Inscriptions on a monument: «the Glory to soldiers of the river and firemen of the Volga pool - to heroes of civil war, defenders Red Tsaritsyn» «Never the Soviet people will forget the courageous sons of the Volga who has glorified in fights for Stalingrad» the Fire steamship "Gasitel" has been constructed at Sormovsky ship-building factory in 1903, till 1926 bore a name "Tsarev". In 1918-1919 of "Gasitel" was the direct participant of civil war. The most high-speed and maneuverable, it transported parts of Red Army, went on reconnaissance, accompanied the ships with an ammunition. The open cabin has been imposed by bales with a clap, on a deck stood a gun and machine guns.« Гаситель »on war fire the Stalingradsky epopee for"Gasitelja"has begun on July, 27th, 1942 when in area Erzovka the enemy has set fire to a caravan with oil. A courageous command, risking a life, has rescued a caravan, has taken away barges with oil in Shadrinsk a creek. At the height of Stalingradsky fight of"Gasitel"worked on crossings. The vessel received numerous holes, the command repaired it by own strength, without coming in затон. Constantly it was necessary to pump out the water arriving in a vessel from holes... All fiery days of navigation of 1942 For courage the captain of a steamship Peter Vasilevich Vorobev were such has been awarded the order the Red Banner. In the middle of October honeycombed"Gasitel"has sunk. But in the spring of 1943 a vessel have lifted from a bottom and have repaired. After war the ship bore even more two years the hard watch. Already after write-off and secondary stay on a river bed ге­роический the ship has been restored and became a monument-museum.

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