Mikhail Feofanovich Potapov Military person

Mikhail Feofanovich Potapov (Russian: Михаи́л Феофа́нович Пота́пов, 23 January 1921 - 8 July 1943) was a Soviet Red Army artillery captain and commander of an anti-tank artillery battery from the 1188th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment of the 13th Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade, 2nd Tank Army. Potapov's battery destroyed ten German tanks near the Ponyri railway station at the Battle of Kursk.Captain Potapov was killed during the battle on 8 July 1943. He was twenty-two years old and had been in the Red Army since 1938.He had served in the artillery as an officer since graduating from the Moscow Artillery School in 1940 and had received the Order of the Red Banner and other decorations during his war service.He was posthumously named a Hero of the Soviet Union and awarded the Gold Star and Order of Lenin on 7 August 1943.

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Birth dateJanuary 23, 1921
Birth place
Rostov Oblast , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Dubovsky District Rostov Oblast
Date of deathJuly 08, 1943
Place of death
Soviet Union , Kursk Oblast , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Resting place
Russia , Kursk Oblast

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allegianceSoviet Union
award
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
military operations
Battle of Kursk
World War II
military branch
Red Army
military unit
2nd Guards Tank Army
Central Front (Soviet Union)
service start1938
service end1943

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