Rank: Foreman. Type of troops: Armored and mechanized troops. Division: 3rd tank red banner division Bikmetov Ravil Salimgarayevich was born on August 20, 1923. The village of Busovaca of the Bashkir ASSR. In 1941, the Galloaral RVC of the Samarkand region got to study at the Tashkent mortar and machine gun school. In August 1942, having failed to pass the state exams for military rank, he was sent to the defense of Stalingrad with the rank of Sergeant. Received an award for "defense of Stalingrad". He received the" medal for bravery " in the battles near Kursk for completing a combat mission. On December 15, 1943, he was wounded in the battle of Kursk. After treatment in the hospital on February 23, 1944, he arrived in the unit. Then he was sent to study at UTP. From 22.05.1944, a cadet driver-mechanic. After the end of the UTP, he was sent to the 103rd tank Sevsk red banner of the order of B. Khmelnitsky and Kutuzov brigades. He took part in the battles for the liberation of Belarus, Poland, and Germany from fascism. I reached Berlin. Awarded Medals for the liberation of Warsaw, for the liberation of Berlin. I met the victory in Berlin. From 1945 to 1948, he Served in Germany as a tank driving instructor at the tank farm. In 1948, he was discharged and went to Uzbekistan in Angren. He worked on an excavator as an excavator driver at a Coal mine. He retired in 1983. After the war, he raised 5 children, 9 grandchildren and has 11 great-grandchildren. He always taught patriotism and a sense of love for the Motherland. We are proud of you! Eternal memory!