Vladimir Borsoev

Vladimir Borsoev — Soviet officer, a veteran of World War II, commander of the 7th Guards anti-tank artillery brigade, Hero of the Soviet Union.

V. Borsoev was born April 13, 1906 in Holbot,  Irkutsk Governorate, Russian Empire.

He was an ethnic Buryat.

Since 1932 he studied at the Leningrad Artillery School. In 1941 he graduated from M.V. Frunze Military Academy.

On the Great Patriotic War from June 1941.

Borsoev participated in the Battle of Kursk, liberated Ukraine and Poland.

On March 8, 1945 Guard Colonel Vladimir Borsoev in battles on the Oder bridgehead was seriously wounded and died of his wounds.

Borsoev buried in Lviv, Ukraine.

On May 6, 1965 Guard Colonel Vladimir Borsoevu posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union  for courage and heroism in the battles against the Nazi invaders by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

Honours and awards

 * Hero of the Soviet Union (1965)
 * Order of Lenin (1944)
 * Order of Lenin (1965)
 * Order of the Patriotic War (1945)
 * Order of the Red Star (1941)

Memory

 * One of the streets in the city of Ulan-Ude is named Borsoev