Oleksiy Fedorov

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Fedorovych and the family name is Fedorov.
Oleksiy Fedorov
Born30 March 1901
Lotsmanska Kamianka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now part of Dnipro, Ukraine)
Died9 September 1989(1989-09-09) (aged 88)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service years1941–1944
RankMajor General
ConflictsHero of the Soviet Union (twice)

Oleksiy Fedorovych Fedorov (Ukrainian: Олексій Федорович Федоров, Russian: Алексей Фёдорович Фёдоров, Aleksey Fyodorovich Fyodorov; 30 March 1901 – 9 September 1989), was a Ukrainian leader of Soviet partisan movement during World War II. He was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, making him one of the only two partisan leaders to receive the title twice (the other being fellow Ukrainian Sydir Kovpak).

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