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Brusov, Ivan Nikiforovich

Date of birth:
April 10th, 1926 (Arapovka, Luhansk, Soviet Union)
Date of death:
January 25th, 1945 (Kёben, Germany)
Buried on:
Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park)
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

Hero of the Soviet Union. Rank: Lance sergeant. Died of his wounds after being hit by machine gun fire from a German warplane.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 10th, 1945
For downing two German airplanes in the fighting for the Kёben bridgehead.

Posthumously awarded
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 10th, 1945

Posthumously awarded
Orden Lenina