Nurken Abdirov

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Soviet military pilot (1919-1942)

Lived 1919 to 1942 · aged 23

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Nurken Abdirovich Abdirov was a Kazakh pilot who was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 31 March 1941 for ramming his aircraft into a German tank column after it sustained a direct hit to the engine on 19 December 1942.

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Statue of Abdirov in the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan

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1943Order of Lenin

1943Hero of the Soviet Union

1943Gold Star medal

About this person

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deceased

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Lived 1919 to 1942 · aged 23

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