In October 1943, he was enlisted in a machine-gun crew of the 2nd Guards Taman Division, which was preparing to assault cross the Kerch Strait. Before getting to Crimea, they spent a whole month preparing for the operation, thoroughly studying the shores of the strait, the alignment of German forces.
With the 85th Regiment, Khizir Temurkanovich Guluev went all the way from Crimea to Sevastopol. But on the outskirts of the city, he was wounded and transferred to the hospital.
After the war, he returned home to North Ossetia with orders on his chest. He joined others working on the restoration of the national economy.
Awards:
Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd classes and others