Oleksiy Fedorov

Oleksiy Fedorov
Oleksiy Fedorov during 1977 war commemoration ceremony in Bryansk
Born	30 March 1901 Russian Empire
Died	9 September 1989(1989-09-09) (aged 88) Kiev
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Years of service	1941 - 1944
Rank	Major General
Awards	(6) Order of Suvorov Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Order of the Red Banner Order of the Patriotic War Order of the Red Star Order of the October Revolution

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Oleksiy Fedorovych Fedorov (Ukrainian: Ukrainian: Олексій Федорович Федоров, Russian: Алексей Фёдоров, Aleksey Fyodorovich Fyodorov; March 30, 1901 - September 9, 1989), one of the leaders of Soviet partisan movement during the World War II. He was twice Hero of the Soviet Union, and only one of two partisan leaders to receive the double honour (the other being fellow Ukrainian Sydir Kovpak).

Oleksiy Fedorov was born near Dnipropetrovsk in a Ukrainian peasant family. In 1920 he joined the Red Army and fought in the Russian Civil War.

In 1927 he joined Communist Party of the Soviet Union and by 1938 became a first secretary of the regional party committee in Chernihiv Oblast.