Aleksey Skurlatov, the soldier who served as the model of Bulgaria’s most famous Soviet Army monument, has received a medal from the Bulgarian President.
Skurlatov is the man whose picture from 1944 was used by Bulgarian sculptors to design the Monument of Alesha in the city of Plovdiv, a monument representing Bulgaria’s gratitude to the Soviet soldiers.
The Red Army veteran, who now resides in the Altai Republic in Central Russia, has been award a medal entitled “65 Years since the Victory over Fascism”….

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