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Pyotr Sergeevich Klypa. Was born in 1926. Petya, along with his brother's family, lived in one of the commanders' houses outside the fortress, but just before the start of the war, on Saturday, June 21, 1941, for an unauthorized absence to Brest (an acquaintance musician from the city persuaded him to briefly go to the Brest stadium, where they that day, sports competitions, and play the trumpet in the orchestra there) received a punishment from his brother and stayed overnight in the barracks with another pupil of the music platoon Kolya Novikov. The friends woke up already from the explosions of shells that shook the fortress.
Here, in the barracks, Pyotr Klypa, from the first minutes of the war, joined a group of soldiers of the 333rd Infantry Regiment, who put up organized resistance to the Germans who had begun the assault on the fortress. The boy began to explore the fortress, carrying out orders from the commanders. On the second day of the war, Petya Klypa and Kolya Novikov, having gone on another reconnaissance, found an ammunition depot in one of the premises of the neighboring ring barracks, located on the other side of the Terespolsky Gate, not yet damaged by enemy bombs and shells. Thanks to this find, the defenders of the fortress, who fought in this area, were able to continue resistance for many more days.
Senior Lieutenant A.E. Potapov, who took command over the soldiers of the 333rd Regiment in the first hours of the war, made Klypa his messenger, and Petya rushed through the basements and dilapidated staircases of the building, carrying out his orders. Petya also made forays into the territory of the fortress more than once. Once he found a dilapidated medical warehouse in one place and brought bandages and some medicines to the basements of the barracks, which greatly helped many of the wounded. More than once Petya Klypa, risking his life, made sorties to the bank of the Bug behind the water so necessary for the defenders of the fortress.
When the situation of the defenders of the barracks worsened completely, the command decided to send women and children who were in the basements prisoner. Petya, as a teenager, was also offered to go prisoner with them. But the boy categorically refused this offer. Klypa took part in all further battles of Potapov's group.
In the first days of July, the ammunition was almost used up. Then it was decided to make a last desperate attempt at a breakthrough. It was supposed to break through not to the north, where the enemy was expecting attacks and kept large forces at the ready, but to the south, towards the Western Island, in order to then turn to the east, cross the Bug arm and pass the hospital on the Southern Island to get into the vicinity of Brest. This breakthrough ended in failure - most of its participants died or were captured. But Peter Klypa managed to swim across the Bug sleeve and, with several comrades, break through the ring of the Germans. For several days they wandered through the forest, making their way to the Southern military town of Brest. One night, exhausted to the limit, fighters literally lying down with fatigue settled down for the night in a forest glade, and in the morning they were surrounded and sleepy by the Nazis.
He was released from captivity only in 1945.
Here, in the barracks, Pyotr Klypa, from the first minutes of the war, joined a group of soldiers of the 333rd Infantry Regiment, who put up organized resistance to the Germans who had begun the assault on the fortress. The boy began to explore the fortress, carrying out orders from the commanders. On the second day of the war, Petya Klypa and Kolya Novikov, having gone on another reconnaissance, found an ammunition depot in one of the premises of the neighboring ring barracks, located on the other side of the Terespolsky Gate, not yet damaged by enemy bombs and shells. Thanks to this find, the defenders of the fortress, who fought in this area, were able to continue resistance for many more days.
Senior Lieutenant A.E. Potapov, who took command over the soldiers of the 333rd Regiment in the first hours of the war, made Klypa his messenger, and Petya rushed through the basements and dilapidated staircases of the building, carrying out his orders. Petya also made forays into the territory of the fortress more than once. Once he found a dilapidated medical warehouse in one place and brought bandages and some medicines to the basements of the barracks, which greatly helped many of the wounded. More than once Petya Klypa, risking his life, made sorties to the bank of the Bug behind the water so necessary for the defenders of the fortress.
When the situation of the defenders of the barracks worsened completely, the command decided to send women and children who were in the basements prisoner. Petya, as a teenager, was also offered to go prisoner with them. But the boy categorically refused this offer. Klypa took part in all further battles of Potapov's group.
In the first days of July, the ammunition was almost used up. Then it was decided to make a last desperate attempt at a breakthrough. It was supposed to break through not to the north, where the enemy was expecting attacks and kept large forces at the ready, but to the south, towards the Western Island, in order to then turn to the east, cross the Bug arm and pass the hospital on the Southern Island to get into the vicinity of Brest. This breakthrough ended in failure - most of its participants died or were captured. But Peter Klypa managed to swim across the Bug sleeve and, with several comrades, break through the ring of the Germans. For several days they wandered through the forest, making their way to the Southern military town of Brest. One night, exhausted to the limit, fighters literally lying down with fatigue settled down for the night in a forest glade, and in the morning they were surrounded and sleepy by the Nazis.
He was released from captivity only in 1945.
