Municipal Gymnasium Devoted to 65-anniversary of the Great Victory "The Soldier of the Victory Ivan Rubtsov" Made by Sizikh Kirill from 7”B” Teacher: Kirillova Raisa Petrovna
Ivan F. Rubtsov was born in a small railway station “Uzlovaya” and had lived there for 18years. He finished school №1 receiving school-leaving certificate with excellent marks. His classmates were P. I. Tyurin (the future secretary of town committee). N. Tregubov (the future Hero of the Soviet Union). Since that time I. F. Rubtsov has remembered his school teachers and is proud of his native town. He began to fly while he was a student of the flying school in Stalingrad. To be a pilot was his dream.
During the Great Patriotic war our glorified pilot from Uzlovaya took part in 397 air fights and brought down 17 enemy’s planes.
But he received the medal of a Hero «Golden Star» only 10 years ago!After the war I. F. Rubtsov has become a famous person. He graduated from Air Forse Academy. He was one of them who had met Yu. A. Gagarin. He is the author of “a black box”, a special construction in a plane. Nowadays Rubtsov is more 80 years old. He lives in the town of Odintsovo, not far from Moscow.
Ivan Fedorovich is a talented person. He is fond of music, literature, painting. He goes in for sport. By the way he is a president of tennis club in Odintsovo.Rubtsov can write poems. Some of them are devoted to his native land – Uzlovaya. They were published in the local newspaper “Znamya”.The author is proud of the native town. «Я верю в звезду путевую твою,Она, как звезда боевая,На подвиг зовёт за Отчизну свою.Ты –знамя моё, Узловая!»
The life and work of Ivan Rubtsov is great example for all young people.I am proud of this legendary person, my countryman.