President Boris Yeltsin sent all border guards his condolences in connection with the death of "the legendary border guard," the daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta wrote.
Karatsupa served from 1932 to 1961 on Soviet borders with China, Poland, Turkey and other countries. He was awarded the nation's highest decorations. After retiring, he worked in Moscow's Border Guards Museum, whose exhibits included Ingus, who was stuffed after he died.
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