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Zhurba, Aleksandr Afanasevych

Date of birth:
1898 (Vernyy, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
June 30th, 1941 (Murmansk, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Soviet War Cemetery Murmansk
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

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Awarded on:
1938
Jubilee Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 27th, 1940
Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Major (Major General)
Unit:
14th Rifle Division, 14th Army, Northern Front
Awarded on:
June 9th, 1965

Posthumously awarded
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Major (Major General)
Awarded on:
June 9th, 1965

Posthumously awarded
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)

Sources

  • - Great Patriotic War: Divisional Commander. Military Biographical Dictionary (2014)

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