Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky | |
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Kosmodemyansky inc. 1940s | |
| Birth name | Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kosmodemyansky |
| Born | (1925-07-27)27 July 1925 Osino-Gay, near ofTambov,Soviet Union |
| Died | 13 April 1945(1945-04-13) (aged 19) |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch | Red Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Senior lieutenant |
| Unit | 42nd Guards Heavy Tank Brigade 350th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Order of the Patriotic War (2) |
| Alma mater | Ulyanovsk Tank School |
| Relations | Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (sister) |
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kosmodemyansky (Russian:Алекса́ндр Анато́льевич Космодемья́нский; 27 July 1925 – 13 April 1945) was a Soviet military officer andHero of the Soviet Union, who was bestowed this title posthumously after having been killed inWorld War II during the capture of the settlement of Vierbrüderkrug, in the Kaporner Heath nearMetgethen, just west ofKönigsberg,East Prussia,Nazi Germany. He was the brother ofZoya Kosmodemyanskaya.
The settlement ofimeni Alexandra Kosmodemyanskogo inKaliningrad Oblast was renamed after him in 1956. The minor planet1977 Shura was named in his honour,[1] while1793 Zoya and2072 Kosmodemyanskaya were named for his sister and for his mother, Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya, respectively.[2][3]
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