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Filosofov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich

Date of birth:
March 11th, 1924 (Veski, Yaroslavl oblast, Russia)
Date of death:
August 28th, 1984 (Novohrad-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
Buried on:
Military Cemetery Novohrad-Volynskyi
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

Colonel Aleksandr Filosofov served from August 1942 in the Red Army and was injured four times. He was put in reserve in 1971 and died on 28 August 1984.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
294-go pekhotnogo polka, 184-ya Krasnoznamennaya strelkovaya diviziya, 5-ya armiya (294th Infantry Regiment, 184th Red Banner Infantry Division, 5th Army)
Awarded on:
January 14th, 1944
Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 19th, 1944
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 2 (1943-1945)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
leytenant (Lieutenant)
Unit:
294-go pekhotnogo polka, 184-ya Krasnoznamennaya strelkovaya diviziya, 5-ya armiya (294th Infantry Regiment, 184th Red Banner Infantry Division, 5th Army)
Awarded on:
November 30th, 1944
Orden Aleksandra Nevskogo
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 26th, 1945
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1 (1943-1945)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
leytenant (Lieutenant)
Unit:
294-go pekhotnogo polka, 184-ya Krasnoznamennaya strelkovaya diviziya, 5-ya armiya (294th Infantry Regiment, 184th Red Banner Infantry Division, 5th Army)
Awarded on:
March 24th, 1945
For exemplary merit in the period of 7-15 August 1944 in Latvia.

No. 6807
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
leytenant (Lieutenant)
Unit:
294-go pekhotnogo polka, 184-ya Krasnoznamennaya strelkovaya diviziya, 5-ya armiya (294th Infantry Regiment, 184th Red Banner Infantry Division, 5th Army)
Awarded on:
March 24th, 1945

Goes with the Gold Star No. 6807.
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
294-go pekhotnogo polka, 184-ya Krasnoznamennaya strelkovaya diviziya, 5-ya armiya (294th Infantry Regiment, 184th Red Banner Infantry Division, 5th Army)
Medal

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