The Award Has Found Its Hero: The Medal "For Combat Services" was awarded to Descendants of a Member of the Great Patriotic War at the Moscow Headquarters of the World Peoples Assembly

On November 6, 2026, the Moscow headquarters of the World Peoples Assembly hosted solemn ceremony of awarding the medal "For Combat Services" to the descendants of the Great Patriotic War participant Gennady Kryukov. The relic was presented to daughter Natalia and granddaughter Tatiana Tyurin by the Secretary General of the Assembly Andrey Belyaninov.

The medal was discovered during field searches by members of the Memory Relay squad under the leadership of Roman Tereshchenko. According to the serial number of the medal, the search group established that it belonged to the Guard private Gennady Kryukov, born in 1924. According to archival data, he was awarded this high award on February 23, 1944, but it was never awarded to the hero during his lifetime.

Guard Soldier Gennady Kryukov went to the front as an 18-year-old boy in 1942 and went through the entire military path, reaching Berlin and leaving his signature on the walls of the Reichstag. In the post-war period, he devoted himself to peaceful labor: starting as a simple worker at the Elektrostal plant of chemical protection products, he rose to the head of the workshop, leading a thousand-strong team. For many years of conscientious work, he was awarded the honorary title of "Honored Veteran of the city of Elektrostal", his biography was repeatedly written about in the local media.

According to Tatiana Tyurina, the hero's granddaughter, it was possible to identify the owner of the medal thanks to digital archives. A few years ago, a database of relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War was created at the company where she works as part of the “Memory of Rosatom” project. As soon as the search group found the medal, they checked the data with the registry, contacted the family to confirm the information, and invited the Tyurins to Moscow for the ceremonial return of the family heirloom.

- This is an incredibly touching and significant moment for our family. Now that the medal is returning to us, it’s like we’re having a new connection with our grandfather. It is as if we are touching on that difficult period of defending our Homeland, which, in fact, continues to this day. We are all participants in this process, we are all close. I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who made this possible, - Tatiana Tyurina shared her emotions.

The Kryukov family keeps a bright memory of their ancestor: every year on May 9, they participate in solemn processions and visit his grave, laying flowers. Now the long-awaited battle reward has been added to the family heirlooms, symbolizing the indestructible bond of generations and the enduring value of the feat.

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