Ivan Vasilyevich Gavrilov. Guards colonel. Hero of the Soviet Union.

Hero of the Soviet Union - Ivan Vasilyevich Gavrilov / Project of war memorial. War memorial dedicated to the heroes of The Second World War / Project of military sculpture memorial using traditional art methods and milling and 3D printing technologies.
Ivan Vasilyevich Gavrilov - Soviet officer. Participant of the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars. Hero of the Soviet Union (31.05.1945, posthumously). Guards Colonel (25.04.1944).
Date of birth: October 19th, 1899 (Yeysk, Kuban, Russian Empire).
Date of death: April 26th, 1945 (Berlin, Germany).
Rank: Guards colonel. Hero of the Soviet Union. Killed in a German counter-attack.
Awards:
- Jubilee Medal "20 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
- Orden Krasnogo Znameni
- Medal "Za oboronu Stalingrada"
- Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1
- Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)
- Orden Lenina
I had the only surviving historical photograph of Ivan Vasilyevich Gavrilov for sculpting...
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/69047/Gavrilov-Ivan-Vasilyevich.htm
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