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History Of Soviet Union In Photos

History Of Soviet Union In Photos

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Red Army sniper Maxim Passard, 71st Guards Rifle Division. He was an ethnic Nanai; the Nanais are an ethnic group living in the Amur region of the (now) Russian Far East. Passard had a record of 230 confirmed kills when he was himself KIA on Jan 17, 1943. On Feb 16, 2010, the Russian government recognized him as a Hero of the Russian Federation (the successor honor to Hero of the Soviet Union).

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