Vladimir Saprykin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vladimir Saprykin

Red Army captain and a Hero of the Soviet Union

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1916

Place of Birth: Lipetsk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 24-Apr-1990

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Vladimir Alexeyevich Saprykin (Russian: ?????´??? ??????´???? ?????´???; 24 August 1916 – 24 April 1990) was a Red Army captain and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Saprykin became a Red Army officer and was a regimental assistant chief of staff when he was caught in the Spas-Demensk pocket in October 1941.
Saprykin escaped and reached Soviet lines.
He was sent to an NKVD filtration camp, where it was decided that Saprykin had committed treason.
He was sent to a penal battalion, where he was wounded.
Saprykin became a company commander, regimental chief of staff, and battalion commander in the 144th Rifle Division. During December 1943 in battles in eastern Belarus, Saprykin and a small group of soldiers from his battalion reportedly repulsed numerous counterattacks of superior German forces.
After three days, he reportedly called down artillery on his own position and was believed killed.
For his actions, Saprykin was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Saprykin was captured by the German troops and sent to a POW camp.
After its liberation by British troops, Saprykin emigrated to Canada to avoid imprisonment if he returned to the Soviet Union.
After Soviet authorities discovered his survival, Saprykin's Hero of the Soviet Union award was revoked.
Saprykin died in Toronto on 24 April 1990.
His Hero of the Soviet Union award was posthumously restored on 4 December 1991.