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Brandys (surname)
The surname Brandys may refer to: * Anatoli Brandys, Hero of the Soviet Union * Kazimierz Brandys (1916–2000), Polish essayist and screenwriter * Marian Brandys (1912–1998), Polish writer * Pascal Brandys (born 1958), French engineer See also * Brandýs (other) *Brandeis *Brandis (surname) Brandis is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian August Brandis, German philologist and historian of philosophy * Dietrich Brandis, German forester considered the father of tropical forestry * George Brandis, Austra ... * Brandejs {{surname, Brandys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoli Brandys
Anatoly Yakovlevich Brandys (russian: Анатолий Яковлевич Брандыс, uk, Анатолій Якович Брандис; 12 August 1923 – 23 March 1988) was a Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack pilot during World War II who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. After the war, he remained in the Air Force and became a lieutenant-general. Early life Brandys was born on 12 August 1923 to a Latvians, Latvian family of miners in the village of Nizhnedneprovsk, situated in an area presently in the Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi District within the city of Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro), Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. As a child he was very athletic and engaged in a variety of sports; he went on to attend the local aeroclub and the Dnipropetrovsk Special Air Force School, both of which he graduated from in 1941 shortly before entering the military in June. In December that year in completed training at the Dnipropetrovsk Military Aviation School of Initial Pilot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |