Soldiers chemists of the Dnieper flotilla in the battle for the liberation of Soviet Belarus
The article is devoted to a little known fact from the history of chemical troops - the feat of sailors of the 66th separate detachment of smoke masking and decontamination during the Belarusian offensive operation «Bagration». As a result of the work on the material of the article, the name of the hero from Kostroma who fought in the 66th separate detachment of smoke masking and decontamination and awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union was established. The undertaken study out can serve as a basis for further work on the history of chemical troops, carrying out activities on patriotic education of the younger generation.