1. Alexei Maresiev
(1916-2001)
Kucherova Tatiana

2. Alexei Maresiev was born
on May 20, 1916 in
Kamyshin, Volgograd
region.
He was a pilot, a Hero of the
Soviet Union.
Due to the severe wounds
during the Great Patriotic
War he had both legs
amputated. However,
despite the disability, the
pilot returned to the skies
and flew with prosthesises.
During the war he made 86
sorties and shot down 11
enemy planes.

3. In the postwar period, partly due to the book
"The Story of a Real Man" by Boris Polevoy,
Maresiev was very well known, he was invited to many
celebrations. He often participated in meetings with students.
The example of Maresiev’s feat was widely used for the
education of the younger generation.

4. On May 18, 2001 a gala evening on the occasion of the 85th Maresiev’s
anniversary began at the Theatre of the Russian Army,
but just an hour before the concert, Alexei Petrovich had a heart attack,
after which he died.
The gala evening took place, but it began with a minute of silence.
Alexey Maresiev was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy Cemetery.