Pyotr Shelepov | |
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Native name | Пётр Емельянович Шелепов |
Born | 14 July 1920 Bogdano-Verbky, Pavlogradsky Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Ukrainian SSR |
Died | 3 September 1983 Verkhnodniprovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | (aged 63)
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Service | Red Army |
Years of service | 1940–1946 |
Rank | Red Army man |
Unit | 37th Guards Rifle Division |
Battles / wars | |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Pyotr Emelyanovich Shelepov (Russian: Пётр Емельянович Шелепов; 14 July 1920 – 3 September 1983) was a Red Army man and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Shelepov was awarded the title for his actions in the Berlin Offensive, in which he and others captured a height and then held it against several counterattacks. Postwar, he became a prosecutor.[1]