He was born on February 11, 1930 in the village of Khmelevka Shepetivka district, Kamenetz-Podolsk (since 1954 and until now — Khmelnitsky) of Ukraine to a peasant family.By the beginning of the war he had just moved to the sixth grade, but from the first days of the war began to fight with the German occupiers. In autumn 1941, together with his comrades killed the head of the gendarmerie field near the town of Shepetovka, threw a grenade at the car in which he was riding. Since 1942, took an active part in the partisan movement in Ukraine. First was the liaison Shepetovka underground organization, then participated in the fighting. From August 1943 — a partisan named Karmelyuka under komandovaniemI. A. Muzaleva was wounded twice. In October 1943, he discovered an underground telephone cable, which was soon undermined, and the connection invaders from Hitler's headquarters in Warsaw stopped. Also contributed to the undermining of the six trains and warehouse.October 29, 1943, being on patrol noticed executioners who were going to make a raid on the squad. After killing the officer, he raised an alarm because of his actions, the guerrillas managed to repulse the enemy.In the battle for the city Izjaslav February 16, 1944, was mortally wounded and died the next day. Buried in the middle of the park of the city Shepetovka. In 1958, Valentine was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
