My father, Kostya Butylin with his mother, 1912.

(From the story “Forgive me, dear”).

Our family, having left our own house in Titovo, moved and settled on the Bulkovo farm, Solnechnogorsk district, three years before the start of the Great Patriotic War.

Two linden and two birch alleys, an old two-story wooden house made of thick logs hewn on both sides and processed with planes, helped to make the assumption that previously, most likely before the revolution, wealthy people lived there.

The birch alleys by that time (1941-59) were already old, and they were 150-200 years old. This suggests that residents appeared in Bulkovo in the years 1730-1750.

I learned that the first owner was Lieutenant Fyodor Ivanovich Stramoukhov. Mezhevaya dated July 7, 1770. The plan was drawn up by Biryulev in 1863, while replenishing the archive of the land survey book.
The situation is plotted from the county plan. Shower in Seltso 9. This Seltso has a long history and is marked on Schubert's map from 1860...

About a hundred meters downstream of our river, high embankments were still preserved, closely adjacent to the stream, and they said that a dam was once built here, which was later washed away by spring floods...

It was impossible to live in a large house due to its dilapidation, so a simple, one-story, log house with a large yard for farming was built for living there.

The head of the family, Konstantin Vasilyevich, before the war worked as chairman of a collective farm in the village of Titovo, Dmitrovsky district. Whether he left the chairman's post of his own free will, or resigned due to other circumstances - the information has not been preserved.

All that is known for certain is that having moved to a new place of residence with his family, he fit perfectly into the forest environment, acquired livestock, bees and began to live in a forest lodge, working as a forestry worker.

This circumstance most likely indicates that he resigned from the collective farm of his own free will, having looked at this place in advance, he agreed to work and move to the farm with the forester of the Redinsky forestry, S.D. Polyakov.

But I had doubts that he left the post of chairman of the collective farm on his own, only because in later times, the Soviet and present past, they did not part with management posts at their own discretion.

Apparently, the father was an exception to the rule, and life, far from “civilization”, in the silence of the forest wilderness, seemed, for him and his family, more attractive and calm.

On a hill, from the top of which four tributaries of the Lutosni River begin, flowing into the Sestra River, from where the Klyazma River originates, this farm was located.

Five kilometers from it stood the village of Kochergino, and three kilometers away was Putyatino. At the same distance from us, where previously on a huge field, there was a village. Selivanovo, there was only one house left in which the Volkov family lived...

...This farm deserves special mention because it is directly related to our family.
The fact is that before the revolution, the village of Selivanovo was a large settlement and it belonged, like the neighboring village. Stegarev, Vasily Petrovich Bykov. It is still unknown what rank Vasily Petrovich held, but his father, Pyotr Afanasyevich Bykov, held the position of court councilor.

And this rank in the table of ranks corresponds to an army lieutenant colonel, or a Cossack military foreman. Their relative is Khlopova (wife, mother, grandmother, unknown). But together they also owned the village of Nikolskoye and the village of Rekino, near the city of Solnechnogorsk.

So a young and beautiful girl named Maria Butylina worked as a maid for Vasily Petrovich Bykov. Their relationship with the owner was very good, and then developed into closer ones. The result of this was the birth of my father, Konstantin Vasilyevich Butylin, in 1909. For some reason, she did not marry her master, although he, according to the grandmother herself, offered her to become his wife.

The grandmother insisted on leaving and moved to Moscow, where in 1909 she had a son, who was named Konstantin. The landowner turned out to be a respectable person: he helped her buy an apartment and gave her a decent amount of money for living expenses.

Whether they later maintained a relationship or not - history is silent, and there is no one to ask - everyone passed away; some due to old age, and some carried away by war, or illnesses associated with injuries. And when they were still alive, us young people were of little interest in the history of the family, and it was not fashionable to advertise our origins, which were associated with a class that was hostile at that time...

Dear veterans! The younger generation of Moscow police officers!
We are celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Great Victory. On May 9, 1945, the bloodiest war ended. On this day, with tears in our eyes, we honored our victorious soldiers and mourned the fallen.
I congratulate you on the occasion! I wish veterans strength of spirit, health, prosperity, and not to lose the ability to enjoy life. After all, despite any difficulties and grief, she is beautiful!
Addressing young people, I want to recall the words of Marshal Zhukov’s testament that is still relevant today: “I would encourage young people to take care of everything connected with the Great Patriotic War. But it is especially important to remember: front-line soldiers live among you. Don't forget them in the hustle and bustle of life... Treat them with sensitivity and respect. This is a very small price to pay for everything they did for you from '41 to '45." Veterans and those who fell in the war knew how to believe in victory and defeat the insidious enemy. The living must remember this and honor them!
I wish you, the current generation of Moscow police officers, to create strong families, raise children and serve honestly!

N.N. Butylin,
Chairman of the Council of Veterans of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Southern Administrative District of Moscow

The contribution of retired police colonel Nikolai Nikolaevich Butylin to the work of the Moscow police is enormous. Dear person, veteran of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, chairman of the Council of Veterans of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Southern Administrative District, founder of a large police dynasty. And despite his age, he is still in service. His opinion is listened to, his advice is followed... But these lines, written by his friend, the writer and poet Evgeny Gryaznov, seem to be dedicated to him.

We knew how to do our job -
Let the orchestral brass thunder!
We are getting old, friend, we are getting old,
Only we are not allowed to become outdated!

In the very first days of the Great Patriotic War, Nikolai Butylin’s father went to the front. Now he, the eldest son, became the mother’s only support. His three other brothers and sister were very young. And Nikolai did not disappoint. Having matured beyond his years under the weight of enormous responsibility, he saved his family and helped his fellow villagers survive.
Tver region. Village Zabolotye. The Butylin family lived here. Every day, fifteen-year-old Nikolai listened to front-line reports. They were disappointing. The Soviet troops were retreating... The echoes of the fighting were already audible. To have somewhere to hide from the shelling, Nikolai dug a shelter. I brought logs from the forest, made a roll, and covered the floor with hay. The exit was located under the fence so that it would not be visible. But a falling shell destroyed the dugout.
“My grandfather taught me everything I knew,” says Butylin. - He was a jack of all trades - a carpenter, a joiner, a tinsmith, and a cooper... He told me: “Look and do as I do!”
Knowing that if the village were occupied, the Germans would take all the food from the population, Nikolai dug holes at night. Together with my mother, I put tubs of grain, meat, cucumbers, cabbage there... Having buried them, I leveled them. In the underground he hid potatoes and a Singer sewing machine, the most expensive thing in the family.
And then a terrible thing happened. In the winter of 1942, the village found itself in German-occupied territory. But the Germans did not stop there. The reason for this was a partisan detachment hiding in the neighboring forest.
The fighting in those places was terrible. When our offensive began, the Germans were leaving, burning the villages to the ground. Zabolotye did not escape this fate either. Together with his fellow villagers, Nikolai found himself in the forest. Winter. Freezing. A lighted fire could do little to help. And then Butylin remembered the collective farm pit where potatoes were stored before the war. I went to check. The pit, covered with logs and straw and covered with earth, has been preserved.
Nikolai dragged a small cast-iron stove there and brought fellow villagers. Here, warming up, not only the locals survived, but also our soldiers who liberated those places.
“Eight kilometers from us, in the village of Borovka, my mother’s sister lived. She had five children, her husband was at the front,” says the veteran. - Her mother was very worried about her. And I had a favorite horse, Zorka, and I hid it from the Germans as best I could. On it I set off. As soon as I left the forest and entered an open field, a German “frame” flies. The plane is like this. And then there was a machine gun burst. Bullets are whistling, I clung to Zorka - help me out, they say! Helped me out. They hid with her in the forest. The snow is up to her belly, the frost is 40 degrees. We’re making our way through the forest, and I’m thinking: if I get off my horse, I’ll freeze. We need to go ahead. And there you can hear shells exploding. But I decided: come what may...
Borovka turned out to be intact; upon entering it, the rider was stopped by a sentry. Nikolai was brought to headquarters. The officer began asking who he was and where he was going. And he, chattering his teeth, asked that first they let him warm up and eat something. When he was fed cabbage soup and pearl barley porridge, he told the officer everything he knew. The Butylin village of Zabolotye was liberated by the Central Front, and Borovka, where Nikolai arrived, was liberated by Kalininsky. Communication between the fronts was poor, and Nikolai’s information about where the fighting was going on, where the Germans were now, turned out to be very useful.
The aunt's family survived. After spending the night with her, the next morning Nikolai set off on his way back. His mother was delighted with the news. Now they had a place to wait out the harsh winter. They dug up and transported there the supplies hidden on Nikolai’s initiative, which saved two of their families from starvation, and also helped their neighbors survive.
And soon Nikolai lost his Zorka. The horse stepped on a mine and was torn to pieces. The boy riding in the sleigh, Butylin’s friend, miraculously survived. He was saved by the chest on which he was sitting.
- He came to the village, crying. There is no more Zorka. I say, what should we do now, people are being killed... It was a pity, of course, she was very sorry. Without Zorka, we had to carry everything on ourselves,” says Butylin. - When winter ended, my mother invited us to stay in Borovka, but my brother and I decided to return to our native village. They dug a dugout on the site of our burnt house. I brought the frame and door from Borovka. Nobody taught me, but by some inspiration I was able to build a Russian stove. Made furniture. And then an unexpected joy - my father came for two days...
The elder Nikolai Butylin fought near Moscow, Smolensk, Rzhev, Vyazma. Together with his fellow soldiers he was surrounded. Came out of it. I walked to Volokolamsk, passing five kilometers from my village, but did not enter. Duty called him first of all to report to headquarters. There was almost nothing left of his division then. When a new one was formed, Butylin was sent home. This was his last meeting with his family. Leaving, as if sensing that he would not return, he said, assessing his son’s deeds: “Now I can calmly die.” He died near Stalingrad.
But during the war years, Nikolai Butylin lived not only by caring for his family and fellow villagers. He actively helped the partisans with food and informed them about the movements of the Germans. He took part in artillery shelling, bringing shells to our artillerymen together with his friends. No one forced them to risk their lives, but they considered it their duty. His friend Alexey Erofeev led our soldiers through the swamp, leading them to the village occupied by the Germans from the rear, and the village was liberated.
And then came May 9, 1945. Everyone cried, because not a single house escaped disaster. Some died at the front, others died of hunger. All four of the neighbors' sons died. Auntie’s husband returned from the front as an invalid, without feet. But the main thing is that we won! For life…
Every year Nikolai Nikolaevich Butylin comes to his village. Remember those years, remember those who have passed on and swim in the Shosha River.
- Native land and river. “They give me and my children and grandchildren strength,” the veteran admits. - We return from this trip refreshed... And every time I think that God forbid that the next generations experience the horror that befell us.

After the war, Nikolai Butylin came to work for the police. He began his service in Tver, then worked in the legendary MUR, and headed the Sovetskoye District Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow. He has 42 years of service behind him. After the unification of the Sovetsky, Proletarsky and Krasnogvardeisky districts into the Southern District, in 1992 Nikolai Nikolaevich Butylin created and headed the Council of Veterans of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Southern Administrative District. From that moment on, his life became inextricably linked with caring for veterans and educating the younger generation of employees.
Anniversary days are the most troublesome time for members of the Veterans Council. Plans for the celebrations are extensive - a concert at the Internal Affairs Directorate with the invitation of 47 veterans, visiting 35 people at home with the presentation of greeting cards, material assistance and food orders, summing up the results of a photo competition for the 65th anniversary of the Victory, opening a museum in the Internal Affairs Directorate in the Biryulyovo Vostochny district, holding a sports celebration at the Trud stadium, laying wreaths at the monument at the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Southern Administrative District, flowers at all memorial plaques of fallen police officers in the regional police departments.
“The main thing is not to leave any of the veterans without congratulations,” Nikolai Nikolaevich worries. - Despite their difficult life today, the first thing they ask is that they not be forgotten.

Tatiana SMIRNOVA.
Photo from the personal archive of N.N. Butylin

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