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Savely Dmitriev
File:Savely dmitriev.jpg
Photo from NKVD file
Native name
Савелий Тимофеевич Дмитриев
Birth nameSavely Timofeevich Dmitriev
Born1909
DiedAugust 25, 1950(1950-08-25) (aged 40–41)
Allegiance Russian Empire
Soviet Union
RankGefreiter
Battles / warsWorld War II

Savely Timofeevich Dmitriev (Russian: Саве́лий Тимофе́евич Дми́триев) (1909 – 25 August 1950) was gefreiter of the 1st Anti-Aircraft regiment of the Red Army. He is known for firing a rifle at car which carried Minister of Foreign Trade Anastas Mikoyan on 6 November 1942. Dmitriev was executed in 1950 after long investigation.

Early life

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Savely Dmitriev was born in 1909 in Ust-Kamenogorsk into a well-off peasant family. Young Dmitriev was forced to renounce his father, an Old Believer priest during anti-religious campaign in 1930s.[1] He finished only first grade of elementary school

  1. ^ Vladimir Snegiryov (2012-04-19). "Lobnoye Mesto" Лобное место. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-08-23.