Rank: Captain. _x000D_ Branch of service: Artillery. _x000D_ Duty station: 385th Krichev Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Division._x000D_ In 1939-1940, he took part in The Soviet-Finnish war, where he was wounded. Since 1941, he participated in the fighting of the Second world war on the Western and 1st Belorussian Fronts, 1266th Rifle Regiment, 385th Division, 10 Army, 65 Army. He began his military service in December 1941 with the defense of Moscow. He was shell-shocked on 10.01.1942._x000D_ "Comrade Sabaev has been in the regiment since he was formed as the Political Officer of the company. In the battles for the villadge of Krutaya comrade Sabaev with his company went along with the riflemen to the rear of the enemy, his personal example inspired the feat of fighters, personally destroyed a machine-gun point with its crew from a mortar and suppressed two mortar points. Soldiers of the company, which was led by comrade Sabaev, during the fighting, up to 100 Germans were destroyed."_x000D_ "Comrade Sabaev during the period of being in the reserve battery of officers of the army Command as a platoon commander by hard work has achieved significant success in training platoon and battery commanders to provide artillery units of the army. With deep knowledge and the correct formulation of the educational process, he managed to prepare and provide the active units with trained officers. Among his students there were 25 officers who were awarded Government awards only for the period of fighting since 26.06.1944. Combat training and discipline is at a high level among the battery platoons. In the period of preparation for the breakthrough of a strongly fortified enemy line in the area of Bobruisk, comrade Sabaev, along with the training of officers, had a number of assignments for the staffing and placement of officers, with which he coped well. For the training and education of reserve officers, comrade Sabaev fully deserves the Government award of the Order of the Red Star."_x000D_ "First Lieutenant G. Sabaev works in the personnel Department of the army and shows himself as an experienced officer who knows his job perfectly. Correctly organized the work on record keeping and staffing of artillery units of the army, and clearly put the case of record keeping in the Department. During the preparation and breakthrough of the long-term German defense in the Parichi-Bobruisk area, crossing the Narev River and holding the bridgehead on the West Bank of the Narev River, comrade Sabaev spent most of the time in the battle formations of the army's artillery units, where he was directly engaged in recruiting officers on the ground and carried out a lot of work on record keeping and awarding. With his hard work and energy, efficiency and fearlessness, he achieved significant results in his work, earned respect for good work and professional knowledge from artillery units. For skillful and correct work on record keeping and manning artillery units with officers, for personal courage and bravery shown in performing urgent tasks of the command comrade Sabaev deserved the government award of the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree."