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Vitaly Popkov

Soviet aviator, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1922-2010) · Russia · On the map · Died at 87

Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov was a Soviet fighter pilot who became a flying ace during the Second World War. During the war, he was credited with around 40 aerial victories for which he was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

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2010Died6 February 20102007Order of HonourAward2002Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th classAward1984Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"Award1978Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv"Award1976Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd classAward1956Order of LeninAward1955Order of the Red BannerAward1945Gold Star medalAwardMedal "For the Capture of Berlin"AwardOrder of the Patriotic War, 2nd classAward1944Order of Alexander NevskyAward1943Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1942Order of LeninAward1922Born1 May 1922

Awards

Order of Honour2007
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class2005
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class2002
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1985
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"1984
Order of the Red Star1982
Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv"1978
Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class1976
Merited Military Pilot of the USSR1967
Order of Lenin1956
Order of the Red Star1955
Order of the Red Banner1955
Medal "For Battle Merit"1950
Hero of the Soviet Union1945
Gold Star medal1945
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class1945
Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"1945
Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"1945
Order of Alexander Nevsky1944
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1943
Order of Lenin1943
Order of the Red Banner1943
Hero of the Soviet Union1943
Gold Star medal1943
Order of Lenin1942
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
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"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Zhukov Medal
Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
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"

About this person

After the war he remained in the military and reached the rank of general-lieutenant, retiring in 1989. He died in 2010 at the age of 87.

Country
Russia
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2010 · aged 87

The same award as Vitaly

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