Viktor Andreevich Turbin (Russian: Виктор Андреевич Турбин; 9 November 1923 – 8 August 1944) was a Red Army Junior Lieutenant and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.
Turbin was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his actions while leading a platoon during Operation Bagration in summer 1944.
His platoon reportedly held a bridgehead on the Drut River against numerically superior German troops until the crossing of the remainder of Turbin's regiment.
Turbin destroyed a heavy machine gun and 75mm artillery shells with a hand grenade.
[2] On 24 March 1945, he was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin.