Mikhail Solovyov (lieutenant)

Mikhail Grigoryevich Solovyov (Russian: Михаил Григорьевич Соловьёв; 1917 – 7 October 1943) was a Red Army Lieutenant and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.

[1][2] Solovyov was posthumously awarded the title for his leadership of a company during the Battle of the Dnieper, in which he reportedly killed 31 German soldiers.

Solovyov was born in 1917 in Sluzna village, Spas-Demensky District, Kaluga Oblast, in a peasant family.

Solovyov led his company in the attack, reportedly killing 8 German soldiers.

[1][3] On 10 January 1944, Solovyov was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and an Order of Lenin.