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Aleksandr Stepanovich Osipenko

Soviet aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union (1910-1991) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 81

Alexander Stepanovich Osipenko was a Soviet military aviator and, according to some accounts, the Soviet Air Forces' top ace in the Spanish Civil War.

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1991Died22 July 19911985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1971Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1949Order of the Red BannerAward1945Order of Kutuzov, 1st classAwardOrder of Kutuzov, 2nd classAward1944Order of Suvorov, 2nd classAwardOrder of the Red StarAward1943Order of the Red BannerAward1939Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of LeninAward1938Order of the Red BannerAward1936Order of the Badge of HonourAward1910Born19 May 1910

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Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1985
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1971
Order of the Red Banner1949
Order of Kutuzov, 1st class1945
Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class1945
Order of Suvorov, 2nd class1944
Order of the Red Star1944
Order of the Red Banner1943
Hero of the Soviet Union1939
Order of Lenin1939
Order of the Red Banner1938
Order of the Badge of Honour1936
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal "For the Defence of Odessa"
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"
Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class
Medal "For Oder, Nysa and the Baltic"
Order of the Cross of Grunwald

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1991 · aged 81

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