Ivan Semyonovich Pronin (November 11, 1902 – August 18, 1942) was as scout

Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about enemy forces or features of the environment....

 for the army of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. He was recognized as a Hero of Soviet Union.

Biography

Ivan Semyonovich Pronin was born on November 11, 1902 in the village of Jasashnaja Tashla (currently part of the Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk The city is the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin , for whom it is named.-History:Simbirsk was founded in 1648 by the boyar Bogdan Khitrovo. The fort of "Simbirsk" was strategically placed on a hill on the Western bank of the Volga River...

 region). He was the fourth and youngest of his siblings.

1941

When World War II began, Pronin was sent to the Eastern Front

Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...

. He rushed under a German tank and blew up the track. Pronin was seriously injured, but survived.

1942

In 1942, Pronin was assigned to "the Karkhov operation

Third Battle of Kharkov

The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of offensive operations on the Eastern Front of World War II, undertaken by the German Army Group South against the Red Army, around the city of Kharkov , between 19 February and 15 March 1943...

". During this operation, Pronin's unit successfully destroyed or disabled several German tanks. During this operation, Pronin was killed by the German army.