Guest Rick Research Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Can anybody make anything out of this mess? All I am SURE of is his patronymic "Mikhailevich." MAYBE the first name is a scrawled "Sergei," or am I just trying to "see" a normal name in something ethic and weird?Last name is definitely "Ka......an" but then I get NOTHING that matches the WW2 generals website. Katscheman? Kaitssman?He was a "Major General of Artillery," that's easy enough to read, photo circa 1946. Even the unit stamp has faded away so all I can SEE is "Artillery...." presumably an academy.[attachmentid=9587]changing to gray scale only improves enough to show a bit more ghost letters. I can't tweak this any sharper:[attachmentid=9588] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris S Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 (edited) RickMy GF is Russian, she says it is General Major Artillery Kalusman Sergei NikovaevidShe did have a problem reading it a well.Chris Edited August 31, 2005 by Chris S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 NIKOLAEVICH it is! My regards to your GF! Still can't find anything even remotely similar on the WW2 Generals site, so don't know if we are all being thrown off by the HORRID ("Penmanship little comrade? We don't have time to teach you penmanship! We are Building Socialism here!!!") handwriting, or this is a Hitherto Unknown... Obscure General! Here is Himself... another Wildly Inappropriate Mustache! [attachmentid=9603] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 (edited) It is Kapustin (Капустин).http://www.generals.dk/general/Kapustin/Se...viet_Union.html Edited August 31, 2005 by Dave Danner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 It is Kapustin (Капустин).http://www.generals.dk/general/Kapustin/Se...viet_Union.html←Sounds OK... But not a lot of details about him on the site... Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Thanks Dave--closest possible so far. I'd be happy if the "m" written "t" in that name matched how it shows in "artillery" though. Scribbles are scribbles no matter what the alphabet.I'll put him up in my Obscure Generals Portrait Gallery as "probable not certain." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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