Mehmet Ilyachevich Aipov

Mehmet Ilyachevich Aipov, 1920-1945, a Tatar from Kiryushkino in Saratov province, a rifleman of the 8th company of the 990th Rifle Regiment. In April 1945, in the fighting for Berlin, he took part in the assault on an enemy strongpoint and was wounded more than once; the account states that he destroyed twenty-six enemy soldiers and reports that figure as claimed. He died of his wounds on 22 April 1945 in Berlin, and the title of Hero of the Soviet Union was conferred on him posthumously on 31 May 1945.