Plotnikov, Aleksandr Iosifovich

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Plotnikov, Aleksandr Iosifovich

Date of birth:: 1925 (Porosino, Tomsk, Soviet Union)
Date of death:: April 26th, 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
Nationality:: Soviet

Biography

Rank: Lance sergeant/scout. Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 2

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medal "Za otvagu"

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Orden Slavy

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 31st, 1945

The heavily wounded Kolodnikov retrieved important intel about SS formations in Berlin. He was surrounded and killed while putting up a fight.

Posthumously awarded

Orden Lenina

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 31st, 1945

Posthumously awarded

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