Gerasimov Gregory Grigorievich
My grandfather, Gerasimov Grigory Grigorievich, was born on April 25, 1906 in the village of Vasilevo, Balakhninsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod province of the Russian Empire (now the city of Chkalovsk is the regional center of the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia) in the family of the Gerasimovs Grigory Vasilyevich and Anna Stepanovna. Later, the family moved to the city of Kazan, TASSR. In 1931, after graduating from the Cheboksary Pedagogical College, Grigory Grigorievich was sent as a teacher to the village of Charly in the Takanysh region of the TASSR. The Charlene period was perhaps the brightest in his life. He loved this village, its inhabitants, its rich nature, as well as the nature and inhabitants of the neighboring village of Novotroitsk (now defunct), where he met a beautiful girl - Anna Sergeevna Kormiltseva, who became his wife and mother of his children. In the village of Charly, Gerasimov Grigory Grigorievich taught children, directly participated in the creation of the collective farms "Red October" and "New Life", carried out various public assignments, which in those days (and now the same) were entrusted to teachers, or at least never did not do without their participation. In early September 1933, Grigory Grigorievich returned to Kazan. He returned not alone, but with his wife Anna Sergeevna, whom, secretly from her parents, he took from the village of Novotroitsk. Why secretly? Everything is very simple: no matter how they respected him in those parts, they were afraid to give their daughters in marriage to city people, considering them "useless" in life, that is, not practical. In Kazan, from 1933 to 1941, Grigory Grigorievich worked at a thermal power station, then at a machine-building plant, and then at the Republican Library. His wife Anna graduated from the Kazan paramedic and obstetric school (now it is the Kazan Medical College). In 1938, the firstborn, Georgy, was born in a young family. And three years later the war began ... My grandfather was called to the front on June 24, 1941 by the Bauman District Military Commissariat of the city of Kazan, TASSR. He fought on the Western Front. He served in an artillery regiment as a battery commander, and later as a battalion commander. In January 1942, when an enemy shell hit a hut, next to which there was a gun, near which my grandfather was located, he fell asleep. During deployment, one of the soldiers saw a felt boot sticking out from under a pile of earth and bricks. The footwear of the officer corps differed from the footwear of the privates and the soldiers recognized the commander by this felt boot. They dug it open, and since it showed no signs of life, they left it at the battlefield. One of the orderlies of the funeral team, when they were picking up the bodies, noticed that one of them had a barely noticeable hand twitching. Grandpa was sent to the hospital. His wife, Anna Sergeevna, received a death notice for him. After the hospital, my grandfather returned to the front. He continued to serve in his artillery regiment. Towards autumn he had an epileptic seizure. Apparently, a severe concussion made itself felt. After the seizure recurred after a while, Grigory Grigorievich turned to the medical unit. After that he was sent on home leave, and then - to the hospital, where he was treated for a long time. In 1943 he was discharged and returned home. In the same year, the family moved to live in the Lubyany village of the Takanysh (now Kukmorsky) region of the TASSR. Despite his disability, grandfather got a job at the Voronezh Forestry Institute, which during the war was evacuated to the village of Lubyany. There he headed the military department, later moved to work at the Lubyanka Forestry Technical School, where he taught military training, physics, mathematics. Later he worked at the Lubyanka evening school from the day it was opened. Four daughters were born in the Gerasimov family: Lyudmila (1943), Valentina (1946), Galina and Natalia (1949) The eldest son George died in 1942 at the age of 4 from a transient form of tuberculosis. In 1979, grandfather and grandmother moved to live in Kazan. For military merits Grigory Grigorievich Gerasimov was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of the First Degree, the medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", for labor activity after demobilization - the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 ", as well as jubilee medals. Grandfather died on 04.09.1996 at the age of 90. He was buried in the cemetery of the Lubyany village of the Kukmorsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan. My grandfather was an intelligent, educated person, he drew well, played the guitar, sang. He was a caring husband and a wonderful father, loving grandfather and great-grandfather. My older children still remember his instructive stories from life ... What was he like a citizen of his country? - His military and labor services to the Motherland speak volumes about this. And, perhaps, this ... Entry from the personal diary of Grigory Grigorievich Gerasimov: "April 27, 1939 Kazan Every year I forget that April 25 is my birthday and I do not celebrate this day with anything. I turned 33 a month old, and time passes quickly, and I cannot but recall my young years without some sadness.For all the years I lived, I was just learning to live, preparing for life, but did I work? Yes, I worked! I have already managed to invest a grain in socialist construction - with my diligence, two collective farms have been organized, the New Life collective farm in Charlakh and the Red October collective farm in Postnikovo, Takanysh district of the TASSR. I worked on this collective farm ("New Life"), put a lot of effort into it, and now I can say, not without pride, that these collective farms are flourishing. Yes, I am satisfied. But was that the only one I did? I look back on the path of life and see that everywhere and always I tried to be at the height of the position of a Citizen ... "Grandfather was an interesting storyteller, but he did not like to talk about the war. He never went to meetings with war veterans who were arranged in schools and other educational institutions. He thanked for the invitation and politely refused ... But until the end of his life he treasured the honor of an officer and in various difficult life situations always said: "I am a Soviet officer, how can I not act according to honor" ...
Gerasimov Gregory Grigorievich
My grandfather, Gerasimov Grigory Grigorievich, was born on April 25, 1906 in the village of Vasilevo, Balakhninsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod province of the Russian Empire (now the city of Chkalovsk is the regional center of the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia) in the family of the Gerasimovs Grigory Vasilyevich and Anna Stepanovna. Later, the family moved to the city of Kazan, TASSR. In 1931, after graduating from the Cheboksary Pedagogical College, Grigory Grigorievich was sent as a teacher to the village of Charly in the Takanysh region of the TASSR. The Charlene period was perhaps the brightest in his life. He loved this village, its inhabitants, its rich nature, as well as the nature and inhabitants of the neighboring village of Novotroitsk (now defunct), where he met a beautiful girl - Anna Sergeevna Kormiltseva, who became his wife and mother of his children. In the village of Charly, Gerasimov Grigory Grigorievich taught children, directly participated in the creation of the collective farms "Red October" and "New Life", carried out various public assignments, which in those days (and now the same) were entrusted to teachers, or at least never did not do without their participation. In early September 1933, Grigory Grigorievich returned to Kazan. He returned not alone, but with his wife Anna Sergeevna, whom, secretly from her parents, he took from the village of Novotroitsk. Why secretly? Everything is very simple: no matter how they respected him in those parts, they were afraid to give their daughters in marriage to city people, considering them "useless" in life, that is, not practical. In Kazan, from 1933 to 1941, Grigory Grigorievich worked at a thermal power station, then at a machine-building plant, and then at the Republican Library. His wife Anna graduated from the Kazan paramedic and obstetric school (now it is the Kazan Medical College). In 1938, the firstborn, Georgy, was born in a young family. And three years later the war began ... My grandfather was called to the front on June 24, 1941 by the Bauman District Military Commissariat of the city of Kazan, TASSR. He fought on the Western Front. He served in an artillery regiment as a battery commander, and later as a battalion commander. In January 1942, when an enemy shell hit a hut, next to which there was a gun, near which my grandfather was located, he fell asleep. During deployment, one of the soldiers saw a felt boot sticking out from under a pile of earth and bricks. The footwear of the officer corps differed from the footwear of the privates and the soldiers recognized the commander by this felt boot. They dug it open, and since it showed no signs of life, they left it at the battlefield. One of the orderlies of the funeral team, when they were picking up the bodies, noticed that one of them had a barely noticeable hand twitching. Grandpa was sent to the hospital. His wife, Anna Sergeevna, received a death notice for him. After the hospital, my grandfather returned to the front. He continued to serve in his artillery regiment. Towards autumn he had an epileptic seizure. Apparently, a severe concussion made itself felt. After the seizure recurred after a while, Grigory Grigorievich turned to the medical unit. After that he was sent on home leave, and then - to the hospital, where he was treated for a long time. In 1943 he was discharged and returned home. In the same year, the family moved to live in the Lubyany village of the Takanysh (now Kukmorsky) region of the TASSR. Despite his disability, grandfather got a job at the Voronezh Forestry Institute, which during the war was evacuated to the village of Lubyany. There he headed the military department, later moved to work at the Lubyanka Forestry Technical School, where he taught military training, physics, mathematics. Later he worked at the Lubyanka evening school from the day it was opened. Four daughters were born in the Gerasimov family: Lyudmila (1943), Valentina (1946), Galina and Natalia (1949) The eldest son George died in 1942 at the age of 4 from a transient form of tuberculosis. In 1979, grandfather and grandmother moved to live in Kazan. For military merits Grigory Grigorievich Gerasimov was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of the First Degree, the medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", for labor activity after demobilization - the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 ", as well as jubilee medals. Grandfather died on 04.09.1996 at the age of 90. He was buried in the cemetery of the Lubyany village of the Kukmorsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan. My grandfather was an intelligent, educated person, he drew well, played the guitar, sang. He was a caring husband and a wonderful father, loving grandfather and great-grandfather. My older children still remember his instructive stories from life ... What was he like a citizen of his country? - His military and labor services to the Motherland speak volumes about this. And, perhaps, this ... Entry from the personal diary of Grigory Grigorievich Gerasimov: "April 27, 1939 Kazan Every year I forget that April 25 is my birthday and I do not celebrate this day with anything. I turned 33 a month old, and time passes quickly, and I cannot but recall my young years without some sadness.For all the years I lived, I was just learning to live, preparing for life, but did I work? Yes, I worked! I have already managed to invest a grain in socialist construction - with my diligence, two collective farms have been organized, the New Life collective farm in Charlakh and the Red October collective farm in Postnikovo, Takanysh district of the TASSR. I worked on this collective farm ("New Life"), put a lot of effort into it, and now I can say, not without pride, that these collective farms are flourishing. Yes, I am satisfied. But was that the only one I did? I look back on the path of life and see that everywhere and always I tried to be at the height of the position of a Citizen ... "Grandfather was an interesting storyteller, but he did not like to talk about the war. He never went to meetings with war veterans who were arranged in schools and other educational institutions. He thanked for the invitation and politely refused ... But until the end of his life he treasured the honor of an officer and in various difficult life situations always said: "I am a Soviet officer, how can I not act according to honor" ...
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