Mansur Idiatovich Abdullin

Mansur Idiatovich Abdullin, 1919-1996, a Tatar of the Red Army, his name also recorded in Tatar as Mansur Hidiyat uly Gabdullin. He commanded a gun of the 167th Guards Light Artillery Regiment and distinguished himself in the battle of Kursk, where the Russian account credits him with destroying eight enemy tanks personally. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was conferred on him on 7 August 1943, while the battle was still being fought out. He survived the war and died in 1996.