of the breakout attempt. Rakutin was removed from the rolls of the Red Army in 1943 as missing in action. He was declared dead postwar in 1946, but the location and circumstances of his death remained unknown. His place of death was discovered by members of the Search Movement and in 1996 his remains were reburied at the military cemetery in Snegiri. For his "courage and heroism displayed in the struggle against the German Fascist invaders during the Great Patriotic War," Rakutin was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin on 5 May 1990. Awards and honors Rakutin received the following awards and decorations: Hero of the Soviet Union (5 May 1990) Order of Lenin (5 May 1990) Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (1965) Order of the Red Star (1941) Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" (1938) Honorary weapon See also List of people who disappeared References Citations Bibliography 1902 births 1940s missing person cases 1941 deaths Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Missing in action of World War II Heroes of the Soviet Union Soviet major generals NKVD officers Frunze Military Academy alumni Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War People of the Polish–Soviet War Soviet military personnel of the Winter War Soviet military personnel killed in World War II Recipients of the Order of Lenin People from Vachsky District People from Muromsky Uyezd