Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky

Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky
Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky
	Kosmodemyansky in c. 1940s
Born	Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kosmodemyansky; 27 July 1925; Osino-Gay, near of Tambov, Soviet Union
Died	13 April 1945 (aged 19); The Kaporner Heath near Metgethen, East Prussia, Nazi Germany
Buried	Novodevichy Cemetery
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Service years	1942–1945
Rank	Senior lieutenant
Unit	42nd Guards Heavy Tank Brigade; 350th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
Conflicts	World War II East Prussian offensive Battle of Königsberg; ; ;
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of Lenin; Order of the Patriotic War (2)
Relations	Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (sister)

Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kosmodemyansky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Анато́льевич Космодемья́нский; 27 July 1925 – 13 April 1945) was a Soviet military officer and Hero of the Soviet Union, who was bestowed this title posthumously after having been killed in World War II during the capture of the settlement of Vierbrüderkrug, in the Kaporner Heath near Metgethen, just west of Königsberg, East Prussia, Nazi Germany. He was the brother of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.

Legacy

The settlement of imeni Alexandra Kosmodemyanskogo in Kaliningrad Oblast was renamed after him in 1956. The minor planet 1977 Shura was named in his honour,^[1] while 1793 Zoya and 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya were named for his sister and for his mother, Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya, respectively.^[2]^[3]

Gallery

Kosmodemyansky (second from right) with comrades in East Prussia, 4 January 1945.
Tombstone at Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery
1969 CPA stamp

References

↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(1977) Shura". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 159. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1978. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(1793) Zoya". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 143. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1794. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(2072) Kosmodemyanskaya". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 168. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2073. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.

External links

"Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky". warheroes.ru (in Russian).

[1] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(1977) Shura". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 159. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1978. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.

[2] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(1793) Zoya". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 143. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1794. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.

[3] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(2072) Kosmodemyanskaya". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 168. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2073. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.

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