Karasev Grigory Stepanovich
Karasev G.S. was born on 14 February 1922 in Koshelikha village, Pervomaiskiy district, Gorky region, died in 2013; rank: NCO. Service branch: Army, Air Force (except naval aviation), Coast Guard, troops of NKVD border troops. Grigory Stepanovich went to the front on 12 August 1941. He took part in combat operations from the first days of the war. The machine-gunner Grigory Stepanovich bravely repulsed the attacks of the fascists of the Center Group near Rzhev. The Battle of Rzhev was one of the bloodiest episodes of the Great Patriotic War. According to the researches of the historian A.V. Izayev, conducted on the basis of the archives of the Ministry of Defense, the losses at operations on the 200-250 km long around Rzhev from January 1942 to March 1943 amounted to: irrevocable - 392,554 people; sanitary - 768,233 people. In March 1944, while the fighting he was surrounded, wounded on the arm, saved by miraculously crawling out on a snow field. "Perhaps he was saved by the cross his mother put on his head as a farewell gift" - says his daughter Antonina Grigorievna. After the treatment in the hospital of Ufa, the young soldier was drafted into the reserve regiment. But even there he had to take part in combat operations at the front in the rocket and mortar unit Katyusha. It became easier, but since the weapon was secret, they did not go with it to the villages, they lived mainly in the forest, and there they slept on the snow, laid down branches of pine needles, they did not even dream of washing themselves. On April 21, 1945 he went to explore the road near the village of Legenen together with a train assistant and on the way he came under artillery fire. Assistant Reshetov was badly wounded, but Grigory Stepanovich brought his friend to safety and gave him first aid despite the incessant shelling of the enemy. After sending Reshetov off with a passing car and a medical unit, he set out on a mission, finding a blasted bridge and a mined road and finding ways to avoid the dangerous section. For his heroism and bravery, he was awarded the Government Order of Red Star. Grigory Stepanovich remained in the active army until December 1947 and returned to his homeland only six years after the war began.
Karasev Grigory Stepanovich
Karasev G.S. was born on 14 February 1922 in Koshelikha village, Pervomaiskiy district, Gorky region, died in 2013; rank: NCO. Service branch: Army, Air Force (except naval aviation), Coast Guard, troops of NKVD border troops. Grigory Stepanovich went to the front on 12 August 1941. He took part in combat operations from the first days of the war. The machine-gunner Grigory Stepanovich bravely repulsed the attacks of the fascists of the Center Group near Rzhev. The Battle of Rzhev was one of the bloodiest episodes of the Great Patriotic War. According to the researches of the historian A.V. Izayev, conducted on the basis of the archives of the Ministry of Defense, the losses at operations on the 200-250 km long around Rzhev from January 1942 to March 1943 amounted to: irrevocable - 392,554 people; sanitary - 768,233 people. In March 1944, while the fighting he was surrounded, wounded on the arm, saved by miraculously crawling out on a snow field. "Perhaps he was saved by the cross his mother put on his head as a farewell gift" - says his daughter Antonina Grigorievna. After the treatment in the hospital of Ufa, the young soldier was drafted into the reserve regiment. But even there he had to take part in combat operations at the front in the rocket and mortar unit Katyusha. It became easier, but since the weapon was secret, they did not go with it to the villages, they lived mainly in the forest, and there they slept on the snow, laid down branches of pine needles, they did not even dream of washing themselves. On April 21, 1945 he went to explore the road near the village of Legenen together with a train assistant and on the way he came under artillery fire. Assistant Reshetov was badly wounded, but Grigory Stepanovich brought his friend to safety and gave him first aid despite the incessant shelling of the enemy. After sending Reshetov off with a passing car and a medical unit, he set out on a mission, finding a blasted bridge and a mined road and finding ways to avoid the dangerous section. For his heroism and bravery, he was awarded the Government Order of Red Star. Grigory Stepanovich remained in the active army until December 1947 and returned to his homeland only six years after the war began.
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