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Rudakov, Pavel Vasil'yevich

Date of birth:
1918 (Alma-Ata, Soviet Union)
Date of death:
April 23rd, 1945 (Brandenburg province, Germany)
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

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.
Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
For "exemplary performance of command assignments in the battles for the liberation of Poland and for displaying courage and heroism".
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 2nd, 1945
Orden Lenina

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