Nikolay Korolyov (sergeant)

Nikolay Stepanovich Korolyov (Russian: Николай Степанович Королёв; 22 May 1921 – 27 November 1943) was a Red Army sergeant and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

Korolev was posthumously awarded the title for his actions during the Battle of the Dnieper, where he repulsed numerous counterattacks with his machine gun.

[1] Korolev was born on 22 May 1921 in Katyshevo village, Muromsky District, Vladimir Oblast.

On 6 October he repulsed another counterattack, reportedly inflicting heavy losses on German troops.

[1][2] He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin on 10 January 1944.