In this report, dedicated to the folklore of the war years, the author decided to illustrate photographs from the family archive and from the archives of the inhabitants of the village of Dinskaya, Krasnodar region, accompanying them with small historical comments. The Cossacks of the village of Dinskaya are the descendants of the famous Zaporozhye Cossacks, resettled by Tsarina Catherine II in the 18th century from the banks of the Dnieper to the Kuban. Cossacks by social class are military. They took the most active part in the Great Patriotic War. On the eve of the holiday - Victory Day over the fascist invaders, which is especially widely and solemnly celebrated among the Cossack population, I would like to remember with a kind word the great feat of our ancestors, who fought with the enemy without sparing their lives, and preserved with their heroism peace, happiness and freedom for us. Yes, we live because they died for us, so let us give them the honors they deserve. Blessed memory of them