Vladimir Kurakin
Vladimir Kurakin - military officer from Soviet Union. He was born on June 7, 1922 in Ivanovo Oblast and died on May 9, 2001 in Bila Tserkva. He graduated from the Gagarin Air Force Academy. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, the Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the Medal "For Courage", the Order of the Red Star, the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", the Hero of the Soviet Union.
