Konstantin Gritsynin

Konstantin Danilovich Gritsynin (Russian: Константин Данилович Грицынин) (1905–1943) was a soldier of the Red Army. He was involved in World War II. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944.

Biography Konstantin Gritsynin was born on October 13, 1905, in the village of Vannovka (now the village named after Turar Ryskulov, Tulkibas District, South Kazakhstan region of Kazakhstan) into a peasant family. Ukrainian by nationality. He graduated from elementary school and worked on a collective farm. In August 1942, Gritsynin was called up by the Kaganovichi RVC to serve in the Red Army. From September 1943 he fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. With the rank of guard corporal, he was a telephone operator in the communications platoon of the 60th Guards Cavalry Regiment of the 16th Guards Cavalry Division (former 112th Bashkir Cavalry Division) of the 7th Guards Cavalry Corps of the 61st Army of the Central Front. He distinguished himself during the Battle of the Dnieper. On September 28, 1943, during the crossing of the Dnieper near the village of Nivki in the Brahin District of the Gomel Region of the Byelorussian SSR, Gritsynin was one of the first to cross to the western bank and provided underwater telephone communications for the squadron, which was the first to cross the river. Advancing along with the squadron, for three days he maintained uninterrupted communication with the…Citește mai mult

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