Nikolay Aleksandrovitsj Koljuzjniy
1918–1945 (age 27)
Biography
Nikolay Aleksandrovitsj Koljuzjniy was born in 1918 and died in 1945 in Poland during World War II. He came of age during the Soviet period and lived through the Nazi invasion and the subsequent years of intense conflict on the Eastern Front.
Koljuzjniy's death in Poland in 1945 represented the sacrifice of his generation during World War II. His loss was one of millions suffered by the Soviet Union in its struggle against Nazi Germany.