Abrek Barsht information

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Abrek Arkadyevich Barsht (Russian: Абрек Аркадьевич Баршт; 2 December 1919 — 21 March 2006) was a Soviet combat pilot, World War II veteran, colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union.

He was born 2 December 1919 in present-day Kherson to a working-class Jewish family. He graduated from the Bataysk Military Aviation School in 1940. During the war he served in the 179th Fighter Aviation Regiment and 118th Special Reconnaissance-spotter Aviation Regiment. He was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union on 10 April 1945.^[1][2] He died on 21 March 2006 and was buried at the Nikolskoe Cemetery in St. Petersburg.^[3]