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02-16-2004, 09:02 AM | #31 |
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Well... he technically was a foreigner...
It was either a Polish Marshall of Soviet Union or Russian Commander of Vojsko Polske? Or both? Funny how things were done on that side of he iron curtain? Eric
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That's Marshal of Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky, who was Polish Minister of Defense at some point. He was Polish national. William |
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And even more funny: He received his soviet awards as the Russian Konstantin Rokossovskiy and polish ones as Pole Konstanty Rokossowski. |
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Order of Victory, also visible on this pic...
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Captain of the Guards Ruben Ruis Ibarruri HSU
Spanish Stalingrad HSU. Captain of the Guards Ruben Ruis Ibarruri
One of the groups was led by Capitain Ruben Ruis Ibarruri, the son of a Spanish heroine and anti-fascist activist Dolores Ibarryri. In the dawn of the 24th August Germans launched an offensive. When the commander of the battalion was killed in the fighting Ruben took the command into his hands. The German advance was stopped by the heavy fire by machine gun and Rifle Company and the Germans started to retreat. Ruben Ordered the battalion to attack and he himself led the fighters. More than one hundred German soldiers and officers died , cannons, machine guns and shells were left behind on the battlefield as they retreated in panic. Ruben was seriously injured in the fighting. He was taken to a hospital on the left bank where he died on 3rd December 1942. He was posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Eddie.
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First Lieutenant Otakar Jaros HSU
Czech HSU First Lieutenant Otakar Jaros.
The first foreign citizen to receive the highest Soviet distinction HSU (posthumously) was First Lieutenant Otakar Jaros, an officer of a Czechoslovak Army unit stationed in the USSR. Besides him, the Gold Star Medal was conferred for heroic deeds performed in the struggle against Nazism on another four servicemen of the Czechoslovak Army. From the Records of the Ceskoslovensky Armadi Sbov v SSSR, 1. (First Czechoslovakian Army). Letter of Generals Khrushchev and Valutin, in which they praise the participation of Czechoslovak soldiers in the Charkov operation, and wish further success to the Corps. Decree of the Presidium granting the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" to Lieutenant Otakar Jaros. Eddie.
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Ruben Ruis Ibarruri
His grave is in the central park of Volgograd. I treid to explain to a few others on our last trip there who he was, but its a bit complicated to novices.
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Ibarruri HSU
"For heroism shown by him in a struggle against the fascist aggressors, the worthy son of the Spanish nation was posthumously made the Hero of the Soviet Union".
Ruben Ruis Ibarruri and his Mother anti-fascist activist Dolores Ibarryri. Dolores Ibarryri received the Lenin Peace Prize (1964) and the Order of Lenin (1965). Eddie.
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The 43 Foriegn HSU,s
Name, Country, Rank etc, Award Date, S/N.
1. Fidel Castro, Cuba, President, 23/5/1963, #11124 2. Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Cuba, Cosmonaut, 26/9/1980, #? 3. Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afganistan, Cosmonaut, 7/9/1988, #11584 4. Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria, President, 30/4/1964, #11221 5. Pham Tuan,N. Vietnam, Lt. Gen, Cosmonaut, 31/7/1980. #11444 6. Rakesh Sharma, India, Sq. Leader,Cosmonaut, 11/4/1984, #? 7. Gamal Abdul Nasser, Egypt, President, 13/5/1964, #11224 8. Hakim Abdel Amer, Egypt, Field-Marshal 13/5/1964. #11225 9. Muhammed Ahmed Faris, Syria, Cosmonaut, 30/7/1987 #? 10. Jean-loup Chretien, France,Brig. Gen, Cosmonaut, 2/7/1982. #? 11. Marcel Albert, France, Lt, Pilot N/N, 27/11/1944, #? 12. Jacques Andre, France, Sous-Lt, Pilot N/N, 4/6/1945, #? 13. Roland de la Poype, France, ASP, Pilot N/N, 27/11/1944, #? 14. Marcel Lefèvre, France, ASP Pilot N/N, 4/6/1945 #? 15. Ruben Ruis Ibarruri, Spain, Captain, 23/8/1956 #? 16. Ramon Lopez (Merkander, Ramon), Spain,Agent(NKVD) 31/5/1960.#11089 17. Otakar Jaroš , Czech, 1st Lt. 18/4/1943 #? 18. Antonín Sochor, Czech, ? 21/11/1943 #? 19. Richard Tesařík, Czech, ? 21/12/1943 #? 20. Josef Buršík, Czech, ? 21/12/1943 #? 21. Jan Nálepka-Repkin, Czech, ? 2/5/1945 #? 22. Stěpan Vajda, Czech ? 10/8/1945 #? 23. Ludvík Svoboda, Czech,Politician, 24/11/1965, #10708 24. Vladimír Remek, Czech,Cosmonaut, 16/3/1978, #11299 25. Gustav Husák, Czech,Head of State, 9/1/1983, #11490 26. Miroslaw Hermaszewski, Poland, Cosmonaut 5/7/1978, #? 27. Vladislav Wysotsky K., Poland, 11/11/1943 #? 28. Anela Kszivon , Poland, 11/11/1943 #? 29. Julius Hiobner, Poland, 11/11/1943 #? 30. Fritz Schmenkel, Germany(GDR) Soviet partisan 6/10/1964 #? 31. Sigmund Jähn, Germany (GDR), Maj.Gen,Cosmonaut 10/9/1978. #11303 32. Erich Honecker, Germany (GDR), Chancellor, 25/8/1982 #? 33. Walter Ulbricht, Germany (GDR), Chancellor, 29/6/1963. #11184 34. Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu, Rumania, Air Fleet Gen, Cosmonaut, 22/5/1981 #? 35. Janos Kadar, Hungary, Head of State, 3/4/1964, #11218 36. Bertalan Farkas, Hungary, Cosmonaut 30/6/1980 #11441 37. Vladimir Stoyanov-Zayimov, Bulgaria, General, 30/5/1972 #? 38. Todor Zhivkov, Bulgaria, Head of State, 31/5/1977, #11281 39. Volkan S Goranov, (Zachariev, Z.S.), Bulgaria 31/12/1936. #21 40. Aleksandr Panayatov Aleksandrov, Bulgaria, Cosmonaut 17/6/1988 #? 41. Georgi Ivanov, Bulgaria, Cosmonaut, 13/4/1979 #10749 42. Gurragcha Zhugderdemidiyn, Mongolia, Cosmonaut 30/3/1981 #? 43. Primo Gibelli , Italy, Pilot/Instructor 31/12/1936 #? Updates when available. Eddie/Christophe/Kim/Art/Tal.
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Marcel Albert
Marcel Albert has been made "Hero of the Soviet Union" on 28th November 1944.
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