Born on March 25, 1923 in the village of Kabanya (now the Omsk Region). On October 20, 1941 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. Combat path: he was a gun commander on the Leningrad front from February 1942 to April 1942. From April 1943 to June 1943 he commanded a combat squad on the Central Front. From September 1943 to June 1944 V.A. Dolzhinin commanded the PTR department on the Bryansk front. Demobilized on December 20, 1945. Awards: Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree; anniversary awards. Buried: Tyumen region Khanty-Mansi district with. Kyshik.
