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Helping forum member with translation of attached documents. Additions and or corrections appreciated. Copies are not the best but I have been able to pull some of the information from what is provided. 1. Butikov 2. Ivan Vasilivich 3. Private 4. male 5.1914 6.City of Prohodny, Korochansky raion, Kursk oblast 7. Not party member 8. Lower education 9. Russian awards Medal " For Military Merit " Order of Glory 3rd class

Marc: Thank you for the addition of the Street name on the ARC. Citation for Red Banner I believe it describes the following: Comrade Litemin was " Head of 3 areas of responsibility from July of 1943 working on the calculation for demobilization of soldiers from army, pension to officers and invalids from Patriotic War and also families of those killed. Additions and corrections appreciated. Thanks Rick

JimZ: Thank you for posting the documents! Award Card !. Litemin 2. Nikolai Konstentinovich 3. Major 4.Male 5.1903 6.City of Leningrad 7. not party member 8.middle 9.Rusian 10. 5-1920-2.1933, 5.1935 13. City of Leningrad house 13 apartment 4 awards Red banner Order of Lenin Red Banner 2 Regards Rick

Pluribus: May we please see the reverse. Thanks Rick

Gentlemen: Would someone know of an web source for the names of the various Soviet fronts during World War 2. Thank you Regards Rick

Thank you very much!

Ostfront: Would you mind posting the actual archive documents. Regards Rick

Gentlemen: I came across a book titled "Son of the Regiment" by Valentin Kataev ( 1945 ) . The story was translated into English on a internet site. I found the site by typing in the book title into google. The artwork captured my interest as I enjoy doing artwork. I like the pen and in illustrations. I believe it is a childrens book. P.S. I added one of my own drawings for the forum to see. Regards Rick

Ed: Thank you for the kind words. It is because of you and the other forum members who have help me as a new collector . Knowing how you have helped other members as a mentor has instilled in me a desire to find a way to also help others and give back to the forum. Regards Rick

Kristof: You are welcome. I also thank Rick Research and other members of the forum who provided key parts of this translation.I enjoy trying my hand at the translation ,learning about the recipient , assembling the results and sharing the results with the forum members. Regards Rick

Rick: Thank you for the input. I will add it to my copy. Regards Rick

Finally, I want to thank Kristof for the opportunity to try my hand at this Translation. I also want to extend a BIG thanks to Mondvor for checking my work and making corrections where necessary. Regards Rick

Record card Order book No . 578381 1. Last name: Shcherbina 2. First, middle names: Petr Ivanovich 3. Military rank: Lt. Colonel 4. Sex: Male 5. Year of birth: 23.07.1914 6. Place of birth: Stalinskaya Oblast, City of Slavyansk 7. Party membership since: KPSS since 5.1943 8. Education: lower 9. Nationality: Ukranian 10. In the Red Army : since 7.10.38 11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied when awarded: 119th Fighter Air Division, Chief Officer on Duty of the Division?s Command Center 12. Current place of service and position: The same 13. Home address of the awardee: Moldavian SSR City of Tiraspol 14. Record of previous awards ORB Defense of Caucasus Liberation of Belgrade Victory over Germany 30th Anniversary of Red Army and Navy Signature of awardee (signed) ________________________ Data correctness and signature of awardee: The head of Personnel Department of 119th Fighter Aviation Division, Major Lomachenkov April 2, 1957

Record card Record Card Order book No . 486105 1. Last name: Shcherbina 2. First, middle names: Petr Ivanovich 3. Military rank: Lt. Colonel 4. Sex: Male 5. Year of birth: 1914 6. Place of birth: Ukranian SSR, Stalinskaya Oblast, City of Slavyansk 7. Party membership since: KPSS since 5.1943 8. Education: middle 9. Nationality: Ukranian 10. In the Red Army : since 7.10.38 11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied when awarded: 29th Fighter Aviation Division, The Head of Air-Shooting Service (Vozdushno-Strelkovaya Sluzhba). 12. Current place of service and position: 110th Fighter Aviation Division, Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Control and Pointing Center (Punkt Upravleniya I Navedeniya). 13. Home address of the awardee: Stalinskaya Oblast Kurilsky region, village (poselok) Burevestnik (Stormy Petrel). 14. Record of previous awards ORB OGPW 2nd Class ORB Alexander Nevsky CSM ORS Defense of Caucasus Victory over Germany Liberation of Belgrade 30th Anniversary of Red Army and Navy Signature of awardee (signed) ________________________ Data correctness and signature of awardee: Commander 110th Fighter Aviation Division Colonel Kachanov. 2 November 1954

AWARD CITATION 1. Last, first and middle names Shcherbina Petr Ivanovich 2, Rank Guard Major 3. Position, unit Assistant Commander in charge of Air-Shooting Service of 117th Guard Fighter Aviation Stanislavsky Order of Red Banner Regiment, 236th Fighter Aviation Order of Red Banner Lvov Division. Is recommended for Order ? Alexander Nevsky? 4. Birth date 1914 5. Nationality Ukranian 6. Party membership VKP (b) since 1943 7. Participation in the civil war and other military actions aimed at the defense of the USSR (where and when) Participant in Patriotic War since 20.8.1942 Consisting of Transcaucas Front Northern Caucasus Front, 4th Ukrainian and 3rd Ukranian Front 8. Wounds or contusions received during the Patriotic War 20.5.44 in aerial combat,bullet wound through right shoulder 9. In Red Army since Since 1938 10. Drafted by what district military commissariat Regular (Kadrovij or Kadr) ? means he was not drafted with Regional Commissariat, instead he finished Military School and received a rank of an officer. 11. Previous awards: Order ?Red Banner? Decree of Black Sea Group (Chernomorskaya Gruppa) Northern Caucasus Front No. 091/058/n on 11.2.42, Order ?Patriotic War Second Class by Decree of the 4th Air Army No.-038/n on 5.5.43 and Order ?Red Banner? by the Decree of 8th Air Army,-64/n on 24.12.43 12. Permanent home address of his/her family Georgian SSR, Zakavkazskaya Railroad, Station of Rustavy, Mailbox #1 Wife- Marchenkova Galina Mihailovna I. Brief description of personal feat or merits Guard Major Shcherbina for distinguished performance of duties during battle assignment on front fighting German invaders : Two Orders ?Red Banner? and Order ?Patriotic War Second Class?. First governmental award order ?Red Banner? by Decree of Army group Northern Caucasus Front No.091/058/n on 2.43 for personally completing 91 combat missions, 22- against adversaries in Kavkazsky canyon. Second governmental award order: Patriotic War Second class by Decree of the 4th Air Army No. 038/n on 5.5.43 completing 70 combat missions, 15 missions in sturmovik against adversaries on steppes of Kuban. Third governmental award order:?Red Banner? award by Decree of the 8th Air Army No.-64/n on 24.12.43 for completing 79 combat missions, 20 in accompanying IL-2 and for shooting down 2 opponents. Since awarding third governmental award Guard Major Shcherbina during the period from December 24, 1943 to December 10, 1944 flew 13 combat missions. Seven of those he flew to escort our Il-2 Shturmovik ground attack planes and six missions to cover our front line ground troops. He participated in 2-x aerial combat and knocked out 1 opposing airplane. In combat for our homeland comrade Shcherbina has demonstrated himself to be a brave aerial combatant, showing technical skill and tactical management during aerial fighting. Guard Major Shcherbina distinguished himself with good leadership and organizational ability with troops. As Commander of Airborne Rifle Regiment he trained personnel in tactics against enemy with illustration and organizational training and excellent results of ground based training of troops leading to successful aerial combat. On 20.5.44 Guard Major Shcherbina departed as lead aircraft of 4 Yak fighters. He encountered group of 8 ME-109?s. Shcherbina and his comrades found themselves at a disadvantage in combat. Over a period of 15 minutes Major Shcherbina fought against this rising force and was wounded in the right shoulder. All in all for time in Patriotic War Guard Major Shcherbina has flown 253 successful combat missions shooting down 2 adversaries. For distinguishing himself with discharge of combat assignments on front against German invaders, for 13 succesful combat missions and for good management of Airborne-Rifle Regiment- in a fitting manner he is presented with governmental award Order?AlexanderNevsky? Signed Commander 117th Guard Fighter Aviation regiment 21 December 1944 In a fitting manner representing government award order ?Alexander Nevsky? Signed Commander 236th Exterminator Aviation Order of Red Banner Division-Colonel 27 December 1944 Decree 17th Air Army No. 02/n on 7.1.46 Award Order- Alexander Nevsky 2nd OTD. OK 17th Air Army

Kristof: Thanks again for the opportunity to help with a translation of the documents. And thanks to JimZ for posting them! Now the fun begins. Regards Rick

Kristof: Thanks for giving everyone a go at the translation. I have wondered how I could itilize my brief but interesting college studies of the Russian language. Thanks to this hobby I can expand into the enjoyable task of what the research has to say. This section of this forum is a terrific opportunity for my continued studies. With the input of so many great chaps on the forum the research come to life. Regards Rick

Congratulations on you acquisitions. Give them a good home. Regards Rick

Citation translation: Thanks to all the help from the formum members and a special thanks to Mondvor for your review and revisions of my translation attempt. 1. Last, first and middle names Onishchuk Semen Timofeevich 2, Rank Lieutenant 3. Position, unit Commander artillery platoon battery 1965th IPTAP 43rd Independent Exterminator Anti-tank Artillery ?Orshansk? Red Banner Brigade RGK Is recommended for Order ? Alexander Nevsky? 4. Birth date 1923 5. Nationality Ukranian 6. Party membership Communist Party candidate since 1944 7. Participation in the civil war and other military actions aimed at the defense of the USSR (where and when) Participant in Patriotic War October 1942 Western Front , 3rd Byelorussian Front, 1st Baltic Front, 3rd Ukranian Front 8. Wounds or contusions received during the Patriotic War Light wound 10.8.44 serious wound 10.8.43 9. In Red Army since 1941 10. Drafted by what district military commissariat Golovapenskim RVK Odesska Oblast 11. Previous awards: Order Red Banner by Decree of the Artillery Commander of the 3rd Byelorussian front #062 14.8.44 Order Patriotic War 1st class by Decree of the Artillery Commander of 6th Guard Army #069/N 8.10.44 12. Permanent home address of his/her family Odessa oblast Golovazhensky region village of Matveevka Father Onishchuk Timofey Gabrilovich I. Brief description of personal feat or merits As a platoon commander, he was holding a permanent firing position (POP ? ?Postoyannaya ognevaya pozitsiya? ? Permanent Firing Position) near the station Nadivinim (north-western to the city of Dunafeldvar, Hungary). At 25.01.45 with the firepower of his unit were repelled 3 enemy attacks knocking out 2 tanks and 1 armored personnel carrier. After the battery commander was wounded, Comrade Onishchuk took over the command of the battery. Through his skillful leadership all enemy attacks were repelled and knocked down 6 enemy tanks and 2 armored personnel carriers. In this fight Comrade Onishchuk personally was present at the most critical places and inspired the soldiers for successfully repelling hostile counterattacks. For displaying courage and bravery in combat he is deserving of the award Order of Alexander Nevsky. Commander 1965 IPTAP (signature) Lt. Colonel M. Gryaznov 4 February 1945 Regards Rick

Kristof: I received the files. Wow! I was very pleased when the recipients photo came on the screen. I have asked for help here on the forum from one of the members who will do the posting as he has a better file upload capability than I do. Thank you JimZ in advance for this. Translation to follow. Regards Rick

Hello Kristof: I'm glad to help where I can. I appreciate the documents posted by forum members. I sent another e-mail message. Perhaps me trying to type at a late hour even something like my e-mail address with transposed letters may have sent your attempt to me to another world! Please also try a better post of your document here. Thanks again Regards Rick

Kristof: Glad to help. Thanks in a big way to Rick Research though. He did the bulk of the work. Regards Rick

Hello: Having started my collection in the fall of 2007 I was amazed how quickly it seemed to go up over the past year. I feel I am very fortunate with what I now can take care of. And, thanks to the serial numbers, I can research and learn about the person behind the award and extend my hobby thru the enjoyable task of translating the documents. Regards Rick