
"They fought for Moscow"
The story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly outnumbered, young men laid down their lives in a battle lasting almost two weeks to obstruct the far superior German forces advancing towards Moscow. Around 3,500 cadets and their commanding officers were sent to hold up the last line of defense outside Moscow. Most of them remained there for eternity.
Afanasiy Aleshkin

Ivan Strelbitskiy

Ivan Starchak

Masha Grigoryeva

Sashka Lavrov

Mitya Shemyakin

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Shapovalov

Vasily Smirnov

Nikitina

Dementyev

Liza Aleshkina

Uglov

Eliseev

Yakhin

Bogatov

Simonov

Slavik Nikitin

Azamat Khalilov

Ibragimov

Vasilkov

officer
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Orlenko

Kalinin

Andrey Tkachenko

Nosov

Wehrmacht soldier

nurse

Shipilov

Remizov

Zuev

Petrov

Erokhin

Ozerov

Lev Novikov

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Verner

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cook officer

Karpovna

Mamchich

Mamedov

Vera
Volkov

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