Ivan Tretyak
Ivan Tretyak - writer and politician from Russia. He was born on February 20, 1923 in Mala Popivka and died on May 3, 2007 in Moscow. He graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, the M.V. Frunze Military Academy. He was awarded the Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class, the Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands", the "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal, the Gold Star, the Medal "For Battle Merit", the Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", the Medal of Zhukov, the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, the Order of Kutuzov, 3rd class, the Order of the Red Star, the Medal "For the Defence of Moscow", the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, the Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR", the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", the Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms", the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Medal "For Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway", the Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR", the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 2nd class, the Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", the Hero of Socialist Labour.
