Ilya Vlasenko

Ilya Arkhipovich Vlasenko (19 August 1902 – 11 May 1963) (Ukrainian: Ілля Архипович Власенко, Belarusian: Ілья Архіпавіч Уласенка, Russian: Илья Архипович Власенко) was a political commissar in the Red Army during and following World War II. Vlasenko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1943 for his leadership in the Battle of the Dnieper.

Ilya Vlasenko

Ilya Arkhipovich Vlasenko (19 August 1902 – 11 May 1963) (Ukrainian: Ілля Архипович Власенко, Belarusian: Ілья Архіпавіч Уласенка, Russian: Илья Архипович Власенко) was a political commissar in the Red Army during and following World War II. Vlasenko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1943 for his leadership in the Battle of the Dnieper.