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Mikhail Devyatayev

Hero of the Soviet Union (1917-2002) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 85

Mikhail Petrovich Devyataev was a Soviet fighter pilot known for his escape from a Nazi concentration camp on the island of Usedom, in the Baltic Sea.

Mikhail Devyatayev is read about 205 times a day, in 19 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 105 days, one point a day.

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Awards

Order of Lenin
Zhukov Medal
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of the Red Banner
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
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"
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"
Patriotic Order of Merit
Honorary Citizen of Mordovia
Honorary Citizen of Kazan

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2002 · aged 85

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