Pyotr Kuznetsov

Pyotr Ivanovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Пётр Иванович Кузнецов; 30 January 1925 – 14 May 1981) was a Red Army junior sergeant during World War II and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Kuznetsov was awarded the title for his actions in the 1943 Battle of Kiev, where he reportedly killed 41 German soldiers. He was seriously wounded and discharged soon after. After the war, Kuznetsov lived in Kaluga.

Early life Kuznetsov was born 30 January 1925 in the village of Zelony Luzhok in the Suvorovsky District of Tula Oblast to a peasant family. After graduating from seventh grade, he worked on a collective farm. In a later battle, he was severely wounded and discharged in late 1943.

After the war He lived in Kaluga and died on 14 May 1981.