Born February 23, 1920 in the village of Shaburovo (now Berdyuzhsky district of the Tyumen region). In the 1930s. together with his parents would be exiled to the north. June 30, 1941 M.E. Gerasimov graduated from the Tobolsk Teachers' Institute. On July 7, 1942, the Berezovsky RVK was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. Combat path: as part of the 256th separate tank brigade, he took part in battles on the Western Front. During the execution of a combat mission for the repair and transfer of the T-34 tank from the neutral zone to our positions, E.M. Gerasimov was wounded in the temple and was being treated in a hospital near Moscow. In April 1945 M.E. Gerasimov graduated from the Moscow Red Banner Military School and received the rank of lieutenant. I met Victory Day in Moscow. In August 1945, when the war with Japan began, M.E. Gerasimov was sent to the Far Eastern Front, where he took part in the battles. Awards: Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree; medals: "For Military Merit", "For Victory over Japan", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." After demobilization M.E. Gerasimov worked as a teacher in the village Sarampaul.