Pyotr Kuznetsov (soldier)

Pyotr Ivanovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Пётр Иванович Кузнецов; 30 January 1925 – 14 May 1981) was a Red Army junior sergeant during World War II and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

[1] Kuznetsov was awarded the title for his actions in the 1943 Battle of Kiev, where he reportedly killed 41 German soldiers.

Kuznetsov was born 30 January 1925 in the village of Zelony Luzhok in the Suvorovsky District of Tula Oblast to a peasant family.

On 6 October 1943, near the village of Gubin in Chernobyl Raion, Kuznetsov reportedly rushed into a German trench with his squad.

[1][2] He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 10 January 1944 for his actions, along with the Order of Lenin.