Yakov Pavlov
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Yakov Fedotovich Pavlov (Яков Федотович Павлов in Russian) (October 4, 1917 - 1981) was a famous Russian soldier during the Battle of Stalingrad, Hero of the Soviet Union (June 27, 1945). Member of the CPSU since 1944.
Pavlov joined the Red Army in 1938. During the Great Patriotic War, he took part in different battles on the South-West, Stalingrad, 3rd Ukrainian and 2nd Belorussian fronts. Pavlov was a commander of a machine gun unit, gunlayer and commander of a reconnaissance unit with the rank of Senior Sergeant. During the Battle of Stalingrad, Pavlov's platoon seized a four-story residential building from the enemy on the night of September 27, 1942 and defended it against numerous ferocious attacks until the city was freed from the Germans. This house went down in history as the Pavlov's House (Дом Павлова, or Dom Pavlova).
Pavlov was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, two Orders of the Red Star and medals.
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