Alexander Pokryshkin

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Soviet aviator (1913-1985)

PoliticiansLived 1913 to 1985 · aged 72

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Languages28

In century#9,419

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Photos 7

Vocational school student Pokryshkin c. 1930.

Pokryshkin in 1940.

Pokryshkin in early 1945

Aleksandr Pokryshkin (center) carrying the standard of the 1st Ukrainian Front. 1945 Moscow Victory Parade

Marshal of Aviation Alexander Pokryshkin, 1978, author: Leo Medvedev

Awards 40

1985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

1985Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

1984Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

1983Order of Lenin

1982Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"

1980Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"

1978Order of Lenin

1978Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

1975Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class

1975Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

1973Order of the October Revolution

1970Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

1967Order of Lenin

1967Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

1965Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

1964Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

1963Order of Lenin

1957Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

1955Order of the Red Star

1953Order of the Red Banner

1951Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

1948Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"

1947Order of the Red Star

1945Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

1945Order of Suvorov, 2nd class

1945Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

1945Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"

1945Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

1944Hero of the Soviet Union

1944Gold Star medal

1944Medal "For Battle Merit"

1944Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"

1943Order of the Red Banner

1943Hero of the Soviet Union

1943Order of Lenin

1943Gold Star medal

1943Distinguished Service Medal

1941Order of Lenin

Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Order of Karl Marx

Connected to Alexander 6

Alexander ZinovievAlso won Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"

Ivan KozhedubAlso won Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"

Pavel SudoplatovAlso won Order of Suvorov, 2nd class

Nonna MordyukovaAlso won Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

Innokenty SmoktunovskyAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

Pavel Ivanovich BelyayevAlso won Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

About this person

Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin was a Soviet fighter pilot in World War II, and later a marshal of aviation. He was one of the highest-scoring Soviet aces, and the highest-scoring pilot ever to fly an American aircraft, having achieved the great majority of his kills in the Lend-Lease Bell P-39 Airacobra. During the war Pokryshkin earned the title Hero of the Soviet Union three times: 24 May 1943, 24 August 1943, and 19 August 1944. After the war, he served in the Soviet Air Defense Forces, reaching the rank of Marshal of Aviation; he retired in 1981.