Leonid Kornev was born in 1915 in the village of Spas-Sloboda (now within the city of Polotsk).
He died of his wounds in October 20, 1944. He was buried in a mass grave near the village
Stavinocha in Poland. Hero of the Soviet Union was conferred in March, 1945. L.S. Kornev was also
awarded the Order of Lenin and two Orders of the Red Star.
He went to the front in March 1942. In 1943 he graduated from the Military Infantry School and became the deputy battalion commander for political affairs of the 130th Guards Rifle Regiment 44th Guards Rifle Division, 105th Rifle Corps of the 65th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front. L.S. Kornev also participated in the liberation of Belarus
and Poland. And in September 5, 1944 he distinguished himself, when a group of men in Poland seized a bridgehead, repeatedly repulsed enemy attacks and being wounded from a fight he didn't leave the battlefield.
