Mikheil Natroshvili | |
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მიხეილ ნატროშვილი | |
Born | 1915 Zemo Machkhaani |
Died | 2000 |
Nationality | Georgian |
Other names | Mikhail Natroshvili |
Citizenship | Soviet Union, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic |
Education | Tserkumsi (literacy elimination courses) |
Occupation(s) | Red army soldier, Georgian Legion (1941-1945) soldier, Farmer, Writer |
Years active | 1941–1952 |
Known for | Fighting in WWII on both the Soviet and German sides. |
Notable work | "My Adventure" or "My Journey" (ჩემი თავგადასავალი), 2000. |
Mikheil Natroshvili (Georgian: მიხეილ ნატროშვილი, Russian: Михаил Натрошвили) was a Georgian Red Army soldier and Author.[1][2] Natroshvili was born in 1915 to a poor peasant family living in rural Georgia, at the time a part of the Russian Empire. Natroshvili was born in the Village of Zemo Machkhaani in the Signagi district of Kakheti. As the son of a farmer he helped out in the farming of crops with his family, while growing up he moved to a few other villages.[1][2][3][4]
In 1941 Natroshvili was Conscripted into the "Workers and Peasants" Red Army to fight in World War II, at the time Operation Barbarossa had started and the Soviet Union joined the war against Nazi Germany. In his book "my adventure", Mikheil described his time in the army, he specifically described the presence of the Soviet army, discipline, food and various other topics which interested him. His memoirs were written in great detail.
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