The body of the dead hero was found only 10 years later after the war. The dead hero was still lying in the trench with a rifle in his hands. In 1965 Lieutenant Viktor Usov was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
The name of the brave commander Viktor Usov was included into the list of staff, and every day when they read out the order of combat staff appointment for border protection at first they read the name of the brave soldier.
The monument to border guards was erected on the territory of the frontier post № 1 named after Hero of the Soviet Union V.M.Usov. It is a soldier on a special pedestal. There is a museum in the frontier post. All exhibits are authentic. They were found on the place of the June battle. Even today you can find rusty bullets in the village Usovo - evidences of fierce fighting that took place here in the summer of 1941.
