26 June 1964(1964-06-26) (aged 45) Adayevka, Kamyshninsky District, Kostanay Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Service/branch
Red Army
Years of service
1939–45
Rank
Junior lieutenant
Unit
37th Guards Rifle Division
Battles/wars
World War II
Battle of Stalingrad
Byelorussian Strategic Offensive
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
Nikolai Alexeyevich Vychuzhanin (Russian: Николай Алексеевич Вычужанин; 23 February 1919 – 26 June 1964) was a Red Army junior lieutenant and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Vychuzhanin was awarded the title on 15 January 1944 for his actions in crossing the Dnieper in eastern Belarus, in which he commanded a 37th Guards Rifle Division machine gun platoon. Vychuzhanin's platoon, according to his Hero of the Soviet Union citation, repulsed 20 counterattacks, killing up to 400 German soldiers. After the war, Vychuzhanin left the army and worked in agriculture.
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