Ivan Pozharsky
For other uses, see Pozharsky.
| Ivan Pozharsky | |
|---|---|
 Ivan Pozharsky, Hero of Soviet Union | |
| Born |
27 August 1905 Ardatov, Russian Empire |
| Died |
7 August 1938 (aged 32) near Khasan Lake, USSR |
Ivan Pozharsky (Russian: Иван Алексеевич Пожарский, August 27, 1905, Ardatov, Russian Empire - August 7, 1938, near Khasan Lake, USSR) was a Soviet military commissar and posthumous Hero of Soviet Union.[1]
He was born in 1905 in Ardatov, now Mordovia. He served in the Red Army as a military commissar. He died in Battle of Lake Khasan near Zaozyornaya Sopka and Khasan Lake after being wounded while rallying his men to attack. Pozharsky continued to fight despite his wounds and died at the height of the battle. He was buried in Kraskino (now Khasansky District).[1]
District and village in Primorsky Krai, and streets in a few Russian cities, were named after him.[2]
Notes
- 1 2 "Пожарский Иван Алексеевич" [Pozharsky, Ivan]. www.warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ↑ "Пожарский район | Места на карте мира". еСоседи. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
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