AWARDED TO SELEZNEV, STEPAN FEDOROVICH , BECAUSE OF HIS HEROIC DEED HE WAS NOMINATED HERO OF SOVIET UNION. INSTEAD, HE WAS AWARDED WITH RED BANNER BECAUSE HE WAS NOT AN OFFICER.
JUNE 22, 1944 DURING COUNTERATTACK COMRADE SELEZNEV WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO RUN INTO THE GERMAN TRENCHES WITH HIS MACHINE GUN AND KILLED 80-100 GERMAN SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS.