Kanunnikov, Vasiliy Petrovich

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Kanunnikov, Vasiliy Petrovich

Date of birth:: 1916 (Klinskoye, Russian Empire)
Date of death:: April 29th, 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
Nationality:: Soviet

Biography

Rank: Sergeant. Hero of the Soviet Union. Killed in the battle for the Reichstag. Buried in Berlin.

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Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 15th, 1946

The wounded sergeant Kanunnikov destroyed a group of enemy soldiers near the Reichstag and died while storming it.

Posthumously awarded

Orden Lenina

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 15th, 1946

Posthumously awarded

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