Background
Nikolay Kasimov was born on August 11, 1915 in Nikolskoye village, Usmansky uyezd, Tambov province, Russian Empire (now Nikolskoye village, Usmansky District, Lipetsk Oblast, Russian Federation). From the peasants.
Nikolay Kasimov was born on August 11, 1915 in Nikolskoye village, Usmansky uyezd, Tambov province, Russian Empire (now Nikolskoye village, Usmansky District, Lipetsk Oblast, Russian Federation). From the peasants.
He lived in the village of Verkhnyaya Katukhovka, Voronezh district, Paninsky district. He worked as a mechanic at the Voronezh aircraft factory. Since 1938 in the Red Army, the commander of the guns of the 261st Artillery Regiment (3rd Guards Army, 1st Ukrainian Front). He distinguished in battle on March 4, 1945, near the city of Guben (now Gubin). In this battle, Senior Sergeant Kasimov was mortally wounded.