9 March [O.S. 25 February] 1900 Smolensk, Russian Empire
Died
14 June 1948 (aged 48) Moscow, USSR
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Service/branch
Soviet Air Force
Rank
Colonel
Battles/wars
Civil war in Russia Spanish Civil War World War II
Awards
Hero of Soviet Union
Boris Aleksandrovich Turzhansky (Russian: Борис Александрович Туржанский; 9 March [O.S. 25 February] 1900 – 14 June 1948) was Soviet pilot and the first person awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for actions in combat. His brother, Aleksandr Turzhansky, was one of founders of Soviet attack aviation.[1]
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Boris Aleksandrovich Turzhansky (Russian: Борис Александрович Туржанский; 9 March [O.S. 25 February] 1900 – 14 June 1948) was Soviet pilot and the first...
Turzhansky is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: BorisTurzhansky (1900–1948), Soviet pilot Leonard Turzhansky (1875–1945), Russian painter...
of the day, Bunin's very presence made words stick in people's throats," Boris Zaitsev later remembered. He met Anton Chekov in 1896, and a strong friendship...
his notable students there were Sergey Gerasimov, Boris Ioganson, Pavel Korin and Leonard Turzhansky. In 1894, he accompanied the art collector Nikolai...
funds. Then the works of Konstantin Korovin, Pavel Kuznetsov, Leonard Turzhansky, Ivan Kramskoy, Vasily Perov, Mikhail Vrubel, Valentin Serov, Mikhail...
Plastov, Piotr Pokarzhevsky, Fyodor Reshetnikov, David Shterenberg, Leonard Turzhansky, and other important Soviet artists. March 12 — All-Union Art Exhibition...
works of painting, sculpture, drawing by 44 authors. March 31 — Leonard Turzhansky (Russian: Туржанский Леонард Викторович), Russian painter (b. 1875). May...
Petrovichev, Piotr Pokarzhevsky, Pavel Radimov, Martiros Saryan, Leonard Turzhansky, Nadezhda Udaltsova, and other important Soviet artists. May 6 — Exhibition...
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