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Gleb Vladimirovich Baklanov (August 1, 1910 - January 16, 1976) - Soviet military leader, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General. The brother of actress Olga Baklanova. In the Red Army since November 1932. Since June 1942, he commanded the 299th Infantry Division, which, as part of the 66th Army, participated in the Battle of Stalingrad. From May 1943 - commander of the 13th Guards Rifle Division. Participant of the Battle of Kursk, the Battle of the Dnieper, Umansko-Botoshansk and Lvov-Sandomierz offensive operations. Major General G.V. Baklanov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 29, 1945 for his skillful leadership of the troops in the battles for Dresden and displayed heroism. At the 1945 Victory Parade, he commanded the combined regiment of the 1st Ukrainian Front.

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Partial list of his awards -
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Gleb Vladimirovich Baklanov (August 1, 1910 - January 16, 1976) - Soviet military leader, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General. The brother of actress Olga Baklanova. In the Red Army since November 1932. Since June 1942, he commanded the 299th Infantry Division, which, as part of the 66th Army, participated in the Battle of Stalingrad. From May 1943 - commander of the 13th Guards Rifle Division. Participant of the Battle of Kursk, the Battle of the Dnieper, Umansko-Botoshansk and Lvov-Sandomierz offensive operations. Major General G.V. Baklanov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 29, 1945 for his skillful leadership of the troops in the battles for Dresden and displayed heroism. At the 1945 Victory Parade, he commanded the combined regiment of the 1st Ukrainian Front.

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Looks like somewhere along the way he was awarded the U.S. Distinguished Service Cross on his left breast!! That's just below the MOH
 
Early April 1945. In the forest near Kustrin.
From left to right: the chief of staff of the regiment N.V. Shirokiy, deputy regiment commander for political affairs L.A. Glushkov, regiment commander P.G. Mzhachih, deputy. regiment commander F.M. Frying, replacement of the regiment of N.P. Romanchenko.
On a tank in a cap - deputy. the chief of staff of the regiment I. German.

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Soviet fighter pilot, Captain Pavel Kutakhov in early 1942

Future Chief Marshal of Aviation and Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Air Force in 1969-1984.

Kutakhov was remembered not only by the fifteen-year-old command of the Air Force, which, moreover, fell during the period of the greatest leap in the technologies of domestic aviation, but also by the fact that, as commander-in-chief, he flew on modern fighters up to the age of sixty.

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