1941 Red Army still alive by Winter of 1945?

Were there any front line Soviet troops from 1941 still alive and fighting by the winter of 1945? I know Stalin had orders against retreating and battle casualties were massive, but I imagine that for various reasons some soldiers who'd been fighting were probably still alive just due to the shear size of the Red Army. Am I right, or were the surviving soldiers limited to officers and those who'd been stationed elsewhere?

(As a bonus, was anyone involved in the invasion of Poland in `39 involved in marching back in the Winter Offensive?)
 
Good site

http://iremember.ru/en/memoirs/others/yurii-koriakin/

Loads of whole war veterans (well this one is October 41-May 45 but that is practically whole war)

Okay, maybe 1941 was a little broad, I was mostly thinking about the opening bits, but I suppose that's relevant enough.

I was planning on a Belarussian who'd last been in their homeland as the Nazis pushed in, but wasn't sure how thorough Stalin's never retreat laws had been.:eek:
 
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