Dmitry Rodin

Dmitry Ivanovich Rodin
Native name	Дмитрий Ильич Родин
Born	21 July 1912 Novostreletskaya, Pronsky Uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	6 June 1992 Moscow, Russia
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service / branch	Red Army
Years of service	1935–1938; 1941–1945
Rank	Junior lieutenant
Unit	57th Guards Rifle Division
Battles / wars	World War II Battle of Moscow Demyansk Pocket Battle of Stalingrad Nikopol-Krivoy Rog Offensive Odessa Offensive Lublin-Brest Offensive
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union

Dmitry Ivanovich Rodin (Russian: Дмитрий Ильич Родин; 21 July 1912 – 6 June 1992) was a Red Army junior lieutenant and Hero of the Soviet Union. Rodin was awarded the title for his leadership of a platoon during the Lublin–Brest Offensive, during which he was seriously wounded for the sixth time. As a result of this, Rodin spent the rest of the war in the hospital and was discharged in April 1945. Postwar, he worked as an engineer in the Ministry of Railways design and research institute.^[1]