Vladimir Kudashov

Vladimir Petrovich Kudashov (1918 – 1976) was a Soviet soldier of World War II (called, in the Soviet Union, the Great Patriotic War) and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

Biography Kudashov was born in the village of Upper Belozёrki in Stavropol Region of Samara province.

Kudashov joined in the Red Army in 1940. From the very beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 he was involved in battle, and he was slightly wounded.

He was assigned to the 7th Independent Motorized Pontoon Bridge Battalion. In May 1942, when this battalion was part of Southwestern Front, during the Kharkov Offensive, Kudashov participated in various actions, including covering river crossings under enemy mortar and machine-gun fire, for which he was awarded a "For Service in Battle" medal.