Date of birth:

1918 (Alma-Ata, Soviet Union)

Date of death:

April 23rd, 1945 (Brandenburg province, Germany)

Nationality:

Soviet

Guards lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Unit:

57th Guards Cavalry Regiment, 15th Guards Cavalry Division, 7th Guards Cavalry Corps, 61st Army, 1st Belorussian Front

Awarded on:

July 1st, 1944

For merit at the village of Turychany on 14 April 1944. Rudakov destroyed two light machine guns, making way for his unit to advance. His unit repelled a German counter-attack, killing 12 soldiers and destroyed one machine gun. He personally killed 6 soldiers that day.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leytenant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

57th Guards Cavalry Regiment, 15th Guards Cavalry Division, 7th Guards Cavalry Corps, 61st Army, 1st Belorussian Front

Awarded on:

February 27th, 1945

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

February 2nd, 1945

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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