Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kosmodemyansky (russian: Алекса́ндр Анато́льевич Космодемья́нский; July 27, 1925 – April 13, 1945) was a
first lieutenant
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The rank of lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations, but in most forces it is sub-divided into a s ...
and a
hero of the Soviet Union
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, who was bestowed this title posthumously after having been killed during
World War II
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during the capture of the settlement of Vierbrüderkrug, in the Kaporner Heath near
Metgethen, just west of
Königsberg
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,
East Prussia
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,
Germany
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.
He was the brother of
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya ( rus, Зо́я Анато́льевна Космодемья́нская, p=ˈzojə kəsmədʲɪˈmʲjanskəjə; September 13, 1923 – November 29, 1941) was a Soviet partisan. She was executed after acts of s ...
.
The settlement of
imeni Alexandra Kosmodemyanskogo
Imeni Alexandra Kosmodemyanskogo (russian: и́мени Алекса́ндра Космодемья́нского) is a residential area in Tsentralny Administrative District of the city of Kaliningrad in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It was forme ...
in
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and administr ...
was renamed after him in 1956. The minor planet
1977 Shura was named in his honour,
while
1793 Zoya and
2072 Kosmodemyanskaya were named for his sister and for his mother, Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya, respectively.
References
External links
warheroes.ru - Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky(ru)
1925 births
1945 deaths
People from Tambov Oblast
People from Kirsanovsky Uyezd
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Soviet Army officers
Soviet military personnel killed in World War II
Heroes of the Soviet Union
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