Date of birth:

May 1st, 1920 (Vejini village, Georgia)

Date of death:

November 17th, 1975 (Orkhevi/Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic )

Nationality:

Soviet

Georgiy Pavlovich Osipov (May 1, 1920 – November 17, 1975) was a Soviet military chauffeur and a participant in the Great Patriotic War (World War II). At the start of the war in 1941, he was drafted into the Red Army. He served in the 69th Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division of the 23rd Army, where he demonstrated courage and was awarded the Medal "For Courage". He transported cargo across the Road of Life using a GAZ-AA truck, often being submerged along with his vehicle due to Nazi bombings. He was also awarded the Medal "For the Defense of Leningrad". For his combat service, he received the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945". After the war, he married Anna Alekseevna Sipina in Leningrad (May 16, 1946) and then they moved to Tbilisi. Among other awards, he received the Jubilee Medals "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", as well as the Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad". He died in Tbilisi, Orkhevi settlement, and is buried at Dampalo Cemetery. His family affectionately called him Zhora (Zhorik).

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