Bakurinova Street in Dolní Počernice suburb in Prague, Czech Republic. The street was named after Red Army soldier Ivan Bakurin who died during the liberation of Prague on 10 May 1945 and was buried at the nearby cemetery. The street was named after him in 1974. In fact Ivan Bakurin has never existed and Soviet military officer Vasily Polosin is buried in his grave. Sergeant Vasily Ivanovich Polosin was born in 1908 and served in the Red Army during World War II. He was crushed by a Soviet tank on 10 May 1945 in Dolní Počernice.

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