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Ibarruri, Ruben

    Date of birth:
    January 9th, 1920 (Somorrostro, Spain)
    Date of death:
    September 3rd, 1942 (Srednyaya Akhtuba, Stalingrad Oblast, Soviet Union)
    Buried on:
    Collective Grave Russian Heroes Volgograd
    Nationality:
    Spanish (1938-1975, Spanish State dictatorship)

    Biography

    Lieutenant Ruben Ibarruri was a Spanish war volunteer in the Red Army and veteran of the Spanish Civil War. He was wounded in the Battle of Stalingrad and died in a field hospital. Ibarruri was posthumously promoted to captain and received the Hero of the Soviet Union title in 1956.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    September 1941
    Orden Krasnogo Znameni
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    August 22nd, 1956

    Posthumously awarded
    Medal
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    August 22nd, 1956

    Posthumously awarded
    Orden Lenina

    Sources

    • Photo: Public domain

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