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]
References
- ^ Shkadov, Ivan, ed. (1987). Герои Советского Союза: краткий биографический словарь I, Абаев - Любичев [Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary I, Abaev - Lyubichev]. Moscow: Voenizdat. p. 123.
- ^ Баршт Абрек Аркадьевич
- ^ "Abrek Barsht". Герои страны ("Heroes of the Country") (in Russian).
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