Konstantin Gritsynin

Konstantin Danilovich Gritsynin (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

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 regimental headquarters for ten kilometers. On September 30, 1943, in the area of the farm of Galka, a Ferdinand tank destroyer drove right to Gritsinin, which he destroyed with a grenade. In the same battle, he was seriously wounded, but he did not leave the battlefield, continuing to keep uninterrupted communications until he was replaced and sent to the hospital. Gritsynin died from his wounds on October 12, 1943.

In honor of Gritsinin, streets in his native village and the village of Repki are named.

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