudly calling for help. The 12-year-old was the first to come to the rescue. Sasha Alexandrov, who managed to pull the drowning woman to the shore. At a safe depth he was joined by Valeria Maksimova, and together they pulled Nadya to the shore. From the other side, Maxim Zotimov responded to the call for help, swam across a 35-meter wide pond and joined the guys. Together, the children, without wasting a second, provided first aid to the injured girl. Three brave teenagers managed to bring Nadya to her senses and restore her breathing.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated 04.03.2013 No. 184, a student of the autonomous institution of the Chuvash Republic of primary vocational education "Vocational School No. 28 in Mariinsky Posad" Maxim Zotimov, a student of the municipal budgetary educational institution "Gymnasium No. 1" in Mariinsky Posad Valeria Maksimova, a student of the state Special (correctional) educational institution of the Chuvash Republic for students and pupils with disabilities “Cheboksary Special (Correctional) General Education Boarding School” Alexander Alexandrov, for his courage and determination in saving people on the water, were awarded medals “For saving the dead.”

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You don't have to be mature and experienced to save lives. The main thing is to have a clear mind, courage and a kind heart. The main prize in the special category of the festival “Children-Heroes” is awarded to a second-grade student of the Gzhel secondary school, which is located in the village of Gzhel, Ramensky district, Moscow region, Maria Zyabrikova.

On January 12, 2010, at 19:22, the central fire department in the city of Voskresensk received a message about a fire at the address: Tsuryupa village, st. Tsentralnaya, 3. The dispatcher sent duty guards from four fire departments to the place of the call.

At the time of the fire, there were three adults in the burning apartment - spouses Tatyana and Alexander, Alexander's brother Sergei, as well as two children - six-year-old Masha Zyabrikova and her six-month-old brother Dima.

We thought that the children were inside,” says neighbor Roza Zintsova, who discovered the fire and reported it. - But, fortunately, they were saved. Initially, apparently, it caught fire in the corridor, and thus not only the exit was blocked, but also access to water, since our neighbors only had it in the bathroom. And besides, the ceilings in the apartment were made of plastic panels, and after two breaths you could lose consciousness.”

As Masha said after the tragedy, her mother told her: “Run to Angela. I am now." Well done girl! Another would be: where am I without my mother... But Masha is not. She took her little brother in her arms and climbed out through the window. Frost minus fifteen, she ran into the entrance with Dima in her arms, wanted to take a stroller to put Dima in there. But there were no pillows, no blankets, nothing. She grabbed her brother and ran to her mother’s friend. Barefoot…

Car parents and uncle, unfortunately, died in a fire. Now Masha and Dima live with their grandparents in a private house in the village of Obukhovo. Maria Zyabrikova was awarded the medal of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations “For courage in a fire.”

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A student of the Kursk Automotive Technical College, 17-year-old Mikhail Buklaga, was awarded the medal “For saving the dead” for his courage and determination in saving people in extreme conditions. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of the Russian Federation.
The guy is actively involved in the military-patriotic club “Slavs”, takes part in trips to places of military glory, and grows up good, kind, hardworking and sympathetic. In the summer, Misha saved a neighbor who was drowning in a pond and suffered from heart failure in the water. Had help been late, a tragedy would have occurred. The guy had no idea that for his courage in saving a drowning man on the line on September 1, he would be honored as a real hero.
There was another case when Mikhail saw an unconscious woman lying on the street. The young man could not pass by; he stopped and recognized her as a friend of his mother. “I ran after the elders, naturally, they called an ambulance, sent the woman to the hospital - it turned out that she had a heart attack,” says Mikhail Buklaga.
Mikhail Buklaga dreams of becoming a professional rescuer and working for the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

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Nastya Erokhin, a 1st grade student at school No. 27 in Tomsk, is now called “rescuer” by her classmates. A seven-year-old girl pulled her little sister out of the fire and was able to get out of the burning house herself.
Fire in a single-apartment log house on the street. The 5th Army occurred on the afternoon of January 11. Nastya Erokhina and her five-year-old sister Lena were alone at home - the girls’ mother had left the apartment for a short time. When Nastya realized that the house was on fire, it was no longer possible to leave through the door - the veranda of the house was engulfed in fire.
But Nastya was not taken aback and closed the door behind her. However, acrid smoke quickly began to fill the house. Attempts to escape through the windows were initially unsuccessful. In the smoke, it was difficult to open only the window in the children's room halfway - the sofa propping it up was in the way. The hardest thing was with Lena - the younger sister greatly panicked, got entangled in the curtains and resisted in every possible way. Finally, having pushed past her sister, Nastya herself was able to squeeze through the narrow opening. Having jumped out into the street without clothes, the girls ran to the store where their grandmother works.
The soldiers of the 10th fire department who arrived on the scene were quickly able to control the fire, preventing it from spreading. As a result of the fire, only the veranda burned out and the apartment became smoky.
This act could not go unnoticed by Tomsk firefighters. On January 27, at the school where Nastya studies, there was extraordinary activity from early morning. The bell from the second lesson was 10 minutes early. Everyone was asked to go to the gym. At a general meeting in front of teachers and school students, rescuers awarded Nastya a diploma and a soft toy. In Nastya’s hands is a certificate: “For skillful and decisive actions, courage and self-control shown in an emergency situation when saving people in a fire.” Nastya’s mother and grandmother did not hide their tears on the line. Finally, having come to her senses a little, Valentina Erokhina, Nastya’s grandmother, admits that girls were always taught how to behave in such a situation, which is why, she believes, Nastya was not at a loss.
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In January 2011, in the village of Roshchinsky, Chaplyginsky district, Lipetsk region, where 12-year-old Nikita Medvedev lives with his parents, risking his own health and even life, a brave hero saved 8-year-old Volodya Dynko (Benko). The children were playing near the Stanovaya Ryasa River, no one noticed how Volodya went out onto the ice and fell through, only after a while the children heard the boy calling for help and with the last of his strength holding on to the thin paradise of the ice crust. The guys got scared, they started looking for a stick to pull Volodya out. Nikita, despite his young age, made the immediate and only correct decision; he rushed into the water and began to save the boy.

While everyone was looking for a stick, I saw that Volodya was already slipping and could not hold on. I realized that they wouldn’t have time to bring the stick,” said Nikita Medvedev. Having pulled the child out of the water onto the ice, it cracked, and the two of them found themselves in icy water. Nikita was not at a loss even here, he dived, picked up Volodya, who had already gone under the water, and together they reached the shore. The rescued baby was brought home by local children, and the wet Nikita ran to his grandmother’s house.

On March 5, Nikita Medvedev and his family were invited to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and were presented with a medal “For Excellence in Eliminating the Consequences of Emergency Situations.” According to the Regulations, the medal is awarded for distinction, courage and dedication shown when performing tasks to eliminate the consequences of an emergency situation in conditions involving a risk to life; skillful, proactive and decisive actions that contributed to the successful implementation of emergency response measures.

Nikita himself does not consider himself a hero. He says if such a situation happened again, he would do the same. The young hero enjoyed saving people so much that now he knows exactly who to be. He dreams of working in the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

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Ershova Alexandra Evgenevna, or simply Sasha Ershova - a heroic Tver girl, a student of school No. 35, accomplished a feat during a terrible disaster at the Transvaal water park on February 14, 2004.

Sasha, his mother Lyuba and his father Zhenya live in Tver. For dad's birthday we decided to go to Moscow. Where to go in the capital? Dad decided to show his child a real huge water park! Sasha has been swimming since early childhood and feels like a fish in water.

…….When the vaults of the water park collapsed, Sasha, sandwiched between concrete blocks, held a completely unfamiliar three-year-old girl, Masha, above the water for a long time.

“Suddenly something crunched overhead and a huge beam fell next to me,” says Sasha. “I dived and saw a little girl going under the water next to me. I realized that she couldn’t swim and grabbed her under the chest. I surfaced with her and began to console her.

The girls did not have time to jump out of the pool. Heavy slabs stacked up like a house of cards right above their heads. Sasha’s head stuck out of the water, and a frightened baby in a bright swimsuit pressed against the swimmer’s chest.

In that extreme situation, it seemed to second-grader Sasha that she held little Masha in her arms for only thirty minutes. In fact, she had to wait for rescuers for a good hour and a half. All this time she held the girl in her arms, without feeling that her left arm was broken.

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Sergei Prytkov, like other kids, goes to school, plays the guitar, walks with his peers in the yard, and he also accomplished a real feat - he saved a little girl from the fire. It happened in the village of Sukhonogovo, where Sergei was visiting relatives. There was a fire in his aunt's house. Hearing screams from the street, the boy saw part of the house on fire. Without a moment's hesitation, he rushed to help. The owner and her little daughter were able to get out of the house by breaking a window, but her second daughter remained in the burning room.

Sergei rushed into the burning room after the frightened baby. In the kitchen, the linoleum and the legs of the stool on which the girl was standing were already burning. The fire engulfed the ceiling. Another minute or two and something irreparable could have happened. But Sergei found the child and managed to take her out into the street, and then, handing her over to reliable hands, he took part in putting out the fire.

They were able to put out the fire on their own. The modest guy took his action for granted and didn’t talk much about it. And he didn’t even expect that his feat would become known at school. The All-Russian Voluntary Firefighting Society awarded Sergei the medal “For valor and courage in a fire.” Seryozha came to the award ceremony with his mother, behaved very modestly and seemed even a little embarrassed by the attention shown to him. And when asked how he was not afraid to step into a burning house in order to save a child’s life, he answered that he simply could not do otherwise.

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Fourth grade student Trofim Zhendrinsky awarded the medal of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations “For courage in a fire.” Trofim pulled two guys out of the fire. This story happened last spring in the small village of Balagany, Verkhnevilyuysky district. On March 12, 2012, a residential building caught fire in the evening.
The fire occurred on the veranda of one of the apartments where the Zhendrinsky family lived. The parents were not at home at the time of the fire. Spouses Oktyabrina Trofimovna and Ivan Ivanovich are technical workers at a local school; at that moment they were at work.
At home were Trofim and two younger children whom he was looking after - a brother and sister. Seeing the flames walking along the veranda, the boy was not taken aback and carried his brother and sister out of the burning building. However, this was not easy to do: the frightened children huddled under the bed and did not want to leave their shelter.
Trofim was the first to carry his brother out of the smoke-filled apartment. Leaving him in the snow, he again ran into the house for his sister. He dragged his resisting sister out of the apartment by force. And then the adult neighbors arrived and began to put out the flames.
The fire was reported to the local fire department in the neighboring village of Khomustakh. Firefighters arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire.
“Trofim is no different from his peers. Calm, friendly boy with a sense of responsibility. Very sociable, cheerful.
Despite such a young age, Trofim Ivanovich Zhendrinsky showed strong personal qualities: dedication, courage, boldness and the ability to act clearly and competently in a difficult and dangerous environment. Trofim acted correctly, did not succumb to fear and panic, and showed courage worthy of an adult. Thanks to courageous, decisive and competent actions, the children remained unharmed,” noted employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

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In Chechnya, a little boy committed a truly heroic act. A child saved his little brother from a burning house. The fire occurred in the early morning of November 9, 2012 in a private house in the small village of Bachi-Yurt. Five children, a mother and grandmother were sleeping in the house. A strong crack and noise from the fire woke up the residents, the press service of the Chechen Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

The rooms were already engulfed in flames, cutting off the path to the exit from the house. The eldest son in the family, seven-year-old Khamzat Yakubov, was not at a loss. He bravely grabbed the smallest and most helpless child and, breaking the glass, climbed through the window. The boy put the baby at a safe distance and ran to his closest relatives to call for help.

Firefighters who arrived at the scene soon extinguished the raging fire. Fortunately, no one died. Five family members received various burns. They were sent by the Ministry of Emergency Situations for treatment to a Moscow hospital.

The Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Chechen Republic is preparing a presentation for awarding Khamzat with the medal “For Courage in a Fire.”

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We present to your attention the most heroic domestic deeds performed by our children. These are stories about child heroes who, sometimes, at the cost of their lives and health, without hesitation rushed to the rescue of those who needed help.

Zhenya Tabakov

The youngest hero of Russia. A Real Man who was only 7 years old. The only seven-year-old recipient of the Order of Courage. Unfortunately, posthumously.

The tragedy took place on the evening of November 28, 2008. Zhenya and his twelve-year-old older sister Yana were alone at home. An unknown man rang the doorbell and introduced himself as a postman who allegedly brought a registered letter.

Yana did not suspect anything was wrong and allowed him to come in. Entering the apartment and closing the door behind him, the “postman” took out a knife instead of a letter and, grabbing Yana, began to demand that the children give him all the money and valuables. Having received an answer from the children that they did not know where the money was, the criminal demanded that Zhenya look for it, and he dragged Yana into the bathroom, where he began to tear off her clothes. Seeing how he was tearing off his sister’s clothes, Zhenya grabbed a kitchen knife and, in desperation, stuck it in the criminal’s lower back. Howling in pain, he loosened his grip, and the girl managed to run out of the apartment for help. In a rage, the would-be rapist, tearing the knife out of himself, began to thrust it into the child (eight puncture wounds incompatible with life were counted on Zhenya’s body), after which he fled. However, the wound inflicted by Zhenya, leaving a trail of blood behind, did not allow him to escape the pursuit.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of January 20, 2009. For the courage and dedication shown in the performance of civic duty, Evgeniy Evgenievich Tabakov was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage. The order was received by Zhenya’s mother Galina Petrovna.

On September 1, 2013, a monument to Zhenya Tabakov was unveiled in the school yard - a boy driving a kite away from a dove.

Danil Sadykov

A 12-year-old teenager, a resident of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, died while saving a 9-year-old schoolboy. The tragedy occurred on May 5, 2012 on Entuziastov Boulevard. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, 9-year-old Andrei Churbanov decided to get a plastic bottle that had fallen into the fountain. Suddenly he was electrocuted, the boy lost consciousness and fell into the water.

Everyone shouted “help,” but only Danil, who was passing by on a bicycle at that moment, jumped into the water. Danil Sadykov pulled the victim onto the side, but he himself received a severe electric shock. He died before the ambulance arrived.
Thanks to the selfless act of one child, another child survived.

Danil Sadykov was awarded the Order of Courage. Posthumously. For the courage and dedication shown in saving a person in extreme conditions. The award was presented by the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Instead of his son, the boy’s father, Aidar Sadykov, received it.

Maxim Konov and Georgy Suchkov

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, two third-graders saved a woman who had fallen into an ice hole. When she was already saying goodbye to life, two boys passed by the pond, returning from school. A 55-year-old resident of the village of Mukhtolova, Ardatovsky district, went to the pond to draw water from the Epiphany ice hole. The ice hole was already covered with an edge of ice, the woman slipped and lost her balance. Wearing heavy winter clothes, she found herself in icy water. Having caught on the edge of the ice, the unfortunate woman began to call for help.

Fortunately, at that moment two friends Maxim and Georgy were passing by the pond, returning from school. Having noticed the woman, they, without wasting a second, rushed to help. Having reached the ice hole, the boys took the woman by both hands and pulled her onto the strong ice. The guys walked her home, not forgetting to grab a bucket and sled. Arriving doctors examined the woman, provided assistance, and she did not require hospitalization.

Of course, such a shock did not pass without a trace, but the woman never tires of thanking the guys for staying alive. She gave soccer balls and cell phones to her rescuers.

Vanya Makarov

Vanya Makarov from Ivdel is now eight years old. A year ago, he saved his classmate from the river, who fell through the ice. Looking at this little boy - a little more than a meter tall and weighing only 22 kilograms - it is difficult to imagine how he alone could pull the girl out of the water. Vanya grew up in an orphanage with his sister. But two years ago he ended up in the family of Nadezhda Novikova (and the woman already had four children of her own). In the future, Vanya plans to go to study at a cadet school and then become a rescuer.

Kobychev Maxim

A fire broke out in a private residential building in the village of Zelveno, Amur Region, late in the evening. Neighbors discovered the fire very late when thick smoke poured out of the windows of the burning house. Having reported the fire, residents began to extinguish the flames by dousing it with water. By that time, things and the walls of the building were burning in the rooms. Among those who came running to help was 14-year-old Maxim Kobychev. Having learned that there were people in the house, he, not at a loss in a difficult situation, entered the house and pulled a disabled woman born in 1929 into the fresh air. Then, risking his own life, he returned to the burning building and carried out a man born in 1972.

Kirill Daineko and Sergei Skripnik

In the Chelyabinsk region, two friends of 12 years showed real courage, saving their teachers from destruction caused by the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite.

Kirill Daineko and Sergei Skripnik heard their teacher Natalya Ivanovna calling for help from the cafeteria, unable to knock down the massive doors. The guys rushed to save the teacher. First, they ran into the duty room, grabbed a reinforcement bar that came to hand and broke out the window into the dining room with it. Then, through the window opening, they carried the teacher, wounded by glass fragments, to the street. After this, the schoolchildren discovered that another woman needed help - a kitchen worker, who was overwhelmed by utensils that had collapsed from the impact of the blast wave. Having quickly cleared the rubble, the boys called adults for help.

Lida Ponomareva

The medal “For saving the dead” will be awarded to Lidia Ponomareva, a sixth-grade student at the Ustvash secondary school in the Leshukonsky district (Arkhangelsk region). The corresponding Decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports the press service of the Regional Government.

In July 2013, a 12-year-old girl saved two seven-year-old children. Lida, ahead of the adults, jumped into the river first after the drowning boy, and then helped the girl, who was also carried away by the current far from the shore, to swim out. One of the guys on land managed to throw a life jacket to the drowning child, after which Lida pulled the girl to the shore.

Lida Ponomareva, the only one of the surrounding children and adults who found themselves at the scene of the tragedy, without hesitation, threw herself into the river. The girl doubly risked her own life, because her injured arm was very painful. When the next day after saving the children, mother and daughter went to the hospital, it turned out that it was a fracture.

Admiring the girl’s courage and bravery, the governor of the Arkhangelsk region, Igor Orlov, personally thanked Lida over the phone for her courageous act.

At the suggestion of the governor, Lida Ponomareva was nominated for a state award.

Alina Gusakova and Denis Fedorov

During terrible fires in Khakassia, schoolchildren saved three people.
That day, the girl accidentally found herself near the house of her first teacher. She came to visit a friend who lived next door.

I heard someone screaming, I said to Nina: “I’ll come now,” Alina says about that day. - I see through the window that Polina Ivanovna is shouting: “Help!” While Alina was saving the school teacher, her house, where the girl lives with her grandmother and older brother, burned to the ground.

On April 12, in the same village of Kozhukhovo, Tatyana Fedorova and her 14-year-old son Denis came to visit their grandmother. It's a holiday after all. As soon as the whole family sat down at the table, a neighbor came running and, pointing to the mountain, called to put out the fire.

We ran to the fire and started extinguishing it with rags,” says Rufina Shaimardanova, Denis Fedorov’s aunt. “When we put out most of it, a very sharp, strong wind blew, and the fire came towards us. We ran to the village and ran into the nearest buildings to hide from the smoke. Then we hear - the fence is cracking, everything is on fire! I couldn’t find the door, my skinny brother ducked through the crack and then came back for me. But together we can’t find a way out! It's smoky, scary! And then Denis opened the door, grabbed me by the hand and pulled me out, then his brother. I am in panic, my brother is in panic. And Denis reassures: “Calm down Rufa.” When we walked, I couldn’t see anything at all, the lenses in my eyes melted from the high temperature...

This is how a 14-year-old schoolboy saved two people. He not only helped me get out of a house engulfed in flames, but also took me to a safe place.

The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Vladimir Puchkov presented departmental awards to firefighters and residents of Khakassia who distinguished themselves in eliminating massive fires at fire station No. 3 of the Abakan garrison of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia. The list of awarded 19 people includes firefighters from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, firefighters from Khakassia, volunteers and two schoolchildren from the Ordzhonikidze district - Alina Gusakova and Denis Fedorov.

This is only a small part of the stories about brave children and their unchildish actions. One post cannot contain stories about all the heroes. Not everyone is awarded medals, but this does not make their actions any less significant. The most important reward is the gratitude of those whose lives they saved.

Superheroes aren't just for comics and movies. There are many real-life heroes around the world who perform superhuman feats. From unimaginable strength to incredible displays of courage and perseverance, these real people showed by example what incredible feats can be accomplished through the power of the human spirit.

10. A blind man saved a blind woman from a burning house

Imagine what it's like to try to rescue a blind person from a burning building, guiding them step by step through searing flames and smoke. Now imagine that you too are blind, just like in this inspiring story. Jim Sherman, who is blind from birth, heard his 85-year-old neighbor's cries for help as she became trapped in her burning home. In a feat that can certainly be called heroic, he snuck into her house from his trailer next door, feeling his way along the fence.

Once he reached the woman's house, he somehow managed to get inside and locate his frightened neighbor, Annie Smith, who is also blind. Sherman pulled Smith from the burning house to safety.

9. Skydiving instructors sacrificed everything to save their students.


Not many people survive a fall from thousands of meters. However, no matter how incredible it may seem, two women managed to do it, thanks to the selfless actions of two men. The first man gave his life to save the man he had just met. Skydiving instructor Robert Cook and his student, Kimberley Dear, took to the skies so she could make her first jump when the plane's engine failed. In an incredible feat, Cook told Deere to sit on his lap, locking their gear together. As the plane crashed to the ground, Cook's body absorbed the impact, killing him but protecting Kimberly Dear from what should have been a fatal accident.

Another skydiving instructor, Dave Hartsock, also saved his student from being hit. This was Shirley Dygert's first tandem jump with an instructor. Although their plane did not malfunction, Diegert's parachute did not open. During a terrifying free fall, Hartsock was able to position himself underneath his student, taking the impact as they fell to the ground together. Even though Dave Hartsock broke his spine, leaving his body paralyzed from the neck down, they both survived the fall.

8. A man carried four soldiers from the battlefield


Despite being a mere mortal, Joe Rollino spent his 104-year life performing incredible, superhuman feats. Although he only weighed approximately 68 kilograms at his prime, he could lift 288 kilograms with his fingers and 1,450 kilograms on his back. He has won several strongman titles and many accolades.

However, what made him a hero in the eyes of many people was not his talent in strength competitions or his title of “The Strongest Man in the World”, which he received at Coney Island. During World War II, Rollino served in the Pacific and received a Bronze & Silver Star for gallantry in the line of duty, as well as three Purple Hearts for his combat injuries that caused he spent a total of 24 months in hospital. He is best known for the fact that he pulled his comrades off the battlefield, two in each hand, and then returned to the line of fire to carry more of his wounded brethren to safety.

7. A father fought an alligator to save his son.


A father's love can inspire superhuman feats, as two fathers from different parts of the world proved. In Florida, Joseph Welch came to the aid of his six-year-old son when an alligator grabbed the boy's arm. With no regard for his own safety, Welch continually punched the alligator in an attempt to force it to let go of his son. Finally, a passerby arrived to help Welch and began kicking the alligator in the stomach until the animal finally let go of the boy.

In Mutoko, Zimbabwe, another father saved his son from a crocodile attack in a river. The father, named Tafadzwa Kacher, began poking reeds into the crocodile's eyes and mouth until it released his son. Having released the boy, the crocodile rushed at his father. Tafadzwa had to gouge out the animal's eyes to free his hand. The boy eventually lost his leg to a crocodile attack, but survived and spoke of his father's superhuman bravery.

6. Two real-life Wonder Women who lifted cars to save lives


Men are not the only ones who can display superhuman strength in times of crisis. The daughter and mother showed that women can also be heroes, especially when a loved one is in danger. In Virginia, a 22-year-old woman saved her father's life when the BMW he was working on slipped off a jack and landed on his chest, crushing him. Realizing there was no time to wait for help, the young woman lifted the car and pulled her father out, then performed CPR on him to get him to breathe.

In Georgia, another jack slipped out and lowered a 3,000-pound Chevy Impala onto a young man. Without help, his mother, Angela Cavallo, lifted the car and held it for five minutes until neighbors managed to pull her son to safety.

5. A woman stopped an unmanned school bus.


Not all superhuman abilities consist of strength and courage, some of them involve the ability to think quickly and act in an emergency. In New Mexico, a school bus carrying children became a road hazard when the driver suffered a seizure. A girl waiting for the bus saw that the bus driver was in trouble and turned to her mother for help. The woman, Rhonda Carlsen, immediately came to the rescue.

She ran next to the bus and, using gestures, convinced one of the children on the bus to open the door. After the door was opened, Carlsen jumped onto the bus, grabbed the steering wheel, and calmly stopped the bus. Her quick reflexes helped prevent any harm that could have been caused to the children on the bus, not to mention any bystanders who might have been in the path of the unmanned bus.

4. A teenager pulled a man out of a truck hanging over a cliff.


A truck and trailer careened over the edge of a cliff in the dead of night. The cab of the large truck creaked as it stopped, and began to dangle dangerously over the gorge below. The truck driver was trapped inside. The young man came to his aid, broke the window and pulled the driver to safety with his bare hands. This is not a scene from an action movie, but a real event that happened in New Zealand in the Waioeka Gorge on October 5, 2008.

18-year-old Peter Hanne, who became a hero, was in his house when he heard a crash. Without thinking about his own safety, he climbed onto the balancing truck, jumped into the narrow gap between the cab and the trailer, and broke the rear window of the driver's cab. He carefully helped the injured driver to safety as the truck creaked and rocked under their feet. In 2011, Hanne was awarded the New Zealand Bravery Medal for his heroic actions.

3. A soldier riddled with bullets who returned to the battlefield


War is full of heroes, and many of them risk their lives to save their fellow soldiers. In the movie Forrest Gump, we saw how the eponymous fictional character saved several of his fellow soldiers, even after he suffered a gunshot wound. In real life, there are even more exciting stories, such as the story of Robert Ingram, who received the Medal of Honor.

In 1966, while under siege by the enemy, Ingram continued to fight and save his comrades after he was hit by three bullets - one in the head, which left him partially blind and deaf in one ear, a second in the arm, and a third bit into his left knee. Despite his wounds, Ingram continued to kill North Vietnamese soldiers who were leading an attack on his unit, and to go under fire to save his fellow soldiers. His bravery is just one breathtaking example of the many wartime heroes who defended their countries by performing incredible feats.

2. World champion swimmer saved 20 people from a sinking trolleybus


Aquaman is no comparison to Shavarsh Karapetyan, who saved 20 people from drowning in a trolleybus that fell into the water in 1976. The 11-time world record holder, 17-time world champion, 13-time European champion, seven-time USSR champion, Armenian speed swimming champion was finishing a training race with his brother when he witnessed a trolleybus with 92 passengers slide off the road into a reservoir , falling into the water 24 meters from the shore. Karapetyan dived into the water, kicked out the rear window and began to pull dozens of passengers out of the trolleybus, which by that time was already at a depth of 10 meters in icy water.

It was estimated that it took him approximately 30 seconds to save one person, allowing him to save person after person before he himself lost consciousness in the cold, murky water. Of all the people he pulled out of the trolleybus in this short time, 20 people survived. However, Karapetyan’s heroic work did not end there. Eight years later, he ran into a burning building and pulled several people to safety, suffering severe burns. Karapetyan received the Order of the Badge of Honor from the USSR and many other awards for underwater rescue, but he maintained that he was not a hero and only did what he had to do.

1. A man took off a helicopter to save his employee.

A TV show set became a real-life drama when a helicopter from the hit TV series Magnum PI crashed into a drainage ditch in 1988. While preparing for a soft landing, the helicopter suddenly tilted, went out of control and fell to the ground, all of which was captured on film. One of the show's pilots, Steve Kux, was trapped under a helicopter in shallow water. In an incredible moment straight out of Man of Steel, Warren "Tiny" Everal ran up and lifted the helicopter off of Kax. The helicopter was a Hughes 500D, and the helicopter weighs at least 703 kilograms when unloaded.

Tiny's quick reactions and superhuman strength saved Cax from the weight of the helicopter that pinned him to the water, which could have crushed him. Although the pilot's left arm was injured, he recovered from what could have been a fatal crash thanks to a local Hawaiian hero.

The true abilities, capabilities and character of a person often manifest themselves in emergency situations, in difficult times for the country, society, and people. It is in moments like these that heroes are born. This happens everywhere. The heroes of Russia and their exploits have forever entered the history of the Fatherland, people remember them for many years, and tell them to subsequent generations. Every hero is worthy of respect and honor. Feats are not performed in the name of glory and honor. At the moment of their accomplishment, people do not think about their own benefit; on the contrary, they show courage for the sake of other people or in the name of the Motherland.

Be that as it may, back in the last century our country was called the USSR, and people born in this state do not forget and honor their heroes who had the title of Hero of the USSR. This highest award was established in the Soviet Union in 1934. It was given for special services to the Fatherland. It was made of gold, had the shape of a five-pointed star with the inscription “Hero of the USSR”, and was complemented by a red ribbon 20 mm wide. The star appeared in October 1939, by which time several hundred people had already been awarded this insignia. Along with the star, the Order of Lenin was also awarded.

Who was awarded the star? The person had to accomplish a significant feat for the state. Descriptions of the exploits of the heroes of Russia and the Soviet Union can now be found not only in textbooks and books: the Internet allows you to find out interesting information about each hero of both the last century and the present. Hero of the USSR is an honorary title and award sign of the same name, which some individuals have been awarded several times. But of course there are few of them. Since 1973, when re-awarding, the second Order of Lenin was awarded along with the star. A bust was erected in the hero’s homeland. The first stars were awarded back in 1934 to pilots (there were seven of them) who played a major role in rescuing the icebreaker Chelyuskin, which was trapped in ice.

The appearance of the “Hero of Russia” award

The Soviet Union collapsed, and in the 90s we “moved” to live in a new state. Despite all the political troubles, heroes have always been and are among us. Thus, in 1992, the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation introduced the Law “On Establishing the Title of Hero of Russia.” The award was still the same Golden Star, only now with the inscription “Hero of Russia” and with a ribbon in the form of the Russian tricolor. The award of the title of Hero of the Russian Federation by the President of Russia is carried out only once. A bronze bust is erected in the hero’s homeland.

Modern heroes of Russia and their exploits are known throughout the country. The first to receive this title was S.S. Oskanov, Major General of Aviation. Unfortunately, the title was awarded to him posthumously. On February 7, 1992, during a flight mission, an unexpected situation occurred - equipment failure, and the MIG-29 rapidly fell into a populated area in the Lipetsk region. To avoid tragedy and save human lives, Oskanov diverted the plane to the side, but the pilot himself was unable to escape. The pilot's widow received Gold Star No. 2. The country's leadership decided that Hero No. 1 should be alive. Thus, medal No. 1 was awarded to pilot-cosmonaut S.K. Krikalev. He completed the longest space flight at the Mir orbital station. The list of those awarded the title of Hero is long - these include military personnel, cosmonaut pilots, participants in the Second World War and hot spots, intelligence officers, scientists, and athletes.

Heroes of Russia: list and photos, their exploits

It is impossible to list all the heroes of Russia: at the beginning of 2017, there were 1,042 people (474 ​​people received the title posthumously). Russians remember each of them, honor their exploits, and set them as an example for the younger generation. Bronze busts have been installed in the Homeland of Heroes. Below we list just some of the exploits of the Heroes of Russia.

Sergei Solnechnikov. Everyone has heard and remembers the feat of the major, who saved the lives of young, inexperienced soldiers. This happened in the Amur region. Due to inexperience, an ordinary soldier unsuccessfully threw a grenade; the ammunition ended up on the edge of the parapet that protected the firing position. The soldiers were in real danger. Major Solnechnikov made an instant decision; he pushed the young guy away and covered the grenade with his body. An hour and a half later he died on the operating table. On April 3, 2012, Major Solnechnikov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

North Caucasus

The heroes of Russia showed themselves in battles in the Caucasus, and their exploits should not be forgotten.

Sergey Yashkin - commander of the Perm special forces detachment. In the summer of 2012, special forces deployed in Dagestan in a gorge near the village of Kidero. The task is not to let a gang of militants cross the border. This gang could not be eliminated for several years. The militants were discovered and a battle ensued. Yashkin was shell-shocked during the battle, received burns and wounds, but did not leave his post until the end of the operation. He himself personally destroyed three of the five militants. For courage and heroism, on June 14, 2013, he was awarded the title Hero of Russia. Currently lives in Perm.

Mikhail Minenkov. Served in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since 1994. In 1999 he fought in Dagestan against the gangs of Khattab and Basayev. He commanded a reconnaissance group and inflicted significant damage on the militants while carrying out important missions. Already in Chechnya in the same 1999, returning from a reconnaissance mission from the village of Shcheglovskaya, he received an order to help out a group of special forces surrounded by militants. The battle was difficult, many guys were injured. The commander himself was seriously wounded in the leg, but continued to command the detachment and remove the wounded soldiers. The Airborne Forces groups successfully escaped the encirclement. Minenkov was carried out from the battlefield by his comrades. At the hospital, the leg was amputated. But Mikhail survived and even returned to his regiment, where he continued to serve. For heroism, on January 17, 2000, he was awarded the title Hero of Russia.

Heroes of Russia 2016

• Oleg Artemyev - test cosmonaut.
• Elena Serova is a female cosmonaut.
• Vadim Baykulov is a military man.
• Alexander Dvornikov - commander of the Armed Forces group in Syria until July 2016, now - Russian military leader, commander of the troops of the Southern Military District.
• Andrey Dyachenko - pilot, participant in the operation in Syria.
• Viktor Romanov is a military navigator, a participant in the operation in Syria.
• Alexander Prokhorenko. All heroes of Russia who posthumously received the title have a special place. In a peaceful life, they left their parents, families and gave their lives for the ideas of the Motherland. Alexander died during the battles in Syria for Palmyra. Surrounded by militants, the soldier, not wanting to surrender, took the fire on himself, died heroically, and the militants were also destroyed.
• Dmitry Bulgakov - Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
• Valery Gerasimov - Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
• Igor Sergun is a military intelligence officer. The title was awarded posthumously.
• Marat Akhmetshin is a participant in combat operations in Syria. He died in the battle for Palmyra.
• Ryafagat Khabibullin is a military pilot. He died in Syria, the plane was shot down in militant territory.
• Alexander Misurkin - test cosmonaut.
• Anatoly Gorshkov - Major General, WWII participant.
• Alexander Zhuravlev is the head of the military operation in Syria.
• Magomed Nurbagandov is an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He received the title of Hero posthumously. Died at the hands of militants.
• Andrey Karlov - Ambassador to Turkey. Died at the hands of a terrorist.

Women heroes of Russia

Below are the female Heroes of Russia. The list and their exploits only briefly introduce the heroic representatives of the fairer sex. Since 1992, 17 women have received the honorary title.

• Marina Plotnikova is a young girl who saved three drowning children at the cost of her own life.
• Ekaterina Budanova - pilot, WWII participant.
• Lydia Shulaikina is a pilot in naval aviation. WWII participant.
• Alexandra Akimova - pilot. WWII participant.
• Vera Voloshina - Soviet partisan. WWII participant.
• Lyubov Egorova is a 6-time Olympic champion. Skier.
• Elena Kondakova - pilot-cosmonaut.
• Valentina Savitskaya - pilot. WWII participant.
• Tatyana Sumarokova - pilot. WWII participant.
• Leontina Cohen - Soviet intelligence officer. WWII participant.
• Natalya Kochuevskaya - medical instructor. WWII participant.
• Larisa Lazutina - skier, 5-time Olympic champion.
• Irina Yanina is a nurse. She died during the Second Chechen War. She saved the soldiers at the cost of her life.
• Marem Arapkhanova - died at the hands of militants, defending her family and her village.
• Nina Brusnikova is a milkmaid at the Aurora collective farm. Saved a livestock complex during a fire.
• Alime Abdenanova - Soviet intelligence officer. WWII participant.
• Elena Serova - cosmonaut.

Children-heroes of Russia and their exploits

Russia is a great power, rich in heroes not only among adults. Children in emergency situations, without hesitation, show heroism. Of course, not everyone has the title of Hero of Russia. In addition to this badge, the country awards heroes with Orders of Courage, as well as medals “For saving the dead.” Among us there are such heroes of Russia of our time, and their exploits are known and honored in the country. Someone deserved the award posthumously.

• Zhenya Tabakov is a hero of Russia. Died at the age of 7 years. Saved his sister Yana when a robber broke into the house. Yana managed to escape, but Zhenya received eight stab wounds from which he died.
• Danil Sadykov. A 12-year-old teenager saved a boy who fell into a fountain and received an electric shock. Danil was not afraid, he rushed after him, managed to pull him out, but he himself received a powerful shock, which is why he died.
• Vasily Zhirkov and Alexander Maltsev. Teenagers who received awards for saving the dead - a drowning grandmother and her eight-year-old grandson.
• Sergey Krivov is an 11-year-old boy. Rescued a drowning friend from the waters of the icy Amur.
• Alexander Petchenko. During the accident, the boy did not leave his mother and pulled her out of the burning car.
• Artem Artyukhin. Risking his life, he rescued a 12-year-old girl from the eighth floor during a fire.

What categories of citizens were awarded the award?

The title of Hero of Russia was awarded to:

• participants in hostilities in the North Caucasus;
• WWII participants;
• test pilots;
• persons who have distinguished themselves in the fight against terrorism;
• astronauts;
• military sailors, submariners;
• participants in the 1993 events in Moscow;
• people who saved the lives of others;
• participants of hostilities in Ossetia;
• participants of hostilities in Tajikistan;
• senior officials of ministries and departments;
• designers of the Armed Forces;
• scouts;
• participants of the war in Afghanistan;
• athletes, travelers;
• liquidators of the Chernobyl accident;
• participants of Arctic expeditions;
• participants of the operation in Abkhazia4
• civil aviation pilots;
• ambassadors;
• participants in the fighting in Syria.

Titles of heroes at the time the award was awarded

Not only military personnel, but also ordinary citizens join the “Heroes of Russia” list. Photos and their exploits are published and described in books, magazines, and many presentations on this topic are posted on the Internet. The title of Hero was indicated at the time the President signed the Decree on the award; for civilians, the civilian rank is designated. Who is awarded the title of hero, in what categories? There are many of them: privates, sailors, corporals, sergeants, junior sergeants, senior sergeants, warrant officers, foremen, midshipmen, lieutenants, junior and senior lieutenants, lieutenant colonels, colonels, captains, major generals, lieutenant generals, rear admirals, vice admirals, army generals, and civilians. The only marshal in Russia, Igor Sergeev, also has the “Hero of Russia” star.

People are heroes of two countries

There are individuals in our country who have been awarded two titles - Heroes of the USSR and Heroes of Russia. The list and photos of their exploits cannot be contained in one article. We list only the most famous:

• Mikhail Kalashnikov - gunsmith and designer. He also has the title of Hero of Socialist Labor.
• Pilot-cosmonauts V.V. Polyakov and S.K. Krikalev, helicopter pilot Maidanov - Heroes of the Russian Federation and Heroes of the USSR.
• A. N. Chilingarov - polar explorer, Hero of the Russian Federation and Hero of the USSR.
• T. A. Musabaev, Yu. I. Malenchenko - cosmonauts. People's Heroes of Kazakhstan and Heroes of Russia.
• S. Sh. Sharpov - cosmonaut. Hero of Kyrgyzstan and Hero of Russia.
• V. A. Wolf - sergeant of the Airborne Forces. Hero of Russia and Hero of Abkhazia.

As of January 2017, 1,042 people were awarded the Hero of Russia star. 474 from this list received the award posthumously. Usually, lists of Heroes and most Decrees are not officially published. Information about heroes may be scattered and contradict each other, but we all remember their exploits and collect information piece by piece.

Privileges

The heroes of Russia and their exploits are of special importance to the state. Those who have this honorary title have a number of benefits that they have the right to enjoy without limit:

• Monthly pension.
• Free medical care.
• Exemption from state duties and taxes.
• 50% discount on tickets for any type of transport (once a year) in both directions.
• 30% discount on utilities.
• Free travel on public transport.
• Free education for children.
• Once a year, a trip to a sanatorium.
• Free home repairs.
• Free home phone.
• Out-of-turn service in medical organizations.
• Improving living conditions
• Free funeral with honors.

Outside the window is the 21st century. But despite this, military conflicts do not subside, including those involving the Russian army. Courage and valor, bravery and bravery are qualities characteristic of Russian soldiers. Therefore, the exploits of Russian soldiers and officers require separate and detailed coverage.

How our people fought in Chechnya

The exploits of Russian soldiers these days do not leave anyone indifferent. The first example of boundless courage is the tank crew led by Yuri Sulimenko.

The exploits of Russian soldiers of the tank battalion began in 1994. During the First Chechen War, Sulimenko acted as a crew commander. The team showed good results and in 1995 took an active part in the assault on Grozny. The tank battalion lost 2/3 of its personnel. However, the brave fighters led by Yuri did not flee from the battlefield, but went to the presidential palace.

Sulimenko's tank was surrounded by Dudayev's men. The team of fighters did not surrender; on the contrary, they began to conduct targeted fire at strategic targets. Despite the numerical superiority of the opponents, Yuri Sulimenko and his crew were able to inflict colossal losses on the militants.

The commander received dangerous wounds to his legs, burns to his body and face. Viktor Velichko, with the rank of sergeant major, was able to provide first aid to him in a burning tank, after which he carried him to a safe place. These exploits of Russian soldiers in Chechnya did not go unnoticed. The fighters were awarded the titles of Heroes of the Russian Federation.

Yuri Sergeevich Igitov - hero posthumously

Very often, the exploits of Russian soldiers and officers these days become publicly known after the death of their heroes. This is exactly what happened in the case of Yuri Igitov. The private was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously for performing a duty and a special task.

Yuri Sergeevich took part in the Chechen War. The private was 21 years old, but despite his youth, he showed courage and valor in the last seconds of his life. Igitov’s platoon was surrounded by Dudayev’s fighters. Most of the comrades died under numerous enemy shots. The brave private, at the cost of his life, covered the retreat of the surviving soldiers until the last bullet. When the enemy advanced, Yuri blew up a grenade without surrendering to the enemy.

Evgeniy Rodionov - faith in God until the last breath

The exploits of Russian soldiers these days cause boundless pride among fellow citizens, especially when it comes to young boys who gave their lives for the peaceful sky above their heads. Yevgeny Rodionov showed boundless heroism and unshakable faith in God, who, under threat of death, refused to remove his pectoral cross.

Young Evgeniy was called to serve in 1995. Permanent service took place in the North Caucasus, at the border point of Ingushetia and Chechnya. Together with his comrades, he joined the guard on February 13. Carrying out their direct task, the soldiers stopped an ambulance in which weapons were transported. After this, the privates were captured.

For about 100 days, the soldiers were subjected to torture, severe beatings and humiliation. Despite the unbearable pain and the threat of death, the soldiers did not remove their pectoral crosses. For this, Evgeniy’s head was cut off, and the rest of his colleagues were shot on the spot. For his martyrdom, Evgeniy Rodionov was awarded posthumously.

Yanina Irina is an example of heroism and courage

The exploits of Russian soldiers today are not only the heroic deeds of men, but also the incredible valor of Russian women. The sweet, fragile girl took part in two combat operations as a nurse during the First Chechen War. 1999 became the third test in Irina’s life.

August 31st became fatal. At risk to her own life, nurse Yanina saved more than 40 people by making three trips in an armored personnel carrier to the line of fire. Irina's fourth trip ended tragically. During the enemy counter-offensive, Yanina not only organized the lightning-fast loading of wounded soldiers, but also covered the retreat of her colleagues with machine gun fire.

Unfortunately for the girl, two grenades hit the armored personnel carrier. The nurse rushed to the aid of the wounded commander and 3rd private. Irina saved the young fighters from certain death, but did not have time to get out of the burning car herself. The armored personnel carrier's ammunition detonated.

For his valor and courage he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. Irina is the only woman who was awarded this title for operations in the North Caucasus.

Maroon beret posthumously

The exploits of Russian soldiers these days are known not only in Russia. The story about Sergei Burnaev leaves no one indifferent. Brown - that’s what his comrades called the commander - was in the “Vityaz”, a special division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 2002, the detachment was sent to the city of Argun, where an underground weapons warehouse with numerous tunnels was discovered.

It was possible to reach the opponents only by going through an underground hole. Sergei Burnaev went first. The opponents opened fire on the fighter, who was able to answer the call of the militants in the darkness. The comrades were rushing to help, it was at that moment that Bury saw a grenade that was rolling towards the soldiers. Without hesitation, Sergei Burnaev covered the grenade with his body, thereby saving his colleagues from certain death.

For his accomplished feat, Sergei Burnaev was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. The school where he studied was open so that young people could remember the exploits of Russian soldiers and officers in our days. The parents were given a maroon beret in honor of the memory of the brave soldier.

Beslan: no one is forgotten

The exploits of Russian soldiers and officers these days are the best confirmation of the boundless courage of men in uniform. September 1, 2004 became a dark day in the history of North Ossetia and all of Russia. The seizure of the school in Beslan did not leave a single person indifferent. Andrei Turkin was no exception. The lieutenant took an active part in the operation to free the hostages.

At the very beginning of the rescue operation, he was wounded, but did not leave the school. Thanks to his professional skills, the lieutenant took an advantageous position in the dining room, where about 250 hostages were housed. The militants were eliminated, which increased the chances of a successful outcome of the operation.

However, a militant came to the aid of the terrorists with a detonated grenade. Turkin, without hesitation, rushed towards the bandit, holding the device between himself and the enemy. This action saved the lives of innocent children. The lieutenant posthumously became a Hero of the Russian Federation.

Combat Sun

During ordinary everyday life of military service, exploits of Russian soldiers are also often performed. or battalion commander Solntse, in 2012, during an exercise, he became hostage to a situation, the way out of which was a real feat. Saving his soldiers from death, the battalion commander covered with his own body the activated grenade, which flew off the edge of the parapet. Thanks to Sergei’s dedication, tragedy was avoided. The battalion commander was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

Whatever the exploits of Russian soldiers these days, every person should remember the valor and courage of the army. Only the memory of the actions of each of these heroes is a reward for the courage that cost them their lives.