Alexei Andreevich Sosnov ( March 30, 1921 - October 12, 1943 ) - gunner of the 372nd Infantry Regiment of the 218th Infantry Division of the 47th Army of the Voronezh Front, a Red Army man. Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | March 30, 1921 | |||
| Place of Birth | Labinsky district , Krasnodar Territory | |||
| Date of death | October 12, 1943 (22 years old) | |||
| A place of death | near the village Studenets Kanevsky district , Cherkasy region | |||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||
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Biography
Born March 30, 1921 in the village of Voznesenskaya, now Labinsky district, Krasnodar Territory . He worked on a collective farm.
With the outbreak of World War II, he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army . In September 1941, as part of the army, he was sent to the Western Front near Moscow. In December 1941, he was seriously wounded and demobilized from the army.
In 1942 he again went to the Red Army. He participated in the battles of World War II from July 1943. He fought on the Voronezh Front. October 12, 1943 was mortally wounded by a fragment of a shell.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944, for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of command and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Red Army soldier Alexei Andreevich Sosnov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously.
Sources
Sosnov, Alexey Andreevich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment October 6, 2013.
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - 863 s. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
- Heroes-liberators of Cherkasy. Dnepropetrovsk: Promin, 1980.
- He went to the boy at that time ...: Komsomol heroes in the battles for Soviet Ukraine during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / autostat V.N. Nemyaty et al. - Kiev: Young, 1985. - 367 p.