Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky
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| Birth name | Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kosmodemyansky |
| Born | (1925-07-27)27 July 1925 Osino-Gay, near of Tambov, Soviet Union |
| Died | 13 April 1945(1945-04-13) (aged 19) The Kaporner Heath near Metgethen, East Prussia, Nazi Germany |
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| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Branch | Red Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Senior lieutenant |
| Unit | 42nd Guards Heavy Tank Brigade 350th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment |
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| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Order of the Patriotic War (2) |
| Alma mater | Ulyanovsk Tank School |
| 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.
The settlement of imeni Alexandra KosmodemyanskogoinKaliningrad 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]
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