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Pyotr Yevseevich Braiko
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Native name
Пётр Евсеевич Брайко
Born9 September 1919
Died7 April 2018
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service/branchRed Army
Years of service1938 – 1960
RankColonel
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Pyotr Yevseevich Braiko (Russian: Пётр Евсеевич Брайко; 9 September 1919 – 7 April 2018) was a Soviet soldier during the Second World War who gained the status of Hero of the Soviet Union following the conflict.

He took part in seven raids by the guerrilla brigade of Sydir Kovpak. Though he did not achieve his dream of a career as a military pilot he graduated from the Moscow Border Communication College. He entered action on June 22, 1941 as a Soviet border guard on the border with Romania and witnessed the tragic encirclement and routing of Soviet forces near Kiev. He would come to spend years deep behind enemy lines where he took guidance from Soviet guerrilla leaders in Ukraine including Sydir Kovpak, Semyon Rudnev and Pyotr Vershigora.

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