Actor and warrior Alexey Makarovich Smirnov (49 photos)

Everyone knows this actor! Who knows this war hero? Here are his well-deserved awards: Order of Glory 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree, Order of the Red Star, Medal “For Courage”, Medal “For Military Merit”

From the award list

Award sheet for the order of the third artillery division dated September 15, 1944 for the Order of Glory, 3rd degree:

“On June 20, 1944, in the area of ​​height 283, the enemy with a force of up to 40 Nazis attacked the battery. Comrade Smirnov, inspiring the fighters, rushed into battle and repelled the attack of the Nazis. There were 17 Germans left on the battlefield, and he personally captured 7 Nazis..."

To the Order of Glory, 2nd degree:

“Comrade Smirnov with three soldiers rushed at the Germans and personally killed three Nazis with a machine gun and captured two. On January 22, 1945, despite intense machine-gun and artillery-mortar fire, he carried the mortar on himself to the left bank of the Oder River; in this battle, two machine-gun points and twenty Nazis were destroyed.”