Боевой путь ветерана Pautov Nikolai Mikhailovich was born in Vologda in 1925. During the Great Patriotic War he was a Scout in a battery of guns in the 132 Guards Rifle Regiment. He had a lot of orders and medals for his courage and bravery at the war and he was wounded twice. During the fight near the village of Krivets Buninsk region March 7 1944 Nikolai Pautov secretly got to the enemy’s front line and revealed mortar platoon, two guns at point-blank range, andtwo machine guns. By the fire of our artillery the enemies were destroyed. On March 12 1944 during the fight for the village of Mikhailovka he was the first to pursue the retreating enemy. He got into the village and killed 4 fascists. Nikolai Mikhailovich was on Red Square in Moscow and took part in the Victory Parade in 1945. He died in 2007 on December 26.