Ignatov, Gennadiy Petrovich

Date of birth:: March 20th, 1920 (Armavir/Krasnodar, Soviet Union)
Date of death:: October 10th, 1942 (Krasnodar, Soviet Union)
Buried on:: Soviet War Cemetery Krasnodar
Nationality:: Soviet

Biography

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Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Soviet Partisans, Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Awarded on:: March 7th, 1943

"For his exemplary performance of tasks in the rear of the enemy. He demonstrated steadfastness, courage and heroism in battles with the German fascist invaders."
On the night of October 10, 1942, on the 4th kilometer of the Krasnodar-Novorossiysk railway, together with his older brother, Gennadiy Ignatov blew up a German train transporting over 400 German soldiers. Both brothers were killed in the skirmish.

Posthumously awarded