He joined the Red Army in 1941 and was awarded in 1944 after attaining a document outlining German defenses in Belarus.

[3] His family had fled the Assyrian genocide from Iran and moved further north into the Russian area, where his father, Shirinsha Davidov, would work as a shoemaker.

[3] His first entry into combat would be the following year, serving as a scout in the reconnaissance company for a Rifle Division in the 56th Army.

[5] Throughout 1943, Davidov would take part in many missions with his brigade, including a landing in Myskhako, capturing an enemy airfield near Malaya Zemlya, and liberating Novorossiysk in September of that year.

In June 1944, as part of the 1st Baltic Front, Davidov was in charge of reconnaissance of the Daugava River, reaching the village of Sharipino (Vitebsk region of Belarus) and leading an attack on 30 Nazi German soldiers.

[1] He would later set up his own independent shoe shop near Moscow Yaroslavsky railway station, where he would work for the rest of his life.