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Koshkin, Mikhail Ilyich

Date of birth:
December 3rd, 1898 (Brynchagi, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
September 26th, 1940 (Zmiiv Raion, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
St. John Useknovenskoe Cemetery
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

Mikhail Koshin was a Soviet tank designer and leading designer of the T-34 tank.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
For designing the experimental T-111.
Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 10th, 1942
For designing a new medium tank (T-34).

Posthumously awarded
Stalin Prize
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 4th, 1990

Posthumously awarded. Presidential decree No. 824.
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 4th, 1990

Posthumously awarded
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)

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