Krympress reports:
The veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Claudia Vasilievna Shmatko, passed away at the age of 98. The Evpatoriy City Council and the city administration express deep condolences to the relatives and friends of Claudia Vasilievna. This is an irreparable loss and a huge pain for all residents of Yevpatoria.
Claudia Vasilievna was born on February 1, 1927 in Gelendzhik. When the war began, the girl graduated from six classes. School buildings were given to the hospitals, and the children had to study in three shifts. In 1942, the Germans were very bombing and were already approaching Novorossiysk, so it was decided to evacuate children from 10 to 16 years old through Tuapse. The guys, along with their accompanying, had to walk about 160 kilometers on foot, but along the way they fell under the bombing. From the death of Claudius and three other girls were saved by a friend. A few days later, the girl managed to find her mother, but their house was destroyed, and a grandmother died under his debris. Together with her mother, Claudius was hiding in the gorge near Gelendzhik, where all the inhabitants of the city were hidden. Later she left for her uncle, in 1943 she returned home when the Soviet troops went on the offensive. Then the girl turned 16 years old, and she decided to join the army. Together with the other guys, Claudius forged the documents, adding herself a couple of years to adulthood, and went to the front. Claudia served as a radio operator on the battery, participated in the liberation of the Caucasus, Crimea, Ukraine, Romania, Czechoslovakia, where she met the victory. She was awarded the medal «For the Defense of the Caucasus» and the medal «For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.»
Claudia Vasilievna went through the most difficult tests of war, protecting our future. Her feat is a story that we must store and transmit to new generations— said the head of the city Galina Gerasimova.
Source: press service of the Evpatoria Administration
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