Gerd Becker

I will post here the cyrillic alphabet for future translations. Maybe its helpful.

Cyrillic = Roman

A a (ah) = A a

Б б (beh) = B b

В в (vey) = V v

Г г (gey) = G g

Д д (dey) = D d

E e (yey) = E e

Ё (yo) = ё

Ж ж (zheh) = Zh

З з (zeh) = Z z

И и (ee) = I i

Й й (ee kratkoye) = (short) I

К к (kah) = K k

Л л (el) = L l

M м (em) = M m

H н (en) = N n

O о (aw) = O o

П п (pey) = P p

P р(ehr) = R r

C с (ess) = S s

T т(tey) = T t

У у (oo) = U u

Ф ф (ef) = F f

X х (khah) = Kh

Ц ц (tseh) = Ts

Ч ч (cheh) = Ch

Ш ш (shah) = Sh

Щ щ (shchah) = Shch

Ъ ъ (tvyawrdy znak) = ?

Ы ы (yerih) = Y

ь Ь (miakhky znak) = ?

Э э (eh) = Eh

Ю ю (yoo) = iu

Я я (yah) = ia

Here are a few links with the cyrillic alphabet, also in handwritten form:

http://www.colby.edu/library/collections/t...p/Cyrillic.html

http://www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends...n-alphabet.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/7635/alphabet.html

http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/alphabet.html

I agree, absolutely beautiful award. Nice awards, Dietrich. Also your Type 5 Lenin

Hello and welcome, Ilja and also from me best regards to your grandfather. If you have some time, please tell us more about him.

best,

Gerd

Thanks a million, Andreas

I am looking for the following orders:

Order of the Red Star Nr. 922.290

Order of the Red Star Nr. 476.613

Order of the Red Star Nr. 3.549.323

Order of the Great Patriotic War 2nd class Nr. 464.475

Order of the Great Patriotic War 1st class Nr. 59.329

Order of Lenin Nr. 306.506

Hi Andreas,

unfortunately the pictures were all 0 KB and there was nothing i could save on my harddisk. Could you send them again, if possible? It seems, going by the titles of the pictures i should be VERY sorry.

Thanks for the excellent info to my question

I will answer your email now.

Gerd

Hi everyone,

i made a Websearch, but could not find valuable info to this question. Can someone tell me, which the 20 Autonomous Republics and the 8 Autonomous Areas were or provide a link to this topic? Any info is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

best,

Gerd

Ahem, i just ran into the Communist-Forum, posted that in record time and logged out again in less than 250 Milliseconds! I didn?t even look at other forums. I promise...

Thanks so much for explanations and the list with the ranks. I wasn?t sure about some of them, so thats clear now.

but WE won't forget Vladimir Vasilievich Lykov.

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No, we will not!

Thanks, Rick.

Gerd

October 1945: Instructor for Explosives Demolition Work at the Leningrad "Red Banner, Order of Lenin, in the name of Zhdanov" Military Engineers School

 

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I wonder, if this could be the reason? What do you think?

Gerd

Ok, a few questions crossed my mind:

Commander of Food and Forage? What is that? Did he got this position because he didn?t well? Or because he changed the unit and had to start in a lower position? Or was that an important position?

On Service Staff, what does that mean? The active staff?

Chief of Staff or Commander of Staff translates with the german Stabschef or Chef des Stabes?

Commander of Base Service was the Commander of the Base Service-Staff?

So he were in the Army and switched to the Air Force in 1937?

When you have a little spare-time, could you write down his ranks in Russian, if possible? I try to find the german equivalents to them.

Thanks

Gerd

Rick,

i posted this on another forum and someone said this:

First two circles " airfield service"  second "landing" (airborne)  and last one is abbreviation for "second in command on rear"

Citation lower half

Wow, this is a suprise. I wonder, what the reason may be.

Stalin what a persecution maniac.

This got to be an interesting story for my website.

Thanks, Rick.

Gerd

Yes, I got the mail-packet today delivered. 

I found it on ebay Italy, from a german seller.

Which visor-cap fit to the jacket? A normal MGB one?

regards

Andreas

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ebay Italy I have to keep that in mind

Nice Jacket, Andreas

I have asked Vadim to take a look on this. He will hopefully chime in and enlighten us on the dark parts.

Edit: I have cutted them in two pieces, maybe they are better to read now. The lower part is further down the thread.

Oh,

the lucky awarded is laughing in the coal cellar.

Bad luck Gerd , that the picture is so dark, maybe next time you have more luck.

best regards

Andreas

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Yep unfortunately true, Andreas. I told you, its not good. I hope, on the next research its better.

best,

Gerd

Normal service dress hats did not have the "Bl?tter" on the visor, so this is how you can tell a 1949-55 dress cap.

And here (before it got too hot here again TODAY in the Northern Sahara) is a Lieutenant Colonel of air force technical or administration board from my  M1949 "zoot suit" (extremely wide Frankenstein shoulders, huge silly lapels, and tight waist:

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Great. These should not be impossible to find.

Rick, i have the other scans ready. Give me a sign and i will send them to you.

Gerd

Here is the picture of our Comrade Lykov. I am sorry, thats the best, i can do.

Nice Red Star?

received he other awards, was there a foto of the lucky owner?

regards

Andreas

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Hi Andreas,

thanks, you have seen this one, haven?t you? He got, beside his Red-Star an OGPW 1st class Nr. 59329 and the Medals for Victory over Germany and Defense of Leningrad. Unfortunately there was only a very very dark picture of our man. I will post it here, but he will remain a ghost, as there is really not much to see on that photo.

Rick, you are the best! Thanks, mate.

Gerd

Rick, thats great. Thank you so much.

One question to the visor: With scrambled eggs you mean the silver squiggled stuff right on the "sunscreen"? Forgive me, i don?t know the right terms for uniforms and headgear.

So he made a decent career and even made it to Major and Divisional Commander. Thats great.

Rick, don?t strain your eyes too much with these blurry copies. They are already packed up to be shipped to you soon.

Thanks again, my friend. I owe you.

Gerd

Hello,

this is the second Order, for which i got the research today. The translation is in progress and more Information will be posted soon.

Order of the Red Banner Number 369.473, awarded on the 15.11.1950 as a Long-Service award for 20 years service.

Hi everyone,

i got the Research for two of my orders today and one of them is an Order of the Red-Star with screwpost-base and a quite low number. The translation of the research is in progress and will be posted soon in this thread.

Here is the Order of the Red Star Number 217.937, awarded on the 01.10.1943.

Fantastic minis everyone. I recognize one or two, which were in my collection and some of you guys have more of my former minis.

Tom, the three-piece Mini-EK is AWESOME. I saw it, but too late, otherwise i would have bought it. Excellent Piece and only the second, i have ever seen.

Chet, like i said in private, that is a fantastic and rare Medal-bar. Congrats to this outstanding find.

Gerd