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Arkhipov, Vasily Sergeyevich

Date of birth:
December 29th, 1906 (Tyutnyary/Ohrenburg Governorate, Russia)
Date of death:
June 13th, 1985 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Kuntsevo Cemetery
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Kapitan (Captain)
Unit:
Komandir tankovoi roty 112 tankovogo batalyona, 35 tankovaya brigada (Tank Company Commander in 112th Tank Battalion, 35th Tank Brigade)
Awarded on:
March 21st, 1940
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Kapitan (Captain)
Unit:
Komandir tankovoi roty 112 tankovogo batalyona, 35 tankovaya brigada (Tank Company Commander in 112th Tank Battalion, 35th Tank Brigade)
Awarded on:
March 21st, 1940
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardii polkovnik (Guards Colonel)
Unit:
Komandir 53 gvardeiskoi tankovoi brigady (Commander 53rd Guards Tank Brigade)
Awarded on:
September 23rd, 1944
Medal

Sources

  • - Geroļ Sovetskogo Soyuza [Heroes of the Soviet Union], Ministry of Defense, Voyenizdat, Moscow, 1987 (two volumes)
    - Warheroes.ru

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