Operation Spring Awakening
Pavel Andreyevich Papin (Russian: Павел Андреевич Папин; 16 June 1905 – 12 March 1945) was a Red Army sergeant and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Papin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his actions during Operation Spring Awakening, during which he threw himself under the tracks of a German tank.