Museum of Combat and Labor Glory “Memory of the Heart” at N. P. Zherdev School No. 93
d. Donetsk, K.Marksa Street, 10
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The history of the museum began with a room of military and labor glory typical for all schools of the Soviet time, opened in 1969. From the moment of foundation to the present time, the works of students and teachers of the school, proudly bearing the title of one of its students, Hero of the Soviet Union N. P. Zherdev, collected an exposition dedicated to the graduates of the school who distinguished themselves for military and labor merits during the Great Patriotic War.
The school is proud of its graduates - Heroes of the Soviet Union:
Zherdev Nikolai Prokofievich (05.05.1911 - 15.11.1942) - commander of the squadron of the 70th Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 100th Order of Lenin of the Fighter Aviation Brigade of the 1st Army Group, captain. Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Voronkov Mikhail Mikhailovich (January 17, 1910 - July 13, 1999) - captain, bomber pilot, air squadron commander of the 50th High-speed Bomber Aviation Regiment (18th High-speed Bomber Aviation Brigade, 7th Army, North-Western Front), Hero of the Soviet Union.
Kuzmin Valentin Sergeevich (05.12.1921 - 07.02.1957) - commander of the squadron of the 949th Assault Aviation Regiment of the 211th Assault Aviation Division of the 3rd Air Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front, senior lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union.
Lyashenko Ivan Mikhailovich (1921 - 09.02.1944) - commander of the artillery battery of the 109th Rifle Regiment of the 74th Rifle Division of the 13th Army of the Central Front, senior lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Starokon Ivan Ivanovich (26.05.1923 - 07.02.1995) - Deputy Squadron Commander of the 70th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment of the 3rd Guards Assault Aviation Division of the 1st Mixed Aviation Corps of the 6th Air Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, Guard Senior Lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union.
It was in their honor that in 1998 in the Museum of Combat and Labor Glory "Memory of the Heart" in the Donetsk secondary school No. 93 named after N.P. Zherdev, a memorable bas-relief composition "Heroes of the Soviet Union - school graduates" was opened.
Not forgotten and the participants of the Donetsk underground during the war: Baranchikova K.A., Vasilyeva A.M., Kastrykina K.V., Listopadov A.K., Okhotnikov V.P., Pokalenko V.I., Polonchuk Z.I., Sytnik A.S., Yurchenko G.M., whose memory is also honored in the walls of the school.
Today, the museum deserves the honorary title "Exemplary Museum" awarded to it in 2000. In 2001 he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree.