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Boiko, Ivan Nikiforovich

Date of birth:
November 24th, 1910 (Zhornishche/Podolsk Governorate, Russia)
Date of death:
May 12th, 1975 (Kiev/Kiev Oblast, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Lukyanovskaya Military Cemetery
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardii podpolkovnik (Guards Lieutenant-Colonel)
Unit:
Komandir 69 gvardeiskogo tankovogo polka, 21 gvardeiskaya mekhanizirovannaya brigada (Commander 69th Guards Tank Regiment, 21st Guards Mechanized Brigade)
Awarded on:
January 10th, 1944
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardii podpolkovnik (Guards Lieutenant-Colonel)
Unit:
Komandir 69 gvardeiskogo tankovogo polka, 21 gvardeiskaya mekhanizirovannaya brigada (Commander 69th Guards Tank Regiment, 21st Guards Mechanized Brigade)
Awarded on:
January 10th, 1944
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardii podpolkovnik (Guards Lieutenant-Colonel)
Unit:
Komandir 64 gvardeiskoi tankovoi brigady (Commander 64th Guards Tank Brigade)
Awarded on:
April 26th, 1944
Medal

Sources

  • - Geroļ Sovetskogo Soyuza [Heroes of the Soviet Union], Ministry of Defense, Voyenizdat, Moscow, 1987 (two volumes)
    - Warheroes.ru

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