Rimsky Vasiliy Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ In September 1941, he was called up by the Skopinsky district military Commissariat to the Red Army. Since October of the same year on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. He fought on the Leningrad and 2nd Belorussian fronts. He began his military career in the engineering and technical part, building pillboxes, bunkers and other structures on the defensive line near Leningrad. In one of the battles, the battalion commander was wounded, and Rimsky, himself wounded, took the commander to a safe place. In March 1942, he was sent to study at a sniper school. After a few months of study, he returned to the front near Leningrad. In the winter, in one of the heavy battles, carrying a wounded company commander from the battlefield, he was wounded in the leg. Member of the CPSU / CPSU since 1943. Later he fought as a medical instructor of the 340th rifle regiment of the 46th rifle division. On June 14, 1944, during the assault on a fortified area 8 km West of the city of Terioka, senior Sergeant Rimsky provided first aid to the soldiers for many hours under continuous enemy fire, and carried 25 seriously wounded from the battlefield. By order of July 6, 1944, senior Sergeant Vasiliy Rimsky was awarded the order of Glory of the 3rd degree. On January 15, 1945, during the battle for the city of Pultusk, senior Sergeant Rimsky carried 36 wounded soldiers and officers from the battlefield and provided them with first aid. At the same time, he destroyed 3 opponents with automatic fire. He was presented for the award of the order of Glory of the 2nd degree. On January 26, 1945, during the fighting at the crossing of the Sona river South of the city of Tsekhanow, Sergeant Rimsky took out 27 wounded soldiers and officers under heavy enemy fire, after which he supervised the evacuation of them. By order of February 3, 1945, senior Sergeant Vasiliy Rimsky was awarded the order of Glory of the 2nd degree. By order of February 27, 1945, senior Sergeant Vasiliy Rimsky was awarded the order of Glory of the 2-nd degree. In 1945, petty officer Rimsky was demobilized. Return home. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on September 23, 1969, Vasiliy Rimsky was awarded the order of Glory of the 1-st degree. Became a full knight of the order of Glory.