Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kosmodemyansky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Анато́льевич Космодемья́нский; July 27, 1925 – April 13, 1945) was a first lieutenant and a hero of the Soviet Union, who was bestowed this title posthumously after having been killed during World War II during the capture of the settlement of Vierbrüderkrug, in the Kaporner Heath near Metgethen, just west of Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany.
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27 July 1925 Ossino-Gai, Russia
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Died |
13 April 1945 (aged 19) The Kaporner Heath near Metgethen, East Prussia, Nazi Germany
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Zodiac | Leo |
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