Born on September 10, 1925 in the village of Ust-Menza, now Krasnochikoyskiy District of the Trans-Baikal territory in the family of an office workers. Russian. Member of the CPSU (b)/CPSU since 1945. In 1933, he moved with his parents to the city of Verkhneudinsk (since 1934 - Ulan-Ude). Here, in 1943, he graduated from the 8th grade of school #2._x000D_ He was drafted into the Red Army in January 1943 and after a short service in Irkutsk was enrolled in the Trans-Baikal Military Infantry School. In May 1944, after completing an accelerated course of training, he left for the front._x000D_ In June 1944, he enlisted in the 176th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 59th Guards Rifle Division and was appointed commander of a machine-gun platoon. Two months later, in August 1944, the division, which was being reorganized, left for the front and took up defense along the banks of the Dniester River. As a member of the guard division, Lieutenant Moskalev participated in the Iassyi-Kishinev operation, liberated Bendery, Belgorod-Dniester, and crossed the Danube River._x000D_ The commander of a machine-gun platoon of the 176th Guards Rifle Regiment (59th Guards Rifle Division, 46th Army, 2nd Ukrainian Front), Komsomol member Guards Lieutenant Georgiy Moskalev distinguished himself on December 4, 1944 when crossing the Danube River near the city of Erci (Hungary). Guards Lieutenant Moskalev with his machine-gunners crossed on the vanguard boat. The platoon's fire forced the enemy to retreat with heavy losses. Having occupied a small bridgehead, the soldiers firmly hold it, ensuring the crossing of the regiment's units. In the battle to hold and expand the bridgehead, he took command of the company, replacing the fallen commander. On the night of December 7, a company under his command captured the dominant height, and at dawn, pursuing the retreating enemy, cut the Budapest-Szekesfehervar road._x000D_ In one of the battles on the outskirts of the capital of Austria, Vienna, he was seriously wounded. In a hospital in Budapest, he learned about the high award._x000D_ By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945, for Exemplary performance of combat tasks of the command at the front in the fight against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown, Guards Lieutenant Georgiy Moskalev was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal._x000D_ After the Victory, he continued to serve in the army, on the territory of the Odessa Region. Since 1946, Captain G. Moskalev was the reserve._x000D_ After demobilization, he entered the Irkutsk Art School, and in 1951 became a student of the painting Department of the V. Surikov Moscow Art Institute. However, he could not graduate from the faculty for health reasons. He completed his studies in the workshop of B. Dekhtyarev._x000D_ Since 1957, he lived in the capital of Buryatia - Ulan-Ude. Became a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. The main subject of his works was the Great Patriotic War. G. Moskalev was the author of the paintings "Battle for the Danube", "Breakthrough", "Dawn", "One on one" and others. In 1975, he received the title of People's Artist of the Buryat ASSR. He was a laureate of the State Prize of the Buryat ASSR in the field of literature and art._x000D_ He died on March 3, 2011.