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Ponomarenko, Arkadiy Iosifovich

Date of birth:
September 16th, 1903 (Zhytomyr, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
April 6th, 1963 (Krasnodar, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Vsesvyatskoye Cemetery
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

Colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union Akradiy Ponomarenko was a commander in an artillery unit during the Second World War.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 22nd, 1942
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 14th, 1943
Orden Aleksandra Nevskogo
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 11th, 1944
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 8th, 1944
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 25th, 1944
Orden Kutuzova 2
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 31st, 1945

No. 6470
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 31st, 1945

Goes with the Gold Star
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 18th, 1945
Orden Krasnogo Znameni

Sources

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