Education
After graduating from 6th grade he joined the Red Army in 1925 and later in 1929 graduated from the "Transcaucasus Military Artillery School".
After graduating from 6th grade he joined the Red Army in 1925 and later in 1929 graduated from the "Transcaucasus Military Artillery School".
He was also the brother of Colonel.General Konstantin Leselidze who died in the same year. Born on 7 January 1907 in Ozurgeti, Viktor Leselidze was raised in a military family, being one of four brothers serving in the Soviet army. Leselidze took part in the 1939-1940 Soviet-Finnish War and from 1941 consequently in World World War II where he would meet his fate.
Commanding artillery battalions till 1944, he took command over the 619th mortar regiment of the 7th Soviet Red Army, Karelian Front and provided crucial fire support for the 763rd Infantry Regiment during the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive close to the city Lod in the Vicinity of Leningrad.
However after the Tuloksa landing Finnish forces were reinforced with reserves and mounted a counterattack pushing the fresh Soviet troops off the shores and advanced very close to the observation post of the 619th mortar regiment posing an imminent threat to the regimental headquarters. On June 28, 1944 cut off from infantry support and surrounded Viktor Leselidze gathered all soldiers he could find at the Natural Philosophy near the village of Vidlitza and commenced a melee attack personally leading the charge with a group of officers.
The heavily outnumbered group prevailed in close combat and defeated the Axis troops which scattered over the entire area. Leselidze got killed during that assault.
He is claimed to have been shot by a sniper.
Only one out of four brothers would survive the war. Name of the Lieutenant Colonel Leselidze VN mentioned on the stove Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad.
Afterwards he served in the Leningrad Military District and became member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1938.