liberation of belarus, he struck at enemy concentrations in the minsk cauldron, stormed crossings over the berena neman, liberated the baltics and poland. by april 1944 , the shturmovik pilot had made 109 combat sorties, by decree of the presidium of the supreme soviet of the ussr, guards senior lieutenant leonid beda was awarded the title hero of the soviet union. for the following 105 combat sorties on june 29, 1945 , guards major leonid beda was awarded a second medal: the gold star. the reason for the separation and how was the boundary between the families erected?