Konstantin Olshansky


Konstantin Fyodorovich Olshansky was a Senior Lieutenant and Soviet marine of the Black Sea Fleet, born in Prykolotne, Ukraine. He died during an assault on the port of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, formerly Nikolaev, occupied in World War II by German forces, and was posthumously awarded Hero of the Soviet Union.

Legacy

Among other commemorations, the landing ship U402 Ukrainian [landing ship Konstantin Olshansky|Konstantin Olshansky], formerly BDK-56, the settlement of Olshanske in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, and the minor planet 2310 Olshaniya were named after him.