"Guess who ?" quiz

[Soviet]

If I'm allowed to make a small game in the "General Talk" section, I would like to make a "Guess who ?" quiz. This sort of trivia game was very successful on an other forum & I thought it would be educative to make it here

If the moderator are against this little game in the General section, just delete it.

Here are a few ground rules so there would be no confusion among forum members.

1. Discuss only one trivia item at a time so as not to confuse what is being discussed with other forum members.

2. Once a forum member guesses the correct trivia question, that member can then post their trivia question. Or if they wish can pass it on to another forum member.

3. The trivia question must have a connection to Soviet awards as it is the purpose of this forum.


4. The trivia could involve people, medals, badges or items related to Soviet awards.

5. This thread is for all of us to have some fun and at the same time to educate ourselves on Soviet people that made history and also to learn differently about Soviet awards.

6. When the question is answered, the original poster should give background about the person in question.

So let's play !

To get us all started here is the first "Guess who ?" question.

1. Who is this ?
2. Why this guy is well known ?
and
3. Which major awards did this guy was awarded ?