Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky

Soviet military officer and Hero of the Soviet Union

World War II
- East Prussian offensive
  - Battle of Königsberg

AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Order of the Patriotic War (2)Alma materUlyanovsk Tank SchoolRelationsZoya Kosmodemyanskaya (sister)

Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kosmodemyansky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Анато́льевич Космодемья́нский; 27 July 1925 – 13 April 1945) was a Soviet military officer and Hero of the Soviet Union, who was bestowed this title posthumously after having been killed in World War II during the capture of the settlement of Vierbrüderkrug, in the Kaporner Heath near Metgethen, just west of Königsberg, East Prussia, Nazi Germany.

He was the brother of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.

The settlement of imeni Alexandra Kosmodemyanskogo in Kaliningrad Oblast was renamed after him in 1956. The minor planet 1977 Shura was named in his honour,^[1] while 1793 Zoya and 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya were named for his sister and for his mother, Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya, respectively.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(1977) Shura". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 159. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1978. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(1793) Zoya". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 143. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1794. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(2072) Kosmodemyanskaya". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 168. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2073. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.