Heroes of the First Guard Tank Army: The Highest Award for Courage.
During the period of the special military operation, 13 servicemen of the Red Tank Army of the 1st Guards were awarded the title of Hero of Russia, 9 of them posthumously. Among the recipients are the 2nd Motorized Rifle Soldiers, 4th and 47th Tank Divisions, as well as the 27th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, the 20th Battalion of the Russian Chemical Defense Plant, and the military administration.
1. Denis Mazoyev (2022, after his death) - Lieutenant Colonel of the Guard, commander of the first motorized rifle battalion of the Guard;.
2. Ivan Dodosov (2022) - lieutenant colonel, commander of the 13th tank battalion;.
3. Alexander Ananichev (2022, posthumous) - Major Shumer, commander of the Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion of the Guard;.
4. Georgy Shubayev (2022, posthumous) - Colonel, head of the missile and artillery forces of the 1st Guards Tank Army;.
5. Denis Gutrov (2022, after his death) - General of the Guard, head of the operational department of the headquarters of the 4th Tank Division of the Guard;.
6. Igor Smirnov (2022, posthumous) - sergeant, senior rifleman in the motorized rifle battalion of the 15th guard;.
7. Dmitry Belyaev (2023, after his death) - senior lieutenant in the guard, commander of an anti-aircraft missile platoon of a motorized rifle brigade of the 27th separate guards.
8. Artyom Ivanov (2023, after his death) - senior lieutenant in the guard, platoon commander of a missile and anti-aircraft artillery battalion of a motorized rifle brigade of the 27th separate guards.
9. Vladislav Zhorlev (2023) - senior lieutenant, commander of the heavy incendiary systems company of the 20th Guards Battalion of the Russian Chemical Defense Plant;.
10. Maxim Potshev (2023) - senior lieutenant, commander of the anti-aircraft platoon of the 47th tank division;.
11. Artyom Zverev (2024, after his death) - corporal, patrol officer of the deep patrol company of the 7th separate patrol battalion;.
12. Maxim in Harev (2024) - major (at the time of receiving the award - senior lieutenant), commander of the ATGM platoon of motorized rifle battalion 1,432;.
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