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Tvarkovsky, Yuri Vladimirovich

Date of birth:
December 25th, 1921 (Obluchye, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia)
Date of death:
December 7th, 1943 (Hannopol, Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
Buried on:
Hannopil Soviet War Cemetery
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

Yuri Tvarkovsky served in the Red Army from 1939 and was injured three times. He was killed on 7 December 1943.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leytenant (Lieutenant)
Unit:
205th Guards Rifle Regiment, 70th Guards Rifle Division, 13th Army
For shown courage and heroism during the crossing of the Dniepr river and for capturing a bridgehead near Kamaryn.
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leytenant (Lieutenant)
Unit:
205th Guards Rifle Regiment, 70th Guards Rifle Division, 13th Army
Awarded on:
October 16th, 1943
Orden Lenina

Goes with the Gold Star.

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