Nikolai Vychuzhanin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Hero of the Soviet Union
Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1919
Place of Birth: Tonkinsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Date of Death: 26-Jun-1964
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Nikolai Vychuzhanin
- Nikolai Alexeyevich Vychuzhanin (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ?????????; 23 February 1919 – 26 June 1964) was a Red Army junior lieutenant and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Vychuzhanin was awarded the title on 15 January 1944 for his actions in crossing the Dnieper in eastern Belarus, in which he commanded a 37th Guards Rifle Division machine gun platoon.
- Vychuzhanin's platoon, according to his Hero of the Soviet Union citation, repulsed 20 counterattacks, killing up to 400 German soldiers.
- After the war, Vychuzhanin left the army and worked in agriculture.
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