Demokrat Leonov

Demokrat Vladimirovich Leonov
Born	(1926-04-01)1 April 1926 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Died	15 March 1969(1969-03-15) (aged 42) Damansky Island, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service / branch	Soviet Border Troops
Years of service	1943–1969
Rank	Colonel
Battles / wars	World War II Sino-Soviet border conflict  †
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin

Demokrat Vladimirovich Leonov (Russian: Демократ Владимирович Леонов; 1 April 1926 – 15 March 1969) was a Soviet Border Troops colonel and a Hero of the Soviet Union, who was killed in action during the 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict.^[1]