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Vasily Stepanovich Petrov

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Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1922-2003)

Lived 1922 to 2003 · aged 81
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Vasily Stepanovich Petrov was an officer in the Red Army, and later, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who lost both his hands during the Battle for the Burkin Bridgehead. After becoming a double amputee he continued to serve in World War II.

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1999Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 2nd class
1995Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 3rd class
1992Order of Friendship of Peoples
1985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
1982Order of Lenin
1980Order of the October Revolution
1956Order of the Red Star
1945Hero of the Soviet Union
1945Order of the Red Banner
1943Hero of the Soviet Union
1943Order of Lenin
1943Order of the Red Star
1942Order of the Red Star
Medal "For Battle Merit"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
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 Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
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", 1st class
Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"
Defender of the Motherland Medal
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945
Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Medal "For Oder, Nysa and the Baltic"
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
honorary citizen of Kyiv
Virtuti Militari
Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945

Connected to Vasily 6

Yevdokiya ZavaliyAlso won Defender of the Motherland MedalIllya YemetzAlso won honorary citizen of KyivLeopold Kozłowski-KleinmanAlso won Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945Volodymyr ShkidchenkoAlso won Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 3rd classLeon SapiehaAlso won Virtuti MilitariOleksandr MuratovAlso won Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"

About this person

Vasily Stepanovich Petrov was an officer in the Red Army, and later, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who lost both his hands during the Battle for the Burkin Bridgehead. After becoming a double amputee he continued to serve in World War II. For his actions in the war he was twice been awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and promoted to the rank of major. Despite his injuries, he went on to become a general and hold a variety of command posts.

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Lived 1922 to 2003 · aged 81
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