Legend of the Russian sky - Alexey Maresyev
I have three brothers. So they are smart
And I, the youngest, went to the pilots!
A. Maresyev
And I, the youngest, went to the pilots!
A. Maresyev
1916 gave the Soviet Union a future man-legend - Alexei Maresyev. The boy was born in a large family, the last and had poor health. Alexei often suffered from malaria and, in his own words, looked more like a Chinese than a Russian boy. His mother raised her sons alone, since his father, having returned from the war, suddenly died of his wounds. He was a trench soldier during the First World War. The mother’s modest income and her strong-willed character made the boys learn and understand the main laws of an honest life early. The earnings of a cleaner at a woodworking plant did not allow her to live luxuriously and the boys from childhood were accustomed to work. At the end of his life, Maresyev will call a conscientious attitude to work the main positive quality of a person. Alexey Petrovich had serious problems with joints in his youth, which caused him considerable suffering. The pains were so severe that sometimes the child simply could not walk. The boy suffered from migraines. An exact diagnosis of Maresyev was never established, however, after moving to the Far East, the diseases disappeared by themselves. According to Alexey Petrovich himself, the climate helped him. It should be noted that Maresiev did not want to go on the instructions of the party to build Komsomolsk-on-Amur and almost lost his Komsomol ticket, but the persuasion of his mother and relatives saved. One of his friends told him about the possibility of a beneficial effect of the natural conditions of this region, and young Alex agreed. Having improved his health, Alexey Petrovich made every effort to become a professional pilot. The first lessons he took on the Amur, then, after joining the military ranks, he was enrolled in aviation border detachment on Sakhalin. However, there were no real flights, they remained only in the dreams of young Alexei Petrovich.
The first flight experience came to Maresyev only in 1940 year in the city of Bataysk, during his stay in a military school. Luck in real combat found him later in 1942. The persistent desire to become an excellent pilot was not in vain, Alexey Petrovich was an excellent student and learned everything that the teachers said to him. Downed enemy fighters followed one after the other. And by the end of March, the first year of combat flights to the account of a talented pilot was enemy machine 4.
In April, a misfortune happened to a young pilot. His plane was knocked down, and he, planning to the ground, intended to sit on a snow-covered forest swamp. However, the power of the machine was not enough, and it collapsed with all its might on the mighty tree trunks. Maresyev survived, but was seriously injured. In his own words, only the indomitable desire to live allowed crawling to get to her for eighteen days. How Alexey Petrovich survived is unknown to anyone. He himself did not like to recall this event, and he did not tell much. The pilot crawled to the village, where the locals did not immediately pick it up. Alexey Petrovich is obliged by his salvation to the village boys Malin and Vikhrov, who dragged him into the house. The villagers assisted the pilot as far as they could, but there was no professional doctor in the village, and the frost-bitten legs were greatly inflamed. After it was transported to the nearest hospital, they had to be amputated, as the life-threatening gangrene had developed.
The young man was terribly depressed, but the iron will did not allow him to abandon his further military activities. Maresyev was motivated not by the desire to become famous or to make a career. This amazing man regretted his obsessive and burdensome fame in many interviews. Alexey Petrovich was brought up so noble by his mother that he could not in a difficult moment for the country to become disabled and become a burden. He felt full of strength and able to defend his homeland. In addition, Maresyev madly loved the sky, and the diagnosis of doctors about the unsuitability became a sentence.
Alexey Petrovich owes his further service in the flight troops exclusively to his strength of will and perseverance. The senior lieutenant was able to convince not only himself that he could fly and fight, but also doctors. Finally, in 1943, the front again sent it. The person who lost both legs turned out to be fit for service and flight. This was the greatest victory of Maresiev and his greatest feat.
On the Bryansk front, the commanders were afraid of releasing a disabled person into the sky. Alexey Petrovich was very upset and, finally, he asked for a chance. Alexander Chislov allowed Maresyev to rise again in the sky, thus becoming the “godfather” of the great Soviet pilot. In the bloody battle of Kursk, Alexei Petrovich confirmed his right to the title of one of the best fighter pilots. After losing his legs, 7 also had enemy aircraft on his account, and according to M.V. Bykova 8.
The fame of a footless hero pilot quickly spread to military units and among the population. Correspondents began to arrive on the 15th Air Army. At this time, Maresyev met the author of "The Tale of a Real Man." Boris Polevoy did not dare to give his hero a true name, since he seriously feared that Maresiev could commit some ideological offense, and the story would not be allowed to be printed. And so, the well-known Meresjev appeared. However, the events described in the work really took place, with the exception of the affair with the girl. The image of which, however, liked the prototype. Maresyev’s wife is also directly related to the Air Force, so Aleksey Petrovich didn’t have to make a choice between the sky and the girls. By the way, Maresyev himself did not read the story about himself, as he said: “It was not possible”, although he still had a book.The legend man was not the only prototype of Meres'ev. Belousov, Grisenko, Kiselev, Kuzmin, Sorokin, Beletsky, Malikov also fought at the front. All of them were deprived of one or two limbs, and many were later marked by titles and orders, so Meresyev is still a collective image. Of course, the main contribution to the work of Field was the feat of Alexei Petrovich.
1946, Maresyev, was fired from service, although he did not petition for it. Alexei Petrovich already had a hard time, as the old wounds began to show up, and he took up the activity of training young pilots. His last flights took place already in the 50-ies, it was the completion of a brilliant heavenly stories hero.
We know Maresyev only as a great pilot, but he also had a master’s degree in history, was in public organizations. Until his death, this man did not succumb to ailments and surprised others with his cheerfulness. He lived not rich, but he never complained about his fate, and, being at the front, he did not even notice his physical disabilities. True, he dreamed of controlling the Aerocobra, but could not, as the design of these machines implies a foot brake, and with prostheses this was too great a risk.
Alexey Petrovich - an example of courage, will and vitality. He was not forced to retreat even such a serious obstacle as the loss of legs. He went to his dream, loved heaven and life, never was proud of his victories and did not even consider them feats. Maresyev simply could not imagine that it was possible to live somehow differently.
This amazing man died in 2001 the year before the meeting dedicated to his 85 anniversary.
Alexey Maresyev. The fate of the real man
The Great Patriotic War ended, but the country still needed heroes. The price of our victory turned out to be very high: millions of wounded, disabled, desperate and lost loved ones. Of course, all of them needed a living example of courage and will, which became Alexei Maresyev, a fighter pilot who lost both legs but returned to Aviation.
Almost everyone knew this name. The writer Boris Polevoi wrote a book about his exploit The Tale of a Real Man. Later, the story was translated into almost all languages of the world, a feature film was shot on it, and an opera of the same name was staged at the Bolshoi Theater.
But what was the real person in real life? After the beginning of “perestroika”, many myths of the Soviet era were debunked, they tried to do the same with the name of Maresyev. But his military exploits, as well as all post-war activities, turned out to be truly real ...
However, few people know that there were other pilots who flew without legs. The authors of the documentary talk about another Russian pilot - Seversky, as well as about the Englishman Douglas Bader, about the German Hans Ulrich Rudel.
The film is attended by people who knew Alexei Maresyev personally: residents of a small village who picked up a wounded pilot, fellow soldiers, director of the opera "A Tale of a Real Man." They tell previously unknown details of the well-known stories.
The Great Patriotic War ended, but the country still needed heroes. The price of our victory turned out to be very high: millions of wounded, disabled, desperate and lost loved ones. Of course, all of them needed a living example of courage and will, which became Alexei Maresyev, a fighter pilot who lost both legs but returned to Aviation.
Almost everyone knew this name. The writer Boris Polevoi wrote a book about his exploit The Tale of a Real Man. Later, the story was translated into almost all languages of the world, a feature film was shot on it, and an opera of the same name was staged at the Bolshoi Theater.
But what was the real person in real life? After the beginning of “perestroika”, many myths of the Soviet era were debunked, they tried to do the same with the name of Maresyev. But his military exploits, as well as all post-war activities, turned out to be truly real ...
However, few people know that there were other pilots who flew without legs. The authors of the documentary talk about another Russian pilot - Seversky, as well as about the Englishman Douglas Bader, about the German Hans Ulrich Rudel.
The film is attended by people who knew Alexei Maresyev personally: residents of a small village who picked up a wounded pilot, fellow soldiers, director of the opera "A Tale of a Real Man." They tell previously unknown details of the well-known stories.
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