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Zaitsev, Vasily Grigoryevich
Zaitsev, Vasily Grigoryevich
Battle of Stalingrad
Date of birth:
March 23rd, 1915 (Yelino/Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia)
Date of death:
December 15th, 1991 (Kiev, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Mamayev Hill - "The Motherland Calls"
Nationality:
Soviet
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Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 22nd, 1943
No. 801
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 22nd, 1943
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Medal "Za oboronu Stalingrada"
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Medal "Za pobedu nad Germaniei v Velikoi Otechestevennoi voine 1941-1945"
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Yubileinaya medal "20 let pobedy v Velikoi Otechestvennoi voine 1941-1945"
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Yubileinaya medal "30 let pobedy v Velikoi Otechestvennoi voine 1941-1945"
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Yubileinaya medal "40 let pobedy v Velikoi Otechestvennoi voine 1941-1945"
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Orden Znak Pocheta
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
Photo 1: Public Domain
- Heroes of the Soviet Union by Henry Sakaida
-
Answers.com
-
Russian-Mosin-Nagant.com
-
Stalingrad.net
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Vasily G. Zaitsev
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Battle of Stalingrad