Today Boris Alexandrovich Granrot, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War from Podolsk, celebrates his hundredth anniversary.
When the war started he was only 15 years old. Boris Alexandrovich studied at a special gunnery school, together with other guys he dug anti-tank trenches near Solanchenogorsk. One day, when German soldiers broke through the defenses, the boys saw soldiers preparing to meet the enemy, and they themselves asked to help them. For the next two months, under daily bombardment, they brought shells to the guns. Four of his friends were injured. When the fighting subsided, the boys were sent back to school - they were still too young for military service.
Three years later, in 1944, Boris Alexandrovich was drafted into the army. He went through the 3rd Belorussian and Transbaikal fronts, after the victory he remained in the armed forces and rose to the rank of colonel. For his courage, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, a master's degree, and the medals "for military honor", "for victory over Germany" and "for victory over Japan".
Since 2012, Boris Alexandrovich has been teaching at the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics, sharing his knowledge and rich life experience with students. His fate is an example of incredible perseverance, courage and devotion to the motherland. I sincerely congratulate the hero of the day, I wish him good health, attention and care of his loved ones and, of course, many more years of life!