After recovering in September, he took command of the North Caucasus Military District and then the new 56th Army in October 1941 which he led in the Battle of Rostov in November 1941.

Remezov graduated from the Komintern Higher Tactical Infantry School for Red Army officers in 1921.

He fought on the Russian Civil War's Eastern Front against the White Army of Kolchak, commanding a company and a battalion.

In 1930, he became head of a staff department in the Volga Military District and in April 1931 commander of a rifle regiment.

[1] After the German invasion of the Soviet Union, between late June and early July, Remezov temporarily commanded the new 20th Army, formed in the Oryol Military District.

The 13th Army fought in defensive battles on the Western Front against German troops from the 3rd Panzer Group in the Minsk Fortified Area.

[1] On 12 July, he was severely wounded while personally leading a counterattack against the advancing XXIV Army Corps, and was replaced by Vasily Gerasimenko.

[3] After recovering, Remezov took command of the North Caucasus Military District on 4 September, leading it until 18 October.

In mid-December, the army advanced to the Mius River north of Taganrog, where it switched to the defensive and fought in positional battles.

From April 1942 to the end of the war, Remezov led the 45th Army of the Transcaucasian Front, which covered the Turkish border and protected communications in Iran.