Aleksandr Kochetov
Aleksandr Kochetov - WWII flying ace and Hero of the Soviet Union. He was born on March 8, 1919 in Alatyr and died on January 31, 1994 in Cheboksary. He graduated from the Chuvashia State University of pedagogy. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, the Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR", the Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw", the Medal "Veteran of Labour", the Medal "For the Defence of Kiev", the Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus", the Medal "For the Defence of Moscow", the Medal "For Battle Merit", the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", the Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class, the Medal "For the Capture of Berlin", the Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad".
