Nikolai Stepanovich Korolev

Nikolai Stepanovich Korolev (Russian: Николай Степанович Королёв;22 May 1921- 27 November 1943) was a Red Army Sergeant and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

Early life
Korolev was born on 22 May 1921 in Katysheva village, Muromsky District, Vladimir Oblast. After finishing school, he went to the Muromsky Teacher Training College and worked as a teacher in the Aktobe Region of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1939, Korolev was drafted.

World War II
He fought with the Southwestern Front, Central Front, Voronezh Front and 1st Ukrainian Front and was wounded twice. By October 1943, he was a sergeant in the 3rd Battalion of the 8th Guards Airborne Regiment of the 3rd Guards Airborne Division. During the Battle of the Dnieper on 2 October 1943, Korolev crossed the Dnieper with his regiment. On 5 October, he reportedly repulsed three German counterattacks with his machine gun. On 6 October he repulsed another counterattack. Korolev was killed on 27 November 1943 during the capture of a village in Radomyshl Raion.

He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin on 10 January 1944.