Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Hero of the Soviet Union
Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1925
Place of Birth: Ossino-Gai, Russia
Date of Death: 13-Apr-1945
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky
- Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kosmodemyansky (Russian: ??????´??? ?????´?????? ??????????´?????; July 27, 1925 – April 13, 1945) was a first lieutenant and a hero of the Soviet Union, who was bestowed this title posthumously after having been killed during World War II during the capture of the settlement of Vierbrüderkrug, in the Kaporner Heath near Metgethen, just west of Königsberg, East Prussia, 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, while 1793 Zoya and 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya were named for his sister and for his mother, Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya, respectively.
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