Rank: Red Army Soldier_x000D_ Unit: 277th Infantry Roslavl Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division. _x000D_ _x000D_ Sergeantov Gerasim Zakharovich, Red Army soldier, 1903-1977. _x000D_ Place of birth: the village of Yamshchina, Insar region of the Mordovian ASSR. _x000D_ Place and date of conscription: June 1, 1942, Insar Military Comissariat of Insar region of the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. _x000D_ Place of service: Ground Forces, Stalingrad Front, 734th Infantry Regiment, 277th Infantry Division. _x000D_ Gerasim Zakharovich was married to Olga Mikhailovna Ladanova, had four children: Mikhail, Vasily, Anna, Alexander. The combat path of Gerasim Sergeantov began in June 1942 with the defense of Stalingrad. On September 13, 1942, in the combat for the Grachi borough of the Stalingrad region, as a result of a wound in the left shin, the shooter of 734th Rifle Regiment of the 277th Rifle Division was taken to the Medical Battalion, where his leg was amputated. _x000D_ The Red Army soldier Sergeant was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. Despite the amputation of his leg, Gerasim Zakharovich continued to fight. He and his comrades liberated Stary Oskol in May 1943, then Belgorod, Kremenchug, in 1944: Kirovograd, Znamenka, Rodnikovka, Vatutino, then his path went through Moldova to Romania-Orshova, Velika Planu, Selevats, Raikovats, Ripan, Sarhat, then through Croatia to Hungary - Bolman, Dravaszabolts, Adolyas, Sanyozro, Kastelosdombo, Horomoru, in 1945 Kislang, Deg, Ozora, Mesozilas, Pinskheli, Balatokarattia to Lower Austria - Aspang-Markt ...