(material is received from archives of KGB USSR, style of a statement and lexicons are kept. I reduce it. The enclosed witness indications of the daughter are not allocated separately)

1879 of birth, he is native of Rostov-on-Don city, Russian, had education in volume of church school, the member of CPSU since 1905. His trade is driver of a steam locomotive.

The personal pensioner lived at Shakhty city of the Rostov region.

Klimenko Ivan Timofeevich, is the son of the worker, worked as mechanic of the main Vladicaucasus's railway workshops in Rostov - on - Don city, in 1905 has entered in RSDWP (b) and had active participation in revolutionary struggle against zar's autocracy, for that some times was arrested by czar's secret service and sent in the remote places of Russia.

Within civil war, Klimenko was on responsible posts in Red army - was the commissioner of Management of the military messages of 10-th army.

For the special energy shown in battle actions on Zaritzin's front, Klimenko has received gratitude personally from V. Lenin (this part of the frase is underlined in the document. - rem. SAM)

After a victory of Great October socialist revolution Klimenko, being the patient from the received wounds on fronts of civil war and were on pensions, has accepted active participation in restoration of a national economy and socialist construction. Klimenko has organized and has headed construction first in Shakhty city of a tram and felt factory.

During Patriotic war Klimenko by condition of health could not accept personal participation in struggle against German intruders.

He carried out to front two sons, Boris and Georgy. He has given them the order to be worthy sons of the Native land and ruthlessly to destroy German soldiers. Both of his sons were lost on fronts of Patriotic war.

Before occupation of Shakhty city by German-fascist armies in 1942 Klimenko with the wife and daughter was evacuated in rear of the country, but in transits on a ferry through the river of Don was wounded and is compelled to come back in occupied by fascists Shakhty city.

Despite of a heavy condition of health, Klimenko having appeared in occupied city has joined in struggle against fascists. From among Soviet patriots has organized resistance group, which fights against fascists and distributed the antifascist leaflets.

Treacherous hand and Gestapo have torn off begun by Klimenko struggle against intruders.

On October 5, 1942 Klimenko was arrested by the chastisers and is placed in Shakhty's prison of SD (on rumors, it was roofing felts under a spiritual seminary - now STICS, or maybe roofing felts on Lenin street, under a present office of passport service).

Klimenko held self firmly were exposing crucifying in SD answering to executors by contempt on interrogations.

On October 11, 1942 Klimenko among other arrested persons was taken out to a place of execution on mine "Krasin". At moment of execution Klimenko, making angry speech to executors, were at edges of a mine pit, has seized one German - Gestapo, which tried to interrupt Klimenko' speech, and has carried away him behind itself in a pit of mine.

(material signed by the secretary of Shakhty's city committee of CPSU Maiakov also is certified chief of 4-th branch of 2 department UKGB Rostov region by the lieutenant colonel Cisoev 29.04.1959)

In the conclusion spoken, that Klimenko I.T. deserve of assignment to him of a rank of the Hero of the Soviet Union.