Gilman Badretdinovich Badretdinov was born on 20 September 1903 in the village of Starokulevo, Nurimanovsky district, the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. 1941 he was mobilized into the Red Army. 1941-1942 he served in the Bashkir Cavalry Division, then as an archer in the 26th regiment. In 1948, he returned home. He was awarded the Order of Patriotic War of the 2nd degree.