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Alexey Maresyev

Soviet aviator (1916-2001) · Russia · On the map · Died at 84

Aleksey Petrovich Maresyev was a Soviet and Russian military pilot who became a Soviet fighter ace during World War II despite becoming a double amputee.

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A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

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2001Died18 May 20011996Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd classAwardRussian Federation Government Certificate of HonourAward1991Order of the Badge of HonourAward1986Order of FriendshipAwardOrder of LeninAward1985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1976Order of Friendship of PeoplesAward1943Gold Star medalAwardHero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of LeninAward1942Order of the Red BannerAward1916Born20 May 1916

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Awards

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class1996
Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour1996
Order of the Badge of Honour1991
Order of Lenin1986
Order of Friendship1986
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1985
Order of Friendship of Peoples1976
Order of Lenin1943
Hero of the Soviet Union1943
Gold Star medal1943
Order of the Red Banner1942
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Star
Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Zhukov Medal
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
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 "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"
Soviet Guards Badge
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude

About this person

Country
Russia
Type
Other
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 2001 · aged 84