Leonid Berenstein

Soviet-Jewish military officer and partisan during World War II (1921-2019)

Леонид Ефимович Беренштейн · レオニード・ベレンシュテイン

Born

15 July 1921, Shpykiv

Died

31 March 2019, Kiryat Ata

Citizenship

Israel, Soviet Union

Sport

boxing

Occupation

soldier, boxer

Awards and honours

• Commemorative Medal for the 20th Anniversary of Slovak National Uprising
• Cross of Valour
• Fighters against Nazis Medal
• Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Medal "Brotherhood in Arms"
• Medal "For Battle Merit"
• Medal "For Courage"
• Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
• Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the Battle of Dukla Pass"
• Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War"
• Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st class
• Order for Courage
• Order for Courage 1st Class of Ukraine
• Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 3rd class
• Order of Friendship of Peoples
• Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
• Order of the Patriotic War
• Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
• Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
• Order of the Red Banner
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of the Red Star

External links

• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q48851970 (CC0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.