Near the apple from the apple tree rolled away
was born
Often you hear: not far from the apple-tree apple rolled away. Usually they say that in a critical way: the father, they say, is bad and the son went into it. The liar himself - and the children graft. The lazy bastard and the children are lazy. He is cruel - and the cat's son hung his tail. Are the defects of the parents, judging by the popular proverb, in the children? If we are concerned about the growth of a son or daughter, we must first educate ourselves, eradicate our shortcomings. Otherwise, no matter how much you teach or explain what is good and what is bad, the children will not be better. The words will fall into the void, they will not germinate, like the grains that the sower will thoughtlessly throw into the land that is unfit for them. Education by act, often inconspicuous, has, like X-rays, a tremendous force of influence.
Aleksey Petrovich Golovin, reserve lieutenant colonel, developed his own approach to children. He did not bother them with abstract sentiments, taught all his behavior to respect man and his work, to bow to the heroism of soldiers, to honor the laws of the army comradeship, to go, even if it is very difficult, to help others, to act in the spirit of internationalism. Maybe that's why two of the three sons went along the path of their father and grandfather, a front-line tank officer.
. .. In the company, which was commanded by Alexei Golovin, then the captain, arrived with a new replenishment of Private Neznamov. Gloomy, unsociable, glance from under his brows. I did not receive letters from anyone, I avoided my comrades. Golovin glanced at the documents - the information was extremely scarce. Who are the parents - it is unknown. Only my grandmother and grandfather, after the surname of the Shimanovskys, and those, as it turned out, are not native.
The commander addressed them first. Answered Ariadna Nikolayevna. I gave some details. In the town of Nesvizh, where they lived, in the forty-first year fierce battles broke out. When the front moved to the east, the nazis threw all the wounded Red Army men into the concentration camp, behind barbed wire."There I saw a little boy with a shot through his leg. She begged the commandant to give me the baby, - recollected Ariadna Nikolayevna, - but they did not want to listen to me either. The doctor of the concentration camp, the wife of the officer Anna Nikolaevna Shurygin, helped save the child. Later, the Nazis shot her for her links with the partisans. "
The commander of the company has a lot of cares. And at home - small sons and a wife on demolitions. However, the captain decided to try to lift the veil over the biography of Neznamov, who received his name because he did not know anything about himself. Every evening, returning home, when the children were already sleeping, Golovin hastily supped, and then wrote to different addresses of inquiries whether he was looking for a boy of three years old after the war named Tolya. In the editorial offices of newspapers sent a picture of Neznamov.
Golovin's letter, published in the regional newspaper, responded to M. Zizika. Once a woman found a crying boy in the rye. Brought him home, heated, fed. Calmed down, the kid said that his father wore a military uniform, his mother's name was Lena. His surname was slurred: something like "Kutin."Soon the boy started gangrene legs - he was taken to the hospital. ..
After some time, Golovin received a telegram: "I'm leaving Kiev. Father Tolya Neznamova. "
All were worried - the commander of the unit, Zapolit, Golovin and his wife - Maria Yakovlevna. Neznamow did not say anything yet. After all, people who had lost their children on the roads of the war had already been declared, and tried to convince, in spite of the facts, that Anatoly was their son.
Alexey Petrovich talked for a long time with the reserve officer Timofei Afanasievich Kucher. And the border, and Lena's mother, who died in the bombing, all coincided. Then Golovin invited Anatoly, not warning about anything in advance. On the threshold of the soldier he froze, as if afraid to step on. And suddenly he whispered:
- Father. .. And where's Mom?
About that meeting in her time told "Red Star".This publication is still stored in the family archive Golovins. So the sons of Alexei Petrovich were additionally shown one more dash, one facet in the father's personality, which they used to be proud of.
Since sixteen years old, Golovin Sr. has linked his fate with the army. First he helped to refuel tanks, then learned to drive menacing fighting vehicles. As part of the 1 st Guards Tank Army participated in the liberation of Poland, stormed Berlin.
Alexey Petrovich had an amazing gift - to feel his involvement in everything in the world, to do good to people. When I looked for Neznamov's parents, he was repeatedly approached by those who also lost their children. At the same time he sent inquiries about these children to the archives and newspapers. I found eight more, I gave great joy to eight more.
In the year of the 30th anniversary of the Great Victory Golovin suggested the creation of the museum "Katukovets" in Kharkov. Actively joined the work himself, collected and prepared 662 artifacts, wrote thousands of letters to his fellow soldiers, on weekends, in the evenings photographed rare front-line shots sent by them.
On the opening day of the museum - exactly ten years later - the students of the vocational school No. 37 came here to get acquainted with the exploits of the soldiers. The veterans of the 1st Guards Tank Corps, the Kurokovtsy, assembled here. Alexei Petrovich invited the elder son, Vladimir, to take part in the celebrations, who, having received the profession of a lawyer, also lived in Kharkov. But Alexander and Anatoly could not come: they were far away - served as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan.
One morning, Lieutenant Colonel Golovin opened, as usual, the "Red Star".The speeches of the participants of the All-Army Conference of the Secretaries of the Komsomol Organizations were published. And suddenly the name flashed - Golovin: Sergeant V. Bystritsky told about a company of scouts, who carried out an international duty in the land of Afghanistan, about the company commander A. Golovin."It's impossible to find a man in our unit who did not know Senior Lieutenant A. Golovin," Alexei Petrovich greedily read into the newspaper lines about Anatoly, the youngest son, named after the soldier Neznamov. "He is an experienced, brave communist officer."In any situation, when he is near, you feel calm and confident. It happened one day - junior sergeant Alexander Borisenko was in trouble. And the first person who came to his rescue was the commander. .. "
Golovin called his wife:
- Maria, look what is written about Tolya.
On the way to work Golovin recalled that already a long day, in which by a fluke, all three sons were at home, in Kharkov. Alexander came on leave from Afghanistan, Anatoly jumped to his parents, following a new duty station. And almost from the threshold announced that his report was satisfied, he was going to serve Sasha!
Mother gasped, clasped her hands:
- Why should you go there?
Anatoly looked at his father, not doubting his support.
- It's clear, mother, everything is clear, "Alexei Petrovich said softly, trying to reassure his wife.- You should not be surprised. ..
The sons left together. Alexander - a week before the end of the vacation, to help his brother at first to settle in a new place.
They wrote in general infrequently. They briefly informed us that they were alive - they were healthy, everything was in order. Major Alexander Golovin served in the headquarters of the unit, Senior Lieutenant Anatoly Golovin commanded the reconnaissance company. They both deserved the Medal of Merit.
The last battle, they say, is the most difficult. The younger Golovin happened to receive it shortly before returning home. The situation was that a group of soldiers, led by Lieutenant A. Kireev, cut off from the main forces of the battalion, almost did not expect help. But she came. Almost from the sky - the scouts, under the command of Senior Lieutenant Anatoly Golovin, descended the steep rock in the rear to the dushmans and, breaking their way with grenades, rushed to attack. ..
The parents had accumulated a lot of newspaper clippings dedicated to their sons."Savior of the subordinate", "High awards of the Golovins brothers", "We will be counted with glory", "Do not disgrace our names" - the names of the publications speak for themselves.
After returning from Afghanistan, Junior Golovin got married. At the height of the wedding, eight scouts unexpectedly appeared in vests and berets. With rewards on the chest. Some of them hurried home after retiring to the reserve, others received a short-term vacation for home for excellent service. They heard that their former commander was soon married, and got literally from the ship to the ball. They reported in a friendly manner:
- Comrade Senior Lieutenant, on behalf of all the soldiers of our company, I would like to cordially congratulate you on your lawful marriage and on the high award - the second Order of the Red Star.
We apologize to parents: at these moments tears came to their eyes.
There is a museum of military glory in the Kharkov Higher Tank School. Among his exhibits - a photo of three Golovins: a father with sons, Alexander and Anatoly. It is a pity that there is no portrait of the man who gave birth to this dynasty of officers. During the war the Guard Captain Peter Golovin came with the tank army to Berlin.;When the brothers left for Afghanistan, his father said goodbye:
- Look, never give anyone a reason to think badly about you.
Sons fulfilled the father's command, which since childhood became for them an indisputable authority.
Parenting* * *
Children, as a rule, largely follow their own parents. Often it is under the influence of our deeds and deeds that the child develops certain habits, inclinations, and character. This well-known truth is confirmed by the results of scientific research of more than one generation of sociologists and psychologists, the richest life practice. And what can be more pleasant for the father and mother, when in small and large you are repeated by your children, inheriting the best traits. Such parents have the right to say with pride: we continue in children.