Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Grabsky akaberekwa musi wa3 Kubvumbi 1923 muKyiv kumhuri yechiJudha yevashandi. Musi wa25 Chikumi 1941, zvichitevera kutanga kweOperation Barbarossa, akazvipira kupinda muRed Army, uye pakutanga akashanda muuto revarwi. Pashure pokukuvadzwa muHondo yeStalingrad, akatumirwa kunoshanda muzvikwata zvematangi. Somutungamiriri we52nd Tank Guards Brigade, akazviratidza mumatsutso a1943, panguva ye
Hondo yeKiev. Pakupera kwaSeptember 1943, mauto eSoviet akavaka nzvimbo yokuyambukira muLyutizh, pamhenderekedzo yokurudyi yeDnieper. Mangwanani-ngwanani aNovember 4, 1943, 52nd Tank Guards Brigade's tanks yakasvika pa bridgehead, kuburikidza nechikepe. Munguva yekurwiswa kwenzvimbo dzevavengi, Grabsky aive pamberi, achiparadza imwe Tiger tangi uye semhedzisiro, achibatsira 52nd Tank Guards Brigade kuyambuka Dnieper.