From a high hill near the Klyuchi farmstead in the Butyrsky rural settlement of the Repevsky district of the Voronezh region, a beautiful landscape opens up for many kilometers. At the foot of the hill, the Potudan River runs like a thin, barely noticeable snake, and near it, there is a landscaped area with a spring. Now it is calm and peaceful here. As far as the eye can see, there is a green sea of meadows. The wind sways the feather grass. Only the Stella with a red star on the top of the hill reminds visitors that it was not always like this...

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August 21, 2025

In early July 1942, Nazi troops approached these areas. Having been repulsed near Moscow, in April 1942, the German command approved a new plan for a summer offensive on Russian lands called "Blau". Its implementation was supposed to deprive the Soviet Army of fuel, which was delivered from the Caucasus to the central part of the country.

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August 21, 2025

The 232nd separate machine-gun and artillery battalion, consisting of 800 people, occupied the line of the farmstead Drakino - Repyevka - Butyrki. The battalion included 400 young cadets of the Chkalovskaya military aviation school of riflemen-bombers (Orenburg), as well as officers after treatment in hospitals.

In early July, they entered into an unequal battle with fifty tanks supported by enemy aircraft on the Repyevka line. The battalion was almost completely destroyed. The heroism of the Ural cadets delayed the advance of the Nazi troops for two days. During this time, Soviet troops successfully consolidated their positions near the village of Korotoyak. This step completely destroyed the Germans' plans to block the Liski - Otrozhka railway, and did not allow Paulus' troops to consolidate their positions on the banks of the Don River in the vicinity of Voronezh.

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