Alexander Chekalin (partisan)

Alexander Pavlovich Chekalin
Born25 March 1925
Died6 November 1941(1941-11-06) (aged 16)
Tula Oblast
Allegiance Soviet Union
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin

Alexander (Shura) Pavlovich Chekalin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Па́влович Чека́лин; 25 March 1925 – 6 November 1941) was a Russian teenager, Soviet partisan, and Hero of the Soviet Union.

Chekalin was captured, tortured, and hanged for partisan activities in Tula Oblast near Moscow during the German-Soviet War.

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