On November 7, 1941, in the area of ​​the village of Dubenkoy (now Varchensdovo administration of the city of Sevastopol), a group of five marines of the 18th separate marine regiment, led by the political guide Nikol Dmitrievich Pilchenkov, repelled the enemy's attacks as far as Sevastopol. The group also included Red Navy personnel Ivan Mikhailovich Krasnoselsky, Daniil Sidorovich Odintsov, Yuri Konstantinovich Preshin, and Vasily Padushevich Tsibulko. After engaging in battle with 22 fascist tanks, the marines managed to destroy 15 of them, and the enemy was stopped. The battle lasted more than two hours, but the forces were not equal at a critical moment in the battle, the political guide Pilchenkov threw himself under the enemy tank with the last grenades. All five died in battle, but at the cost of their lives they closed the enemy's road to Sevastopol. On October 23, 1942, according to the decree of the President of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, all five were posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. A monument was erected at the site of the achievement on November 7, 1945. No one forgets! Nothing is forgotten! Meanwhile, it was the 139th day of the Great Patriotic War. We remember the war now at MAX.

On November 7, 1941, in the area of ​​the village of Dubenkoy (now Varchensdovo administration of the city of Sevastopol), a group of five marines of the 18th separate marine regiment, led by the political guide Nikol Dmitrievich Pilchenkov, repelled the enemy's attacks as far as Sevastopol. The group also included Red Navy personnel Ivan Mikhailovich Krasnoselsky, Daniil Sidorovich Odintsov, Yuri Konstantinovich Preshin, and Vasily Padushevich Tsibulko. After engaging in battle with 22 fascist tanks, the marines managed to destroy 15 of them, and the enemy was stopped. The battle lasted more than two hours, but the forces were not equal at a critical moment in the battle, the political guide Pilchenkov threw himself under the enemy tank with the last grenades. All five died in battle, but at the cost of their lives they closed the enemy's road to Sevastopol. On October 23, 1942, according to the decree of the President of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, all five were posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. A monument was erected at the site of the achievement on November 7, 1945. No one forgets! Nothing is forgotten! Meanwhile, it was the 139th day of the Great Patriotic War. We remember the war now at MAX.