Vladimir Vladimirovich Granitov ( April 4, 1915 , Petrograd - May 20, 1999 , San Francisco , USA ), lieutenant, chairman of the Russian Military Alliance (EMRO). Member of the Russian corps , during World War II, fought on the side of Nazi Germany against the USSR and the communist Yugoslav partisans .
| Vladimir Vladimirovich Granitov | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | April 4, 1915 |
| Place of Birth | Petrograd |
| Date of death | May 20, 1999 (84 years) |
| Place of death | state of california , usa |
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| Father | Colonel Vladimir Ivanovich Granitov |
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Biography
Born into a family of a career officer of the 13th Life Grenadier Erivan Regiment, Captain (later Colonel) V. I. Granitov. After the Civil War, he and his parents emigrated to the Kingdom of CXC. In Belgrade (Yugoslavia), he graduated from a Russian gymnasium (1933) and a university (1938), with a degree in civil engineering.
He received his military education after graduating from Junior’s belt-cadet. Military-vocational courses at Department IV of the ROVS (1933-1936) and Foreign Higher Military-Scientific Courses of Professor Lieutenant-General N. N. Golovin in Belgrade (1936-1942) - IV graduation. Admitted to the regimental association of the 13th Life Grenadier Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich Regiment of Erivan and recruited as an officer-instructor in the company of pre-conscription youth training organized by the 4th Division of the ROVS, Lieutenant Colonel M. T. Gordeev-Zaretsky . On the eve of the German occupation of Belgrade, by order of the head of the 4th Division of the ROVS, General Lieutenant General IG Barbovich was promoted to lieutenant on April 10, 1941.
He served in the ranks of the Russian corps from the first day of its foundation. He held various non-commissioned officer and officer positions to the company commander, inclusive. He was badly wounded. He graduated from the rank of lieutenant (chief lieutenant) with a German mark for wounding and six military awards: the Order For Diligent Service, two insignia "For Bravery" for Eastern peoples, the Cross For Military Merit, 2nd class swords and two Iron Crosses of the 2nd class (he was awarded the second Iron Cross of the 2nd class by mistake; his commander did not know that V.V. Granitov already had this award, and for the new military merit should be presented to the Iron Cross 1 th class). In 1945, after the end of the war, he moved to his family in Munich.
In 1948, he left for Argentina , where he participated in the organization of the Union of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky (a union of Russian corps of officials) and joined the local department of the ROVS.
In 1960 he moved to the United States. He worked as an engineer in a major railway company designing bridges. Among his achievements as a civil engineer is the creation of three churches of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad: the construction of the Resurrection Cathedral in Buenos Aires (Argentina), the drafting of the Kazan Church in San Francisco (USA), the construction of the Peter and Paul Cathedral in Santa Rosa ( California, USA). For many years, he was secretary of the department of the Union of ranks of the Russian corps in the United States, then its chairman. From Major General A. N. Vigran, he accepted the post of Chairman of the San Francisco Committee for Assistance to Foreign Military Disabled Persons (1982). Chairman of the Union of officials of the Russian Corps (1986).
From July 1, 1988 - deputy chairman of the ROVS. From August 1 of the same year - Chairman of the EMRO. In addition, he served as headman of the Kazan Church in San Francisco, was a member of the board of the Russkaya Zhizn newspaper (San Francisco) and the editorial board of the Our News journal, and was a member of a number of Russian military and public organizations, including the Yevgeny Kovalev Foundation. I. V. Kulayev, who provided substantial material assistance to young students, Russian schools and needy elderly compatriots. Honorary member of the Russian Banner [1] .
Granites, welcoming the processes of de-communization of Eastern Europe, did not trust M. S. Gorbachev and considered his cooperation with the countries of Western Europe as potentially threatening the territorial integrity of Russia:
Based on our bitter experience, we know that Russia in the free world does not have sincere friends and that the "help" of the West can lead to the complete dismemberment of Russia. About this danger we must tirelessly warn the Russian people in the Soviet Union, because many among them believe in supporting the democratic West [2] .
In 1992-1999 he carried out active work on transferring the work of the ROVS to Russia, organizing the department of the ROVS in Russia and attracting Russian patriotic youth to the work of the Union.
Wife (since 1952) Tamara Teslavskaya Aleksandrovna (6. 08. 1926, Poland - 14. 03. 2019 Colma, California)
He died on May 20, 1999 in San Francisco , California, USA, buried in the Serbian Orthodox cemetery.
Works
- V.V. Granitov. Guard platoon. / In the book: Russian Corps in the Balkans during the II Great War of 1941–1945, St. Petersburg, 1999.
- V.V. Granitov. First fight / In the book: Russian Corps in the Balkans during the II Great War of 1941–1945, St. Petersburg, 1999.
Sources
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Granitov // “Our News”, No. 455/2756, June, 1999.
- Goldin V.I. Soldiers in a foreign land. The Russian All-Military Union, Russia and the Russian Diaspora in the 20th — 21st centuries. Arkhangelsk, 2006.
- Ivanov I. B. Chairs and chiefs of the Russian All-Military Union // “Our News”, No. 450/2751, March, 1998.
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| Predecessor: centurion Iovich Nikita Ivanovich | Chairman of EMRO 1988–1999 | Successor: captain Butkov Vladimir Nikolaevich |