Nikolai Travin
Nikolai Vasilyevich Travin () was an officer in the Red Army. He served during the Russian Civil War, First World War, Soviet westward offensive of 1918-19, Winter War and most notably in the Second World War where he commanded units in the Defense of Leningrad today known as St. Petersberg. Personal life Born in the village of Baryshskaya Slaboda, Surskoye Raion, Kuibyshev Oblast, little is known of Travin before his military service. He attended school in 1909 and secondary school in 1915. He married Yevgenia Nikolayevena Travina and had a son, Nikolai, and a daughter, Irina in 1921. Career In August 1918 at the age of 20, he joined the Imperial Army. During the Russian Civil War, Travin was a machine gun team commander serving with the 96th (Omsk) regiment, 24th Pskov Infantry Division. As the dust of the Russian Civil War settled, Travin either by choice or change in unit loyalty became a member of the Red Army, taking part in the Soviet Westward Offensive in Latvia and Estonia. During this short time he held several positions: 37mm battery commander (northeastern front), Chief of the stock of rifles and machine guns (Tatar Brigade (eastern front), and Chief of signals