Gavriil Mitin
1908–1941 (age 33)
Biography
Gavriil Mitin was born in 1908 in Moscow Oblast and served as a soldier in the Soviet armed forces during World War II. He was among the first to face the German invasion in 1941, defending his homeland with courage and determination.
His death in 1941 marked him as one of the earliest casualties of the Soviet Union's struggle for survival against Nazi Germany.