Kirill Yevstigneyev

Soviet WWII fighter pilot (1917-1996) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 79

Kirill Alekseyevich Yevstigneyev was a Soviet fighter pilot and one of the top Soviet aces of World War II. During his career he claimed 53 solo and 3 shared aerial victories flying the Lavochkin La-5 and La-7 fighters.

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1996Died29 August 19961985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1953Order of the Red StarAward1945Gold Star medalAwardHero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of the Red BannerAward1944Gold Star medalAwardHero of the Soviet UnionAwardMember of the Order of the British EmpireAwardOrder of LeninAward1943Order of Suvorov, 3rd classAwardOrder of the Patriotic War, 2nd classAwardOrder of the Red BannerAward1917Born4 February 1917

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Awards

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1985

Order of the Red Star1953

Hero of the Soviet Union1945

Gold Star medal1945

Order of the Red Banner1945

Hero of the Soviet Union1944

Gold Star medal1944

Member of the Order of the British Empire1944

Order of Lenin1944

Order of the Red Banner1943

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class1943

Order of Suvorov, 3rd class1943

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For the Capture of Budapest"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

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

Medal "For Battle Merit"

Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"

Order of the Patriotic War

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

Zhukov Medal

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

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

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 "For Impeccable Service"

Guards unit

Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic

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Russia

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