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unusual facts about Alexander Belov


13th Guards Rifle Division

Incidentally, the Belov that commanded the Corps that bought hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers their lives is unknown, but the possibilities are as follows: Alexander Belov, Alexei Belov, Grigori Belov, Ivan Belov, Nikolai Belov, Pavel Belov, Vladimir Belov, and Yetvtikhihy Belov, as all of these men were Red Army officers who participated in the Battle of Kiev.


Vladimir Kondrashin

He led them to their first Olympic victory in the 1972 Olympics (they beat USA in the controversial final game on a last second shot by Alexander Belov).


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Penal military unit

The hero of Paullina Simons' Bronze Horseman trilogy, Alexander Belov, is sentenced to serve in a Red Army penal battalion.