Battle of the Dnieper
Aleksey Ivanovich Polosin (Russian: Алексей Иванович Полосин; 1924 – 15 October 1943) was a Red Army sergeant, who was posthumously a Hero of the Soviet Union. He was posthumously awarded the title for his actions in the Battle of the Dnieper. Polosin was reported to have killed three German officers during a reconnaissance mission and 26 soldiers while repulsing a German counterattack.