Vasily Mikhaylovich Astafyev
Василий Михайлович Астафьев
1919 – 2022
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Vasily Mikhaylovich Astafyev, 26 October 1919 at Vorontsovskiye Otruba in Tambov governorate – 7 March 2022 in Perm. He served in both the Soviet-Finnish and the Great Patriotic wars, as deputy commander of the 104th Guards Separate Sapper Battalion of the 89th Guards Rifle Division, 37th Army, Steppe Front, with the rank of guards captain. Hero of the Soviet Union. He died at the age of 102.
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- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Order of Lenin
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